Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Decipher: 2018 Design Educators Research Conference (September 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52440 52440-12719571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is proud to host Decipher, a three-day, hands-on design research conference that will take place on the U-M campus September 27-29, 2018.

Presented by the AIGA Design Educators Community in partnership with the new DARIA Network (Design as Research in the Americas), Decipher is co-chaired by Stamps professors Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt and Omar Sosa Tzec.

Decipher will adopt a unique, interactive format to address crucial themes of defining, doing, disseminating, supporting, and teaching design research. There will be no formal “paper presentations,” instead all conference attendees will participate in focused conversations, activity groups, and workshops. These sessions will be comprised of Participants and Facilitators. Participants attend the conference and are expected to engage in all of the sessions. Facilitators plan and lead the sessions for participants. Facilitators also have an additional expectation of documentation and dissemination of their session following the conference. The submission, review, and selection process of Facilitators has been completed, but our call to people interested in joining us as Participants is still open!

For information about the brief written submission required to attend the conference as a participant (deadline: September 1st, 2018): https://educators.aiga.org/participate-in-decipher-2018/

For answers to common questions about the conference: https://educators.aiga.org/decipher-faq/

For questions about the conference: decipher2018@umich.edu

There are also volunteer opportunities at Decipher for students from the Stamps community and beyond. Join the Decipher team to gain insights into design research and contemporary design dialogues, meet and network with design practitioners and faculty from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, take part in some conference sessions and events for free, and add a great line to your resume! Volunteer activities may include manning registration tables, assisting session facilitators, helping with wayfinding for guests, producing photographic and video documentation, installing exhibitions, hanging signs, assisting with special events, making social media updates, and more.  We ask that each volunteer work approximately 10-20 hours before and during the conference, depending upon availability.

To sign up as a student volunteer: http://bit.ly/deciphervolunteers

For questions about volunteering: deciphervolunteers@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:15:39 -0400 2018-09-27T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Conference / Symposium https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/decipher-banner.png
GISC Conference. Destination: Detroit (September 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52609 52609-12899829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

A conference exploring old and new stories about migration, immigration,
and the city migrants built.

Attendance is free; registration required. For more information and to register: bit.ly/dest-detroit

Sponsors:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Arab and Muslim American Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Copernicus Program in Polish Studies; Institute for the Humanities; Latina/o Studies; Romance Languages and Literatures; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies; Detroit School of Urban Studies

University of Michigan-Dearborn: Chancellor Daniel Little; College of Arts, Sciences and Letters; Center for Arab-American Studies

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:05:27 -0400 2018-09-27T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center Global Islamic Studies Center Conference / Symposium DestinationDetroit_image
Decipher: 2018 Design Educators Research Conference (September 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52440 52440-12719572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is proud to host Decipher, a three-day, hands-on design research conference that will take place on the U-M campus September 27-29, 2018.

Presented by the AIGA Design Educators Community in partnership with the new DARIA Network (Design as Research in the Americas), Decipher is co-chaired by Stamps professors Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt and Omar Sosa Tzec.

Decipher will adopt a unique, interactive format to address crucial themes of defining, doing, disseminating, supporting, and teaching design research. There will be no formal “paper presentations,” instead all conference attendees will participate in focused conversations, activity groups, and workshops. These sessions will be comprised of Participants and Facilitators. Participants attend the conference and are expected to engage in all of the sessions. Facilitators plan and lead the sessions for participants. Facilitators also have an additional expectation of documentation and dissemination of their session following the conference. The submission, review, and selection process of Facilitators has been completed, but our call to people interested in joining us as Participants is still open!

For information about the brief written submission required to attend the conference as a participant (deadline: September 1st, 2018): https://educators.aiga.org/participate-in-decipher-2018/

For answers to common questions about the conference: https://educators.aiga.org/decipher-faq/

For questions about the conference: decipher2018@umich.edu

There are also volunteer opportunities at Decipher for students from the Stamps community and beyond. Join the Decipher team to gain insights into design research and contemporary design dialogues, meet and network with design practitioners and faculty from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, take part in some conference sessions and events for free, and add a great line to your resume! Volunteer activities may include manning registration tables, assisting session facilitators, helping with wayfinding for guests, producing photographic and video documentation, installing exhibitions, hanging signs, assisting with special events, making social media updates, and more.  We ask that each volunteer work approximately 10-20 hours before and during the conference, depending upon availability.

To sign up as a student volunteer: http://bit.ly/deciphervolunteers

For questions about volunteering: deciphervolunteers@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:15:39 -0400 2018-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Conference / Symposium https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/decipher-banner.png
GISC Conference. Destination: Detroit (September 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52609 52609-12899830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

A conference exploring old and new stories about migration, immigration,
and the city migrants built.

Attendance is free; registration required. For more information and to register: bit.ly/dest-detroit

Sponsors:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Arab and Muslim American Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Copernicus Program in Polish Studies; Institute for the Humanities; Latina/o Studies; Romance Languages and Literatures; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies; Detroit School of Urban Studies

University of Michigan-Dearborn: Chancellor Daniel Little; College of Arts, Sciences and Letters; Center for Arab-American Studies

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:05:27 -0400 2018-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T18:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center Global Islamic Studies Center Conference / Symposium DestinationDetroit_image
Decipher: 2018 Design Educators Research Conference (September 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52440 52440-12719573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is proud to host Decipher, a three-day, hands-on design research conference that will take place on the U-M campus September 27-29, 2018.

Presented by the AIGA Design Educators Community in partnership with the new DARIA Network (Design as Research in the Americas), Decipher is co-chaired by Stamps professors Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt and Omar Sosa Tzec.

Decipher will adopt a unique, interactive format to address crucial themes of defining, doing, disseminating, supporting, and teaching design research. There will be no formal “paper presentations,” instead all conference attendees will participate in focused conversations, activity groups, and workshops. These sessions will be comprised of Participants and Facilitators. Participants attend the conference and are expected to engage in all of the sessions. Facilitators plan and lead the sessions for participants. Facilitators also have an additional expectation of documentation and dissemination of their session following the conference. The submission, review, and selection process of Facilitators has been completed, but our call to people interested in joining us as Participants is still open!

For information about the brief written submission required to attend the conference as a participant (deadline: September 1st, 2018): https://educators.aiga.org/participate-in-decipher-2018/

For answers to common questions about the conference: https://educators.aiga.org/decipher-faq/

For questions about the conference: decipher2018@umich.edu

There are also volunteer opportunities at Decipher for students from the Stamps community and beyond. Join the Decipher team to gain insights into design research and contemporary design dialogues, meet and network with design practitioners and faculty from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, take part in some conference sessions and events for free, and add a great line to your resume! Volunteer activities may include manning registration tables, assisting session facilitators, helping with wayfinding for guests, producing photographic and video documentation, installing exhibitions, hanging signs, assisting with special events, making social media updates, and more.  We ask that each volunteer work approximately 10-20 hours before and during the conference, depending upon availability.

To sign up as a student volunteer: http://bit.ly/deciphervolunteers

For questions about volunteering: deciphervolunteers@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:15:39 -0400 2018-09-29T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Conference / Symposium https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/calendar/decipher-banner.png
GISC Conference. Destination: Detroit (September 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52609 52609-12899831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

A conference exploring old and new stories about migration, immigration,
and the city migrants built.

Attendance is free; registration required. For more information and to register: bit.ly/dest-detroit

Sponsors:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Arab and Muslim American Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Copernicus Program in Polish Studies; Institute for the Humanities; Latina/o Studies; Romance Languages and Literatures; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies; Detroit School of Urban Studies

University of Michigan-Dearborn: Chancellor Daniel Little; College of Arts, Sciences and Letters; Center for Arab-American Studies

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:05:27 -0400 2018-09-29T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T18:00:00-04:00 Detroit Center Global Islamic Studies Center Conference / Symposium DestinationDetroit_image
Green Wolverine Science Symposium (September 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54954 54954-13656393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Green Wolverine

Through collaboration with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, Green Wolverine is hosting speakers from across the country for a CANNABIS SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM This is the first student-organized science symposium of its kind at the university.

Green Wolverine was founded with the goal of promoting education and public awareness of the importance of evidence-based discourse, in terms of deciding the future of cannabis in medicine, research, and industry.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:38:22 -0400 2018-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:20:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Green Wolverine Conference / Symposium World-class researchers, scientists, and physicians gather in Ann Arbor to illuminate the future of cannabis medicine, research, and industry.
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register now for SUMIT_2018, the University of Michigan’s annual symposium to raise awareness and educate the community on cybersecurity. This free, one-day conference is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts discuss the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy. This year’s theme focuses on U-M’s role as a leader and best in security and privacy research. The presenters are all faculty, students, or alumni of U-M.

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2018 website: http://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2018

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
Michigan Meeting Fall Symposium: Life with/in Digital Objects (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56673 56673-13960685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Digital Studies

Schedule of Events for Friday, 10/26
12:00-12:45 meet and greet lunch
12:45-2:15 Flash Talks by Panelists and facilitated conversation around key questions in digital objects
2:15-2:45 coffee and cake intermission
2:45-4:00: Bring Your Stuff activity around digital objects brought by participants and attendees.
4:00-5:00: Viz/VR lab open house

Everyone thinks they know what digital means. So pervasive are digital technologies in the 21st century that it is difficult to find critical distance from this immersive new world of ubiquitous connectivity, social media feeds, smartphones, mobile apps, responsive design, algorithmic recommendation systems, and voice-controlled home shopping assistants. While the question “what is the digital?” is compelling, the more pressing question might be instead: what does it mean to be alive in the digital age?

The 2019 Michigan Meetings will be a year-long event that critically engages with the big issues, urgent consequences, and radical possibilities for grappling with the meaning of life in this era of digital ubiquity. Whether defined as “animated corporeal existence,” “vitality,” or “to continue, to remain,” we see a profound opportunity to approach the digital world through a spectrum of the meaning of life-ness - alive, liveness, animated, lifelike, life-adjacent, consciousness, awareness, attention, awoke.

Digital culture reconfigures the way we know our bodies, our selves, our work, our objects and living spaces, our politics, and our sense of community. Like prior technologies, the digital gives rise to distinct new modes of experiencing time and space. Life is lived through constant network connectivity, GPS positioning, software databases, biotechnologies and wearable activity trackers, ‘smart’ buildings, cities, and homes, migrant digital labor, computational modeling, and the management of unfathomable streams of big data, and artificial intelligence. Subsequently, life is also lived through anxieties about identity theft, hacking, online harassment, piracy, surveillance and drone warfare.

Across campus, these questions will emerge in courses, colloquia, lectures, and informal conversations among students, faculty, staff, and peers. We aim to support meaningful and rewarding work in the technology industries or in academic research by giving students and faculty the history, critical perspective, and rigorous deep-dive into humanistic questions of “new” media life with this 2019 theme.

Panel Speakers:
Andre Brock, Georgia Tech
Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, HyphenLabs
Lionel Robert, U-M School of Information
Sophia Brueckner, U-M Art and Design

The 2019 Michigan Meeting is co-organized by:

Sarah Murray, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of film, television, and media
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of American Studies
Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Megan Sapnar Ankerson, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of communication
McLain Clutter, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Paul Conway, University of Michigan School of Information associate professor of information
Adam Fure, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture

*Please note: the Main Michigan Meetings Summit is Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, 2019, Rackham Building

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:04:50 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Digital Studies Conference / Symposium image
Global Operations Conference (November 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56472 56472-13906096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is pleased to announce the annual Global Operations Conference (GOC) for 2018: Operations in a Digital Age.

REGISTER AT: www.taubergoc.com

With companies increasingly focused on leveraging new technology to evolve the way they do business, the GOC brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore topics related to how technology and data are shaping operations.

The annual conference is your opportunity to learn more about state of the art technology in operations, network with operations leaders across industries, and meet emerging operations professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:48:14 -0400 2018-11-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium GOC logo
Global Operations Conference (November 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56472 56472-13906097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is pleased to announce the annual Global Operations Conference (GOC) for 2018: Operations in a Digital Age.

REGISTER AT: www.taubergoc.com

With companies increasingly focused on leveraging new technology to evolve the way they do business, the GOC brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore topics related to how technology and data are shaping operations.

The annual conference is your opportunity to learn more about state of the art technology in operations, network with operations leaders across industries, and meet emerging operations professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:48:14 -0400 2018-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium GOC logo
Interfaith Regional Conference (November 10, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57398 57398-14184707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:30am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Join us this Saturday for a one day conference committed to furthering interfaith action and community on regional college campuses for all students, faculty, and staff. The event will feature speakers from Interfaith Youth Core and Convergence! Come celebrate and further the religious, spiritual, and secular diversity on our campus and enjoy a day full of speakers, community and an Afterglow reception in the evening!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:11:40 -0500 2018-11-10T09:30:00-05:00 2018-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Center for Campus Involvement Conference / Symposium Interfaith Regional Conference
RSQE's 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference (November 15, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56064 56064-13823430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Economics

The 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference will take place on November 15-16, 2018.

The 2018 Conference Program includes:

U.S. Economic Outlook; The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecast; Election Implications for Small Business Spending and Hiring; Trade Tensions 2018: U.S. Tariffs, Retaliation, and Implications; The Outlook for the Automotive Industry in a Dynamic World; NAFTA, Tariffs, and the U.S. Automotive Industry; Reflections on the 2018 Campaign Season; Michigan Economic Outlook; Has the Housing Market Peaked?; Moving toward a Smarter Workforce System: Recent Advances

The 2018 Conference Speakers are:

David W. Berson, Gloria Chen, Alan Deardorff, William Dunkelberg, Kristin Dziczek, Randall Eberts, Gabriel M. Ehrlich, Lester Graham, Emily Kolinsky Morris, Daniil Manaenkov, Aditi Thapar

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:44:50 -0400 2018-11-15T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Economics Conference / Symposium RSQE
RSQE's 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference (November 16, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56064 56064-13823431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Economics

The 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference will take place on November 15-16, 2018.

The 2018 Conference Program includes:

U.S. Economic Outlook; The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecast; Election Implications for Small Business Spending and Hiring; Trade Tensions 2018: U.S. Tariffs, Retaliation, and Implications; The Outlook for the Automotive Industry in a Dynamic World; NAFTA, Tariffs, and the U.S. Automotive Industry; Reflections on the 2018 Campaign Season; Michigan Economic Outlook; Has the Housing Market Peaked?; Moving toward a Smarter Workforce System: Recent Advances

The 2018 Conference Speakers are:

David W. Berson, Gloria Chen, Alan Deardorff, William Dunkelberg, Kristin Dziczek, Randall Eberts, Gabriel M. Ehrlich, Lester Graham, Emily Kolinsky Morris, Daniil Manaenkov, Aditi Thapar

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:44:50 -0400 2018-11-16T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Economics Conference / Symposium RSQE
Global Citizenship in Practice Conference (December 1, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56769 56769-13997141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Scholars Program

The Global Scholars Program's GCIP conference is an opportunity to share interdisciplinary approaches to global citizenship, with an emphasis on how we put this idea into practice.
To register for attendance: https://goo.gl/forms/XccFXk9zROApQA602
To register to submit a proposal: https://goo.gl/forms/aLMQw2KDqljjPwFl1

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:36:03 -0400 2018-12-01T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-01T16:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Scholars Program Conference / Symposium GSP Global Citizenship Conference- December 1, 2018
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Education (December 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57762 57762-14289145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

We would like to cordially invite you to a stellar gathering of world-renowned distinguished speakers, including Swami Sarvapriyananda from the Vedanta Society of New York.

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Conference / Symposium Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:09:06 -0500 2018-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Vedanta Study Circle Conference / Symposium poster
37th Annual WCTF Career Conference (January 4, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59179 59179-14694665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: CEW+

The Women of Color Task Force is excited to be hosting its 37th annual career conference on Friday, March 8, 2019. All U-M staff, faculty, students and the public, regardless of gender or ethnicity, are invited to attend this inclusive professional development event. Attendees may select from a variety of workshop sessions designed to support their professional and personal development.

Please note that the keynote lecture (8:30-10:30am at Hill Auditorium) is open to the general public and no registration is required. To attend the Career Conference workshops and luncheon, pre-registration is required.

Registration information and updates about the keynote speaker will be announced via the CEW+ website, stay tuned!

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:48:23 -0500 2019-01-04T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-04T15:00:00-05:00 Michigan League CEW+ Conference / Symposium WCTF Header
Sexpertise: Sexuality Through a Social Justice Lens (February 12, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61068 61068-15027195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Health Service

Sexpertise is a two-day series of workshops on February 12th and 13th, 2019, planned by and for students. It engages students, faculty, and community practitioners in discussion and learning about sexuality and relationships through a social justice lens. We'll explore topics of interest to U-M students including empowerment, identities, wellness, relationships, and more! All events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required, and you are invited to attend one, a few, or all sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:23:55 -0500 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T21:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Health Service Workshop / Seminar Sexpertise Flier
Sexpertise: Sexuality Through a Social Justice Lens (February 13, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61068 61068-15027196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Health Service

Sexpertise is a two-day series of workshops on February 12th and 13th, 2019, planned by and for students. It engages students, faculty, and community practitioners in discussion and learning about sexuality and relationships through a social justice lens. We'll explore topics of interest to U-M students including empowerment, identities, wellness, relationships, and more! All events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required, and you are invited to attend one, a few, or all sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:23:55 -0500 2019-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Health Service Workshop / Seminar Sexpertise Flier
Complex Spaces: Navigating Text & Territory (February 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61032 61032-15024918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please see the program below (under "Web and Social") for complete event details.

The 2019 Charles F. Fraker Conference at the University of Michigan will take as its point of departure the complicated interactions of space, place, and mapping, in all of their contexts. This conference hopes to both clarify and complicate the notion of spatiality which arose during what Foucault referred to as the “epoch of space” and has continued to develop after the “spatial turn” in the humanities at the end of the 20th century. Further, we hope with this conference to place a focus on geocriticism, a term developed in part by Robert Tally, Jr., whom we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker.

The broad understandings and implications of space do not permit a facile definition nor do they warrant one. Instead of conceptualizing space as a backdrop for historicism, modern critics choose to regard space as an actor with significant agency. The goal of this conference is not to effect a common definition of the complexities of space, but rather to embrace these intricacies through dialogue. As we know, physical space is ubiquitous and, at times, unremarkable or invisible. It can welcome us or alienate us; place us at the center, in the margins, in between, or beyond; facilitate or hinder our movement, choices, and behavior; and influence our very thoughts. It follows that our work is similarly affected by spatial concerns. What can we learn from the spaces created by cultural production?​ ​How does space affect the production of knowledge? How does space relate to power, or to memory, or to narrative?
This year, we welcome panelists from Brown, Concordia (Montréal), CUNY, Emory, Purdue, Rutgers, SUNY–Buffalo, Texas State, UCSB, UAlberta, UChicago, UVirginia, UW–Madison, and UT–Austin, as well as our own University of Michigan. In recent years, papers have been given in different Romance languages as well as in English; 2019 will be no exception as our program includes panelists from across languages and disciplines.

The conference will take place on the 15-16th February 2019 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. On Friday, 15th February, it will be held in the Michigan League, and on Saturday, 16th February, it will be held in the Rackham Graduate School; both buildings are near Ingalls Mall on UM’s Central Campus.

The keynote address will be delivered on Saturday at 5PM in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:44:44 -0500 2019-02-15T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Event Poster
Complex Spaces: Navigating Text & Territory (February 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61032 61032-15024919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please see the program below (under "Web and Social") for complete event details.

The 2019 Charles F. Fraker Conference at the University of Michigan will take as its point of departure the complicated interactions of space, place, and mapping, in all of their contexts. This conference hopes to both clarify and complicate the notion of spatiality which arose during what Foucault referred to as the “epoch of space” and has continued to develop after the “spatial turn” in the humanities at the end of the 20th century. Further, we hope with this conference to place a focus on geocriticism, a term developed in part by Robert Tally, Jr., whom we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker.

The broad understandings and implications of space do not permit a facile definition nor do they warrant one. Instead of conceptualizing space as a backdrop for historicism, modern critics choose to regard space as an actor with significant agency. The goal of this conference is not to effect a common definition of the complexities of space, but rather to embrace these intricacies through dialogue. As we know, physical space is ubiquitous and, at times, unremarkable or invisible. It can welcome us or alienate us; place us at the center, in the margins, in between, or beyond; facilitate or hinder our movement, choices, and behavior; and influence our very thoughts. It follows that our work is similarly affected by spatial concerns. What can we learn from the spaces created by cultural production?​ ​How does space affect the production of knowledge? How does space relate to power, or to memory, or to narrative?
This year, we welcome panelists from Brown, Concordia (Montréal), CUNY, Emory, Purdue, Rutgers, SUNY–Buffalo, Texas State, UCSB, UAlberta, UChicago, UVirginia, UW–Madison, and UT–Austin, as well as our own University of Michigan. In recent years, papers have been given in different Romance languages as well as in English; 2019 will be no exception as our program includes panelists from across languages and disciplines.

The conference will take place on the 15-16th February 2019 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. On Friday, 15th February, it will be held in the Michigan League, and on Saturday, 16th February, it will be held in the Rackham Graduate School; both buildings are near Ingalls Mall on UM’s Central Campus.

The keynote address will be delivered on Saturday at 5PM in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:44:44 -0500 2019-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Event Poster
The 2nd Annual Data for Public Good Symposium (February 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60915 60915-14988672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:52:27 -0500 2019-02-19T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T16:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium 2nd Annual Data for
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Black Internationalism – Then and Now (March 22, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61822 61822-15212837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The fourth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society will take place at the Rackham Graduate School and the Michigan League. This year’s theme, Black Internationalism—Then and Now, provides the occasion for a timely and much-needed conversation about the global dimensions of Black intellectual thought. The array of nearly 50 panels, roundtables, workshops, museum visits, film screenings, and plenary sessions provide an opportunity to explore the theme of Black Internationalism from many different angles. The conference will also feature a luncheon discussion with National Book Award Winner Ibram Kendi. Participants are also encouraged to visit the book exhibit hall where 14 university presses will showcase their latests publications. The keynote address by distinguished scholar Ula Taylor, “Frances M. Beal's Paris Years, 1960-1966,” will explore the ways that Beal’s life in Paris highlights the importance of an internationalist consciousness.

Please see the link to our program below for full conference details.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:18:15 -0400 2019-03-22T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Michigan Meetings Winter Symposium: Living In Digital Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59772 59772-14786520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Digital Studies

Schedule of Events
2:00-2:15 Introduction
2:15-3:30 Presentations by panelists
3:30-4:10 Discussion
4:15-4:30 Intermission
4:30-5:15 Guided tour of Art In the Age of the Internet, 1990 to Today
5:15-6:00 Discussion
6:00 Closing

In 2012 the first 4K resolution screen became available on the commercial market at the common 30” desktop size, making it possible for a user with 20/20 vision seated 24” away from a computer screen to be confronted with the same amount of visual information as could be experienced in the surrounding environment. This development brought verisimilitude to another realm that has gradually emerged for decades, the constitution of the digital sphere as a kind of environment itself. Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic. Drawing contributors from across art, architecture, design, and media studies, we will examine the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

https://www.living-a-digital-life.com/



The 2019 Michigan Meeting is co-organized by:

Sarah Murray, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of film, television, and media
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of American Studies
Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Megan Sapnar Ankerson, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of communication
McLain Clutter, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Paul Conway, University of Michigan School of Information associate professor of information
Adam Fure, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture

*Please note: the Main Michigan Meetings Summit is Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, 2019, Rackham Building

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:47:43 -0500 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Digital Studies Conference / Symposium Poster
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Michigan Meeting Winter Symposium: Living In Digital Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62237 62237-15335282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

In 2012 the first 4K resolution screen became available on the commercial market at the common 30” desktop size, making it possible for a user with 20/20 vision seated 24” away from a computer screen to be confronted with the same amount of visual information as could be experienced in the surrounding environment. This development brought verisimilitude to another realm that has gradually emerged for decades, the constitution of the digital sphere as a kind of environment itself. Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic. Drawing contributors from across art, architecture, design, and media studies, we will examine the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:48:12 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion
Black Internationalism – Then and Now (March 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61822 61822-15212838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The fourth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society will take place at the Rackham Graduate School and the Michigan League. This year’s theme, Black Internationalism—Then and Now, provides the occasion for a timely and much-needed conversation about the global dimensions of Black intellectual thought. The array of nearly 50 panels, roundtables, workshops, museum visits, film screenings, and plenary sessions provide an opportunity to explore the theme of Black Internationalism from many different angles. The conference will also feature a luncheon discussion with National Book Award Winner Ibram Kendi. Participants are also encouraged to visit the book exhibit hall where 14 university presses will showcase their latests publications. The keynote address by distinguished scholar Ula Taylor, “Frances M. Beal's Paris Years, 1960-1966,” will explore the ways that Beal’s life in Paris highlights the importance of an internationalist consciousness.

Please see the link to our program below for full conference details.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:18:15 -0400 2019-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T20:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Tauber Industry Panel (March 26, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62302 62302-15346456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The students of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations host an Industry Panel on the theme of Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement.

Students will discuss the emerging trends and challenges in operations with the following industry leaders:

Nicholas Clift - Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Nick leads consulting teams that guide clients in transforming G&A functions at Fortune 100 firms, leveraging advances in automation and time-tested change management approaches. Nick is a graduate of EGL and Tauber having completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Christina Coyne - Director of Global Continuous Improvement and Innovation at NSF International.

Christina obtained her Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Michigan and has led NSF’s Lean/Continuous Improvement program for the last decade.

Michael Rockett - Solutions Designer at LLamasoft

Michael focuses on providing technical expertise in sales cycles while pushing the development of the company’s risk and sustainability offerings. He studied sustainable supply chain at the Ross and graduated from both the Erb and Tauber Institutes.

Moderated by Jeffery Liker - Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, owner of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC, Partner in The Toyota Way Academy, and Partner in Lean Leadership Institute.

For more information, contact Dehao Zhang at terryz@umich.edu, Tauber Student Advisory Board Industry Chair or visit https://tauber.umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:26:04 -0400 2019-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Tauber Institute for Global Operations
2019 Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (March 28, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61207 61207-15052053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Statistics

About MSSISS:
The Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (MSSISS) is an annual event organized by graduate students in the Biostatistics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Statistics and Survey Methodology departments at the University of Michigan.

The goal of this symposium is to create an environment that allows communication across related fields of statistical sciences and promotes interdisciplinary research among graduate students and faculty. It encourages graduate students to present their work, share insights and exposes them to diverse applications of statistical sciences. Though hosted by five departments we extend our invitation to graduate students from all departments across the University to present their statistical research in the form of an oral paper presentation or a poster presentation. It also provides an excellent environment for interacting with students and faculty from other areas of statistical research on campus.

MSSISS is an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and discussion across the fields of statistical sciences. Calling all graduate students (as well as talented undergraduates)! Come along, present your work, share insights and learn about the diverse applications of statistical sciences.

Keynote Speakers of MSSISS 2019:
This year, we are fortunate to have Professor Alan E. Gelfand from Duke University as the keynote speaker, and Professor Ceren Budak from University of Michigan as the junior keynote speaker.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:40:25 -0500 2019-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Statistics Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2019 Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (March 29, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61906 61906-15232590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Statistics

About MSSISS:
The Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences (MSSISS) is an annual event organized by graduate students in the Biostatistics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Statistics and Survey Methodology departments at the University of Michigan.

The goal of this symposium is to create an environment that allows communication across related fields of statistical sciences and promotes interdisciplinary research among graduate students and faculty. It encourages graduate students to present their work, share insights and exposes them to diverse applications of statistical sciences. Though hosted by five departments we extend our invitation to graduate students from all departments across the University to present their statistical research in the form of an oral paper presentation or a poster presentation. It also provides an excellent environment for interacting with students and faculty from other areas of statistical research on campus.

MSSISS is an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and discussion across the fields of statistical sciences. Calling all graduate students (as well as talented undergraduates)! Come along, present your work, share insights and learn about the diverse applications of statistical sciences.

Keynote Speakers of MSSISS 2019:
This year, we are fortunate to have Professor Alan E. Gelfand from Duke University as the keynote speaker, and Professor Ceren Budak from University of Michigan as the junior keynote speaker.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:46:03 -0500 2019-03-29T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Statistics Conference / Symposium
Health Professions Education Day 2019 (April 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58107 58107-14426746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

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

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:47:54 -0500 2019-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium HPE Day Logo
MCDB Connell Symposium (May 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52571 52571-12853110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Celebrating the new BSB featuring distinguished biologists in the tradition of the Connell Lectureship

Rackham Amphitheatre
9:00 – 9:10 am Introductions
9:10 – 10:00 Keynote – Randy Schekman, UC Berkeley
10:00 – 10:25 Faculty talk – Ursula Jakob, MCDB
10:25 – 10:40 Student talk – Taylor Nye, MCDB
10:40 – 11:10 Break (Rackham Assembly Hall)
11:10 – 11:25 Student talk – Shyama Nandakumar
11:25 – 11:55 Alumnus talk – Robert Raguso, Cornell University
11:55 – 12:45 Keynote – Joanne Chory, Salk Institute
12:45 – 2:30 pm Lunch on your own
2:30 – 2:35 pm MCDB Photo Contest winners announced
2:35 – 3:25 pm Keynote – Jeannie Lee, Harvard
3:25 – 3:50 pm Faculty talk – Robert Denver, MCDB
3:50 – 4:00 pm Closing – Robert Denver
Then stroll over to the Biological Sciences Building West Atrium
4:30 – 6:00 pm Poster session

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 May 2019 05:07:52 -0400 2019-05-06T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-06T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar graphic announcement-connell symposium with microscopic tissue image
Enriching Scholarship Poster Fair & Keynote Address (May 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62858 62858-15483806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

9:00am-10:00am: Poster Fair and Strolling Breakfast

The poster fair highlights the work of the five recipients of the 2019 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP) and the CRLT Faculty Development Fund and Whitaker Fund grant recipients. The event provides an opportunity for the campus community to learn more about innovative teaching strategies and to discuss findings from research on teaching and learning.

10:00am-10:30am: Opening Remarks and Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize Awards

10:30am-11:50am: Keynote Address
Metacognition: The Key to Equity and Excellence for All Students!

21st Century students come to college with widely varying academic skills and motivation levels. Most students expend very little energy attempting to learn and rely on memorizing information just before examinations. This interactive workshop will help attendees understand why many students expend very little energy on learning and have difficulty achieving student learning outcomes. Cognitive science research based methods that can be used to facilitate conceptual, transferable learning will be discussed. The session will present specific learning strategies that have resulted in significant increases in student effort and improvement in student learning in undergraduate, graduate, and professional school environments.

About the Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Saundra McGuire is the Director Emerita of the Center for Academic Success and Retired Professor of Chemistry at Louisiana State University. She is an internationally renowned expert in the area of learning support and is the author of Teach Students How to Learn and Teach Yourself How to Learn.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:02:24 -0400 2019-05-06T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-06T11:50:00-04:00 Michigan League LSA Technology Services Conference / Symposium
Reckless Ideas in Ecological Networks (May 9, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63099 63099-15570542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

This event is free and open to the public.
Registration will be required for lunch.

CLICK LINK AT BOTTOM TO REGISTER

SCHEDULE:

8:30A Light breakfast at Weiser Hall

9:00 Intro: Fernanda Valdovinos

9:05 Phillip Staniczenko, City University of New York - Brooklyn College "What is a reckless idea?"

9:30 Mark Novak, Oregon State University "Removing Species Interactions from Ecological Networks to Understand Community Dynamics"

10:00 Luis Zaman, University of Michigan "A Dynamics First Approach to the Evolution of Ecological Networks"

10:30 Lauren Ponisio, University of California - Riverside "How does network position relate to species' fitness?"

11:00 BREAK (30)

11:30 Paul CaraDonna, Chicago Botanic Garden | Northwestern University "Interaction rewiring & network flexibility"

12:00 David Hembry, Cornell University "How do networks evolve across space and time?"

12:30 LUNCH (60)

1:30 Benjamin Baiser, University of Florida "The Macroecology and Biogeography of Ecological Networks"

2:00 Allison Barner, University of California Berkeley "Why multilayer networks?"

2:30 Fernanda Valdovinos, University of Michigan "Addressing environmental problems with Ecological Networks"

3:00 BREAK (15)

3:20 Panel

4:00 End of Program

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 07 May 2019 10:37:09 -0400 2019-05-09T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-09T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium RECKLESS POSTER
2019 Positive Business Conference (May 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61271 61271-15063358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Positive Business Conference

What kind of workplace will you choose to create? Thriving employees are likely to be more committed and satisfied with their jobs, perform at a higher level, become sick less often, give back more to their communities, and get more fulfillment from personal relationships.

Discover how to improve well-being and performance by building a thriving workplace at the Michigan Ross Positive Business Conference, May 9-10, 2019. We’ll share research-based strategies, tactics, and tools and real world examples for how to build stronger, more connected teams and companies. You’ll engage with Michigan Ross faculty experts as well as leaders from Consumers Energy, O.C. Tanner, Steelcase, UnitedHealthcare, Zingerman’s, and more.

Join us at the Positive Business Conference to learn how to create a healthy, happy, and thriving workplace to change business for the better.

Visit http://www.positivebusinessconference.com to learn more and register to attend.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:08:35 -0500 2019-05-09T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T16:15:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Positive Business Conference Conference / Symposium 2019 Positive Business Conference
Lowering Barriers to Learning: Increase Access to Course Materials with UDOIT (May 9, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63284 63284-15612036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

This hands-on workshop introduces UDOIT, a Canvas-based tool that can be used to check course materials in Canvas for common accessibility issues. UDOIT scans materials and reports the results to the instructor, along with recommendations for how to fix issues. Many issues can be fixed from inside the report page itself! If you’re not sure how to increase the accessibility of your materials, this is an excellent tool to start with. To get the most out of this session, you will need access to a Canvas course with some content or files in it for the hands-on portion.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:20:28 -0400 2019-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T14:50:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Modern Languages Building
20th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (Day 1) (May 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63313 63313-15636677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: East Hall
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The 20th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO XX) will take place from May 22–24, 2019 at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. It will be organized by the Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering.

The conference will be preceded by a Summer school (May 20-21).

The IPCO conference is under the auspices of the Mathematical Optimization Society. It is held every year, except for those in which the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming takes place. The conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications in these areas.

Registration is now open.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:49:38 -0400 2019-05-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-22T18:00:00-04:00 East Hall U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Conference / Symposium IPCO conference symbol
#UMTweetCon2019 (May 23, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61765 61765-15179575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

#UMTweetCon2019 will connect U-M scholars across a diverse set of disciplines in an interdisciplinary exchange about common challenges and lessons learned. We further seek to facilitate new connections to help U-M scholars create opportunities for future joint research, collaborative grant writing, training and other activities. Conference attendance will be open to anyone interested in learning about the wide array of Twitter data applications in current research at the University.

The conference is sponsored by the Social Science and Social Media Collaborative, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, the #Parenting Rackham Interdisciplinary Group, and coordinated by the Center for Political Studies and the Institute for Social Research.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 May 2019 12:05:49 -0400 2019-05-23T08:30:00-04:00 2019-05-23T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium TweetCon2019
Dialogues in Contemporary Thought VI | On Life (May 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63805 63805-15888321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Branka Arsic (Columbia University) will be giving a public lecture on Thursday May 30th, at 4 p.m. QA to follow.

Description: My talk starts out from remarks Melville left in his Encantadas concerning the Galapagos tortoises and goes on to examine the scientific and historical archives to which he had recourse, from Cuvier and Broderip to Porter and Delano. On that basis I seek to reconstruct exactly what, in the early 19th century, prompted scientists, doctors, and naturalists, as well as traders and ordinary seamen, to obsess about the tortoise as a life form, one that was brought to the brink of extinction by the middle of the century. I argue that the reason why both physiologists in Continental scientific laboratories, and whalers traversing Antillean waters in trade ships, chose this particular animal to answer the question of what life is, derived from their ideas about what constituted pain, suffering, and cruelty. By rehearsing such debates over the presumed expressions of suffering, apathy and indifference on the part of the tortoise, I work to suggest that what scientists understood as apathy towards pain licensed the production of a bizarre taxonomy of life forms based on a creaturely capacity to resist violence. I, therefore, pay significant attention to the differences that science advanced between biologically - as opposed to psychologically - rational and irrational life forms, which leads to my concluding analysis of why, as a consequence, the irrational was designated as available for experimentation and vivisection.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 May 2019 08:31:00 -0400 2019-05-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-05-30T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Dialogues in Contemporary Thought | On Life