Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Cybersecurity: Personal, Corporate and Governmental Risk and Strategies for Addressing Vulnerabilities (June 7, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84134 84134-21620374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 7, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

News of extensive Russian hacking of a number of U.S. government agencies and major corporations broke recently, prompting many questions about the strength of our cybersecurity. Why was the Russian hacking not detected by any of the government agencies that have cybersecurity roles? Is our reliance on private companies for our nation’s cybersecurity strategy appropriate, or does this pose a vulnerability?

Our speaker, Kristin Judge, is founder of the nonprofit Cybercrime Support Network. The Cybercrime Support Network works with federal, state and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies to help consumers and small businesses affected by cybercrime.

Ms. Judge’s extensive background includes her role as Director of Government Affairs at the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) where she worked with Google, FTC, FBI, SBA, DHS, NIST, congressional leaders and other key stakeholders across the country to educate consumers and businesses on how to protect sensitive data.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you a few days prior to the first lecture.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 26 May 2021 09:05:02 -0400 2021-06-07T16:00:00-04:00 2021-06-07T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Issues
On Race and Technoculture (December 2, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89699 89699-21665016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:33:14 -0500 2021-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
LHS Collaboratory (January 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89940 89940-21666535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

This presentation will explore how Big Data Science and Informatics research can overcome deficiencies within the electronic health record and optimize real world data collection. We will discuss examples of how standardized nomenclature integrated into clinical workflow can enable statistical AI methods to advance clinical decision support and improve outcome models. Our successes in radiation oncology come from single multi-institutional, multi-national and multi-professional society collaboration.

Presenters:
Charles Mayo, PhD
Professor
Director of Radiation Oncology Informatics and Analytics
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Medical School

Michelle Mierzwa, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Chair of Clinical Research
Co-Chair of Head and Neck Clinical Trials
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Medical School

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:56:37 -0500 2022-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
LHS Collaboratory (February 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90079 90079-21667713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

The session will describe the landscape history, current status, and future of federated health data networks that are used to support a Learning Health System. Dr. Brown will describe the creation, infrastructure, operation, and uses of several networks from the perspective of a network coordinating center. Dr. Harris will describe insights from participating in multiple networks as a network partner, including infrastructure, governance, and operational lessons learned.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is the inventor of PopMedNet, an open-source software platform that facilitates creation and operation of distributed health data networks.

Marcelline Harris, Ph.D., RN, FACMI
Associate Professor Emerita
Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan School of Nursing

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 29 Jan 2022 11:26:41 -0500 2022-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-24T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
LHS Collaboratory (March 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90095 90095-21667763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Presentation 1: PCORNet and the PaTH subnetwork

Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH, MS

In this talk, Kathleen McTigue describes the vision of PCORNet, its organization, and its value to the field of clinical research. PCORNet is divided into regional subnetworks one of which is PaTH. The organization of PaTH along with its priories will be discussed.

Presentation 2: UM’s site within PCORNet/PaTH

David Williams, PhD

The University of Michigan is an institutional member of PaTH/PCORNet.
In this talk, David Williams describes the organization and processes of the UM site within PCORNet/PaTH, studies in which UM participates, and resources for UM investigators interested in participating in PCORNet studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:38:45 -0500 2022-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-22T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion Collaboratory logo
Teamwork and Conflict Management with Amy Cell (March 24, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93618 93618-21706432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 24, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Information

Register to Attend at http://umsi.info/elo-register
Working in teams helps you get things done and accomplish more than you can do on your own. A natural component of teamwork is conflict. Embracing and managing conflict is a key part of successful teamwork. After this one hour session you will:

Learn a definition of conflict
Understand your conflict management style
Have a framework for what happens if conflict is not effectively managed in a team setting
Obtain tools and resources to improve your success at managing conflict

Amy Cell is a lecturer in the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering where she developed and teaches a class called “Project Management and Consulting.” She is a native Michigander, born and raised in Ann Arbor. With a BBA and MBA from University of Michigan and a decade of corporate Human Resource experience, she has used her talent and expertise to improve economic and entrepreneurial success along with Ann Arbor SPARK and MEDC. In 2015 she founded her own entrepreneurial endeavor, Amy Cell Talent, a HR outsourcing and recruiting company that helps Michigan businesses and communities attract, retain, and develop talent.

Register to Attend at http://umsi.info/elo-register

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:43:00 -0400 2022-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Information Workshop / Seminar This image is on a white/off white background and has yellow, red, green, and blue puzzle pieces around the border with black text in the middle that reads, "Teamwork and Conflict Management with Amy Cell Thursday, March 24 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Virtual"
Afua Bruce: The Tech That Comes Next (March 30, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92999 92999-21698988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

REGISTER HERE: https://myumi.ch/9PJwz

Join us for a book chat between author Afua Bruce (Ross MBA '11) and Michigan Ross Business+Impact Faculty Director Jerry Davis on her vision of a more equitable and just world along with practical steps to creating it, appropriately leveraging technology along the way.

AFUA BRUCE is a leading public interest technologist who has spent her career working at the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Her work has spanned the government, non-profit, private, and academic sectors, as she has held senior science and technology positions at DataKind, the White House, the FBI, and IBM. Afua is currently a strategy consultant and advisor to organizations developing and expanding public interest tech projects in both the corporate, government, and nonprofit spaces. She is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. As an If/Then Ambassador, Afua engages in efforts to excite girls to consider STEM careers; she has partnered with GoldieBlox, appeared on CBS's Mission Unstoppable TV show, and is featured in a number of museums around the country. Afua has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Her newest book, "The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Technologists, and Philanthropists can Build an Equitable World," describes how technology can advance equity. Buy the book here: https://www.porchlightbooks.com/product/tech-that-comes-next-how-changemakers-philanthropists-and-technologists-create-an-equitable-world--amy-sample-ward

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:35:24 -0400 2022-03-30T17:30:00-04:00 2022-03-30T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Afua Bruce, author and Ross MBA '11
LSI SciComm Speaker Series: Matt Richtel (April 11, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92899 92899-21697950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 11, 2022 10:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

* The LSI's SciComm Speaker Series highlights the importance of disseminating scientific findings beyond the walls of the academy and effectively communicating the impact of publicly-funded research. This annual event provides world-leading science writers and communicators with an opportunity to share their experiences with faculty, staff and students, while also tapping into U-M's vast scientific research community. This year's speaker is best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Matt Richtel.*

In 2019, Richtel's book about the immune system, An Elegant Defense, hit shelves. Richtel steeped the book in deep science, but covered all that deep science in frosting: story, anecdote and humor. When the book came out, the New York Times published an excerpt. What chapter did they choose? The one that asked: Should you pick your nose? Richtel had asked the question as a way of exploring whether our urge to probe our noses is actually a way for evolution to sneak some outside information to our immune systems. While we may not have a definitive answer to that question, after more than two decades at the New York Times and as author of several best-of-the-year science books, Richtel does know the answer to this: How do you make science information palatable? What does it take to educate the public?

There are two answers: One is story. The second is existential crisis. When Covid hit, the public started paying attention to science as never before. But this talk about the former—how to turn science into a story that people are eager to consume and that they will remember.

Over the course of this conversation, Richtel will offer specific examples of how he has married complicated science with compelling stories without sacrificing the sanctity and complexity of the research and scholarship. He will also tackle a number of specific, key issues around the marriage of science and storytelling: ethics, the role of the scientist/scholar, the relationship between scientist and journalist and how to improve it; the responsibility of media to understand how to read science, and accurately calibrate its weight. Plus, all the questions you want to ask!

*Coffee and light refreshments will be offered beginning at 9:30. Richtel will be available to sign books and bookplates immediately following the event.*

About the Speaker:
Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, lauded speaker and bestselling author. He writes about technology, its impact on society, and how it changes the way we work, play and relate to each other. In 2010 he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his series of articles on the hazardous use of cell phones, computers and other devices while driving. Richtel lives in San Francisco with his wife and their two children. He is an avid tennis player, a recreational athlete, a prideful maker of guacamole for parties and a periodic (and not good) songwriter. He grew up in Boulder, Colorado, the son of two avid readers, attended Boulder High School, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:05:21 -0400 2022-04-11T10:00:00-04:00 2022-04-11T11:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion LSI SciComm Speaker Series: Matt Richtel, Author and Reporter
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Making of “Good” Citizens: Examining the Mechanism of and Public Support for China’s Social Credit System (April 12, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90975 90975-21675117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Zoom webinar registration at: https://myumi.ch/DJW8G

This talk examines citizen scoring in and public support for China’s Social Credit System (SCS). In the first study, Dr. Fan analyzed the mechanism of credit scoring embedded in the SCS and show two facets of the SCS: a normative apparatus fostering “good” citizens and a regulative apparatus normalizing “deviant” behaviors. In the second study, he used a survey experiment to test how different types of monitored behaviors (financial versus non-financial behaviors) and media framing (Chinese media versus Western media) explain public support for the SCS. The findings suggest that when exposed to western media framing, Chinese citizens’ support decreases, but only when they are told that the SCS monitors citizens’ social behavior. In conclusion, he argues that the SCS illustrates the significant shift in which state actors increasingly become data processors whereas citizens are reconfigured as data subjects that can be measured and compared.

Fan Liang (PhD, University of Michigan) is an Assistant Professor of Media in the Division of Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University. His research examines how new communication technologies construct social and political changes. His research has received recognition and support from the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, American Council of Learned Societies, Volkswagen Foundation, International Communication Association, and other organizations.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:16:19 -0400 2022-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-12T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Fan Liang, Assistant Professor of Media, Duke Kunshan University