Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. U-M Health Sciences 2021 MLK Keynote (January 18, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79757 79757-20484063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Kinesiology

Bodies represent the sites of socially constructed differences and power relations. As such, the personal is political, and bodies are subject to political interpretations. Body politics based on racial (and/or ethnic) ascriptions (along with other intersecting elements such as sex, gender, sexuality, age, social class, ability, etc.) have adversely affected the overall health and wellness of bodies of Color in general, and Black bodies in particular - impacting their abilities, opportunities, access (inclusion/exclusion), care/treatment, and the overall nature of their lived experiences. Consequently, racialed body politics have contributed to an array of health disparities being more pronounced in communities of Color. However, movement offers a variety of health benefits and is therefore, a source of empowerment for racially politicized bodies.

This event will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Monique Butler, U-M Kinesiology alumna and Chief Medical Officer for HCA Healthcare North Florida Division. She will address the theme "Where Do We Go From Here: Body Politics and Movement Towards Racial Empowerment."

This event is sponsored by the U-M Health Sciences units and hosted by the School of Kinesiology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:27:06 -0500 2021-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School of Kinesiology Lecture / Discussion U-M Health Sciences 2021 MLK Keynote - Where Do We Go From Here: Body Politics and Movement Towards Racial Empowerment - with Dr. Monique Butler, MD
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): The Misallocation of Women’s Talent Across Countries: Evidence from Personnel Data (Ashraf, Bandiera, Minni, Quintas-Martinez) (January 20, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80593 80593-20759751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
Women labor force participation varies widely: in Pakistan one worker in five is a woman, in Sweden every other worker is. We study the effect of these differences on the misallocation of talent. To do so we first show that selection into the labor force is positive, namely, the hgiher the barrier the more able the women who work and then use personnel data of a global MNE to estimate a structural model of pay setting within the firm, allowing the parameters to respond to local conditions. We show that the average ability of women in the workforce is higher than men’s and the ratio is largest where LFP is lower. We quantify the role of social norms and discuss policy alternatives

For information on how to watch this lecture and sign up for the SBEE mailing list to receive notice of upcoming events, please visit the SBEE website:
https://umbee.github.io/SBEE_Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:17:03 -0500 2021-01-20T13:00:00-05:00 2021-01-20T14:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Econ Umich
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Ying Cheng, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame (January 22, 2021 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/80504 80504-20730284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Abstract: Quality control in assessment is of critical importance to ensure the reliability and validity of the scores produced by assessments, and the replicability and reproducibility of research findings. In this talk I will cover various aspects of quality control in high-stakes and low-stakes assessment scenarios. One specific problem will be discussed in detail, i.e., the detection of unintended intra-individual change during the assessment process, such as test speededness and item pre-knowledge in the high-stakes context and respondent disengagement in the low-stakes context. By bringing the traditional statistical quality control methods including change point analysis and CUSUM control chart into the framework of item response theory (IRT) modeling, new methods are developed to detect such response anomalies and protect validity of assessment scores.

This seminar will be livestreamed via Zoom https://umich.zoom.us/j/94350208889
There will be a virtual reception to follow

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:25:47 -0500 2021-01-22T10:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Ying Cheng
Biophysics Seminar Series (January 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80727 80727-20777543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

Dr. Katrin Heinze - Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and
Translational Bioimaging, Universität Würzburg

*“Boosting high-resolution fluorescence by tunable nano-coatings"*

ABSTRACT: The “Resolution Revolution" in fluorescence microscopy over the last decades has given rise to a variety of techniques that allow imaging beyond the diffraction limit with resolution up to the nanometer range. One particularly powerful technique is direct stochastic optical
reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM), a widely-used type of single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM), which is based on the temporal separation of the emission of individual fluorophores
and subsequent localization analysis. This eventually allows to reconstruct a super-resolved image revealing details down to typically 20 nm in a cellular setting. The key point here is the achievable localization precision, which mainly depends on the image contrast generated by the individual fluorophore’s emission. We found that reflective metal-dielectric nano-coatings represent a tunable nanomirror that can do both quenching and boosting fluorescence for high-contrast imaging on the nanoscale. Such mirror-enhanced fluorescence is very different from other surface effects based on total internal reflection microscopy or optoplasmonics. While surface-plasmon supported fluorescence methods provide much higher enhancement factors, mirror-enhanced approaches are more versatile and thus highly suitable for modern bio-imaging. The resolution improvement achieved with such mirror-enhanced STORM (meSTORM) is both spectrally and spatially tunable and thus allows for dual-color approaches on the one hand, and selectively highlighting region above the cover glass on the other hand. Even if the resulting resolution boost is based on a near-field effect and thus restricted to imaging near surfaces, a large variety of membrane fluorescence approaches even beyond SMLM benefit. Thus, live-cell
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer are as well perfect candidates to be pushed to the next level.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:37:36 -0500 2021-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Biophysics Livestream / Virtual Dr. Katrin Heinze
Environmental Health Priorities in Southeast Michigan (January 26, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80220 80220-20601996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of M-LEEaD kicks off the first in a series on community engaged research with a presentation by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and its Stakeholder Advocacy Board (SAB). Members of the CEC and SAB will share an overview of environmental health priorities in Southeast Michigan, ongoing efforts to address them, and new opportunities for M-LEEaD affiliated researchers. This "Meet and Learn" will focus on the purpose and objective of the CEC and how these relate to the NIEHS core objectives. Please join us!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:12:52 -0500 2021-01-26T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-26T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jan 26 Environmental Priorities in SE Michigan