Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Mind-blowing Stories: Tales that are Amazing, Challenging, and True (January 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70452 70452-17596557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This group will engage true stories that force us to think in new and unexpected ways about basic categories of human experience. To say it differently, these stories blow our minds. The stories include: Rubinstein, the “mad jester” of the Warsaw Ghetto; Chang and Eng: the original “Siamese twins’’; and American philosopher William James’s mysterious (to him) mystical experience in the Adirondack forest. Participants are invited to bring in stories that they believe have the same “mind-blowing” potential. Hank Greenspan is a psychologist, oral historian, essayist, and playwright recently retired from a teaching career at UM. He believes that to live is to schmooze. And to schmooze is to teach and to learn, together. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Tuesdays January 21 through February 25 (no class Feb. 18).

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:11:38 -0500 2020-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-21T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Search for Meaning (January 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70464 70464-17600679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The quest to understand man’s underlying purpose has been proposed by Victor Frankl in "Man’s Search for Meaning" from which he gave his quest further definition by coining the name Logo Therapy to essentially utilize meaning to help overcome obstacles and handicaps. To establish this foundation, the instructor will first talk about definitions and how they can assist in creating common denominators but at the same time can interfere with the understanding of reality and meaning. Along with definitions, we will turn our attention to human physiology and how organs can be looked upon in alternative ways that include phenomenology. In effect, looking at organs in terms of strengths and weaknesses and how they can serve us in our quest for meaning.The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Eric Amberg is held Tuesdays January 21 through April 28.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:25:37 -0500 2020-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Understanding Complexity (January 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70492 70492-17600719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The course will cover complexity science, introducing the core concepts and discussing ideas such as emergence, using twelve DVD lectures from the Teaching Company by University of Michigan Professor Scott Page. We’ll view two 30-minute lectures per class, each followed by 20 minutes for questions and discussion. The study group leader worked 27 years as a research physicist for Ford and taught physics at several levels, including graduate level at Wayne State University. At OLLI, he has taught 16 physics-related classes. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Richard Chase is held Tuesdays January 21 through February 25.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:55:36 -0500 2020-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Current Events (January 21, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70639 70639-17611224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for people interested in current events happening at the local, national and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor. Instructor Bill Milne is a chemist who retired from the federal government. He resides in Ann Arbor and participates in many OLLI programs. Class meets on Tuesdays from January 21 through August 25. On January 28, March 24, and May 26 the location shifts to the Turner Senior Resource Center on 2401 Plymouth Road.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:23:42 -0500 2020-01-21T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-21T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Growth and Grit - Developing a Mindset For Success (January 22, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70897 70897-17735191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

What if your ability to succeed in your classes was determined in part before you even stepped into the classroom? What is the one quality you need to overcome adversity academically and in life? This workshop will detail the research of Dr. Carol Dweck and her groundbreaking work on the concept of mindset. Students will learn how to abandon a debilitating fixed mindset in favor of a growth mindset, leading to success in areas they once considered too difficult. The workshop will also introduce students to the research of Dr. Angela Duckworth, and how a growth mindset can lead to the development of grit, an essential characteristic to overcoming our fear of failure.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:16:28 -0500 2020-01-22T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
How Do Online Social Networks Influence People’s Emotional Lives? (January 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70744 70744-17627843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Within a relatively short time span, online social networks have rapidly changed the way people interact, providing new opportunities to study socio-emotional dynamics. This talk will review findings from a multi-method program of research that examines how interacting with these networks influences people’s emotional lives, focusing specifically on Facebook.


Ethan Kross, PhD is an award-winning Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and the Director of the University of Michigan Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD from Columbia. His research explores how people can control their emotions to improve our understanding of how self-control works, and to discover ways of enhancing self-control in daily life.

This is the third in a six-lecture series. The subject is Social Media Research: What We Know Now. The next lecture will be January 30, 2020. The title is: Restoring Justice to Targets of Online Harassment.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:13:28 -0500 2020-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Periodical Innovations (January 23, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70641 70641-17611228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Harpers and Atlantic monthly magazines have been the Instructor Paul Wenger’s reading staples for many decades and are recognized for signaling cultural and political changes as they happen. Articles from these and other comparable newsletters/magazines are the starting points for biweekly discussions of significant social trends proposed by group members. Help us look at the future together and enjoy our shared ideas. Class will meet Thursdays (1/23, 2/6, 2/20, 3/5, 4/2, 4/16, 5/7, and 5/21).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:26:17 -0500 2020-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Memoir Writing (January 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70510 70510-17602792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Participants will learn how to tell the stories of their lives and those of their ancestors. We will meet weekly, and each participant should be prepared to read a story they have written (including the first class). Jan Price calls herself a “very amateur memoirist” who has written her story after being motivated by an OLLI class. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays January 24 through April 10 (no class on March 20)

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:11:23 -0500 2020-01-24T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Understanding the Changing Face of Health Care Delivery (January 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70645 70645-17611231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Profound and often confusing transformations have taken place in the last 20 years in the way the healthcare delivery system is structured. While not all of the changes are readily apparent to patients, an understanding of them can help consumers make sense of what has happened and understand what is likely to come. A key to making sense of these changes is to understand the shifts in financial risk that have occurred between insurers, providers, and patients. Instructor Azzolini will lead the class.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:26:59 -0500 2020-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-24T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Chinese 7 (January 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70646 70646-17611232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Understanding Chinese language fundamentally, learning Chinese systematically, and aiming to carry on conversations fluently. Instructor Angela Yang will lead the class on Mondays from January 27 through May 18.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:29:09 -0500 2020-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Thinking Rationally In an Age of Pseudoscience (January 27, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70467 70467-17600682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the differences between the testable hypotheses of real science and myths, unproven "science" and fundamentalist zealotry?
In the book, "The Demon-Haunted World--Science as a Candle in the Dark", author and scientist Carl Sagan debunks fallacies such as witchcraft, faith healing, demons and UFOs. He advocates viewing all phenomena through proven facts.
Sagan focuses primarily on myths and not religion; he felt religion should not play a role in pseudoscience and he argues against fundamentalism.
We will read this book and discuss its ideas. Gerry Lapidus has led more than 50 book discussion classes at OLLI. Please read through pg. 40 (Preface, sections 1 and 2) for the first meeting.
The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Mondays January 27 through March 9.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:45:59 -0500 2020-01-27T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Journey with Contemporary Award-winning Writers from Around the World (January 28, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70649 70649-17611236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In these sessions, participants will take a deeper look at how contemporary award-winning writers from around the world think and what concerns they have in today’s life. Do we, educated Americans, see our world in ways similar or different from the ways those writers see it? Let us look at the world through these perceptive eyes. Let us try to be Sinbads and enjoy a free flight of discovery on the magic these writers have woven for us. Join us and do not be afraid. Our first book for discussion on January 28, 2020 will be White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi. Instructor Salhi will lead monthly classes on Tuesdays (January 28, February 25, March 31, and April 28).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:31:55 -0500 2020-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (January 28, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70647 70647-17611233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” is well-known as the stirring slogan of the French Revolution. In this study group, by means of an examination of the life and thought of pre-revolutionary visionary Jean-Jacques Rousseau and of the major events of the Revolution itself, we will reflect upon and wrestle with the internal tensions and, indeed, contradictions embodied in this slogan. To what extent, for example, does the quest for liberty impinge upon the longing for equality, and vice versa? To what degree, moreover, does the craving for fraternity compromise the desire for both liberty and equality? Instructor Barry Shapiro is a French revolutionary scholar and Emeritus Professor of History, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. Classes will meet on Tuesdays from January 28 through March 31.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:33:13 -0500 2020-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Make It Stick - Research-Based Learning Strategies You Need to Know (January 29, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70899 70899-17735192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

The study and learning strategies students often bring to college are often insufficient to help them succeed at the university level. Particularly in challenging STEM courses, students can't simply memorize or cram their way to a good grade. This workshop will focus on the popular learning strategies to avoid, as well as the top three strategies you don't know but are shown by research to be the most effective for long-term learning.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:18:11 -0500 2020-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar make it stick by Brown, Roediger III, and McDaniel
The 2020 Democratic Nomination: Who Gets to Choose, the Parties or the Voters? (January 29, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64665 64665-16410963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The Democrats have begun winnowing their original field of 20+ candidates down to the one who will eventually be their nominee for the 2020 presidential election.

Jeffrey Bernstein will evaluate the candidates and assess their standings as we enter the 2020 election cycle. He’ll review the evolution of the nomination process and examine the transfer of power from the parties to the voters over the last half century. As he discusses our evolving system, he’ll focus on one big question: has the shift to a voter-centric process been a good thing for American politics? This lecture will coincide with the general time-frame of the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses.

Jeffrey Bernstein is an award-winning Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University. His areas of interest are U.S. political parties, campaigns, and elections, voting behavior and public opinion, as well as the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Please note the new start time for this event.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership is not required to attend this event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:22:30 -0500 2020-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T19:30:00-05:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Restoring Justice to Targets of Online Harassment (January 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70745 70745-17627844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Most social media sites sanction online harassment by removing content or banning users. However, these approaches largely write the targets of online harassment out of the justice-seeking process. If a person is harassed on social media, they are given no opportunity for acknowledgement or reparation. This talk will discuss how theories of justice can help social media sites to better support people who are targets of online harassment.

Dr. Schoenebeck is an Associate Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. She directs the Living Online Lab and co-directs the Social Media Research Lab. Her research
focuses on promoting more equitable and inclusive experiences online in domains ranging from online harassment to gender equity to children’s privacy. Her research has been covered in global media including the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, and elsewhere.

This is the fourth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Social Media Research: What We Know Now. The next lecture will be February 5, 2020. The title is: Why We Use Social Media: Evolution, Neuroscience, and Problematic Use.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:29:37 -0500 2020-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
2020 Munger Graduate and Professional Student Case Competition (January 30, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69704 69704-17966059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Munger Graduate Residences
Organized By: Munger Graduate Residences

The Munger Graduate Residences has partnered with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) to ask teams of students to address issues impacting student wellness on the University of Michigan Campus.

The Munger Case Competition Showcase is held on the 8th Floor of the Munger Graduate Residences Building, located at 540 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

All members of the University of Michigan and surrounding communities are invited to attend.

For more information about the Case Competition, please contact Michael Rupert at mcrupert@umich.edu.

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Presentation Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:00:22 -0500 2020-01-30T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 Munger Graduate Residences Munger Graduate Residences Presentation 2020 Wellness Case Competition
Continuing Korematsu: Our Fight in the Trump Era (January 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72117 72117-17939981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

January 30th is the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. On February 19th, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, one of the most blatant forms of racial profiling in US history, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 American citizens and residents on the basis of being ethnically Japanese. Fred T. Korematsu was one of many who refused to be incarcerated, and was arrested. A national civil rights hero, Fred Korematsu appealed his case to the Supreme Court. Although the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1944, in 1983 his conviction was overturned in a coram nobis proceeding where Fred Korematsu addressed the court, saying, “I would like to see the government admit they were wrong, and do something about it so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.”

In 2014 and again in 2019, the US government attempted to reopen the Fort Sill camp to incarcerate migrant children from Latin America; Fort Sill was previously used as a concentration camp where Native Americans and Japanese Americans were detained. In June 2017, ICE agents raided and arrested Iraqi families in the Detroit area, leading to the ACLU’s lawsuit, Hamama v. Adducci. Raids on Iraqi families have continued into 2019.

On January 30th, APALSA's Political Action Committee, in partnership with the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission and Stop Repeating History would like to invite you to attend a screening of the documentary Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 by Jon Osaki, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A led by University of Michigan Law student Kevin Luong.

This event features incredible guest speakers: Dr. Karen Korematsu, Don Tamaki, Aamina Ahmed, Mary Kamidoi, and Michael Steinberg. Free and open to the public. Food from Curry On will be provided with RSVP: bit.ly/2tfDsnu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:49:48 -0500 2020-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Lecture / Discussion Korematsu Day Poster
Dear Diary: Exhibit Tour and Hands-on Exploration of Personal Writing (January 31, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70514 70514-17602805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join the exhibit curators in exploring the diary genre. We will begin with hands-on exploration and transcription of private diaries by 20th century authors including Anne Waldman and Nancy Willard. We will then move to the Audubon Room for a tour of the current exhibit, featuring diaries from throughout the holdings of the Special Collections Research Center. The exhibit explores how diaries, journals, and notebooks function as confidants, records of war, partners in creative life, travel companions, and formal inspiration for fiction and art. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Kristine Grieve and Juli McLoone is held on Friday January 31.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:15:20 -0500 2020-01-31T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
American Musical Theater (February 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70454 70454-17596560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course will cover the lives and the musical careers of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and their contemporaries. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Edwin Marcus is held Mondays February 3 through March 2.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:28:44 -0500 2020-02-03T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-03T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Advanced German (February 4, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70829 70829-17658765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The course will be a continuation of Advanced German from fall 2019. The class will focus on the use of idiomatic German for conversation. Renate Gerulaitis is professor emerita of German Language and Literature at Oakland University. Sessions will be held Thursdays from February 4 through May 26.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:35:52 -0500 2020-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Great Decisions (February 4, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70819 70819-17654650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Great Decisions is the largest program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Foreign Policy Association’s briefing book provided for each member, watching a DVD, and meeting in a group to discuss the most critical issues facing America today. The eight topics are: Climate Change and the Global Order, India and Pakistan, Red Sea Security, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle, China’s Road into Latin America, The Philippines and the U.S., and Artificial Intelligence and Data. (see website for more details regarding topics). Long-time discussion leaders of the series, Barbara Comai and Leo Shedden will host sessions on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from February 4 through June 2.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:34:26 -0500 2020-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
How We Can Find Peace in This Crazy World (February 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70500 70500-17602782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression - in other words, it works! And it's not just for depression; it also works for people who are not depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of this frantic world.
It promotes the kind of happiness and peace that gets into our bones. Mindfulness reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion.
We're going to be using the book "Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World" by Mark Williams and Danny Pennman.
This will be a six-week program. The class will be partly lecture, but you can look forward to lively discussions.
Mike Murray, a Clinical Psychologist, has taught mindfulness classes for OLLI for over ten years. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Wednesdays February 5 through March 11.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:02:42 -0500 2020-02-05T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Healthcare: A WeListen Staff Discussion (February 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71610 71610-17844814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: WeListen Staff

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLFebruary

We will discuss Healthcare by learning about policies put forth by the Democratic and Republican parties, and examining systems in other countries. We'll also consider the impact of lobbyists on prescription drug costs, and discuss plans and terminology being used by 2020 presidential candidates.

Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.

By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is supported by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute and LSA Psychology.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:44:16 -0500 2020-02-05T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 North Quad WeListen Staff Workshop / Seminar Healthcare Flyer
Why We Use Social Media: Evolution, Neuroscience, and Problematic Use (February 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70746 70746-17627845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Around two decades ago, Internet pioneers created online platforms that allow users to create profiles and interact with others. Today, almost 3 billion people worldwide use these social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. This talk will explain why we are driven to use these sites, the neuroscience underlying our use of these sites, and how social media use may become excessive and problematic.

Prof. Dar Meshi is a cognitive neuroscientist investigating problematic social media use and how the brain processes social information. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. He is also a faculty member in the Neuroscience Program. Prof. Meshi earned his B.S. in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York.

This is the fifth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Social Media Research: What We Know Now. The next lecture will be February 13, 2020. The title is: Is Technology Killing Privacy?

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Dec 2019 14:46:42 -0500 2020-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Needlework Artists (February 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70360 70360-17586188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has a new program option known as a Shared Interest Group (SIG). A SIG brings people together who have a common interest that they wish to pursue indefinitely within a structure of meetings and activities designed primarily by the members of the group.

A SIG does not have a formal class syllabus. Members of a SIG determine the content and discussion of a SIG. A designated facilitator arranges meetings, takes attendance, and initiates the discussion among the SIG members on how the group will operate.

This group will meet to share time together working on their individual projects, be they knitting, embroidery, lace-making, crochet, needlepoint, or others. Encouraging interest in learning new skills, completing projects already underway, while enjoying each other’s company shall be chief goals of this Interest Group.

This Shared Interest Group will meet on the first Thursday of every month and be facilitated by Marcia Hallstrom & Marge Higley.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:24:41 -0500 2020-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Shared Interest Group
How Volunteers Can Save Democracy (February 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70820 70820-17654651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Voters Not Politicians (VNP) is the nonpartisan grassroots citizens group that led the 2018 ballot initiative to pass an anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment. The amendment established an Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw maps for Michigan electoral districts: U.S. Congress and the State House and Senate. VNP is now working to ensure success for the Commission and it is also pursuing other initiatives to enhance democracy. These 3 classes will explain what VNP has accomplished, how VNP created a unique volunteer experience, and how citizens can continue to improve our democracy. Participants will learn how they can participate productively in making Michigan government work better.

Connie Cook has a Ph.D. in Political Science and recently retired from the University of Michigan. She now serves in a volunteer role as Regional Education Coordinator and Special Counsel to the Executive Director of Voters Not Politicians. Rena Basch has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, and fifteen years-experience as an elections administrator, serving as the Ann Arbor Charter Township Clerk. During the VNP campaign for Proposal 2, Rena led the state-wide Outreach Committee, and currently volunteers as the leader of Community Engagement. Connie and Rena will be joined by additional VNP volunteers in sessions on Fridays from February 7 through 21.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:36:55 -0500 2020-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The American Novel (February 7, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70849 70849-17660839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us,” declared John Winthrop as he travelled with his followers to Massachusetts in 1630. He marked the beginning of what was expected to be a grand experiment. Winthrop rightly anticipated that the colonial endeavors unfolding in North America presented a chance for self-determination, collective identity, and industriousness. And yet, he could not have conceived of the legacy of that experiment or the challenges that would come with it. In this study group, we will explore how diverse writers represented, challenged, and helped to create the dominant cultural narratives that remain influential in our nation today. We will read (in the following order): Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland, Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables, Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno, Frank Norris’s McTeague, and John Niehardt’s Black Elk Speaks. Instructor Emelia Abbe-Robertson will lead classes on Fridays from February 7 through March 20.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:14:47 -0500 2020-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Doctor as a Patient: How it Changed Her Life (February 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70689 70689-17619576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Awdish’s near-death experience revealed a dark hole at the center of what was otherwise highly-proficient, astoundingly skillful care. What she learned was that, though the healing potential of knowledge is magical, it is also a lie: Medicine cannot heal in a vacuum; it requires connection. Her talk will focus on what is needed to heal medicine, and how medical training distances physician from patients. Ultimately, it is only by giving primacy to the patient narrative, building resilience in the physician, and forming a community that we can hope to reunite the pieces into a cohesive whole, with the power to heal us all.

Detroit, Michigan. She serves as Medical Director for both Care Experience and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. In addition to her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir, In Shock, she also has written for the Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, and the New England Journal of Medicine. In 2017, she was named National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by the Schwartz Foundation, and Physician of the Year by Press Ganey. Her work focuses on improving healthcare for both providers and patients, through compassionate communication, medical humanities, and finding joy in our shared purpose.

This is the fifth in a series of ten lectures covering various topics. One lecture is presented on the second Tuesday of each month during the academic year. The next lecture will be March 10, 2020. The title is: What About Weed? The Cannabis Controversy, Past, Present, and Future.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:34:45 -0500 2020-02-11T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Mystery Book Club (February 12, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70357 70357-17586183@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has a new program option known as a Shared Interest Group (SIG). A SIG brings people together who have a common interest that they wish to pursue indefinitely within a structure of meetings and activities designed primarily by the members of the group.

A SIG does not have a formal class syllabus. Members of a SIG determine the content and discussion of a SIG. A designated facilitator arranges meetings, takes attendance, and initiates the discussion among the SIG members on how the group will operate.


The Mystery Book Club is all about mysteries. Mysteries are the only genre of literature where an author offers readers a chance to figure out the story for themselves. We all love identifying the villain before he or she’s revealed. But some authors do this better than others.

Our book club is unique in that we seek out authors who are not really in the public eye and then critique their ability to do just that, i.e. spin a tale that keeps the reader engrossed right up to the last page. We do have a long list of authors that our members have expressed an interest in reading. Each month we pick a different author from that list. Everyone is then free to read any number of this author’s works that they choose and submit their evaluation to the group at our meeting.

Opinions given are quite honest, always enlightening, and the resulting discussions are always lively. Each person’s review of the author ends by answering the question: “Would you recommend this author to a friend?”

This Shared Interest will be facilitated by Sydney Kaufman and will meet the second Wednesday of every month.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:26:01 -0500 2020-02-12T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-12T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Shared Interest Group
Is Technology Killing Privacy? (February 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70747 70747-17627846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Privacy is dead! Or is it? This talk will explore the darker side of social media, smartphones, smart speakers. How and why do these technologies track your behavior online and in your homes? What can they know about you? Why do people struggle to protect their privacy? The talk further discusses research advances that can lead to better privacy protections and user controls, and what you can do now to take back your privacy.

Florian Schaub is Assistant Professor in the University of Michigan School of Information. His research combines privacy, human-computer interaction, emerging technologies, and public policy. He studies people’s privacy decision making and behavior, investigates technology-related privacy implications, and develops user-centric privacy solutions that help people better manage their privacy in technology contexts. Dr. Schaub holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Ulm, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.

This is the last in a six-lecture series. The subject is Social Media Research: What We Know Now. The next series will start February 20, 2020.The subject is The Power of Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:08:05 -0500 2020-02-13T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Ace Your Courses: Metacognition is Key! (February 13, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70903 70903-17735208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

Have you ever found yourself putting forth a great deal of effort into your courses, but not feeling like you are actually learning or are left unsatisfied with your grade? This workshop, based on the work of Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire, will enable you to analyze your current learning strategies, understand exactly what changes you need to implement to earn an A in your courses, identify concrete strategies to use during the remainder of your semester, and become a more efficient learner.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:19:28 -0500 2020-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T18:30:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar Teach Yourself How to Learn by Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire
The Politics of Carbon (February 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70740 70740-17627839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Carbon pricing in the form of carbon taxes or cap-and-trade has been broadly embraced by economists for decades as the best policy option for mitigating the threat of climate change. But carbon pricing has struggled politically in the United States and abroad. It remains among the least likely climate policies to be adopted and among the most likely to be reversed if approved.

This lecture by Professor Barry Rabe will examine political challenges across each stage of the policy life-cycle, considering not only the impediments to carbon pricing, but also key design elements of the more successful and durable policies to date.

Professor Barry Rabe, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, is a political scientist trained at the University of Chicago. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is also the author of five books, including “Can We Price Carbon?” (MIT Press, 2018) and is the recipient of four research awards from the American Political Science Association.

This is lecture #2 in five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:35:46 -0500 2020-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Friday Lectures
Mathematics for Those Who Hate Arithmetic (February 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70477 70477-17600695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Did you hate math at school? Did it consist of rote learning, sheer drudgery, and application of procedures and formulas you did not understand? Did you solve quadratic equations or simultaneous equations or trigonometry by the “miracle method”— plug in the formula given you, and the right answer miraculously appears? Welcome to the “real” mathematics; there are “aha” moments, challenges to logical thinking, and an appreciation of beautiful logical structure. We do real mathematics requiring only the simplest minimal background, and show some applications to real life. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Fred Beutler is held on Monday February 17.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:33:15 -0500 2020-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-17T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
U.S. 2020 Census: Count Every Person. Once. In the Right Place (February 19, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70585 70585-17609084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The 2020 Census is closer than you think. The U.S. population census is one of the most significant processes sustaining our American democracy. Learn what it is all about, find out about the history of the census, how it’s run, the many important ways census data is used in Michigan, and the rigorous process to protect the privacy of your information.

Speaker Margaret Leary, from the League of Women Voters, will unfold the Census and explain why it’s essential that everyone is counted. There will be pertinent handouts and perhaps some interesting stories about attempts to influence some prior census results.

Please note the new start time for this event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:27:27 -0500 2020-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T19:30:00-05:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
The Dance of the Paint: Thoughts on an Interdisciplinary Practice (February 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72708 72708-18061837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Professor Sparling shares his late-career discovery of painting and how it has become a seamless translation of everything he’s learned as musician, poet, dancer/choreographer, and video artist. Six years ago, he began to translate his body knowledge via the stroke of the paint brush: to experience how that stroke issues from the same impulses that guide his dancing body. For him, there is no difference in their creative processes and in the essential act of making art.

Peter Sparling is Rudolf Arnheim Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Dance at the University of Michigan. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the Juilliard School, Sparling danced with the companies of Jose Limon and Martha Graham and directed Peter Sparling Dance Company. His videos have been screened globally, including festivals in New York City, Lisbon, and Paris. He is a published poet/essayist and has shown his paintings in three solo exhibits.

This is the first in a six-lecture series. The subject is the Power of Art. The next lecture will be February 27, 2020. The title is: The Art and Science of Creating a New Museum.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:59:07 -0500 2020-02-20T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Medical School Student Panel Discussion (February 20, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72115 72115-17939978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Science Learning Center

Here is your chance to hear about what life is like for several medical school students and residents. Learn about each of their paths to medicine, experiences in medical school, and things they wished they had known in college.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:42:55 -0500 2020-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 Undergraduate Science Building Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
“Downstream from Here” by Charles Eisendrath (February 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70597 70597-17609141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Tom Brokaw calls Eisendrath “a reporter’s reporter” and the book, “lyrical.” Jeff Daniels adds “prepare to be inspired.” Ellen Goodman says, “Too often we are told we have to choose between living wide or living deep, between traveling across the surface of the earth, or coming to truly know and love one place. But Charles Eisendrath has done both in his rich life. This is the memoir of a foreign correspondent and journalism mentor and yet a man who is spiritually rooted at his beloved Overlook Farm. The essays he has written about this life are a joy!”

Charles R. Eisendrath grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, in a family that had vacationed in Charlevoix County since the 1890’s. One of the loves of his life is Overlook Farm near East Jordan, Michigan, which produces timber, maple syrup, and tart cherries. He is a passionate sportsman and canoeist. Many of those subjects are the focus of “Downstream from Here: A Big Life in a Small Place”. It is a collection of essays originally intended as a personal history to be shared with friends and family. It is a meditation on a life well lived, a deep love of family, and the love of a very specific place in the world.

Eisendrath was the first Director of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships at the University of Michigan. He is a Yale graduate, a former Time magazine correspondent, and founder of the Livingston Awards, known as the Pulitzer Prize for journalists under 35 and known for providing early recognition for major talents.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:57:40 -0500 2020-02-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
Leadership Lunch: All about ALA 175 (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70274 70274-17558235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

►Are you a BLI member and haven't taken the lab?

►Are you not a member yet, but want to jump-start your lifelong leadership learning?

►Are you just curious about BLI and what makes us different from the other leadership programs on campus?

ALA 175 is a hands-on, interactive, class that is specially designed to help students develop the skills and confidence they need to grow as leaders. Group exercises and a self-designed team project allow them to practice and reflect on key leadership roles. Your experiences in the Leadership Lab will help you be more confident and successful in your work on campus, in your community, and in the world.

Swing by our Leadership Lunch on Friday, February 21 to learn more about the lab, answer all your questions and meet some of our student leaders who facilitate the lab (and enjoy a lunch)!

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:24:17 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Social / Informal Gathering Leadership Lab Gallery Walk
Some Perspectives on Shakespeare’s Macbeth (February 21, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70451 70451-17596556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Witches! Prophecies! Murder! Madness! But also a deeper look at this tragedy from the perspective of our time. Participants will first read and discuss Shakespeare’s play. Then we will watch and critique several interpretations, ranging from feudal Japan (Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood) to our modern day (Patrick Stewart’s 2007 London performance). We will discuss Acts One and Two at our first session. Text: any edition is acceptable. Marilyn Scott has led several OLLI study groups and is a devoted theater-goer. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays February 21 through March 27.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:00:38 -0500 2020-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Should You Be Using a Password Manager? (February 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70506 70506-17602789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

One of the key identity security layers is having strong, unique passwords. In this class we’ll review password basics, and explore the advantages (and disadvantages) of using a password manager. We’ll then take a deep dive into LastPass – one of the most popular password managers. Based on what is presented you can decide if a password manager is for you.
Topics covered include:
• Password basics
• Pros/Cons of using a Password Manager
• Lastpass free vs premium
• Installing LastPass on a PC, phone/tablet
(demonstration)
• Key features of LastPass (demonstration)
The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Harvey Juster is held on Monday February 24. (No OLLI membership required.)

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:55:43 -0500 2020-02-24T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T23:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Everything You Want to Know About China (February 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70831 70831-17660819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will discuss any topics you are interested in regarding China. The instructor, Yi Keep, will try to answer the questions you have or try to find answers for you. Sessions will be held on Mondays (February 24, March 9, March 23, April 6).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:38:11 -0500 2020-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Road to Indie Publishing (February 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70529 70529-17602869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

More than one million independent books were published in the U.S. last year. Indie author and illustrator of Haggadah Regatta, Carol Levin will discuss the three-year process, leading up to the publication of her picture book for Passover. Participants will learn why Carol chose to self-publish, reasons she formed a LLC, and her personal journey into the world of picture books. The class will view original sketches and watercolors, examine a printer’s pullsheet of the pre-folded, pre-bound book, and discuss the key elements of her book design. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held on Monday February 24.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:44:17 -0500 2020-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
“Working to Understand White Fragility”: In Preparation for and Reflection on Robin DiAngelo (February 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70596 70596-17609124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This two-session course is designed as an accompaniment to the March 13th campus visit by Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility”. Maren Oberman, who will offer a pre- and post- session course to prepare for and reflect on DiAngelo’s talk is a clinical assistant professor at the UM School of Education whose work focuses on anti-racist educational leadership and policy.

The pre-session on February 25 will focus primarily on DiAngelo’s conceptualization of racism, with the aim being to reconsider our existing ideas and definitions. The dialogue will draw mainly from chapters 1 and 5 of “White Fragility”.

In the post-session on March 17, participants will have an opportunity to reflect on DiAngelo’s talk, to pose further questions, and to articulate their own individual commitments to anti-racism.

Participants are encouraged to read Peggy McIntosh’s seminal anti-racist article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” prior to the first session. Both sessions will function as interactive dialogues with opportunities for participants to reflect individually, talk in small groups, and engage in large group discussion.

Maren Oberman is clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Education. Oberman’s areas of expertise include: anti-oppressive pedagogy; anti-racism in education; cross-racial communication; understanding identity; leadership growth and development, teaching and teacher policy issues; and coaching, mentoring, and instructional leadership. Her goal is to increase the quality and effectiveness of the U.S. K-12 educator force through the development of anti-racist educational practice, self-awareness and reflection, inquiry-based improvement strategies, and strategic collaboration. Maren earned her doctorate in educational leadership (EdLD) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, including a residency at the central office in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has served as a K-12 teacher and instructional coach in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Illinois. Maren holds a BA in African-American Studies from Yale University and a master’s in Library Science from Simmons College.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:31:18 -0500 2020-02-25T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
Home Sweet Home: Aging in Place with Shared Housing (February 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70494 70494-17602774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Shared housing programs are making a re-emergence amidst the rapid aging of our nation’s population. This is due in part to the desire of many older adults to “age in place;” or remain in the home as they age, rather than explore traditional senior housing options. This lecture will discuss the concept of shared housing, and look at a few programs from across the country, with an emphasis one right here in Michigan. Brittney M. Williams, LLMSW is a geriatric social worker, and the coordinator of the HomeShare Program in the Housing Bureau for Seniors at Michigan Medicine. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held on Wednesday February 26.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:19:52 -0500 2020-02-26T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Art and Science of Creating a New Museum (February 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72709 72709-18061838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Lynne Friman, is a Museum Gypsy who creates museums, exhibits and contributes to the statewide cultural community. At U-M’s new Museum of Natural History she plays the role of the plate spinner from the Ed Sullivan Show, while creating compelling experiences and staying on time and under budget. As a lifelong learner, Lynne is adept at combining her passion for the arts with the math and science that vexed her in high school. Join us to learn more about Lynne’s journey at UMMNH.

Ms. Friman, Capital Project Manager, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History & LSA Facilities, has more than 30 years’ experience working for arts and cultural organizations, Lynne Friman’s focus has been on management, strategic planning, museum development and exhibition design for museums and community arts organizations, including the DIA, UMMA and The Henry Ford. She is the former President of the National Association for Museum Exhibition, was Acting Director of Metro Detroit’s CultureSource, Board Chair of Ann Arbor’s Arts Alliance and current President of Salt Valley Arts in Saline.

Lynne Friman, Capital Project Manager, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History & LSA Facilities, has more than 30 years’ experience working for arts and cultural organizations, Lynne Friman’s focus has been on management, strategic planning, museum development and exhibition design for museums and community arts organizations, including the DIA, UMMA and The Henry Ford.
She is the former President of the National Association for Museum Exhibition, was Acting Director of Metro Detroit’s CultureSource, Board Chair of Ann Arbor’s Arts Alliance and current President of Salt Valley Arts in Saline.

This is the second of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Power of Art. The next lecture will be March 12, 2020. The title is: Beyond the Studio: Exploring How Artists Work With Communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:22:43 -0500 2020-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Mindful Self-compassion (March 2, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70459 70459-17600672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course will introduce participants to the principles of Mindful Self-compassion (MSC). Self-compassion can be defined as learning to treat yourself the way you would treat a good friend when they suffer, fall short, or fail in some way. MSC combines the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion, providing a powerful tool for emotional resilience. Mindfulness is the first step in emotional healing. It’s being able to turn toward and acknowledge our difficult thoughts and feelings (such as inadequacy, sadness, anger, confusion) with a spirit of openness and curiosity. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Bernadette Beach is held Mondays March 2 through April 6.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:46:04 -0500 2020-03-02T13:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Bee Lady Talks (March 2, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70469 70469-17600684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Explore the life of the honeybee in and out of the hive. Victoria Dluzen McIntyre is an amateur apiarist whose love of honeybees comes to her naturally - her family name ‘dluzen’ means ‘keeper of the bees’ in Polish. Known as ‘The Bee Lady’, Victoria has travelled around southeastern Michigan giving talks (The Bee Lady Talks) to schools, garden clubs, and civic groups. Come and learn about the mysteries of the hive and how 50,000 bees work together for one common good. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held on Monday March 2.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:02:09 -0500 2020-03-02T18:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: How Life Works, Part 1 (March 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70473 70473-17600690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is based on The Great Courses series of lectures by Prof. Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University.* Part 1 will cover the first 23 lectures, concerned with biochemistry. We will view and discuss two half-hour lectures each session. The course will cover topics including amino acids, proteins, ATP and energy transformation, carbs and fats, hormones, neurotransmitters, and many others. This will provide the background for Part 2, planned to be offered in the fall, comprising the final 13 lectures on molecular biology and covering topics such as DNA, RNA and protein building, as well as genetic diseases and cancer. Craig Stephan is a retired industrial physicist who has led many previous OLLI courses including The Science of Climate Change, Cosmology, The Aging Brain, Music and the Brain, and Astrophysics. The course will bring in UM experts from time to time to answer questions. *See www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-how-life-works.html. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Craig Stephan is held Tuesdays March 3 through May 26.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:17:03 -0500 2020-03-03T13:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
How Criminal Justice Authorities Foster Mass Incarceration (March 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70821 70821-17654652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

During these three weeks we will examine the role of criminal justice authorities, such as prosecutors, judges and the courts, parole board, and legislators in setting up policies and practices that play on the fears of the public and promote an overburdened criminal justice system. The focus of the course will be on discussing the ways these players could reduce the harmful effects of our criminal justice system, minimize crime, and reduce incarceration. Instructors Carolyn Madden and Kathy Gourlay will lead discussions on Wednesdays from March 4 through 18.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:39:42 -0500 2020-03-04T10:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Future of Healthcare in the U.S. (March 4, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70356 70356-17586182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has a new program option known as a Shared Interest Group (SIG). A SIG brings people together who have a common interest that they wish to pursue indefinitely within a structure of meetings and activities designed primarily by the members of the group.

A SIG does not have a formal class syllabus. Members of a SIG determine the content and discussion of a SIG. A designated facilitator arranges meetings, takes attendance, and initiates the discussion among the SIG members on how the group will operate.

Healthcare is undergoing radical changes. Consider robotic surgery, immunotherapy for cancer, the staggering cost of new drugs, whole genome sequencing, detailed imaging of the brain, walk-in clinics in drug stores, and telemedicine.

Participants in this SIG will consider one aspect of such changes each month and discuss the consequences for their families and on a national basis. Health practitioners are encouraged to register for the SIG in order to enrich the discussion with their personal expertise and knowledge.

This Shared Interest Group will be facilitated by Bruce Friedman and will meet on the first Wednesday of each month.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:32:47 -0500 2020-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Shared Interest Group
Shodo-Japanese Calligraphy (March 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70818 70818-17654649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Shodo-Japanese Calligraphy: Shodo is the art of drawing characters with brush and ink to express spiritual depth through the beauty of the brush strokes. Calligraphy began in China, but in Japan, both Kanji (Chinese characters) and Kana (Japanese phonetic characters) are combined and devised to create a uniquely Japanese art. With the brush soaked in ink, the thickness and the tone of the characters can be controlled. In this way, a calligrapher expresses his or her own spirit and thought. In the class, students will express and practice the art of Japanese calligraphy with a brush and black ink, learning both Kana and Kanji characters. The drawing process itself encourages a calming of the mind and peacefulness, similar to a form of meditation. Tools provided for classroom only. This is an art class with black ink, so you might want to wear a smock or cloth that can be washed. Konomi Shinohara Corbin taught the first Calligraphy class offered at the University of Michigan some years ago. She has taught Japanese Language at both the University of Michigan and at Eastern Michigan University.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:05:23 -0500 2020-03-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
American Mah-Jongg for the Novice (March 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70841 70841-17660831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Don’t know your Bam from your Crak? Then come learn American Mah-Jongg. American Mah-Jongg is a fascinating and rewarding game of skill and chance. It was originally brought to this country in the 1920s by Standard Oil executive Joseph Babcock, who rewrote and simplified the rules, forever distinguishing the game from the traditional version. If you have wanted to learn to play American Mah-Jongg or are just curious about the game, this is the course for you. You will learn to recognize the tiles, read and understand the “hands”, and practice playing with ongoing review and support. The course is taught by Miriam Shaw, an expert player of many years’ experience. The purchase of a current Mah-Jongg card is included in the class price. Classes run on Mondays from March 9 through 30.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:35:46 -0500 2020-03-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
A Brief Review of Iran History and Culture (March 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70832 70832-17660820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The main goal of this course is to inform and give a better understanding about Iran to the study group. This includes a brief review of Iran history from ancient times up to the 21st century, conversion of the Iranian from Zoroastrianism to Islam and later to Islam-Shia, a review of the three aspects of Iranian society: modernity, nationalism, and Islam, discussion of the Iranian two revolutions in 1906 and 1979, review of the history of U.S.-Iran relations. Instructor Moe Bidgoli will lead the study group on Mondays from March 9 through 30.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:08:33 -0500 2020-03-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Financing the Sustainability Enterprise (March 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73394 73394-18214938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustainability (environmental, social & governance values) is not 'a thing' but 'the way we do things'. It is about mainstreaming sustainability. To communicate this we will be talking about integration of sustainability metrics and values at three levels of implementation:
1. Within the fence of an organization: How are sustainable principles implemented at the unit level?
2. Outside the fence of the organization: How are sustainability principles implemented across supply chains?
3. Conditioning capital investment in sustainability: What is sustainable capital, how is capital deployment impacted by sustainability metrics?

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:26:06 -0500 2020-03-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Peter Adriaens Teach-In
Achieving One Water and the Circular Economy (March 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73395 73395-18214939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The One Water concept is the integrated planning and management of finite water resources to meet the long term needs of both society and our ecosystems. As a society we need to not only improve the management of our water resources, we should also explore how valuable resources can be recovered from our water. This teach-in will explore the connections between our drinking water, wastewater, and natural water systems in order to better manage our water resources and recover valuable products. In recent years researchers have focused on recovering valuable products such as fertilizers from our waste streams in order to develop more sustainable products and conserve finite resources. We will explore this topic and many more in this teach-in. Specifically, this program will dive in to interesting topics such as:
--Current resource recovery opportunities such as nutrient recycling
--New and emerging resource recovery and water reuse technologies
--Tangible steps that you can take within your household to improve your impact on the water cycle

You can expect to learn about the engineered water cycle, how you can reduce your food/water waste, nutrient recycling, and new technologies and approaches to recover valuable resources from our water and wastewater!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:09:39 -0500 2020-03-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Nancy Love Teach-In
What About Weed? The Cannabis Controversy, Past, Present, and Future (March 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70512 70512-17602795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Weed, pot, marijuana, cannabis. Whatever you call it, the United States has a long, complicated, and conflicted history with this complicated herb. It is evil, incarnate, or a panacea for all that ails us. Join us for a lively lecture and discussion as we tackle the cannabis controversy, past, present, and future.

Dr. Strobbe is board-certified both in psychiatric and addictions nursing. He was the first Clinical Director for the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS, 2006-2010). He completed his doctoral studies from the University of Michigan in 2009, with a concentration in bio-behavioral health. Dr. Strobbe has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles, position papers, book chapters, and other resources related to substance use and addictions nursing. He is immediate past President (2018-2020) of the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Dr. Strobbe received U of M’s Golden Apple Award in 2015.

This is the seventh in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2019-20. A total of ten lectures are presented covering a variety of topics. Lectures are held on Tuesday mornings once each month. The next lecture will be held April14, 2020. The title is A Conversation with Sander Levin.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:21:57 -0500 2020-03-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: CO2 Utilization & Sequestration Through Engineering Solutions (March 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73396 73396-18214940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Combating climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing today’s society, and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering has recognized the need to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) as one of this century’s grand engineering challenges. Such action is needed to prevent potentially catastrophic shifts in regional temperatures, precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. This teach-in will introduce several emerging opportunities to (1) sequester human-derived CO2 emissions and (2) directly utilize CO2 to create value-added products. Topics will include geologic sequestration of CO2, use of CO2 to produce geothermal energy and store surplus renewable energy in subsurface reservoirs, and direct utilization of CO2 in durable concrete infrastructure products. The presentation will include several hands-on activities to explore these processes and discuss how we can leverage such engineering solutions to slow climate change.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:30:28 -0500 2020-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T09:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Brian Ellis Teach-In
People Returning from Prison in Washtenaw County (March 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70822 70822-17654653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Allan Newman is chair of the non-profit, A Brighter Way. Its mission is to help people rebuild their lives after being released from prison in Washtenaw County. He is also Co-Chair of the Michigan Department of Corrections Region 9 Offender Success Program. He will explain the status of reentry in Washtenaw County, what is needed, what is available, and what is missing.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:06:51 -0500 2020-03-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Picking collaboration over fighting: Climate Change & the Natural and the Built Environment (March 11, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73397 73397-18214941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The built environment is responsible for over half of all man-made CO2 emissions. In this teach-in, we will explore the impacts of the built environment on climate change, and the impacts of climate change on the built environment. We will learn how various policy, design, and technologies may be deployed to mitigate these impacts. The teach-in will include a combination of presentations and panel interaction with participants. Speakers include Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor; Matt Grocoff, Principal of THRIVE Collaborative; Devki Desai, project engineer in HOK’s structural engineering group in New York City; and Victor Li, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, U-M.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:11:24 -0400 2020-03-11T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Victor Li Teach-In
Ken Fischer, Reflections on a Remarkable Career and Visionary Leadership, (March 11, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70586 70586-17609085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Known in every corner of Ann Arbor for bringing arts into the community, Ken Fischer has made an indelible impact in his 30 years as President of University Musical Society from 1987-2017.

In addition to numerous professional highlights, partnerships, and awards, Ken Fischer has also served the community outside UMS. He has served on many boards of directors, locally, nationally, and internationally. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to improving the quality of life in our city and region. In 2014 Fischer and UMS were presented the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government. It was presented at a ceremony at the White House by President Barack Obama.

But this is just the beginning. Please join us for a conversation with Ken Fischer and Bev Geltner, as we explore his nurturing spirit, passion, and connection to the arts and learn more about the remarkable visionary leadership of Ken Fischer.

Please note the new start time for this event,

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:33:49 -0500 2020-03-11T18:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Beyond the Studio: Exploring How Artists Work with Communities (March 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72747 72747-18070555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Artists and community leaders are working together to create innovative visual art programs that encourage compassion, personal expression, and social interaction. Exploring how artists reach out to communities, speaker Professor Anne Mondro will highlight artists working in socially engaged art, and share her own experiences in designing and facilitating art programming for people living with memory loss and their care partners. She will discuss the positive impact of these programs in building community relationships and promoting well-being.

Anne Mondro is an artist and Associate Professor in the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. Her research focuses on designing and facilitating creative arts programming for people living with memory loss and their caregiver, with the intention of increasing social interaction, supporting learning and discovery, and building relationships.

This is the third of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Power of Art. The next lecture will be March 19, 2020. The title is: Site-Specific Installations and Photography Projects, Detroit and Beyond.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:01:57 -0500 2020-03-12T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Natural Disasters: Vulnerability, Resilience, and a Changing World (March 12, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70486 70486-17600705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Natural disasters losses have accumulated to over four trillion U.S. dollars and nearly three million fatalities in the past four decades. The number of disasters continues to increase, partly due to increases in frequency, size, or extent of the hazards themselves, but also from increasing vulnerability and/or decreasing resiliency of society. This course will explore vulnerability and resiliency to natural hazards, past and future outlooks, and the role of urbanization and corruption, highlighted by several recent earthquakes and hurricanes.
Mr. Hetland is an associate professor in the UM Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, specializing in natural hazards, effects of climate change, and vulnerability. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Thursdays March 12 through March 26.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:52:14 -0500 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Wisdom Circle (March 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70466 70466-17600680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is a study of the common spirituality and inter-connectivity of the world’s great religious and spiritual traditions, otherwise known as the perennial wisdom. Religion has often been part of the problem; can spirituality be part of the solution? An examination of the new romance between Science and Spirituality. Guest speakers, discussion, and brief lectures. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by James Ramelis is held Fridays March 13 through May 1.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:35:20 -0500 2020-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Site-Specific Installations and Photography Projects, Detroit and Beyond (March 19, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72748 72748-18070556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Mr. Hocking will present a chronological slide-lecture based on his site-specific sculptural and photographic practice covering over 20 years of projects created in Detroit and throughout the world. Inspired by subjects ranging from ancient mythologies to current events, his artworks focus on transformation, ephemerality, chance, and the cycles of nature and often use found materials and neglected locations.

Scott Hocking was born in Redford Township, MI in 1975, and has lived and worked in Detroit proper since 1996 creating site-specific installations, sculptures and photography projects. Exhibitions include Van Abbemuseum, Kunst-Werke Institute, Kunsthalle Wien, French Triennial Lille 3000, MCA Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, School of the Art Institute, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, PAFA Museum, The Mattress Factory, D.I.A., Cranbrook, MOCAD, MSU’s Broad Museum, and UM Institute for the Humanities. Awards include a Kresge Artist Fellowship, a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant, an Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship, and residential grants in France, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and throughout the US. He is represented by David Klein Gallery, Detroit.

This is the fourth of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Power of Art. The next lecture will be March 26, 2020. The title is: Recalling the Past, Imagining the Future – Art and the Resurgence of Detroit

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:20:48 -0500 2020-03-19T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Climate Law and Policy - From the UN to City Hall (March 20, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70741 70741-17627840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Drawing upon her decades working in government and NGOs on global and U.S. climate policy, Professor Jennifer Haverkamp will discuss the state of international climate treaty negotiations and implementation, the effects of U.S. federal regulatory rollbacks and a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and how state and local governments are moving forward with their own laws and policies.

Professor Haverkamp, Professor from Practice, University of Michigan Law School; Graham Family Director, University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute, was the U.S. State Department’s Ambassador and Special Representative for Environment and Water Resources, directed EDF’s International Climate Program, and served as an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative. She earned a JD from Yale Law School, an MA from Oxford University, and a BA from The College of Wooster.

This is lecture #3 in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:37:50 -0500 2020-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Friday Lectures
Seamus Heaney and Elizabeth Bishop (March 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70848 70848-17660838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Bishop and Heaney were two of the greatest English-language poets of the last hundred years. In addition, they both had impressive poetic developments and interesting lives. We will not only read their poems but also consider how their lives affected their work. Readings from Heaney’s Open Ground, Bishop’s Complete Poems 1927-1977, and a few handouts. James H. McIntosh is Professor Emeritus of English and American Culture at the University of Michigan, and will lead classes on Mondays from March 23 through May 11.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:09:00 -0500 2020-03-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Tour of Maker Works (March 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70489 70489-17600710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Can you imagine a play space for adult hobbyists? It would be equipped with a jaw-dropping array of tools, machines, and supplies. You could learn and create with wood, metal, plastic, etc. There would be 3D printers, table saws, laser cutters, sewing machines, etc.
And experts would be there to train you in how to use the equipment. Your family, friends, and neighbors would be amazed at what you create. This unique space exists right here in Ann Arbor. And you can take a tour with OLLI! Space on the tour is limited to only 15 people, so register quickly. [Don't worry if you are put on a wait list…we can schedule additional tours.] Go to this website to learn more about Maker Works: http://www.maker-works.com/ The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Maker Works staff will be held Monday 23.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:11:20 -0500 2020-03-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Mah-Jongg (March 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70843 70843-17660833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Mah-Jongg is a Chinese game resembling Gin Rummy, but is played with colorful tiles instead of cards. It is easy to learn and can become quite addictive! Classes start with a brief lecture, followed by actual playing of the game with continuous guidance from the instructor. Mah-Jongg sets will be provided. Stuart Baggaley has taught his modified and simplified version of the game at many venues. He is a British World War II veteran (RAF) who emigrated from Norway in 1957, leaving the Fulbright Foundation in Oslo. He retired from UM Medical School (Anatomy) in 1990. Classes will be held Tuesdays from March 24 through May 5 (no class on April 14)

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:45:49 -0500 2020-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Reading Women’s Lives (March 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64521 64521-16380911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will read one memoir/month written by women. Several will focus on aging and old age, some on grief and loss, some on childhood or the middle years. Each month there will be group discussion of the selected memoir followed by a short reflective writing experience related to the issues raised by the memoir. This is not a memoir-writing class.
It’s an opportunity to use other women’s reflections on their lives to examine our own. Beth Spencer, instructor, a mostly-retired geriatric social worker, developed and facilitated Women & Aging through Literature & Reflective Writing for several years. This Study Group for those 50 and over meets Wednesdays, 10:00 am–12:00 pm on March 25, April 22, May 20, and June 24

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Class / Instruction Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:11:58 -0400 2020-03-25T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Recalling the Past, Imagining the Future – Art and the Resurgence of Detroit (March 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72751 72751-18070560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

From its high point of affluence and influence and a population of nearly two million in the 1950s, Detroit suffered decades of devastating civil unrest, economic crisis, governmental corruption, and the loss of nearly two-thirds of its population. Today - from bankruptcy and blighted neighborhoods - a new Detroit is arising, enlivened by the creativity of artists whose work is transforming the city, inspiring its residents, and bringing about a sense of renewal and hope.

Dr. Marion “Mame” Jackson, Professor Emerita, Art History, Wayne State University and The University of Michigan, focuses on relationships between art and community and art’s role in preserving culture and nourishing spirit. She has spent years in the Canadian Arctic and Brazil studying art of ordinary people and its power to express culture and empower imagination. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for Humanities, Fulbright, and the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada.

This is the fifth of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Power of Art. The next lecture will be April 2, 2020. The title is: From the Grove to the Gallery: A Personal Journey with African Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:37:22 -0500 2020-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
British Empire in India (March 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70834 70834-17660822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In the year 1600, some British merchants sailed to Asia in search of fortune in trade and in the course of time they built “factories” in Indian coastal towns like Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta to expand trade. They were in competition with their fellow traders from Portugal, Netherlands, France, Denmark, and Sweden, who tried their own fortunes in India. They all got involved in the local political intrigue, but the British emerged as the preeminent power. 1757 saw the ascendancy of the British East India Company as the ruler of Bengal. Over the next one hundred years, the Company expanded its power over most of the Indian subcontinent by military conquest. A massive popular rebellion against the Company in 1857 was brutally crushed. The next year, the British Parliament dissolved the Company and took over the ruling of India, as a result of the uprising.
The 20th century saw two world wars and massive social, economic, and technological changes globally along with the rise of the independence movement in India. Britain ceded power in 1947 to two political entities, India and Pakistan. Instructor Lakshminarayanan will hold work groups on Fridays from March 27 through May 15 (no class on April 10).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:07:52 -0500 2020-03-27T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Clements Bookworm (March 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-03-27T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Relationship Between Science and Religion (March 27, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70462 70462-17600675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Through a guided group discussion, we will look at the relationship between religion (and belief in God) and science (and the scientific community). Are the two inherently in conflict? What ideas or events are responsible for the conflicts? Can we better understand each other and listen to opposing viewpoints? How can those who have a passion for both faith and science reconcile the two? The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Cathy Britton is held Fridays March 27 through May 1.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:02:08 -0500 2020-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 27, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-27T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 28, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-28T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 28, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-28T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-28T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 29, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-29T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 29, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Leading a Meaningful Life in a Self-centered World (March 30, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70498 70498-17602778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Having survived their youth and entered maturity, OLLI members will appreciate the affirming and instructive book, "The Second Mountain - The Quest for a Moral Life", which we will read and discuss.
Author and New York Times columnist David Brooks has moved from strictly political and government issues to spending much of his time studying human values and behaviors, while he has climbed the second mountain of life. The second mountain holds experiences that are really worthwhile, not the things other people tell them to want. They move from self-centered to other-centered.
They embrace a life of interdependence, not independence. They take on commitment. Gerry Lapidus has lead more than 50 OLLI book discussion classes. Please read through pg. 26 (Intro, sections 1-3) for the first meeting. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Mondays March 30 through May 11 (no class April 6).

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:44:07 -0500 2020-03-30T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 30, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-30T14:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
The Use of Medieval Mythology in Current Political Culture and Propaganda with Martin Shichtman (March 31, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70338 70338-17584113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Professor Shichtman studies the ways by which medieval symbols have been embraced by political movements to represent uncorrupted purity. What’s different about recent evocations of knightly signage is their visibility on the Internet where they have become weaponized to attract members and demean enemies.

The goal of the lecture is first to discuss symbols in the medieval period. The professor will then discuss how such symbols have resurfaced in the Nazi era and in the contemporary environment to serve the political and propaganda goals of various movements.

Dr. Martin B. Shichtman is Director of the Center for Jewish Studies and Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. He has been a fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and at Brandeis University’s Schusterman Institute for Israel Studies. Dr. Shichtman has co-authored two books, co-edited two collections, and published more than forty scholarly articles. He has presented more than 100 papers at international, national, and regional conferences. He is the recipient of EMU’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching and the Eastern Michigan University Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:36:13 -0500 2020-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Event
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (March 31, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-03-31T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
"The Art of Dying Well" (April 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70456 70456-17596563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This book is packed with extraordinarily helpful insights and true stories. It is a handbook that shows how to thrive in later life, how to get the best from our healthcare system, and how to make your own “good death” more likely. Readings, discussion, and some journaling will focus on Katy Butler’s The Art of Dying Well. We will explore the challenges of living from now through life until our final dying. For the first class, read the Introduction and Chapter I.
Optional Field trip: Death Cafe: 4/18/2020, Crazy Wisdom Tea Room, 10:30-check it out on Facebook!
Abby Wilson, retired clergy, loves dancing with life and all of its hard questions to find healing and balance. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Wednesdays April 1 through May 6.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:50:38 -0500 2020-04-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 1, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-01T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
From the Grove to the Gallery: A Personal Journey with African ArtFrom the Grove to the Gallery: A Personal Journey with African Art (April 2, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72753 72753-18070564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This illustrated lecture explores the power of African art through the prism of speaker Nii Quarcoopome’s personal experience. It offers insights into the language of African art by examining its materials, imagery, and symbolic functions. He will also share his changing perspectives about African art over time, from my childhood in Africa to his current role as an American museum professional, to the challenges posed by modernity, globalization, and the ongoing debate about restitution of African artifacts.

Dr. Nii Quarcoopome holds a doctorate in art history from the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the Detroit Institute of Arts in 2002 as Curator of African Art and department head for Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Americas. He has directed and contributed to successful African gallery reinstallations at several major museums and boasts the American Association of Museums’ highest honors for his 2010 groundbreaking exhibition Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500-Present.

This is the last of a six-lecture series. The next series will start April 16, 2020. The subject is: Money,Trade and Power – What Makes the World go ‘Round.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:55:56 -0500 2020-04-02T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
“From a Heartbroken Mother” (April 2, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70835 70835-17660823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Colin Dyment worked with the Red Cross serving in France with the American Expeditionary Forces in the First World War. In a session led by Instructor Louie Miller, hear the remarkable story of Dyment’s unprecedented attempt to bring closure to the families of the over 1,000 soldiers killed in the 91st Division.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:10:49 -0500 2020-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 2, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-02T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
The Clements Bookworm (April 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-03T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
John LeCarre’ and the Cold War on Film - Part 2 (April 3, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70455 70455-17596562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group is a continuation of a study group held in Fall 2019. (It is not necessary to have participated in that study group.) We will continue our examination of film adaptations of John LeCarré’s literate spy thrillers from the Cold War period with The Looking Glass War, and Smiley’s People. George Ferrell’s previous groups have examined Agatha Christie, Detective Fiction and the Sense of Place, and the Wrong Man in film. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays April 3, 17 and 24.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:40:33 -0500 2020-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 3, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 4, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 4, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-04T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-04T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 4, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 4, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 5, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 5, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 5, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18451821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 5, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Women’s Issues: The Moment of Lift (April 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70495 70495-17602775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“If you want to lift society up - invest in women!” (Melinda Gates). In her book which we will be discussing, "The Moment of Lift", the author traces the link between women’s empowerment and the health of societies. She shows some of the tremendous opportunities that exist right now to “turbo charge” change and provides simple and effective ways each of us can make a difference. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Bernie Beach and Sigrid Hermon is held Mondays April 6 through April 20.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:31:22 -0500 2020-04-06T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Stories in Stone (April 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70840 70840-17660830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There is no single site in the community that tells its story with more drama than the cemetery. It is the one place where we can trace our ‘roots’ in what is becoming a ‘rootless’ society. There are pioneers, the rich and famous lying side by side with the poor and not so famous. There are scoundrels and saints, infants and centenarians. Each gravestone has a story to tell. Traveling from Alaska to Key West, from Hawaii to Canada, from New Zealand to England we have found examples of the myriad of burial customs and examples of symbolism on gravestones. Instructor Rochelle Balkam wishes to encourage communities to focus on one of their most significant resources - the local cemetery.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:31:18 -0500 2020-04-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Olli Study Group
Overview of Home Computing for Beginners (April 8, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70504 70504-17602786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course will cover computer history, equipment, applications, user tips, demonstrations, and Q&A opportunities mostly related to Microsoft PCs. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Gordon Totty is held Wednesdays April 8 and 15. (No OLLI membership required.)

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:44:43 -0500 2020-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-08T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Clements Bookworm (April 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 10, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-10T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 11, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-11T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 12, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 12, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Computerized Investing (April 13, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70845 70845-17660835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 13, 2020 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is designed to explore active stock investing strategies using your computer. Which stock (or group of stocks) is most likely to meet your objectives? A prerequisite for this course is to have taken one of Bob and Dale’s mutual funds courses or be an active stock investor. We will utilize various sources of information such as Value Line, Morningstar, Better Investing, S&P, and other stock related websites. We do not intend to cover basic investing questions. The majority of the class is hands-on analysis of selected stocks. Dale Brandenburg is a retired research professor and Bob Shaw is a director and current Vice President of the SE Michigan chapter of BetterInvesting. Classes will run on Mondays from April 13 through May 11.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 28 Dec 2019 01:25:28 -0500 2020-04-13T09:30:00-04:00 2020-04-13T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 13, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 13, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-13T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
The Classic Short Story (April 13, 2020 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70847 70847-17660837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 13, 2020 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will read and discuss short stories by six writers from the past whose works are still today significant and powerful. As well as discussing the achievement of each story, we will also be using these works to develop some broad ideas about the art of fiction and the experience of reading fiction. The six authors we will be studying are Nicolai Gogol; Anton Chekhov; D.H. Lawrence; Katherine Mansfield; Katherine Ann Porter; and Isaac Bashevis Singer. All of the stories are available on the internet or in inexpensive editions that can be purchased from Amazon. Members of the class are asked to read, for the first meeting, Gogol’s The Nose and The Overcoat at the following two links respectively:
http://www.yorku.ca/creet/satire/documents/thenose.pdf and https://www.yeyebook.com/en/nikolai-gogol-story-the-overcoat-cloak-full-english-text/
Ira Konigsberg is Professor Emeritus of English and Film at the University of Michigan. He will lead sessions on Mondays from April 13 through May 18.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:04:17 -0500 2020-04-13T15:15:00-04:00 2020-04-13T16:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
A Conversation with Sander Levin (April 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70517 70517-17602801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

An open conversation with the Distinguished Speaker ex-Congressman Sander Levin about the highlights of his career, his accomplishments and perhaps disappointments. Time permitting, he will also state his views on certain legislation that needs to be addressed.

Sander Levin is a Professor of Practice, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to January 2019. He chaired the House Ways and Means Committee in 2010. He was in office in 2010 when his committee played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act. He later served as the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee before he retired. He was born in Detroit. He has a master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University and a law degree from Harvard University. He also served for two terms in the Michigan State Senate before his election to the U.S. Congress.

This is the eighth in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2019-20. A total of ten lectures are presented covering a variety of topics. Lectures are held on Tuesday mornings once each month. The next lecture will be held May 12, 2020. The title is The Current Impeachment Cycle in Washington DC.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:45:32 -0500 2020-04-14T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 14, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-14T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 15, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-15T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Business Strategy and Leadership (April 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70742 70742-17627841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Solutions to the climate change challenge must come from the market (as comprised of corporations, the government, non-governmental organizations, and others), the most powerful institution on earth, and from business, which is the most powerful entity within it. Though government is an important arbiter of the market, it is business that transcends national boundaries, possessing resources that exceed those of many nations.

Professor Andrew Hoffman will discuss the ways in which climate change is altering and will alter markets, and the kinds of resulting responses from the business sector.

Professor Hoffman, Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan Ross School of Business and University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, performs research using organizational behavior models and theories to understand the cultural and institutional aspects of environmental issues for organizations. He has published over 100 articles/book chapters, as well as 16 books, which have been translated into six languages.

This is lecture #4 in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:39:29 -0500 2020-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Friday Lectures
Religion and Violence (April 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70463 70463-17600677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Violence is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, as it
has always been. How can we resolve conflict and manage serious differences without assaulting and killing each other? Among the reasons suggested for why we are violent is that religion tells us to do so. What is the link between religion and violence? Does religion necessarily involve violence? Can religion help us to curb violence? Are some religions more violent than others? Why? Why not? These are some of the questions we shall consider in this course in lectures and discussions. Kenneth E. Phifer is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. He served 25 years as minister of the Ann Arbor congregation and has degrees from Harvard College and the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of numerous articles and books. He has 17 grandchildren. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays April 17 through May 15.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:09:43 -0500 2020-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Clements Bookworm (April 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Wine 101 (April 17, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70844 70844-17660834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This seminar is for those who enjoy wine, but feel intimidated by their lack of knowledge about it. Learn lots of practical “how’s” about wine: making wine; reading a label; using a corkscrew; opening champagne safely; tasting; matching with food; shopping for wine; storing wine; and more. This will be an interactive lecture/discussion. The presenter is Martin Friedburg, whose 25-year career in the wine industry included Sales Manager at two Michigan wineries, ownership of an Ann Arbor wine importing and distribution company and serving as a wine judge. Wines will not be tasted at this event.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:51:14 -0500 2020-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 17, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 20, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 20, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-20T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-20T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Great Riddles in Archeology (April 21, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70509 70509-17602791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Video Lectures from The Penn Museum. Some of the world’s greatest archaeological riddles have eluded us for centuries. Discover and explore these mind-boggling riddles in several of the Penn Museum’s popular monthly lecture series presented by current archaeologists and scholars. We will be viewing and discussing three of these lectures: (1) Ötzi the Iceman, a prehistoric body discovered emerging from the melting ice of a glacier in the South Tyrolian Alps along the Italian-Austrian border, (2) Noah’s Ark: Of all bible stories, perhaps the story of Noah’s ark and the world-ending flood are the most widely known, and (3) Atlantis: The Lost Continent. The facilitator for these lectures will be Sydney Kaufman. (see website for more details) The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Tuesdays April 21 through May 5.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:04:36 -0500 2020-04-21T09:30:00-04:00 2020-04-21T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 21, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-21T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Chasing Two Rabbits (April 22, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70836 70836-17660824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The group explores indigenous hunter-gatherer societies in the 21st century, and how marginalized communities can drive solutions to the challenges they face. The identity of the Baka of Cameroon is deeply tied to the disappearing forest. Marginalized by society, they lack literacy and the language skills to defend their rights. Today, Baka children must “chase two rabbits at once”: learn survival in the forest, and receive formal schooling. The presenter recounts 10 years of firsthand experience working with Baka communities to bring both “rabbits” within children’s reach, and touches on child development, anthropology, and social justice. Photos, video, and everyday artifacts will be used. Ann Arbor native Sarah Strader (nee Tucker) got her B.A. from Georgetown University in 2011. In 2011-12 she had a Fullbright fellowship to live and research in remote Baka villages. In 2012 Chasing Two Rabbits was created and as a 2019 Echoing Green fellow, Sarah continues her work among the Baka to expand the reach of Two Rabbits.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:12:44 -0500 2020-04-22T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
What’s Going on in Housing? (April 22, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70826 70826-17658763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This three session course will help home and property owners, investors, and intellectually active seniors understand the latest developments in the local housing market and how it affects them, their friends, and families. Topics include: current housing market trends, factors that influence future market prices, preparing your home to sell, how property taxes are calculated, normal vs. distressed sales, foreclosures, short sales, the rental market, and other topics proposed by participants. Instructor Wayne Esch is a long-time Ann Arbor realtor. He will lead classes on Wednesdays from April 22 through May 6.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:14:28 -0500 2020-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 22, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Local Community Theaters (April 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70587 70587-17609086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There is a wealth of excellent theatre in and around Ann Arbor, including a world behind the scenes that creates the costumes, sets, and lighting. Three local theatre companies will talk about who they are, the productions they present, and the unique qualities each theatre company has to offer.

The Dio - Dining & Entertainment is Livingston County’s only professional dinner theater, which includes 20 tables, seating 70 guests for each production. Their 7th season will feature three musical productions and two plays. An evening at The Dio includes dinner, dessert, beverages, and a memorable live performance.

Theatre NOVA is a professional theatre in Ann Arbor, producing exclusively new plays in a comfortable, intimate venue in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor. They present seven shows each season, including a holiday musical panto for families. Most of their plays are either world premieres or Michigan premieres.

The Encore Musical Theatre Company is a non-profit musical theatre company in Dexter. Its mission is to create quality original, as well as widely known, theatrical productions with an emphasis on Musical Theatre. They have used a mix of Broadway productions and local talent for twelve seasons.

Please note the new start time for this event.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:38:14 -0500 2020-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-22T19:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Brexit: Where Did It Come From and Where Is It Going? (April 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74377 74377-18680262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Jim Adams, UM Professor of Economics will provide this lecture which is free and open to the public.

The link to Professor Adams’ lecture is https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/rvhxkrsx

If you only want to join it by phone:
Dial one of the following numbers, enter the participant PIN followed by # to confirm:
+1 (800) 520-9950 (US Toll Free)
+1 (415) 466-7000 (US)
PIN: 8022291 followed by # to confirm

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:25:10 -0400 2020-04-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-23T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
COVID-19 - A New Update (April 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74393 74393-18682278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Lona Mody, Amanda Sanford Hickey Professor Internal Medicine, Associate Division Chief of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine will give you the latest information on the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The link to Mody's lecture is:
https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/vxujjpgq

To call in, dial: 1 (800) 520-9950 and enter PIN 1214384 #

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:26:05 -0400 2020-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (April 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Myth of Phaedra: 3 Perspectives (April 24, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70453 70453-17596558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Led by experienced teachers Marilyn Scott (Classics) and Gail Hubbard (French), this study group will see how one myth may be interpreted multiple ways. We will read and discuss Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus (James Morwood’s Oxford Classics Translation), then Racine’s drama Phaedre (Ted Hughes translation). Finally, we’ll watch the 1962 Phaedra, a modern re-telling starring Melina Mercouri and Tony Perkins. Please bring the specified translations to class. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Fridays April 24 through May 22.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:20:40 -0500 2020-04-24T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Underfunding of Mental Health Services in Washtenaw County (April 24, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70824 70824-17658761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Washtenaw County Community Mental Health (WCCMH) had a deficit of $10.3 million in 2019. This study group will start with a discussion of local mental health services and funding issues and then broaden to current and proposed state and federal policies as the actions of each level of government affect the others. A County Commissioner and an expert from WCCMH will each lead one session. The format will be brief presentations followed by discussions. Instructor Glenn Nelson’s past positions include Senior Staff Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Chief Economist of the State of Minnesota, Professor at the University of Minnesota, and Ann Arbor School Board member. He and the study group’s assistant, Alice Carter, are co-chairs of Citizens for Mental Health & Public Safety. The discussion group will meet on Fridays from April 24 through May 15.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:15:22 -0500 2020-04-24T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-24T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 25, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 25, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-25T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-26T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 27, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 27, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-27T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-27T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Meaning and Power of Dreams (April 28, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70503 70503-17602785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dreams are typically important, unconscious messages, bringing issues from the past to the present. They often contain direct or disguised wishes and/or fears. In this class we will discuss typical dreams: the recurring dream, the remembered dream of the past, the “I’m not prepared” dream (e.g. taking the final exam without having read the text). The instructor will bring examples from some of his patients, and will invite class members (including himself) to bring their own. The goal of this class is for participants to make better sense of these nightly messages, helping some of the playful and significant insights to emerge. Mort Chethik is an emeritus professor of Psychiatry at UM. The Study Group for those 50 and over is held Tuesdays April 28 through June 2.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:18:26 -0500 2020-04-28T13:00:00-04:00 2020-04-28T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Mindfulness at the Time of Covid 19 (April 28, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74409 74409-18688304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A FREE special live-stream lecture offered by the Turner Senior Wellness Program!

Reflecting on the stress we are experiencing at the time of current pandemic, and learning on how mindfulness can help ease such stress and restore a sense of well-being.

Mariko Foulk, LMSW Clinical Social Worker, Michigan Medicine Geriatrics Center

The link Foulk lecture is https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93526204010?pwd=VE9PY3FRQ3ZmcEVVanY0QlF5UFBudz09

Dial one of the following numbers, enter the participant PIN followed by # to confirm:
+1 312 626 6799 (US)
Webinar ID: 935 2620 4010
Password: 967700

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:14:11 -0400 2020-04-28T13:30:00-04:00 2020-04-28T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
Public Webinar: Preview for 25th Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners (April 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73971 73971-18568340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

In light of cancelling the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, we have put together an online preview for the exhibition.

http://myumi.ch/MEllE

Join us for our online programming which includes:
Preview for exhibit images that we have permission from artists to share.
Audio tour featuring two PCAP artists who have come home
Digital Guest Book for public to write messages for PCAP artists
Digital Critique Letter submission to provide individualized feedback for PCAP artists
Public Webinar for Q&A and to help viewers navigate online components
Artist Statements (available 3/31)
Messages left through the Digital Guest Book will be received, in print, by ALL artists featured in this preview. Please share this with your communities.
Thank you for supporting PCAP!

What are the Webinars for?
Demonstrate components of Online Image Preview for the 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners.
Highlight PCAP Artists and Artwork
Q&A

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:19:47 -0400 2020-04-28T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Prison Creative Arts Project, The Livestream / Virtual event poster
Primers, Chalk, and Bells (April 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70838 70838-17660826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In the rapidly changing world of education today, it is comforting to look back on the ‘good old days’ of the one-room school. Michigan has more one-room schools than nearly any other state. Some of them are still functioning. We will look at the architecture, curricula, rules for students and teachers, and the role school played in the life of the community. We will focus especially on the Geddes Townhall School. In 1987, the Townhall School was moved from its original site on Morgan Road in Pittsfield Township to the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Our Instructor, Rochelle Balkam, will guide us on the school’s journey as it made its way, foot by foot, to its present site. Attendees will be encouraged to share personal stories and memories of one-room schools. Rochelle Balkam taught U.S. state and local history and college prep government at Ypsilanti High School for 36 years.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:16:30 -0500 2020-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-29T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Vaping: A New Public Health Crisis or a Solution to the Disaster of Cigeratte Smoking? Or Neither? (Or Both?) (April 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74410 74410-18688305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Ken Warner, UM Professor Emeritus of Public Health

Please click the link below to join Dr. Warner’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91930175534

Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 919 3017 5534

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:25:26 -0400 2020-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-29T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
POSTPONED - The 2020 Buzz at OLLI (April 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70354 70354-17586180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Please check back for updated information on the rescheduling of this event.

Words, Words, and more Words!

2019 Reigning Champion Bartlebees return to defend their win!

Also Returning!
Master of Ceremonies - The Honorable Donald Shelton
Championship Round Pronouncer - Marilyn Scott

Team or Individual Competition
Light dinner buffet and desserts throughout the evening
Prizes
Donate books to local organizations supporting children’s literacy

The BUZZ is proud to partner on this event with
the Children’s Literacy Network

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:55:28 -0400 2020-04-30T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-30T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Event
Diversity, Many Model Thinking about Pandemics and Their Consequences (May 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74412 74412-18688307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Scott Page, UM Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management
Please click the link below to join Prof. Page’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92597629286

Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 925 9762 9286

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:41:34 -0400 2020-05-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (May 1, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-05-01T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Science, Art, and Spirituality (May 1, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70461 70461-17600673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 1, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Science, Art, and Spirituality examines the interplay of humanity’s attempts to understand its existence through its rational (scientific), aesthetic (artistic), and transcendent (spiritual) faculties. These three great human enterprises have marked our progress as a species from the early glimmerings of prehistoric cave paintings to the Hubble Space Telescope. The long path from one to the other has been blazed by such pioneers as Pythagoras, Da Vinci, Copernicus, Spinoza, Newton, Luther, Jefferson, Faraday, Darwin, Cezanne, Einstein, and Le Maître - just to name a few. We will search historical records for the patterns that connect and drive our historical imaginations forward. The Study Group for those 50 and over led by Mike Kapetan is held Fridays May 1 through May 22.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:55:55 -0500 2020-05-01T13:00:00-04:00 2020-05-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
The Public Health Crisis of American Gun Violence (May 4, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70823 70823-17654654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 4, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Physicians for the Prevention of Gun Violence (PPGV) is a Michigan based organization that educates physicians on the prevention of gun violence. Approximately 100 Americans are shot to death each day and over twice as many are physically wounded. PPGV has been educating health professionals to talk to patients about access to guns, safe storage, and helping them make decisions that facilitate optimal health and safety. Recognizing that the majority of gun deaths are due to suicide, PPGV emphasizes the need to keep guns out of the hands of people with emotional, substance-related, or mental health crises. PPGV also advocates for the passage of sensible gun reform legislation. In this presentation, we will examine gun violence, focusing on how particular populations such as women, children, communities of color, and individuals struggling with mental health challenges are uniquely affected. We will examine the epidemiology of gun violence and outline some of the ways in which politics have become entangled with the pursuit of life-saving interventions. We will describe how non-medical community members can have a major impact in raising awareness by inquiring about safe storage of firearms. Instructor Sonya Lewis will lead our discussion of selected state and federal gun violence-related legislation and encourage attendees to contact elected leaders to advocate for bills to prevent gun violence. Finally, we will open the conversation to course attendees as we examine the historical challenges faced in addressing gun violence and discuss opportunities to effect meaningful change.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:17:19 -0500 2020-05-04T17:30:00-04:00 2020-05-04T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Actual Innocence in Michigan: An Update from the Michigan Innocence Clinic (May 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65433 65433-18682280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.
The link for the event will be posted on the OLLI website the day before the lecture

Professor David Moran (Professor, Clinical Professor of Law, Michigan Innocence Clinic, University of Michigan) will speak about the problem of wrongful convictions in Michigan and how the Michigan Innocence Clinic investigates and litigates cases where persons have been wrongfully convicted but there is no DNA evidence to test. During this lecture for those 50 and over Professor Moran will discuss several recent cases in which the Michigan Innocence Clinic has achieved exonerations for its clients.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:55:00 -0400 2020-05-05T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-05T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Distinguished Lecture Series
Ambitious Reform in Saudi Arabia: Its Current Status and What It Means for the Kingdom and Region (May 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74422 74422-18712326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

Saeed Khan, Senior Lecturer, Near East and Asian Studies, Global Studies, Wayne State University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:37:32 -0400 2020-05-06T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
Crowd Sourcing Narratives: How Small Can They Be? (May 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70513 70513-17602793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This Study Group is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Once we reach a certain age, most of us have stories we want to tell, and reasons we believe people should listen. After working for 20 years with young children and their stories and play (using the books of Vivian Paley as a jumping-off point), I began to notice the ways in which children used short stories to “practice mental health” and engage with friends. This led me to develop characters (an alter ego, an imaginary friend, and a chicken); some storytelling strategies, and a map.

In this three-week study group, we’ll use the map to field test my findings, with the goal of developing a more collaborative approach to storytelling, one that could improve the ability of humans of all ages to communicate through story. Each session will last approximately 90 minutes.

Please register by e-mailing olli.info@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:01:34 -0400 2020-05-06T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Groups
A Study of Ethics (May 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70359 70359-17586185@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) has a new program option known as a Shared Interest Group (SIG). A SIG brings people together who have a common interest that they wish to pursue indefinitely within a structure of meetings and activities designed primarily by the members of the group.

A SIG does not have a formal class syllabus. Members of a SIG determine the content and discussion of a SIG. A designated facilitator arranges meetings, takes attendance, and initiates the discussion among the SIG members on how the group will operate.


Right or wrong? Good or evil? Yes or no? Our own life experiences surely include having to decide between alternative courses of action that may seem equally right. Which one is the best? Is there a moral compass that determines our decisions? Are these decisions more difficult to make in a 21st century world? How might our own values guide us in these decisions?

In this new OLLI Shared Interest Group (SIG) offering we will examine fascinating questions, hypothetical or real, drawn from historical examples, contemporary news, and our own experiences. All participants can expect to contribute to our discussions, and might come away with new insights into human behavior.

Our Ethical Issues SIG will be guided by Beth Kon and Stu Simon. Beth brings years of successful experience overseeing SIGs in the Chicago area. Stu has led the popular OLLI seminar on Group Facilitation and is the current chair of the OLLI Study Group Committee.

This Shared Interest Group will meet on the first Wednesday of every month.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:42:04 -0500 2020-05-06T13:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Shared Interest Group
On Walking (May 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70450 70450-17596554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In the first hour we will discuss some of the classic literature on walking which is vast and varied. This literature is often expressed in metaphoric prose that invites the reader to share the experiences of the walker. In the second hour we will talk about our experiences of walking as we explore some of the trails in the U of M Botanical Gardens. We will focus our walking in the Formal Gardens and the Botanical Gardens. These areas are accessible to wheel chairs, walkers, and cane users. *In the event of inclement weather, we will continue our walking and talking in the Conservatory. For the first session, read Thoreau’s essay on Walking which is available online. Text: Frederic Gros, A Philosophy of Walking; available at Book Bound - 1729 Plymouth Road. The Study Group for those 50 and over is led by Larry Berlin & John Rowntree and held Wednesdays May 6 through May 27.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:45:39 -0500 2020-05-06T13:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
POSTPONED - Alden B. Dow and Mid-century Modern Architecture in Southeast Michigan (May 6, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70604 70604-17611199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Please check back for rescheduling information.

This presentation by Craig McDonald, Director of the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio and the Foundation Representative of the Alden and Vada Dow Family Foundations will focus on Dow’s architectural achievements in southeast Michigan, including Ann Arbor.

Dow was the architect of Ann Arbor’s City Hall, Downtown Public Library, and the UM Administration Building.

The event complements the forthcoming day trip to Midland, MI, on June 26, when we have an opportunity to view, first hand, Dow’s home, studio, gardens, and other architectural accomplishments in Midland.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:58:21 -0400 2020-05-06T19:00:00-04:00 2020-05-06T21:00:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Evening with OLLI
Interest Groups and American Trade Politics (May 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74390 74390-18682276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required. Access details will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

In this talk Professor Iain Osgood provides a model of contemporary American trade politics. He emphasizes the political advantages of pro-trade firms relative to anti-trade firms, and also examine the role of trade skeptics in the labor movement and among progressive groups. Dr. Osgood will show how this model can help explain
trade policy developments of the past thirty years, with particular focus on the recent debates over NAFTA and trade with China.

Speaker: Dr. Iain Osgood is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is currently working on projects examining special interest coalition-building around climate change; progressive opponents of trade in the United States; and identifying clusters of development strategies among countries engaging with global markets. His recent work appears in several respected political journals.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:39:43 -0400 2020-05-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
Local Leadership and Personal Action (May 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70743 70743-17627842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

THIS LECTURE WILL BE LIVE STREAMED AND IS NOW AVAILABLE FREE TO ALL. Please access the OLLI website for detailed information.

Our two speakers, Mike Shriberg (Great Lakes Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation) and Oday Salim (Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School and Staff Attorney of the National Wildlife Federation) will discuss what local governments and individuals can do to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Dr. Shriberg will describe what Ann Arbor has done and can do, as well as ways that he and others have addressed the issue at the scale of the family and individual.

Professor Salim will evaluate the opportunities and obstacles to addressing climate change that the law creates for local governments here and around the world.

Dr. Mike Shriberg has served as Education Director at the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute as well as Policy Director at Ecology Center, Director of Environment Michigan and Environmental Studies Director and Assistant Professor at Chatham University.

Oday Salim is an attorney at the National Wildlife Federation as well as director of the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law & Sustainability Clinic. Issues on which he has worked include: storm water management, water quality permitting, water rights, environmental justice, land use and zoning, utility regulation, mineral rights, and renewable energy.

This is the final lecture in the five-part series "Facing the Future: The Challenge of Climate Change" which explores how climate change is impacting every corner of our earth, and every aspect of our lives.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:11:48 -0400 2020-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Climate Change Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (May 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-08T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Perspectives on the social dimensions of infectious crises (pandemics and epidemics), and the specific role of vaccines. (May 11, 2020 10:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74520 74520-18776714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 11, 2020 10:15am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Vaccines are the topic of the first Lecture Video Learning developed for OLLI members. Lecture Video Learning will include videos that give background perspective combined with live presentations that offer timely updates.

Online - Free! No registration needed.
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759.

Presenter Dr. Alexandra Stern is the Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor in the History of Medicine and associate director of the Center for the History of Medicine. She is a medical historian with a research focus on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States. Her expertise supplies historical context in such areas as public health, children’s health, scapegoating, ethnic relations, political governance and social restrictions, and the complex interplay among these elements that define the human and community experience during an evolving public health emergency.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 May 2020 10:40:23 -0400 2020-05-11T10:15:00-04:00 2020-05-11T12:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Video Lecture
How Covid-19 Could Affect the United States’ Fall 2020 Elections (May 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74519 74519-18776713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Please click the link below to join Barbara McQuade’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99452419688
Phone: 1 312 626 6799 or 1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 99452419688

Barbara McQuade, Professor from Practice, UM Law School

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 May 2020 11:23:15 -0400 2020-05-12T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-12T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lecture
Making the Difficult Decisions in Dementia Care (May 13, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74556 74556-18801273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

UM Turner Senior Resource Center presents:
Making the Difficult Decisions in Dementia Care

Presented by Beth Spencer, MA, LMSW

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Please use the following to access this event.
https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/98039708591?pwd=QXFqclc0d0paRk9mVUpsWVNSZjFBZz09
Password: 057657
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +13126266799,,98039708591#,,1#,057657# or +16465588656,,98039708591#,,1#,057657#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782
Webinar ID: 980 3970 8591
Password: 057657

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Class / Instruction Fri, 08 May 2020 11:32:36 -0400 2020-05-13T13:30:00-04:00 2020-05-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
A View of the Global Auto Industry from Michigan (May 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74392 74392-18682277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This lecture is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required. Access information will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

Michigan is the nation’s top producer of light vehicles and automotive parts and, if the state were an independent country, it would be the 10th largest vehicle producer in the world. Michigan is also the top state for both automotive and parts imports and exports—trade is critically important to the health of the industry and the state.

A lot has changed in the industry’s first hundred or so years, though trade remains critically important. Automotive competition is global—with long and complicated supply chains that stretch around the world in support of the automotive sector.

This presentation by Kristin Dziczek will provide an overview of Michigan's largest manufacturing sector in the context of current U.S. trade policies and negotiations.

Kristin Dziczek is Vice President - Research at the Center for Automotive Research. She is a globally recognized expert on automotive labor union issues and lectures regularly on the subject. She has also served in government and industry roles and has published articles in labor and management publications.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:57:15 -0400 2020-05-14T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-14T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Thursday Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (May 15, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18668228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 15, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-15T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Economy, Policy, and Political Approaches to Vaccines (May 18, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74522 74522-18776715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 18, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Vaccines are the topic of the first Lecture Video Learning developed for OLLI members. Lecture Video Learning will include videos that give background perspective combined with live presentations that offer timely updates.

Online - Free! No registration needed.
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759

Topic 1 (2:00-3:00): Economic and policy approaches to vaccines: modeling of infectious diseases at the CDC and other organizations for guidance to policy makers and the public; leadership in political eras of low trust.

Dr. David Hutton is an expert in health policy modeling and medical decision making, and has had a nationally recognized influence on national and international hepatitis B policy. He is currently interested in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of: new public health policies, the use of new drugs and devices, chronic and infectious disease interventions, and interventions with uncertain or complex outcomes.

Topic 2 (3:00-4:00): The appropriate role of government in vaccines: power dynamics, priorities, jurisdictions; funding of critical health system infrastructure and preparedness.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. In 2018, Abdul ran for Governor of Michigan on an unapologetically progressive platform. Prior, he served as Health Commissioner in the City of Detroit, appointed to rebuild the City’s health department after it was privatized during municipal bankruptcy. As a professor at Columbia University's Department of Epidemiology, Abdul became an internationally recognized expert in health policy and health inequalities.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 05 May 2020 11:01:19 -0400 2020-05-18T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Lecture Video Learning
“Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen” by Mary Norris (May 19, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70599 70599-17609142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Best-selling New York Times author and renowned New Yorker copy editor—the Comma Queen herself—Mary Norris is again delighting readers with her wit, knowledge, and exploration of language in “Greek to Me; Adventures of the Comma Queen” (W.W. Norton; April 2, 2019, hardcover). In this new memoir, Norris relates her life-long love of Greece, her quest to learn the language and master the mythology, and her travels through the Greek Isles in search of herself.

“Greek to Me” is a brilliant, witty, and moving memoir. Norris’s love of words inspires her treks through Greece—both the language and the country. Join her on her journey in “Greek to Me” as she navigates from Alpha to Omega.

Mary Norris worked for the New Yorker as a copy editor and query proofreader for more than thirty years. Her first book, “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen”, is a New York Times best-selling book about her years at the New Yorker. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Norris now lives in New York and Rockaway.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:47:14 -0500 2020-05-19T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-19T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
Shakespeare in the Arb: Twenty Years of Magic Making (May 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74613 74613-18857120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Afternoons with OLLI presents: Shakespeare in the Arb: Twenty Years of Magic Making

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Kate Mendeloff is a member of the Drama faculty in the UM Residential College and Artistic Director of Shakespeare in the Arb. She will give background and perspective on this popular environmental theater event. She will show several short video clips that capture the process of rehearsal and performance. She also will reflect on the impact of the experience on students, community actors and the larger public. This summer would have been the 20th anniversary of the event, but it has been postponed until summer 2021.

Link to Kate Mendeloff’s talk:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95355476043
Phone: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 95355476034

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 May 2020 11:20:57 -0400 2020-05-20T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-20T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
A2Zero: A Path Towards a Just Transition to Community-wide Carbon Neutrality in Ann Arbor (May 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74625 74625-18882945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Dr. Missy Stults is the Sustainability and Innovations Manager for the City of Ann Arbor. In this role, she works with all city operations, residents, businesses, the University of Michigan, nonprofits, and others to make Ann Arbor one of the most sustainable and equitable cities in America. Prior to joining the City, Missy worked with cities and tribal communities around the nation to advance their climate and sustainability goals, including during her time as the Climate Director at ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and as a consultant to philanthropic organizations.

Missy has a PhD in urban resilience from the University of Michigan, a Masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and undergraduate degrees in Marine Biology and Environmental Science from the University of New England.

Link to Dr. Stults’s talk: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98136605956
Phone: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 98136605956

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Class / Instruction Mon, 18 May 2020 16:17:18 -0400 2020-05-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-21T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (May 22, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18668229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 22, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-05-22T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Epidemiology of Pandemics and Vaccines (May 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74562 74562-18825097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The epidemiology of pandemics and vaccines: the history and process of vaccine development in the US and globally; rapid response to produce a covid-19 vaccine, and near-term drug and antibody therapies

Speaker Dr. Emily Toth Martin is on the faculty of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on building a greater understanding of the epidemiology of viral respiratory diseases (including RSV, bocavirus, and influenza) through the use of molecular epidemiology. In particular, her work aims to identify strategies to reduce infections, particularly in individuals with chronic comorbidities and in hospital infectious environments (including MRSA / VRE coinfection).

Online - Free! No registration needed. Link to the 3 sessions: Please use the following link to access the event:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92098972759

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 May 2020 08:27:08 -0400 2020-05-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-26T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Special Online Lectures
OLLI Annual Town Hall with Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor (May 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74674 74674-18896898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

OLLI will host its annual Town Hall meeting with an update on OLLI’s plans, confirmation of the volunteer members serving on the Leadership Council for the upcoming year, and the opportunity for members to ask questions.

Christopher Taylor, Mayor of Ann Arbor, will be our guest speaker starting at 10:30 am. His talk, "Ann Arbor and COVID-19", will discuss how City Hall looks to improve basic services and enhance quality of life in Ann Arbor in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. He also looks forward to answering our many questions.

Taylor has served as Ann Arbor’s Mayor since 2014 after serving six years on the City Council. He is a four-time graduate of the University of Michigan and is also a practicing attorney.

Link to the OLLI Annual Town Hall: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98666563916
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 986 6656 3916

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 May 2020 10:44:57 -0400 2020-05-28T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-28T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (May 29, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18668230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 29, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-05-29T10:00:00-04:00 2020-05-29T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
'Over There' With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (May 29, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74675 74675-18896899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 29, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Over 2 million Americans served overseas during the First World War. In this presentation Clements Library employee Louis Miller examines the experiences of American soldiers in France during the "war to end all wars." Miller will discuss some of the exceptional and heartbreaking stories from that conflict using original documents and artifacts mostly pulled from Clements Library collections.

Our speaker is Louis Miller, Reading Room Supervisor, Clements Library. Mr. Miller graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2013 with a major in history and minor in religious studies. After working a year at the Bentley Historical Library, he entered the School of Information at the University of Michigan, graduating in 2016 with a Master's specializing in archives and records management. He has worked as a full-time employee at UM William L. Clements Library since January 2016. Miller’s research focuses on the experience of American soldiers during the First World War and the commemoration of that conflict. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife Claire and their two cats.

Link to Louis Miller’s talk: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93368891769
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 933 6889 1769

Recommended books:
Bodies of War; WI and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 by Lisa M. Budreau
Yanks, The Epic Story of the American Army in WWI by John S. D. Eisenhower
Torchbearers of Democracy; African American Soldiers in the WWI Era by Chad L. Williams

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 May 2020 10:54:42 -0400 2020-05-29T13:30:00-04:00 2020-05-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lectures
A Bucket of Warm (Spit): Electoral and Policy Implications of Vice-Presidential Selection (June 2, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74707 74707-18946559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

Long-derided in American politics, the vice-presidency comes into sharp focus every four years when presidential nominees make their selections. Who do they select, and why? Do these selections have consequences for election results? How consequential will Joe Biden's selection be in the 2020 campaign? And, ultimately, does it matter who sits in this position that John Nance Garner, FDR's first vice-president, derided as being "not worth a bucket of warm spit." (Note: he didn't actually say "spit.")

Dr. Jeff Bernstein, EMU Professor of Political Science, will try and answer these questions.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 26 May 2020 14:19:26 -0400 2020-06-02T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-02T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Final Decisions (June 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74763 74763-18968466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Pre-registration required for access.

This one session online study group will cover a number of topics relating to end of life decisions. They include: Michigan’s laws relating to burial; honest talks with doctors, based in part on Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal; choosing time of death; interesting cross-cultural funeral rituals; and options outside of traditional burial such as cremation, green burial, donation to medical schools, reef burial, cryogenics, and bio-urn (ashes planted with a tree seed).

Study group leader Marion Holt has extensive knowledge of this subject and has developed two courses on aging.

Please register by e-mailing olli.info@umich.edu.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 29 May 2020 11:51:51 -0400 2020-06-03T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-03T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Groups
Suffrage at 100: Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, and Voting Rights from 1920 to COVID-19 (June 4, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74709 74709-18946562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

The Nineteenth Amendment is popularly celebrated for enfranchising half of all Americans overnight. But who actually gained the ability to vote after the woman suffrage amendment was ratified? In “Suffrage at 100,” Liette Gidlow, Ph.D., explores the “long history” of the Nineteenth Amendment, connecting it to the voting rights struggles of the 1960s and today.

Liette Gidlow is an associate professor of history at Wayne State University and the Mellon-Schlesinger Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, where she is participating in the Long Nineteenth Amendment Project at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 26 May 2020 14:28:32 -0400 2020-06-04T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-04T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
The Clements Bookworm (June 5, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18882946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 5, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-06-05T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-05T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Mentorship Today Impacts the Future (June 9, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74828 74828-19002291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Mentorship plays a valuable role in the development of others. The mentor has a unique perspective on individuals who aspire to develop as a professional and person. This presentation will discuss the importance of mentorship, some considerations on effectively mentoring others, and the value mentorship provides society in developing the next level of productive citizens and professionals.

Speaker Timothy Neal, Assistant Professor and Director of the Athletic Training Program, Concordia University, is a certified athletic trainer and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame member. He spent 35 years as a clinical athletic trainer and Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University. He has mentored dozens of athletic training professionals, student-athletes and young coaches.

Link to Timothy Neal's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98378975260
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 983 7897 5260

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Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:38:06 -0400 2020-06-09T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-09T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
Cannabis as Medicine and its use in the time of COVID (June 10, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74829 74829-19002292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Cannabis has been a pain reliever for years, and with increased adult use and legalization, the use of cannabis as medicine has mainstreamed. People living with cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, and other health issues rely on it to ease their symptoms. The talk will focus on helping to better understand the science and use of cannabis as medicine as well as its relevance in the management of symptomatic COVID infection.

Our speaker, Dr. Connie McLaughlin-Miley is a pharmacist, clinician, educator and patient advocate. She completed her Pharmacy education at UM and a postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics and Outcomes Research with the University of South Carolina, Columbia and Glaxo-Smith Kline. She also earned her MBA, focused in Health Policy, from the University of California, Irvine. After a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, she presently consults within professional and patient communities to manage the use of cannabinoids and other plant medicines.

Link to Dr. McLauaghlin-Miley's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95403373021
US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 954 0337 3021

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Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:47:36 -0400 2020-06-10T14:00:00-04:00 2020-06-10T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Great Lakes Threats and Strategies for Protection and Restoration (June 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74819 74819-19002282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The Great Lakes region has a strong restoration plan that has secured over $3.1 billion dollars in federal funds to clean up toxic pollution that poses a threat to people and wildlife, reduce polluted runoff that causes harmful algal blooms that poison drinking water, stop invasive species that harm fish and wildlife and outdoor recreation, and reverse habitat destruction that harm the environment and hurt the economy.

Federal investments are producing results in communities across an eight-state region. But serious threats remain, and the Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition is continuing to advocate for solutions that protect our drinking water, jobs, and way of life.

Speaker Laura Rubin has spent more than 30 years working on environmental protection, policy, and conservation issues. She is currently the Director of the Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition, which has been harnessing the collective power of more than 160 groups representing millions of people, whose common goal is to restore and protect the Great Lakes. The Coalition has earned a well-deserved reputation as a national leader in securing federal investment in regional ecosystem restoration efforts.

Link to Laura Rubin's lecture:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/97857718001
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 978 5771 8001

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Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:04:11 -0400 2020-06-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (June 12, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18882947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 12, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-06-12T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-12T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Personhood of the Corporation (June 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74892 74892-19063475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

The links to access this event will be available on the OLLI website the day prior to the event.

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United versus the Federal Election Committee, a controversial decision that President Obama declared "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections." When he stated these words during his 2010 State of the Union Address, Justice Samuel Alito famously shook his head, mouthing “not true.”

To understand the Citizens United decision, it helps to understand the string of cases that preceded it and the underlying questions that center on the “personhood of the corporation.” Since the 1880s, courts have wrestled with questions like: Are corporations the same as “human persons”? Do they have rights, such as the right of free speech guaranteed under the first amendment to the US Constitution? Does money equal speech? Does money corrupt? Is there a “compelling state interest” in curtailing money as speech? These are all questions that the Supreme Court considered in rendering its Citizens United judgment. This session will attempt to make you more conversant in the Supreme Court’s reasoning, both in the supporting majority and the dissenting minority, and help you understand the deeper issues affecting our democratic processes.

Speaker Andrew Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, UM Ross School of Business and UM School for Environment and Sustainability. His research uses organizational behavior models and theories to understand the cultural and institutional aspects of environmental issues for organizations. He has published over 100 articles/book chapters, as well as 16 books, which have been translated into six languages.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:50:24 -0400 2020-06-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-16T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
PFAS in the Huron River Watershed (June 18, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74823 74823-19002286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

This talk will cover common sources of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals to the environment, the associated health risks of exposure, and their status in the Huron River watershed. The recent history of how major sources of PFAS were discovered in the river and its fish, along with what is being done to prevent human exposure, will be discussed.

Speaker Daniel Brown is a Watershed Planner with the Huron River Watershed Council. His work focuses on emerging contaminants, dam removal, the coordination of the Huron River Water Trail, and addressing the effects of climate change. His background is in climatology, and before working with HRWC, he helped institutions and governments across the U.S. and Canada find solutions to environmental challenges.

Link to Daniel Brown's lecture:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92477979810
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 924 7797 9810

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Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:14:55 -0400 2020-06-18T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-18T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (June 19, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18882948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 19, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-06-19T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-19T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
A Dialog About the Definition of Sex – Should it Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity? (June 22, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74965 74965-19112544@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 22, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Currently the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the meaning of the word “sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the primary federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment. The Court has been asked to decide whether the definition of sex in U.S. law includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

Join attorneys Maureen Carroll (UM Law Professor) and Angie Peron, JD, MSW, MA, (Executive Director of SAGE Metro Detroit) who familiar with the issues for a panel discussion to learn more about current arguments to the court, and information about a court ruling if a decision is made at the time this class meets.

Join at: https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/96725990606?pwd=MDk3ZE5vNjRxbDJublE0RXRsenpUUT09
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 967 2599 0606
Password: 289083

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Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:15:26 -0400 2020-06-22T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-22T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Who Gets Care in a Pandemic? (June 23, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74996 74996-19134138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Recent reports make clear that American hospitals have already had to ration lifesaving treatment for Covid-19 patients. And if cases spike again, the problem could get worse. This talk will explore how doctors should allocate care when resources are scarce. Should they try to save the greatest number possible? Or distribute resources randomly, or on a first-come, first-served basis? And what may they consider when they allocate care: age? disability? the choices that the people who need care have made? the way they've been treated by society in the past? The talk will almost certainly raise more questions than it answers.

Our speaker, Scott Hershovitz is the Thomas G and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the UM Law School and Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

Link to Scott Hershovitz's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94568781768
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 945 6878 1768

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Class / Instruction Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:37:43 -0400 2020-06-23T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-23T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Cultures of Ice (June 23, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74966 74966-19112546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This experimental art film weaves stories of Michigan kite skiers, ice fishers, and international scientists studying the Russian Arctic, exploring the hidden bridges between people and places.

Join us for a showing of this 15-minute film and a discussion panel to hear tales from the field, and a Q&A with Arctic scientists and connoisseurs of Michigan ice!

Brought to you by the University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology on Tap - Lansing.

An @TTphilos production

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Film Screening Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:22:21 -0400 2020-06-23T19:30:00-04:00 2020-06-23T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Film Screening Kite skier
How We Became the “Other”: My Family’s Incarceration Story (June 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74967 74967-19112547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

What precipitates the scapegoating and “othering” that has occurred throughout US history? What role does it play in galvanizing the nationwide protests in the current moment? Lori Watanabe Saginaw shares the story of the unconstitutional, forced imprisonment of her parents and grandparents during WWII, along with 120,000 others of Japanese descent, and draws a connection to her own anti-racism activism. George Floyd’s murder underscores the impact of white supremacy in American systems and the urgency and to take action. Watanabe Saginaw offers tools for personal action.

An active Ann Arbor community member since 1974, Lori Watanabe Saginaw is a third generation Japanese American, and practitioner and promoter of race dialogue. She served as co-chair of the Task Force that developed recommendations to the Ann Arbor City Council, resulting in the launching in April 2019, of the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission. Lori is inspired by her 98-year-old mother, May Watanabe, an Ann Arbor resident who has given numerous public talks about her own incarceration experience to offer insight, provoke thought, and encourage the challenging of similar injustices.

Link to Lori Watanabe's lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94293118128
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 942 9311 8128

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Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:25:26 -0400 2020-06-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-24T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
Michigan Water Quality Update -- A Panel Discussion (June 25, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74826 74826-19002289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Our panel:

Brian Steglitz is the Manager of Water Treatment Services for the City of Ann Arbor and is responsible for operation of the City’s 50 MGD Water Treatment Plant that serves approximately 125,000 people in the City of Ann Arbor and environs. Mr. Steglitz is a former Vice President of the American Water Works Association, and is currently on the Board of Directors for The Water Research Foundation. Mr. Steglitz has a BA in Economics from Yale University and a MS in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

Curt Wolf serves as Managing Director of the University of Michigan’s Urban Collaboratory. Established in 2016, the Urban Collaboratory connects faculty and students from a variety of fields to work in partnership with city stakeholders to accelerate community progress toward improved health, sustainability, and equity through collaborative research that translates innovation to practice. Mr. Wolf has served in a number of senior management positions for large multinational consulting firms, directing a wide variety of technical disciplines, and providing consulting services to governments, corporations, foundations, institutions and non-profit corporations. Mr. Wolf is a Professional Engineer licensed in several states, and holds a BS in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

Sara Talpos is an independent science journalist and senior editor at Undark magazine, a science magazine affiliated with MIT. In 2019, she published a feature in Science magazine about how local citizens uncovered PFAS contamination in west Michigan. More recently, she reporter for Undark on a new legal strategy known as “toxic battery” being tested in PFAS cases across the country.

Link to June 25 panel discussion:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/92477979810
US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 924 7797 9810

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Class / Instruction Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:25:14 -0400 2020-06-25T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-25T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
The Clements Bookworm (June 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18882949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-06-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-26T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
White Liberalism and the Illusion of Racial Progress (June 26, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74969 74969-19112549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 26, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

How does information impact opinions and voting behavior in the case of white liberal progressives? Specifically, does exposure to racial wealth gap data lead to support by white liberals for affirmative action, reparations, and similar programs? These and related issues will be explored.

Speaker Vincent Hutchings is the Hanes Walton Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science at UM and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. He received his PhD in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research examines the ways in which political campaigns and the media frame information about racial issues in order to activate and make politically relevant the voters’ sympathies and/or antipathies for particular racial groups.

Link to Vincent Hutchings' lecture: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96677902862
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 966 7790 2862

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Class / Instruction Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:37:30 -0400 2020-06-26T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-26T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Special Online Lecture
What About Weed? The Cannabis Controversy, Past, Present and Future (June 30, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75043 75043-19181232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Weed, pot, marijuana, cannabis. Whatever you call it, the United States has a long, complicated, and conflicted history with this complicated herb. It is evil incarnate, or a panacea for all that ails us. Join us for a lively lecture and discussion as we tackle the cannabis controversy, past, present and future.

Dr. Strobbe is board-certified both in psychiatric and addictions nursing. He was the first Clinical Director of the UM Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS, 2006-2010). He completed his doctoral studies at UM in 2009, with a concentration in bioo-behavioral health. Dr. Strobbe has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles, position papers, book chapter and other resources related to substance use and addictions nursing. He is immediate past president (2018-2020) of the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Dr. Strobbe receive UM’s Golden Apple Award in 2015.

Please click the link below to join Dr. Strobbe’s webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/93800202749
US: +1 312 626 6799
Webinar ID: 938 0020 2749

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Class / Instruction Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:27:07 -0400 2020-06-30T10:00:00-04:00 2020-06-30T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Distinguished Lecture Series
Literary Short Fiction (July 6, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70846 70846-17660836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, July 6, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is a study group for literary short fiction aficionados where we engage in close-critical-artful-joyful readings of literary short fiction from The New Yorker or selected from highly regarded short story anthologies. Each week we will read and discuss two stories. All reading materials will be distributed in advance. This study group will be instructor-led by Deb Mukherjee but with ample time for discussions. Deb has been leading fiction and non-fiction study groups at OLLI since 2012. Classes will run on Mondays from July 6 through August 24.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:59:40 -0500 2020-07-06T13:00:00-04:00 2020-07-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Clements Bookworm (July 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-07-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-07-10T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (July 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-07-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-07-17T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (July 24, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 24, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-07-24T10:00:00-04:00 2020-07-24T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (July 31, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 31, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-07-31T10:00:00-04:00 2020-07-31T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (August 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-08-07T10:00:00-04:00 2020-08-07T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (August 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-08-14T10:00:00-04:00 2020-08-14T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (August 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-08-21T10:00:00-04:00 2020-08-21T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm (August 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-19073310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 28, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-08-28T10:00:00-04:00 2020-08-28T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Democracy and Debate (September 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75605 75605-19544897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our speaker, Professor Michael S. Barr, will explore the critical issues facing the country during the Fall 2020 election, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis.

Michael S. Barr is the Joan and Samuel Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School, the Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, the Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffit Professor of Law, and Faculty of the Center on Finance, Law and Policy at the University of Michigan. He served from 2009-2010 as the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, and was a key architect of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School; his Ph.D. in International Relations from Magdalen College, Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar, and his B.A. summa cum laude, with Honors in History from Yale University.

This is the first of ten lectures to be presented once each month from September 2020 through June, 2021. The next lecture will be held October 13, 2020. The title is: Efforts by the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:25:09 -0400 2020-09-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion Distinguished Lecture Series
Poverty: Causes, Consequences, and Cures (September 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75642 75642-19552854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our speaker, Professor Charles Ballard will discuss poverty, with special emphasis on poverty in the United States. He will discuss problems in the measurement of poverty, and lay out the facts of poverty in America in recent decades. He will describe past political decisions that exacerbated US poverty. Finally, he will outline political and economic policies that could help eliminate poverty, and the political changes necessary for those policies to be enacted.

Charles Ballard has been on the Economics faculty at Michigan State University since 1983, when he received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. In 2007, he was selected as the Outstanding Teacher in MSU’s College of Social Science. He has consulted with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and with research institutes in Australia, Denmark, and Finland. His books include Michigan at the Millennium and Michigan’s Economic Future.

This is the first of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is: Poverty, Inequity and Disparity. The next lecture will be September 17, 2020. The title is: The Questions We Don’t Know to Ask: Studying Poverty in 21st Century America.

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:55:42 -0400 2020-09-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-10T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Thursday Lectures
Voting Strategies during COVID-19 (September 11, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75628 75628-19550863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Many efforts are underway to increase college student voting. This panel of college students will discuss what is happening at U-M, statewide, and nationally to get students registered to vote and committed to voting.

The panel will also discuss what motivated them to get involved with these efforts, what they have learned along the way, and how the pandemic has impacted their work.

The panel will be moderated by Edie Goldenberg, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at University of Michigan.

Professor Goldenberg is currently the faculty advisor of Turn Up Turnout (TUT), a student organization on campus that works in a nonpartisan way to increase student voting at UM. TUT also works with other universities in the Big Ten Conference, with colleges around the state of Michigan, with more than 50 other universities across the country, and with a number of national organizations.

Previously, Dr. Goldenberg served as founder and faculty director of the Michigan in Washington Program (2004-16), Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (1989-98), and Director of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (1987-89)

Pre-registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the event.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:32:05 -0400 2020-09-11T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
The Lasting Impact of Covid-19 -- Health Perspectives on COVID-19 (September 15, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/75652 75652-19552872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is free and available to the public. OLLI membership is not required.

Three “essential” medical professionals share their unique observations and experiences about caring for Covid-19 patients.

Preeti N. Malani, M.D., MSJ, Chief Health Officer and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UM. As chief health officer Dr. Malani, serves as an adviser to the President of the university on matters of health and well-being of the university community, including disease management, public health preparedness and promotion of healthy practices and climate on all three campuses.

Dr. Malani is a graduate of UM. She received her MD degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Prior to medical school, she completed a Masters in Journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at UM, where she also received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis.

Dr. Malani completed fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University. She is the director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging based at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Joy Ensor, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist Jimena Loveluck, Health Officer, Washtenaw County Health Department, is a licensed psychologist whose career has included public sector service, private practice, and adjunct faculty appointments at Wayne State and Eastern Michigan Universities.

A first- generation American, she grew up in New York City and received her diploma from the Bronx High School of Science, her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Ensor is a Fellow of the Michigan Psychological Association, received its Distinguished Psychologist Award in 2017, and is currently serving as its President.

Jimena Loveluck is the health officer of the Washtenaw County Health Department where she has served since 2017. Prior to joining the Health Department, Ms. Loveluck was the Vice Chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Health and Vice President of Community Research and Innovation for UNIFIED – HIV Health and Beyond. She also served as the president and CEO of the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Ypsilanti for 15 years.

She has a Master’s Degree focused in Social Work; Community Organization/Social Policy and Planning from Boston College. Loveluck is the first Latinx and first bilingual health officer for Washtenaw County.

Zoom Link to join this programming:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98073119683
Webinar ID: 98073119683

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Class / Instruction Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:06:11 -0400 2020-09-15T10:00:00-04:00 2020-09-15T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Urgent and Critical Lectures
Opening Event: Taking the Measure of the Liberal Arts (September 15, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76059 76059-19661502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Join us for a year-long series of virtual panel discussions and seminars exploring the values, dimensions, and outcomes of liberal arts education, and how they might be measured. Academic leaders, researchers, faculty members, and national experts will gather to consider issues long central to liberal arts education, as well as its status in the current climate.

Zoom - Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X00MpyNdQNaCb4zLw0CGPw

Opening Event Speakers:

Anne Curzan
Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English
Language and Literature, Linguistics, and Education
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
University of Michigan

Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean
Professor of English and Medieval Studies
University of Minnesota Morris

Chris Long
Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Professor of Philosophy
Michigan State University

Jacqueline Mattis
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences (SASN)
Professor of Psychology
Rutgers University – Newark

Visit the College and Beyond II: Liberal Arts and Life Colloquium Series website for more information on this and all upcoming events: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/liberalarts

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:07:50 -0400 2020-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-15T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion
Literary Short Fiction (September 16, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75498 75498-19513166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is a study group for literary short fiction afi.cionados, where we engage in close-critical- artful-joyful readings of literary short fiction from well-regarded short story anthologies. Each week we will read and discuss ONE story. All reading materials will be emailed in advance. This study group will be instructor-led, but with ample time for discussions. Instructor Deb Mukherjee has been leading fiction and non-fiction study groups at OLLI since 2012.

This study group will meet Wednesdays for 8 weeks beginning September 16.

Pre registration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:41:51 -0400 2020-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group