Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 25, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-25T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
2020 ICPSR Virtual Data Fair (September 25, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68492 68492-17088491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

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

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

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

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

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Fair / Festival Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:58:31 -0400 2020-09-25T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival ICPSR logo
Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 26, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 26, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-26T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-26T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 27, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 27, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-27T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-27T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 28, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-28T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
RNA Seminar featuring: Hiroaki Suga, University of Tokyo (September 28, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75805 75805-19608020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PBHPayAvR8WobaSf3z0AUA

ABSTRACT: Macrocyclic peptides possess a number of pharmacological characteristics distinct from other well-established therapeutic molecular classes, resulting in a versatile drug modality with a unique profile of advantages. Macrocyclic peptides are accessible by not only chemical synthesis but also ribosomal synthesis. Particularly, recent inventions of the genetic code reprogramming integrated with an in vitro display format, referred to as RaPID (Random non-standard Peptides Integrated Discovery) system, have enabled us to screen mass libraries (>1 trillion members) of non-standard peptides containing multiple non-proteinogenic amino acids, giving unique properties of peptides distinct from conventional peptides, e.g. greater proteolytic stability, higher affinity (low nM to sub nM dissociation constants similar to antibodies), and superior pharmacokinetics. The field is rapidly growing evidenced by increasing interests from industrial sectors, including small start-ups as well as mega-pharmas, toward drug development efforts on macrocyclic peptides, which has led to several de novo discovered peptides entering clinical trials. This lecture discusses the aforementioned screening technology involving the method of “genetic code reprogramming” powered by flexizymes, and several showcases of therapeutic potentials of macrocyclic peptides.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:22:07 -0400 2020-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Hiroaki Suga, University of Tokyo
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (September 28, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-19907699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-09-28T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 29, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-29T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (September 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-19907734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
CLINICAL SIMULATION CENTER BROWN BAG SERIES (September 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77752 77752-19909894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

All Michigan Medicine faculty and staff are invited to attend the next installment of the Clinical Simulation Center Brown Bag series.

The series is designed to promote collaboration and best practices in simulation-based education and research and will allow faculty, staff and learners the opportunity to learn and share best practices in simulation-based education and assessment.

The next event, which will be held at noon on Tuesday, September 29th. James Cooke, MD, will discuss "Overarching Themes from ACS-AEI Accreditation Survey Best Practices 2011-2019.”

Click here for more information: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/clinical-simulation-center/events/202009/csc-brown-bag-series-september-2020-part-ii

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:43:35 -0400 2020-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Adult resuscitation training at CSC
Vehicle to Pavement Sensing for Lateral Lane Position Research Review (September 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76507 76507-19719168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

While autonomous vehicles (AVs) offer significant safety benefits for drivers, to gain widespread approval from the public and road agencies, redundant vehicle to infrastructure capabilities are necessary. This is especially true in areas with adverse weather conditions such as snow and ice.

Existing AV technology is able to send safety messages to roadside units (RSUs) and other vehicles (V2V), but communication with concrete and asphalt requires embedded sensors. This research proposes a passive sensing approach that detects local changes in the pavement’s electromagnetic signature so that vehicles can determine their lateral lane position. This free webinar will include a Q&A session. We hope that you can join us!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:41:30 -0400 2020-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Decorative Image
Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium 2020 (September 29, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72207 72207-19655364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

The 2020 Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium will explore innovative and creative research already taking place using unique model systems, and consider all we have yet to learn from the innumerable unexplored model systems — many of which are disappearing at alarming rates as a result of global climate change.

Schedule: Tuesday, September 29

2:00 p.m. | Welcome

Talk Session 1: Human Adaptation and Evolution
2:10 p.m. | Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture — Genomic evolution and adaptation in Africa: Implications for health and disease
Sarah A. Tishkoff, Ph.D.
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biology; Director, Center for Global Genomics & Health Equity, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Talk Session 2: Social Biomimicry
3:10 p.m. | Towards living robots: Using biology to make better machines (full lecture)
Barry A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Sciences; Director, Neuromechanics and Biomimetic Devices Laboratory, Tufts University

4:05 p.m. | How the physics of slithering can teach multilegged robots to walk (short talk)
Shai Revzen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

4:25 p.m. | What wasps can teach us about the evolution of animal minds (full lecture)
Elizabeth Tibbetts, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Chair for Research Facilities, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

5:20 p.m. | Day 1 Closing Remarks


Schedule: Wednesday, September 30

9:00 a.m. | Welcome

Talk Session 3: Biological Control of Disease Vectors
9:05 a.m. | Breaking up Anopheles-Plasmodium interactions for malaria control (full lecture)
Flaminia Catteruccia, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard University

10:00 a.m. | Cryopreservation of multicellular animals: Lessons from extreme insects (short talk)
Nicholas Teets, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky

10:20 a.m. | Break

10:35 a.m. | Transgenic fungi for mosquito control (full lecture)
Raymond St. Leger, Ph.D.
Professor, Entomology, University of Maryland

11:30 a.m. | Recombination versus mutation as the fuel for rapid evolution across the fungal tree of life (short talk)
Timothy James, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Lewis E. Wehmeyer and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Professor in the Taxonomy of Fungi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

11:50 a.m. | Building a moving wall: Maintaining cell wall polarity during tip growth (short talk)
Cora MacAlister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

12:10 p.m. | Closing remarks

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:23:00 -0400 2020-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Conference / Symposium Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium: Biodiversity in Biological Research
UROP Endnote Workshop (September 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76659 76659-19735020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

EndNote is bibliographic management software that helps you organize citations and format bibliographies in different formats (APA, MLA, specific journal styles, etc.).

For workshop link and full list of UROP workshops please go to http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:14:04 -0400 2020-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Workshops
Bioethics Discussion: Artificial Intelligence (September 29, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58828 58828-14563719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on how we know machines know.

Here are a few readings to consider:
––Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
––Regulatory responses to medical machine learning
––Will artificial intelligence solve the human resource crisis in healthcare?
––Medical ethics considerations on artificial intelligence

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/047-artificial-intelligence/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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One's intelligence might be artificially enhanced by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:09:51 -0400 2020-09-29T19:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Artificial Intelligence
Submit a Research Project Proposal (September 30, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74570 74570-18827232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers, graduate students who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school. UROP accepts research projects from all 19 schools and colleges.

https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 May 2020 14:59:36 -0400 2020-09-30T07:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T23:00:00-04:00 UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs UROP Mentor
Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium 2020 (September 30, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72207 72207-17957294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

The 2020 Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium will explore innovative and creative research already taking place using unique model systems, and consider all we have yet to learn from the innumerable unexplored model systems — many of which are disappearing at alarming rates as a result of global climate change.

Schedule: Tuesday, September 29

2:00 p.m. | Welcome

Talk Session 1: Human Adaptation and Evolution
2:10 p.m. | Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture — Genomic evolution and adaptation in Africa: Implications for health and disease
Sarah A. Tishkoff, Ph.D.
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biology; Director, Center for Global Genomics & Health Equity, Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Talk Session 2: Social Biomimicry
3:10 p.m. | Towards living robots: Using biology to make better machines (full lecture)
Barry A. Trimmer, Ph.D.
Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Sciences; Director, Neuromechanics and Biomimetic Devices Laboratory, Tufts University

4:05 p.m. | How the physics of slithering can teach multilegged robots to walk (short talk)
Shai Revzen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

4:25 p.m. | What wasps can teach us about the evolution of animal minds (full lecture)
Elizabeth Tibbetts, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Chair for Research Facilities, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

5:20 p.m. | Day 1 Closing Remarks


Schedule: Wednesday, September 30

9:00 a.m. | Welcome

Talk Session 3: Biological Control of Disease Vectors
9:05 a.m. | Breaking up Anopheles-Plasmodium interactions for malaria control (full lecture)
Flaminia Catteruccia, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard University

10:00 a.m. | Cryopreservation of multicellular animals: Lessons from extreme insects (short talk)
Nicholas Teets, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky

10:20 a.m. | Break

10:35 a.m. | Transgenic fungi for mosquito control (full lecture)
Raymond St. Leger, Ph.D.
Professor, Entomology, University of Maryland

11:30 a.m. | Recombination versus mutation as the fuel for rapid evolution across the fungal tree of life (short talk)
Timothy James, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Lewis E. Wehmeyer and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Professor in the Taxonomy of Fungi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

11:50 a.m. | Building a moving wall: Maintaining cell wall polarity during tip growth (short talk)
Cora MacAlister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

12:10 p.m. | Closing remarks

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:23:00 -0400 2020-09-30T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T12:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Conference / Symposium Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium: Biodiversity in Biological Research
MIPSE Seminar | Relativistic Nanophotonics: Creating Extreme Plasma Conditions and Fields with Ultrafast Lasers (September 30, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76451 76451-19717148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

The seminar is free and open to the public.
To request the Zoom link, please send an email to:
mipse-central@umich.edu

Abstract:
Ultra-high-energy-density (UHED) matter (>108 J cm-3, >109 bar) is encountered in the center of stars but is difficult to create in the lab. We show that irradiation of high aspect-ratio aligned nanowire arrays with ultra-high contrast Joule-level fs laser pulses provides nearly complete absorption and enhanced light penetration into near-solid density targets, and allows volumetric heating into the UHED regime. Using ALEPH (Advance Laser for Extreme Photonics), a PW laser at CSU, we demonstrate that fs laser pulses of relativistic intensity volumetrically heat near-solid density plasmas to multi-keV temperatures, with pressures surpassed in the lab only in the hotspot of fusion plasmas. The physics of relativistic laser pulse interactions with nanostructures and promising applications will be reviewed. Electron densities >100x that of the critical density are achieved. Extraordinarily high degrees of ionization (e.g., Au+72) occurs at solid densities using laser pulses of <10 J, producing return currents through the nanowires that create giga-Gauss magnetic fields. The large electron density and plasma volume produce 20% energy conversion into ps x-ray pulses. Acceleration of deuterons from nanowire arrays to multi-MeV resulted in quasi-monochromatic fusion neutron production 500x that of irradiating flat sold targets. 3-D PIC simulations of relativistic laser pulse interactions with nanostructures will be discussed.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Jorge Rocca is a University Distinguished Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics Departments at Colorado State University. His research interests are in the physics and development of compact X-ray lasers and their applications; the development of high power lasers, and the study of high power laser interactions with matter. His group is known for the development of the first bright table-top soft X-ray lasers, and their applications to nanotechnology and the diagnostics of dense plasmas. His group has developed a multi-Hz PW-class laser, and kW-level average power, high pulse energy picosecond solid state lasers. Prof. Rocca has 270 peer review journal papers. He received the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science from the APS, and the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. He is Fellow of APS, OSA, and IEEE. He received an IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award. Early in his career, he was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:31:50 -0400 2020-09-30T15:30:00-04:00 2020-09-30T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Livestream / Virtual Prof. Jorge Rocca
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Virtual Seminar - Xiaotian Zhang, Ph.D. (September 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77549 77549-19883820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: The human genome is organized into small compartments to allow for the proper gene expression regulation in the physiological process. With the advance of next-generation sequencing and imaging technologies, we can now investigate how the genome is folded into 3D space and how the 3D genomic organization regulates gene expression in development and disease. Currently, most of the studies are focusing on CTCF and cohesion complex which partner together to facilitate the formation of topological associated domains (TAD). The presenter will mainly discuss his recently published work on the DNA methylation -3D genomics cross-talk. Unpublished work on the 3D genomics in AML will be discussed as well.

Short bio: Xiaotian Zhang obtained his Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine with Dr. Margaret Goodell on the role of DNA methylation synergy in leukemia development. He was previously the Van Andel special postdoc fellow in Gerd Pfeifer lab working on the 3D genomics in normal hematopoietic stem cell and leukemia. He is now a Research track faculty (Research Investigator) in Pathology Department under Tomek Cierpicki working on the HOXA regulation in leukemia development. Xiaotian's research focuses on the epigenetic regulation of key pathogenic genes in leukemia, particularly on high order chromatin structure in disease. He published on Nature Genetics, Molecular Cell and Blood as the first author and corresponding authors.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:31:31 -0400 2020-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Xiaotian Zhang, Ph.D., Research Investigator in the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan
Physics Special Department Colloquium | Scientific Espionage, Open Exchange, and American Competitiveness (September 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76450 76450-19717145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

In 2015, Xiaoxing Xi was wrongfully arrested by the FBI in a case of alleged racial profiling. Since speaking out about his experience and the consequences for academic freedom, he was awarded the 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize from the American Physical Society, which is awarded biannually to human rights advocates in the physics community.

Presentation abstract:
Amid rapidly escalating tension between the United States and China, professors, scientists, and students of Chinese ethnic origin as well as those engaging in academic collaborations with China are under heightened scrutiny by the federal government. Law enforcement officials consider collaborating with Chinese colleagues “by definition conveying sensitive information to the Chinese.” In 2015, I became a casualty of this campaign despite being innocent. This experience gave me insights into the challenges Chinese scientists face and the immediate threat to the open environment in fundamental research on university campuses.

In this talk, I will highlight the JASON Report on Fundamental Research Security, commissioned and endorsed by the National Science Foundation. It opposes profiling Chinese scholars based on the actions of the Chinese government and Chinese Communist Party, supports reaffirmation of NSDD-189, which made unrestricted fundamental research a federal policy and proposes addressing foreign influence on US research within the framework of research integrity. I urge the audience to rally around the JASON Report and speak up to defend liberty and safeguard America's research enterprise.

Co-sponsored by Indigo: The LSA Asian and Asian-American Faculty Alliance and the U-M Association of Chinese Professors.

Please register here for the webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5ZfAAGdLTgylS04ds7ayuw

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Presentation Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:13:32 -0400 2020-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Presentation Event Poster
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
How shall we drug the MAPK pathway in Head and Neck Cancer? From exceptional responses to Immunogenomics (October 1, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77492 77492-19875790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Vivian Wai Yan Lui, PhD
Associate Professor and Deputy Chief
(Cancer Biology and Experimental Therapeutics)
Pharmacogenomics Working Group,
National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC), USA
Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee, CUHK
SBS College Coordinator, United College, CUHK
School of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:49:50 -0400 2020-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation seminar flyer
EEB Virtual Seminar: How to do conservation science, implement it, and not die trying (October 1, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77481 77481-19875775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Implementation of conservation science into policy is still a major disconnect that hinders the positive impact of MEAs. I will convey a few examples of research projects that have become official federal government programs with nation-wide implications. Mexico is the fifth country with the greatest biodiversity in the world. Challenges are thick and plentiful. The job of conservation professionals must seek to bridge the gap between academia and policy-makers, actively liaising with the governmental, civil society and private sectors to be truly effective....

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:45:58 -0400 2020-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Rodrigo Medellín
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 1, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-19907768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-02T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series (October 2, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77871 77871-19939555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

*Please see below for link to join the Zoom event. Passcode: Biophysics*

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series Presents:

Nirupama Sumangala - Biophysics Ph.D. Candidate (Ramamoorthy Group)

"Lipid Membrane Plays an Important Role for Facilitating Electron Transfer in Cytochrome P450"

Abstract: Cytochrome P450s (CYP450s) are a ubiquitous superfamily of enzymes that play a vital role in the metabolism of many exogenous and endogenous substrates including over 70% of the drugs on the market. For the catalytic reaction, CYP450 requires two electrons to be subsequently delivered, with the first one coming from cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) and the second one from either CPR or cytochrome b5 (cytb5). We are interested in understanding the role of membrane in mediating the electron transfer from redox partners to CYP450. Our findings reveal that the lipid membrane is crucial to mediate a productive CYP450-CPR complex for electron transfer. Our data emphasizes the importance of studying the structure, dynamics and kinetics of CYP450 metabolon in a biologically relevant membrane mimetic system.

Keanu Guardiola Flores - Biophysics Ph.D. Candidate (Wood Group)

"Drug Effects on *Enterococcus Faecalis* Biofilms: Growth, Topology, and Population Dynamics"

Abstract: The emergence of antibiotic resistance poses a growing threat to public health and increasingly limits our ability to treat and control infections. Recently, researchers have shifted their focus to length scales where ecological and evolutionary dynamics of bacterial communities highlight new approaches for slowing resistance with currently available drugs. By combining confocal microscopy with simple mathematical models I will show how antibiotics shape the composition of biofilms as well as their spatial architecture at the single-cell level. Our results suggest that in spatially structured populations, which may more accurately reflect natural bacterial communities, the selection of resistance is not a simple result of homogenous selections but depends critically on the spatial arrangement of cells.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:47:28 -0400 2020-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual
Arts and Ideas: Connecting across Disciplines (October 2, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77698 77698-19901734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts Initiative

Arts & Ideas is a series of workshops structured around a theme, with a focus on research and engagement collaboration and actions that can advance project ideas. These Labs are held as a collaboration between the Presidential Arts Initiative and the University’s Office of Research (UMOR) with the intent of catalyzing these goals:
–Expand ideas for broader impacts and awareness of arts as an aspect of research and understanding;
–Increase understanding and justice globally through expression and creativity;
–Create momentum and catalyze ideas around arts-as-research
–Offer opportunities for arts researchers across campus to network and learn more about each other's projects.
Sessions include presentations by members of the UM community currently engaged in arts research, information from the University Office of Research, and opportunities for discussion between attendees in breakout sessions.
This session is for any UM faculty, staff, or student interested in pursuing funding for arts projects, and developing collaborative projects with an arts focus.
Register here to receive join information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l4NChSTWD5cjkPVUFM64TVVBE6iGFAR_wAAqnqaYGrc/edit

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Meeting Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:56:42 -0400 2020-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Arts Initiative Meeting Arts and Ideas Labs logo
Measuring a Liberal Education and its Relationship with Labor Market Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis (October 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77737 77737-19909792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

In an exploratory project funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka S+R developed a novel approach to measuring a liberal arts and sciences educational experience, and examining its relationship with student outcomes. They will present their framework for defining and capturing the core features of a liberal arts and sciences educational experience, their index for measuring the degree to which a subset of higher education institutions in the US have offered those features to their students, and their institution-level analyses examining the relationship between index scores and students’ short-term academic and long-term labor market outcomes.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:45:03 -0400 2020-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Education Policy Initiative Workshop / Seminar UM LS&A Image
Friday Night AI (October 2, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77588 77588-19885834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Invited speakers:
Profs. Ceren Budak (School of Information) and Rada Mihalcea (Michigan AI)
Organizer: Michigan AI Lab in collaboration with the Ann Arbor District Library
Moderator: Prof. Benjamin Kuipers, Michigan AI

Pre-registration required by Oct. 1.

The proliferation of misleading information in everyday access media outlets such as social media feeds, news blogs, and online newspapers has made it challenging to identify trustworthy news sources. Over the past few months, the amount of misinformation shared online has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic (which has sometime been also referred to as an infodemic) as well as by the ongoing political debates and the upcoming federal elections. Artificial Intelligence provides ways to identify misinformative content online, and to potentially curb its spread. Join us for a conversation with Michigan experts Prof. Ceren Budak and Prof. Rada Mihalcea, who will discuss how Artificial Intelligence can be used to address fake news and misinformation.

What are the ways that AI may be used to identify misinformation and fake news?
What are the challenges encountered when developing such AI systems?
What are the benefits and risks of using automated ways to fight misinformation?

About the panelists:
Ceren Budak is an Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research interests lie in the area of computational social science. She is particularly interested in the use of large scale data sets and computational techniques to study problems with policy, social and political implications.
Rada Mihalcea is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and the Director of the Michigan Artificial Intelligence Lab. Her research interests are in computational linguistics, with a focus on lexical semantics, multilingual natural language processing, and computational social sciences. Together with her research lab and collaborators, she has worked on the problem of automatic deception detection for more than ten years, addressing among others the detection of deception in language and multimodal streams, the identification of fake news, and identity deception. She is the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers awarded by President Obama (2009) and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (2019).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:36:26 -0400 2020-10-02T19:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Lecture / Discussion Friday Night AI
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-03T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-03T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Computational Biology Guest Speaker Series (October 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77654 77654-19895767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Genes in Diseases and Symptoms

Genes in Diseases and Symptoms is hosting guest speakers over Zoom! You'll learn about different pathways in healthcare, especially those that involve technology/computing. Healthcare professionals will tell us about their journey, projects/research, and give us advice on what we can do to succeed in our future careers. Our first guest speaker is Dr. Michael Boehnke on Oct 3, 1-2 PM EDT.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:37:28 -0400 2020-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-03T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Genes in Diseases and Symptoms Lecture / Discussion
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-04T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
2020 Organ Conference: Lecture Demonstration (October 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76693 76693-19737027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

PERFORMANNCE: “Dissension” for trombone and organ (premiere)
Kaelan Hansson, graduate organ student and PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering, composer
Prof. David Jackson, University of Michigan, trombone
Dr. James Kibbie, University of Michigan, organ

LECTURE: High Tech and Low Tech: Ways to Preserve the Church Choir During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Jackson Merrill, graduate student in Organ Performance

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Performance Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:04 -0400 2020-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 5, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-05T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
RNA Seminar featuring: Chase Weidmann, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (October 5, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76147 76147-19665691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y9HTFl5RSOSJTJ5qtlhVcw

Keywords: mRNA regulation, noncoding RNA, RNA Structure, RNP granules

Abstract:
Chase Weidmann, Ph.D. has contributed broadly to the field of RNA Biology during his career, studying mechanisms of codon bias during translation, post-transcriptional regulation of mRNAs by RNA-binding proteins, the folding of long non-coding RNAs, and how RNA-protein interaction networks contribute to the function and assembly of functional RNP particles. Chase developed a chemical probing strategy and next-gen sequencing technology, called RNP-MaP, that maps the location of and cooperation between multi-protein networks on RNAs in live cells. Going forward, Chase is interested in understanding how alterations in RNA-binding protein profiles, a cell’s “RBPome”, confer deleterious activities onto noncoding RNAs in human disease, especially in cancer. To further empower this work and his future research program, Chase is now generating and integrating protein mass spectrometry data into his RBPome projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:01:52 -0400 2020-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion photo
What is YOUR role in research? Undergraduate research panel (October 5, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76398 76398-19711173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Getting involved in research can seem exciting but a little intimidating, too. But you don’t have to be an expert to start! We’ll talk about what to expect, and what will (and won’t) be expected from you when you first get involved with a lab. We’ll also have several students who have completed the STAR Scholars program and who are now working in labs describe their experiences and answer your questions.

RSVP Required: https://myumi.ch/0W1zZ

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:34:14 -0400 2020-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar VIRTUAL FALL SEMINAR SERIES
2020 Organ Conferece: “Leading in Times of Vast Change: Courage to Lead Congretations through Times of Tumult” (October 5, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76694 76694-19737028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dr. Darlene Kuperus, University of Michigan
Sarah Hescheles, Restoring Waters Consulting

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Performance Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:04 -0400 2020-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-06T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Complex Systems Seminar | A Simple Model for a Complex System: Legged Locomotion as an Oscillator (October 6, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77060 77060-19790568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

VIRTUAL SEMINAR LINK: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

The neuromechanical control and dynamics of legged locomotion are of great interest for biomedical and robotics applications, as well as being an aspect of functional morphology with large ecological implications. Most biomechanists take a "reductionist" approach that attempts to model animal motion by modeling the parts of the organism and their interconnections, thereby combining them into what are sometimes staggeringly complex models. We will discuss a complementary "essentialist" approach, where multi-legged locomotion is viewed as a limit cycle oscillation comprising the body, nervous system, and environment. Through a combination of theoretical mathematical advances, new numerical algorithms, and experimental work on both animals and robots, this approach has revealed new ways to non-invasively inspect neuromechanical feedback pathways, control and coordinate legs, and model complex multi-contact collisions. Talk will be non-technical and suitable for a broad sciences audience.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:43:45 -0400 2020-10-06T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Headshot Shai Revzen
2020 Organ Conferece: Lecture Demontration (October 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76695 76695-19737029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Serenade for organ and violin by Chris De Blasio
Jeremy David Tarrant, University of Michigan, organ
Phoebe Gelzer-Govatos, violin

LECTURE: Planning the Ecumenical Service with African American Organ Literature
Sylvia Wall, graduate student in Sacred Music

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Performance Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:04 -0400 2020-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
EEB student evaluation seminar: Understanding drivers of fish production and post-disturbance recovery of fishing communities in a tropical coastal ecosystem (October 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76792 76792-19743068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Katrina presents her preliminary seminar

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:55:09 -0400 2020-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual A sailboat and a fishing boat on the water, people dropping nets
MDP Project Preview Night (October 6, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78172 78172-19989036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Join us for a virtual project recruitment event, using the Career Fair Plus software.

- Talk to corporate sponsors and faculty PI’s about their projects
- Register ahead of time for interview slots similar to the engineering career fair
- Upload your resume and be prepared to ask questions
- Read the project descriptions on the MDP website before attending

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Reception / Open House Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:18:57 -0400 2020-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multidisciplinary Design Program Reception / Open House A Sponsor Mentor from the Human Rights First - Multidisciplinary Design Program project speaks with a prospective applicant at the Project Preview Night event in 2019.
2020 Organ Conference: Organists as Innovators (October 6, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76696 76696-19737030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Michael Barone, Pipedreams, American Public Media

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
2020 Organ Conference: Lecture Demonstration (October 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76698 76698-19737032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Music for Soprano and Organ
Katharine Ball Meagher, guest artist, soprano
Dr. Andrew Meagher, Organ Department staff, organ

Living Voices: Sharon Willis and Harriet Tubman
Sarah Simko, Doctoral candidate in Organ Performance

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Performance Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
MDP Project Fair (October 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78176 78176-19989039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multidisciplinary Design Program

Join us for a virtual project recruitment event, using the Career Fair Plus software.

- Talk to corporate sponsors and faculty PI’s about their projects
- Register ahead of time for interview slots similar to the engineering career fair
- Upload your resume and be prepared to ask questions
- Read the project descriptions on the MDP website before attending

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Reception / Open House Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:18:54 -0400 2020-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Multidisciplinary Design Program Reception / Open House A Sponsor Mentor and a Faculty Mentor from the Northrop Grumman Solar Truss - Multidisciplinary Design Program project speak with a prospective applicant at the Project Preview Night event in 2019.
EER Seminar Series (Engineering Education Research) (October 7, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77660 77660-19899719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity has been a persistent challenge in engineering. Over the last 40 years, hundreds of papers and more than 25 national reports have been published focusing on broadening participation in STEM. Simultaneously, people throughout the U.S. have been working endlessly to solve this problem. Yet, we have seen only incremental progress, suggesting that there is a need to take a step back and re-examine what has been done, in terms of both research and practice. To support this effort, Dr. Lee’s research focuses on critically evaluating the research-to-practice cycle as it relates to broadening participation. In this seminar, he will discuss an ongoing project focused on the participation of Black Americans in engineering and computer science. The goals of this project are to advance our understanding of the disconnect between research and practice, to identify barriers to progress, and to set a national agenda for broadening the participation of Black Americans in engineering and computer science.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:41:43 -0400 2020-10-07T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Walter Lee
Building the Archives: Women’s Influence as Librarians, Curators, and Collectors (October 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76576 76576-19727087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Many institutional histories of rare book and manuscript libraries center on tales of prominent (and typically male) figures - the original collectors, directors, and major donors. But what happens to our understanding of the archive if we shift our perspective to allow for women’s contributions to the library to come to the forefront? Listen to a discussion between Clements Library curators and staff to learn more about how we can achieve this and what it enables.

The Clements Library's Virtual Discover Series: Women's History in the Archives consists of three sessions on consecutive Wednesdays (Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 7). Please register at myumi.ch/wlnQw

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:32:38 -0400 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Georgia Haugh, Clements Library Book Curator 1948-1978
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78232 78232-19996937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: The chromosomes of the human genome are organized in three-dimensions by compartmentalizing the cell nucleus and different genomic loci also interact with each other. However, the principles underlying such nuclear genome organization and its functional impact remain poorly understood. In this talk, I will introduce some of our recent work in developing machine learning methods by utilizing whole-genome mapping data to study the higher-order genome organization. Our methods reveal the spatial localization of chromosome regions and exploit chromatin interactome patterns within the cell nucleus in different cellular conditions, across mammalian species, and also in single-cell resolution. We hope that these algorithms will provide new insights into the principles of nuclear spatial organization.

Bio: Jian Ma is an Associate Professor in the Computational Biology Department within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was previously on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lab develops algorithms to study the structure and function of the human genome with a focus on nuclear organization, gene regulation, comparative genomics, and single cell biology. He received several awards, including an NSF CAREER award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the Contact PI of a UM1 Center project in the NIH 4D Nucleome Program (Phase 2; 2020-2025). https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jianma/

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:47:39 -0400 2020-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
2020 Organ Conference: Panel Discussion (October 7, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76697 76697-19737031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Music and Message: A Case Study in Spiritual Programming for College Students
Dr. José “Peppie” Calvar, Syracuse University
Rev. Brian Konkol, Syracuse University
Dr. Anne Laver, Syracuse University

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
Engineering an immunological niche for early detection of immune dysfunction (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77515 77515-19877791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Lonnie Shea, PhD
William and Valerie Hall Chair
Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan

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Presentation Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:40:07 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Presentation flyer
EEB Virtual Seminar: Global inequity in species names and who they honor (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76574 76574-19727085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Shane presents this week's virtual seminar.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:34:38 -0400 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual World map showing number of bird species descriptions since 1950
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-08T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
RNA Journal Club (October 8, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76901 76901-19774602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Zoom meeting link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98191021203

The RNA Journal Club meets to prepare for seminars and engage with their presenters. The Club studies and reviews the articles relating to upcoming talks.

In preparation for 10/8/20 Seminar with guest speaker: Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego https://events.umich.edu/event/75807

Publication to review: TBA

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:21:44 -0400 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Glasses notebook and laptop
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
2020 Virtual EER Prospective Student Open House (October 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77361 77361-19844064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Students from all institutions are invited to attend. Participants will hear all about the program, meet the faculty and graduate students, learn about career opportunities as a UM graduate in this field and take a virtual tour of the beautiful University of Michigan campus.

Please note that applicants to the EER graduate program must have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in a traditional engineering discipline.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:53:47 -0400 2020-10-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion EER Logo
MCDB Virtual Seminar: Structural Insights into TRP channels gating (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77386 77386-19846073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Randy Stockbridge

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:06:20 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar MCDB-initials-and-microscope-in yellow on a blue square
2020 Organ Conference: Audience Collaboration in 18th-Century Keyboard Improvisation (October 9, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76702 76702-19737036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Dr. John Mortensen, Cedarville University

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:15:05 -0400 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 12, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
STS Speaker. Timescapes of Behavior: Resilience and Long-Term Ecological Research (October 12, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77484 77484-19875779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

The Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (STeMS) Speaker Series features scholars doing research across the range of STS subject matter. This term:

Are we humans cooperative or warlike, rational or delusional, fixed or flexible? These questions have philosophical bite and political stakes. Indeed, they always have. But recent work in a range of disciplines asks us to go deeper. What if “we humans” are more fiction than fact? If we can’t assume the stability of the human across time and place, what happens to debates about human nature? Humanistic approaches, including actor-network theory, posthuman criticism, and multispecies ethnographies, challenge the idea of an autonomous human nature, while scientific studies of organ development, neuroendocrinology, and the microbiome are revealing how much nature there is inside of us. We explore these questions through a braided history of the human and environmental sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:22:28 -0400 2020-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion
Hot off the Press (October 12, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78282 78282-20002863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

*Registration is required for this event:* http://myumi.ch/jxNGK

*Hot off the Press* is a forum for graduate students, lecturers, and faculty to share their research, talk about the challenges they have encountered and the approaches they have, or are considering in the process of formulating their frames of analysis.

The October round of *Hot off the Press* will explore entangled histories of confessionalism in the Middle East. Salman Elamir (MES, PhD Candidate) will discuss the ethnographic research he conducted last summer on the Druze community living in Israel, how they remember their past incarnations and spoke about the past through their life stories. Joshua Cole (History, Professor) will talk about the challenges he encountered writing his recent book, *Lethal Provocation: The Constantine Murders and the Politics of French Algeria* on anti-Jewish violence in French Algeria at a moment of growing rupture between Algeria’s Jews and Muslims. Golriz Farshi (MES, PhD Candidate) will discuss her dissertation chapter that reads the establishment of an endowed charitable complex by a Jewish convert to Islam, Rashid al-Din Fazlallah al-Hamadani, both as an act of individual conversion and the materialization of Mongol collective conversion to Islam.

Joshua Cole (History)
Salman Elamir (MES)
Golriz Farshi (MES)
Moderator: Kathryn Babayan (MES)

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:13:58 -0400 2020-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Middle East Studies Livestream / Virtual Hot off the Press
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Getting Started with ArcGIS Online (October 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77712 77712-19907680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

ArcGIS Online is a simple yet powerful interactive, web-based mapping tool to which everyone at the University of Michigan has access. ArcGIS Online can be used to visualize data, analyze spatial patterns, and present materials in a professional-looking app.

In this hands-on workshop, we will learn how to use ArcGIS Online to easily turn a spreadsheet into a map, discover and add data from authoritative sources to the map, customize the map’s appearance, and publish the map for sharing, all on the web. We will also look at some of the options for analyzing and presenting map data, as well as some of the tools and technologies available for collecting geographic datasets.

(This will be a virtual workshop; Zoom connection info will be sent to registered participants shortly before the workshop.)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:56:19 -0400 2020-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Planning the Journey
UROP Zotero Workshop (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76663 76663-19735025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Need help organizing and managing your research citations and PDFs? We’ll cover the basics of creating and managing a personal bibliographic database using Zotero, including importing citations from online resources and generating formatted bibliographies. In addition, we'll learn how Zotero integrates with Microsoft Word and learn about using the collaborative features in Zotero too.

For workshop link and full list of UROP student workshops please visit:
http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:28:41 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Workshops
Working with Google Scholar (October 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76651 76651-19735014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

UROP Skill-Building Workshops are offered to support students through their first research experience. Supplement your research experience in gaining knowledge through programs that are key skills in conducting research both in the lab and remotely.

For a full list of UROP Workshop please visit:
http://myumi.ch/uropworkshops

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:19:52 -0400 2020-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Skill-Building Workshop
Bioethics Discussion: Artificial Parts (October 13, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58829 58829-14563720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on what is replaceable.

For the discussion, consider a few readings:
––Implant ethics
––Neuro-Prosthetics, the Extended Mind, and Respect for Persons with Disability
––Why Not Artificial Wombs?
––Going Out on a Limb: Prosthetics, Normalcy and Disputing the Therapy/Enhancement Distinction

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/048-artificial-parts/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Part way between "the real" and "the artificial", "the blog": https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:42:47 -0400 2020-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T18:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Artificial Parts
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The State of the 2020 Presidential Campaign with Less than a Month to Go (October 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78169 78169-19987071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Wednesday, October 14 at 1pm, EDT.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/98481922311

Panelists: Michael Traugott (Research Professor Emeritus; Center for Political Studies, Communication Studies, Department of Political Science), Josh Pasek (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies Associate Professor; Department of Communication Studies and Political Science), and Stuart Soroka (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies; Professor of Communication Studies and Professor of Political Science, LSA).

The speakers will provide an update on the 2020 contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden with an emphasis on the current state of public opinion about the candidates and key issues in the campaign.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:34:36 -0400 2020-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Livestream / Virtual event flyer
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78234 78234-19996940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Gaussian processes provide flexible non-parametric models of data and we are using them to model temporal and spatial patterns in gene expression. Single-cell omics measurements are destructive and one cannot follow the high-dimensional dynamics of genes across time in one cell. Similarly, the spatial context of cells is often lost or only known with reduced resolution. Computational methods are widely used to infer pseudo-temporal orderings of cells or to infer spatial locations. We show how Gaussian processes (GPs) can be used to model temporal and spatial relationships between genes and cells in these datasets. As examples I will show how we use Bayesian GPLVMs with informative priors to infer pseudo-temporal orderings for single-cell time course data [1] and branching GPs to identify gene-specific bifurcation points across pseudotime [2]. Gene expression data are often summarized as counts and there may be many zero values in the data due to limited sequencing depth. We therefore recently extended these methods to use negative binomial or zero-inflated negative binomial likelihoods and we show that this can lead to much improved performance over standard Gaussian noise models when identifying spatially varying genes from spatial transcriptomics data [3].

[1] Ahmed, S., Rattray, M., & Boukouvalas, A. (2019). GrandPrix: scaling up the Bayesian GPLVM for single-cell data. Bioinformatics, 35(1), 47-54.

[2] Boukouvalas, A., Hensman, J., & Rattray, M. (2018). BGP: identifying gene-specific branching dynamics from single-cell data with a branching Gaussian process. Genome biology, 19(1), 65.

[3] BinTayyash, N., Georgaka, S., John, S. T., Ahmed, S., Boukouvalas, A., Hensman, J., & Rattray, M. (2020). Non-parametric modelling of temporal and spatial counts data from RNA-seq experiments. Bioarxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.29.227207

Short bio: Magnus Rattray is Professor of Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Manchester and Director of the Institute for Data Science & AI. He works on the development of methods for machine learning and Bayesian inference with applications to large-scale biological and medical datasets. He has a long-standing interest in longitudinal data analysis and a more recent interest in modelling single-cell, spatial omics and live cell imaging microscopy data. He is a Fellow of the ELLIS Health Programme and the Alan Turing Institute and his research is funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:35:21 -0400 2020-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Magnus Rattray, PhD (Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Manchester)
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 15, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-15T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
3D organization of human genome in development and disease – A perspective from 3D genome engineering (October 15, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78431 78431-20044394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Xiaotian Zhang, PhD
Research Investigator
Department of Pathology
Tomasz Cierpicki/Jolanta Grembecka lab
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:04:51 -0400 2020-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Lecture / Discussion Zhang
The Massey Family Foundation Virtual TBI Conference (October 15, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77046 77046-19790555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC)

The Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) invites you to the 2020 Massey Family Foundation Virtual TBI Conference.

Supported by the Joyce & Don Massey Family Foundation, the conference aims to improve the outcomes of those who suffer severe traumatic brain injuries by sharing the latest insights and innovations in the field, and by supporting technology development and translational and clinical research that impacts the “golden hours” of care.

The 2020 conference will kick off with a presentation by keynote speaker Daniel Spaite, MD, FACEP, Virginia Piper Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine and Director of the EMS Research Collaboration at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. The afternoon’s events will also include a roundtable discussion and live Q&A with a panel of field and industry leaders.

For more information and to register: https://mcircc.umich.edu/tbi2020

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:19:23 -0400 2020-10-15T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) Conference / Symposium Massey Family Foundation Virtual TBI Conference
NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies Mini Symposium Series: Climate Change, the Environment & Health (October 15, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77387 77387-19846079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies

It is impossible to ignore the evidence of the past decade - wildfires have made air on the west coast incredibly hazardous and children have been poisoned by drinking water at crucial ages of development. The environment we have created for ourselves is a serious threat to our health.

Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, Director of the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies, will moderate the 30-minute mini symposium that discusses both global and local impacts that the environment has on our health. Along with Dr. Feldman, presentations will be made by Jonathan Overpeck, PhD, Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability, who will address climate change and environmental justice; Stuart Batterman, PhD, a professor from the U-M School of Public Health, who will discuss how contaminants in the air affect your health; and Stephen Goutman, MD, MS, director of the Pranger ALS Clinic, who will talk about the association between environmental pollution and ALS.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:26:08 -0400 2020-10-15T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies Conference / Symposium Climate Change, the Environment & Health Mini Symposium
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 15, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-15T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Lecture Series: The Latest Technology and Innovations in the Maritime Industry (October 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78471 78471-20050327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Lecture series for experts, professors and industry leaders in the maritime sector.

Registration: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Design_and_Manufacture_of_MultiMaterials_Lightweight_Structures_5155

A number of recent major investigations in the US and aboard have concluded that the most effective lightweighting can be achieved through the adoption of multi-materials structures for which the right material can be used at the right place. However, the design and manufacture of such multi-materials structures faces unprecedented challenges that include design for producibility, jointability, and structural performance. This talk will highlight some of the key research issues and some solutions being developed at University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:47:28 -0400 2020-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T09:00:00-04:00 Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME Happening at UM
Digital Scholarship 101: Planning Your Project (October 16, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77969 77969-19947523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Are you planning a digital project but don’t know where to start? In this workshop, participants will learn the steps needed to plan a project for success. From identifying the team members and support you will need to formalizing relationships and crediting labor in ethical and fair ways. Instructors will lead participants through the process of writing a flexible project charter including documenting decisions and choices from team member responsibilities to technical needs such as platform choices, project phasing and versioning. Practical and critical considerations will be discussed and covered when writing a project charter, and how a project plan can ease the creation of documentation as well as the grant application process. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a project template and a better understanding of the requirements needed for digital scholarship.

This workshop is part of a series, Digital Scholarship 101. This series of workshops helps scholars avoid outdated projects, unpreserved knowledge, uncredited labor, and privacy or consent issues by emphasizing process in the project life cycle. Workshop participants learn how to conceptualize the life cycle of a project using human-centered design and backwards modeling when planning their projects to better understand how to version, archive, and preserve their research projects. Throughout the series, thematic questions around sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, grant requirements, and teaching with research will be examined. We encourage you to come with a project in mind and bring materials if available, but is not required to attend.

Zoom link provided after registration: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/digital-scholarship-101-planning-your-project-2/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:36:24 -0400 2020-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Planning your project
Paths to PhD: Preparing for Grad School in the Biosciences (October 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78233 78233-19996939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A Zoom panel on applying and preparing for grad school, doing thesis research, and any other questions you have.

Friday, October 16th, at 4pm.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFP0DQjoBVYNrPy22NTheI5cffX17N3OAaRVIrCK9YSz_00g/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:21:33 -0400 2020-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-17T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-18T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Literacy Among American Indians: Levels and Trends from 1900 to 1930 and Across Birth Cohorts from 1830 to 1920 (October 19, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77313 77313-19838094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

We investigate levels and trends in literacy among American Indians in the United States. Using 1900-1930 decennial census data, we document literacy for the 1900 through 1930 period and for birth cohorts from 1830 through 1920. We thus provide for American Indians a large-scale picture of the history of literacy. We document the pace and extent of Indian literacy from very low for the birth cohorts of the early 1800s to fairly universal for the cohorts of the early 1900s. We also demonstrate that the increases in Indian literacy were closely related to birth cohort, with successive new birth cohorts having higher levels of literacy. We found little evidence that increases in literacy from 1900 to 1930 happened because adults increased their literacy after the school years and as they matured across the adult life course. We also document important gender differences in Native American literacy, with the proportion literate being lower for women than for men, but with the gender gap decreasing in later birth cohorts. There were also substantial literacy inequalities across geographical regions of the country-ranging from 19 to 74 percent literate across regions in 1900. The trajectories of literacy attainment also varied across regions in interesting ways. We also document that Indian literacy was higher among those living in urban areas, those more integrated into the Euro-American community, and those with Euro-American ancestry.

https://ssai.isr.umich.edu/

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.


BIO:
Arland Thornton is Professor of Sociology, Population Studies, and Survey Research at the University of Michigan, where he is also associated with the , Native American Studies Program and several Centers within the International Institute. He is a social demographer who has served as president of the Population Association of America and previously held a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health. He has received four awards for his books as well as distinguished career awards from the American Sociological Association and the Population Association of America. Thornton has focused much of his career on the study of family and demographic issues, with emphasis on marriage, cohabitation, childbearing, gender roles, education, and migration. Thornton has also pioneered the study of developmental idealism, including its conceptualization, measurement, and influence in many places. He has collaborated in the collection and analysis of data from Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Malawi, Nepal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, the U.S., and Vietnam. Thornton is currently conducting research concerning American Indians, with a particular focus on levels and trends in schools, school enrollment, and literacy.


Linda Young-DeMarco is a Lead Research Area Specialist with extensive longitudinal research project management experience. Her expertise includes project conceptualization, construct and measurement development, design and preparation of open ended survey materials, survey questionnaire design, interviewer training, design, implementation, and supervision of data management activities, design and direction of archival activities, contributions to the conceptualization of data analyses, design and execution of data analyses, and collaboration in the authorship of substantive peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters. She has been project manager and collaborator with researchers at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research on numerous international research projects that focus on development and people's ideational beliefs concerning development around the world.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:53:04 -0400 2020-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Brown Bag seminar
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 19, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
CSCS/MIDAS/CSS Seminar | Towards An Artificial Intuition: Conversational Markers Of (Anti)Social Dynamics (October 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77798 77798-19933614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

MEETING LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95443347994

Abstract: Can conversational dynamics—the nature of the back and forth between people—predict outcomes of social interactions? This talk will describe efforts on developing an artificial intuition about ongoing conversations, by modeling the subtle pragmatic and rhetorical choices of the participants.

The resulting framework distills emerging conversational patterns that can point to the nature of the social relation between interlocutors, as well as to the future trajectory of this relation. For example, I will discuss how interactional dynamics can be used to foretell whether an online conversation will stay on track or eventually derail into personal attacks, providing community moderators several hours of prior notice before an anti-social event is likely to occur.

The data and code are available through the Cornell Conversational Analysis Toolkit (ConvoKit): http://convokit.cornell.edu

This talk includes joint work with Jonathan P. Chang, Lucas Dixon, Liye Fu, Yiqing Hua, Dan Jurafsky, Lillian Lee, Jure Leskovec, Vlad Niculae, Chris Potts, Arthur Spirling, Dario Taraborelli, Nithum Thain, and Justine Zhang.

Bio: Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil is an associate professor in the information science department at Cornell University. His research aims at developing computational methods that can lead to a better understanding of our conversational practices, supporting tools that can improve the way we communicate online. He is the recipient of several awards—including an NSF CAREER Award, the WWW 2013 Best Paper Award, a CSCW 2017 Best Paper Award, and two Google Faculty Research Awards—and his work has been featured in popular media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, NBC’s The Today Show, NPR and the New York Times.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:50:36 -0400 2020-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil
RNA Seminar featuring: Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego (October 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75807 75807-19608023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CcI2trSATJy47aGtwrzhew

Abstract: The life-cycle of RNA from transcription to translational regulation is mediated by a diverse (>2000) set of proteins called RNA binding proteins. My lab studies the many roles that RNA binding proteins have in affecting RNA expression, splicing, transport and translation. Through our studies on RNA processing, we have introduced therapeutic strategies to treat neurodegenerative and muscular diseases, built cellular models of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases and developed experimental and computational tools that enable the community to probe RNA binding protein-RNA interactions at scale. I will discuss (1) our established and new technologies to identify RNA targets of human RBPs at scale, (2) systematic assays to assign molecular roles to RBPs and (2) functional screens to identify RBPs implicated in cancer / RNA granule formation.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:57:16 -0400 2020-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion Gene Yeo, University of California, San Diego
Towards an Artificial Intuition: Conversational Markers of (Anti)Social Dynamics (October 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78274 78274-20002858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Can conversational dynamics—the nature of the back and forth between people—predict outcomes of social interactions? This talk will describe efforts on developing an artificial intuition about ongoing conversations, by modeling the subtle pragmatic and rhetorical choices of the participants.
The resulting framework distills emerging conversational patterns that can point to the nature of the social relation between interlocutors, as well as to the future trajectory of this relation. For example, I will discuss how interactional dynamics can be used to foretell whether an online conversation will stay on track or eventually derail into personal attacks, providing community moderators several hours of prior notice before an anti-social event is likely to occur.
The data and code are available through the Cornell Conversational Analysis Toolkit (ConvoKit): http://convokit.cornell.edu
This talk includes joint work with Jonathan P. Chang, Lucas Dixon, Liye Fu, Yiqing Hua, Dan Jurafsky, Lillian Lee, Jure Leskovec, Vlad Niculae, Chris Potts, Arthur Spirling, Dario Taraborelli, Nithum Thain, and Justine Zhang.

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Presentation Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:03:41 -0400 2020-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation https://umich.zoom.us/j/95443347994
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
CSCS/MIDAS/MICDE Seminar | Predicting the second wave of COVID-19 in Washtenaw County, MI (October 20, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76629 76629-19733025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE) and the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)

VIRTUAL SEMINAR LINK: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

In this work, we study and predict the spread of COVID-19 in Washtenaw County, MI through applying a discrete and stochastic network-based modeling framework. In this framework, we construct contact networks based on synthetic population datasets specific for Washtenaw County that are derived from US Census datasets. We assign individuals to households, workplaces, schools, and group quarters (such as prisons or long term care facilities). In addition, we assign casual contacts to each individual at random. Using this framework, we explicitly simulate Michigan-specific government-mandated workplace and school closures as well as social distancing measures. We perform sensitivity analyses to identify key model parameters and mechanisms contributing to the observed disease burden in the three months following the first observed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. We then consider several scenarios for relaxing restrictions and reopening workplaces to predict what actions would be most prudent. In particular, we consider the effects of 1) different timings for reopening, and 2) different levels of workplace vs. casual contact re-engagement. Through simulations and sensitivity analyses, we explore mechanisms driving the magnitude and timing of a second wave of infections upon re-opening.

This work is based on Dr. Renardy's *paper in press* in the *Journal of Theoretical Biology* with coauthors:
Marisa Eisenberg, UM Complex Systems & Math (LSA) and Epidemiology (Public Health)
Denise Kirschner, UM Department of Microbiology & Immunology (Medical School)

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:00:42 -0400 2020-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Photo of Marissa Renardy
UROP Intro. to GIS Workshop (October 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77024 77024-19790532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of visualising geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Open source and proprietary mapping and GIS software and online tool options will be described, and exercises will be done in ArcGIS Pro, a desktop GIS program available through a campus license. Students will leave with a roadmap for learning more beyond this short, basic GIS intro workshop.

Register for the workshop: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuce6rrjgiGtNMnKFRyKaKYPHwB2Wk3lOX

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:01:08 -0400 2020-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-20T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Skill-Building Workshops
University Symphony Orchestra (October 20, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78663 78663-20099531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

All-American Program
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Copland: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)

Join the University Symphony Orchestra for a livestream performance featuring an All-American program including the unveiling of the new performing edition of Aaron Copland’s complete ballet score of Appalachian Spring, which was created right here at the SMTD by MUSA. Mark Clague is the co-editor-in-chief of MUSA and Andrew Kuster serves as MUSA’s Executive Editor.

The editors of the new score are Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett (Aaron Copland Fund) and Aaron Sherber (former conductor of the Martha Graham Dance Company). Grammy nominee, Kenneth Kiesler will conduct the performance. Kiesler has previously conducted performances of Appalachian Spring with the Martha Graham Dance Company, and, as a young conductor in the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition, where he won the jury’s special prize for Appalachian Spring.

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Performance Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:15:04 -0400 2020-10-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
CHM 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities (October 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78729 78729-20113300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for the History of Medicine

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities.

This year’s lecture will feature Dr. Powel Kazanjian, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Kazanjian is also Professor of History at the University of Michigan, where he teaches on the history of epidemics and the history of sexually transmitted diseases. He has written extensively about the history of AIDS, syphilis, commercial botulism, plague, and the development of bacteriology in America.

Dr. Kazanjian will deliver his lecture, “The Persistence of Contagious Diseases.” By the later 20th century, it had become common for public health officials and lay writers to envision a future in which epidemic diseases had been eliminated. The appearance of the new deadly disease that would eventually be known as AIDS in 1981, however, challenged their confident vision. The potent antiretroviral therapies (ART) introduced in 1996 enabled individuals receiving treatment to survive a full lifespan. By 2014, a global UNAIDS campaign sought to “end AIDS as a global health threat” by 2030” by maximizing the distribution of ART to infected people. The UNAIDS campaign is conceptually similar to earlier 20th century programs that sought to end syphilis by expanding specific therapy. The failure of these syphilis campaigns, together with the realization that today’s efforts to end AIDS is falling short of their 2020 milestones, however, raise uncertainties about whether the ongoing UNAIDs campaign will succeed. Socioeconomic and behavioral factors have hindered the biomedical campaigns to eliminate syphilis and AIDS. To be effective, scientific public health campaigns must also address how to rectify the socioeconomic conditions and human behaviors that vex elimination efforts and lead to emerging epidemics like AIDS and Covid-19. Epidemic diseases, along with efforts launched to contain them, have been and continue to be an inescapable part of our existence.

Please join us for this engaging and timely online lecture from one of the nation’s premiere infectious disease experts.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Zoom link: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93152555886

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:06:52 -0400 2020-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for the History of Medicine Lecture / Discussion CHM 19th Annual Davenport Lecture
CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (October 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78174 78174-19989054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

After a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series returns virtually this October with Trevor Pawl!

On July 2nd, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer formally announced the launch of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) with Trevor Pawl named as Chief Mobility Officer. Trevor will provide insight into the creation of OFME, its vision, and its use as a tool for all key mobility stakeholders in Michigan. This webinar will include a Q&A session.
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About the speaker: Trevor Pawl is the Chief Mobility Officer for the State of Michigan, and leads Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. In this position, Pawl is responsible for working across state government, academia and private industry to grow Michigan’s mobility ecosystem through strategic policy recommendations and new support services for companies focused on the future of transportation. Prior to this position, Pawl served as the Senior Vice President of Business Innovation at the MEDC, where he led the official state programs for mobility (PlanetM), supply chain assistance (Pure Michigan Business Connect), export assistance (Michigan International Trade program) and entrepreneurial assistance (Michigan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program). Before joining the MEDC, Pawl brought with him experience in supply chain matchmaking, having led the creation of the economic development program, Connection Point, at the Detroit Regional Chamber, which later became Pure Michigan Business Connect. Trevor has been named Crain’s Detroit Business’s “40 Under 40” and “50 Names to Know in Government”. He’s also been named Development Counsellors International’s “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Economic Development” and the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council’s “Government Advocate of the Year”. Pawl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:35:03 -0400 2020-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Decorative Image
MIPSE Seminar | Bringing Cosmic Shock Waves Down to Earth (October 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76462 76462-19717156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

The seminar is free and open to the public.
To request the Zoom link, please send an email to:
mipse-central@umich.edu

Abstract:
As a fundamental process for converting kinetic to thermal energy, collisionless shocks are ubiquitous throughout the heliosphere and astrophysical systems, from Earth’s magneto-sphere to supernova remnants. While these shocks have been studied for decades by spacecraft, telescopes, and numerical simulations, there remain key open questions in shock physics, such as: How do shocks accelerate particles to extremely high energies? or How are particles heated across a shock? Laboratory experiments thus provide a significant opportunity to both complement spacecraft and remote sensing observations with well-controlled and well-diagnosed datasets, and to help benchmark numerical simulations that bridge laboratory and astrophysical systems.

In this talk, I will discuss recent results from experiments and simulations on the formation and evolution of collision-less shocks created through the interaction of a supersonic laser-driven magnetic piston and magnetized ambient plasma. Through advanced diagnostics a fast, high-Mach-number shock is observed. Direct probing of particle velocity distributions reveals the coupling between the piston and ambient plasmas that is a key step in forming magnetized collisionless shocks. Particle-in-cell simulations further detail the shock formation process, the role of collisionality, and the dynamics of multi-ion-species ambient plasmas. I will also discuss how this experimental platform complements spacecraft missions and can allow novel investigations of shock heating and particle acceleration.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:51:04 -0400 2020-10-21T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Livestream / Virtual Dr. Derek Schaeffer
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (October 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78531 78531-20058232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract
Although machine learning applications are now pervasive to every industry, adoption into healthcare remains a challenging and arduous process. Barriers to implementation include clinician trust, algorithm credibility and actionability, promoting clinician literacy in machine learning methods, and mitigating unintended consequences.

In the high-risk operating room setting, anesthesiologists are recognized leaders in patient safety, and manage uncertainty through careful considerations of risk and benefit based upon a thorough understanding of disease processes and treatment mechanisms. In this talk, the speaker highlights how obstacles to implementation of machine-learning based healthcare applications can be mitigated, and how an understanding of such applications can be promoted among clinically-minded anesthesiologists who may not necessarily be expert data scientists.

Short Bio:
Dr. Mathis has research interests in improving perioperative care for patients with advanced cardiovascular disease, particularly for patients with heart failure. As part of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), an international consortium of perioperative databases for which U-M serves as the coordinating center, he serves as Associate Research Director and plays a lead role in integration of MPOG data with data from national cardiac and thoracic surgery registries. He also has interests in leveraging novel data science methods to understand patterns within highly granular intraoperative physiologic data, studying hemodynamic responses to surgical and anesthetic stimuli as a means for early detection of cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:43:15 -0400 2020-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Image which promotes the content of Dr. Mathis' talk (https://jamanetwork.com/collections/5584/critical-care-medicine)
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
EEB Virtual Seminar: Community ecology as a collection of coupled oscillators (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77050 77050-19790558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

John Vandermeer presents this week's seminar

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:20:44 -0400 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual graph of coupled oscillators
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 22, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election (October 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76324 76324-19687517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Join faculty members from the Center for Political Studies on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4 PM Eastern for a panel discussion of the issues shaping the 2020 Presidential Election. Panelists include Jenna Bednar, Vincent Hutchings, and Angela Ocampo. This event is part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series.

Please register for this event at http://myumi.ch/7ZA9g
The event will be live-streamed at http://myumi.ch/YyjAE

Jenna Bednar is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Michigan, a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and the Edie N. Goldenberg Endowed Director of Michigan in Washington. Her research focuses on how collective action builds social goods and the role that government plays in that collaboration. Current work includes: robust system design, especially of federalism; states as innovators in federal systems; out of district campaign contributions; how culture affects the way people respond to laws and norms; transboundary water system governance; and governance to support human flourishing. Her book The Robust Federation: Principles of Design was awarded the APSA Martha Derthick Best Book Award in recognition of its enduring contribution to the study of federalism. In 2020, she was named APSA Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar.

Vincent Hutchings is a Research Professor in the Center for Political Studies and Professor in the Department of Political Science. Professor Hutchings’ general interests include public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African American politics. He is also interested in the ways that campaign communications can “prime” various group identities and subsequently affect candidate evaluations.

Angela Ocampo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her research examines the political incorporation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities both as every-day participants and as political leaders within American institutions. Her current book project investigates the concept of perceived belonging to U.S. society and its influence on political interest and political engagement among Latinas/os/xs.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:13:04 -0400 2020-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer for Perspectives on the 2020 Presidential Election
Quantitative Methods in my Work (and at U-M!) Speaker Series (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78570 78570-20066106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

Join us as LSA/QMSS undergrads, Chloe Aronoff and Lillian Kleinknecht, interview U-M faculty researchers about their work and visions for Quantitative Research in our changing and data drive world.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:48:42 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Livestream / Virtual QMSS Session 1 flyer
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Virtual Open House (MS & PhD Programs) (October 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78326 78326-20010764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Virtual Open House will give you an opportunity to learn more about the graduate (MS & PhD) programs that are offered in the College of Pharmacy. This event will begin with an overview presentation featuring our MS program in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences and our PhD programs in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science. This presentation will be followed by a virtual poster session with graduate students from each program. Opportunities for Q & A with faculty members will also be available.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:01:57 -0400 2020-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-22T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M College of Pharmacy Reception / Open House PhD students at Research Forum
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Biophysics Seminar Series (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77918 77918-19941583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

*Please see below for the link to join the Zoom event.*

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Sandra Schmid - Chief Scientific Officer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

“Dynamin: A catalyst for fission, collaboration and controversy”

ABSTRACT: Kazuo Ikeda’s beautiful electron micrographs of neuromuscular junctions of Drosophila *shibire* mutants revealed the presence of collar-like structures around the necks of trapped endocytic intermediates. They inspired my 30 year-long obsession with dynamin, the mammalian homologue of *shibire.* Our subsequent studies of dynamin, which began in the early 90s provide benefitted from the development of new technologies and from interdisciplinary collaboration. I’ll describe the twists and turns of our efforts to understand the mechanisms underlying dynamin-catalyzed fission, the value of interdisciplinary collaborations, and the importance of taking all data into account when formulating models. I’ll detail our current understanding of dynamin-catalyzed fission, now supported by independent studies of others, and briefly describe the many remaining unanswered questions, keeping in mind (in the words of George Box) that, *“All models are wrong, but some are useful."*

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:12:59 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Sandra Schmid
Special Physics Presentation | Science Policy: The View from the Trenches (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77753 77753-19909895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Physics

Presentation Link: http://myumi.ch/zxWXV

What if you could erase the board and redesign APS lobbying and advocacy from scratch? What issues would you work on, what techniques would you deploy? That’s precisely the position the APS Office of Government Affairs found itself in nearly four years ago. The talk will describe the circumstances APS faced, and how we responded, focusing on particular APS campaigns that successfully pushed back against federal proposals for deep cuts to R&D funding and for a new tax on graduate students. The talk will then consider current issues and how APS is now using the grassroots-based approach it developed to advance legislation on STEM visa-reform and to pass legislation in the House of Representatives to address sexual harassment in STEM.

Bio:
Francis Slakey is the Chief External Affairs Officer of the American Physical Society, overseeing the governmental, international, and industrial activities of APS.

Dr. Slakey received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1992 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was the Upjohn Lecturer on Science and Public Policy at Georgetown University where he founded the Program on Science in the Public Interest. He served in advisory positions for a diverse set of organizations including the National Geographic, the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Panel on Solutions to Sustainability, the Creative Coalition, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a MacArthur Scholar, and a Lemelson Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution.

Dr. Slakey became the 28th American to summit Mt. Everest in an unguided environmental expedition that was the subject of the movie "Beyond the Summit", described in his international best-selling adventure memoir “To The Last Breath.” He is the first person in history to both summit the highest mountain on every continent and surf every ocean. In recognition of his adventures, as part of the 2002 Olympic Games, he carried the Olympic torch from the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:12:32 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Physics Livestream / Virtual Photo of Francis Slakey
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-25T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
RNA Seminar featuring: Aleksandra Filipovska, University of Western Australia (October 26, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75809 75809-19608025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED:https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f8wC8rrJQzuhYzTEXoW69Q

ABSTRACT:Mitochondria produce more than 90% of the energy required by our bodies and thereby have a fundamental role in cell and energy metabolism. Mitochondria are composed of proteins encoded by both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes and the coordinated expression of both genomes is essential for energy production. Impaired energy production leads to mitochondrial dysfunction that causes or contributes significantly to a variety of diseases including metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Mitochondrial dysfunction is caused by mutations in nuclear or mitochondrial genes that encode proteins or regulatory RNAs essential for mitochondrial biogenesis. How uncoordinated gene expression causes mitochondrial dysfunction and compromised energy production in heart and metabolic diseases is poorly understood, making it difficult to develop effective treatments. To unravel how mitochondrial function fails and to identify therapeutic targets it is necessary (i) to understand how gene expression is regulated between mitochondria and the nucleus and (ii) how this regulation is disrupted in disease. We have created new and unique models of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases caused by mutations or loss of nuclear encoded RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that regulate mitochondrial RNA metabolism and protein synthesis. These new models have identified that energy dysfunction can differentially affect specific organs such as the heart or liver, or multiple organs leading to heart failure or metabolic diseases that can be devastating, such as mitochondrial diseases, or may be as common as insulin resistance and obesity. I will discuss the mechanisms behind these diverse pathologies caused by impaired gene expression and energy dysfunction in heart and metabolic disease.

KEYWORDS: mitochondria, RNA, ribosomes, translation

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:16:54 -0400 2020-10-26T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion photo
Special Joint Seminar - Hosted by DCMB, Department of Mathematics, and the Smale Institute (October 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78673 78673-20099541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Dr. Leland Hartwell won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for the discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.

“We want our students to have an authentic experience of science. Nearly all science activities designed for schools require the students to demonstrate an established scientific principle by getting the right answer. Getting the “right” answer is not authentic science. Science is the exploration of the unknown – the answer cannot be known.“
- Leland Hartwell

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:04:27 -0400 2020-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Dr. Leland Hartwell, Nobel Laureate
Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe (October 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77315 77315-19838096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details

We compute rates of absolute upward income mobility for the 1960-1987 birth cohorts in eight countries in North America and Europe. Rates and trends in absolute mobility varied dramatically across countries during this period: the US and Canada saw upward mobility rates near 50% for recent cohorts, while countries like Norway and Finland saw sustained rates above 70%. Decomposition analysis suggests that differences in the marginal income distributions, especially the amount of cross-cohort income inequality, were the primary driver of differing mobility rates across countries. We also demonstrate that absolute mobility rates can be accurately estimated without linked parent-child data.


BIO:

Robert Manduca is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Michigan. His research focuses on the consequences of economic inequality for society, and on the determinants of urban and regional economic development. He received his PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University and his Master's in City Planning from MIT.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:29:52 -0400 2020-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Flyer for Brown Bag seminar
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 26, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Grad School in the Biosciences - Before, During, and After PhD (October 26, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78568 78568-20066104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A Zoom panel from faculty on applying and preparing for grad school, doing thesis research, and finding careers post-degree.

Monday, October 26th, at 3pm.

RSVP here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedKIRGEuiUSu8IA0jPFpEZY7j-lXaOc8Wp_Xv0OJ0VpAo8Rg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:28:26 -0400 2020-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
DANG! Meeting [Virtual] (October 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73878 73878-20002865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
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.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:22:54 -0400 2020-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Data Analysis Networking Group Livestream / Virtual DANG!
IOE Research Info Session, Hosted by TBP (October 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78724 78724-20109387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Come learn about research opportunities within Industrial and Operations Engineering! There will be a short presentation by Professor Brian Denton, the IOE department chair, and time for questions after.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/92423730538

Meeting ID: 924 2373 0538
One tap mobile
+16468769923,,92423730538# US (New York)
+13017158592,,92423730538# US (Germantown)

Find your local number: https://umich.zoom.us/u/acIDrzzd2P

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:19:52 -0400 2020-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-26T16:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs
NERS Research Info Session, Hosted by TBP (October 26, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78725 78725-20109388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Come learn about research opportunities within Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences! There will be a short presentation by Professor Todd Allen, the NERS department chair, and time for questions after.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/99426301460

Meeting ID: 994 2630 1460
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,99426301460# US (Chicago)
+16468769923,,99426301460# US (New York)

Find your local number: [https://umich.zoom.us/u/ab2lJFnN4Y]
(https://umich.zoom.us/u/ab2lJFnN4Y)

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:23:18 -0400 2020-10-26T18:30:00-04:00 2020-10-26T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-27T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Complex Systems & Weinberg Institute Seminar | Computational Social Neuroscience (October 27, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77456 77456-19854044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

VIRTUAL SEMINAR LINK: myumi.ch/v2ZYv

This virtual seminar is cosponsored by the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science.

By interweaving multiple neurobehavioral systems, social behavior is a compelling paradigm for the science of complexity. Social behavior is also deeply intertwined with the evolution of cognition and mental health, therefore its understanding has numerous applied utilities that span adult work performance, (un)healthy socio-cognitive aging, children's cognitive development, and even human-machine interactions. I will introduce the empirical and conceptual foundations, mathematical bases and usage of neurocomputational models of social coordination that builds up from a simple model of oscillatory coupling: the Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) model. The model was built from the broadly interdisciplinary intellectual foundations of a legion of dynamical system scientists at Florida Atlantic University's Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, whose work have provided breakthrough for nonlinear coupling, symmetry breaking, discreteness, labile and persistent adaptation and biases. I will discuss merits, liabilities and complementarities between such a paradigm that puts genuine dynamics first, and defers a realistic functional outcome, versus other approaches that start at the top from life-like socio-cognitive architectures. I hope that a conclusion will steer the assembly into a discussion on its hidden premise: that similar dynamical phenomenology at multiple neural, behavioral and social scales speaks to universal laws of complexity across those scales whose discovery is ongoing.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:43:45 -0400 2020-10-27T11:30:00-04:00 2020-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Emmanuelle Tognoli
Monumental Friendship: Chinese Ceramics in the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (October 27, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78958 78958-20162586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

lick here to register. .

Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art for the University of Michigan Museum of Art, will bring to life the incredible James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection of Chinese ceramics in this talk for the Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Noon Lecture Series. The collection, consisting of bronze wares, Buddhist sculptures, and other East Asian art works, was donated by Plumer's family and friends in memory of the prominent U-M professor of East Asian art. Plumer (1899 – 1960), who served as a “Monument Man” in the occupied Japan of the post-World War II, developed a phenomenal network of scholars, collectors, and artists, and is known for his research of Jian (Tenmoku) and Yue wares and for his teaching at U-M.  In this talk, Dr. Oyobe will highlight the Chinese ceramics in the Plumer Collection, and illuminate his remarkable scholarship and humanism that connected the people of diverse backgrounds from China, Japan, and the US. 

Natsu Oyobe is Curator of Asian Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Specializing in modern and contemporary Japanese art, she has curated numerous Japanese art exhibitions, including Wrapped in Silk and Gold: A Family Legacy of 20th-Century Japanese Kimono (2010), Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century (2010), and Mari Katayama (2019). Dr. Oyobe is also involved in cross-cultural projects from a variety of historical periods, including Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930 (2013), Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits (2016) and Copies and Invention in East Asia (2019). She served as the consulting curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts’ new Japan Gallery (2016 – 2017). Dr. Oyobe earned a PhD in art history from the University of Michigan in 2005.

This event is cosponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.
 

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:15:50 -0400 2020-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-28T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
(Re)Engaging the Role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Graduate Education (October 28, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78529 78529-20058230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Increasingly, engineering graduate programs have emphasized the need to train individuals who are capable of working in diverse teams so they are better able to address complex problems in a global society. Yet, discourse related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in engineering is often focused on recruiting and retaining students who are racially minoritized and/or women in the field. Less attention is given to what students learn about DEI during their graduate training. Drawing from findings across multiple research projects, this talk will explore what graduate students learn about the role of DEI in engineering and the implications these lessons have for racially minoritized students’ retention, success, and career pathways.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Perez is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. She earned her B.S. in biological sciences and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, her M.Ed. in higher education and student affairs at The University of Vermont, and her Ph.D. in higher education from University of Michigan. Dr. Perez’s scholarship has three interrelated lines of inquiry and explores: (a) how people make meaning of collegiate experiences; (b) diverse learning environments and intercultural development; and (c) the professional socialization of graduate students and new practitioners. Across projects, Dr. Perez explores the tensions between structure and agency, and how power, privilege, and oppression affect individuals and groups within higher education. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, and ACPA-College Student Educators International.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:58:11 -0400 2020-10-28T15:30:00-04:00 2020-10-28T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Rosemary Perez
DCMB / CCMB Seminar (October 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78528 78528-20058229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) allows researchers to examine the transcriptome at the single-cell resolution and has been increasingly employed as technologies continue to advance. Due to technical and biological reasons unique to scRNA-seq data, clustering and batch effect correction are almost indispensable to ensure valid and powerful data analysis. Multiple methods have been proposed for these two important tasks. For clustering, we have found that different methods, including state-of-the-art methods such as Seurat, SC3, CIDR, SIMLR, t-SNE + k-means, yield varying results in terms of both the number of clusters and actual cluster assignments. We have developed ensemble methods, SAFE-clustering and SAME-clustering, that leverages hyper-graph partitioning algorithms and a mixture model-based approach respectively to produce more robust and accurate ensemble solution on top of clustering results from individual methods. For batch effect correction, we have developed methods based on supervised mutual nearest neighbor detection to harness the power of known cell type labels for certain single cells. We benchmarked all methods in various scRNA-seq datasets to demonstrate their utilities.

Short bio: Yun Li, PhD is an Associate professor of Genetics and Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Li is a statistical geneticist with extensive experiences with method development and application on genotype imputation (developer of MaCH and MaCH-admix), genetic studies of recently admixed population, design and analysis of sequencing-based studies, analyses of multi-omics data including mRNA expression, DNA methylation and chromatin three dimensional organization. Dr. Li has been playing an active role in genetic studies of complex human traits resulting many GWAS and meta-analysis publications, including >30 in Nature, Science, Cell, and Nature Genetics. Dr. Li has been leading multiple R01 projects on statistical method development for complex trait genetics. Dr. Li has also been the Director for the Data Science Core of IDDRC (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center). Dr. Li has received many awards and became the Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher due to her high impact scientific work. Specifically, her work has been cited >60,000 times with h-index of 64 and i10-index of 113.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:41:20 -0400 2020-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Yun Li, PhD (Associate Professor of Genetics & Biostatistics; Adjunct Associate Professor, Applied Physical Sciences at School of Medicine, Genetics at University of North Carolina)
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-29T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Getting Started with StoryMaps (October 29, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77713 77713-19907681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Do you have a story to tell? Looking for innovative ways to communicate research? Interested in exploring multimedia assignments? Are location or geographic relationship a key component of your message?



Harness the power of maps to tell your story.



ArcGIS Story Maps provide a powerful, engaging, and inspiring alternative for educational activities, instructional delivery, dissemination of research, public outreach, and more! In this hands-on workshop, learn to use StoryMaps’ intuitive interface to combine interactive maps, text, images, and multimedia content into a web-based, visually compelling, responsive narrative.



(This will be a virtual workshop; Zoom connection info will be sent to registered participants shortly before the workshop.)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:20:02 -0400 2020-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar The Plan before the Adventure
ONSF Drop-in Advising (October 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77839 77839-19933637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/51VEd

Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships, every Thursday morning in October for drop-in advising!

This one-hour block is for all the quick-questions and just-wonderings you may have, as well as those general advising concerns.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400 2020-10-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Source: www.pixabay.com
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (October 29, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-10-29T15:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
MEMS Grad Student Coffee Hour (October 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77876 77876-19939559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

In the absence of some of our usual opportunities for interdisciplinary community-building, such as the Medieval Lunch, MEMS will host occasional informal opportunities for grad students from PhD programs across LSA to meet each other and gain a broader view of medieval and early modern studies, at Michigan and beyond, from the vantage of your colleagues and their research interests. Chat with other grad students about classes they're taking or recommend, the MEMS certificate, funding opportunities, the best recent book in their field, etc. We'll mix up breakout rooms frequently, and you're welcome to pop in briefly or stay the hour.

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Meeting Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:42:32 -0400 2020-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Meeting Premodern socializing. Tapestry.
Quantitative Methods in my Work (at U-M!) (October 29, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78831 78831-20131190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 29, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

This session will be facilitated by U-M LSA/QMSS students, Sarah Childs and Jack Lee

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:39:00 -0400 2020-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 2020-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Lecture / Discussion Session 2 flyer
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 30, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-30T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Biophysics Seminar Series (October 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77919 77919-19941584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91037518250

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Ido Golding - Professor of Physics, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

"Illuminating bacterial individuality"

ABSTRACT: Single-cell measurements of mRNA copy numbers inform our understanding of stochastic gene expression, but these measurements coarse-grain over the individual copies of the gene, where transcription and its regulation take place stochastically. We recently combined single-molecule quantification of mRNA and gene loci to measure the transcriptional activity of an endogenous gene in
individual Escherichia coli bacteria. When interpreted using a theoretical model for mRNA dynamics, the single-cell data allowed us to obtain the probabilistic rates of promoter switching, transcription initiation and elongation, mRNA release and degradation. Unexpectedly, we found that gene activity can be strongly coupled to the transcriptional state of another copy of the same gene present in the cell, and to the event of gene replication during the bacterial cell cycle. These gene-copy and cell-cycle correlations demonstrate the limits of mapping whole-cell mRNA numbers to the underlying stochastic gene activity and highlight the contribution of previously hidden variables to the observed population heterogeneity.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:26:15 -0400 2020-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Ido Golding
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (October 31, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 31, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-10-31T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-31T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-01T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-02T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-02T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-02T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-03T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-03T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Mid-Career Advancement Program: Q&A with NSF Program Director (November 4, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78924 78924-20154736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

U-M Research Development welcomes Dr. Leslie J. Rissler, Program Director in the Directorate for Biological Sciences, will speak to U-M about the new NSF Mid-Career Advancement program solicitation (NSF 21-516). Interested faculty and staff should RSVP and submit questions in advance.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:19:53 -0400 2020-11-04T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location OVPR Office of Research Development Livestream / Virtual U-M Research
MIPSE Seminar | Quantum Hydrodynamics and Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (November 4, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76466 76466-19717159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

The seminar is free and open to the public.
To request the Zoom link, please send an email to:
mipse-central@umich.edu

Abstract:
Matter at extreme pressures, temperatures, and densities characterizes a wide variety of natural and man-made phenomena, including interiors of Jovian size planets, hyper-velocity meteor impacts, the burning core of stars, thermonuclear burning inertial confinement fusion capsules. Matter at these conditions defines the exciting and challenging field of High Energy Density Physics (HEDP). Besides vast experimental resources, there exists a rich set of computational tools that model the micro to macro regimes of HEDP. Recently, there has been a resurgence in interest in using a “simpler” approach to investigating HEDP based on quantum hydrodynamics. Quantum Hydrodynamics (QHD) has a long and interesting history, dating back to the first developments by Madelung and Bohm. In this talk, we discuss the historical and recent developments in QHD, including pitfalls, as applied to quantum many-body systems relevant to HEDP regimes. We will present three different approaches to deriving the QHD equations-Madelung, Bloch, and Wigner and discuss their pros and cons. Finally, the role that Rayleigh-Taylor hydrodynamic instabilities play is discussed within the QHD formalism.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:59:54 -0400 2020-11-04T15:30:00-05:00 2020-11-04T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Livestream / Virtual Dr. Frank Graziani
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (November 4, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78770 78770-20121164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: Metabolomics is a powerful approach to characterize small molecules produced in cells, tissues, and other biological systems. Metabolites are direct products of enzymatic reactions and provide a snapshot of cellular activities. Metabolomics-based research has already had a profound impact on biomarker discovery, nutritional analysis, and other biomedical and biological discoveries. The most pressing problem in metabolomics however is identifying compounds in the sample-under-study from the metabolomics measurements. Current analysis tools are capable of annotating only a small portion of sample measurements.

In this talk, we present machine learning solutions to three challenges related to the interpretation of metabolomics data. To mimic the function of a mass spectrometer in generating a mass spectrum, we use graph neural networks to translate a molecular structure into its respective spectral signature. To interpret the biological measurements in the context of the biological sample, we use Bayesan learning to deduce the likelihood of pathway activities. To suggest putative candidate molecules that are biologically relevant matches to the measured spectra, we explore several methods for predicting possible enzymatic products. We discuss several results, highlighting the value of using machine learning for advancing metabolomics analysis.

Short bio: Soha Hassoun is Professor and Past Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University. Soha received her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, the Master's degree from MIT, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington in Seattle. Soha’s lab uses Machine Learning to develop analysis and discovery tools for synthetic and systems biology, with a focus on enzyme promiscuity prediction and metabolomics analysis. Soha was a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, and several technical and service awards from various professional societies. She provided technical leadership for several conferences including ICCAD and DAC. She co-founded the International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation in 2009. Soha serves on the board of the Computing Research Association's Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:33:23 -0400 2020-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-04T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
The Hedgehog Concept in Developing Dental Ultrasonography Research (November 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79141 79141-20225568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Hsun-Liang (Albert) Chan, DDS, MS
Clinical Associate Professor
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
Assistant Program Director, Periodontics Graduate Program
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

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Class / Instruction Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:06:40 -0500 2020-11-05T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Class / Instruction Albert Chan
LSI Seminar Series: Yves Chiswili Chabu, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia (November 5, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78701 78701-20107391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:

Oncogenic RAS mutations are associated with tumor resistance to radiation therapy. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Emergent cell-cell interactions in the tumor microenvironment (TME) profoundly influence therapy outcomes. The nature of these interactions and their role in Ras tumor radioresistance remain unclear. Using Drosophila and human Ras cancer cells we discovered that oncogenic Ras co-opts genotoxic stress-induced p53 function to drive tumor recurrence via paracrine JAK/STAT signaling in the TME.
p53 is heterogeneously activated in Ras tumor tissues in response to irradiation. This mosaicism allows high p53-expressing Ras clones to stimulate JAK/STAT cytokines, which activate JAK/STAT in the nearby low p53-expressing resistant Ras clones, leading to robust tumor re-establishment. Blocking any part of this cell-cell communication loop re-sensitizes Ras tumor cells to irradiation. This finding suggests that coupling STAT inhibitors to radiotherapy might improve clinical outcomes for Ras cancer patients.

Speaker:
Yves Chiswili Chabu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri-Columbia

Yves Chiswili Chabu received his Ph.D. at the University of Oregon. He did his postdoctoral work and Fellowship at Yale University where he used Drosophila and human tissue culture models to understand how intercellular RAS signaling evolves in the tumor microenvironement. Chabu is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the scientific director of the Cancer Research Center in Columbia Missouri. His research interests at the University of Missouri includes delineating therapy resistance mechanisms in EGFR/RAS-driven tumors and understanding how these signals emerge and support disease progression.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:51:21 -0400 2020-11-05T13:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion LSI Seminar Series
EEB Virtual Seminar: How walking is a lot like slithering (November 5, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76575 76575-19727086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Professor Revzen presents this week's seminar

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:38:27 -0400 2020-11-05T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual drawing of a red ant on a blue background with yellow, blue and white dots on tips of legs and thorax
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 5, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-05T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Mechanical Engineering Research Info Session, Hosted by TBP (November 5, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78726 78726-20109389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 5, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Come learn about research opportunities within Mechanical Engineering! There will be a short presentation by Julie Tashjian, an academic advisor in ME, and time for questions after.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95574729910

Meeting ID: 955 7472 9910
One tap mobile
+16468769923,,95574729910# US (New York)
+13017158592,,95574729910# US (Germantown)

Find your local number: https://umich.zoom.us/u/abOi0wteHp

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:29:17 -0400 2020-11-05T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-05T18:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Lecture Series: The Latest Technology and Innovations in the Maritime Industry (November 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78473 78473-20050328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Lecture series for experts, professors and industry leaders in the maritime sector.

Registration: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Integrated_Power_Systems_for_Electrified_Ships_Realtime_Control_and_Optimization_9051

Electrification is a major trend for both military and commercial ships, bringing in enormous opportunities for energy saving, environmental protection, and mission expansion. Integrated power systems (IPS) have been a critical enabling technology for vehicle electrification, particularly for all-electric ships. In this presentation, we will explore the special characteristics of the IPS and discuss the challenges and solutions from the perspectives of control and real-time decision making.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:52:14 -0400 2020-11-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T09:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion NAME Happening at UM
Biophysics Seminar Series (November 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77920 77920-19941585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Nozomi Ando - Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University

*"Protein Allostery: Evolution and Correlated Motions"*

Join us on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99976448506

ABSTRACT: Understanding the relationship between protein sequence, structure, dynamics, and function is the ultimate goal of structural biology. For this reason, my lab studies protein allostery - a special property of macromolecules that connects molecular motion and action. In this talk, I'll present two stories. First, I'll talk about how the evolution of allosteric mechanisms and the tools of structural biology can teach us about the relationship between protein sequence and function. In the second story, I'll talk about how one can learn about correlated motions that give rise to allostery.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:56:44 -0500 2020-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Nozomi Ando
DCERP Information Session (November 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78702 78702-20107389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Register at http://myumi.ch/kx9r8 to speak live with the DCERP Director and DCERP Alumni.

"Open House" Info Sessions will be held January 6th - January 15th. Weekdays at noon, via Zoom.

Learn about the 2021 Summer Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program. This program includes:
- Working for a nonprofit on the environment, food security, health equity, neighborhood revitalization and more!
-Receive a stipend ($2,500 or more) and housing in Detroit (tentative)
- Be part of a fun learning community that will get to know about Detroit, social justice and each other! For the nine weeks of the fellowship and beyond.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:43:12 -0500 2020-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Livestream / Virtual DCERP
Writing Graduate School Application Statements (November 6, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78947 78947-20160622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

What to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing academic and personal statements for research-based grad programs.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/No9TpCrotxxuPk1B8

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:39:48 -0400 2020-11-06T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar
ECE Research Info Session, Hosted by TBP (November 6, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78782 78782-20123145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Come learn about research opportunities within Electrical and Computer Engineering! Professors Mingyan Liu, the ECE Department Chair, and P.C. Ku, the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, will be there to discuss research opportunities within ECE.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/96228255502

Meeting ID: 962 2825 5502

One tap mobile
+16468769923,,96228255502# US (New York)
+13017158592,,96228255502# US (Germantown)

Find your local number: https://umich.zoom.us/u/aeDnHKgyAM

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:02:52 -0400 2020-11-06T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-08T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
First Year Career Checklist (November 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78830 78830-20131191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Are you a first-year student looking to explore professional opportunities? Join First Year Experience (FYE) and the University Career Center (UCC) for a week of events to review your First Year Career Checklist!

Monday, 11/09 all day: Create Your Handshake Profile!

Tuesday, 11/10 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Wednesday, 11/11 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Thursday, 11/12 3pm-3:30pm: Virtual Networking on LinkedIn & UCAN!

Friday, 11/13 all day: Upload Your Resume to VMOCK!

See more information and register for our live events Tuesday-Thursday here: https://myumi.ch/Yy3NN

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:41:26 -0400 2020-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs First Year Career Checklist Flyer
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-09T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Positive Links Speaker Series (November 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78916 78916-20154726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Monday, November 9, 2020
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Free, registration required to obtain login information
http://myumi.ch/zx15Q

About the Event:
Creating a strong purpose is essential to wellbeing in our lives and our organizations during times of uncertainty. With an authentic purpose, individuals and organizations become more resilient, creative, and engaged with their work and the world around them. And employees realize a greater sense of meaning and empowerment.

Join us for a conversation with Vic Strecher hosted by Robert E. Quinn to learn more about the science and practice of building purposeful, thriving organizations. Together, they’ll explore the current scientific research illustrating the positive impact an authentic and well-communicated purpose can have on individuals, teams, and organizations, as well as some keys to help you unlock your own potential.

About Strecher:
Victor J. Strecher (pronounced Streker), PhD, MPH is a visionary leader and expert in the fields of behavior change, digital communication, and wellbeing. His pioneering research led to successful ventures, reaching millions of lives. He’s Founder & CEO of Kumanu, a next generation wellbeing company, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, renowned speaker, and author.

In 1995, Vic founded the U-M Center for Health Communications Research, studying the future of digitally-tailored health communications when fewer than 15% of Americans had Internet access. In 1997, he founded HealthMedia, a digital health coaching company that was sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2010. More recently, Vic created Kumanu (Maori for “nourish” and “cherish”), a digital platform designed to help individuals and organizations live more purposefully.

Vic and the organizations he founded have won numerous national and international awards, including two Smithsonian Awards, the Health Evolution Partners Innovations in Healthcare Award, the National Business Coalition on Health’s Mercury Award, and the Health Enhancement Research Organization’s (HERO) Mark Dundon Research Award. In 2010, Vic won the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Innovator Award. In late 2017, Dr. Strecher was the Donald A. Dunstan Foundation’s “Thinker in Residence” in Adelaide, Australia to develop a “Purpose Economy” of business, government, and communities. His 2009 TedMed presentation has been cited by MPHonline as one of the “Top 10 Ted Talks on Public Health.”

His latest neuroscience, behavioral, and epidemiologic research; his two books, Life On Purpose and the graphic novel On Purpose; his free massive open online course Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life, which in its first six months has over 75,000 enrollees; and the Purposeful application his business (Kumanu) created are all focused on the importance of developing and maintaining a transcending purpose in life.

About Quinn:
Robert E. Quinn’s life mission is to inspire positive change. He does this as a faculty member, author, consultant, and speaker. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and one of the co-founders of the Center for Positive Organizations.

As an author he has published 18 books. His best-selling volume, Deep Change, has been used across the world. His book, The Best Teacher in You, won the Ben Franklin Award designating it the best book in education for 2015. The Harvard Business Review has selected his paper, “Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership,” as one of their 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself.

As a consultant he has 35 years of experience and is best known for the competing values framework, a tool that has been used by tens of thousands of managers. As a speaker he is recognized for drawing on research, opening minds to possibility, and arousing the desire to grow. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and the World Business Academy.

Series Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2020-21 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Session Sponsor:
Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:43:09 -0400 2020-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Livestream / Virtual Positive Links Speaker Series
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
First Year Career Checklist (November 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78830 78830-20131192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Are you a first-year student looking to explore professional opportunities? Join First Year Experience (FYE) and the University Career Center (UCC) for a week of events to review your First Year Career Checklist!

Monday, 11/09 all day: Create Your Handshake Profile!

Tuesday, 11/10 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Wednesday, 11/11 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Thursday, 11/12 3pm-3:30pm: Virtual Networking on LinkedIn & UCAN!

Friday, 11/13 all day: Upload Your Resume to VMOCK!

See more information and register for our live events Tuesday-Thursday here: https://myumi.ch/Yy3NN

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:41:26 -0400 2020-11-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs First Year Career Checklist Flyer
EEB student evaluation seminar: The effects of management interventions and large carnivore declines on predator-prey interactions in coupled human-natural systems (November 10, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77622 77622-19891785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kirby presents her preliminary seminar.
Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode.

Image: Wikimedia Commons by Benh LIEU SONG

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 07 Nov 2020 13:29:35 -0500 2020-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Livestream / Virtual Portrait of three lions (one female and two males) of a pride, all resting at morning time. Taken in Masai Mara, southwest Kenya. Image: Wikimedia Commons by Benh LIEU SONG
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
Students’ mobility patterns on campus and the implications for the recovery of campus activities post-pandemic (November 10, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79204 79204-20231445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

This research project uses location data gathered from WiFi access points on campus to model the mobility patterns of students in order to inform the planning of educational activities that can minimize the transmission risk.
The first aim is to understand the general mobility patterns of students on campus to identify physical spaces associating with a high-risk of transmission. For example, we can extract insights from WiFi data about which locations are the busiest during which time of the day, how much time was typically spent at each location, and how do these mobility patterns change over time. The second aim is to understand how students share the same physical spaces on campus (e.g. attending a lecture, meeting in the same room, sharing the same dorm). Students are presumably in a close proximity when they are connected to the same WiFi access point. We model a student-to-student network from their co-location activities and use its network centrality measures as proxies of transmission risk (i.e. students in the center of a network would have a higher chance of getting exposed to COVID-19 than those in the periphery). We then correlate network centrality measures with academic information (e.g. class schedule, course enrollment, study major, year of study, gender, ethnicity) to determine whether certain features of the academic record are related to transmission risk. For example, we can identify which groups of students are more vulnerable to potential infections by associating with a high network centrality. Insights from this research project will inform the University of Michigan’s strategies for the recovery of educational activities post-pandemic with empirical evidence of students’ mobility pattern on campus as well as factors that associate with a high-risk of transmission.

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:35:37 -0500 2020-11-10T10:30:00-05:00 2020-11-10T10:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Quan Nguyen
Computational Neuroscience, Time Complexity, and Spacetime Analytics (November 10, 2020 11:10am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79206 79206-20231447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:10am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

The proliferation of digital information in all human experiences presents difficult challenges and offers unique opportunities of managing, modeling, analyzing, interpreting, and visualizing heterogeneous data. There is a substantial need to develop, validate, productize, and support novel mathematical techniques, advanced statistical computing algorithms, transdisciplinary tools, and effective artificial intelligence apps.

Spacekime analytics is a new technique for modeling high-dimensional longitudinal data, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This approach relies on extending the notions of time, events, particles, and wave functions to complex-time (kime), complex-events (kevents), data and inference-functions, respectively. This talk will illustrate how the kime-magnitude (longitudinal time order) and kime-direction (phase) affect the subsequent predictive analytics and the induced scientific inference. The mathematical foundation of spacekime calculus reveals various statistical implications including inferential uncertainty and a Bayesian formulation of spacekime analytics. Complexifying time allows the lifting of all commonly observed processes from the classical 4D Minkowski spacetime to a 5D spacetime manifold, where a number of interesting mathematical problems arise.

Spacekime analytics transforms time-varying data, such as time-series observations, into higher-dimensional manifolds representing complex-valued and kime-indexed surfaces (kime-surfaces). This process uncovers some of the intricate structure in high-dimensional data that may be intractable in the classical space-time representation of the data. In addition, the spacekime representation facilitates the development of innovative data science analytical methods for model-based and model-free scientific inference, derived computed phenotyping, and statistical forecasting. Direct neuroscience science applications of spacekime analytics will be demonstrated using simulated data and clinical observations (e.g., UK Biobank).

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 09:57:23 -0500 2020-11-10T11:10:00-05:00 2020-11-10T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Professor Ivo Dinov
Challenges in dynamic mode decomposition (November 10, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79207 79207-20231448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) is a powerful tool in extracting spatio-temporal patterns from multi-dimensional time series. DMD takes in time series data and computes eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a finite-dimensional linear model that approximates the infinite-dimensional Koopman operator which encodes the dynamics. DMD is used successfully in many fields: fluid mechanics, robotics, neuroscience, and more. Two of the main challenges remaining in DMD research are noise sensitivity and issues related to Krylov space closure when modeling nonlinear systems. In our work, we encountered great difficulty in reconstructing time series from multilegged robot data. These are oscillatory systems with slow transients, which decay only slightly faster than a period.
Here we present an investigation of possible sources of difficulty by studying a class of systems with linear latent dynamics which are observed via multinomial observables. We explore the influences of dataset metrics, the spectrum of the latent dynamics, the normality of the system matrix, and the geometry of the dynamics. Our numerical models include system and measurement noise. Our results show that even for these very mildly nonlinear conditions, DMD methods often fail to recover the spectrum and can have poor predictive ability. We show that for a system with a well-posed system matrix, having a dataset with more initial conditions and shorter trajectories can significantly improve the prediction. With a slightly ill-conditioned system matrix, a moderate trajectory length improves the spectrum recovery. Our work provides a self-contained framework on analyzing noise and nonlinearity, and gives generalizable insights dataset properties for DMD analysis.
Work was funded by ARO MURI W911NF-17-1-0306 and the Kahn Foundation.

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:02:20 -0500 2020-11-10T11:30:00-05:00 2020-11-10T11:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Ziyou Wu
Complex Systems Seminar | Choice of Fitness Function Matters. Which One Do Salmon Use? (November 10, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79035 79035-20178450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

MEETING LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96616169868

Joint work with:
James Breck, Edward Rutherford, and Bobbi Low

Abstract: Life history theory focuses on characteristics of organisms, such as size and age at maturity or tradeoffs between egg number and egg size. It studies how such traits vary as evolutionary responses to natural selection that optimize fitness. One needs to know such characteristics to understand behavior and to design successful conservation strategies. A critical step in such studies is to have the right fitness function. Most theoretical ecologists concerned with life history traits work with one of the classic fitness functions: the intrinsic rate of natural increase r, the net reproductive number R₀, or Fisher’s reproductive value of a female of age x, Vₓ. Their choice among these three is sometimes driven by mathematical parsimony. Working with semelparous and iteroparous Great Lakes salmon, we find that different fitness functions can lead to very different adaptive behaviors to environmental changes. This observation sheds light on just which fitness function may be operational for a given species.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:00:24 -0400 2020-11-10T11:30:00-05:00 2020-11-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Livestream / Virtual Carl P. Simon
Agent-Based Modeling and Systemic Racism (November 10, 2020 2:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79217 79217-20231458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 2:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

In this workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of systemic bias and how algorithms may continue to promote inequity. Participants will learn about agent based methods, a tool which can be used to examine algorithmic fairness. There will be opportunities to brainstorm ideas for new research projects within the participants’ fields.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:39:43 -0500 2020-11-10T14:45:00-05:00 2020-11-10T16:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Mini-Workshop
Stitching Together the Fabric of 21st Century Social Science (November 10, 2020 2:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79225 79225-20231464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 2:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Today’s pressing questions of social science and public policy demand an unprecedented degree of data scope and integration as we recognize the cross-cutting dynamics of economics, political science, sociology, demography, and psychology. This panel features four UM researchers who are pushing the frontier of data construction and linkage in coordination with partners at the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:01:06 -0500 2020-11-10T14:45:00-05:00 2020-11-10T16:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Mini-Workshop
Funded Summer Research! (November 10, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78017 78017-19955538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

REGISTER: https://myumi.ch/bvnN2

Attend this session to explore fully-funded summer research programs available to U-M undergraduates! Examples include the Amgen Scholars Program, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, DAAD Research Internships in Science & Engineering, and more!

Learn more: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/summer-programs.html

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:07:18 -0400 2020-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Livestream / Virtual Microscope
UROP Qualitative Research Workshop (November 10, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78567 78567-20066103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop Meeting Link
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95523889216

Learn about the basics of qualitative research, including:

- What is qualitative research and why do some researchers use qualitative methods?
- Differences between qualitative and quantitative research
- Typical research design steps in qualitative research projects
- How qualitative data is generated, stored, analyzed, and shared
- A hands-on qualitative coding exercise to reveal themes in the data

By the end of the workshop, you will understand the purposes for using qualitative methods, the typical stages in qualitative projects, and be better prepared to ask questions of your research mentors. We will also share further resources for investigating particular qualitative methods, and qualitative data analysis tools.

Contact urop.info@umich.edu with any questions

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:31:08 -0400 2020-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Workshop
Bioethics Discussion: Democracy (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58831 58831-14563723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion we will choose to have.

A few readings to consider on the matter:
––Bioethics and Democracy
––Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
––Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
––How Democracy Can Inform Consent: Cases of the Internet and Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/050-democracy/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Together, we can read the blog (and probably do much more than that): https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:24:01 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Image 050. Democracy
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
First Year Career Checklist (November 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78830 78830-20131193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Are you a first-year student looking to explore professional opportunities? Join First Year Experience (FYE) and the University Career Center (UCC) for a week of events to review your First Year Career Checklist!

Monday, 11/09 all day: Create Your Handshake Profile!

Tuesday, 11/10 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Wednesday, 11/11 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Thursday, 11/12 3pm-3:30pm: Virtual Networking on LinkedIn & UCAN!

Friday, 11/13 all day: Upload Your Resume to VMOCK!

See more information and register for our live events Tuesday-Thursday here: https://myumi.ch/Yy3NN

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:41:26 -0400 2020-11-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs First Year Career Checklist Flyer
Novel Tools to Increase the Reliability and Reproducibility of Population Genetics Research (November 11, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79208 79208-20231449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Advances in population genetic research have the potential to create numerous important advances in the science of population dynamics. The interplay of micro-level biology and macro-level social sciences documents gene–environment–phenotype interactions and allows us to examine how genetics relates to child health and wellbeing. However, traditional genetics research is based on nonrepresentative samples that deviate from the target population, such as convenience and volunteer samples. This lack of representativeness may distort association studies. Recent findings have provoked concern about misinterpretation, irreproducibility and lack of generalizability, exemplifying the need to leverage survey research with genetics for population-based research. This project is motivated by the research team’s collaborative work on the Fragile Family and Child Wellbeing Study and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, which present these common problems in population genetics studies, to advance the integration of genetic science into population dynamics research. The project will evaluate sample selection effects, identify population heterogeneity in polygenic score analysis, and develop strategies to adjust for selection bias in the association studies of educational attainment, cognition status and substance use for child health and wellbeing. This interdisciplinary project will strengthen the validity and generalizability of population genetics research, deepen new understandings of human behavior and facilitate advances in population science.

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:08:06 -0500 2020-11-11T09:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T09:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Yajuan Si
An end-to-end deep learning system for rapid analysis of the breath metabolome with applications in critical care illness and beyond (November 11, 2020 9:20am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79211 79211-20231452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:20am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

The metabolome is the set of low-molecular-weight metabolites and its quantification represents a summary of the physiological state of an organism. Metabolite concentration levels in biospecimens are important for many critical care health illnesses like sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Sepsis is responsible for 35% of patients who die in the hospital and ARDS has a mortality rate of 40%. Missing data is a common challenge in metabolomics datasets. Many metabolomics investigators impute fixed values for missing metabolite concentrations and this imputation approach leads to lower statistical power, biased parameter estimates, and reduced prediction accuracy. Certain applications of metabolomics data, like breath analysis by gas chromatography, used for the prediction or detection of ARDS, can be done without the quantification of individual metabolites. This would circumvent the quantification step of individual metabolites, eliminating the missing data problem. Our team has developed a rapid gas chromatography breath analyzer, which has been challenged by missing data, a time-consuming process of breath signature alignment, and the following quantification of metabolites across patients. Analyzing the breath signal directly could eliminate these challenges. End-to-end deep learning systems are neural networks that operate directly on a raw data source and make a prediction directly for the target application. These systems have been successful in diverse fields from speech recognition to medicine. We envision an end-to-end deep learning that leverages transfer learning, from the collection of many healthy samples, that could rapidly multiply the applications of our breath analyzer. The end-to-end deep learning system will enhance our breath analyzer so it could be used more efficiently in areas of the intensive care unit to the battlefield to identity patients or soldiers with critical illnesses like sepsis and ARDS and monitor longitudinal changes in breath metabolites.

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Performance Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:18:18 -0500 2020-11-11T09:20:00-05:00 2020-11-11T09:40:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Performance Christopher Gillies
Machine learning-guided equations for the on-demand prediction of natural gas storage capacities of materials for vehicular applications (November 11, 2020 9:40am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79212 79212-20231453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:40am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Transportation is responsible for nearly one-third of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emission because of burning fossil fuel. While we dream for zero-carbon vehicles, future projections suggest little decline in fossil fuel consumption by the transportation sector until 2050. Therefore, ‘bending the curve’ of CO2 emission prompts the adoption of low-cost and reduced-emission alternative fuels. Natural gas (NG), the most abundant fossil fuel on earth, is such an alternative with nearly 25% lower carbon footprint and lower price compared to its gasoline counterpart. However, the widespread adoption of natural gas as a vehicular fuel is hindered by the scarcity of high-capacity, light-weight, low-cost, and safe storage systems. Recently, materials-based natural gas storage for vehicular applications have become one of the most viable options. Especially, nanoporous materials (NPMs) are in the spotlight of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) because of their exceptional energy storage capacities. However, the number of such NPMs is nearly infinite. It is unknown, a priori, which materials would have the expected natural gas storage capacity. Therefore, searching a high-performing material is like ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ that slows down the speed of materials discovery against growing technological demand. Here we present a novel approach of developing machine learning-guided equations for the on-demand prediction of energy storage capacities of NPMs using a few physically meaningful structural properties. These equations provide users the ability to calculate energy storage capacity of an arbitrary NPM rapidly using only paper and pencil. We show the utility of these equations by predicting NG storage of over 500,000 covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), a class of NPMs. We discovered a COF with record-setting NG storage capacity, surpassing the unmet target set by DOE. In principle, the data-driven approach presented here might be relevant to other disciplines including science, engineering, and health care.

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:22:47 -0500 2020-11-11T09:40:00-05:00 2020-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Alauddin Ahmed
Fusing Computer Vision And Space Weather Modeling (November 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/79214 79214-20231455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Space weather has impacts on Earth ranging from rare, immensely disruptive events (e.g., electrical blackouts caused by solar flares and coronal mass ejections) to more frequent impacts (e.g., satellite GPS interference from fluctuations in the Earth’s ionosphere caused by rapid variations in the solar extreme UV emission). Earth-impacting events are driven by changes in the Sun’s magnetic field; we now have myriad instruments capturing petabytes worth of images of the Sun at a variety of wavelengths, resolutions, and vantage points. These data present opportunities for learning-based computer vision since the massive, well-calibrated image archive is often accompanied by physical models. This talk will describe some of the work that we have been doing to start integrating computer vision and space physics by learning mappings from one image or representation of the Sun to another. I will center the talk on a new system we have developed that emulates parts of the data processing pipeline of the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (SDO/HMI). This pipeline produces data products that help study and serve as boundary conditions for solar models of the energetic events alluded to above. Our deep-learning-based system emulates a key component hundreds of times faster than the current method, potentially opening doors to new applications in near-real-time space weather modeling. In keeping with the goals of the symposium, however, I will focus on some of the benefits close collaboration has enabled in terms of understanding how to frame the problem, measure success of the model, and even set up the deep network.

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Presentation Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:27:08 -0500 2020-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T10:20:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation David Fouhey
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (November 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79286 79286-20264787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract: There is a growing understanding that stress and depression during the process of training to become physicians is high. In this talk, we will discuss how we have used mobile and wearable data as well as genomics to understand the prevalence in the US and China, drivers and possible solutions about training physician depression and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them in the two countries.

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

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:13:58 -0500 2020-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual Drs. Margit Burmeister and Srijan Sen
BLI Capstone Experience Info Session (November 11, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79179 79179-20225558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
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 the BLI to learn more about Capstone Experience and meet like-minded students with ideas and skills to collaborate with. Teams, individuals, or those just interested in learning more are all welcome — you do not have to be a current BLI member to participate in this info session.

Whether your project is still an idea or an existing project that has approached a hurdle or is considering growth, the BLI Capstone Experience will provide teams with the funding — a minimum of $10,000 — and mentorship necessary to make your vision a reality.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:03:01 -0500 2020-11-11T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Barger Leadership Institute Presentation BLI Capstone
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
First Year Career Checklist (November 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78830 78830-20131194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Are you a first-year student looking to explore professional opportunities? Join First Year Experience (FYE) and the University Career Center (UCC) for a week of events to review your First Year Career Checklist!

Monday, 11/09 all day: Create Your Handshake Profile!

Tuesday, 11/10 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Wednesday, 11/11 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Thursday, 11/12 3pm-3:30pm: Virtual Networking on LinkedIn & UCAN!

Friday, 11/13 all day: Upload Your Resume to VMOCK!

See more information and register for our live events Tuesday-Thursday here: https://myumi.ch/Yy3NN

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:41:26 -0400 2020-11-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs First Year Career Checklist Flyer
A New Perspective on Amelogenesis and Dental Diagnoses (November 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79191 79191-20225570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

James P. Simmer, DDS, PhD Professor of Dentistry
Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:24:08 -0500 2020-11-12T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Lecture / Discussion Simmer
Reflections on Learning to Improve: Foundational Ideas, Observations from Practice, and Building a Field (November 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78908 78908-20152763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

While the LHS Collaboratory is typically focused on learning health, learning systems actually have very broad applicability. Moreover, there has been a strong interest in the Collaboratory from the education community which is also focused on learning systems.

A thought leader in this area, Anthony S. Bryk, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will be speaking about a set of critical observations acquired in the course of his own efforts to improve how large complex educational systems work.

Discussants:

Elizabeth Birr Moje, Dean,
George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education,
and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor School of Education
Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social Research; Latino/a
Studies; and the Joint Program in English & Education
University of Michigan

Caren M. Stalburg, MD, MA
Collaborative Lead for Education
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of HILS Online Masters
University of Michigan

Moderator:

Donald J. Peurach, PhD
Professor
University of Michigan School of Education
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:41:04 -0400 2020-11-12T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
EEB Virtual Seminar: Algal microbiomes alter competitive interactions between their hosts (November 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79098 79098-20207879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Phytoplankton communities are responsible for half of Earth’s net primary productivity and their community composition is a regulator of many biogeochemical cycles and food web dynamics. Bacteria associated with phytoplankton have been shown to affect host fitness, either negatively or positively, but how these associated microbiomes influence phytoplankton interspecific interactions and coexistence remains untested. We carried out a series of experiments using both eukaryotic green algae as well as the harmful bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa to test whether microbiomes alter the strength of interactions among their hosts. Specifically, we tested whether microbiomes altered the sensitivity of its host to compete with an established species by performing competition assays between hosts grown either without or with associated bacteria. Among eukaryotic green algae, we found that host microbiomes reduced the sensitivity of phytoplankton to interspecific competition in half of all pairwise comparisons tested. Although microbiomes changed the magnitude of interspecific interactions, bacteria did not fundamentally alter the type of host ecological interaction observed (i.e., competition vs. facilitation). For competition between M. aeruginosa and green algae, we found that host-associated bacteria increased population densities of M. aeruginosa when competing with an established green algal culture. Conversely, when M. aeruginosa was dominant, green algae were only able to grow in the absence of host-associated bacteria. Our results suggest a sizable role of host-associated bacteria in the competitive and facilitative interactions that control phytoplankton biodiversity and community composition, including their importance in the establishment and persistence of freshwater cyanobacterial blooms.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:11:18 -0500 2020-11-12T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Denef seminar microbiomes
LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours (November 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77718 77718-20270772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

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Other Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:01:55 -0500 2020-11-12T15:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Technology Services Other Research Office Hours
City on the Edge: Ypsilanti, African Americans and the World of Work (November 12, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71756 71756-20178449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Social Solutions

Join us as Dr. Alford A. Young, Jr. explores the themes of his research captured in his latest book, From the Edge of the Ghetto: African Americans and the World of Work. His extensive interviews with the low-income African American community in Ypsilanti bring new insights about perceptions of and preparation for the future of work outside of the major cities and middle to upper-class society.

This event will include a brief interview with Dr. Young conducted by Dr. Earl Lewis (University of Michigan), and a panel discussion with Dr. H. Luke Shaefer (University of Michigan) and Derrick Jackson (Director of Community Engagement, Washtenaw County), moderated by Dr. Carla O'Connor (University of Michigan).

Dr. Young is the Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy [by courtesy] at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Lewis is the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies and Public Policy & Director of the Center for Social Solutions, University of Michigan.

Dr. Shaefer is the the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and Director of Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan.

Derrick Jackson, MSW, is the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Director of Community Engagement.

Dr. O'Connor is the Arthur F Thurnau Professor of Education, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, and Director, Wolverine Pathways.

We encourage you to purchase a copy of the book if interested through Barnes & Noble or Amazon.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Solutions, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the National Center for Institutional Diversity, and the Ann Arbor YMCA.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:07:53 -0500 2020-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Social Solutions Lecture / Discussion City on the Edge: Ypsilanti, African Americans, and the World of Work. Featuring Dr. Alford A. Young, Jr.
Quantitative Methods in my Work (and at U-M!) Speaker Series (November 12, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78761 78761-20121152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

*Facilitated by David Woodruff and Madeline Paxson*

Join us by Zoom as LSA/QMSS Undergrads interview and chat with UM faculty/researchers about their work and visions for Quantitative Research in our changing and data-driven world.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/3q92V

A Zoom will be provided to those who register!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:12:29 -0400 2020-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 2020-11-12T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Lecture / Discussion Nov 12 flyer
Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program Applications Open (November 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77975 77975-19947574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

The Detroit Community-Engaged Research Program (DCERP) is a UROP summer U-M undergraduate research fellowship.

Priority Deadline: December 4, 2020
Application Deadline: January 18, 2021

http://myumi.ch/erK95

Be part of the DCERP social justice focused summer fellowship program run through the U-M’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Learn while helping community organizations with research projects addressing social and environmental justice, food insecurity, human rights, public health, youth development, and more! Our program brings together aspiring change agents who will learn about the city, non-profits, community engagement and each other!

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:33:53 -0400 2020-11-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Careers / Jobs DCERP
First Year Career Checklist (November 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78830 78830-20131195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Are you a first-year student looking to explore professional opportunities? Join First Year Experience (FYE) and the University Career Center (UCC) for a week of events to review your First Year Career Checklist!

Monday, 11/09 all day: Create Your Handshake Profile!

Tuesday, 11/10 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Wednesday, 11/11 6pm-7pm: Meet the Interns!

Thursday, 11/12 3pm-3:30pm: Virtual Networking on LinkedIn & UCAN!

Friday, 11/13 all day: Upload Your Resume to VMOCK!

See more information and register for our live events Tuesday-Thursday here: https://myumi.ch/Yy3NN

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:41:26 -0400 2020-11-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs First Year Career Checklist Flyer