Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Eco Book Club and The World to Come (June 2, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63220 63220-15595495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 2, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

​Literati’s Eco Book Club goes on the road. Join us at UMMA on the occasion of the Museum’s exhibition of The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene. This thought-provoking exhibition grapples with the negative impact of human activity on the planet through the art of more than thirty-five international artists such as Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth. Discussions will be led by Literati’s Eco Book Club facilitator Alison Swan.

Alison Swan’s poems and essays have appeared in many places, including her poetry chapbooks Before the Snow Moon and Dog Heart, and the recent award-winning anthologies Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, and Here: Women Writing on the Upper Peninsula. Her anthology Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes is a Michigan Notable Book. A Mesa Refuge alum and a Petoskey Prize for Grassroots Environmental Leadership co-winner, Swan teaches literature and writing in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University and lives in Ann Arbor.

Sunday, June 2, 3 p.m. Great Tide Rising: Towards Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change by Kathleen Dean Moore. Join UMMA’s award-winning docents for a tour of The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene at 2 p.m.

Sunday, July 28, 3 p.m. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Preceding the Book Club, join curator Jennifer Friess and Education Outreach Program Coordinator Grace VanderVliet at 2 p.m. for “Cross Pollination," a tour of the environmental themes in three exhibitions at UMMA: The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene; The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​; and​ Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights.

Participants are welcome to join us for one or both of the Book Club meetings in the UMMA Living Rooms at the entry of the Apse. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.  

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Presentation Fri, 17 May 2019 18:15:28 -0400 2019-06-02T15:00:00-04:00 2019-06-02T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Understanding Nutrition and Community Health: A Journey from Service to Research to Advocacy (June 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62249 62249-15718781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

Presenter: Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

During this workshop, attendees will follow Dr. Cindy Leung’s trajectory in public health. Exploring her early work in local food banks with food-insecure populations and her scientific research on the effectiveness of our federal food programs, attendees will then discuss her present-day qualitative research to better understand the lived experiences of food-insecure individuals. Participants will learn about populations affected by food insecurity, including low-income families and college students.

To wrap up the session, attendees will learn how all of this information is being used to design programs and affect future policies to benefit food-insecure populations. A hands-on wellness activity will be presented by the CEW+ Inspire team to complement this workshop.

The discussion will be followed by a networking reception.

Free and open to the public. RSVP on our website: cew.umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 May 2019 15:33:12 -0400 2019-06-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-06-26T14:30:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Cindy Leung
Webinar: Exploring Applications of Ecosystem Service Conceptual Models for Coastal Habitats (June 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63722 63722-15833058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Estuarine systems are areas of immense ecological importance and provide numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits. These benefits, both direct and indirect, are referred to as ecosystem services. Ecosystem services considerations are of increasing importance to the NERRS and many of their partners, and this webinar describes a project aimed at finding streamlined ways to incorporate ecosystem services into NERR coastal decision-making. We use Ecosystem Service Conceptual Models (ESCMs) as a framework to think about ecosystem services and how they can be considered within the NERRS. We will describe our work with the North Carolina and Rookery Bay NERRs to develop oyster reef and mangrove ESCMs, our efforts to apply these models to specific restoration sites at these NERRs, and our use of the models as a way to think about standardized monitoring of ecosystem services outcomes across the NERR network.

About the Speakers:
Sara Mason joined the Ecosystem Services Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions as a policy associate after graduating from Duke with a master’s degree in environmental management. Her work focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of biodiversity conservation and how that can be leveraged to engage the public and policy makers in conservation efforts. Prior to joining the Nicholas Institute, Sara worked in ecological field research and endangered animal rehabilitation.

Lydia Olander directs the Ecosystem Services Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. She leads the National Ecosystem Services Partnership, supporting efforts to integrate ecosystem services into decision making, and studies environmental markets and mitigation, including forestry and agricultural based climate mitigation; wetland, stream and endangered species mitigation; and water quality trading. She also serves on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board and the secretariat of The Bridge Collaborative.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 May 2019 13:03:49 -0400 2019-06-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-06-26T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Ann Arbor Charging Forward Workshop (June 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63975 63975-16051357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

Ann Arbor businesses— including property owners and managers, retailers and office buildings, government and universities— are invited to join us on Thursday, June 27 at Ann Arbor SPARK to learn more about installing electric vehicle charging stations at their business.

During this workshop:
- You will learn about the value of having electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at your businesses
- DTE Energy Inc. will share more information about their new Charging Forward program which is designed to help expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Michigan.
- EV charging station technology providers will describe what it takes to have charging stations on business sites

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:45:25 -0400 2019-06-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-06-27T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Workshop / Seminar Electric car plugged in
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 27, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-27T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-27T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability (June 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61559 61559-15128245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF) welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a three-day residency, June 27–30. Mattingly, whose photograph, Life of Objects, is featured in UMMA’s exhibition The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene, is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment. The centerpiece of the residency is a large-scale public art project titled Objects in the Round, in the Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall where festivalgoers will build a miniature landscape with Mattingly that explores relationships with objects, built landscapes, and habits of consumption.   To kick off her residency, Mattingly will be joined by thought leaders from U-M and beyond—A2SF's James Carter, UMMA curator Jennifer Friess, arts curator of the U-M Institute for the Humanities Amanda Krugliak, watershed planner of the Huron River Watershed Council Daniel Brown, Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist Sacramento Knoxx, independent film director and producer Diane Cheklich, and Christy Bieber, co-director of The Aadizookaan—for a discussion on the possibilities and challenges for artists and arts organizations creating and presenting artwork that explores sustainability and the environment. The Long Table format was born from director and scholar Lois Weaver’s exercise on participation and public engagement. Its aim is to foster civic-minded discussions on ideas and questions surrounding the city's creative culture. It’s a dinner table atmosphere encouraging participants to ask questions, make statements, leave comments, or openly sit, listen, and watch.

For more information about additional programs for Mattingly's residency and related to The World to Come exhibition, click here.

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from  Toyota.

 
 


The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 May 2019 12:15:31 -0400 2019-06-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-06-27T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly (June 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61619 61619-15154684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose photograph Life of Objects is featured in UMMA’s exhibition The World to Come, is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment.​

Mattingly will lead a large-scale collaborative public art project over three evenings. Come build a miniature landscape with Mattingly and other festival goers and explore your own relationship to objects, built landscapes, and habits of consumption. Bring a household item or object you are willing to part with to contribute to the project. Objects in the Round is an exclusive opportunity for every generation to engage with arts and ecology.

Objects in the Round schedule Thursday, June 27 - Opening 7-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29 - Workshops and Construction 5-10 p.m. Sunday, June 30 - Deconstruction/Gathering 5-8 p.m.

Additional programs: Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall at 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Sunday, June 30, 3-4:30 p.m. In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State Street, Ann Arbor Please register to attend.  

   

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from  Toyota.

 


The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:15:32 -0400 2019-06-27T19:00:00-04:00 2019-06-27T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 28, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-28T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-28T18:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly (June 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61620 61620-15154685@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose photograph Life of Objects is featured in UMMA’s exhibition The World to Come, is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment.​

Mattingly will lead a large-scale collaborative public art project over three evenings. Come build a miniature landscape with Mattingly and other festival goers and explore your own relationship to objects, built landscapes, and habits of consumption. Bring a household item or object you are willing to part with to contribute to the project. Objects in the Round is an exclusive opportunity for every generation to engage with arts and ecology.

Objects in the Round schedule Thursday, June 27 - Opening 7-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29 - Workshops and Construction 5-10 p.m. Sunday, June 30 - Deconstruction/Gathering 5-8 p.m.

Additional programs: Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall at 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Sunday, June 30, 3-4:30 p.m. In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State Street, Ann Arbor Please register to attend.

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from  Toyota.

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:15:33 -0400 2019-06-28T17:00:00-04:00 2019-06-28T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
International Conference on Population, Poverty, and Inequality June 27-29 (June 29, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63510 63510-15767674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 29, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This conference is organized by the Scientific Panel on Population, Poverty, and Inequality of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) https://iussp.org/en/panel/population-poverty-and-inequality, in collaboration with the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. The conference will feature researchers from a wide range of countries presenting research analyzing the interaction of population with poverty and inequality in low-income and middle-income countries. Schedule will be available on the conference web site when finalized: https://iussp.org/en/iussp-population-poverty-and-inequality-research-conference

All are welcome. No registration required.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Jun 2019 14:24:43 -0400 2019-06-29T08:30:00-04:00 2019-06-29T15:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium
Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly (June 29, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61621 61621-15154686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 29, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose photograph Life of Objects is featured in UMMA’s exhibition The World to Come, is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment.​

Mattingly will lead a large-scale collaborative public art project over three evenings. Come build a miniature landscape with Mattingly and other festival goers and explore your own relationship to objects, built landscapes, and habits of consumption. Bring a household item or object you are willing to part with to contribute to the project. Objects in the Round is an exclusive opportunity for every generation to engage with arts and ecology.

Objects in the Round schedule Thursday, June 27 - Opening 7-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29 - Workshops and Construction 5-10 p.m. Sunday, June 30 - Deconstruction/Gathering 5-8 p.m.

Additional programs: Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall at 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Sunday, June 30, 3-4:30 p.m. In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State Street, Ann Arbor Please register to attend.

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from Toyota.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:15:33 -0400 2019-06-29T17:00:00-04:00 2019-06-29T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with artist Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak (June 30, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61622 61622-15154687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Artist Mary Mattingly is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment. Mattingly asks us to consider how consumerist societies enact histories of exploitation in the creation of objects by mapping complex supply chains from mineral mines to store shelves.

Returning to Michigan after a 2016 residency and exhibition at the U-M Institute for Humanities, during which she travelled to the Upper Peninsula’s cobalt mines, engaged U-M students (including UMMA’s Student Engagement Council) in tracing source materials, and surfaced stories to create a time capsule, Mattingly will share how Michigan continues to inform her work. Mattingly’s photograph, Life of Objects, is on view in UMMA’s presentation of the exhibition The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (April 27–July 28, 2019), which explores the impact of human activity on our planet through art. Join Mattingly, along with Jennifer M. Friess, UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography, and Amanda Krugliak, Arts Curator at the U-M Institute for the Humanities for a look in the gallery, followed by a discussion of the complex terrain Mattingly’s artistic practice explores.

Immediately following this UMMA program, Mattingly and the public will disassemble the project from 5–8 p.m. Stop by the Institute for the Humanities, 202 S. Thayer, to see the time capsule from Mattingly’s 2016 residency on your way to Top of the Park.

This program is part of a 3-day, June 27–30, residency with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and UMMA during which Mattingly will lead a large-scale public art project, titled Objects in the Round, in the Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall. Come build a miniature landscape with Mattingly and other festival goers and explore your own relationship to objects, built landscapes, and habits of consumption.

Objects in the Round schedule Thursday, June 27 - Opening 7-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29 - Workshops and Construction 5-10 p.m. Sunday, June 30 - Deconstruction/Gathering 5-8 p.m.

Additional programs: Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall at 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from Toyota.

 


The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:15:33 -0400 2019-06-30T15:00:00-04:00 2019-06-30T16:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Objects in the Round: Public Art Project with Mary Mattingly - Closing/Deconstruction/Gathering (June 30, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61623 61623-15154688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

UMMA and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival welcome artist Mary Mattingly to Ann Arbor for a 3-day residency, June 27 - June 30. Mattingly, whose photograph Life of Objects is featured in UMMA’s exhibition The World to Come, is deeply concerned with our relationships to objects—where they come from, where they go, their implications for humans, and their impact on the environment.​

Mattingly will lead Objects in the Round, a large-scale collaborative public art project over three evenings in which Mattingly and other festival goers and build and explore together. On Sunday, June 30, participants are invited to deconstruct the installation. Following the deconstruction, join the artist in the Grove for a gathering. 

Objects in the Round schedule Thursday, June 27 - Opening 7-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday, June 28 & 29 - Workshops and Construction 5-10 p.m. Sunday, June 30 - Deconstruction/Gathering 5-8 p.m.

Additional programs: Thursday, June 27, 5:30 p.m. Long Table Discussion: Art / Environment / Sustainability Annex tent at Top of the Park on Ingalls Mall at 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor

Sunday, June 30, 3-4:30 p.m. In Conversation: Life and Afterlife of Objects with Mary Mattingly and curators Jennifer M. Friess and Amanda Krugliak University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State Street, Ann Arbor Please register to attend.  

Mary Mattingly’s residency is presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Festival Footprint Initiative established with generous support from Toyota.

 
 


The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-06-30T17:00:00-04:00 2019-06-30T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Climate Change Negotiation and Policy at Home and Abroad (June 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64031 64031-16083343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Tim Arvan, one of the Climate Blue student delegates to the United Nations COP24 Climate Change Convention, is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan. Drawing on his experiences attending COP24, Tim will address political and economic barriers and opportunities in the current international climate policy landscape. Focusing on the role of carbon pricing in achieving emissions reduction goals, Tim will discuss various market-based policies and their prospects at local to global scales-- including current efforts at U of M.

After the talk, join us for food & further discussion at Seva.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:09:27 -0400 2019-06-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-30T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion Tim Arvan Talk
The World to Come & Food​: Feed Lots and our Industrialized Food System (July 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63221 63221-15595496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Kathy Sample, co-founder of Argus Farm Stop, and Dave Steinhauser of Steinhauser Farm in Ann Arbor will discuss small-scale farming, food processing, and innovative models for a new kind of farmer’s market. UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess will frame the discussion in the context of works in the exhibition The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene, which explores the negative impact of human activity on the planet. This program is the second of a two-part series focusing on food sustainability, access, and justice. The first program, "Feeding the World" takes place on May 19. 

Refreshments will be served in the new UMMA Cafe following the program.  

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Presentation Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:15:34 -0400 2019-07-14T15:00:00-04:00 2019-07-14T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Mapping the Effects of Long-term Hydrologic Stress, Sea-level Rise, and Hurricane Irma on Coastal Habitats in Southwest Florida (July 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64097 64097-16147463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Hurricane Irma made landfall in southwest Florida within the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in September of 2017 as a Category 3 storm with winds in excess of 115 mph. For some areas within the reserve, the impact of the storm compounded the stress caused by decades of human development and changes to water flow patterns. Managers of the reserve want to better understand the synergistic effects of chronic stress from human modification or other drivers (e.g., sea level rise) and acute impacts from Hurricane Irma. One approach is to measure habitat structure and change in the time preceding and following the major storm event.

This webinar will describe the use of advanced satellite imagery to map the damage, death, and recovery of mangroves with a time series of images from 2010 to 2018. Dr. Matt McCarthy will share the methods used to map the landscape and evaluate change. Dr. Brita Jessen will provide background for the study and discuss the management implications for the reserve and other coastal areas. Matt and Brita have been collaborating on a one year-year catalyst project that has relevance to coastal land managers interested in mapping habitat change.

About the Speakers:

Dr. Matt McCarthy is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science. He specializes in remote sensing and large-scale coastal mapping with supercomputing technologies and advanced image processing techniques. He has applied remote sensing methods to study a variety of issues, including mangroves, seagrasses, coral reefs, coastal geomorphology, sea-level rise, aquaculture and public health

Dr. Brita Jessen is the research manager at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. She specializes in ecosystem ecology of coastal wetlands. As the research team lead, Dr. Jessen supports long-term monitoring programs related to water quality, sea level rise, habitat change, and wildlife, and works across departments to facilitate the translation of current research into management and policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:48:32 -0400 2019-07-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-07-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Stand up for a sustainable future. Die-in. (July 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64167 64167-16173669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, July 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

What does our planet's sustainability mean to you? Join Ann Arbor Climate Mobilization and the U-M Museum of Art for a Die-in to take place in the UMMA exhibition The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene. This event is intended to raise awareness about both the climate crisis and the sixth extinction and rally our community to fight for a sustainable future. 

A "die-in" is a protest meant to illustrate what is at stake if we don't act. The event will start with the die-in inside the Museum where participants will lie or sit motionless in the gallery for eleven minutes (symbolizing the number of years we have left to enact meaningful change and avert the worst climate catastrophes). Following this, participants will meet on the Museum steps and hear the words of local speakers addressing our current environmental situation. 

Meet in the Taubman Gallery, 2nd floor. Please leave large signs outside the Museum; UMMA will have a place to leave these and other items that pose a safety risk inside the building.

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Other Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:15:38 -0400 2019-07-27T15:00:00-04:00 2019-07-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
The Eco Book Club and The World to Come (July 28, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63222 63222-15595497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 28, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

​Literati’s Eco Book Club goes on the road. Join us at UMMA on the occasion of the Museum’s exhibition of The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene. This thought-provoking exhibition grapples with the negative impact of human activity on the planet through the art of more than thirty-five international artists such as Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth. Discussions will be led by Literati’s Eco Book Club facilitator Alison Swan.

Sunday, June 2, 3 p.m. Great Tide Rising: Towards Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change by Kathleen Dean Moore. Join UMMA’s award-winning docents for a tour of The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene at 2 p.m.

Sunday, July 28, 3 p.m. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Preceding the Book Club, join curator Jennifer Friess and Education Outreach Program Coordinator Grace VanderVliet at 2 p.m. for “Cross Pollination,” a tour of the environmental themes in three exhibitions at UMMA: The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene; The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq​; and​ Jason DeMarte: Garden of Artificial Delights.

Participants are welcome to join us for one or both of the Book Club meetings in the UMMA Living Rooms at the entry of the Apse. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.

Alison Swan’s poems and essays have appeared in many places, including her poetry chapbooks Before the Snow Moon and Dog Heart, and the recent award-winning anthologies Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, and Here: Women Writing on the Upper Peninsula. Her anthology Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes is a Michigan Notable Book. A Mesa Refuge alum and a Petoskey Prize for Grassroots Environmental Leadership co-winner, she teaches literature and writing at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University and lives in Ann Arbor.  

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Presentation Tue, 21 May 2019 12:15:31 -0400 2019-07-28T15:00:00-04:00 2019-07-28T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Sustainable Living Experience Welcome Reception (August 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64021 64021-16065446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Gather and mingle with SLE students, families, faculty and staff in the Noble House Lounge and Dining Room. Families and friends are welcome and light snacks and refreshments will be available.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:44:40 -0400 2019-08-28T19:00:00-04:00 2019-08-28T20:00:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Reception / Open House
SLE Orientation (August 29, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64022 64022-16065449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 29, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

All incoming SLE students are required to attend orientation. Meet the community, get SLE swag, and learn about what will be happening this year in SLE & some of your resources on campus. Orientation will be followed by a Kickoff Party in the Oxford Courtyard.

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Meeting Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:51:32 -0400 2019-08-29T14:00:00-04:00 2019-08-29T15:30:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Meeting
Sustainable Living Experience @ Oxford Kickoff Party (August 29, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64023 64023-16065450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 29, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Come on out to the courtyard for food and games and learn how you can be part of the Sustainable Living Experience, a residential community at Oxford Houses.

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Recreational / Games Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:54:34 -0400 2019-08-29T15:30:00-04:00 2019-08-29T16:30:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Recreational / Games
SLE River Trip (August 30, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64028 64028-16067442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 30, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Get to know the Huron River with the Sustainable Living Experience! We will be leisurely traveling down the river in double kayaks, rafts or whatever works for you.

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Recreational / Games Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:13:00 -0400 2019-08-30T12:30:00-04:00 2019-08-30T15:30:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Recreational / Games Huron River
Campus Tour with SLE Peers (August 31, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64303 64303-16292397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 31, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Bring your course schedule and meet SLE Peers in Noble Lounge for a tour of campus!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:03:23 -0400 2019-08-31T14:30:00-04:00 2019-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Shared Summer Reading Discussion (September 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64304 64304-16292398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Lounge to discuss the SLE shared summer reading, What The Eyes Don't See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. This book is available online through the U-M Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:06:11 -0400 2019-09-04T19:30:00-04:00 2019-09-04T20:30:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Lecture / Discussion
Board Fellows Information Session (September 5, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64806 64806-16450926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Learn how you can prepare for mission-driven leadership with project management and executive skills as a board member of a nonprofit like United Way or Ann Arbor SPARK. Hear details about this year’s participating partner organizations, the fellowship, and the board-level strategic project you complete as a Board Fellow.

All applicants must attend one of the two scheduled information sessions at Ross (9/5) or the Ford School (9/9).

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Community Service Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:33:57 -0400 2019-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-05T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Community Service Board Fellows
Webinar: Accelerating Collective Learning and Action for Enhanced Resilience (September 9, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64853 64853-16462992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 9, 2019 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As the pace of climate change accelerates, there is a need to also accelerate collective learning about how best to prepare and adapt.

Members of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) and partners, in part supported by the Science Collaborative, have been working on the frontlines to help communities enhance their resilience, for example by sharing lessons about how to communicate about climate change, producing critical scientific insights, and working with local and state partners to strategically advance action on the ground.

Join us for a lively discussion among four panelists that have been taking different approaches for helping communities anticipate and prepare for climate impacts. This webinar is designed to explore lessons learned about how best to accelerate learning and the transfer of ideas across the diverse adaptation community.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:04:34 -0400 2019-09-09T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Board Fellows Information Session (September 9, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64806 64806-16450927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 9, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Learn how you can prepare for mission-driven leadership with project management and executive skills as a board member of a nonprofit like United Way or Ann Arbor SPARK. Hear details about this year’s participating partner organizations, the fellowship, and the board-level strategic project you complete as a Board Fellow.

All applicants must attend one of the two scheduled information sessions at Ross (9/5) or the Ford School (9/9).

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Community Service Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:33:57 -0400 2019-09-09T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-09T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Community Service Board Fellows
Environmental Research Seminar "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings" (September 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65290 65290-16565509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The federal government, states, and utilities administer programs to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes and affordable multifamily buildings. Investments in measures to save energy, as simple as air sealing and insulation, can also yield a broad range of non-energy benefits. This presentation will present research results that show that weatherization can improve health, home conditions, and social determinants of health. The results are drawn from three separate studies that were conducted nationally, regionally (Midwest and Northeast), and in Knoxville, Tennessee. Three3, Inc. conducts research and educational programming to promote the integration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The organization particularly focuses on fostering sustainable futures that: provide equitable benefits to low-income and disadvantaged populations (intra-generational equity); meets ethical obligations to future generations (inter-generational equity); and makes best use of the convergence of human knowledge and technology to meet sustainability goals.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:56:22 -0400 2019-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar 09/10/2019 Bruce Tonn "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings"
Understanding and Confronting Climate Change (September 12, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65070 65070-16509430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Dr. Bierbaum is a professor of natural resources and environment policy, School for Environment and Sustainability, and professor, environmental health sciences, School of Public Health, U-M. Her research is focused on the interface of science and policy--principally on issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation at the national and international levels. Her experience extends from climate science into foreign relations and international development. Dr. Bierbaum served for two decades in both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. Government, and ran the first Environment Division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She was a lead author of the U.S, National Climate Assessment.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:32:45 -0400 2019-09-12T14:00:00-04:00 2019-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
SLE @ Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (September 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65486 65486-16605640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Friends of the Campus Farm (FCF) is a student group that heads to the farm twice a week to volunteer (and enjoy freshly harvested treats!). Once a month, on second Fridays, SLE collaborates with FCF to arrange a volunteer pick up at Oxford Houses outside the Vandenberg Community Center. Sign up by Wednesday to make sure they send enough cars for everyone! During the winter the group works indoors in the greenhouse or hoophouses. If you love FCF, join their other Friday and Wednesday workdays each week--pick up is usually at the Ginsberg Community Center located at E. University and Hill.

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Community Service Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:37:41 -0400 2019-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 Sustainable Living Experience Community Service Farm workday
Earthfest! (September 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65059 65059-16509320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Earthfest is designed to engage, entertain, and educate University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff on all aspects of sustainability. Come browse dozens of booths with information on how to get involved in sustainability on campus and beyond. Enjoy free healthy food, live entertainment, and sustainability-related games with prizes!

The event is organized around the four themes of our Campus Sustainability Goals: Climate Action, Waste Prevention, Healthy Environments and Community Awareness. U-M student organizations, U-M departments, and community groups focused on sustainability promote their work on campus and in the greater university community. The format changes slightly each year but you can always count on free food, entertainment, activities—and you might even learn some things about sustainability at U-M that you didn't know!

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Fair / Festival Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:07:32 -0400 2019-09-19T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Graham Sustainability Institute Fair / Festival Earthfest Sign
Jonathan Safran Foer (September 19, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64168 64168-16177690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

School for Environment and Sustainability, Sustainable Food Systems and Literati Bookstore are thrilled to welcome Jonathan Safran Foer.

Join New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer ("Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close") to learn how saving the planet begins on our breakfast plates. With a reading and discussion of his new book, "We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast," Safran Foer will highlight small behavioral changes that could help move the needle on climate change. Discussion facilitated by George Willis Pack Professor, Ivette Perfecto.

Copies of the book will be for sale, with a book signing to follow.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:24:50 -0400 2019-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion JSF
Shaping Future Cities: An evening discussing Urban Tech in Detroit (September 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66900 66900-16785540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Urban transformation is increasingly driven by technological innovation, which is changing the game in areas ranging from housing and mobility to development and construction. Dean Jonathan Massey invites you to join us for an alumni event in Detroit centered around the uses and possibilities of Urban Tech, including the new technologies and development practices that are transforming cities operationally, socially and spatially.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:30:50 -0400 2019-09-23T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-23T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Conference / Symposium Shaping Future Cities
SLE Community Dinner (September 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64305 64305-16292399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Kitchen to prepare a sustainably-sourced meal.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:30:13 -0400 2019-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
A Conversation with Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (September 26, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65969 65969-16678372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the first installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program's 2019-2020 Lecture Series. We are hosting "A Conversation with Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick," including an introduction by Mark D. West, Dean and Nippon Life Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:54:35 -0400 2019-09-26T16:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Intersections in Engaged Research (September 27, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63484 63484-15751187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Researchers and co-investigators from all three U-M campuses are invited to join us for Intersections in Engaged Research. This interactive event will bring together researchers and multiple internal sponsor organizations to share and learn how we can leverage university resources to maximize our public and community impact.

It will feature a wide range of engaged research projects, including action-based research, community-based participatory research, community-engaged research, among others, taking place with funding and support through internal U-M award programs.

Attendees will learn more about resources, funding mechanisms, training opportunities and networks that currently exist on campus. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from each other and inform how internal funders support engaged research on campus.

The event will highlight successful research projects, facilitate conversations on key strategies and lessons learned in the field, and include opportunities for networking.

This event is intended for:

Faculty and co-investigators from multiple disciplines across the university who are interested in exploring internal funding opportunities and support for engaged research
Faculty grant recipients and co-investigators of internal engaged research funding
Institutional partners who are interested in supporting engaged research and exploring opportunities for collective impact

Questions? Email intersections@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 06 May 2019 14:04:49 -0400 2019-09-27T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Graham Sustainability Institute Conference / Symposium Intersections Logo
Keep Growing Detroit & Eastern Market (September 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67039 67039-16796466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:00am
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Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

The Michigan Community Scholars Program and Sustainable Living Experience are headed to Keep Growing Detroit's farm to learn about their work in the Detroit community and help out with farm care. Afterwards we will break for lunch and explore Eastern Market, the country's oldest farmers' market, before heading back to campus.

*This trip is limited to MCSP and SLE student participants.

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Community Service Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:34:31 -0400 2019-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-28T14:30:00-04:00 Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
8th Annual Harvest Festival (September 29, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66396 66396-16770224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP)

Join us to celebrate the harvest season with food, music, farm tours, and activities for people of all ages! Harvest Fest connects participants with student groups and community organizations who are dedicated to strengthening the local food system. Free food, live music, and fall activities are planned, including:

Tours of the farm
Yoga classes -- bring your own yoga mat or towel
Pumpkin Painting
Local food leaders will be available to discuss sustainable food initiatives in our community, including Argus Farm Stop, Taste the Local Difference, and Agra

Free buses will run on a loop every 20 minutes from CCTC to the farm, starting at 12:40pm.

This is a free event. Donations are appreciated and support UMSFP's mission to foster opportunities for experiential learning and leadership in sustainable food systems. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/475590499857708

Special thank you to our sponsors: MDining, Planet Blue Ambassadors, and Campus Farm at MBGNA. If you are interested in helping sponsor this event, please send us a message or email UMSFP at umsfp.core@umich.edu.

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Fair / Festival Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:15:04 -0400 2019-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) Fair / Festival Harvest Festival Flyer
US-China Environment and Sustainability Forum (October 1, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66266 66266-16725777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

The world today is facing unprecedented, interconnected environmental and sustainability challenges. Achieving sustainable development requires global efforts that are ambitious, action-oriented and collaborative.

The US and China are the leaders of the global economy. At the same time, they also contribute significantly to many sustainability challenges worldwide. Both countries play particularly important roles for global sustainability.

By bring together experts from both the US and China on environment and sustainability, the US-China Environment and Sustainability Forum at the University of Michigan (UCESF@UM) aims to:

Take stock of achievements in addressing environmental and sustainability challenges in both countries, and
Identify critical areas that the two countries should work together and help the global transition towards more sustainable development.
UCESF@UM will produce a whitepaper summarizing opinions and conclusions.

To promote an intimate experience for easy engagement in conversation, attendance is capped at 120 participants including invited panelists and reserved seats for University of Michigan participants.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:44:29 -0400 2019-10-01T08:30:00-04:00 2019-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion SEAS
Safe Medication Disposal Event (October 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65748 65748-16651989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ingalls Mall
Organized By: U-M College of Pharmacy

Dispose of your medication in a safe and environmentally friendly way!

Accepted Items
Prescription & OTC medications, medication samples, vitamins, ointments & lotions, inhalers, antibiotics, steroids, veterinary medicine, and controlled medications. We now accept sharps and sharps containers.

Unaccepted Items
Sunscreen, insect repellent, cosmetics, hair care or personal hygiene products, hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol, aerosol cans, blood or infectious waste, and tobacco.

Locations: there will be two collection sites, on Central Campus and at Michigan Medicine's Brighton Clinic. Note: You can drive up and drop off your medications at both locations

Central Campus:
Ingalls Mall North (On Washington St. across from Rackham Auditorium)
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Michigan Medicine:
Brighton Center for Specialty Care
7500 Challis Rd.
Brighton, MI 48116

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Other Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:07:24 -0400 2019-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T14:00:00-04:00 Ingalls Mall U-M College of Pharmacy Other Students taking back medication
Sustainable Systems Forum: Women in Energy (October 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67825 67825-16958333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

A panel of alumnae share insights from their careers in the energy space. Participants include: Allison Clements (BS, '98), Energy Foundation, Program Director, Clean Energy Markets; Kerry Duggan (MS '06), RIDGE-LANE merchant bank urban development; Kate Elliott (MS/MBA '08), Tesla, Regional Manager of Charging; Trisha Miller (BA '98), Bill Gates Energy Breakthrough Fund, Senior Director of Advocacy & Government Relations; and Shoshannah Lenski (MS '11), DTE Energy, Director of Productivity & Work Standards.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:09:50 -0400 2019-10-01T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion
6th annual Fast Food for Thought (October 1, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67343 67343-16839883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

The 6th annual “Fast Food for Thought” will bring together 10 interdisciplinary faculty members from across campus to give a series of fast-paced talks (5 minutes each) related to food and/or agriculture. Delicious reception to follow.

2019 Tiny Talks:

Brendan O Neil, School for Environment and Sustainability
"What do Soil Microbes have to do with Sustainable Food?"

Kate Bauer, School of Public Health
"Childhood Obesity: The Blame Game"

Marty Heller, School for Environment and Sustainability
"Beyond the Headlines: Addressing the Carbon Footprint of Our Diets"

Cindy Leung, School of Public Health
"Warning: Soda is the New Tobacco"

Shelie Miller, School for Environment and Sustainability
"Can Meal Kit Services Actually be Green?"

Tim Lorek, Latin American and Carribean Studies
"Looking for Utopia: Agriculture for Peace in Colombia"

Miranda Brown, Asian Languages and Cultures
"Are Asians Lactose Intolerant? Traditional Chinese Medicine Says Otherwise"

Katerina Stylianou, School of Public Health
"Should we all Become Vegan?"

John Vandermeer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
"The Hurricanes of Puerto Rico"

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Presentation Sat, 28 Sep 2019 12:56:52 -0400 2019-10-01T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-01T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Presentation 6th Annual Fast Food for Thought to take place October 1
The Clean Energy Revolution is (Finally) Here, Dan Kammen (October 1, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65484 65484-16898627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Dr. Daniel M. Kammen is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group where he serves as Chair, the Goldman School of Public Policy where he directs the Center for Environmental Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL; http://rael.berkeley.edu), and was director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center from 2007 – 2015.

He was appointed by then Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in April 2010 as the first energy fellow of the Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) initiative. He began service as the Science Envoy for U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016, but resigned over President Trump’s policies in August, 2017. He has served the State of California and US federal government in expert and advisory capacities, including time at the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:30:24 -0400 2019-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Dan Kammen
US-China Environment and Sustainability Forum (October 2, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66266 66266-16725778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

The world today is facing unprecedented, interconnected environmental and sustainability challenges. Achieving sustainable development requires global efforts that are ambitious, action-oriented and collaborative.

The US and China are the leaders of the global economy. At the same time, they also contribute significantly to many sustainability challenges worldwide. Both countries play particularly important roles for global sustainability.

By bring together experts from both the US and China on environment and sustainability, the US-China Environment and Sustainability Forum at the University of Michigan (UCESF@UM) aims to:

Take stock of achievements in addressing environmental and sustainability challenges in both countries, and
Identify critical areas that the two countries should work together and help the global transition towards more sustainable development.
UCESF@UM will produce a whitepaper summarizing opinions and conclusions.

To promote an intimate experience for easy engagement in conversation, attendance is capped at 120 participants including invited panelists and reserved seats for University of Michigan participants.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:44:29 -0400 2019-10-02T08:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion SEAS
Strengthening Democracy: corruption and the water crisis in India (October 4, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67827 67827-16958324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Association for India's Development - Ann Arbor

Jayaram Venkatesan is the cofounder of Arappor Iyakkam (Tamil for "People's association for non-violent struggle"), a citizens movement in Tamil Nadu, India.

Jayaram will be discussing Arappor’s fight against corruption and the recent Chennai water crisis.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:02:39 -0400 2019-10-04T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Association for India's Development - Ann Arbor Presentation DANA 1024, 6-7pm
SLE Retreat (October 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64029 64029-16067443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Spend a night at Edwin S. George Reserve with the Sustainable Living Experience. Indoor and camping lodging available. Enjoy the bog, campfires, cooking, trails and more! The retreat will depart from Oxford at 10am on Saturday and return by 2pm on Sunday.

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Other Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:16:55 -0400 2019-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Other
SLE Retreat (October 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64029 64029-16292402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Spend a night at Edwin S. George Reserve with the Sustainable Living Experience. Indoor and camping lodging available. Enjoy the bog, campfires, cooking, trails and more! The retreat will depart from Oxford at 10am on Saturday and return by 2pm on Sunday.

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Other Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:16:55 -0400 2019-10-06T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 Sustainable Living Experience Other
Great Lakes Seminar - Dr. Joannes Westerink - Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am (October 8, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67919 67919-16966899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)

Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar!
Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
4840 S State Rd, Ann Arbor

Remote participation via webinar is available: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5551628124438203405

Presenter: Joannes Westerink, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Title: Towards Heterogeneous Process, Scale, and Model Coupling in Simulating the Hydrodynamics of the Coastal Ocean

About the speaker:
Joannes Westerink is the Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor of Computational Science and Engineering and the Henry J. Massman Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He obtained his B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) degrees in Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Ph.D. (1984) degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Westerink develops high resolution heterogeneous unstructured mesh, multi-physics, multi-scale hydrodynamic codes and models for the hydrodynamics of the coastal ocean and has successfully transitioned these to practitioners for a wide range of applications including the analysis and design of major flood control projects and coastal ocean water level forecasting systems. Westerink has pioneered the successful use of global to channel scale highly heterogeneous unstructured mesh coastal ocean models with mesh resolution varying by up to four orders of magnitude. This encompasses the optimization of algorithms; development of high performance codes in vector and parallel computing environments; the linkages of circulation models to weather and short wind wave models; model verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification; and the application of codes to oceans, continental shelf regions, estuaries, rivers, and coastal flood plains. Westerink is the co-developer, with Rick Luettich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Clint Dawson of the University of Texas at Austin, of the widely used ADCIRC finite element based shallow water equation code. ADCIRC has evolved into a community based coastal hydrodynamics code with wide ranging applications within academia, government, and the private sector worldwide. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration all use ADCIRC in support of coastal water level and flooding analyses and forecasts.

Westerink was a team co-lead in the U.S. Army’s Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) investigation of the Hurricane Katrina (2005) flooding failures in Louisiana. He led ADCIRC storm surge model development for the USACE’s New Orleans and vicinity Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System. He also led the ADCIRC model development for the FEMA Flood Insurance Studies in coastal Louisiana and Texas. He served as a commissioner on the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority and has served as an advisor for the UNESCO Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology on Enhancing Forecasting Capabilities for North Indian Ocean Storm Surges. He currently serves as an International Advisory Board Member of CIGIDEN, Chile’s National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management.

Westerink’s current research includes: the development of high order h-p adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin based coastal circulation codes; incorporating phase resolving wave processes including run-up directly into circulation codes; understanding resonant basin and shelf modes and shelf dissipation processes; incorporating local rainfall and small scale channel routing capabilities into shallow water based codes; sea ice interaction with wind waves and circulation; and downscaling global ocean models into global high resolution coastal models to account for baroclinicity and sea level fluctuations. Current applications regions include developing the next generation of ESTOFS water level forecast models for NOAA focusing on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, and Alaska.

About the presentation:
Hurricane wind wave, storm surge, and current environments in the coastal ocean and adjacent coastal floodplain are characterized by their high energy and by their spatial variability. These processes impact offshore energy assets, navigation, ports and harbors, deltas, wetlands, and coastal communities. The potential for an enormous catastrophic impact in terms of loss of life and economic losses is substantial.

Computational models for wind waves and storm driven currents and surge must provide a high level of grid resolution, fully couple the wind wave and long wave processes, and perform quickly for risk assessment, flood mitigation system design, and forecasting purposes. In order to accomplish this, high performance scalable codes are essential. To this end, we have developed an MPI based domain decomposed unstructured grid framework that minimizes global communications, efficiently handles localized sub-domain to sub-domain communication, applies a local inter-model paradigm with all model to model communications being kept on identical cores for sub-domains, and carefully manages output by assigning specialized cores for this purpose. Continuous Galerkin (CG) and Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) implementations are examined. Performance of explicit and implicit implementations of the wave-current coupled system on up to 32,000 cores for various platforms is evaluated.

The system has been extensively validated with an ever increasing amount of wave, water level and current data that has being collected for recent storms including Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008), and Sandy (2012). The modeling system helps understand the physics of hurricane storm surges including processes such as geostrophically driven forerunner, shelf waves that propagate far away from the storm, wind wave – surge interaction, surge capture and propagation by protruding deltaic river systems, the influence of storm size and forward speed, and frictionally controlled inland penetration.

These models are being applied by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the development of the recently completed hurricane risk reduction system in Southern Louisiana as well as for the development of FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf and Atlantic coast states. NOAA applies the models in extra-tropical and tropical storm surge forecasting.

Current development is focused on incorporating a wider range of physics affecting coastal and inland water levels as well as forces on infrastructure including large scale baroclinically driven processes, rainfall runoff in upland areas and on the coastal floodplain, and wave run-up. This is accomplished with an interleafing framework in which heterogeneous models focused on a select range of processes are coupled over the same domain and/or specific targeted equations that are dynamically assigned to changing portions of the domain as appropriate to the prevailing flow conditions. This is all done in a dynamically load balanced framework. Algorithmic development is focused on DG solvers, ideally suited for the associated strongly advective flows, allow super-parametric elements for p=1 and p=2 and iso-parametric elements for p=3 in order to achieve improved convergence rates and overall runtime efficiency, and allow for the selection of localized physics on the elemental level.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:43:17 -0400 2019-10-08T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Complex Systems Seminar | Modeling Human-Technology Interactions and their Implications for Environmental Sustainability (October 8, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67603 67603-16900793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

ABSTRACT
If we could go back to the early 1900s when mass production of the Model T was just beginning to shape our transportation system and society, what would we do differently? What would have happened if we had perfect foresight and understanding of the complex interactions between automotive technology and human behavior, including changes to transportation infrastructure, urban and suburban design, energy use, and American culture?

While we cannot go back in time, we do have the opportunity to explore these types of questions for current emerging technologies that promise to be similarly transformative to society. Estimating human-technology interactions and their associated environmental impacts at an early design stage provides insights into the overall impact of a new technology and offers the greatest opportunities for improvement.

This talk will present methods to integrate concepts from life cycle assessment, diffusion of innovations, and system dynamics to construct future scenarios that identify plausible options for new technology design or policy development. A case study will be explored that evaluates the food-energy-water effects of refrigerated food supply chains (a.k.a. “the cold chain”) introduced within developing countries. The cold chain presents an excellent example to explore sustainable development from a holistic perspective, including advances in technical innovation, changes to underlying infrastructure, and shifts in human behavior and diets.

Dr. Miller’s research interests center around the life cycle impacts of emerging energy systems. Recent work focuses on the non-carbon aspects of biofuels, such as disruptions to the nitrogen cycle and changes in land use. Interests also include advancing Life Cycle Assessment methods to analyze dynamic and emerging systems, such as hydraulic fracturing in the US and electricity grids in developing countries.

Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor in Sustainable Systems
Director, Program in the Environment
Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:37:36 -0400 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Shelie Miller
“Every Sector is Public Health Sector": Building Capacity to Address Environmental Health Inequities (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68017 68017-16983971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Dr. Sampson will discuss three examples of capacity-building to build and translate evidence, including:
1) a youth environmental health academy in Dearborn, MI;
2) a health impact assessment for the Gordie Howe International Bridge at the Detroit-Windsor border;
3) her work with APHA to convene environmental health and justice leaders—all to advance evidence-based policies that address environmental health inequities.

Natalie Sampson is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at UM-Dearborn, where she teaches courses in environmental health, health promotion, and community organizing. Grounded primarily in Southeast Michigan, she studies transportation and land use planning, green stormwater infrastructure, vacant land reuse, and climate change planning efforts, particularly their implications for health. She applies participatory research approaches with diverse partners using a broad methodological toolkit, including photovoice, concept mapping, and health impact assessment. In 2017, Sampson received the American Public Health Association (APHA)’s Rebecca Head Award, which recognizes “an outstanding emerging leader from the environmental field working at the nexus of science, policy, and environmental justice.”

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:08:30 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Oct 8 Natalie Sampson Seminar
Green New Deal: A WeListen Staff Discussion (October 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67660 67660-16909330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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/WLOctober19

We will discuss the Green New Deal by learning about the policy itself while examining various perspectives on its content. We'll also consider the economic impact of the proposed policy, and discuss changes to the environment in the state of Michigan, and how the Green New Deal would potentially impact Michiganders.

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, LSA Psychology and UM Poverty Solutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:52:42 -0400 2019-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion WeListen October 2019
North Campus Farmer's Market (October 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67912 67912-16966885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: The Grove
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Central Student Government, MDining, University Health Services, MHealthy, and Planet Blue are collaborating to host the North Campus Farmers Market- Try free food from chef demos, shop for fresh produce, talk to local farmers, and learn about food sustainability, health, and wellness on campus!

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Fair / Festival Wed, 02 Oct 2019 08:39:04 -0400 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T14:00:00-04:00 The Grove Michigan Dining Fair / Festival Event information for the 2019 North Campus Farmer's Market
SLE @ Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (October 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65486 65486-16605641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Friends of the Campus Farm (FCF) is a student group that heads to the farm twice a week to volunteer (and enjoy freshly harvested treats!). Once a month, on second Fridays, SLE collaborates with FCF to arrange a volunteer pick up at Oxford Houses outside the Vandenberg Community Center. Sign up by Wednesday to make sure they send enough cars for everyone! During the winter the group works indoors in the greenhouse or hoophouses. If you love FCF, join their other Friday and Wednesday workdays each week--pick up is usually at the Ginsberg Community Center located at E. University and Hill.

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Community Service Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:37:41 -0400 2019-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T18:00:00-04:00 Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning Sustainable Living Experience Community Service Farm workday
Conceptualizing and Designing Collaborative Science Projects (October 16, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67476 67476-16860093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Planning a collaborative research project can be challenging -- it requires integrating researchers and the intended users of the science in a collaborative process that is unlike most traditional research approaches.

Join us for a panel discussion webinar highlighting the collective advice of three panelists who have helped design and manage collaborative science projects addressing a range of coastal management issues. This webinar will help participants understand the key factors to consider in designing collaborative research projects.

The panel discussion will explore lessons learned about: Conceptualizing research to ensure it addresses natural resource management needs; and designing a collaborative research process to ensure that it succeeds.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:23:57 -0400 2019-10-16T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
The 2019 Walter J. Weber, Jr. 
Distinguished Lecture in Environmental and Energy Sustainability (October 17, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68208 68208-17026816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Abhaya Datye
Distinguished Regents' Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
University of New Mexico


>This Seminar will be held in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 32, Auditorium

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:37:12 -0400 2019-10-17T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-17T14:30:00-04:00 Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Abhaya Datye
2019 Conference on Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) (October 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63613 63613-16831256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan’s Conference on Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) brings economists and other academic researchers together with practitioners from industry, government and the public policy community to share knowledge, exchange ideas and strengthen our collective ability to address the transportation sector's energy and environmental challenges. Now in its sixth year, the 2019 TE3 Conference will examine transportation electrification worldwide, highlighting developments in both the United States and China.

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and a rising source globally. Technology advances and falling costs for energy storage and renewable energy are now poised to create a historic opportunity to transition the sector to electrified mobility. At this year's TE3 event, conference participants will explore this exciting transition through sessions addressing consumer interest in electric vehicles (EVs), vehicle charging, the role of a cleaner electric grid, the economics of EVs and the interactions among different policies. The conference will close with a high-level panel discussion about the tensions that confront EV-related policy development in the world's leading vehicle markets.

TE3 2019 will be held on Friday, October 18 in Rackham Amphiteatre.
Learn more and register at https://energy.umich.edu/te3/.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:49:49 -0400 2019-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University of Michigan Energy Institute Conference / Symposium TE3 2019: The Electrification of Transportation
Great Waters, Great Economy (October 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68155 68155-17020437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

In partnership with the Center for Michigan and its statewide water campaign, the U-M Library is pleased to host a town hall conversation about Michigan’s waters and the range of economic activities and outcomes they enable. In advance of LS&A’s planned Winter 2020 theme semester on the Great Lakes, this conversation is intended to reflect and gather all viewpoints on stewardship of our bodies of water and their role in our understanding of social justice and economic circumstances that affect state residents. All are invited to share their views on the Great Lakes, water preservation needs, and social and economic priorities.

This event is part of the Center for Michigan’s Your Water, Your Voice campaign and perspectives will inform a Citizens’ Agenda report, reflecting state residents’ water priorities, concerns, and goals

Open to all. Please RSVP by October 18, or contact Lib-GreatLakes-2020@umich.edu with any questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:33:03 -0400 2019-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Your Water, Your Voice
Prediction Error & Model Evaluation for Space-Time Downscaling: case studies in air pollution during wildfires (October 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68191 68191-17026797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

ABSTRACT:
Public Health Scientists use prediction models to downscale (i.e., interpolate) air pollution exposure where monitoring data is insufficient. This exercise aims to obtain estimates at fine resolutions, so that exposure data may reliably be related to health outcomes. In this setting, substantial research efforts have been dedicated to the development of statistical models capable of integrating heterogenous information to obtain accurate prediction: statistical downscaling models, land use regression, as well as machine learning strategies. However, when presented with the tasks of choosing between models, or averaging models, we find that our understanding of model performance in the absence of independent statistical replications remains insufficient. This lecture is motivated by several studies of air pollution (PM 2.5 and ground-level ozone) during wildfires. We review the basis for cross validation as a strategy for the estimation of the expected prediction error. As these performance measure play a crucial role in model selection and averaging we present a formal characterization of the estimands targeted by different data subsetting strategies, and explore their performance in engineered data settings. A final analysis and a warning about preference inversion is presented in relation to the a 2008 wildfire event in Northern California.

BIO:
Dr. Telesca is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of California Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington and spent two years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include Bayesian methods in multivariate statistics, functional data analysis, statistical methods in bio- and nano-informatics. Dr. Telesca is a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and principal data scientist at Lucid Circuit Inc.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:51:07 -0400 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Donatello Telesca Environmental Statistics Day Lecture
SLE Community Dinner (October 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64305 64305-16292400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Kitchen to prepare a sustainably-sourced meal.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:30:13 -0400 2019-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Sustainable Systems Forum (October 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68204 68204-17026815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Center for Sustainable Systems

A panel of alumnae share insights from their careers in the energy space. Participants include: 

Allison Clements, Energy Foundation, Program Director-Clean Energy Markets

Kerry Duggan, RIDGE-LANE LP, Partner in Sustainability Practice; Office of Vice President Joe Biden, Former Deputy Director for Policy

Kate Elliott, Tesla, Regional Manager of Charging

Shoshannah Lenski, DTE Energy, Director of Productivity & Work Standards

Trisha Miller, Gates Ventures, Senior Director of Advocacy & Government Relations

Moderated by Shelie Miller, U-M Program in the Environment (PitE), Director

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:41:00 -0400 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Center for Sustainable Systems Lecture / Discussion Women in Energy panel of alumnae
World Vegan Day (November 1, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69020 69020-17213815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come in to any of our dining halls to enjoy some vegan selections from our World Class Chefs.

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Well-being Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:52:51 -0400 2019-11-01T07:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T21:00:00-04:00 Michigan Dining Well-being World Vegan Day
Sustainable Monday (November 3, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69019 69019-17213811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 3, 2019 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in and see all of our Sustainability initiatives that we take part in here at our M Dining locations.

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Well-being Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:28:20 -0400 2019-11-03T07:00:00-05:00 2019-11-03T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Breakfast with Kristina Palm (November 4, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68787 68787-17147193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

The BLI and OS are thrilled to welcome Kristina Palm to U-M. Kristina is visiting the University from KKTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Karolinska Instiutet and Karlstad University.

Kristina has a PhD in Industrial work science from KTH. She currently conducts research at Karolinska Institutet on leadership, work environment, project work etc. She is a guest researcher at Karlstad Universitet and associate professor at the department Sustainable production development at KTH. Board member of Tom Tits Experiment and Lundbergsstiftelsen.

Her subject areas for teaching are: leadership, group development, stress and sustainable work, change management, and organisation. Kristina teaches undergraduate courses at KTH and KI and sometimes as guest lecturer in other universities, in commissioned education at KTH and in post-graduate education at KI. An overall perspective that can summarize her educational standpoint is what she wants to accomplish with my teaching. She wants to create an interest in her topic and give undergraduate students opportunities to become good leaders, and thus create sustainable jobs, i.e. work that is sustainable from both economic and human perspectives.

This is a casual event is designed for OS and BLI students to meet Kristina and get a behind the curtain view of her leadership journey.

Read Kristina's full bio here: https://staff.ki.se/people/krpalm

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:08:36 -0400 2019-11-04T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-04T09:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Social / Informal Gathering Kristina Palm
Webinar: Community Collaboration: A Locally Driven Approach to Estuarine Management (November 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68957 68957-17197061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

How do you modernize coastal land use planning in a way that balances responsible economic development, social interests, and the protection of natural resources? This is a common question for many coastal states including Oregon, where the management of the state's estuaries and surrounding shorelands is currently based on the economic and social drivers of the 1970s, when local land use plans were developed.

A diverse group of local stakeholders is collaborating to tackle this question for one Oregon estuary by: 1) compiling existing data to show current conditions and land uses within the estuary; 2) gathering stakeholder input, and land use and planning recommendations, from a diverse collection of interest groups; and 3) developing management options and detailed road maps for officials to use to update their land use plans.

This webinar will highlight the collaborative stakeholder engagement process that is driving this integrated assessment, and provide a snapshot of the products and recommendations developed through this process.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:49:42 -0400 2019-11-04T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
BLI Capstone: Build a Team (November 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68279 68279-17037506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

What would you do with an idea and $10,000?

The Capstone Experience at the Barger Leadership Institute (BLI) supports undergraduate students in designing and implementing evidence-based, collaborative projects that seek to bring about small (and big) wins for the complex, ambiguous problems that exist in our deeply interconnected world.

Join us at one of the sessions to learn about Capstone and meet like-minded students with ideas and skills to collaborate with. Teams, individuals, BLI members or those just interested in learning more are all welcome! Each session is broken into two parts: first, learn about the Capstone Experience; second, engage in a speed-dating exercise to meet other undergraduates interested in building a team.

This event is perfect for: people who want to learn more about the Capstone Experience; people who have an idea or project but need partners; people who have a passion but not a project; people who have skills that would benefit a team but no team.

Question? Reach out to BLI Academic Program Manager Fatema Haque, haque@umich

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Presentation Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:16:16 -0400 2019-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-06T13:30:00-05:00 North Quad Barger Leadership Institute Presentation Capstone Build a Team Event
Rich Earth Summit: Policy, Regulation, and Moving to Implementation of New Technologies (November 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66491 66491-16742670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A growing national team of experts is building momentum in the emerging field of study and practice of urine separation to rethink the the water-nutrient cycle. The summit's purpose is to look at how regulation can be changed to advance this work, showcase the latest developments, begin new collaborative projects and to share the enthusiasm and vast creative energies of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:02:15 -0400 2019-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Crops at sunrise
Rich Earth Summit: Policy, Regulation, and Moving to Implementation of New Technologies (November 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66491 66491-16742671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A growing national team of experts is building momentum in the emerging field of study and practice of urine separation to rethink the the water-nutrient cycle. The summit's purpose is to look at how regulation can be changed to advance this work, showcase the latest developments, begin new collaborative projects and to share the enthusiasm and vast creative energies of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:02:15 -0400 2019-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Crops at sunrise
SLE @ Friends of the Campus Farm Workday (November 8, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65486 65486-16605642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Friends of the Campus Farm (FCF) is a student group that heads to the farm twice a week to volunteer (and enjoy freshly harvested treats!). Once a month, on second Fridays, SLE collaborates with FCF to arrange a volunteer pick up at Oxford Houses outside the Vandenberg Community Center. Sign up by Wednesday to make sure they send enough cars for everyone! During the winter the group works indoors in the greenhouse or hoophouses. If you love FCF, join their other Friday and Wednesday workdays each week--pick up is usually at the Ginsberg Community Center located at E. University and Hill.

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Community Service Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:37:41 -0400 2019-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T18:00:00-05:00 Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning Sustainable Living Experience Community Service Farm workday
Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property (November 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69002 69002-17211735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how governments, private industry, and private citizens can together seek reform. We are excited to bring together voices from law, policy, city government, community organizations, and more to engage the audience on this critical topic! Whether your interests are in tax foreclosure, bankruptcy, or Detroit's story of dispossession, we hope you will join us.

Please RSVP at https://dispossessingdetroitsymposium.com/rsvp-comment/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:03:58 -0400 2019-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
Sustainable Monday (November 10, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69019 69019-17213812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 10, 2019 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in and see all of our Sustainability initiatives that we take part in here at our M Dining locations.

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Well-being Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:28:20 -0400 2019-11-10T07:00:00-05:00 2019-11-10T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Dispossessing Detroit: How the Law Takes Property (November 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69002 69002-17211736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The goals of this Symposium are to provide historical and political context for current issues of property dispossession and to consider how governments, private industry, and private citizens can together seek reform. We are excited to bring together voices from law, policy, city government, community organizations, and more to engage the audience on this critical topic! Whether your interests are in tax foreclosure, bankruptcy, or Detroit's story of dispossession, we hope you will join us.

Please RSVP at https://dispossessingdetroitsymposium.com/rsvp-comment/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:03:58 -0400 2019-11-10T10:00:00-05:00 2019-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium
Healthy Holidays (November 12, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67877 67877-16960535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Office of Campus Sustainability

Join us for an open house at the Hatcher Graduate Library on Tuesday November 12th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Hosted by Mhealthy, the Office of Campus Sustainability, the Planet Blue Ambassador program, and Wolverine Wellness, this special event is dedicated to helping you learn tips and tricks to have a healthy, sustainable, and inclusive holiday season. Stop by to learn about alcohol awareness with holiday mocktails, healthy low-carbon food options, alternative gifts and gift wrap, ways to save energy during the holidays, and more!

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Reception / Open House Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:30:45 -0400 2019-11-12T11:30:00-05:00 2019-11-12T13:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Office of Campus Sustainability Reception / Open House Healthy Holidays 2019 with an orange, acorn, and pine needle
Documentary Screening: Paris to Pittsburgh (November 12, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68228 68228-17028945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Set against the national debate over the United States' energy future - and the explosive decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement - Paris to Pittsburgh captures what's at stake for communities around the country and the inspiring ways Americans are responding.

Join the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability and the City of Ann Arbor for a free screening of National Geographic's
Paris to Pittsburgh.

Following the screening, join Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor, Sara Hughes, Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability and Douglas Kelbaugh, Professor of Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning for a brief discussion about the film and what other cities are doing to implement climate action plans.

Hughes forthcoming book,
Repowering Cities: Governing Climate Change Mitigation in
New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto
(Release date: 11/15)

Kelbaugh's book,
THE URBAN FIX: Resilient Cities in the War against Climate Change,
Heat Islands and Overpopulation

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Film Screening Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:41:44 -0400 2019-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 2019-11-12T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location School for Environment and Sustainability Film Screening Paris to Pitt
Sustainability Movie Night (November 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69289 69289-17299774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Student Government

Come watch "Growing Cities" with the Engineering Student Government Sustainability Committee! This movie details the issues with America's current food systems and the merits of urban farming. We will have dinner catered by Panera and reusable containers for you to take home with you and continue to use instead of disposable plastic waste. (Duderstadt 1180 11/15 7-9pm)

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Film Screening Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:08:32 -0500 2019-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Student Government Film Screening Movie Night Flyer
Sustainable Monday (November 17, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69019 69019-17213813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 17, 2019 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in and see all of our Sustainability initiatives that we take part in here at our M Dining locations.

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Well-being Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:28:20 -0400 2019-11-17T07:00:00-05:00 2019-11-17T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Job Talk: Candidate for Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (November 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69291 69291-17299776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

"Elevating excellence of interdisciplinary research for a predictive understanding of the interface between biological systems and global change: challenges and opportunities"

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Presentation Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:08:36 -0500 2019-11-20T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Biosciences Initiative Presentation
Climate Change in the Great Lakes (November 20, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69525 69525-17337527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Join Climate Reality Leader Kris Olsson for a presentation on the impacts of climate change in the Great Lakes, climate change solutions, and what you can do to drive action.

Presented as part of 24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action, a global conversation on the truth of the climate crisis and how we solve it. For one full 24-hour period, from 11/20 - 11/21, Climate Reality Leader volunteers will hold public presentations and conversations on our changing climate in schools, community centers, workplaces and more across al 50 U.S. states and countries worldwide

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:22:00 -0500 2019-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-20T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion climate reality logo
U.S. Energy Transitions in the Trump Administration (November 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69079 69079-17242640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment in the ELPP Lecture Series. Professor Alexandra Klass from the University of Minnesota Law School will discuss recent developments in U.S. energy law, policy, economics, and technology. Although President Trump and his cabinet Secretaries, particularly at the Interior Department, Energy Department, and Environmental Protection Agency, have announced dramatic policy shifts away from those pursued during the Obama Administration, the new administration’s ability to accomplish its goals is in some instances helped and in other instances hindered by existing federal and state laws as well as private sector technology and economic trends. Topics will include the shift away from the use of coal and toward natural gas and renewable energy in the electricity sector; the use of federal public lands to develop oil, natural gas, coal, wind, and solar energy; developments in technology and law associated with hydraulic facturing ("fracking"); and controversies over new oil and gas pipelines such as the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines.

This event is free and open to the public.

Professor Alexandra B. Klass teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, environmental law, natural resources law, tort law, and property law. Her recent scholarly work, published in many of the nation’s leading law journals, addresses regulatory challenges to integrating more renewable energy into the nation’s electric grid, transportation electrification, oil and gas transportation infrastructure, and the use of eminent domain for electric transmission lines and pipelines. She is a co-author of Energy Law: Concepts and Insights Series (Foundation Press 2017), Energy Law and Policy (West Academic Publishing 2d ed. 2018), Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Problems and Cases (Wolters Kluwer, 4th ed., 2018), and The Practice and Policy of Environmental Law (Foundation Press, 4th ed. 2017). Professor Klass was named the Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year for 2009-2010, and she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2010-2012. She was a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in 2015. She is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and in prior years was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law and the Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow.

Prior to her teaching career, Professor Klass was a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Minneapolis, where she specialized in environmental law, natural resources, and land use matters. During her years in private practice from 1993-2004, she handled cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts involving contaminated property, wetlands, environmental review, mining, environmental rights, zoning, eminent domain, and environmental torts. She clerked for the Honorable Barbara B. Crabb, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin from 1992-1993.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:42:30 -0500 2019-11-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-21T13:00:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Climate Change: The Facts, The Fiction, The Solutions (November 21, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69277 69277-17279445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Join us for a non-partisan presentation and Q & A to learn:
> Why and how our climate is changing
> How climate change will affect Michigan, U.S. and the world
> The actions we can take, personally and collectively, to mitigate and reverse climate change

Presenters:
Heather Harrold - Climate Reality Project
Richard Barron - Citizens' Climate Lobby

Location: Ann Arbor District Library, Traverwood Branch (3333 Traverwood Dr.)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:13:01 -0500 2019-11-21T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-21T20:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Lecture / Discussion climate reality logo
Decolonizing Sustainability Panel (November 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69422 69422-17318588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

Please join us for a Panel Discussion on Decolonizing Sustainability. This panel aims to shed light on colonialism and how its perpetuated in the environmental movement.

We are honored to have Eric Hemenway, Director of Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Diana Seales, SEAS Environmental Justice Alum ('04) and current Lecturer at UM and Lee Sprague, water activist and former Ogema/ Leader of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as part of this Panel. This event is sponsored by SEAS Student Government and the SEAS DEI Office.

Contact person:
Sonia Joshi, soniajos@umich.edu, 647-9226

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Presentation Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:50:49 -0500 2019-11-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-22T14:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Program in the Environment (PitE) Presentation Dana Natural Resources Building
Decolonizing Sustainability Panel Discussion (November 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69366 69366-17310317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion

Please join us on Friday, November 22 from 12-2pm in Dana 1040 for a Panel Discussion on Decolonizing Sustainability. This panel aims to shed light on colonialism and how its perpetuated in the environmental movement. We are honored to have Eric Hemenway, Director of Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Diana Seales, SEAS Environmental Justice Alum ('04) and current PhD student at Michigan State studying Indigenous response to Climate Change and Lee Sprague, water activist and former Ogema/ Leader of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as part of this Panel. This event is sponsored by SEAS Student Government and the SEAS DEI Office.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:24:44 -0500 2019-11-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-22T14:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion Presentation Decolonizing Sustainability Panelists
Stewardship Workday with Natural Area Preservation (November 23, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69362 69362-17310314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 23, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Sign up to spend some time outdoors with community members stewarding our local natural areas! SLE students will gather with other volunteers to help maintain Barton Nature Area alongside the Huron River, removing invasive species and other activities. Light snacks will be provided. Sign up at bit.ly/SLEsignups!

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Community Service Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:09:52 -0500 2019-11-23T12:30:00-05:00 2019-11-23T16:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sustainable Living Experience Community Service
Sustainable Monday (November 24, 2019 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69019 69019-17213814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 24, 2019 7:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in and see all of our Sustainability initiatives that we take part in here at our M Dining locations.

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Well-being Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:28:20 -0400 2019-11-24T07:00:00-05:00 2019-11-24T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Sustainable Monday (December 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 2, 2019 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2019-12-02T08:00:00-05:00 2019-12-02T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
ONSF Presents: Udall & Hollings Scholarships (December 2, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69464 69464-17324793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 2, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join the Director of the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships, Dr. Henry Dyson, at 5 pm in the LSA Honors Program Lounge (1330 Mason Hall) to discuss two scholarship opportunities.

- The Udall Foundation awards $5,000 scholarships to college sophomores and juniors and the opportunity to attend a 4-day orientation in Tucson, AZ and to gain access to the Udall Alumni Network.
- The Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship provides support for approximately 125 full-time undergraduate students per year studying in NOAA mission fields. Scholarship recipients receive two years of academic support (up to $9,500/year) and a 10-week paid summer internship at a NOAA partner facility.

More detailed information available at http://lsa.umich.edu/onsf.

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Presentation Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:39:25 -0500 2019-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 2019-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Kristen Hayden, Udall Winner 2018
SLE Community Dinner (December 4, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64305 64305-16292401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Kitchen to prepare a sustainably-sourced meal.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:30:13 -0400 2019-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-04T20:00:00-05:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Socially-Engaged Graduate Student Gathering: Engineering and Sustainable Development (December 4, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69772 69772-17417437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Center for Socially Engaged Design

Calling all UM grad students who work at the intersection of technology/design and global sustainable development! We are hosting a student gathering to kick-off an interdisciplinary graduate student group to (1) build community on campus, (2) engage in relevant discussion, (3) share ideas and resources, and (4) provide professional development opportunities.

If you are interested, please join us! Sign up and bring a friend!

Graduate Student Gathering @ the C-SED Lounge
Wednesday, December 4th, 6-8 PM
G.G. Brown 3360

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:13:47 -0500 2019-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-04T20:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Center for Socially Engaged Design Social / Informal Gathering Event Poster
Planet Blue Ambassador (PBA) Community Gathering (December 6, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69505 69505-17333395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Join your fellow Planet Blue Ambassadors for snacks and conversation about Green Teams on Friday, December 6th from 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm at the Hatcher Gallery. Have you been thinking about forming a Green Team for your office or student organization? Are you part of a Green Team, but are wondering about ways it could be more effective? We’ll have representatives from Green Teams around campus present to share their tips, resources, strategies, and advice.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:41:51 -0500 2019-12-06T16:30:00-05:00 2019-12-06T17:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Graham Sustainability Institute Workshop / Seminar Green Teams Workshop
Sustain Yourself: Foot Reflexology & Coloring (December 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70373 70373-17592358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Come over to Noble Lounge and sign up for a foot reflexology session! There will also be coloring books for doodling and de-stressing during finals season. Next semester SLE will have regular Wellness Wednesday activities to sustain ourselves throughout the year.

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Well-being Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:39:14 -0500 2019-12-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-12-08T17:00:00-05:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Well-being
Sustainable Monday (December 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2019-12-09T08:00:00-05:00 2019-12-09T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Forecasting Global Change Impacts on Biodiversity: Candidate for Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (December 10, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69292 69292-17299777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Forecasting Global Change Impacts on Biodiversity

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Presentation Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:12:44 -0500 2019-12-10T14:00:00-05:00 2019-12-10T15:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Biosciences Initiative Presentation
Air Quality Monitoring Workshop (December 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69713 69713-17388800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Emerging Sensor Technologies and Data Analytics for Air Quality Monitoring: A Workshop

Today, poor air quality is linked to over 3 million deaths per year, mostly in large urban areas. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that by 2050, poor air quality may become the largest cause of premature mortality in the world. This workshop will explore current research and practice in order to identify the gaps and limitations, and to prioritize future activities needed to address this challenge of growing global concern.

The workshop features outstanding individuals from industry; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; University of Cambridge; and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Sponsored by the Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing & Systems and the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, and the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:12:36 -0500 2019-12-12T08:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T17:15:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Electrical and Computer Engineering Workshop / Seminar Workshop flyer
The Choice 2 conference (December 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66524 66524-16744957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Business+Impact and U-M’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems will again bring together U-M scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to ponder big questions about how society should best choose the institutions/methodologies to make choices that will influence and contribute to a society’s or organizations’ ability to flourish. These institutions and mechanisms guide, manage, allocate, and harness society’s intellectual, financial, social, and ecological resources to decide on laws, policies, and leaders.  

Some featured participants include Tom Malone, former CEO of Summa, and Scott E. Page of the University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:11:04 -0400 2019-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
The Choice 2 conference (December 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66524 66524-16744958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Business+Impact and U-M’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems will again bring together U-M scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to ponder big questions about how society should best choose the institutions/methodologies to make choices that will influence and contribute to a society’s or organizations’ ability to flourish. These institutions and mechanisms guide, manage, allocate, and harness society’s intellectual, financial, social, and ecological resources to decide on laws, policies, and leaders.  

Some featured participants include Tom Malone, former CEO of Summa, and Scott E. Page of the University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:11:04 -0400 2019-12-13T09:00:00-05:00 2019-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Sustainable Monday (December 16, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 16, 2019 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2019-12-16T08:00:00-05:00 2019-12-16T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Special Colloquium: Small Modular Reactors: What is New? (December 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70102 70102-17530520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Abstract
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are currently attracting attention because of the many advantages they offer, particularly in providing emission-free power and/or heat. Close to 100 designs have been reported, offering inherent and passive safety features, some of which are quite novel. This seminar will discuss some of these design features and their role in ensuring a level of defence-in-depth that allows SMRs to be in installed in proximity to users. Some suggested research and development topics related to the licensing of these reactors will be presented. An overview of efforts in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan (a non-nuclear but a uranium-rich jurisdiction) in support of the prospect of adopting SMRs, will be summarized.

Biography
Esam Hussein earned degrees in nuclear engineering from Alexandria University (BScE and MScE) and McMaster University (PhD). He is currently the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Regina, Canada (on research leave to the end of the year) and was an engineering professor at the University of New Brunswick, and a nuclear design engineer with Ontario Hydro. His research has focused on the application of atomic/nuclear radiation in nondestructive testing and imaging, but he has turned his attention lately to the technology of small modular reactors.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:44:53 -0500 2019-12-16T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-16T17:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar headshot of speaker
Sustainable Monday (January 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2020-01-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-06T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Nuclear Prize Mixer (January 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70348 70348-17586176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

U-M is hosting a prize competition challenging students to reimagine nuclear waste as a business opportunity. If you want a chance to win $17,000, there is still time to form or join a team! Come to the Nuclear Prize Mixer to meet and recruit teammates. #nuclearprize

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:10:26 -0500 2020-01-09T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Social / Informal Gathering Mixer social card with too many icons
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (January 11, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60527 60527-17745547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 11, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, our meetings will take place virtually until further notice, using the Zoom platform. Contact annarbor@citizensclimatelobby.org for connection information.

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. It is the most focused and influential organization working on national climate policy. We are working to build support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (energyinnovationact.org). This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is projected to reduce our carbon emissions by at least 40% in 12 years. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions. Newcomers are welcome to come at 12:30 for a brief overview.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 May 2020 09:47:51 -0400 2020-01-11T13:00:00-05:00 2020-01-11T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual CCL Logo
Sustainable Monday (January 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2020-01-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Great Lakes Theme Semester Panel Series: Dynamic Lakes and Lake Dynamics (January 13, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70984 70984-17762333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

A highlight of the 2020 Great Lakes Theme Semester will be a speaker series surveying key issues confronting the Great Lakes and the peoples who depend upon them. Each session will be structured as a panel of three to four presenters speaking briefly on an aspect of the session’s theme, engaging in dialogue as a panel, and then opening the floor for audience participation. An informal gathering, offering more opportunities for the campus community to interact with the speakers, will follow each session.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:44:01 -0500 2020-01-13T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-13T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Great Lakes Theme
LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester: Dynamic Lakes and Lake Dynamics (January 13, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68747 68747-17147135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Lake Effects, a 6-month-long focus on the impact of the Great Lakes will encourage campus and community-wide conversations about the history, cultures, and environments that have shaped the Great Lakes region as well as the pressing challenges and transformative possibilities in the years to come. Join us to kick off the theme semester at UMMA with "Dynamic Lakes and Lake Dynamics," the first in a series of panel discussions surveying key issues that confront the Great Lakes and the people who depend on them.

Featured speakers include: Drew Gronewold, U-M Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Guy Meadows, Director, Marine Engineering Laboratory and Professor of Sustainable Marine Engineering at Michigan Tech University; Susan Och, Leeland Township Supervisor, and Dick Norton, U-M Professor of Urban & Regional Planning and in the Program in the Environment.

Additional events in the series take place at the Michigan League and include: The Fishery — Living in Living Systems (February 3); Great Lakes Histories — Indigenous Cultures Through Common Futures (February 24); Using and Moving the Water — Rights, Access, and Equity (March 16); Politics and Policies — The Great Lakes Task Force (April 6); and Looking Forward — Legal and Policy Prescriptions for the Great Lakes (April 20). 

Each event will include brief presentations from each speaker, a panel discussion, and time for questions from the audience. An informal gathering with light refreshments will follow each session.   

This program is organized by the LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester and co-presented with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For more information, please visit www.lsa.umich.edu/greatlakes or contact Ashley Stoltenberg at astolten@umich.edu or 734-763-0061.

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Other Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:16:36 -0500 2020-01-13T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-13T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Food Literacy for All (January 14, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-01-14T18:30:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
NERS Colloquium: Nuclear Power for Deep Decarbonization: Insights from Recent Modeling (January 17, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70137 70137-17540918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Abstract
Avoiding the worst consequences of climate change hinges on the transition to a deeply decarbonized global energy system. The development and deployment of promising, low-carbon energy technologies that could facilitate this transition—including nuclear power—is severely constrained by non-technical factors, including economics, but especially socio-political factors. This talk will present two new, interdisciplinary methods for evaluating some of these constraints. First, recent research on the performance of U.S. advanced fission innovation will be presented: this research has generated a new approach for evaluating technology development programs sponsored by the federal government. Second, insights will be presented from a recent study on the role of public opposition in constraining the deployment of nuclear power for decarbonization. This research is being extended to endogenously integrate societal preferences regarding energy technologies into energy system optimization models. Failure to integrate socio-political constraints leads to mathematically feasible, but socially unacceptable, decarbonization pathways, rendering greenhouse gas mitigation yet more difficult. This new wave of research, grounded in industrial engineering and the decision sciences, seeks to inform the design of emerging energy systems and to improve decision making by technology developers, policy makers, and researchers.

Speaker Bio
Ahmed Abdulla is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. His research investigates the deployment of emerging energy systems; specifically, it optimizes the design of these energy systems and seeks to integrate real-world constraints into energy system models. Dr. Abdulla’s work has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, among others. Results from his research have been published in leading journals, including "Nature Climate Change" and the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences;" they have also been featured in the "Wall Street Journal," "Bloomberg News" and "The Los Angeles Times." Prior to Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Abdulla was Assistant Research Scientist in the Center for Energy Research at the University of California, San Diego. He holds a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:10:18 -0500 2020-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Professor Ahmed Abdulla
Sustainable Monday (January 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2020-01-20T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Circle of Unity (January 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71336 71336-17817108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 20, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Description:
The Michigan Community Scholars Program will celebrate MLK and his legacy with the community at the 14th Annual Circle of Unity. This year the Sustainable Living Experience will be partnering to ensure that the event is environmentally-friendly & zero waste! Join hundreds of University and community participants for this annual event celebrating the life of Dr. King and his legacy of racial justice, nonviolence, and unity. All are welcome: students, staff, faculty, families, and children, as the audience is encouraged to participate as we honor Martin Luther King Jr. through song, dance, and spoken word. We will be joined by local musician favorites, Joe Reilly and Julie Beutel, in addition to performances by the Michigan Gospel Chorale, Smile Bringer Singers, and spoken word artists.

Volunteer responsibilities:
Hot cocoa will be served at the event, which is usually held outside in the diag, so dress warm! Volunteers will be posted at waste stations to assist with composting of hot beverage cups and make ensure that the event is as zero waste as possible. Any non-compostable waste should be diverted to standard trash bins. Compost receptacles (cardboard boxes and green compostable liners) and any signage should be set up prior to the event at 1:45pm and taken to a compost area (there is one behind the Grad library) after the event at 3:05pm. Simply attend and enjoy the event, or sign up for a volunteer shift at bit.ly/SLEsignups

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:31:41 -0500 2020-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Diag - Central Campus Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering Circle of Unity Volunteer flyer
Food Literacy for All (January 21, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-01-21T18:30:00-05:00 2020-01-21T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
Identity Way-Finding and Cultural Connections for an Inclusive Outdoors: SEAS MLK Keynote Presentation (January 22, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71337 71337-17817109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion

On Wednesday, January 22, the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) DEI Office is honored to host Founder and Director Emeritus of Latino Outdoors, José González, as our MLK month Speaker. José will be presenting on cultural diversity in outdoor spaces. This presentation will take place in the Samuel T. Dana Building, room 1040 from 2:30-4pm.

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Presentation Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:23:04 -0500 2020-01-22T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building SNRE Diversity Equity & Inclusion Presentation Jose Gonzalez_Diversity in the Outdoors_January 22 at 2:30pm
SEAS Sustainable Finance Keynote - David Blood (January 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70406 70406-17594453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

More details will be available soon.

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Presentation Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:59:16 -0500 2020-01-22T17:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Program in the Environment (PitE) Presentation Ross School of Business
Financing a Sustainable Future: Next-Generation Investing (January 22, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70584 70584-17609083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability

Join us for an evening exploring new ways to mobilize capital for large-scale sustainability-focused transformations.

"The sustainability revolution, coupled with the technology revolution, will be the most significant event in economic history."
- David Blood

How can we harness capitalism for good? Can new investment strategies prioritize planet and yield higher returns? And how can we best finance a net zero economy?

We're honored to welcome leaders across sectors to the University of Michigan to dig into financing change. Our keynote will be delivered by David Blood, co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management. Since its founding in 2004, Generation has played an integral role in the development of sustainable investing and in demonstrating the long-term commercial and societal benefits of this approach.

Following his keynote, David Blood will be joined on stage by a set of panelists who bring additional real-world experience leveraging a market economy to create sustainable change. Joining on stage will be:

Liesl Clark, Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

Michael Dorsey, Partner, IberSun Solar & Member, Club of Rome

Jennifer Haverkamp, Graham Family Director

Chad Spitler, Founder and CEO, Third Economy

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:45:02 -0500 2020-01-22T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Image detailing the David Blood Keynote event on January 22
SLE Community Dinner (January 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64305 64305-17088480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Kitchen to prepare a sustainably-sourced meal.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:30:13 -0400 2020-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
Water Quality Forum (January 22, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71806 71806-17888043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Join the Lenawee Conservation District, Lenawee County Farm Bureau, Erb Family Foundation, Michigan Farm Bureau, University of Michigan, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, The Nature Conservancy, and Lenawee County farmers for a panel discussion with the opportunity for questions and answers about how agriculture in Lenawee County and Michigan is working to protect water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin, and opportunities for the future of agricultural and environmental stewardship.

This forum will discuss research, activity, and collaborations on agricultural water quality conservation, and will provide the public with the opportunity for questions and answers.

This event is FREE to attend!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:09:42 -0500 2020-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion Water Quality Forum Announcement
Webinar: Engaging Communities in Role-Playing Simulations to Advance Climate Planning (January 23, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70738 70738-17621678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 3:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Coastal communities face tough decisions about how to manage flooding risks associated with rising seas and extreme rain events. Two project teams have developed an innovative planning tool that allows community leaders and residents to make sense of local climate projections and experiment with collaborative decision making in a safe environment.

The New England Climate Adaptation Project tested the use of role-play simulations, or “games,” to engage community members in climate adaptation planning. In a structured workshop setting, participants receive background information describing a fictional place - typically with a striking resemblance to their own - and must assume a fictional role in which they work collaboratively to prioritize actions that help the community manage climate risks. Following the framework developed in New England, the Georgetown Climate Adaptation Project produced a customized set of local climate projections and role playing materials for the coastal southeast. In this webinar, presenters will discuss lessons learned from planning and leading simulation workshops in two different coastal regions.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:55:08 -0500 2020-01-23T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-23T16:30:00-05:00 Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
PCCN Commuting Analysis Team Town Hall (January 23, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71640 71640-17851289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality

The President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality Commuting Analysis team is holding a town hall to discuss their key findings on where the University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students commute from, how they do it, and how the University improve upon it.

Key topics of interest include housing, promoting alternatives to driving, improvements to the carpool and vanpool programs, parking, lowering the carbon intensity of the commute, and campus land-use planning.

The team plans to give a 10-20 minute presentation covering their key findings and methodology followed by an hour of breakout sessions.

The team has 2 goals: 1) to inform the campus community about our progress and remain accountable, and 2) to find any overlooked angles in our research.

We look forward to hearing what the campus community has to say about their commute! All current University of Michigan faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend.

Light refreshments provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:19:02 -0500 2020-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-23T19:30:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality Lecture / Discussion Orange cyclist
Happening - A Clean Energy Revolution (January 26, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71112 71112-17777079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 26, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

In partnership with the City of Ann Arbor's Office of Sustainability & Innovations, Ann Arbor Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL) presents a free screening of the film Happening - A Clean Energy Revolution. This documentary follows filmmaker James Redford as he explores how renewable energy creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. “Happening” explores issues of human resilience & social justice, and how to embrace the future and find hope for our survival.

Following the film we'll have two short presentations and a discussion. You will learn about Ann Arbor's new A2ZERO (https://www.a2zero.org/) Carbon Neutrality Initiative and how you can be involved in this ambitious initiative from a member of the city's Sustainability and Innovations staff. And you will hear about federal carbon pricing legislation in Congress now from a member of CCL.

Please join us for this exciting, informative event and you will come away knowing how you can make a difference in tackling climate change!

RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happening-a-clean-energy-revolution-film-screening-discussion-tickets-88979119943

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Film Screening Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:24:21 -0500 2020-01-26T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-26T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Film Screening Poster with image from film plus time, date & description of event
Sustainable Monday (January 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69513 69513-17335462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:29:46 -0500 2020-01-27T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 South Quad Michigan Dining Social / Informal Gathering Sustainable Monday
Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration (January 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66518 66518-17946488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will gather top thinkers from U-M and across the country to discuss and brainstorm ways for business and other disciplines to take responsibility for these goals.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business & Society program and Responsible Research in Business Management.
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Thursday, March 5th

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote

Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, co-founders of Good Business Lab, and their corporate partners share their formula for using research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests

3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm: Break Out Sessions

4:15 – 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Plenary

Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Neil Hawkins, President of the Erb Family Foundation and former Chief Sustainability Officer of Dow

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Cocktails

6:30 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Panel

“What’s next in the gig economy: how Uberization is changing the way you will think about how you work”

Carl Camden, founder and president, IPSE.US



Friday, March 6

8:00 am: Breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 am: Plenary

“What’s next in talent: intrapreneurship, employee activism, and the new deal at work”

Kevin Thompson, General Manager, GOOD Worldwide

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:00 am: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Supply Chains
Precarious Labor
Finance for Good
11:00 – 11:30 am: Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Lean Production and Labor
Gigs and Better Jobs
Reducing your Carbon Footprint
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2:45 pm: Plenary

“What’s next in China: doing business in China during turbulent times”

Doug Guthrie, Apple; Christopher Marquis, SC Johnson Professor of Management, Cornell University; Xun (Brian) Wu, Professor of Strategy, Michigan Ross

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Final Reflections & Goodbyes

More details to follow as the conference date approaches!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:58:38 -0500 2020-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T11:00:00-05:00 Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (January 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T11:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (January 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T11:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (January 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-01-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T11:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Volunteer Abroad to Empower Communities and Reduce Inequalities: AIESEC x CEW+ (January 28, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69999 69999-17491344@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

Join AIESEC, the largest youth-led non-profit partnered with the UN, on January 28th at CEW+ to find out more about opportunities to volunteer abroad over the summer, working towards reducing inequalities! Opportunities are available in countries such as Costa Rica, Brazil, and more!

In this session, we will give you all the information you need about the experience and application process, we will have a former participant, and we will be helping interested students apply to these opportunities.

Come to learn more about how you can contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal #10 Reducing Inequalities!

RSVP requested for lunch: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/volunteer-abroad-to-empower-communities-and-reduce-inequalities-aiesec-x-cew

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Presentation Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:33:21 -0500 2020-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Presentation Flyer
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (January 28, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-01-28T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T23:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Food Literacy for All (January 28, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 2020-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants Panel (January 29, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71811 71811-17888047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Environmental Policy Association

Join the Environmental Policy Association next week on Wednesday, 1/29 at 11:30 to 1 in 1110 Weill Hall for an Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants Panel. Panelist will discuss the challenges of emerging contaminants such as PFAS. The panel will feature UM professors from Public Health and SEAS as well as representatives from the State of Michigan and the Michigan Environmental Council. Lunch will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:45:32 -0500 2020-01-29T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Environmental Policy Association Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
A Meditation on Juliana v. United States (January 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70163 70163-17540919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Professor Lisa Heinzerling from Georgetown Law will deliver a lecture entitled, "A Meditation on Juliana v. United States."

This event is free and open to the public.

Lisa Heinzerling is the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Her specialties include administrative law, environmental law, food law, and torts. She has published several books, including a leading casebook on environmental law and a widely cited critique of the use of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy (Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:30:24 -0500 2020-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (January 31, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Sustainable Monday (February 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71332 71332-17817102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 3, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source. Check out our dining halls and retail locations and ask how they are doing their part!

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Well-being Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:48:13 -0500 2020-02-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-03T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Complex Systems Seminar | "Human and Ecological System Characteristics Influence Gains from Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management" (February 4, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71748 71748-17877266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

The Seminar is presented as part of UM "Earth Day at 50"

Ecosystem-based fisheries management has emerged as a new approach to fisheries management, broadening the scope beyond the traditional single-fishery management paradigm. A broader scope, however, necessitates additional information on system components and new methodologies to design management approaches that consider ecological, human, and human-ecological connections. Although there have been calls for increased consideration of system linkages and ecological and socioeconomic components and outcomes, relatively little work has been done to-date. In this paper we develop a dynamic, integrated, human-ecological model. It incorporates ecological connectivity between species in the form of a foodweb, a human system comprised of fishers who choose among multiple fisheries to fish in subject to management program design, and fisher harvest linking the ecological and human components. We identify the human and ecological conditions under which gains from management approaches that account for the system connectivity relative to traditional single-fishery management policies are greatest, providing insight into when the returns to using more complex models to design fisheries management policies will be greatest.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:37:14 -0500 2020-02-04T11:30:00-05:00 2020-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Kailin Kroetz
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 4, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-04T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Food Literacy for All (February 4, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-02-04T18:30:00-05:00 2020-02-04T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
Designing Business Models for Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies (February 5, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71978 71978-17905486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

The +Impact Studio at Michigan Ross in partnership with the U-M Global CO2 Initiative and the Erb Institute is excited to offer an innovative workshop in which students will use design thinking methodologies to create business models for carbon capture and utilization technologies. Award-winning U-M faculty will share their research on these technologies in an informal setting, and participating students will have the opportunity to learn and apply the business model canvas to them. This process will result in ideas for sustainable businesses that work to meaningfully combat climate change, and further ways to get involved and potentially pursue these business ideas will be shared.

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/MKnvLLPYMyTr2mg86

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:59:23 -0500 2020-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Global CO2 Initiative
Student Town Hall: The Role of Food in Carbon Neutrality at UM (February 5, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72175 72175-17948644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality

Join the PCCN food internal analysis team in a discussion and feedback session to gather ideas, questions, and concerns about UM's food system and its progress towards carbon neutrality. We will offer an update on the work we have done thus far with the President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality (PCCN) and strategies for how we plan to move forward. We hope to gather input from students on what you would like to see and what barriers we might face in reaching a just transition to carbon neutrality.

Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3aLUuuF

Food will be provided.

If you cannot make this event, please e-mail Caroline Baloga (cbaloga@umich.edu) with your ideas.

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Meeting Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:30:33 -0500 2020-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality Meeting Basket of Vegetables
Food Literacy for All (February 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-18033414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T11:00:00-05:00 UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
E-Hour Speaker Series: Samir Kaul (February 7, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72245 72245-17963884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

The weekly Entrepreneurship Hour speaker series is back every Friday during the academic year, free and open to the public to attend.

Samir is a Founding Partner and Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, where he focuses on health, sustainability, food, and advanced technology investments. Samir led the firm’s investments in Editas Medicine, EtaGen, Guardant Health, Impossible Foods, Nutanix, Oscar, Pymetrics, and View, among others.

Previously, Samir was at Flagship Ventures where he founded and invested in early-stage biotechnology companies, and Craig Venter’s Institute for Genomic Research where he led the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. He is active in philanthropy and has been a longstanding member of the leadership committee of the Tipping Point Community and a board member of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

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Presentation Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:00:50 -0500 2020-02-07T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-07T13:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Presentation Samir Kaul
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 7, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
NERS Colloquium: How Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation (February 7, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70140 70140-17540913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Solar energy’s path to widespread adoption provides a successful model that can be applied to other technologies we will need to address climate change.

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has become a substantial global industry—a truly disruptive technology that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy companies, and prompted serious reconsideration of electric utility regulation rooted in the 1930s. But,

How did solar become inexpensive? And why did it take so long?
As a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow I had the opportunity to dive deeply into these questions, drawing on new data sets, analyses, and interviewing 75 individuals in 18 countries. The concept of National Innovation Systems provides a theoretical structure for this assessment and helps explain that PV’s success has been the result of distinct contributions mainly by the US, Japan, Germany, Australia, and China—in that sequence. Flows of knowledge from one country to another—often embodied in equipment, and also as tacit knowledge in the heads of internationally mobile individuals—have been central to solar’s progress. One payoff from understanding the reasons for solar’s success is that it can serve as a model for other low-carbon technologies. I focus on direct air carbon capture and small nuclear reactors. However other technologies would have to progress much faster than PV to be helpful for climate change. Possible approaches for accelerating innovation include: dynamic R&D foci, codification of knowledge, public procurement, robust markets, enhancing knowledge mobility, and addressing political economy considerations.

Speaker: Professor Gregory F. Nemet, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gregory Nemet is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the La Follette School of Public Affairs. He teaches courses in policy analysis, energy systems, and international environmental policy. Nemet's research focuses on understanding the process of technological change and the ways in which public policy can affect it. He received his doctorate in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley. His A.B. is in geography and economics from Dartmouth College. He received an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2017 and used it to write a book on how solar PV provides lessons for the development of other low-carbon technologies: “How Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation” (Routledge 2019). He was awarded the inaugural World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance by APPAM in 2019. He is currently a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:56:16 -0500 2020-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Professor Gregory F. Nemet
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (February 8, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60527 60527-17745548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, our meetings will take place virtually until further notice, using the Zoom platform. Contact annarbor@citizensclimatelobby.org for connection information.

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. It is the most focused and influential organization working on national climate policy. We are working to build support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (energyinnovationact.org). This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is projected to reduce our carbon emissions by at least 40% in 12 years. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions. Newcomers are welcome to come at 12:30 for a brief overview.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 May 2020 09:47:51 -0400 2020-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual CCL Logo
Sustainable Monday (February 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71332 71332-17817103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source. Check out our dining halls and retail locations and ask how they are doing their part!

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Well-being Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:48:13 -0500 2020-02-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 11, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-11T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Food Literacy for All (February 11, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-02-11T18:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
Lunch with Faculty Fellows (February 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72849 72849-18085921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: South Quad
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Join SLE Faculty Fellow Jose Alfaro (SEAS Sustainable Systems) and Program in the Environment Director Shelie Miller (SEAS Sustainable Systems) for a casual lunch at South Quad Dining Hall! Drop by when you’re free and ask questions about their research, majors, sustainability, or whatever you’re curious about! We will be in the Signature Private Dining Room in South Quad.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:11:33 -0500 2020-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T12:50:00-05:00 South Quad Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering South Quad
SEAS 2020 Michigan Environmental Justice Summit (February 13, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70372 70372-17592357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

The School for Environment and Sustainability honors the 30th Anniversary of the “Incidence of Environmental Hazards Conference,” which helped put environmental justice (EJ) on the national radar for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Building on the momentum of the 1990 conference, the University of Michigan soon became the first university to establish environmental justice as an academic field of study. Join us for a dynamic discussion with our panel of environmental justice game-changers:

- Robert Bullard, 'Father of Environmental Justice"; named one of 13 Environmental Leaders of the Century by Newsweek

- Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Policy Director, New Consensus; An architect of the Green New Deal

- Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, EPA; EJ pioneer and principal author of the landmark report, Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States

- Regina Strong, Environmental Justice Public Advocate, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

- Michelle Martinez (MS '08), Panel Moderator; Coordinator, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, Detroit-based EJ activist, speaker, writer, and mother

For tickets, follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/michigan-environmental-justice-summit-2020-tickets-84740474039

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Presentation Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:40:17 -0500 2020-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Program in the Environment (PitE) Presentation Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 14, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Sustainable Monday (February 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71332 71332-17817104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source. Check out our dining halls and retail locations and ask how they are doing their part!

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Well-being Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:48:13 -0500 2020-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-17T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 18, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-18T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY: Faculty Research for Impact: Addressing UN SDG #13 – Climate Action (February 18, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71976 71976-17905485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

How are Ross faculty members advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through business research? Each month, Business+Impact hosts an interactive design session themed around one of these goals. During the month of February, we will address Goal 13: Climate Action.  Several award-winning Ross faculty members (Ekaterina Astashkina, Andrew Hoffman, and Dana Muir) will share their research in an informal setting, and students will have the opportunity to brainstorm possible next steps for how the research can be applied to real-world applications that make a positive impact.

This limited-size two-hour workshop will feature:

Faculty presentations on key research insights
Discussion
Activity using design tools for opportunity identification

Due to high interest in these workshops, we must cap attendance at 25. We aim to keep the numbers of participants at a size that can accommodate the space capacity of the +Impact Studio and provide meaningful group discussion.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:32:34 -0400 2020-02-18T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-18T19:30:00-05:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar UN SDG #13
Food Literacy for All (February 18, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-02-18T18:30:00-05:00 2020-02-18T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
SLE Community Dinner (February 19, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64305 64305-17088481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Oxford Housing
Organized By: Sustainable Living Experience

Meet in Noble Kitchen to prepare a sustainably-sourced meal.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:30:13 -0400 2020-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Oxford Housing Sustainable Living Experience Social / Informal Gathering
The River and The Wall (February 19, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72419 72419-18000491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Planet Blue Ambassador

On Wednesday, February 19 at 6pm, the Planet Blue Ambassador program along with the Library Sustainability Group and the People of the Global Majority for the Environment at SEAS will be hosting a screening of the film The River and The Wall, which documents the journey of five friends as they come face to face with the impacts a border wall along the US-Mexico border would have on not only immigration and the residents along the wall but also the ecosystems and natural landscapes.

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Film Screening Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:26:01 -0500 2020-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Planet Blue Ambassador Film Screening The River and The Wall Documentary Film
Climate Trivia Night (February 19, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72349 72349-17993879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Join us at The Circ Bar to test your knowledge of climate themed trivia! Don't worry, it isn't all science stuff... Come on your own or bring friends, break up the week, test your knowledge, and have a great time!

No cover or admission. All ages welcome. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Circ Bar. Feel free to stop by the venue beforehand for dinner, otherwise join us at 7pm to start Climate Trivia!

This event was made possible through The Circ Bar's CircCares initiative.

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Social / Informal Gathering Sun, 02 Feb 2020 22:53:30 -0500 2020-02-19T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Social / Informal Gathering climate trivia night date, time and location
No Defense: The U.S. Government's War on Water (February 19, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72213 72213-17957434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

In conjunction with the Feb 20 symposium, "From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large-Scale Chemical Contaminations" this FREE event is sponsored by the National Wildlife Foundation and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters.

"No Defense" is a documentary that tells the story of the Americans who are fighting against one of the largest-known polluters in the country — the United States government. Since the 1990s, it’s been documented that a category of chemicals known as perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are harmful to life, yet the government continues to mandate its use at hundreds of sites across the country, contaminating surface water and drinking water, with no plan in place to clean it up. This film highlights the people who are suffering, who are blowing the whistle, and who are fighting the United States military’s war on water.

The film focuses on the PFAS contamination problem in Oscoda, Michigan, as a case study into how the U.S. military has failed to protect human health and the environment around the nation and the world. The PFAS contamination in Oscoda was discovered nearly 10 years ago, making it the first PFAS site in Michigan and the first PFAS military site in the world. The film's director, Sara Ganim, is a former CNN correspondent who won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn State; she also has done extensive reporting on water issues in other communities in the U.S, including Flint.

Documentary. 270 min. Including Filmmaker Q&A. NR.

No Defense is directed by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Sara Ganim. Produced by Emmy-award winning journalist Lennart Bourin. Executive Producer Robert P. Ufer.

Film will be followed by a Filmmaker Q&A.

*Admission is free, but you're encouraged to reserve tickets at this link: https://bit.ly/2RUYYWU

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Film Screening Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:29:58 -0500 2020-02-19T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Film Screening No Defense: The US Government's War on Water (PFAS documentary)
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large Scale Chemical Contaminations (February 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68807 68807-17153411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The PBB to PFAS Symposium will provide a unique venue for fostering collaboration between researchers and community members with:

• Keynote address by Dr. Linda Birnbaum (Director NIEHS, retired);

• Presentations by community residents and academic researchers working on PBB and PFAS health impacts;

• Breakout groups focused on strategies for building effective community-academic collaborations;

• Organized by UM's Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), Central Michigan University's Dept of History, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Emory University’s HERCULES Exposome Research Center;

• ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: Michele Marcus, PhD, Emory University’s Michigan PBB Registry; Jane Keon, Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force; Francis Spaniola, former Michigan State Representative; Tony Spaniola, JD, creator Michigan Cancer Registry; Courtney Carignan, PhD, Michigan State University; Monica Lewis-Patrick, President & CEO, River Network and We The People of Detroit

• COMMUNITY PANELISTS: Sandy Wynn-Stelt, Rockford; Theresa Landrum, Detroit; Lawrence Reynolds, Flint; Donele Wilkins, Detroit; Tim Neyer, Mt. Pleasant

• MORE SPEAKERS AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED

• Keynote address by Dr. Birnbaum will be livestreamed.

• Registration (free) is required.

• Register for the IN-PERSON Event in Ann Arbor: http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_FromPBBtoPFAS_Register.php?Attendance=InPerson
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• Register for the Keynote LIVESTREAM: http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_FromPBBtoPFAS_Register.php?Attendance=LiveStream

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:21:01 -0500 2020-02-20T09:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Conference / Symposium PBB to PFAS symposium Feb 20 2020
Graham Scholars Ino (February 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72167 72167-17948637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Sophomores, get the scoop on how to apply to the Graham Sustainability Scholars Program. Graham Institute experts can answer your questions about the application and selection process.

As a Graham Scholar, you will receive financial support for sustainability-related field experience (local-global) and learn firsthand how to collaborate with colleagues across campus. You will interact with non-profit organizations focusing on climate, food, energy, water, and other issues.

The info session is free but you must register in advance, as space is limited. Vegetarian food and refreshments will be provided. This is a Zero Waste Event.

At the Graham Sustainability Institute, our dedication to academic excellence for the public good is inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our mission of engaging, empowering, and supporting faculty, staff, and students to foster sustainability solutions includes ensuring that each member of our community thrives. We believe that diversity is key to empowerment, and the advancement of sustainability knowledge, learning, and leadership.

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Presentation Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:10:16 -0500 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Graham Sustainability Institute Presentation Jump in the Jungle
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
Michigan Impact Investing Symposium (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72712 72712-18061841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Impact Investing Symposium

The Michigan Impact Investing Symposium (MIIS) is a conference that allows participants to explore investments that provide financial as well as social returns under the guidance of some distinguished members of the impact investing community. Our theme for MIIS 2020 is "Re-Imagining Capitalism for a Sustainable Future" to inspire our speakers, panelists, and attendees to expand their current knowledge about finance and impact in a way that creates durable institutional change.

The Symposium will feature speakers from Marathon Capital, Goldman Sachs, Impact Engine, Bedrock, Orrick, Total Impact Capital, Rocky Mountain Institute, Equitable Facilities Fund, Pfizer, Blue Marbel Capital, Stray Dog Capital, and BC Global Partners. Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to network with speakers and enjoy catered lunch and snacks.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:45:57 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Impact Investing Symposium Conference / Symposium MIIS Logo
AE 285 Undergraduate Seminar: Environmental & Social Sustainability and Leadership in Corporate Citizenship (February 21, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73046 73046-18131838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 1:30pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

John Viera
Executive in Residence
Erb Institute, University of Michigan

An increasing number of companies, large and small, are developing core strategies and engaging in projects that address environmental and social challenges in our society. The social efforts often reflect strong corporate citizenship cultures at these companies. Many engineers are seeking to work for companies that are engaging in these types of projects. During this seminar the speaker will highlight such efforts within a heavy manufacturing entity, in this case the automotive sector. Such efforts can be easily aligned with potential efforts within the aerospace industry.

About the speaker...

John Viera was most recently the former Global Director, Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters at Ford Motor Company, a position he held since January, 2007. Mr. Viera was responsible for developing global sustainable business plans and policies, interfacing with global regulatory bodies, reporting externally on the company’s environmental and social performance, and leading the company’s engagement and partnerships with non-government organizations (NGOs) and other external stakeholders.

Viera has held several positions within Ford Motor Company during his 30 year tenure. For the first thirteen years of his career, he worked in the company’s Truck Division with responsibilities that included leading the Company efforts in the development of its first natural gas-fueled pickup trucks and also leading the Company’s Global Truck Computer Aided Design organization.

In 1997, Viera was appointed manager, Plant Engineering Vehicle Team, Explorer and Mountaineer programs. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, Viera was responsible for all on-site engineering personnel for Explorer plants in Louisville, St. Louis, Missouri, and Valencia, Venezuela. He returned to Michigan in 1999 to become the chief engineer for the Ranger Compact Pickup and Electric Ranger. In 2002, Viera took on the company’s mid-term cost reduction initiative, building a team which delivered $1.2 billion of savings in eighteen months, beating his assigned target by over a year. In 2003, Viera became chief engineer for the Expedition and Navigator Full Size SUVs, with complete responsibility for current and future model programs.

Mr. Viera recently served on the advisory boards at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, the Graham Institute of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Michigan, the advisory board of Sustainable Brands, and the Energy Advisory Committee at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, as well as the chair of the Department of Homeland Security’s Sustainability and Efficiency Task Force in Washington, D.C.

A native of Chicago, Viera attended the University of Michigan, receiving his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 as well as a Masters in Business Administration in 1992.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:53:04 -0500 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 BBB Aerospace Engineering Workshop / Seminar John Viera
ConEco Seminar: Oligotrophication in Lakes Michigan and Huron and Potential Effects on Fisheries (February 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72015 72015-17914154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Please join us for the School for Environment and Sustainability's Conservation Ecology Seminar Series. Questions can be directed to Karen Alofs (kmalofs@umich.edu).

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:17:34 -0500 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building School for Environment and Sustainability Workshop / Seminar Seminar Poster
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
Sustainable Monday (February 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71332 71332-17817105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan Dining

Come on in to see all of the different campus-wide initiatives that Michigan Dining is rolling out to reduce our carbon footprint and promote a more sustainable food source. Check out our dining halls and retail locations and ask how they are doing their part!

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Well-being Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:48:13 -0500 2020-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan Dining Well-being Sustainable Monday
CHARTING UM’S PATH TO CARBON NEUTRALITY (February 25, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73254 73254-18181870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Hear from the co-chairs of U-M's President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality

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Presentation Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:20:55 -0500 2020-02-25T10:30:00-05:00 2020-02-25T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Presentation Carbon Neutrality presentation at U-M flint
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 25, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-25T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Webinar: Resilience Dialogues: Strategies for Conflict Management in Collaborative Science (February 25, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72777 72777-18072777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Resilience dialogues are conversations that occur among people with diverse perspectives who have agreed to work together to increase community and ecological resilience. Planning and facilitating resilience dialogues requires skills in collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and conflict management.

The Resilience Dialogues project looked across a decade of collaborative science projects to distill key lessons learned and best practices used to build resilience. This webinar shares successful collaborative techniques that worked to engage the diverse expertise of stakeholders, develop a shared language around commonly held values, and craft solutions-based science that respected local knowledge and the concerns of vulnerable communities. Results of the project have been used to develop training and resources for facilitators of collaborative processes and to guide the transfer of collaborative science projects to new audiences.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:59:50 -0500 2020-02-25T15:30:00-05:00 2020-02-25T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Food Literacy for All (February 25, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-02-25T18:30:00-05:00 2020-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
CEW+Inspire Workshop: Who Speaks for Seeds? Respectful Listening – Meaningful Actions (February 27, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69928 69928-17483065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

The workshop is from 2-3:30, followed by a networking reception until 4:00.

The concept of Rematriation as Reconciliation is simple. It is the return of living seeds to their Community of Origin. But issues of trust soon emerge. Who is involved in conceptually framing and prioritizing critical thought and action? Who/what Community Members have both standing and agency to be engaged—ethically, spiritually, and legally? Who speaks for Indigenous Nation’s seeds in museum diaspora? What is “listening” when contributing parties’ paradigms of reality are not fully congruent?

This workshop, co-led by Tribal Partner Mede (Elder) Shannon Martin, will address deep listening skills as a key to trust-building. Shannon is the Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The Heritage Seeds Project and how it grew into the Indigenous Collaborative Garden will be one trust-building example. The challenges of deep listening from an academic perspective are real. Participants should become aware that Reconciliation is about fundamental change – in one’s self.

Dr. David C. Michener is the curator at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Best known to the public for his co-authored book Peony, which made the New York Times 2018 Summer Reading List, his research addresses understanding the complex cross-cultural heritages of ornamental peonies and conserving key living specimens. He has an active program in molecular-evidence of peony relationships with colleagues and students here at U-M and in Belarus. His work with Indigenous Seeds in museum collections is an unanticipated intersection of deep engagement with U-M’s Museum Studies Program (Rackham Graduate School) and an ethical concern with the ‘Voice’ of Indigenous Communities in interpreting native plant collections and landscapes stewarded by the Botanical Gardens & Arboretum. Before coming to Michigan, David earned his BA in Botany (UNC-Chapel Hill), and his PhD (Claremont Graduate School) was followed by a NSF-funded postdoc at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum.

RSVP requested at: cew.umich.edu/events/cewinspire-workshop-who-speaks-for-seeds-respectful-listening-meaningful-actions/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:58:42 -0500 2020-02-27T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T15:30:00-05:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar White man with full beard wearing a brown hat, suit and tie
95th Henry Russel Lecture & Reception (February 27, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73173 73173-18149244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Office of University Development

This annual event celebrates recipients of the Henry Russel Award, among the highest honor U-M bestows on faculty.

U-M physics professor Stephen Forrest delivers this year's lecture, entitled "Carbon vs Carbon Dioxide: Using Carbon-Based Organic Electronics for a More Sustainable Planet".

Additional honorees: Carrie R. Ferrario (Medical School), Xianzhe Jia (Engineering), Corinna S. Schindler (Literature, Science, and the Arts), Megan E. Tompkins-Stange (Public Policy).

Rackham Amphitheatre, 4th floor. Reception immediately following. Free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the Office of University and Development Events at 734-647-7900.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:07:13 -0500 2020-02-27T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-27T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Office of University Development Lecture / Discussion 2020 Henry Russel Lecturer Stephen R. Forrest
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (February 28, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-02-28T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 2, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-02T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T23:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 3, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 4, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-04T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66518 66518-16744953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will gather top thinkers from U-M and across the country to discuss and brainstorm ways for business and other disciplines to take responsibility for these goals.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business & Society program and Responsible Research in Business Management.
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Thursday, March 5th

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote

Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, co-founders of Good Business Lab, and their corporate partners share their formula for using research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests

3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm: Break Out Sessions

4:15 – 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Plenary

Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Neil Hawkins, President of the Erb Family Foundation and former Chief Sustainability Officer of Dow

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Cocktails

6:30 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Panel

“What’s next in the gig economy: how Uberization is changing the way you will think about how you work”

Carl Camden, founder and president, IPSE.US



Friday, March 6

8:00 am: Breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 am: Plenary

“What’s next in talent: intrapreneurship, employee activism, and the new deal at work”

Kevin Thompson, General Manager, GOOD Worldwide

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:00 am: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Supply Chains
Precarious Labor
Finance for Good
11:00 – 11:30 am: Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Lean Production and Labor
Gigs and Better Jobs
Reducing your Carbon Footprint
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2:45 pm: Plenary

“What’s next in China: doing business in China during turbulent times”

Doug Guthrie, Apple; Christopher Marquis, SC Johnson Professor of Management, Cornell University; Xun (Brian) Wu, Professor of Strategy, Michigan Ross

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Final Reflections & Goodbyes

More details to follow as the conference date approaches!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:58:38 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-05T11:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration (March 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66518 66518-16744954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will gather top thinkers from U-M and across the country to discuss and brainstorm ways for business and other disciplines to take responsibility for these goals.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business & Society program and Responsible Research in Business Management.
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Thursday, March 5th

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote

Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, co-founders of Good Business Lab, and their corporate partners share their formula for using research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests

3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm: Break Out Sessions

4:15 – 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Plenary

Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Neil Hawkins, President of the Erb Family Foundation and former Chief Sustainability Officer of Dow

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Cocktails

6:30 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Panel

“What’s next in the gig economy: how Uberization is changing the way you will think about how you work”

Carl Camden, founder and president, IPSE.US



Friday, March 6

8:00 am: Breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 am: Plenary

“What’s next in talent: intrapreneurship, employee activism, and the new deal at work”

Kevin Thompson, General Manager, GOOD Worldwide

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:00 am: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Supply Chains
Precarious Labor
Finance for Good
11:00 – 11:30 am: Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Lean Production and Labor
Gigs and Better Jobs
Reducing your Carbon Footprint
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2:45 pm: Plenary

“What’s next in China: doing business in China during turbulent times”

Doug Guthrie, Apple; Christopher Marquis, SC Johnson Professor of Management, Cornell University; Xun (Brian) Wu, Professor of Strategy, Michigan Ross

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Final Reflections & Goodbyes

More details to follow as the conference date approaches!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:58:38 -0500 2020-03-06T10:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 6, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-17946468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 7, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 9:00am
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Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-07T09:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T23:00:00-05:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 8:00am
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Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-08T23:00:00-04:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Summer 2020 Energy UROP now open for applications (March 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72144 72144-18241322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 8:00am
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Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI), in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), offers U-M undergraduates a 10-week summer fellowship to work under the supervision of a U-M faculty member in any field on research projects related to energy. The program runs from May 26 - July 31, 2020 and provides a $4,000 stipend. For further details and application instructions, go to myumi.ch/JDwgq.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:58:51 -0500 2020-03-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:00:00-04:00 University of Michigan Energy Institute Careers / Jobs Electric vehicles are one of the many energy-related topics you can research
Teach-in on auto efficiency and CO2 emissions (March 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73345 73345-18206117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

John DeCicco of the U-M Energy Institute will host a panel of experts for a teach-in on "Automobile Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities for Addressing a Major Part of CO2 Emissions." This event will bring you up-to-date on the status of automobile efficiency and CO2 emissions, examining market trends and policy challenges. It will highlight opportunities for improvement and discuss what is needed to speed progress on this crucial climate action front. Join us on Monday, March 9, 2020, 12:00 - 2:00 pm, in Room 1690 at the School of Public Health (SPH I).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:22:29 -0500 2020-03-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T14:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower University of Michigan Energy Institute Lecture / Discussion Car exhausts cook the planet!
Earth Day Teach-In: Public Perceptions of Renewable Energy in Michigan: How to Constructively Advocate at the Local Level (March 9, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73721 73721-18304819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 1:00pm
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Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As demand for renewable energy grows, wind energy and solar energy developers are looking for communities to host these projects. In this session, Dr. Sarah Mills will talk about what we know about public perceptions of renewable energy in the communities where wind and solar projects are proposed. She'll draw mostly on her research understanding community reactions to wind energy projects in Michigan, extrapolate what that means for solar energy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:10:10 -0400 2020-03-09T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T14:00:00-04:00 Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion Renewable wind energy
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
Freshwater Stories: Optics, Governance, and Adaptation around the Great Lakes (March 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70301 70301-17564375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

There is a plausible bright future for communities in the Great Lakes basin. Holding over 20% of the world’s fresh water, the much-maligned Rust Belt could transform into the Water Belt marked by innovation in agriculture and production and welcoming to waves of climate migrants. Yet no framework of regulation, governance, or funding currently exists to ensure such outcomes. Instead public subsidy of extractive and polluting corporations persists. Along with lax enforcement of regulation, there are no mechanisms to deal with agricultural runoff, plastics, and pharmaceuticals. How to get from here to the Water Belt?

Rachel Havrelock’s work shows how the necessary knowledge about water systems resides at the local level where community members struggle with particular forms of privatization, extraction, and pollution. Not only do stories about these contests over water illuminate global processes, but they also chart a course forward. Reflecting on stories she has collected across the Great Lakes basin, Havrelock will share prominent ideas about life around the remarkable freshwater seas.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:27:13 -0500 2020-03-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Great Lakes Graphic
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
Earth Day Teach-In: Public Perceptions of Renewable Energy in Michigan: How to Constructively Advocate at the Local Level (March 10, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73721 73721-18304818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

As demand for renewable energy grows, wind energy and solar energy developers are looking for communities to host these projects. In this session, Dr. Sarah Mills will talk about what we know about public perceptions of renewable energy in the communities where wind and solar projects are proposed. She'll draw mostly on her research understanding community reactions to wind energy projects in Michigan, extrapolate what that means for solar energy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:10:10 -0400 2020-03-10T10:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion Renewable wind energy
Forum on "Climate Change and Health: Readiness and Resilience" (March 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72763 72763-18070598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Towsley Center for Cont. Med Ed
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

*Please register by going to http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2020.php*

Our climate is our planet’s life support system. Climate change influences human health and disease in numerous ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and disease carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. As described in the Lancet Countdown report, some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Not everyone is equally at risk, and children are especially at risk. Preventive and adaptive actions are needed.

The keynote speaker is an emergency medicine physician who co-authored the U.S. portion of the Lancet Countdown report and Health and Care Delivery in the New England Journal of Medicine. A panel of experts will present solutions from a variety of other universities who are reducing their carbon footprint in response to the urgent public health need.

Welcome: Joseph C. Kolars, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives, UM Medical School

Keynote: "Climate Action: Children’s Health Drives Need for Urgent Action" Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School and emergency medicine physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Schedule
11:00-11:45 am | Registration outside of Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education, Michigan Medicine
11:00-11:45 am | Lunch in Towsley Center Dining Room for registered guests
12:00-1:30 pm | Program in Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center (also will be live streamed)
1:30-2:00 pm | Reception in Towsley Center Dining Room

*Please register by going to http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2020.php*

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:52:24 -0500 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T13:30:00-04:00 Towsley Center for Cont. Med Ed Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Conference / Symposium Climate Change and Health: Readiness and Resilience
Nuclear Energy Futures Seminar Series (March 10, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72628 72628-18033403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Embedded Intelligent Systems, Infrastructures and Approaches

The focus of the third seminar in the UM-INL Nuclear Energy Futures Series is on Embedded Intelligent Systems, Infrastructures and Approaches. The technical scope of this thrust area targets reducing plant maintenance costs, reducing reactor design and operation margins, and intelligent autonomous frameworks that include inherent cyber security.

Dr. Garcia will start with an overview of the concept of secure embedded intelligence and how this will transform monitoring and control systems of nuclear power plants and enable autonomous operation. Prof. Kochunas will then present on an alternative approach to supporting autonomous operation through consideration of the inherent physics and design of the reactor. Dr. Agarwal will conclude the seminar by discussing some of the research his team focuses in trying to connect state-of-the-art reactor diagnostics and prognostics to risk informed decision-making processes.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:00:44 -0500 2020-03-10T14:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Food Literacy for All (March 10, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-03-10T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T20:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020
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
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
Webinar: Estimating Long-term Phosphorus Retention Capacity of Ohio Riverine and Coastal Wetlands (March 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73423 73423-18217166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Just how much phosphorus can a wetland absorb and retain over the long run? That’s the question that researchers have spent the past two years investigating as part of an effort to reduce the phosphorus loading that is fueling algal blooms in Lake Erie. A research team from Old Woman Creek Reserve and the University of Toledo developed a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach to calculate the phosphorus retention capacity of wetlands with limited datasets.

In this webinar, the team will share some of their key findings, management implications, and potential for other practitioners to use their monitoring guide and statistical codes to calculate the nutrient retention capacity of their wetlands. In addition to taking audience questions, the team will offer some ideas about how their work informs an ambitious new water quality initiative in Ohio.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:02:38 -0500 2020-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Environmental Action for Survival: The History and Legacies of U-M's 1970 Teach-In on the Environment (March 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72336 72336-17974688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: School for Environment & Sustainability

The March 1970 Teach-In on the Environment (the model for the first Earth Day) was organized by the U-M student organization Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT). The success of this four-day event on the U-M campus and in the Ann Arbor community is legendary, and many ENACT members went on to make significant impacts in the environmental and sustainability fields. Six leaders of ENACT and of the national Earth Day planning committee will hold a panel discussion that honors the rich history of U-M's Teach-In on the Environment. They will also share insights on the evolution of the movement--and the ongoing work they are involved in today.https://events.umich.edu/manage/event/72336/edit/details


Barbara R. Alexander (BA ’68) - Consumer Affairs Consultant, Former Director, Consumer Assistance Division, Maine Public Utilities Commission

Barbara R. Alexander graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A., LS&A) in 1968. After working on the Robert F. Kennedy campaign in Indiana, Oregon, and California, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she joined The Conservation Foundation and was recommended for the nascent Earth Day 1970 staff. Barb was the Midwestern Coordinator for Earth Day. Following her marriage to Donald Alexander and a move to Maine in 1973, Barb received a J.D. from the U. of Maine School of Law in 1976, and was appointed Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection (1979-1983) and then from 1986-1996 the Director, Consumer Assistance Division, at the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

David Allan (PhD) - Professor Emeritus, U-M, Former acting dean, U-M’s School for Environment and Sustainability

David Allan is Professor Emeritus in the School for Environment and Sustainability at The University of Michigan, where he has served as Professor and Dean. Dave’s research interests are in freshwater ecology, including the many threats to and benefits from healthy ecosystems. He received his BSc from the University of British Columbia (1966) and PhD from the University of Michigan (1971. In 1969-70, when he should have been working on his doctoral thesis, Dave joined with other students and supportive faculty to launch the ambitiously titled, “Environmental Action for Survival”, fortunately shortened to “Enact”, and helped to organize UM’s first earth day. Following graduation, he spent a post-doctoral year at the University of Chicago, then joined the Department of Zoology of the University of Maryland before returning to the University of Michigan in 1990. He retired in 2015 but remains professionally active, at present completing a third edition of his textbook entitled “Stream Ecology”. Allan has served on various committees advisory to the U.S. and Canada on freshwater protection, and on the boards of American Rivers and The Nature Conservancy. Professor Allan is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science. He has been recognized by the University of Michigan with the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award and by the Society for Freshwater Science with the Award of Excellence.

George Coling - Occupational health and environmental justice advocate, Former Executive Director, National Fuel Funds Network

George Coling enrolled in the University of Michigan School of Public Health in the fall of 1969 after obtaining a Biology degree from the University of Rochester. He soon became involved in ENACT, the campus student group organizing events for the March 1970 Environmental Teach-In. After the Teach-In, he was one of the founders of the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor and then moved to Washington to work for Environmental Resources, the affiliate of Environmental Action, which organized Earth Day nationally. George worked in Washington until 2015, when he and his wife, Marcia Coling, moved to Western Massachusetts. George and Marcia have two sons and two grandchildren. In those years in Washington, George worked for the national organization of ecology centers, the American Public Health Association; the Urban Environment Conference, Inc.; Rural Coalition; Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club. Much of his work focused on the issues of occupational health and of environmental justice and on building grassroots networks to address these issues. He also did consulting for numerous environmental, community and labor organizations. From 1997 until his 2012 retirement, George was Executive Director of the National Fuel Funds Network, an organization of privately-funded energy assistance programs and an advocate for increased federal funding home energy assistance for people with low incomes.

Arthur Hanson (PhD) - Canadian global and regional ecologist, professor, Distinguished Fellow and former President, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Arthur Hanson is a Canadian ecologist working globally, regionally and with more than 20 countries on environment and sustainable development science and policy. Much of his work has taken place in North America and Asia, especially China and Indonesia. Dr. Hanson resides in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the former President (1992-1998) and now a Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), an independent research organization headquartered in Canada. Art lived in Indonesia (1972-1977) affiliated with the Ford Foundation. Later, during the 1980s he established a number of major research and institutional development efforts there. From 1992 until the present he has worked with China and the international community at very senior levels to promote transformative policies and actions consistent with sustainable development. From 2002-2019 he was the International Chief Advisor of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).

Elizabeth Grant Kingwill -Mental health counselor, Former Board of Directors member, Sierra Club local chapter

In the fall of 1969, Elizabeth Grant (Kingwill) was a graduate student in Rackham, the School of Natural Resources, in the Environmental Education Program. In her first semester in SNR, she saw an opportunity to include the local community of Ann Arbor and the State of Michigan in the planning for the ENACT Teach-In and took on the responsibility of Chairmanship of Community Relations. After the ENACT Teach-In in March 1970, she stayed in Ann Arbor for the summer where she was hired to help start the Ann Arbor Ecology Center as a non-profit. She found the building to house the offices of the Center and hired the first director. Her intention was to have the Center be a place that environmental groups could come together, work, meet and hopefully begin to cooperate on common goals. In 1972, Elizabeth worked as a U of M Consultant for her master’s thesis with the Girl Scouts of Metropolitan Detroit. Her role there included writing environmental manuals, directing an environmental program for girls, and conducting leadership training for their adult leaders. Thousands of girls and women were involved in the program. Elizabeth went back to school in Durango, Colorado in 1976, completing an undergraduate and masters degree in Psychology. Her work as a change agent moved from organizing environmental groups to changing minds and healing hearts. She was also Vice-President of a local environmental group, and later served on the Board of Directors of the local chapter of the Sierra Club. She moved to Jackson, Wyoming in 1980. She worked for the local Mental Health Center for nine years and has been in private practice as a counselor for the last thirty years. Creating the Ecology Center as a non-profit inspired a lifetime of working for and running non-profits in Colorado and Wyoming.

Doug Scott (BS '66) - Career strategist and lobbyist for conservation and environment, Former Associate Executive Director, Sierra Club

Doug Scott grew up in Oregon where he enjoyed camping, hiking, and climbing in the Cascade Mountains. A summer job at Carlsbad Caverns National Park led him to think he’d like to be a National Park Service ranger, so he chose to study in the School of Natural Resources [now the School of Environment and Sustainability] at the University of Michigan. While there he co-chaired the group that organized the March 1970 ENACT Teach-In on the Environment. He also served with Senator Gaylord Nelson on the board of directors of the national Earth Day organizing group. His involvement in environmental politics led his to a career as a strategist and lobbyist, working with The Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club (where he became Associate Executive Director), and the Pew Charitable Trusts to persuade Congress to protect many more national parks, national wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas. He now lives in Palm Springs, California.

Matt Lassiter (PhD) - Panel Moderator, U-M Professor of History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Award-winning author

Matt Lassiter is Professor of History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He has directed multiple public engagement projects with UM undergraduate researchers, including the Fall 2017 “Michigan in the World” course that created “Give Earth a Chance: Environmental Activism in Michigan.” This multimedia exhibit chronicles the history of the four-day Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT) Teach-In at the University of Michigan in March 1970, the national Earth Day mobilization in April, the formation of the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, and related environmental campaigns in the state of Michigan during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:41:08 -0500 2020-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building School for Environment & Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Earth Day Poster
CANCELLED: Our Constitution and Our Children in the Era of Climate Crisis: Juliana v. United States (March 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73028 73028-18129604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

This lecture has been CANCELLED.

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children's Trust, will speak about Juliana v. United States.

This event is free and open to the public.

Julia Olson graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, with a J.D. in 1997. For the first part of her 22-year career, Julia represented grassroots conservation groups working to protect the environment, organic agriculture, and human health. After becoming a mother, and realizing the greatest threat to her children and children everywhere was climate change, she focused her work on representing young people and elevating their voices on the issue that will most determine the quality of their lives and the well-being of all future generations. Julia founded Our Children’s Trust in 2010 to lead this strategic legal campaign on behalf of the world’s youth against governments everywhere. Julia leads Juliana v. the United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Julia and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism. She received the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017 and is a member of Rachel's Network Circle of Advisors. To rejuvenate, Julia loves being high up in the mountains with her family and her dog or playing tunes on her ukulele with friends.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:11:27 -0400 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Cancelled: Earth Day at 50, Engineering for the Next 50 (March 12, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73367 73367-18208331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Engineering is the application of science to the optimum conversion
of the resources of nature to the uses of humankind. So what does
that mean for engineers trying to build clean energy systems? This
talk will outline the challenges required to build cleaner energy
systems and what that means for engineers from Earth Day +50 and the
following 50 years.

Speaker: Todd Allen, Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:17:50 -0400 2020-03-12T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Earth Day
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Cancelled: Fastest Path to Zero Carbon Emissions: Building an Exemplar for Deploying Clean Energy (March 13, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73187 73187-18155747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 9:30am
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Deploying clean energy is a complex multi-disciplinary task and, to be most successful, requires approaches that combine the best technology, acceptable costs, public policy approaches, and social decisions.

The teach-in will:
-Describe the current state of community acceptance of the deployment of renewable energy in Michigan
-Describe the national state of the deployment of a new generation of advanced nuclear energy
-Engage in facilitated conversations about the use of technology for the public good

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:18:04 -0400 2020-03-13T09:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T11:30:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Michigan from Space
A2 Drinking Water Treatment Plant Tour (March 13, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73036 73036-18129634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Planet Blue Ambassador

The Planet Blue Ambassador (PBA) Program is organizing a tour of the Ann Arbor Drinking Water Treatment Plant on March 13th from 1:30-3:00 pm. The tour will be mostly an introduction of the treatment process though the goal is to communicate the scope and complexity of drinking water treatment and to provide a space for people to ask their own questions. It will also touch on some issues of water health, such as PFAS, 1,4-Dioxane, and algae blooms. This is one of many Teach Ins that are a part of Earth Day 2020.

Please RSVP by March 11th.

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Other Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:31:15 -0500 2020-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Planet Blue Ambassador Other
CANCELLED! Climate Strategies Workshop (March 14, 2020 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73548 73548-18258851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 11:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

In the interest of public health due to the spread of COVID-19, this event is cancelled.

Join us as we explore strategies to tackle climate change using En-ROADS, a new interactive tool from Climate Interactive and MIT's Sloan Sustainability Initiative!
Limited seating! Reserve your seat now using Ticket link!!

Speaker: Clark McCall, Citizens' Climate Lobby

Part 1- Understanding what we need to do to address the problem of climate change:

We know climate change is here. We can see serious effects throughout the world already. We know we have a narrow window of time to make changes to avoid the very worst results by limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5-2.0℃. But what exactly will it take to stay within this limit? What changes have the greatest impact? Electric vehicles? Eating a vegetarian diet? Subsidies for solar? A fee on carbon? With the help of a trained facilitator using a policy simulator tool, session attendees will have a chance to discuss different options and explore what impact they will have. Come to this session with your ideas for making an impact and leave knowing what different changes have the most impact.

Part 2- How does a fee on carbon and dividend support environmental justice?

Experts agree that a fee on carbon and a dividend is one of the best policies for addressing climate change. But how does an added fee affect our budgets? How can people with low income manage a carbon fee? This session will examine the economic and personal impacts of a carbon fee and dividend on both the climate and on people.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:03:55 -0400 2020-03-14T11:45:00-04:00 2020-03-14T13:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Workshop / Seminar Image of Earth with text "Climate Strategies: What actions will keep us at 1.5 or 2 C and how do these choices impact social justice?"
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (March 14, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60527 60527-17745549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, our meetings will take place virtually until further notice, using the Zoom platform. Contact annarbor@citizensclimatelobby.org for connection information.

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. It is the most focused and influential organization working on national climate policy. We are working to build support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (energyinnovationact.org). This comprehensive, bipartisan legislation is projected to reduce our carbon emissions by at least 40% in 12 years. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions. Newcomers are welcome to come at 12:30 for a brief overview.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 07 May 2020 09:47:51 -0400 2020-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Livestream / Virtual CCL Logo
Webinar: Advancing the Use of Blue Carbon for Coastal Systems (March 17, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73424 73424-18217168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Coastal wetlands capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently store carbon in wetland soils. This “blue carbon” service can be used to inform and incentivize wetland restoration; however, the science behind blue carbon and the role of carbon finance in support of coastal restoration and conservation are still emerging.

Over the past 12 years, the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and its partners have been filling key information gaps and fostering collaborations to advance understanding and application of blue carbon for the management of coastal wetlands. Recent projects are helping to quantify the carbon storage potential of coastal wetlands, predict greenhouse gas fluxes, and assess the market feasibility of using carbon offsets to support wetland restoration.

In this webinar, panelists representing four regions across the United States will share lessons learned from their work leading blue carbon projects, and offer ideas for advancing the use of blue carbon for coastal wetland management.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:04:23 -0500 2020-03-17T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
Food Literacy for All (March 17, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70312 70312-17566462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

UPDATE: All remaining Food Literacy for All sessions will take place virtually starting on Tuesday, March 17. Community members will still be able to tune in at 6:30pm here: https://zoom.us/j/998944566

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Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course started in 2017. Structured as an evening lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.

The course is co-led by Cindy Leung (School of Public Health), Jerry Ann Hebron (Oakland Ave. Farm) and Lilly Fink Shapiro (Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In partnership with Detroit Food Policy Council and FoodLab Detroit.

See here for more information: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Community members should register for each Food Literacy for All session here: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/community-rsvp/

This course is presented by the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, with support from the Food Systems Theme in the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), the Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies (LACS), the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, the Residential College, the School of Public Health’s Department of Nutritional Sciences, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Center for Academic Innovation, and the King•Chávez•Parks Visiting Professors Program.


Winter 2020 Speakers:

January 14: Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
“Setting the Table for Health Equity”

January 21: Jessica Holmes
“Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”

January 28: Pakou Hang
“Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”

February 4: Robert Lustig
“Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”

February 11: Zahir Janmohamed
“De-colonizing Food Journalism”

February 18: Nicole Taylor
“The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”

February 25: Panel
“The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”

March 10: Leah Penniman
“Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”

March 17: Maryn McKenna
“Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”

March 24: Panel
“To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”

March 31: Marlene Schwartz
“Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”

April 7: Terry Campbell
“The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”

April 14: Jennifer Falbe
“Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”

April 21: Course Conclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:14:46 -0400 2020-03-17T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Lecture / Discussion Food Literacy for All - Winter 2020