Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Microaggression Session (February 9, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96265 96265-21801384@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Microaggressions are verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights. They can be overt, subtle or unintentional, and lead to significant consequences.

In this session, participants will:

Learn about "microaggressions" and other concepts relevant to this topic
Obtain an understanding of the social and psychological impacts of microaggressions
Engage in activities and dialogue to unveil microaggressions within the workplace
Validate experiences with microaggressions
Identify and discuss techniques to combat microaggressions, as a bystander or as a recipient

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA employees. It is recommended that participants complete a course on Implicit Bias before taking this session. External guests may request to join as space allows.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:49:02 -0400 2023-02-09T10:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T12:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop / Seminar We're better when we're united
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (February 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102889 102889-21805297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series Title:
The aging innate immune response: Implications for periodontal disease and bone regeneration

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:14:38 -0500 2023-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Daniel Clark, DDS, MS, PhD_Assistant Professor Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry_University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
2023 Robertson Lecture (February 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103734 103734-21807706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbxVSrZ3IwU

Cydney K. Seigerman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Integrative Conservation & Anthropology program at the University of Georgia, where they work with Dr. Don Nelson and are a member of the Human Environmental Change Lab (HECL). Cydney is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a research scholar at the Cearense Meteorological and Water Resources Foundation (Funceme) in Ceará, Brazil.

Cydney's research incorporates methods from the critical social sciences, natural sciences, and theatre/performance studies to explore human-technology-environment relations. Their dissertation work explores how socionatural (i.e., interrelated sociopolitical, environmental, and technological) processes shape and are shaped by the lived experience of water insecurity in Ceará, northeast Brazil.

Before pursuing their Ph.D., Cydney studied chemistry and Spanish language and literature at the University of Michigan, graduating from the Residential College and Honors College. They then relocated to Madrid, Spain, where they served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, studied acting at the theater school La Lavandería, and ran competitively.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:14:07 -0500 2023-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion C. Seigerman
FAST Lecture | The River and the Rock: Early Rome Environmental Settings (February 9, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104167 104167-21808550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Laura Motta is an archaeologist specialized in people-environment interactions in the Mediterranean during the later prehistory and early historical periods. Her research focuses on the investigation of social complexity in early cities through food redistribution patterns, agricultural practices and landscape modifications, and she is currently involved in projects in Italy, Romania and Egypt. She is the co-director of the Bioarchaeology Lab at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the director of Environmental Archaeology for the Gabii Project. Since 2022 she is the UofM PI for the AGROS Project.

FAST, or the Field Archaeology Series on Thursdays, is usually hosted in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, but for the time being FAST will be held elsewhere, due to space restrictions. The lecture will occur in the Classics Library (2175 Angell Hall). Light refreshments and food will be provided before the lecture, beginning at 5:30 pm. This event will be held in a hybrid setting, and can accessed remotely by the following link or meeting ID:

https://umich.zoom.us/j/99003527904
Meeting ID: 990 0352 7904

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:40:56 -0500 2023-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T19:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion Dr. Laura Motta
CSEAS Lecture Series. Massacre in Myanmar: How two reporters uncovered a Rohingya mass grave—and the price they paid for it (February 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102879 102879-21805278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In August 2017, the Myanmar military launched a massive offensive against Rohingya Muslims living in the country’s northwest, killing thousands of people, burning hundreds of villages, and pushing more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border to Bangladesh. The Aung San Suu Kyi government declined to condemn the offensive. Many ministers claimed the Rohingya burned their own homes and returned to their “homeland” of Bangladesh. The officials declared the area off limits to the press, but two Myanmar journalists with the Reuters news agency, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, kept reporting. They uncovered a mass grave with ten Rohingya men and boys, complete with before and after pictures of the execution and first-person, on-the-record testimonies by the perpetrators.

The Pulitzer-prize-winning investigation, carried out by Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo (https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rakhine-events), and their colleagues, for the first time described the inner workings of what the US government called, the genocide of the Rohingya. It also presented the Suu Kyi government with incontrovertible evidence of crimes committed by the military, resulting in the prosecution of several soldiers and officers. The military pulled out all the stops to prevent the publication of the story: It entrapped the journalists in an elaborate sting operation, and a Myanmar court later sentenced them to seven years in jail, of which they served about 18 months before receiving a presidential amnesty. The case underscored the enduring power of the army in a nominally civilian administration of Aung San Suu Kyi. The simmering tension boiled over when the staunchly anti-Rohingya commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing staged a coup d’état in February 2021, reversing years of democratic reforms.

Speaker Bio
Antoni Slodkowski is the Tokyo correspondent for the *Financial Times*, where he covers the biggest business stories in the world’s third-largest economy, a position he assumed this year after working as the deputy bureau chief at Reuters in Tokyo. In that role, Slodkowski led the bureau’s politics and general news team and its coverage of the Olympics and the pandemic. He returned to Japan after four years in Myanmar, where his team covered the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya. During that reporting, two of his colleagues, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested and imprisoned in an effort to stop the publication of a story exposing a massacre of ten Rohingya men. That and other stories won the team the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. A native of Poland, Slodkowski is a graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/G1m9n
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If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:05:26 -0500 2023-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Antoni Slodkowski, Financial Times; Reuters
The Pandora's Box of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) (February 15, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103578 103578-21807510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Professor Cummings will detail lessons learned in her recent role as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Senior Safety Advisor, including an examination of the use (or lack thereof) of systems engineering principles, the need for formalized safety cultures, and what technology and policy mitigations are needed to advance autonomous vehicle (AV) applications.
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About the speaker: Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots. She is a Professor in the George Mason University Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science departments. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow, and recently served as the senior safety advisor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Her research interests include embedded artificial intelligence in safety-critical systems, assured autonomy, human-systems engineering, and the ethical and social impact of technology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:00:10 -0500 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Promotional Image for the CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings. It features their headshot, the presentation title: "The Pandora's Box of Autonomous Vehicle's (AVs)", and an aerial photograph of cars driving.
Amali Tower, 2023 Weerasinghe Lecture (February 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104026 104026-21808287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP HERE: https://www.cew.umich.edu/events/2023-weerasinghe-lecture-with-amali-tower

Join us for Amali Tower’s keynote lecture: “Global Governance Frameworks are Out of Step with Climate Change and the Dynamics of Displacement.”

The first in a year-long Advocacy, Activism, & Storytelling series presented by CEW+.

When: February 15 from 4-6pm
Where: 10th Floor of Weiser Hall (Room 1010)

Keynote to be followed by a Q & A session (4-5pm) and meet & greet reception (5-6pm light refreshments provided).

RSVP HERE: https://www.cew.umich.edu/events/2023-weerasinghe-lecture-with-amali-tower

Amali Tower is the founder and executive director of Climate Refugees. She has extensive global experience in refugee protection, refugee resettlement and in forced migration and displacement contexts, having worked globally for numerous NGOs, the UN Refugee Agency and the US Refugee Admissions Program. Years of interviewing refugees fleeing conflict afforded her the chance to hear their stories of also fleeing climate change. Through this, Climate Refugees was born. She has conducted country and regional case studies and research in climate-induced displacement contexts, including in urban and camp settings. Her research on climate, conflict and displacement in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa’s Sahel was presented as evidence of loss and damage at COP 26 in Glasgow. Amali serves displaced populations as an experienced defender and her clients as a partner and advisor. She developed her work ethic, world views and deep commitment to forcibly displaced populations through a lived experience of instability, and as an immigrant and migrant. She’s born of that education, life in multiple countries, and also those at Columbia University, where she has a Master of International Affairs focused in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA in International Development Studies from UCLA. She resides in New York City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:59:29 -0500 2023-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall CEW+ Lecture / Discussion Amali Tower
Research Day 2023 (February 16, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103074 103074-21806074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 10:30am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Research Day 02/16/2023

Poster and Exhibit Session 1 (MI League 2nd Floor)
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote Presentation - Nisha J D'Silva, BDS, MSD, PhD - Donald A Kerr Endowed Collegiate Professor of Oral Pathology, Professor of Dentistry, Department of Oral Medicine/Pathology and Oncology, School of Dentistry and Professor of Pathology, Medical School

1:00 pm - 12:00 pm

Poster and Exhibit Session 2 (MI League 2nd Floor)
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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Exhibition Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:13:57 -0500 2023-02-16T10:30:00-05:00 2023-02-16T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Office of Research School of Dentistry Exhibition Research Day 2023
Department of Communication & Media IDEAs Lecture with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele (February 16, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104068 104068-21808359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 2:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Communication and Media

atherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park and was the Founding Director of the African American Digital Humanities Initiative (AADHum). She now directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT) as a part of the Digital Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, & Optimism Network funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. and the Digital Studies in Art & Humanities graduate certificate at the University of Maryland.

Her research focuses on race, gender, and media, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse in new media. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community.

She is the author of Doing Black Digital Humanities with Radical Intentionality (forthcoming May 2023, Routledge) and Digital Black Feminism (NYU Press 2021), which examines the relationship between Black women and technology as a centuries-long gendered and racial project in the U.S and was the 2022 winner of the Association of Internet Research Nancy Baym Book Award and Diamond Anniversary Book Award for the National Communication Association.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:56:27 -0500 2023-02-16T14:30:00-05:00 2023-02-16T16:00:00-05:00 North Quad Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion North Quad
The Clements Bookworm: Early African American Women Writers and Their Libraries (February 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104783 104783-21810255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Author of “Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century”, Associate Professor of English and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky, and long-time researcher Dr. Nazera Wright is working on her second book titled “African American Women Writers and their Libraries”. Wright explores Frances E. W. Harper, who extended her private library to other African American Women to grant them access to literature and research that they wouldn’t have otherwise had access to. Wright's new book uncovers the radical and transgressive practices that black women writers engaged in to gain access to research libraries at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:31:21 -0500 2023-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T11:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Nazera Wright along side with her book "Black Girlhood"
Privacy@Michigan Keynote: Privacy, Power, & Platforms (February 17, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104323 104323-21808823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 11:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register to join the 2023 Privacy@Michigan keynote with Dr. Kirsten Martin on Friday, February 17 at 11 a.m.

Dr. Kirsten Martin for a Privacy@Michigan keynote presentation on privacy expectations on online platforms. Standard approaches to privacy assume individuals relinquish privacy expectations when online or have focused on individuals in relation to a single company. Platforms, such as social media, marketplaces, search engines, etc, are unique in having duties beyond a standard company while also having access to the data of millions of individuals. Dr. Martin will discuss how we need to think about platforms, particularly powerful platforms, as having an obligation to respect the privacy of their users and what that obligation actually entails. Dr. Martin is a University of Michigan College of Engineering alumna.

Dr. Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, will facilitate Q&A time after the keynote presentation.

This hybrid event will be hosted in person in Forum Hall, on the fourth floor of Palmer Commons, and livestreamed on the Privacy@Michigan events page [https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/privacy-at-michigan/privacy-day-2023/Keynote-Dr-Martin]

Refreshments will be available just prior to the event.

Event Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoH_8y6kGaki_obU0hPoMPFCJ3SRHkg6bKb0GTRX0GkGGX6g/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:36:14 -0500 2023-02-17T11:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T12:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Privacy at Michigan Keynote address by Dr. Kirsten Martin; 11 a.m. February 17
Eldersveld Lecture (February 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103755 103755-21807772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Now happening on Zoom.

Email polisci@umich.edu for the Login details!

When Sam Eldersveld died, he gave money to the department to be used to honor faculty and graduate students (in alternating years) for their research accomplishments. Every other year the Department's Executive Committee chooses a faculty member to receive the Eldersveld Prize. This year's recipient is Kenneth Lowande.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:13:56 -0500 2023-02-17T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion
The Inclusive Research Matters Seminar Series (February 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104488 104488-21809139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Matt Diemer, University of Michigan

The emerging Critical Quantitative (CQ) perspective is anchored by five guiding principles (i.e., foundation, goals, parity, subjectivity, and self-reflexivity) to mitigate racism and advance social justice. Within this broader methodological perspective, sound measurement is foundational to the quantitative enterprise. Despite the problematic history of measurement, it can be repurposed for critical and equitable ends. MIMIC (Multiple Indicator and MultIple Causes) models are a measurement strategy to simply and efficiently test whether a measure means the same thing and can be measured in the same way across groups (e.g., racial/ethnic and/or gender). This talk considers the affordances and limitations of MIMICs for critical quantitative methods, by detecting and mitigating racial, ethnic, gendered, and other forms of bias in items and in measures.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:30:44 -0500 2023-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Critical Quantitative Methodology: Advanced Measurement Modeling to Identify and Remediate Racial (and other forms of) Bias. Matt Diemer Professor, School of Education; Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research University of Michigan. Thursday, February 20 2023. Noon ET. ISR-Thompson room 1430
Ann Arbor's First Orthodox Priest (February 20, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104727 104727-21810022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Classical Studies

Who was the first Orthodox Priest of Ann Arbor, and what can we learn from his life story today? This talk will follow the twists and turns in the life of Father Agathangelos, the first Greek-Orthodox priest to serve the spiritual needs of Ann Arbor nearly a century ago, and reflect on its broader meanings for Greek Orthodoxy in America.

Father Agathangelos was born and raised in Ottoman Cappadocia (central Anatolia) at the end of the nineteenth century, but his life was upended with the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 1923 (whose centennial we honor this year). The Exchange was at the time an unprecedented act of ethnic cleansing: The Republic of Turkey stripped nearly one and a half million indigenous Anatolian Christians of their citizenship and uprooted them to Greece, which in turn stripped Greek citizenship from nearly half a million indigenous Muslims of Greece and uprooted them to Turkey. This Compulsory Exchange upended the lives of nearly two million souls and set an international precedent for partition and forced population movements in later decades.

This talk will follow the refugee life and migrations of Father Agathangelos -- who, in addition to being a priest, was also a poet, a novelist, and an iconographer -- through his artwork and the traces he left behind. His first and only fluent language was Turkish, which he wrote in the Greek alphabet, known as "Karamanlidika Turkish." His poetry and his art reflect the rich cultural confluence of Anatolia before the Exchange, and it was this culture that he carried with him into refugeehood and his later migration to the United States. What can his life tell us about the enumenical breadth and cultural riches of Greek Orthodoxy in America? You are all warmly invited to join in this lecture and to share your own perspectives in an open-forum Q&A afterward.

William Stroebel is an Assistant Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature in the departments of Classical Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on recovering the refugee literatures displaced by the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 1923. The lecture will be accompanied with refreshments and a reception after the Q&A.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:57:31 -0500 2023-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion St. Nicholas Icon
Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste (February 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104385 104385-21808988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

ZOOM registration required https://bit.ly/3WuZkDc
Please join us on Zoom (12-12:50 pm) for a Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks at 12' webinar on environment, health and community.

Featuring Panelists: Vincent Martin (V Martin Environmental Justice LLC, Detroit), Omega Wilson (West End Revitalization Assoc., NC) and Denise Patel (NYC human rights and environmental activist). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn).

Recordings of previous webinars in the series can be viewed at https://www.google.com/url?q=https://mleead.umich.edu/Video.php&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1673977514528131&usg=AOvVaw2wZZ1JKlOsDtcxD7N0jzZL

Organized by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of the Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD).

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:12:56 -0500 2023-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Livestream / Virtual Residents & Researchers Tuesday Talks
LHS Collaboratory Joint Session with UM School of Dentistry (February 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102701 102701-21805007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

“The Future is Data Analytics: Many Challenges, Many Opportunities”

Keynote Speaker:

Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Register in advance via Zoom Webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GyKMMpgVQHu2ezvxaJfZEA#/registration

12:00 pm-1:15 pm ET (Keynote)

1:30 pm-2:15 pm ET (Breakout rooms)

The keynote presentation (12:00 pm-1:15 pm ET) will be followed by breakout rooms (1:30 pm-2:15 pm ET) on topics presented by the UM faculty and guests.

Opening Remarks:
Laurey McCauley, DDS, MS, PHD

Breakout room #1: Data Integration and Sharing: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship and Research

Wenyuan Shi, PhD
Presentation: Building the Eco-system to Support Disruptive Technologies in Dentistry

Christopher Balaban, DMD, MSC, FACD
Presentation: Entrepreneurship and AI/LHS in Dentistry

Breakout room # 2 Data Integration and Sharing in/out of the Clinic: New Medical and Dental technologies and LHS methods to optimize care

Alexandre F. M. DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc
Presentation: Integrating and Sharing Dental and Medical Data in a Diverse Ecosystem – The Learning Health Systems Perspective

Muhammad F. Walji, PhD
Presentation: BigMouth: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Sharing EHR Data in Dentistry

Breakout room #3: Data Integration and Sharing in Imaging and Pharmacogenetics

Lucia Cevidanes, DDS, MS, PhD
Presentation: Innovations in Multimodal Imaging Data Integration and Sharing

Amy Pasternak, PharmD
Presentation: Integrating Pharmacogenomics into Daily Practice

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:22:37 -0500 2023-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo
CWPS Faculty Lecture with Bethany Hughes (February 21, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103893 103893-21808063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Bethany Hughes, Assistant Professor in Native American Studies & Department of American Culture and CWPS 2022 Faculty Fellow will share about their collaborative research project titled Performing Indigenous Networks.

Hughes' research project seeks to understand Indigenous networks of cultural production as active processes and interconnected sets of relationships and resources that influence the possibilities and practices of Indigenous artists. It is motivated by the question, "How do Indigenous creatives produce work while navigating the constraints of existing networks of production and forge new networks in the process?" In this talk Hughes will explore the process and practices mutually developed between the artists and scholars of the team. Attending to the ways communication, goals, skills, investments, and commitments align and misalign she will articulate the process the team is undertaking and the challenges inherent in building an equitable, ethical, and reciprocal research project.

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Presentation Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:14:03 -0500 2023-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Bethany Hughes
CANCELLED Racial Equity in Washtenaw count and the Role of Reparations (February 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104877 104877-21810387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series
Thursday, February 23 at 12pm (Cancelled)

Racial Equity in Washtenaw count and the Role of Reparations
Speaker: Alize Asberry Payne, Washtenaw County Racial Equity Officer

We hope to reschedule for a date in the near future

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:50:22 -0500 2023-02-23T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 Public Health II Epidemiology Livestream / Virtual Epid Seminar Series 2/23 Alize Asberry Payne
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (February 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103551 103551-21807463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "The Non-coding Genome: Sequence, Form, and Function"

Sudha Rajderkar, BDS, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:37:08 -0500 2023-02-23T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Sudha Rajderkar, BDS, MS, PhD _ Postdoctoral Fellow Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Making the Most of your Presentation (February 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104528 104528-21809562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Presentation description: Strong presentation skills are a key to success for researchers and other professionals alike, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they usually are in their work, they go at it intuitively or haphazardly, with much good will but seldom with an effective outcome. This lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver an oral presentation: it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.

As an engineer (Louvain) and Ph.D. in applied physics (Stanford), Jean-luc Doumont is acclaimed worldwide for his no-nonsense approach, his highly applicable, often life-changing recommendations on a wide range of topics, and Trees, maps, and theorems, his book about “effective communication for rational minds.” For additional information, visit www.principiae.be.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:58:42 -0500 2023-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Dr. Jean-luc Doumont
Engineering – The Joy of Journey (February 23, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105042 105042-21810635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chris Rutledge is the 2023 Willie Hobbs Moore Distinguished Alumni Lectureship award winner.

Engineers today require a more comprehensive skill set and a broader personal network than ever before. The world’s problems are complex, and engineers must understand how these issues intersect to develop effective solutions. Creating a foundational toolset is paramount to addressing these problems. Additionally, the ability to communicate to both a technical audience and to non-technical decision makers are the keys to successful achievement of objectives. This talk will also trace a journey from rural East Texas to Distinguished Engineer at one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the world.

Bio
Christopher Rutledge is a Distinguished Engineer at Verizon and holds numerous patents in next generation communications technology. His philosophy is that all problems are eagerly waiting to be solved. With a BS in Electrical Engineering from Prairie View, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Michigan, and rich experiences across both public and private sectors, he has honed his ability to provide solutions in the midst of concurrent crises while embracing the accompanying chaos. He is currently responsible for the development of a Device Management platform that has, in 5 years, grown from 6 Verizon Business customers to well over 260,000, including over a half-million students learning remotely during the pandemic.

Christopher comes from a family of teachers dating back to reconstruction in the Great State of Texas and is the proud father of two Wolverines. Being a Track Parent, he still employs Statics & Dynamics while strength training young athletes at his home in New Jersey.

Zoom information will be shared via email. Contact Ann Stals for more information.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:48:03 -0500 2023-02-23T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-23T16:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion headshot of speaker
98th Henry Russel Lecture (February 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103634 103634-21807579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: University and Development Events

Join us for the 98th Henry Russel Lecture “The Connected World: Information, Epidemics, and the Networks That Link Us Together” presented by Mark Newman.

This event will also recognize the 2023 Henry Russel Award Recipients: Andrej Lenert, Alexandra Rosati, Kira Thurman, and Liuyan Zhao.

Thursday, February 23, 2023
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Michigan Union | Rogel Ballroom
And streaming online

Register to attend in person or online at: https://umich.formstack.com/forms/2023_henryrusselprogram

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:01:30 -0500 2023-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union University and Development Events Lecture / Discussion 2023 Henry Russel Lecture
MMP Speaker Event - Morality is skin deep: Linking aesthetic and moral cognition in the brain. (February 24, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101680 101680-21808308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 24, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Title: Morality is skin deep: Linking aesthetic and moral cognition in the brain.

Abstract: Facial beauty is linked to a “beauty-is-good” stereotype, whereby people expect positive character traits in people with attractive faces. We find evidence for a complementary “anomalous-is-bad” stereotype, which facilitates negative biases against people with visible facial differences like scars and palsies. This evidence is found at multiple levels of organization: At the level of the brain, people show a specific neural response to anomalous faces in the amygdala. At the level of attitudes, people make negative character evaluations about individuals with facial anomalies, are explicitly biased against them as a group, and misjudge their expressions of facial affect to be more negative than they actually are. These negative attitudinal biases are detectable regardless of the kind of facial anomaly. At the level of behavior, less prosociality is detected towards individuals with visible facial differences compared to typical faces in people with the most to give. Across levels of organization, the specific amygdala response to facial anomalies is associated with stronger just-world beliefs (i.e., people get what they deserve), less trait empathic concern, and less prosociality elicited by anomalous faces. Data collected from the Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania suggests the anomalous-is-bad stereotype is learned, rather than emerging from an adaptive aversion to pathogen threat. In a recent study, we tested the hypothesis that implicit biases towards people with visible facial differences can be unlearned through routine exposure to faces bearing such anomalous features. Participants’ implicit biases were measured before and after they completed an exposure intervention, which was delivered remotely using a custom mobile phone application. Our findings suggest that exposure to people with facial anomalies, especially exposure that elicits perspective taking, can reduce negative biases towards them in a targeted fashion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:04:24 -0500 2023-02-24T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Cliff Workman
CPOD Seminar: “Principles of tissue dynamics and functions captured by live imaging” Valentina Greco, PhD (Yale) (February 28, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98540 98540-21808764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 4:00 pm
Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design presents:

Valentina Greco, PhD
Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics
Yale University
Lab Website: http://www.grecolab.org/


Seminar entitled: “Building robust stem cell systems recapitulating human axial patterning and growth”

In-Person: BSRB ABC Seminar Rooms
Zoom Meeting Option ID: 980 6995 9033
Pass: 2763

Faculty Host:
Pierre A. Coulombe, Ph.D.
G. Carl Huber Professor and Chair
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:24:54 -0500 2023-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design Lecture / Discussion Greco
You’re Invited: 4th Annual UM Skin Biology & Diseases Resource-based Center Symposium (March 2, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104582 104582-21809649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 2, 2023 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: U-M Skin Biology & Diseases Resourced-based Center

All interested in skin biology and diseases research are welcome to attend the University of Michigan Skin Biology & Diseases Resourced-based Center (UM-SBDRC) Annual Symposium on Thursday, March 2, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time in person in Kahn Auditorium and on Zoom.

Keynote Address:

Elizabeth A. Grice, Ph.D.Sandra J. Lazarus Associate Professor of Dermatology and Microbiology, Vice Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Dermatology, Director of Penn Skin Biology & Diseases Resource-based Center, Vice Chair Microbiology, Virology, & Parasitology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

“Skin microbiome: Risk and reward for barrier integrity and repair”

This is your chance to learn about the latest research in skin biology and disease, see what core services the center provides, interact with other center members, establish new collaborations, and share your skin-relevant research in poster format. Please see the agenda below for more information.

To submit an abstract and reserve a place for an in-person poster presentation, please answer in the registration that you intend to submit. More details will be sent out to those who plan to submit posters. Posters will be judged by a team of faculty and gift certificates given out for one first place ($100 Zingerman’s gift certificate), second places ($50 Zingerman’s gift certificate) and third places ($25 Zingerman’s gift certificate).

Please register in advance for both in-person and virtual at the link below:

https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcumhqzkpE9Cd2C3Lho25gUOiosXayjbC

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and there will be a link to add this to your calendar.

This Symposium is sponsored by the University of Michigan P30 NIH/NIAMS grant funding, the UM-Medical School and the UM-Dermatology Department.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

4th Annual UM-Skin Biology & Diseases Resource-Based Center Symposium
Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building, University of Michigan
109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI

Thursday March 2, 2023
8:00 am – 12 noon
Agenda

7:30-10:30 am Breakfast and refreshments in Kahn Seminar Rooms
8:00 - 8:20 am Welcome & UM-SBDRC Overview
8:20 – 9:20 am Research Updates: UM-SBDRC Pilot Awards
9:20 - 9:40 am Present & Future Research Initiatives
9:40-10:40 am Break & Research Posters in Kahn Seminar Rooms
10:40-11:40 am Keynote Address

Elizabeth A. Grice, Ph.D.
Sandra J. Lazarus Associate Professor of Dermatology and Microbiology, Vice Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Dermatology, Director of Penn Skin Biology & Diseases Resource-based Center, Vice Chair, Microbiology, Virology, & Parasitology Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

“Skin microbiome: Risk and reward for barrier integrity & repair”

11:40 - 12 noon Closing Remarks & Poster Awards
12 pm–1:00 pm Lunch boxes and beverage available as you exit Symposium
Social gathering and seating - 2nd Floor Atrium

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:13:52 -0500 2023-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-02T12:00:00-05:00 U-M Skin Biology & Diseases Resourced-based Center Conference / Symposium Associate Professor Elizabeth A. Grice, Ph.D.
Hired In (March 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96267 96267-21801387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

In this session, participants will:

Increase awareness of how implicit bias can show up during the hiring process
Gain an awareness of the importance of consistent guidelines, evaluation and candidate experience
Discuss equitable hiring conventions
Increase knowledge regarding affirmative action goals
Learn about resources that exist in LSA and on campus

Audience:

This workshop is required for all staff who are involved in the staff recruiting and selection process for LSA. External guests may request to join as room allows

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:00:04 -0400 2023-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop / Seminar Working at computer
A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model For Ride-sharing With Advanced Air Mobility (March 8, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104946 104946-21810494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

In this talk, Professor Dengfeng Sun will present some research outcomes from the project, “Ride-sharing with Advanced Air Mobility.” In this project, researchers from Purdue University developed a comprehensive and efficient mixed integer linear programming model for the autonomous aerial ridesharing service. They used one unified model to simultaneously solve two problems:

1) the optimal assignment problem between the air taxis and the users, and
2) the optimal path planning problem of the air taxis.

The model aims to minimize the waiting time of the users, the operation cost of the air taxis, the number of unserved ride-sharing requests, and the completion time of received requests. They will present challenges encountered during the project and share some computational results from the model.

More on this research: https://myumi.ch/XerpB

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About the speaker: Dengfeng Sun is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Before joining Purdue, he was an Associate Scientist with University of California Santa Cruz at NASA Ames Research Center. He received a bachelor's degree in precision instruments and mechanology from Tsinghua University in China, a master's degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Ohio State University, and a PhD degree in civil engineering from University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Sun's research interests include distributed control and optimization: theory, algorithms, and computation; cyber-physical systems; unmanned aerial vehicle systems; air traffic control and air transportation; intelligent transportation systems.
Dr. Sun is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Currently, he is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Dr. Sun is a Co-Director of NEXTOR III, the FAA Consortium in Aviation Operations Research, and serves the Technical Committee on Guidance, Navigation, and Control in the AIAA. He is the faculty advisor of Sigma Gamma Tau, the national honor society for Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Sun is a Private Pilot and a Drone Pilot. He was the faculty advisor of PPI (Purdue Pilots, Inc.) from 2012 to 2021.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:38:16 -0500 2023-03-08T13:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Livestream / Virtual Promotional Image for the CCAT Research Review with Dengfeng Sun. It features their headshot, a photo of a drone, and the name of the presentation: 'A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model for Ride-sharing with Advanced Air Mobility'.
MIPSE Seminar | How Ignition and Target Gain > 1 Was Achieved in Inertial Fusion (March 8, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103472 103472-21807308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
For many decades the running joke in fusion research has been that `fusion’ is twenty years away and always will be. Yet, this year we find ourselves in a position where we can talk about the milestones of burning plasmas, fusion ignition, and target energy gain greater than unity in the past tense – a situation that is remarkable! In this talk, I tell the story of the applied physics challenges that needed to be overcome to achieve these milestones and the strategy our team followed. To help understand the story, several key physics principles of inertial fusion will be presented, and I will try and dispel any confusion about what the terms burning, ignition, and gain mean in the context of inertial fusion research.

About the Speaker:
Omar Hurricane is Chief Scientist for the inertial confinement fusion program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a position he’s held since 2014. Omar completed his PhD in Physics at UCLA in 1994 where he remained as a postdoc doing plasma theory until 1998. In 2009, Omar was awarded the Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award for National Security and Nonproliferation for solving a long-standing nuclear weapons anomaly. More recently, Omar has been recognized for his contributions to inertial confinement fusion with Fellowship in the American Physical Society (APS), the 2021 Edward Teller Award of the American Nuclear Society, and the 2022 John Dawson Award from Excellence in Plasma Physics of the APS for achieving the first laboratory burning plasma.

The seminar will be conducted in person and simulcast via Zoom: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2223.php#winter2023

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:58:30 -0500 2023-03-08T15:30:00-05:00 2023-03-08T16:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Dr. Omar Hurricane
Prevention Starts with All (March 8, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102474 102474-21804103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wolverine Wellness

Join us at Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater to hear the unforgettable story of a former NBA athlete’s journey to sobriety. In this very personal presentation, Chris Herren will share his recovery story in a brutally honest format, with just a microphone.

The event will start with a 5-minute film introducing Chris and showing highlights of his basketball career and his dream to play in the NBA, which began to unravel by making a few bad decisions. From growing up in Massachusetts to playing Division 1 basketball and in the NBA, he will take you on his journey from addiction to sobriety. Additionally, he will address the issues of gateway drugs, prescription drug use, vaping, and the responsibility of prevention starting with us all. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.

Make plans now to attend this inspiring presentation, as Chris shares his journey navigating the disease of addiction, the road to recovery, and his mission to reach just one person and make a difference.

Free admission.
Registration required.

Get your ticket at https://myumi.ch/y2nbw

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Thank you to all our planning partners for promoting this event and making it a success for our community. As our collaborations grow, this list may not reflect the most up-to-date partnerships.

Eastern Michigan University
Families Against Narcotics
Michigan Athletics
Michigan Athletics
Michigan Medicine Addiction Center
Michigan OPEN
Plymouth-Canton Schools
The Ann Arbor Campus Community Coalition
Washtenaw Community College
Wolverine Support Network
Wolverine Wellness

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:55:41 -0500 2023-03-08T19:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Wolverine Wellness Lecture / Discussion Prevention Starts with All: The Chris Herren Story
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (March 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103552 103552-21807464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "Determining Sox10-mediated plasticity in irradiated salivary gland cells"

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:54:39 -0500 2023-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Christina E. Jones _ DDS/Ph.D. Candidate, Lombaert Lab
Featured Speaker: Dr. Angeline Dukes, Black in Neuro President (March 9, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105886 105886-21813196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Dr. Angeline Dukes is the daughter of Haitian and Trinidadian immigrants and a first-generation college graduate. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Historically Black College/University (HBCU), Fisk University, in 2017. She completed her final year as a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. Christie Fowler at the University of California, Irvine. As an addiction neuroscientist, her research seeks to assess the long-term effects of adolescent nicotine and cannabinoid exposure.

Dr. Dukes is passionate about supporting and mentoring underrepresented people in the sciences and is the Founder and President of Black In Neuro. Black In Neuro is an international grassroots organization dedicated to amplifying, providing resources to, and cultivating a supportive community for Black scholars in neuroscience-related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:08:36 -0500 2023-03-09T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Angeline Dukes, Ph.D.
‘You Feel it in Your Bones’: Mobility, Animacy, and Incarceration in the United States (March 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105183 105183-21811267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In this presentation, I explore the ways in which incarcerated people center mobility in conceptualizing what counts as alive and human. I draw on ethnographic research that I conducted between 2016 and 2017 at the Desert Echo Facility (pseudonym), a state prison in the American Southwest that holds individuals from minimum to high-security levels. Some incarcerated people feel supposedly inanimate objects, such as walls and floors, moving, while others feel vibrations moving across the compound. For many of the incarcerated, physical movement signifies aliveness – meaning that incarceration forces them to question if they are less alive than the “inanimate” materials that confine them. Others understand these movements as the direct violence of the state that represent purposeful disruptions to the ways they construct relations. In this context, incarcerated peoples’ alive status is no longer a given and their relations no longer assumed to be inherent and ongoing, but rather, processes to be negotiated within criminal punishment systems. I focus on what these movements mean to incarcerated people, and how they situate these movements within often competing ontological frameworks informed by histories of and ongoing settler violence in what came to be known as the United States.

Content warning: There are examples of physical violence, carceral trauma, and feelings of self-harm in this presentation.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Macario Garcia is a cultural anthropologist with a focus on mobility, animacy, incarceration, and prison-industrial complex abolition. They earned their PhD from the University of Virginia and MA degrees from University of Virginia and American Public University. They are currently partnering with incarcerated people to create maps of carceral migration in the United States and to document oral histories across correctional landscapes.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:02:04 -0500 2023-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T17:30:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion The text on the image from top to bottom, against a light beige background, reads "IRWG," "2023," "‘You Feel it in Your Bones’: Mobility, Animacy, and Incarceration in the United States," "March 9," "with Macario Garcia," "2239 Lane Hall and Zoom," and "Registration Link: https://myumi.ch/4rreZ". The left side of the image has art of Lady Justice while the right side has a picture of the event speaker, Macario Garcia.
Building the Future: A Distinguished Lecture Series for Academics and Professionals (March 10, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105331 105331-21811562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A confluence of opportunities and national and international grand challenges are influencing current directions in the design of urban regions as populations expand. This presentation will summarize new developments to create resilient and sustainable cities through research on the built environment across several themes. Research on resilience highlights the development of structural systems that are able to be returned to use quickly after extreme events. Sustainable engineering, in turn, highlights research on strategies for developing new structural systems that greatly decrease the amount of energy, material waste, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions in construction and use of buildings and other structures. Urban engineering summarizes approaches for conducting regional simulations to predict the impacts and opportunities across urban regions that are designed with more sustainable and resilient civil engineering solutions. By directly addressing resilience and sustainability in structural design and regional assessment, this work offers insights into how engineering innovations can be used to create a new generation of solutions for urban regions.

A panel discussion will follow the lecture. Our distinguished panelists include: Lawrence F. Kruth, Kruth Engineering, LLC, Former Vice President of Engineering & Research at AISC; Jason McCormick, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan; and Tabitha Stine, General Manager of Construction Solutions Services at Nucor Corporation.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:45:23 -0500 2023-03-10T14:30:00-05:00 2023-03-10T15:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecture / Discussion Prof. Jerome Hajjar
CSEAS Lecture Series. Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: The Marcos Diaries (March 10, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105176 105176-21811240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Central Campus Classroom Building
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In his haste to evacuate the Malacañang Presidential Palace in February 1986, former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos left many handwritten diaries covering the years 1969-1984. While the originals are in the custody of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, unofficial copies have been circulating for years.

Preparing the diaries of publication entailed collating, validating, and annotating entries from different sources, contemporary newspapers, the *Official Gazette*, and declassified U.S. State Department records. The project is not just an exercise in documentary editing but being critical of Marcos’ self-referential and biased view of events. In light of the current rewriting of the first Marcos presidency, these documents are double-edged, the fruit of the poisonous tree.

Ambeth R. Ocampo is a public historian whose research covers the 19th-century Philippines—its art, culture, and the people who figure in the birth of the nation. Professor and former chairman of the Department of History at the Ateneo de Manila University, Professor Ocampo writes “Looking Back,” the longest-running editorial page column on history for the *Philippine Daily Inquirer*. To read his articles, visit https://opinion.inquirer.net/column/looking-back.

Professor Ocampo has published over 35 books, the most recent being: *Queridas de Rizal: Looking Back 16 and Yaman: History and Heritage in Philippine Money*, which was shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for History. He served as president of the City College of Manila; president of the Philippine Historical Association; co-chair of the Manila Historical and Heritage Commission; chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines; and chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. In another life, he was a Benedictine monk known as Dom. Ignacio Maria, OSB. He now moderates growing Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube channels.

This is an in-person and virtual event. Register at http://myumi.ch/AwANn

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:29:19 -0500 2023-03-10T18:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T19:30:00-05:00 Central Campus Classroom Building Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion CSEAS Lecture Series. Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: The Marcos Diaries
Family Friendly Saturday Morning Physics | Physics Goes BOOM: Energy in Action! (March 11, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104884 104884-21810395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

In-Person Event: Lecture and Q&A, live-streamed on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88YB3rowW4

Energy takes many forms: electrical, chemical, heat, sound, light… With selections from the famous University of Michigan Warren M. Smith Demolab and audience participation, we will explore how energy changes form to impact our lives every day.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Feb 2023 09:29:31 -0500 2023-03-11T10:30:00-05:00 2023-03-11T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Warren M. Smith Demolab
Connell Memorial Lecture> Ribosome collisions as a signaling hub to impact cell fate (March 13, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104914 104914-21810438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Rachel Green began her scientific career majoring in chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. Her doctoral work was performed at Harvard in the laboratory of Jack Szostak where she studied RNA enzymes and developed methodologies for evolving RNAs in vitro. She came to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1998 following post-doctoral work in Harry Noller’s lab at University of California Santa Cruz where she began her work on ribosomes. Her laboratory is interested in deciphering the molecular mechanisms that are at the heart of protein synthesis and its regulation across biology. Most recently, her work has focused on ribosome-mediated quality control systems that are triggered on difficult-to-translate mRNA sequences deriving from genetic or environmental insults. She has found that such translational distress leads not only to mRNA-specific QC events, but also to the activation of cell-wide signaling and transcriptional responses, mediated by factors that specifically bind to colliding ribosomes. Her laboratory uses both biochemical, genetic, proteomic and genomic approaches to get at these questions in bacterial and eukaryotic systems.

She is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of molecular biology and genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a HHMI Investigator.

Lecture is made possible by a gift from her family in memory of Priscilla Connell, a renowned nature photography.

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:09:49 -0500 2023-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar portrait of Rachel Green in lab
21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Mary Robinson (March 13, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103533 103533-21807439@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

First woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights


Join Robinson as she shares her passion for climate justice, human dignity, gender equality and women's participation in peace-building. She will highlight the urgent need for climate change action and how local, community-based action can grow into a global effort to build a sustainable future.

Introduction and Q&A by Provost Laurie McCauley

This event is FREE event and open to the public. Although you may have a ticket, it does not guarantee you a seat. We will be seating ticket holders first and recommend you are in your seat 10 minutes before the start of the event. We will start to let in general public seating 10 minutes prior to the event.

Presented by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability and the Center for Sustainable Systems.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:20:05 -0500 2023-03-13T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Program in the Environment (PitE) Lecture / Discussion 21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Mary Robinson Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience & the Fight for a Sustainable Future
Sideways Glances: The Poetics of Queer Space in the Post-socialist Balkans (March 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104015 104015-21808277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In the last twenty years, activists, artists, and scholars in the former Yugoslavia have begun to unearth, document, and reconstruct queer histories, spaces, and cultural practices that have historically been marginalized and threatened by erasure in the region. This “archeological impulse” comes on the wave of queer activism and the rise of LGBTQ+ visibility politics following the collapse of state socialism in the 1990s, while frequently challenging western perceptions of the region within the dominant Orientalizing and Cold War imaginaries. Drawing on this growing body of scholarship and activism, my presentation examines the transformation of štajga, or the cruising grounds—from a previously invisible site of sexual modernity in late Yugoslav socialism into a counter-archive of queer history in the postsocialist present. In particular, I focus on Uroš Filipović’s Staklenac (Glass Arcade, 2002), a seminal work of queer autofiction in Serbia, alongside the more recent work of the queerANarchive collective, founded in 2010 in Split as an attempt to document, archive, and render discursive the geographies and practices of queer culture in the context of postsocialist Croatia. I argue that štajga serves not only as an historical alternative to the contemporary politics of queer visibility and respectability, but also as a site that registers the shifting relations between non-normative sexuality, queer poetics, and capitalist form.

This hybrid event is presented by the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI) at IRWG with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Comparative Literature, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Register to attend in person or on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/Mr7ne

About the Speaker:
Vladislav Beronja is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a co-editor of Post-Yugoslav Constellations: Archive, Memory, and Trauma in Contemporary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian Literature and Culture (de Gruyter, 2016), and has published widely in the field of contemporary Balkan literature and popular culture. His translation of Dino Pešut’s novel Tatin sin (Daddy’s Boy) is forthcoming with Fraktura Publishers in the fall 2023.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:34:07 -0500 2023-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion The text in the image says "Cosponsors: UM Department of Comparative Literature" followed by the IRWG logo. "Sideways Glances: The Poetics of Queer Space in the Post-socialist Balkans" "Tuesday, March 14, 2023; 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET; 2239 Lane Hall & Zoom". There is an image of Vladislav Beronja on the left side and an image of a couch sitting on top of rocks by the shore on the right side.
QMSS Seminar Speaker Series: Mark Stephenson (March 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105333 105333-21811565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Central Campus Classroom Building
Organized By: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)

Mark Stephenson is the Founder/CEO of Red Oak Strategic, an Alexandria, VA-based data science, analytics and targeting firm, and Amazon Web Services Consulting Partner. Red Oak Strategic specializes in data science, data engineering, machine learning/AI, cloud consulting and strategy services and, for over 10 years, has worked with Fortune 50 companies, political campaigns and organizations on their data engineering, targeting and data analytics needs. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005, with a Bachelors of Arts with honors in Communications Studies and a minor in Political Science.

Mark has served as Head of Data & Analytics for a major 2016 American presidential campaign, is frequently called upon by national and local media for his data science insights and was called a top data scientist in 2015 by Wired Magazine. In politics, Red Oak has worked with dozens of national committees, outside groups, as well as statewide and local campaign clients, and continues to be an innovative leader in the political analytics space.

Mark is also Co-Founder of Epidaurus Health, Inc., which is a software startup focused on automating and improving the prior authorization process in healthcare. Receiving their first patent in 2022, the company works on an improved data intake process, leveraging blockchain/smart contracts for security and data provenance and introducing machine learning to a complicated, cumbersome prior authorization process.

Additionally, Mark is a oo-founder and partner in a commodities trading firm that uses algorithmic strategies and machine learning to build trading strategies for various electricity ISOs throughout the United States.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:49:08 -0500 2023-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 Central Campus Classroom Building Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Lecture / Discussion Flyer for the QMSS Seminar Speaker Series event with Mark Stephenson.
Connecting the Dots: Translating Knowledge into Action to Improve Student Well-being (March 15, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105479 105479-21811922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

FREE and open to the public

Depression on College Campuses Conference Closing Keynote
Presented by Dr. Preeti Malani, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Deputy Editor and Editorial Director for Equity for JAMA and the JAMA Network journals

Health research is conducted with the expectation that it advances knowledge and eventually translates into improved health and better systems. Dr. Malani will discuss the gaps between the existing knowledge, available resources and meaningful change.

Learn more about #DoCC2023 by visiting our website: http://www.depressioncenter.org/docc

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:33:20 -0500 2023-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Eisenberg Family Depression Center Conference / Symposium Depression on College Campuses Conference Closing Keynote given by Preeti Malani, M.D. on Wednesday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m.
WATCH '23: Women Across Teachings, Culture, and History Event (March 15, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105743 105743-21812874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Islamic Society of AhlulBayt

**Learn more and RSVP: https://watch.isaumich.org/**

You're invited to WATCH '23, the first iteration of the Women Across Teachings, Culture and History event! We hope you join us on March 15th at 7pm in Great Lakes of Palmer Commons to celebrate Women's History Month in the context of interfaith and multicultural perspectives. This event has been made for and geared toward everyone, no matter their race, gender, faith, or ethnicity! Invite your friends from other orgs and even family to come and listen to our wonderful speakers, meet some new people, and especially have some delicious food.

Up to the date of the event, our speakers (Hafidha Soheyla Aryan, Ustadha Tahera Ahmad, and Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer) will be posting video introductions of them on our Instagram! Make sure to follow @isahlulbayt to catch their videos, but of course, come to the event to hear them in person! We're so excited to have had the capacity to bring such notable figures from around the country and share their insights with our communities.

What are you waiting for? To learn more about WATCH and to RSVP for the event, head over to the event website https://watch.isaumich.org/.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:50:19 -0500 2023-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T22:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Islamic Society of AhlulBayt Lecture / Discussion WATCH ‘23 Flyer
Epidemiology Seminar Series (March 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105629 105629-21812530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health II
Organized By: Epidemiology

"In the dark: Informing Care and Public Health in Early COVID-19"

Thursday, March 16, 2023
3755: SPH I
12pm
RSVP at: https://myumi.ch/Xn5py

In this talk, I'll walk you through my experiences as an ICU physician and health services researcher focused on respiratory failure in early COVID-19. In doing so, I'll share the questions that came up in my practice and more broadly and the work that I was involved in that aimed to address some of those questions. I'll also highlight some work that we did to try and showcase the methodological problems in some early COVID-19-related observational research.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:00:20 -0400 2023-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health II Epidemiology Lecture / Discussion March 16 Seminar Series Dr. Admon
Health Equity Leadership Series (March 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103134 103134-21806162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Nursing

Join us as we welcome Dr. Beth Marks for the Health Equity Leadership Series, hosted by the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

The goal of the Health Equity Leadership Series is to bring together members of the UM community to engage in critical thinking, learning, and dialogue about topics in health equity. Each month we welcome scholars and organizational leaders who are looking seriously at questions around health equity within Nursing and healthcare to share their expertise. Following the speaker's presentation, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions for our speakers.

On March 16th, we will be welcoming Dr. Beth Marks of the University of Illinois Chicago. She will be sharing about her research programs related to the empowerment and advancement of people with disabilities through health promotion initiatives and primary health care.

All UM students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Please register (see right) to access the Zoom link and passcode.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:41:18 -0500 2023-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series Logo
The Clements Bookworm: The Legacy of Albert Kahn with Michael Hodges and Carol Rose Kahn (March 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106009 106009-21813569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this episode of the Bookworm, Carol Kahn will share how she finds inspiration in her grandfather's work while uncovering remarkable family stories. She will be joined by longtime friend and author, Michael Hodges, Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit. Hodges will discuss how the German-Jewish immigrant rose from poverty to become one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century.

This event has no cost, but please register here: http://myumi.ch/gjgzR

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:54:27 -0500 2023-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T11:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion The Clements Bookworm
Talk by Professor Julián Casanova: Historia de España en el Siglo XX (March 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105706 105706-21812820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Join us for a talk by professor Julián Casanova Friday, March 17th, 4:00pm-6:00pm in the RLL Commons on the 4th floor of the MLB, or by Zoom. The talk will be in Spanish.

The twentieth century in Spain was exceptionally varied. Many Spaniards were born during a monarchy, that of Alfonso XIII, lived through two dictatorships, a Republic and a civil war, and died with the grandson of Alfonso XIII, Juan Carlos I, as Head of State. The first third of the twentieth century was not the chronicle of a secular frustration foretold which of necessity was to finish up as a collective tragedy; neither was the brief democratic experiment of the Second Republic the inevitable prologue to the civil war; nor was the long, drawn-out Francoist dictatorship a parenthesis which, at the end of the day, favoured economic development and the advent of freedom; and the transition to democracy was never a perfect script previously written from the upper echelons of power. We historians also know that there is no
‘normal’ model of modernisation with which Spain could be contrasted as being an anomalous exception.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:36:16 -0500 2023-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Historia de España en el Siglo XX Poster
Saturday Morning Physics | UN/EARTH - Science and Art from a Mile Underground (March 18, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105049 105049-21810645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Livestreamed Lecture and Q&A on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-YWgcU1UQ

Located in the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) houses experiments that give us a better understanding of the universe. The location—one mile underground—provides a near-perfect environment for experiments that need to escape the constant bombardment of cosmic radiation, which can interfere with the detection of rare physics events. Built in collaboration with University of Michigan Professor Bjoern Penning, LUX-Zeplin is the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment. SURF also hosts experiments in biology, geology, and engineering. In 2019 Gina Gibson became the first artist in residence at SURF. In this special presentation, Bjoern Penning will introduce the LUX-Zeplin experiment, and Gina Gibson will describe her creations that celebrate research deep below the earth’s surface discovering beauty in the old and new, the light and dark, and the known and unknown.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:40:55 -0400 2023-03-18T10:30:00-04:00 2023-03-18T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CSEAS Event. Making Sense of the 2022 Philippines Elections (March 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106015 106015-21813581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The 2022 Philippine presidential elections culminated with the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr and Sara Duterte to the Philippine Presidency and Vice Presidency, respectively. Under the UniTeam Alliance, they now face numerous challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, and political challenges in the South China Sea. Professor Allen Hicken of the University of Michigan and Professor Paul Hutchcroft of Australian National University will discuss the dynamics of the recent election, the electoral results, and observations on how the new administration of Marcos Jr. has been faring thus far.

Allen Hicken is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. He studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries. His primary focus has been on political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policymaking.

Paul Hutchcroft is a scholar of comparative and Southeast Asian politics who has written extensively on Philippine politics and political economy. He is a professor of political and social change at the Australia National University, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs (of which he was founding director, 2009-2013).

Register to the event: https://myumi.ch/73X4m

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:18:26 -0400 2023-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Philippine Flag
Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra (March 20, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116262 116262-21836521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00pm USO performance.

Conducted by Kenneth Kiesler, and featuring pianist Arthur Greene, the USO performs a program of Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, and Ravel’s *Alborada del gracioso* and *Daphis and Chloe Suite No. 2*.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:19:10 -0400 2023-03-20T19:15:00-04:00 2023-03-20T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra
MIPSE Seminar | Moving to Address the Curse of Dimensionality to Enable ‘First Principle’ Optimal Design in Fusion System (March 22, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104217 104217-21808661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
Recent advances at the National Ignition Facility and their achievement of thermal nuclear burn represents an exciting advancement in fusion energy systems. A close synergy between simulation, theory, and experiment, (including data assimilation) led to this advance. However, if we were to design a new device at a new operating point outside parameters covered by the experiments, we lack the ‘first principle’ predictive capabilities that enable such a design. This is because inertial and magnetically confined fusion systems are far from an equilibrium state and can span many plasma regimes Behind all of these challenges in building ‘first principle’ models is dimensionality. To address this challenge, the Center for Hierarchical and Robust Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Transport (CHaRMNET) was created. CHaRMNET, a DoE Mathematical Multifaceted Integrated Capability Center, will develop mathematical tools that enable ‘first principle’ effects within the design loop of fusion energy systems. CHaRMNET will exploit structure within models to mitigate the challenges of dimensionality and to bridge wide ranges of length and time scales in plasma science. The challenge of dimensionality is pervasive throughout computational science and refers to the observation that the resources to solve a problem on a computer scale exponentially with the dimensions. Fundamental plasma models are seven-dimensional and are presently computationally intractable for the engineering scale of plasma systems. In this talk, I will give an overview of the various thrusts in CHaRMNET to address this challenge, with a focus on Multi-Scale Modeling.

About the Speaker:
Andrew Christlieb is a University Foundation Professor of Mathematics at Michigan State University. He is the lead PI and Director of the Center for Hierarchical and Robust Modeling of Non-Equilibrium Transport. He also serves as the PI for an NSF-HDR-CORE joint program with Spelman College on increasing pathways for marginalized groups within data science as well as the MSU PI on a joint Sloan grant with Spelman on increasing capability for education experiences in data science at institutions serving historically marginalized groups. Prior to serving in these roles, he was the founding chair for the Dept. of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering from 2015-2021. Currently, CMSE is 32 faculty, approximately 100 graduate students, 20 post docs and 250 data science undergraduates. During his tenure as chair, junior faculty in CMSE received 14 career awards over 4 years. Christlieb was an Airforce Young Investigator, served as an IPA with Kirtland Air Force base and served and a range of roles at MSU since moving there in 2006 as an Assistant Professor.

The seminar will be conducted in person and simulcast via Zoom: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2223.php#winter2023

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:26:31 -0500 2023-03-22T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-22T16:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Prof. Andrew Christlieb
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar Series (March 22, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105990 105990-21813376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract is forthcoming.

Bio:
As the Vice President of R&D - Biologics, Dr. Lakmal Jayasinghe oversees all biological research and development projects at Oxford Nanopore. Lakmal joined ONT in 2006 after finishing his PhD in chemical biology in the University of Oxford. During his PhD in the Hagan Bayley group, Lakmal has studied different nanopores and has gained a wealth of knowledge in engineering nanopores using genetic and chemical approaches. His responsibilities at ONT include improving the readout signal of ONT platforms by upgrading its current nanopore reader and motor, as well as discovering new versions of nanopores, motors and chemistries to suit various ONT applications including protein sequencing. Lakmal also works with many academic collaborators across the world to ensure that Oxford Nanopore uses the best possible biological components and chemistries in its platforms.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:29:41 -0500 2023-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Dr. Lakmal Jayasinghe, VP – R&D Biologics at Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc, UK
John W. Shy Memorial Lecture (March 22, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105091 105091-21810726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Fred Anderson, historian and author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766, will deliver the John W. Shy Memorial Lecture titled “From a ‘New’ Military History to a New Grand Narrative for North America: The Surprising Legacy of John Shy” on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Join us for coffee, tea, snacks, and cookies at 4:30 on the 4th floor in Assembly Hall followed by the lecture at 5:30 in the Amphitheatre.

Funding for the lecture has been generously provided by members of the Michigan War Studies Group.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:44:08 -0500 2023-03-22T16:30:00-04:00 2023-03-22T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Crucible of War Bookcover Image
Epidemiology Seminar Series (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106231 106231-21813952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series
Thursday, March 23
12:00pm 3755: SPH I
RSVP: https://myumi.ch/GkdwJ

Racial segregation and early life health: evidence from railroad configurations in the United States
Tiffany Green, PhD

Dr. Tiffany Green is an economist and population health scientist and a nationally recognized expert in racial/ethnic and nativity disparities in reproductive health. She is currently Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:39:54 -0400 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Epidemiology Lecture / Discussion EPID Seminar Series Speaker Dr. Green
LACS Across Campus Interdisciplinary Events Series. Political Elites, Misinformation, and Mobilization: Evidence from Brazil (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105948 105948-21813302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Misinformation is a growing concern among the public and political elites. Yet we still lack a good understanding of the political effects of misinformation. We argue that misinformation contains politically motivated content that sends unambiguous signals in favor or against a political group, thus increasing the salience of political identities and making individuals more oriented towards political and partisan goals. Consequently, disseminating misinformation benefits politicians because this type of story is effective at mobilizing voters. We empirically test this argument using novel observational and experimental data from Brazil. We show that politicians' posts that contain misinformation have higher levels of seemingly positive interactions with social media users in Brazil. Furthermore, respondents who are exposed to misinformation show a lower willingness to participate in campaign-related activities in favor of the target of the misinformation and have lower levels of affect regarding that target. Although the effects we find are small, they indicate that misinformation may pay off by damaging the target of misinformation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:36:17 -0400 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Natalia Bueno, assistant professor of political science, Emory University.
LHS Collaboratory (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105035 105035-21810617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speaker:
Thomas R. Campion, Jr., Ph.D., FACMI, FAMIA
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine

Clinical and translational investigators need patient data, especially from electronic health record (EHR) systems, to conduct research, but optimal approaches are unknown. This talk explores an approach for supporting different types of investigators and study designs by matching investigators with informatics tools and services.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:51:27 -0500 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106211 106211-21813928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Title: "Supporting Translational Genomics and Data Science Research in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Biology and Health"

Lu Wang, Ph.D.
Chief of Translational Genomics Research Branch
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health

Via Zoom: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://umich.zoom.us/j/91090112919?pwd%3DL3RQN0JnZE9wZnAycjVJOW1KRGV0UT09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1679324173466632&usg=AOvVaw1eiT5nwLbG8ZhbdkPWQO_p

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:01:38 -0400 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar March 23, 2023 Lu Wang, Ph.D.
Exploring Early Origins of Cognitive Decline: The St. Louis Baby Teeth Study (March 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106124 106124-21813784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Please join us in-person for a seminar highlighting environmental research. Marc Weisskopf's research interests mostly come from his background in neurobiology. He is interested in how environmental factors affect the nervous system, as well as the epidemiology of neurologic disorders. Current areas of his work include how environmental exposures relate to:
* Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
* Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
* Mental health
* Cognitive function/Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Some examples of his current work include exploring how exposure to toxicants (e.g., lead, manganese, and air pollution) affect cognitive function and psychiatric symptoms; how air pollution and other toxicants relate to autism spectrum disorder (ASD); and how toxicant exposures like formaldehyde and lead relate to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In addition, he has a large study in Israel and Denmark to explore the relationship of currently used medications to ALS. He is also very interested in issues of epidemiological methods and causal inferences as they relate to his work.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:59:45 -0400 2023-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Marc Weisskopf lecture on early origins of cognitive decline taking place March 23rd at 3pm
Communities, Rural Economies, and Diet in Bronze Age and Iron Age Greece (March 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105610 105610-21812264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Classical Studies

Traditional accounts of the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Greece identified a considerable drop in population after the demise of the palaces (around 1200/1150 BCE) followed, it was argued, by less arable farming, which led to a 'pastoral economy' in the early Iron Age. This picture was believed to be supported by the high value placed on livestock and near-eating in Homeric epic. While this view has recently changed among specialists, many outdated elements remain embedded in current scholarship. Debates over climate change's role in the disruptions that took place at this time also sometimes reflect these old, inaccurate narratives.

This lecture deploys archaeobotanical evidence and stable isotope analysis to demonstrate that in the Greek Iron Age, people continued to depend on plant-based diets supplemented by some meat and dairy. Although, expectably, there is considerable regional variation, relatively small-scale mixed farming agrarian regimes predominated during the Iron Age. It is evident that people in the Iron Age did not adopt pastoral lifestyles, keep more animals, or increase meat consumption. Instead, the data demonstrate the longevity of 'the Mediterranean diet' in its many variations and reveals some of the values people had over the long term attached to food.

Lin Foxhall is a Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. She also serves as Editor of the Journal of Hellenic Studies (Cambridge University Press). Previously she was Dean of the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures at Liverpool and led the University-wide Heritage Research Theme, Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester, and Head of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, where she played a significant role leading the team that discovered the body of King Richard III. She has held posts at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and University College London, and Visiting Professorships in Germany, Denmark, and the USA. She studied at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Liverpool, England.

An active field archaeologist, Lin has led and participated in collaborative research projects in Greece and Southern Italy. She has written extensively on agriculture, rural economies, landscapes, land use, material culture, and gender in the ancient Mediterranean, especially the Greek world, focusing on the time between the Bronze Age and Classical periods.

If you can't join us in person, join us online. This event will be streamed live on March 23 at 4:00 pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7bZVDiI0wk

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:07:43 -0400 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Rural communities in ancient Greece
The 2023 Converse-Miller Lecture (March 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105294 105294-21811506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

“Elections, Authoritarianism, Partisan Polarization in the US”

The increasing polarization of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US has been well documented but a number of different explanations for it have been advanced. Based on analyses of almost 30 years of election survey data, I show how the two parties have sharply diverged on the core trait of authoritarianism. The relationship between authoritarianism and vote choice has increased substantially over time. Perhaps more importantly, authoritarianism has become more strongly related to partisan identification which has long-term implications for political conflict. I also show that this increased influence of authoritarianism in American politics is largely a result of a few key presidential elections that accelerated the sorting of partisans by levels of authoritarianism.

The lecture will be followed by a reception in the ISR Atrium.

Connect on Zoom with passcode 105691.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:10:40 -0500 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Stanley Feldman: March 23 at 4 pm at ISR 1430
The Limits and Possibilities of Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarity (March 23, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106085 106085-21813696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Join us for a talk and Q&A with Dr. Lamont Hill on "The Limits and Possibilities of Black-Palestinian Transnational Solidarity.

The event will be livestreamed here: https://ummedia01.umnet.umich.edu/lsa/lsa032323.html

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:30:53 -0400 2023-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 2023-03-23T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
CSEAS Lecture Series. History in Ruins: Keramat and Stories of Singapore Islam (March 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102881 102881-21805279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

This paper studies oral and textual traditions concerning select Islamic miracle workers (*keramat*) of Singapore. Materials about *keramat* are richly informative about charismatic religious authority, the materiality of miracles, and the saintly mediation of societies, trade, and politics. The history of Singapore’s *keramat* and devotional communities is one interwoven with histories of the Indian Ocean, maritime Sufism, capitalism, colonialism, and post-colonial bureaucracy. The story of *keramat* and Islamic pasts and presents, moreover, is one learned from sacred places and ruins as well as from the caretakers, storytellers, and historians from within devotional communities. Biographies and miracle stories of *keramat* also illuminate the networks of storytellers and scholars involved in compiling chapters of Singapore’s Islamic history, who affirmed the oceanic reach of *keramat* as pivots of widespread networks connecting the eastern and western Islamic world. Keramat were abundant in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Singapore; this paper will focus on some of God’s "friends” in the port city.

Speaker Bio
Teren Sevea is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. He is a scholar of Islam and Muslim societies in South and Southeast Asia and the author of *Miracles and Material Life: Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya*. He is also the co-editor of a volume entitled *Islamic Connections: Muslim Societies in South and Southeast Asia,* and author of numerous articles on Islamic textual traditions, Sufism, oceanic networks, and spirituality. He is currently working on a forthcoming book entitled *Singapore Islam: The Prophet's Port and Sufism across the Oceans*.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/DJdyj
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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:06:04 -0500 2023-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Teren Sevea, Harvard Divinity School
Wilbert Steffy Lectureship with Jonathan Isaacson (March 24, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105299 105299-21811520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 12:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

SUSTAINABILITY FROM THE C-SUITE: COMPLEX DECISION MAKING TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES

Description: Search practically any large company, as well as many smaller ones, and you will find a sustainability report detailing all the efforts to create a more environmentally friendly enterprise.

While this is certainly a positive development, companies need to solve not only any potential technical problems, but a range of challenges across the supply chain. This includes questions about what goals to set, which aspects of sustainability to prioritize, the impact on customers, and how to pay for it while keeping investors satisfied.

In this interactive discussion, Gemline Executive Chairman Jonathan Isaacson will discuss, from the vantage point of the Chairman and CEO of a business with a global footprint, the difficult and potentially risky decision-making process involved in making a company more sustainable.

Lurie Engineering Center (Johnson Rooms)
Friday, March 24, 2023
Lunch 12:30 - 1 pm
Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm


The Wilbert Steffy Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor one of Industrial and Operations Engineering’s early distinguished faculty, Wilbert Steffy. Jonathan Isaacson, Chairman and CEO of The Gem Group, is our distinguished speaker this term.

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Jonathan G. Isaacson is the Executive Chair of Gemline, a privately held, multiple awardwinning supplier of bags, business accessories, electronics, stationery, and gifts to the Promotional and Branded Merchandise markets.

Mr. Isaacson currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Department of Industrial and Operational Engineering at the University of Michigan School of Engineering and The Dean’s Advisory Board at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Jonathan Isaacson graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:33:12 -0500 2023-03-24T12:30:00-04:00 2023-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jonathan Isaacson, 2023 Wilbert Steffy Distinguished Speaker
HET Seminar | Evolution of Self-Interacting Dark Matter Halos (March 24, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106133 106133-21813794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

Abstract: Large self interactions between dark matter particles alter the predicted properties of dark matter halos and may help address small-scale structure issues, while maintaining the successes of standard cold dark matter at large scales. Self interactions allow for efficient heat transfer within a halo, which can be modeled using a gravothermal fluid approximation. In this talk, I will discuss how the choice of the particle physics model for self interactions, as well as the environment of the halo, impacts the phases of halo evolution.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:14:20 -0400 2023-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
2023 Lamstein Lecture - The Worlds that Erupt from Books: Latinx Youth Literature in these Times (March 24, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103759 103759-21807777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The Worlds that Erupt from Books: Latinx Youth Literature in these Times

The Sarah Marwil Lamstein Children’s Literature Lecture is an endowment by her husband, Joel Lamstein, to the English Department of the University of Michigan. The faculty of the English Department and the Creative Writing Program select the Lamstein lecturers.

Past Lamstein Lecturers have been Christopher Paul Curtis, Cynthia Kadohata, Daniel Handler, Chris Van Allsburg, Lois Lowry, Jennifer Holm, Erin, and Philip C. Stead, Gary D. Schmidt, Norton Juster, R.J. Palacio, and Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:18:06 -0400 2023-03-24T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Jesus Montano, Hope College
Saturday Morning Physics | Van Loo Family Endowment Saturday Morning Physics Student Presentations (March 25, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105050 105050-21810646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 25, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Livestreamed Lecture and Q&A Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wWN2jeMIyo

Graduate student presentations by two U-M PhD candidates: Blake Hipsley (Physics) and Larissa Markwardt (Astronomy).

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Presentation Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:48:38 -0400 2023-03-25T10:30:00-04:00 2023-03-25T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Presentation Weiser Hall
Cybersecurity and Risk Management: From Data to Policy (March 29, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106356 106356-21814122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

A reception will immediately follow the talk.

With increasingly frequent and evermore costly data breaches and other cyber incidents, effectively assessing, quantifying, and managing cyber risks has become crucial for organizations large and small. Many key challenges we face are rooted in unique characteristics of this type of risk, from a fast-changing threat landscape that brings unforeseen forms of attacks, to the fact that cyber risks are heavily interdependent among organizations. I will take a look at how this field has evolved over the past decade and describe my research group’s work within this context, in particular, the use of data and supervised learning tools to quantify cyber risk at an organization level, and the use of cyber insurance as a policy mechanism to incentivize better risk control.

Bio:

Mingyan Liu is a leading expert in optimal resource allocation, performance modeling, sequential decision and learning theory, game theory and incentive mechanisms, all within the context of large-scale networked systems and with applications to cyber risk quantification.

Technologies she developed in the cybersecurity space have been successfully transitioned. She co-founded the start-up company, QuadMetrics, Inc., commercializing predictive data analytics her team developed for cyber risk quantification that resulted in the first global enterprise cybersecurity ratings system; it was acquired by the analytics software company Fair Isaac (FICO) in 2016. This technology has been used for enterprise risk management, vendor management, cyber insurance underwriting, and most recently, in augmenting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings.

Prof. Liu joined the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in September 2000, as an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She has been the Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of ECE since 2018. She is the recipient of the 2002 NSF CAREER Award, the University of Michigan Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award in 2003 and 2014, the 2010 EECS Department Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2015 CoE Excellence in Education Award, the 2017 CoE Excellence in Service Award, and the 2018 Distinguished University Innovator Award. She has received a number of Best Paper Awards and has served on the editorial boards of IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, IEEE Trans. Mobile Computing, and ACM Trans. Sensor Networks. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the ACM.

Prof. Liu received an MS degree in Systems Engineering and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1997 and 2000, respectively.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:07:59 -0400 2023-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
MIPSE Seminar | Pulsed-Power-Driven Plasma Physics at MIT (March 29, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103473 103473-21807309@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
In this talk I will outline the program of research which has been started at the new pulsed-power driven plasma physics group at MIT. I will discuss the motivation for our fundamental physics investigations in terms of the processes which enable energy to flow between different energy types within the plasma, and I will illustrate some of these processes with results from pulsed-power-driven experiments on magnetic reconnection and magnetized turbulence. I will show how these results lead to current and future research directions, such as radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection experiments on Z and the new PUFFIN long-pulse facility under construction at MIT.

About the Speaker:
Jack D. Hare is the Gale Career Development (1929) assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. He graduated with First Class honours from the Natural Sciences Tripos at the University of Cambridge in 2011, followed by a Master’s degree at Princeton University from the Graduate Program in Plasma Physics in 2013. He carried out his PhD research at Imperial College London, supervised by Prof. Sergey Lebedev on the 1.4 MA MAGPIE generator, graduating in 2017, followed by postdoctoral appointments at Imperial College (2017-2019 and 2020) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany (2019). He started his new research group based around the PUFFIN pulsed-power generator at MIT in 2021.

The seminar will be conducted in person and simulcast via Zoom: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2223.php#winter2023

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:57:33 -0500 2023-03-29T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-29T16:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Prof. Jack Hare
DCMB Weekly Seminar (March 29, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106625 106625-21814590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
In 1996, Dr. Shilatifard identified the biochemical function of the Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL) gene translocation partner for the first time. The translocation partner, a gene called ELL, encodes an elongation factor: a protein that controls when, where and how fast the RNA Polymerase II transcription machinery can “read out” the instructions encoded in our genes. This discovery began a scientific journey to better understand elongation factors and other transcriptional control mechanisms, both in embryonic development and in cancer. Taking you along on this journey, Dr. Shilatifard will describe how he isolated all of the other MLL translocation partners in a “tour de force” application of biochemistry and molecular genetics, resulting in the astounding finding that these seemingly unrelated proteins actually function together within the (now widely known) Super Elongation Complex (SEC). In further research, the SEC emerged as a central factor regulating gene transcription at the elongation stage, and the lab has developed chemical compounds to disrupt or inhibit the Super Elongation Complex that are now in pre-clinical studies for the treatment of cancers caused by transcriptional defects. The story continues with his lab’s current research investigating how elongation factors, chromatin and the epigenome control transcription in human development and disease.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Bio:
Dr. Ali Shilatifard, Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, graduated from Kennesaw State University in 1989 with a degree in Chemistry with an emphasis in Organic Chemistry. While at KSU, Shilatifard slept in his car at night for a period in front of the gym and worked all over the campus from bussing tables at the student center, to cooking in the back kitchen, serving as the dispatch for the Kennesaw State College police department, and working as a TA in the Chemistry lab and Math lab to support himself and his education. He was supported by a full academic scholarship by KSU after his first year and graduated in four years. Now, Shilatifard is a renowned biochemist and cancer biologist. He made a seminal contribution to the field of leukemia biology early in his career by identifying the function of a gene translocation in childhood leukemia for the first time. In the 25 years since that discovery, he has dedicated his career to revealing the causes of childhood leukemia and other cancers and to leveraging these findings for the development of new cancer therapies. He currently runs an active research laboratory, heads a large department while he also is the Director of the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics. Shilatifard has authored over 250 scientific publications and is one of the founding members and is the current Editor of the online publication, Science Advances. He is one of the few scientists in the United States funded by the National Cancer Institute’s Outstanding Investigator Award, and in an effort to inspire young students to consider the STEM fields, he and his wife Laura started the Simpson Querrey Inspire Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:13:22 -0400 2023-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion Dr. Ali Shilatifard, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago
ASC UMAPS Colloquium Series. Inverse Heat Conduction, Cancer, Cultural Repository and Neonatal Health in Africa (March 30, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105437 105437-21811848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

The Winter 2023 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series features the U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Marissa Balmith (South Africa), “The Role of the estrogen receptor in breast cancer dormancy”
Marissa Balmith is a lecturer in pharmacology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and holds a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Her doctoral research focused on silico-molecular modeling and drug design on the Ebola virus, and her interest is in cancer metastasis. At Michigan, Marissa will work on a project titled “Molecular mediators of cancer metastasis,” with Max Wicha (Medical School) as her U-M host.

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Tesfaye Wondyifraw (Ethiopia), “The Newly Discovered Pre-historic Rock Art Paintings along the Valley of the Blue Nile”
Tesfaye Wondyifraw is a senior lecturer in the Department of History and Heritage Management at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia. He holds an MA degree in archeology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. At Michigan, he will work with Brian Stewart (Anthropology, LSA) on a project titled “An Archaeological Study of Buahit Serit: A Newly Discovered Rock Art Site in East Gojjam, Northwestern Ethiopia.” The project will explore and evaluate this site and work toward the conservation of this endangered cultural repository.

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James Orwa (Kenya), “Comparison of machine learning and logistic regression as predictive models for adverse maternal outcomes of deliveries: A hospital-based retrospective study”
James Orwa is a senior instructor of biostatistics at Aga Khan University, Kenya. He received his MSc in biostatistics from Hasselt University, Belgium, and is currently enrolled in a PhD program in public health at Ghent University, Belgium. While at U-M, he will work with Akbar Waljee (Medical School) on a project relating to artificial intelligence/machine learning approaches for the identification of predictors of maternal, neonatal, and child health risks.

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Jean Pierre Ngendahayo (Rwanda), “Estimation of Surface Temperatures from Nonlinear Heat Conduction Models from Quenching Applications”
Jean Pierre Ngendahayo is an assistant lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Rwanda. He holds MA and BA degrees in mathematics and statistics from the same university, where he is also currently pursuing a PhD. His research centers around mathematical modeling and scientific computing in the areas of epidemiological modeling and so-called “inverse problems.” At U-M, he will work on a project titled “The Solution of Two Dimensional Transient Inverse Heat Conduction Problem,” with U-M host Divakar Viswanath (Mathematics, LSA).


Register in advance at https://myumi.ch/Z37JP

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:19:51 -0500 2023-03-30T14:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion UMAPS Winter 2023 Cohort presentation, group 1
Elements and Edges: Inhabitable and Uninhabitable Worlds in Medieval Encyclopaedias (March 30, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105717 105717-21812840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Encyclopaedias portray the earth as perfectly round, nestled within concentric circles of the elements. Yet they also present a jagged earth, with borders between inhabitable and uninhabitable worlds creating geographical divisions that combine in the encyclopaedic environment with natural-historical taxonomies and anthropocentric narratives. This talk will argue that encyclopaedias interrelate concepts of elemental, human and animal bodies with landscapes shaped by histories of geological change, empire and epistemological rupture.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:23:29 -0400 2023-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Poster
CSEAS Lecture Series. Reincarnation and Recursivity as Politics of Atmosphere (March 31, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102882 102882-21805280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

This paper examines how the artwork of Tuan Andrew Nguyen registers and counters atmospheric violence of chemical and militaristic warfare. Nguyen probes and unearths how aerial bombings continue to affect and harm communities. Although the artist views atmospheric violence and its aftermath as legacies of colonialism, the paper argues, his persistence with the topics of immolation and reincarnation moves us beyond accepted frameworks and paradigms in colonial studies, such as the self-other relationship, towards the possibilities of contingency from recursivity and of empathy and compassion. Nguyen’s art transfigures the medium of atmosphere to address the physical and mental traumas caused by atmospheric violence.

Speaker Bio
Ben Tran is an associate professor of Asian studies and English at Vanderbilt University. His research examines the politics and aesthetics of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Southeast Asian, Asian American, and Anglophone literatures. As the repercussions of colonialism and decolonization, modern warfare, climate change, and globalization continue to unfold in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim, he examines how literary and cultural works depict and resist modernity’s vertiginous transformations.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/RWDJ6

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Jan 2023 13:50:04 -0500 2023-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ben Tran, Vanderbilt University
Farrand Memorial Lecture (March 31, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105087 105087-21810715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Central Campus Classroom Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

This event will be live streamed on the U-M Museum of Natural History website, ummnh.org.

The existence of the microbial universe calls us to creativity. Whether harnessing the carbon-capturing power of blue-green algae or compelling society to care about something too small to see, art is often the answer. Join us for a panel discussion on the importance of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) collaborations in understanding and spreading awareness about microbial systems. This Farrand Lecture will bring together three U-M professionals who have captured the magnificence of the microbial world through art and design.

- Moderated by April Baer, host of Michigan Radio's Stateside program.
- Jim Cogswell, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of Art & Design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, creator of the Unseen Worlds vinyl mural.
- Erica Gardner, PhD student in the U-M Department of Chemical Engineering, co-creator of the Microbial Masterpieces Project.
- Anthony Vecchiarelli, assistant professor in the U-M Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and researcher behind UMMNH’s Algae and the Climate Crisis exhibit.

A public reception will precede the lecture at the U-M Museum of Natural History beginning at 6:00 p.m. The museum is located in the Biological Sciences Building, 1105. N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI. The Central Campus Classroom Building is a short walk, at grade, from the museum.

The Farrand Memorial Lecture honors the memory of Dr. William R. Farrand, who served as director of the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History for seven years (July 1993-June 2000), as well as his long career as a professor in the U-M Department of Geological Sciences. Past lectures have covered topics such as U-M collections, astronomy, biodiversity, evolution, and climate change.

The Farrand Lecture is a featured event in the museum’s Microverse theme semester. Thanks to Michigan Radio, media sponsor of this event.

The U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) and the U-M Museum of Natural History greatly value inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact the museum’s main office at ummnh.office@umich.edu or 734-764-0480 if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations. Live captioning will be provided for this event.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:06:01 -0400 2023-03-31T19:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T20:30:00-04:00 Central Campus Classroom Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion
Saturday Morning Physics | Quantum Tools to Explore the Universe…and Help Life on Earth (April 1, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105052 105052-21810648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 1, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Livestreamed Lecture and Q&A Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osqz65p5hK8

Scientists exploit the special properties of quantum physics to advance the state-of-the-art in measurement and imaging. These "quantum tools" can be used to probe the nature, history, and fate of the Universe–and can also be applied to down-to-Earth problems, ranging from health to security to navigation. I will describe some examples that have emerged from my laboratory and others over the last couple of decades.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:00:56 -0400 2023-04-01T10:30:00-04:00 2023-04-01T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
U-M AI in Science and Engineering Day (April 3, 2023 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104375 104375-21808976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 8:45am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

At this colloquium, visiting and local scholars, as well as the MIDAS Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science and Engineering Fellows, will share their expertise about the implementation of AI in Science and Engineering.

The goal of this session is to enable more faculty and other researchers to adopt AI methods in their research.
All are welcome to attend.
Registration in advance is strongly recommended - Register at https://forms.gle/WUcCwUy1eghBBDAH8

Speakers:
Sara Beery: MIT EECS’ Faculty of AI and Decision Making, MIT CSAIL, and Visiting Researcher at Google
Yang Chen: Assistant Professor of Statistics, Research Assistant Professor for MIDAS, University of Michigan
Jeffrey Fessler: William L. Root Collegiate Professor of EECS, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Daniel Forger: Robert W and Lynn H Browne Professor of Science, Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School
Jay Lee: Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland
Venkat Raman: Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering.

Event page, talk abstracts, and more details: https://midas.umich.edu/ai-in-science/ai-in-science-day-2023/

Visit the MIDAS Colloquia Series webpage (midas.umich.edu/colloquia-series/) for information about this series of events.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:28:50 -0400 2023-04-03T08:45:00-04:00 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium MIDAS AI in Science Day
The Inclusive Research Matters Seminar Series (April 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104489 104489-21809140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Catie Hausman, University of Michigan

Professor Hausman will share examples of inclusive pedagogical approaches to teaching quantitative methods, based on her experiences teaching Statistics to master's level students in the School of Public Policy. She'll describe methods that can improve learning outcomes and student engagement, by recognizing a diverse array of learning styles and student backgrounds. She'll also discuss how to promote critical thinking in quantitative classes, both to improve student comprehension and to acknowledge ethical considerations in the application of statistical methods.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:29:48 -0500 2023-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Teaching inclusive and policy-relevant statistical methods. Catie Hausman. Associate Professsor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research University of Michigan. Monday April 3 2023. Noon ET. ISR-Thompson room 1430 or Zoom.
The U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy: A conversation with Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook (April 3, 2023 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106649 106649-21814624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 4:15pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Please join us Monday, April 3 at 4:15 in the Robertson Auditorium (Ross School of Business) as Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook shares her views regarding monetary policy, the state of the economy and prospects going forward.

Lisa D. Cook took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on May 23, 2022, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2024.

Prior to her appointment to the Board, Dr. Cook was a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University. She was also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Previously, Dr. Cook was on the faculty of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. During her time at Harvard, Dr. Cook also served as deputy director for Africa Research at the Center for International Development. Before then, she was a National Fellow at Stanford University.

From 2011 to 2012, Dr. Cook served as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama. From 2000 to 2001, she served as a senior adviser on finance and development in the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of International Affairs.

Dr. Cook received a BA in philosophy from Spelman College. As a Marshall Scholar, she received a second BA in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University. She earned a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:03:17 -0400 2023-04-03T16:15:00-04:00 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Lecture / Discussion The U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy: A conversation with Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
Health Professions Education (HPE) Day 2023 (April 4, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99750 99750-21798642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Health Professions Education Day is an annual event that brings together faculty, students, and staff from the 10 health science schools across the University of Michigan’s three campuses to share best practices for interprofessional education and collaborative care.

Many of our educators work collaboratively through the U-M Center for Interprofessional Education (C-IPE) to develop and teach novel courses and collaborative care opportunities focused on interprofessional health education.

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

The event takes place on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 8:00 AM in the Michigan League.

Submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/c9WkjLQu9yVfVShs5.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:55:36 -0400 2023-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-04T13:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium HPE Day 2022, The Michigan League
Implicit Bias (April 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/96263 96263-21803860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

In this session, participants will learn to:

Examine your own background and identities and how these identities shape our experiences and perspectives
Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
Review strategies to create transformational change in the workplace

You will benefit by:

Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others

Audience:
This session is open to all LSA employees. It is recommended that participants complete this course before enrolling in the Microaggression Session. External guests may request to join as space allows.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:49:37 -0400 2023-04-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop / Seminar We're better when we're united
1,000 Chemicals and their Combined Hormonal Bioactivities in Silicone Wristband Samplers (April 4, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106127 106127-21813787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

*Registration required https://bit.ly/3kXGJCV
Anna Young, MS, PhD is a research associate in the Department of Environmental Health and Associate Director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on our indoor exposures to complex mixtures of hormone-disrupting chemicals and builds evidence for healthier materials as a strategy to reduce these chemical exposures in buildings. She earned her PhD and MS in Environmental Health from the Harvard Chan School, and she also holds a BA in Computer Science and Environmental Studies from Yale University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:19:09 -0400 2023-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-04T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Anna Young on chemicals and hormonal bioactivities on April 4, 2034, at 12:00 pm
Coding of space and time in cortical structures (April 4, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106546 106546-21814446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Hosted by MNI, NGP, the Rackham Graduate School, and the Neural Networks Journal Club, this presentation will begin with a reception (2:30 p.m.) before the presentation at 3:00 p.m..

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Presentation Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:01:54 -0400 2023-04-04T14:30:00-04:00 2023-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Neuroscience Institute Presentation Michael Hasselmo, Ph.D.
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Assessing Cross-Cultural Comparability of Self-Rated Health and Its Conceptualization through Web Probing (April 5, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103497 103497-21807352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
April 5, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 EST

Stephanie Morales is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan's Program in Survey and Data Science. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Sociology. She is interested in cross-cultural surveys, measurement error in data collection with racial/ethnic minorities, and adaptive survey design.

Assessing Cross-Cultural Comparability of Self-Rated Health and Its Conceptualization through Web Probing

Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely used question across different fields, as it is simple to administer yet has been shown to predict mortality. SRH asks respondents to rate their overall health typically using Likert-type response scales (i.e., excellent, very good, good, fair, poor). Although SRH is commonly used, few studies have examined its conceptualization from the respondents’ point of view and even less so for differences in its conceptualization across diverse populations. We aim to assess the comparability of SRH across different cultural groups by investigating the factors that respondents consider when responding to the SRH question. We included an open-ended probe asking what respondents thought when responding to SRH in web surveys conducted in five countries: Great Britain, Germany, the U.S., Spain, and Mexico. In the U.S., we targeted six racial/ethnic and linguistic groups: English-dominant Koreans, Korean-dominant Koreans, English-dominant Latinos, Spanish-dominant Latinos, non-Latino Black Americans, and non-Latino White Americans. One novelty of our study is allowing multiple attribute codes (e.g., health behaviors, illness) per respondent and tone (e.g., in the direction of positive or negative health or neutral) of the probing responses for each attribute, allowing us 1) to assess respondents’ thinking process holistically and 2) to examine whether and how respondents mix attributes. Our study compares the number of reported attributes and tone by cultural groups and integrates SRH responses in the analysis. This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of SRH by revealing the cognitive processes among diverse populations and is expected to shed light on its cross-cultural comparability.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:00:12 -0500 2023-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
2023 Robert B. Harris Lecture & Award (April 5, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106578 106578-21814488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Everett has a BS in Civil Engineering from MIT, an MSCE from Stanford, and a PhD in Construction Engineering and Management from MIT. Dr. Everett served on the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at the University of Michigan for 25 years. After retiring from UM, he was Director of Engineering and Construction at One Energy, installing utility scale wind turbine generators. Dr. Everett is a licensed Professional Engineer; recipient of UM CEE and UM College of
Engineering Excellence in Teaching awards, UM CEE Professor of the Year award, and National Science Foundation CAREER Award; Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers; holder of three patents; Emergency Medical Technician; and world rowing champion, two-time Olympian, and winner of the Congressional Gold Medal.

Robert B. Harris Award and Lecture: Established by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in honor of Robert B. Harris, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1987, who in 1954 led the establishment of the first graduate program in Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Michigan and who had a significant role in the development and advancement of the CE&M field throughout the United States and internationally.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:53:18 -0400 2023-04-05T13:30:00-04:00 2023-04-05T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecture / Discussion Dr. John G. Everett
DCMB Weekly Seminar (April 5, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106871 106871-21814955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

ABSTRACT:

Genomic rearrangements, also known as structural variations (SVs), are large scale alterations that changes the DNA structure. They include deletions, duplications, insertions, and other forms that are accompanied by copy number changes as well as inversions, translocations, and other copy-neutral forms. They are an important type of variation, affecting an order of magnitude more base pairs than single nucleotide variations (SNVs) in normal human population. In cancer, several chromosomal translocations have been identified and subsequently became targets of successful treatments. However, the functional impact of genomic rearrangements and their roles in treatment response are largely unexplored. We are developing new computational methods and exploring large scale cancer omics data to infer the mutational mechanisms leading to these alterations, to identify potential disease-driving events, and to study how they affect treatments.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:21:44 -0400 2023-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Livestream / Virtual
EPID Seminar Series (April 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106891 106891-21814970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Epidemiology

"The Biggest Public Health Problem: Measuring and Addressing the Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Disease"

Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series
Dr. Mercedes Carnethon
April 6, 2023 | 12pm - 1pm | 3755 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights,
Ann Arbor MI, 48109

I will describe the current burden and trends in obesity across the lifecourse and discuss the challenges we face measuring obesity in population studies. The potential misclassification of obesity is a primary factor underlying the often paradoxical and conflicting observations of the role of obesity in health outcomes. Finally, I will discuss some of the social challenges related to obesity stigmatization and management at the population level.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:54:18 -0400 2023-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Epidemiology Lecture / Discussion EPID Seminar Series 4-6
Oral Health Seminar Series (April 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103659 103659-21807611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "A cost-effectiveness analysis of population-level dental caries prevention strategies in U.S. children"

Lisa Prosser, Ph.D.
Marilyn Fisher Blanch Research Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center|
Associate Vice President for Research - Health Sciences, Office of the Vice President for Research
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
University of Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:13:12 -0500 2023-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. Prosser, April 6, 2023
Entrepreneurship Hour: Babak Parviz (April 7, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107239 107239-21815666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 11:30am
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

Join us this Friday at 11:30AM at Stamps Auditorium to learn from Babak Parviz, Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group!

E-Hour is open to all. Each week, we invite engaging entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business leaders to share their journey and offer some advice along the way.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:22:57 -0400 2023-04-07T11:30:00-04:00 2023-04-07T12:20:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture / Discussion Babak Parviz, Venture Partner, Madrona Venture Group
CSEAS Lecture Series. From the “Bloody Crown” to space travel: Comparing the social imaginaries of Malay and English language novels in Brunei Darussalam (April 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102883 102883-21805281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The first Malay language novel in Brunei can be traced back to 1951. Despite a high level of literacy and widespread proficiency in English, it was only in 2009 that the first Bruneian novel in English was published. This lecture will offer a brief overview of Bruneian literature from its origins to the present, exploring the different literary and development trajectories taken by Malay language and Anglophone literature in Brunei. Using Driscoll, Fletcher, and Wilkins’ notion of genre worlds (2022) to map out the social, textual, and industrial conventions that govern the production of literature in Brunei, this lecture will then offer some reflections on how contemporary Bruneian novels in Malay and English have developed diverging social imaginaries about Bruneian identity.

In particular, this lecture will consider how contemporary literature in Malay and English has been influenced by an awareness of representations of Brunei from outside the country and discuss the various narrative and paratextual tactics that have been employed in engagement with the claims of the global imaginary.

Speaker Bio:
Kathrina Mohd Daud is an assistant professor in creative writing and literature in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Manchester (2011), and her research focuses on the intersections of popular fiction, Bruneian fiction, and representations of religion in literature. She co-edited T*he Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back: Gender, Identity and Nation in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines* (Springer, 2017), and her work has appeared in volumes published by Routledge and Springer, as well as in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature and World Englishes. Her debut novel, T*he Fisherman King* (2020), was shortlisted for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. Her second novel, T*he Witch Doctor’s Daughter*, was published in 2022.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/84pgZ

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:06:46 -0500 2023-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Kathrina Daud, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Flash Talk | From Qift to Karanis: Egyptian Laborers in Michigan's Fayum Excavations (April 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106475 106475-21814330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

This Flash Talk centers on a small handful of Arabic documents from Michigan's excavations at Karanis preserved in U-M's Bentley Historical Library. The texts open a rare window into the socioeconomic life of the Egyptian laborers employed by Michigan in the 1920s and 1930s. Most of these workers were not Fayum locals but were instead migrants from the town of Qift some 300 miles south, where they had acquired considerable archaeological expertise on digs led by the famous British Egyptologist William Flinders Petrie. These documents thus shed light on Michigan's dependence on the networks of labor and expertise created by European colonialism in Egypt, and hint at some of the difficulties these migrant laborers faced when far from home.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, and graduate students talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors. They take place at noon on the first Friday of every month.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96490889658
Meeting ID: 964 9088 9658
Passcode: Kelsey

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Livestream / Virtual Sat, 01 Apr 2023 13:09:13 -0400 2023-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Flash Talk
A Reception to Celebrate the Careers of Professor William Paulson and Dr. Yannick Viers (April 7, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106963 106963-21815054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

"The Future is Now: Re-reading Literary Culture in a World [Utterly] Transformed" by Dr. Dominica Chang (Lawrence University, PhD University of Michigan 2007)

"Sade for Sade's Sake: Inside Paul Chan's Transmedial Laboratory" by Dr. Olivier Delers (University of Richmond, PhD University of Michigan 2007)

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Other Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:04:04 -0400 2023-04-07T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Romance Languages & Literatures Other Poster
Launching the Webb Telescope: Managing Global Teams In Turbulent Times (April 10, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106630 106630-21814594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

When Greg Robinson took over the leadership of the James Webb Space Telescope, it was years behind schedule, billions over budget, tarnished by engineering failures and waning stakeholder confidence. The trouble didn’t end there. COVID, hurricanes, and other obstacles soon stood in the way of success. Still, Robinson managed to bring together 20,000 people in 29 countries and 14 U.S. states to not only turn the program around, but nearly double its efficiency. In this inspiring talk, highlighted by breathtaking images from Webb, Robinson shares how trust, communication and effective leadership can bring teams together from across the globe to overcome obstacles and achieve your organization’s moonshot.

BIO

Best-known as the turnaround leader of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), 33-year NASA veteran Gregory Robinson is credited with transforming a program that was billions over budget and years behind schedule into one of NASA’s greatest achievements of the 21st century. Robinson’s renowned leadership skills and soft-spoken management and communication style have earned him numerous awards and honors, including being named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022 (alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky) and receiving the TIME100 Impact Award, which credited Robinson’s leadership on Webb as bringing us closer to understanding the universe.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:48:42 -0400 2023-04-10T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-10T16:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion speaker headshot
How to Lead Breakthrough Changes in Lean Transformation (April 10, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105876 105876-21813186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Jack Feng is the Vice President of Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement at Superior Industries International in Southfield, MI.

The top challenge in any lean transformation is change management. How to change the way we change in breakthrough lean transformation in practice? Some kaizen case studies will illustrate how to lead breakthrough changes to scale up and sustain gains as well as to jump start the required cultural & mindset change.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:15:33 -0500 2023-04-10T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T19:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Jack Feng
MIPSE Seminar | The APEX (A Positron-Electron eXperiment) Collaboration: Progress & Future Developments (April 12, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103474 103474-21807310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
Laboratory studies of quasineutral “pair” plasmas, in which the positively and negatively charged particles have the same mass, are a compelling frontier in fundamental plasma physics research. More than four decades of theory and simulation studies offer a wealth of predictions for how the collective behavior of such an unusually symmetric plasma is expected to compare to that of conventional plasmas. To experimentally test some of these predictions, the goal of the APEX (A Positron Electron eXperiment) Collaboration is to create and study confined, strongly magnetized electron-positron pair plasmas in the laboratory. Our “road map” involves unifying and advancing state-of-the-art physics and engineering in several areas, including: extended accumulation and high-capacity storage of large numbers of positrons, originating from a world-class positron source; two superconducting, tabletop-sized, toroidal confinement devices with complementary magnetic topologies (a levitated dipole and a stellarator), in which the positrons will be combined with electrons and their plasma properties studied; and the development and verification of a number of essential enabling techniques (e.g., efficient transport of positrons across magnetic flux surfaces and subsequent trapping). This seminar will offer an overview of the collaboration’s recent progress and upcoming milestones en route to pair plasma studies.

About the Speaker:
Eve V. Stenson is a scientist and group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Germany, where she coordinates the international APEX collaboration. The most recent addition to the collaboration is the EPOS (Electrons and Positrons in an Optimized Stellarator) project, her Helmholtz Young Investigator Group. Prior to getting into the business of “antimatter containment fields”, she earned her Ph.D. from Caltech studying the dynamics of arched, plasma-filled flux tubes generated with pulsed-power magnetized plasma guns. Other scientific interests over the years have included open-source cryo-genic temperature measurement systems, positron-induced phosphor luminescence, magnetoresistive semiconductors, and blowing soap film bubbles in microgravity. She was recently honored with the Hans Werner Osthoff Plasma Physics Prize.

The seminar will be conducted in person and simulcast via Zoom: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2223.php#winter2023

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:56:50 -0500 2023-04-12T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-12T16:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Dr. Eve Stenson
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (April 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107182 107182-21815596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:

From the initial genetic patterning to the assembly of the whole embryo, how ordered structures form has always been a fundamental question in developmental biology. The recent advances in imaging technologies are now providing us with direct visual access to the development of whole organisms in unprecedented detail. However, it is clear that to make the best use of this complex data, we need the help of computer algorithms that can mine it for biologically relevant information, summarize and then visualize it for us. The first project I will present focuses on the mechanisms driving the development of diverse 3D bone morphologies in mice. There, we developed algorithms to analyze micro-CT images to deconstruct the final morphology of each bone into the contributions made by remodeling of mineralized tissue vs. the cartilaginous growth plates. This allowed us to demonstrate the central role of the growth plate in 3D bone morphogenesis in normal and pathological development. The second project aims to understand how different cell activities contribute to large-scale morphogenetic movements. To this end, we generated the first whole embryo single-cell atlas of morphogenetic activity underlying gastrulation in the fruit fly, then used these maps to derive a statistical model associating cell shape changes and rearrangements to body axis elongation.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

Areas of Interest:

My lab focuses on understanding how cells organize to form various tissue morphologies during normal and pathological development. We use two model systems to achieve this: the musculoskeletal system in mice and whole embryo development in fruit flies. Our approach centers on the development of cutting-edge bioimage informatics and data science algorithms to analyze the dynamics and the underlying patterns in developing tissues through 3D and 4D (3D+time) fluorescence images.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:15:53 -0400 2023-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
2023 Hopwood Awards Ceremony (April 12, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97249 97249-21794229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

Presentation of the 2023 Hopwood Writing Awards with a lecture presentation by renowned graphic memoirist, Alison Bechdel. Books by Ms. Bechdel will be available for purchase and signing following the ceremony.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:41:43 -0400 2023-04-12T17:30:00-04:00 2023-04-12T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Hopwood Awards Program Ceremony / Service Alison Bechdel sits cross-legged in front of her cartoon art
Science Café (April 12, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105989 105989-21813375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

An asteroid killed the dinosaurs—or maybe it was more complicated than that? Scientists have good reason to believe the asteroid impact caused other events that contributed to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and many other organisms. If there were a massive tsunami at the end of the Cretaceous period, how would we know that? If we suspect as much, how could we find out? Join Ted Moore and Brian Arbic of the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences as we discuss the detective work necessary to provide evidence for a massive tsunami. How else might these methods be applied? How is this science relevant to the present, or to the future of our planet?

Science Cafés provide an opportunity for audiences to discuss current research topics with experts in an informal setting.

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m.
The program begins at 6:00 p.m.
Seating is limited—come early.

UMMNH would like to thank Conor O’Neill’s for 15 years of support for our Science Cafés. Their continued commitment brings U-M faculty into the Ann Arbor community to discuss current research topics.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:33:09 -0400 2023-04-12T17:30:00-04:00 2023-04-12T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion
Health Equity Leadership Series (April 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103137 103137-21806169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Nursing

Join us as we welcome Dr. Guillermo Prado for the Health Equity Leadership Series, hosted by the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

The goal of the Health Equity Leadership Series is to bring together members of the UM community to engage in critical thinking, learning, and dialogue about topics in health equity. Each month we welcome scholars and organizational leaders who are looking seriously at questions around health equity within Nursing and healthcare to share their expertise. Following the speaker's presentation, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions for our speakers.

On April 13th, we will be welcoming Dr. Guillermo (Willy) Prado of the University of Miami. Dr. Prado is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Dean of the Graduate School; and Professor of Nursing and Health Studies, Public Health Sciences, and Psychology at the University of Miami. Previously, he was Miller Professor and Director of the Division of Prevention Science and Community in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami. As a researcher, Prado broadly focuses on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of parenting interventions for Hispanic youth and their families. His research has appeared in over 170 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. He has been PI, Co-I, or mentor of over $100 million dollars of NIH funding. He is currently PI of NIDA/NIH funded study evaluating the effectiveness of an online adaption of Familias Unidas, an evidence-based family intervention, for Hispanic youth in primary care. He is also the Director of the Investigator Development Core of the NIMHD/NIH funded Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities. His research has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the National Hispanic Science Network, the Society for Prevention Research, and the Society for Adolescence and has been featured in several domestic and international news outlets, including the Miami Herald and CNN en Español. Dr. Prado will be sharing insight from his research and implications for educators, parents/caregivers, and future nurses.

This event is in collaboration with UMSN Men in Nursing.

All UM students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Please register (see right) to access the Zoom link and passcode.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:50:29 -0500 2023-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series Logo
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (April 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106285 106285-21814023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: Neurovascular bundle and its regulatory roles on mesenchymal stem cells in tissue homeostasis

Yang Chai, DDS, Ph.D.
University Professor
George and MayLou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Director, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Associate Dean of Research
Ostrow School of Dentistry
University of Southern California

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:28:51 -0400 2023-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar OHS Seminar Dr. Yang Chai April 13, 2023
Building the Future: A Distinguished Lecture Series for Academics and Professionals (April 13, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106322 106322-21814061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Society has become increasingly reliant on digital technology, but public infrastructure has not yet evolved to support and enable these social, commercial, and municipal needs. Industry migration to renewable energy and Big Data continues to alter the way we live and work, and growing demand for connected, electric, and autonomous vehicles will require more than ever-more-expensive vehicles traveling on poorly maintained, deteriorating traditional roadways. Our aging transportation infrastructure needs to be transformed and digitized to support public demands for existing technology and enable the evolution of those needs over future generations. Leveraging new approaches to digital infrastructure, data analytics, and modern financing reduces a daunting task into an approach that revolutionizes public infrastructure while incentivizing sustainable planning and implementation strategies.

A panel discussion will follow the lecture, featuring Rick Geddes, Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, and Tim Slusser, Chief of Mobility Innovation for the City of Detroit.

Our co-sponsors include CCAT, UMTRI, Mcity, Integrated Roadways, the City of Detroit and the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:45:46 -0400 2023-04-13T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Tim Sylvester, Founder & CEO, Integrated Roadways
The 2023 Captain Ralph R. & Florence Peachman Lecture (April 13, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107380 107380-21815931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Ford Robotics Building
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Dr. Kirsi Tikka has significant shipping and offshore industry experience. For almost 20 years she held several leadership roles at the American Bureau of Shipping. She led efforts in a variety of important regulatory and forward-looking technical topics including sustainability and setting the course for a low-carbon shipping future. Prior to joining ABS, she had a combined industry and academic background as a professor of Naval Architecture at Webb Institute in New York and working for Chevron Shipping Company in San Francisco, as well as Wärtsilä Shipyards in Finland. She is currently an independent director on shipping and technology company boards. She is actively involved in environmental and sustainability projects. She recently chaired the Committee on Oil in the Water IV: Inputs, Fates, and Effects for the US National Academies, and she was an advisor to the Maritime transitions project which launched a report Practical Playbook for Maritime Decarbonization during the UN Oceans Conference in June 2022.

Dr. Tikka holds a Doctorate in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from the University of Technology in Helsinki. She is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. In 2012, she received SNAME’s David W. Taylor Medal, and in 2019 she received the Seatrade Award: Integration of Women in Maritime Sector. She has an honorary doctorate from Webb Institute, and she is Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She serves on the UC Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board and on the Board of Trustees of Webb Institute.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:44:28 -0400 2023-04-13T16:30:00-04:00 2023-04-13T17:30:00-04:00 Ford Robotics Building Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion Colorful shipping containers
Entrepreneurship Hour: Kate Monti (April 14, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107490 107490-21816100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 11:30am
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

All are welcome to join the CFE for ENTR 407: Entrepreneurship Hour! This weekly, in-person seminar series invites disruptive, influential, and respected entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business leaders in a "TEDTalk" style presentation about their personal experiences founding, financing, and managing a startup venture.

This week, Kate Monti, COO of Workit Health, will tell the story of her entrepreneurial journey with a focus on identifying opportunities and managing relationships.Any and all are welcome to attend for free.

The session will be held at Stamps Auditorium, located within the Walgreen Drama Center on North Campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:38:26 -0400 2023-04-14T11:30:00-04:00 2023-04-14T12:20:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture / Discussion Kate Monti
Saturday Morning Physics | The History of the Mystery of Spin: In Celebration of Homer A. Neal (April 15, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105053 105053-21810649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 15, 2023 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Livestreamed Lecture and Q&A Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBfqvr9ZYw

Join us for a special lecture to learn about the key contributions of Homer A. Neal and Michigan physicists to the discovery and elucidation of spin physics in the quantum world. This lecture celebrates the Homer A. Neal Physics Research Laboratory.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:17:40 -0400 2023-04-15T10:30:00-04:00 2023-04-15T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Pre-Concert Lecture: Campus Orchestras (April 15, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116264 116264-21836523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 15, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00pm Campus Orchestras concert. The University of Michigan Campus Orchestras are made up of two main orchestras: Campus Philharmonia Orchestra (CPO) and Campus Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Both groups are comprised of non-music major students, faculty members, staff, and alumni, and are conducted by SMTD graduate student conductors.

At this concert the CSO will perform with the winner of the SMTD Concerto Competition.

PROGRAM

Campus Philharmonia Orchestra:
Mozart, *Magic Flute Overture*
Schubert, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) Movement 1
Delius, *The Walk to the Paradise Garden*
Rimsky Korsakov, Overture on Russian Themes Op. 28 (1880 Version)

Campus Symphony Orchestra:
Carlos Simon, *The Block*
Copland, *The Tender Land Suite*
TBA with Concerto Competition Winner
Tchaikovsky, *Romeo and Juliet*

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:16:55 -0500 2023-04-15T19:15:00-04:00 2023-04-15T19:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: Campus Orchestras
Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta (April 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105927 105927-21813279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear Everyone,

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan invites you to a lecture by Pr. Divyanandaprana. Please see the details below. Do not miss this opportunity! Admission to the event is free and walk-ins are welcome (RSVPs not required).

For the safety of our community (and especially the elderly), we request that you wear a mask to this event. If you do not have a mask with you, one of our volunteers can hand you one.

Topic: Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta.

Speaker: Pravrajika Divyanandaprana (Prominent monastic member of Sri Sarada Math and Mission, New Delhi, India)

Date: April 16, 2023 (Sunday)

Time: 3:00 PM (Please arrive 10 minutes prior to event start.)

Venue: University of Michigan
Michigan Union - Anderson ABCD Room
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Parking: Parking is free on Sundays on the streets near Michigan Union. Additional parking is available at Maynard Street Parking Structure. Please see the link below.
https://www.parkme.com/lot/93318/maynard-street-parking-structure-ann-arbor-mi

Contact: vedanta.a2@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Everyone is welcome.

Truth is One. Sages call It by various names.
~The Rig Veda

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Webpage: maizepages.umich.edu/organization/VSC
Facebook: fb.me/AnnArborVedanta
Email: vedanta.a2@gmail.com

About the speaker: Pravarajika Divyanandaprana
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Pr. Divyanandaprana is a monastic member of Sri Sarada Math at New Delhi, India and currently is the editor of the English journal Samvit, published from New Delhi. She has been Principal of Nivedita Vidya Mandir School from 2014-2019. She specializes in the areas of Yoga-Vedanta. In addition to studying the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature, she has extensively studied the Yoga-Vedanta texts based on these twin philosophies which include the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Raja Yoga, Upanishads and the Prakarana Granthas (auxiliary scriptures of Vedanta like Vedantasara, Vivekachudamani etc.) along with their commentaries. Her additional areas of interest include the Brahma Sutras with Sankara's commentary, works of Ramana Maharishi and the Bhagavad Gita. A gold medalist, Pr. Divyanandaprana has the unique combination of knowledge in the conventional sciences, and traditional Yogic and Vedantic texts. Pr. Divyanandaprana has been lecturing all over India since 2010, including IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, Delhi University, Vivekananda International Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Engineering and Medical Colleges in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata and sometimes in schools. She offers courses on Yoga-Vedanta every semester in IIT Delhi. The courses are available on YouTube at IIT’s official channel: NRCVEE IIT Delhi.

Internationally, she has traveled to hold classes or deliver lectures in South Africa at Cape Town, Durban, Ladysmith and Kwa Zulu Natal University among other places. Subsequently, she traveled to Ireland, Great Britain, UAE and recently to Canada for talks, lectures and scriptural discussions. She has spoken at Imperial College and Logan
Hall, London University in 2013. In May 2018, she was in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax and Nova Scotia where she gave a number of talks on Self-Knowledge, exploring the Subjective Sciences and finding the interface between Subjective-Objective Sciences. She has extensively traveled in the US and addressed Vedanta Societies of Iowa, Washington DC. Purdue University hosted her talk on Mind Management recently. In October 2022, she visited California and gave uplifting spiritual talks at Hollywood, Sacramento, San Diego. She is also the author of two books (available on Amazon): Science of
Happiness and Self Discovery.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:41:35 -0400 2023-04-16T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-16T16:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion Flier
Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra (April 16, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116265 116265-21836524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 16, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00pm UPO performance, featuring the first performance of a Bruckner symphony by a U-M orchestra in over two decades. Bruckner's farewell to life and music is one of the most moving works in the repertoire, paired in this program with Leopold Stokowski's opulent arrangement of Debussy's *The Engulfed Cathedral*.

Jayce Ogren, conductor

PROGRAM

Debussy, arr. Stokowski
*La cathédrale engloutie*

Bruckner
Symphony #9

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:16:56 -0500 2023-04-16T19:15:00-04:00 2023-04-16T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra
The Microaggression Session (April 17, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96265 96265-21803852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 1:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Microaggressions are verbal, behavioral, or environmental slights. They can be overt, subtle or unintentional, and lead to significant consequences.

In this session, participants will:

Learn about "microaggressions" and other concepts relevant to this topic
Obtain an understanding of the social and psychological impacts of microaggressions
Engage in activities and dialogue to unveil microaggressions within the workplace
Validate experiences with microaggressions
Identify and discuss techniques to combat microaggressions, as a bystander or as a recipient

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA employees. It is recommended that participants complete a course on Implicit Bias before taking this session. External guests may request to join as space allows.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:49:02 -0400 2023-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T15:15:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop / Seminar We're better when we're united
How Do We Think of Social Diversity: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado (April 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106684 106684-21814695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Today’s call for diversity in the United States quite often reduces itself to body count. René Zavaleta Mercado (1937-1984), one of Latin America’s most imaginative social scientists, confronted the question of respecting diversity in the analysis of social reality in the twentieth century. *Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia*, now translated into English for the first time, confronts this question not only in terms of mere inclusion but in terms of a “motley” social situation, devising methodology to represent its demand.

Luis Tapia, our speaker, another imaginative Bolivian thinker and activist, is the leading expert on Zavaleta. In his own book, *The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado*, also translated into English for the first time, he lays out an epistemological program to make Zavaleta’s injunction real. Tapia’s talk will evolve from a crucial question: ‘How do we have to change ourselves so that the idea of a “motley” society does not turn into voting blocs, destroying democracy?

April 17th, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm in the RLL Commons
Join us for free coffee & cookies

Don't miss the book sale!
- *The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado* by Luis Tapia
- *Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia* by René Zavaleta Mercado

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:36:41 -0400 2023-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Luis Tapia Poster
VR / AR Student Project Exhibition (EECS 498) (April 17, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107122 107122-21815369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development

Experience socially-impactful VR / AR apps made by Michigan students at the EECS 498 XR Exhibition! Join us December 9th in the first-floor Duderstadt VizStudio.

Learn more about the new "Extended Reality and Society" capstone / MDE course at https://bit.ly/umich_xr

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Exhibition Mon, 03 Apr 2023 02:21:47 -0400 2023-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T22:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development Exhibition Students exhibit VR and AR projects
Understanding NAAQS (Non-)Attainment: Science, Policy, & Implications for Environmental Justice (April 18, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107271 107271-21815818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Zoom registration required https://bit.ly/4368BGa

Please join us for a Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks at 12' webinar on environment, health and community and more specifically on whether the EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are protecting public health.

Panelists include: Nick Leonard (Great Lakes Environmental Law Center); Simone Sagovac (Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition); and Stuart Batterman (University of Michigan School of Public Health). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn).

Recordings of previous webinars in the R & R series can be viewed here: https://mleead.umich.edu/Video.php

Organized by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of the University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:42:04 -0400 2023-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-18T12:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Residents and Researchers webinar showing shaking hands with headshots of the 3 panelists and the moderaor
UM + EMU Student Games Showcase (April 18, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107121 107121-21815368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 7:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development

[Hybrid In-Person / Online Showcase!]

In Person : Beyster Building Atrium
Online : https://494Showcase.com

Experience 15+ new student-made video games at the UM + EMU Student Games Showcase! Interact with the student developers, learn more about Michigan and EMU's game development programs, and vote for your favorite games!

Learn more about EECS 494 and the EMU SAG program at https://www.eecs494.com and https://www.emich.edu/cot/vbe/programs/sag/curriculum.php respectively.
Learn more about michigan game development : https://MichiganGameStudios.com
Learn more about IGDA Ann Arbor : https://www.meetup.com/a2-game-designers/

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Exhibition Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:58:39 -0400 2023-04-18T19:00:00-04:00 2023-04-18T22:00:00-04:00 BBB EECS 494: Introduction to Game Development Exhibition students exhibit their game development / XR projects!
MIPSE Seminar | New Lens on the Frontier of Matter in Extreme Conditions (April 19, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104047 104047-21808311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract: The study of matter under extreme conditions is a highly interdisciplinary subject with broad applications to materials science, plasma physics, geophysics and astrophysics. Understanding the processes which dictate physical properties in warm dense plasmas and condensed matter requires studies at the relevant length-scales (interatomic spacing) and time-scales (phonon period). Experiments performed at XFEL lightsources across the world, combined with dynamic compression, provide ever-improving spatial- and temporal-fidelity to push the frontier. This talk will cover a broad range of conditions, intended to present an overview of important recent developments in how we generate extreme environments and how we characterize and probe matter at extremes conditions – providing an atom-eye view of transformations and the fundamental physics dictating plasma and materials properties. Examples closely related to geophysics, astro(bio)physics, planetary-, and fusion energy-sciences, as enabled by microstructure visualization from in situ, ultrafast X-ray imaging, diffraction and spectroscopy will be discussed.

About the Speaker: Arianna Gleason received her PhD in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. She joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar in 2010 and worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Shock and Detonation Physics group before joining SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as a staff scientist in 2018. Her passion is visualizing materials behavior and response across all length-scales at the most extreme environments possible in nature – from planetary cores to stellar interiors or for fusion energy and novel materials design. This allows her to reveal nature’s secrets of high-pressure mineral physics and planetary evolution from the atomic level up. In 2019 she received the DOE’s Early Career Award from the Office of Science, Fusion Energy Science, and recently served on the FES Science Advisory Committee for Long Range Planning, Basic Research Needs on Inertial Fusion Energy, Accelerating Nuclear Innovations and International Benchmarking. She is currently the Deputy Director for the High Energy Density Science Division at SLAC and Adjunct Faculty in the Geoscience Department at Stanford University.

The seminar will be conducted in person and simulcast via Zoom:
https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2223.php#winter2023

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:55:40 -0500 2023-04-19T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-19T16:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Dr. Arianna Gleason
The Clements Bookworm: Real Photo Postcards: their history and the stories they tell (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107071 107071-21815257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Collector and historian, Doug Aikenhead, in conversation with Curator of Graphics, Clayton Lewis, will talk about his collection of over 10,000 real-photo postcards. Showing everyday scenes and people, Aikenhead and Lewis will examine their role in vernacular photography.
This event is VIRTUAL.
Please register here: http://myumi.ch/gjgzR

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:32:04 -0400 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T11:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion The Clements Bookworm
2023 Bernard W. Agranoff Lectureship in Neuroscience (May 8, 2023 3:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105421 105421-21811739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 3:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

This annual lectureship honors Bernard W. Agranoff, a leader in biochemistry and an internationally recognized expert in the neurosciences. Dr. Agranoff is a graduate of the University of Michigan who returned as a faculty member in 1960. He served as the Director of the Mental Health Research Institute (now known as the Michigan Neuroscience Institute) from 1985 to 1995 and was the Neuroscience Laboratory Building Director from 1983-2002.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:47:14 -0500 2023-05-08T03:30:00-04:00 2023-05-08T05:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D.
2023 Bernard W. Agranoff Lectureship in Neuroscience (May 8, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106644 106644-21814619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 8, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

This annual lectureship honors Bernard W. Agranoff, a leader in biochemistry and an internationally recognized expert in the neurosciences. Dr. Agranoff is a graduate of the University of Michigan who returned as a faculty member in 1960. He served as the Director of Mental Health Research Institute (now known as the Michigan Neuroscience Institute) from 1985 to 1995 and was the Neuroscience Laboratory Building Director from 1983-2002.

Dr. Tsien is the Druckenmiller Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, and Director of the NYU Neuroscience Institute at New York University Medical Center, and also an emeritus faculty member of Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:49:51 -0400 2023-05-08T15:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D.
PREACT: Motion Sickness Alleviation in Autonomous Vehicles via Preemptive Interventions — CCAT Research Review (May 9, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101400 101400-21803710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

While autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise a transportation future with several benefits, a high incidence of motion sickness among passengers remains a major impediment to the widespread adoption of this promising technology.

Motion sickness in a moving vehicle is the consequence of frequent acceleration and resulting inertial forces associated with driving actions such as speeding, braking, and turning. In a traditional vehicle, the driver anticipates the inertial consequences of their own driving actions, and accordingly makes subtle preemptive corrections. The passenger ends ups passively reacting to the inertial forces, which leads to a far greater incidence of motion sickness. In a future world of AVs, every occupant will be a passive passenger, resulting in a greater likelihood and severity of motion sickness.

In this talk, Professor Awtar will present the development and experimental validation of a novel motion sickness mitigation technology, PREACT. The key idea behind the PREACT technology is to employ predictive algorithms that anticipate impending inertial events associated with driving and accordingly makes preemptive corrections via mechatronic hardware such as tip/tilt active seats, active restraints, and passenger stimuli before the inertial events happen. Instead of reacting to an inertial event that can produce motion sickness, the PREACT system “pre-acts” ahead of time to avert motion sickness before it even happens.

More on this research: https://myumi.ch/kyxdD
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About the speaker: Shorya Awtar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include mechanical design, human-centric design, mechatronic systems, and robotics. He has developed affordable medical devices for minimally invasive surgery, precision motion stages for semiconductor metrology, motion sickness mitigation solutions for autonomous vehicles, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators. Prior to joining U of M, he worked at the General Electric Global Research Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He earned his Mechanical Engineering degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed conferences and journal articles and has three dozen inventions that are either patented or patent-pending. Professor Awtar has started two companies to commercialize the technologies developed in his research lab. He has received the Leonardo daVinci Award and Thomas A. Edison Patent Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Goel Award for Translational Research from the American Society of Biomechanics, multiple R&D100 Awards, and several Best Paper awards for his research, innovations, technology transfer, and societal impact. He is a Fellow of the ASME and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses as well as professional tutorials in machine design, mechanism design, and mechatronic systems. He has also worked with the Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum to create educational exhibits for K-12 children.

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Presentation Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:39:20 -0400 2023-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-09T14:00:00-04:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Promotional Image for the CCAT Research Review with Professor Shorya Awtar. It includes the presentation title, Professor Awtar's headshot, and a photo of a transit van.
Star Lore from Babylonia to Brahe (May 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107882 107882-21818339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Classical Studies

People have looked up to the night sky at the stars for timekeeping and navigation for thousands of years. Join us for a series of lectures by world-renowned scholars discussing the star lore of ancient and early modern cultures.

Friday, May 12, 2023
9:30 am - Babylonian Astronomy, Chair: Joachim Quack
Presentations by: John Steele (Brown University) and Mathieu Ossendrijver (Freie Universität Berlin
11:30 am - Greek Astronomy, Chair: James Evans
Presentations by: Gonzalo Recio (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires) and Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
2:30 pm - Greek Astronomy, Chair: Marina Escolano-Poveda
Presentations by: Alexander Jones (ISAW, New York University) and Stamatina Mastorakou (MPIWG, Berlin)

Saturday, May 13, 2023
10:00 am - Chinese Astronomy, Chair: Gonzalo Recio
Presentation by: Marc Chapuis (Brown University)
10:45 am - Egyptian Astronomy, Chair: John Steele
Presentations by: Joachim Quack (Universität Heidelberg) and Marina Escolano-Poveda (University of Liverpool)
1:45 pm - Islamic Astronomy, Chair: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Presentations by: Sonja Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin) and Rana Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin)
3:45 pm - Early Modern Astronomy, Chair: Alexander Jones
Presentations by: James Evans (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA) and Christián Carman (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires)

This is a hybrid event, and some presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
Join us on Zoom if you can't attend in person:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96425915807
Webinar ID: 964 2591 5807
International numbers available: https://umich.zoom.u/u/ad6M4Z75am

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 May 2023 15:08:58 -0400 2023-05-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Star Lore Conference from Babylonia to Brahe
Star Lore from Babylonia to Brahe (May 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107882 107882-21818340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Classical Studies

People have looked up to the night sky at the stars for timekeeping and navigation for thousands of years. Join us for a series of lectures by world-renowned scholars discussing the star lore of ancient and early modern cultures.

Friday, May 12, 2023
9:30 am - Babylonian Astronomy, Chair: Joachim Quack
Presentations by: John Steele (Brown University) and Mathieu Ossendrijver (Freie Universität Berlin
11:30 am - Greek Astronomy, Chair: James Evans
Presentations by: Gonzalo Recio (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires) and Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
2:30 pm - Greek Astronomy, Chair: Marina Escolano-Poveda
Presentations by: Alexander Jones (ISAW, New York University) and Stamatina Mastorakou (MPIWG, Berlin)

Saturday, May 13, 2023
10:00 am - Chinese Astronomy, Chair: Gonzalo Recio
Presentation by: Marc Chapuis (Brown University)
10:45 am - Egyptian Astronomy, Chair: John Steele
Presentations by: Joachim Quack (Universität Heidelberg) and Marina Escolano-Poveda (University of Liverpool)
1:45 pm - Islamic Astronomy, Chair: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Presentations by: Sonja Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin) and Rana Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin)
3:45 pm - Early Modern Astronomy, Chair: Alexander Jones
Presentations by: James Evans (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA) and Christián Carman (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires)

This is a hybrid event, and some presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
Join us on Zoom if you can't attend in person:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96425915807
Webinar ID: 964 2591 5807
International numbers available: https://umich.zoom.u/u/ad6M4Z75am

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 May 2023 15:08:58 -0400 2023-05-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T17:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Star Lore Conference from Babylonia to Brahe
From Theory to Practice: Building Ethical and Trustworthy AI (May 16, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106881 106881-21814961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Every day, whether we realize it or not, we are constantly surrounded by AI technology. From self-driving cars, to facial recognition software, fraud prevention models, recommender systems, ChatGPT, etc., AI is rapidly transforming our lives. But do we fully comprehend the real range of potential ethical implications related to its use and regulation? This event will stimulate ideas and investigation into that question by bringing together academics, leaders and scientists in the private sector and policy regulation areas, to share their knowledge and discuss ethical challenges and trends in AI regulation, along with cutting-edge theory and implementation of ethical and transparent AI models. The event is free and open to all who develop AI methods, are current or future users of AI, or are curious about how AI will shape research and our society.

Organizers: as a facilitator of the development and application of data science (DS) and AI techniques for the broad U-M data science community, MIDAS is also imbued with the mission of promoting ethical research. In fact, one of the five research pillars that MIDAS supports is ‘Responsible Research’, focused on enhancing the scientific and societal impact of DS and AI, which takes place especially through fomenting the discussion and expansion of the Ethical AI field. On the other hand, as a prominent player in the private sector, Rocket Companies constantly strive for learning and applying responsible cutting-edge tools in AI. Joined with a common interest in the Ethical AI field, MIDAS and Rocket Companies are inviting you to share your views and learn together about breakthroughs and pressing issues regarding ethical AI.

Keynote presentations:

"Recognizing and Eliminating Harmful Biases in AI for Healthcare" with Jenna Wiens, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

“Evaluation and Values in Machine Learning and NLP” with Dallas Card, Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan

"AI policy in US and EU" with Merve Hickok, President @ Center for AI & Digital Policy


For full schedule, please visit: https://midas.umich.edu/building-ethical-ai/

Sponsored by:
Rocket Companies, Inc.
Ethics, Society, and Computing

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 May 2023 13:34:29 -0400 2023-05-16T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium AI generated image, DALL-E
The Clements Bookworm: Seeing Stars: The Cultural Histories of Astrology and Cosmology with Trent McNamara and Carrie Bramen (May 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108028 108028-21818859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 19, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 May 2023 10:12:47 -0400 2023-05-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-19T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Bookworm Logo
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (May 25, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107493 107493-21816102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "3D organoids and organ-on-a-chip based tumor microenvironment models"

Ehsanul Hoque Apu, DDS, MSc., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Internal Medicine
Michigan Medicine, Medical School

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:32:30 -0400 2023-05-25T12:00:00-04:00 2023-05-25T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar OHS Seminar _ Dr. Ehsanul Hoque Apu | May 25, 2023
Flash Talk Take-Over | Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum (June 2, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108144 108144-21818996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 2, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Join us for this Flash Talk Take-Over by the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum (MBGNA). The Bonsai and Penjing Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum turns 10 this year and welcomes additional specimens to its ranks of nationally and internationally renowned trees. These little trees tell big stories—of their own, of their artists, and those imagined by viewers. They celebrate relationships and commitment. Our centenarians demonstrate generations of care before they became our guests. Little trees bring people together worldwide as we admire and learn from the trees and each other. This Flash Talk explores how this collection has grown and changed over time and the relevance of bonsai in an academic institution now and moving forward.

Carmen Leskoviansky has a degree in horticulture from Michigan State University. She has worked at MBGNA since 2009 and cared for the bonsai collection since 2011. Carmen is currently studying bonsai as an apprentice with Michael Hagedorn of Crategus Bonsai in Portland, Oregon.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, graduate students, or guests talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors. They take place at noon on the first Friday of every month.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91734724541

Meeting ID: 917 3472 4541
Passcode: Kelsey

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 25 May 2023 14:51:36 -0400 2023-06-02T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-02T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Bonsai tree
Roland “Red” Hiss Lecture and MESP Research Symposium (June 6, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107623 107623-21816286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

On June 6, 2023, the Department of Learning Health Sciences will hold our annual Hiss Lecture, an event honoring former department chair Dr. Roland "Red" Hiss and celebrating medical education at the University of Michigan. We are so excited that Laura Hirshfield, Associate Professor of Medical Education and Sociology at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will give this year's Hiss Lecture. We extend a warm invitation to join us for this event!

This event includes the invited Hiss Lecture and a poster show celebrating the accomplishments of this year's cohort of the Medical Education Scholars Program, the Department of Learning Health Sciences' longitudinal faculty development program in educational research.

All events will take place in the Michigan League.

The MESP Research Symposium will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the Hiss Lecture will begin at 3:00 p.m. Please join us for a reception and recognition of the MESP graduates after the Hiss Lecture.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roland-red-hiss-lecture-and-mesp-research-symposium-tickets-524039655717?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:08:11 -0400 2023-06-06T14:00:00-04:00 2023-06-06T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Learning Health Sciences Conference / Symposium Roland “Red” Hiss Lecture and MESP Research Symposium
EECS Juneteenth Celebration (June 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108777 108777-21820380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Join the fourth annual EECS Juneteenth Celebration
Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97138270916 (Passcode: 696957)

The EECS Juneteenth Celebration will take place virtually and will include:

A welcome address by Michigan Lieutenant Governor and EECS alumnus Garlin Gilchrist
A performance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black National Anthem
A reading of the history of Juneteenth
A reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
A panel discussion on the importance of empowering and uplifting our Michigan communities, especially through STEM, as our goal is to train people-first engineers who inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.
Closing remarks by the EECS department chairs

Attendees will hear from the following panelists:

Madeline Miller, Doctoral Student, School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), University of Michigan

Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997) , Senior Game Producer, Meta

David Tarver (BSE MSE EE ’75 ’76), Entrepreneur, educator, and community organizer

Madeline Walker Miller is the Founder and CEO of NexTiles, a Detroit-based textile recycling company that converts textile waste into building insulation. Her professional background focuses on reducing textile waste and its harmful impacts to our natural environment. Her company specializes in creating secondary uses for textiles and engaging more Detroiters in creating circular economy solutions. She is an alumna of Spelman College and earned a master’s degree in Coastal Zone Management from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

Madeline’s passion lies in empowering young Black people and people of color to embrace environmentally sustainable behaviors. She is a PhD student at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), studying in the Urban Energy Justice Lab. In her spare time, she enjoys family outings and playing with her boxer, Maximus. Learn more about Madeline here.

Leon Pryor (BS EE 1997) is a Detroit-based technology professional. After graduating from Michigan, Leon joined Microsoft, where he helped launch the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles and dozens of games from Electronic Arts, Microsoft Game Studios, Disney, and Lucasarts. Leon is currently a Senior Video Game Producer for META’s(Facebook) reality lab group, building games for Augmented and Virtual Reality headsets. Outside work, Leon is a passionate advocate for STEM enrichment in Detroit, Michigan, where he co-founded the Motor City Alliance: A non-profit organization that supports over 100 robotics teams in Detroit in after-school programs, summer camps, and FIRST Robotics competitions. Leon is also the coach of two FIRST Robotics teams: FIRST Robotics Challenge team 8280 K9.0 Robotics from the School at Marygrove and FIRST Tech Challenge team 14010 TechnoPhoenix from the Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies school. Team TechnoPhoenix recently made history as the first Detroit Public school to qualify for the World Championships. Additionally, Leon was recognized as the Michigan State FIRST Robotics Coach of the Year and was runner-up for the award at the World Championships in Houston, TX.

David Tarver (BSE MSE EE) is a successful entrepreneur and educator who has focused on community service for the past two decades. After several years at Bell Labs, David launched Telecom Analysis Systems, Inc., a high-tech telecommunications instrumentation business. He sold that company twelve years later for $30 million and then, working as Group President for the buyer, built a telecommunications business with a market value in excess of $2 billion.

His community service activities include founding the Red Bank Education and Development Initiative (RBEDI), a community-based not-for-profit organization that catalyzed dramatic improvements in academic performance and opportunities for children in Red Bank, NJ. In 2014, he founded the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative, which facilitates the creation of sustainable business solutions to important urban problems. He has served as a lecturer in the Center for Entrepreneurship since 2012, and during the 2015-2016 academic year, he launched a new course entitled “Urban Entrepreneurship.”

Tarver’s book, “Proving Ground: A Memoir,” details his entrepreneurial journey from childhood dream to international success.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:32:06 -0400 2023-06-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Electrical and Computer Engineering Lecture / Discussion
LHS Collaboratory (June 21, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108002 108002-21819440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speaker:
Dipak Kalra, PhD, FRCGP, FACMI, FBCS
President, The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data
Professor of Health Informatics, UCL and Visiting Professor, University of Gant
One of the strongest drivers for Learning Health Systems in Europe right now is the urgency to strengthen health systems resilience through accelerated digital health transformation. This is a direct reaction to the struggles all of our health systems had during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Up to now digital health innovation has occurred in a rather piecemeal way, often through pilots that fail to scale up or be sustained. There is a real gap in the understanding of how digital health solutions, especially patient empowerment for disease self-management through smart technical solutions, can be appropriately targeted to the right patients, influence care pathways in an efficient and safe way, become culturally embraced by clinical teams and accountably adopted by healthcare provider organizations. There are several initiatives and opportunities in progress in Europe to accelerate the adoption of digital health technologies and to support the dissemination of good practices, which will be discussed during this talk.
In parallel, equally urgent, is the recognition that health data must be better used to support learning at scale, for example to be better prepared to gather intelligence rapidly as a lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to accelerate research that can deliver innovative treatments, devices and algorithms. Many European countries have embarked upon establishing a national or regional health data infrastructure and ecosystem that enables the reuse of data for research. Most exciting of all, the European Commission has announced a multibillion program to establish a European Health Data Space (EHDS). An important success factor for this will be public trust, and therefore getting the governance model right for wide scale data reuse is critical. This talk will explain the approaches being taken across Europe to scale up the ability to analyze large volumes of health data, including its governance, and how the EHDS is anticipated to catalyze a step change in that scale of learning from health data.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 May 2023 00:22:13 -0400 2023-06-21T15:00:00-04:00 2023-06-21T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
𝗨-𝗠 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 2023 (June 28, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107682 107682-21816358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Providing U-M students, postdocs, staff, and faculty the opportunity to hear presentations, browse scientific posters, and network with like-minded scientists. Registration deadline is May 31, 2023 (https://forms.gle/tcRcRX8RFRBFBRmt9).

The most updated event information will be available on MNI's website at https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/mni/2023-university-michigan-neuroscience-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:21:59 -0400 2023-06-28T17:30:00-04:00 2023-06-28T21:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium Neuro Conference info
𝗨-𝗠 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 2023 (June 29, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107682 107682-21816360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Providing U-M students, postdocs, staff, and faculty the opportunity to hear presentations, browse scientific posters, and network with like-minded scientists. Registration deadline is May 31, 2023 (https://forms.gle/tcRcRX8RFRBFBRmt9).

The most updated event information will be available on MNI's website at https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/mni/2023-university-michigan-neuroscience-conference.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:21:59 -0400 2023-06-29T09:00:00-04:00 2023-06-29T17:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Michigan Neuroscience Institute Conference / Symposium Neuro Conference info
PHILIP S. BRACHMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE (July 19, 2023 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108322 108322-21819349@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 12:15pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: School of Public Health

The Summer Session in Epidemiology
University of Michigan
School of Public Health
SPH I Room 3755
Wednesday, July 19 at 12:15 PM

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 24 May 2023 14:29:09 -0400 2023-07-19T12:15:00-04:00 2023-07-19T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) School of Public Health Conference / Symposium Brachman Lecture Flyer
David Schottenfeld Lecture (July 26, 2023 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108376 108376-21819444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Epidemiology

Summer Session in Epidemiology
"Some New Causal Inference Methods in Epidemiology: On Bespoke IVs and Proxies
Wednesday, July 26, 12:15pm (Virtual)

RSVP at: https://myumi.ch/JpQDE

Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
Professor
Luddy Family President's Distinguished Professor
Professor of Statistics and Data Science
The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania

David Schottenfeld, MD, MS, (John G. Searle Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health) is a renowned cancer epidemiologist, receiving numerous honors and awards. Dr. Schottenfeld also served as director of the Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology from 1988–2004.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 May 2023 07:42:28 -0400 2023-07-26T12:15:00-04:00 2023-07-26T13:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Epidemiology Lecture / Discussion SSE David Schottenfeld Lecture
Investigating Factors Influencing Automated Vehicles Overtaking Bicycles: Perspectives from Drivers and Bicyclists (July 27, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108987 108987-21820687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 27, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Transportation Research Institute
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

Bicyclists and motor vehicles share the same roads, yet there is currently no reliable technology available that assists drivers in safely overtaking bicyclists while also being acceptable to bicyclists themselves. Additionally, there is a lack of clarity regarding the critical factors involved in overtaking, as perceived by the various stakeholders.

To address these issues, this study aimed to develop computational decision-making models for car-to-bike overtaking and assess relevant factors influencing this overtaking behavior. The models considered the presence of oncoming traffic and designated bike lanes. An experiment was conducted using simulation technology, gathering subjective assessments from both drivers and bicyclists. The findings revealed disparities in satisfaction and perception of different overtaking scenarios between drivers and bicyclists.

Furthermore, the study identified significant factors influencing their subjective ratings and investigated the reasons behind these inconsistencies. The research emphasizes the importance of considering the perspectives of both drivers and bicyclists when developing car-to-bike overtaking features. The insights gained from this study will contribute to the establishment of guidelines aimed at protecting vulnerable bicyclists on the road.

About this research: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/research/u-m/a-data-driven-autonomous-driving-system-for-overtaking-bicyclists/
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Speaker Bios:
Dr. Brian Dr. Lin earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Dr. Lin has 11 years of experience in automotive human factors research at UMTRI after his Ph.D. His current research is focused on mining naturalistic driving data using statistical and machine-learning methods, driver-assist-system evaluation, driver performance and behavior assessment, and driver distraction and workload mitigation. His most recent work includes human driver’s lane-change maneuvers, drivers’ decisions at intersections, and passengers’ motion discomfort in moving vehicles. Dr. Lin has much experience in conducting experiments to evaluate advanced automotive systems, including auto-braking, lane departure, driver-state monitoring, electronic head units, car-following and curve-assist systems on L2 automation, and lane-change and intersection assist on L3 automation on public roads, test tracks, or simulation. He is familiar with the methods to investigate driver distraction, workload, and human-machine interaction with in-vehicle technologies and safety features. He serves as a peer reviewer for Applied Ergonomics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, Transportation Research Part F, and Transportation Research Record.

Dr. Shan Bao earned her Ph.D. in mechanical and industrial engineering from the University of Iowa in 2009. Dr. Bao has led multiple, large, simulator and naturalistic-driving studies for industry and government sponsors. Her areas of expertise include the statistical analysis of crash datasets and naturalistic data, vulnerable road user safety, experimental design, algorithm development to identify driver states and movement, evaluation of driving-safety technologies, measurement of driver performance, driver decision-making, and statistical and stochastic modeling techniques. She has given multiple keynote speeches and served on expert panels at different conferences or meetings. She has also made technical presentations on scientific project results at many international conferences with a wide range of audiences. Dr. Bao is the author of recent IEEE e-learning course of “Human Factors in Automated Vehicles”.

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Presentation Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:39:40 -0400 2023-07-27T13:00:00-04:00 2023-07-27T14:00:00-04:00 Transportation Research Institute Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Presentation Banner for CCAT Research Review with Brian Lin and Shan Bao. It features their headshots.
Flash Talk Take-Over | Inspiring Conservation: The Great Lakes Gardens at Matthaei Botanical Gardens (August 4, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109076 109076-21821045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 4, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

The Great Lakes Gardens were established in 2013 to showcase a diverse array of natural communities and their associated plants that are native to Michigan and the Great Lakes region. The gardens serve as an important place for the general public and university community to learn about these natural communities and be inspired to care about their protection and stewardship. In addition to the educational and inspirational benefits to conservation, the gardens play an important role in the *ex situ* conservation of numerous uncommon and rare native plants and the insect fauna that rely on them. Challenges to curating and caring for the Great Lakes Gardens include acquiring and establishing representative native plants, maintaining adequate interpretive signage (especially plant labels), and controlling nonnative plants.

Michael Kost serves as the associate curator at University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum and as a lecturer in the School for Environment and Sustainability. As a curator, he focuses on natural areas stewardship planning and making data on living collections accessible for teaching, learning, and research. Before joining U-M, he served as the lead ecologist and a senior conservation scientist with Michigan Natural Features Inventory at Michigan State University, where he focused on documenting and describing natural communities and rare species, as well as identifying key sites for biodiversity conservation and management. In this role, he coauthored over 80 publications, including three books on the natural communities of Michigan.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, graduate students, or guests talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors. They take place at noon on the first Friday of every month.

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https://umich.zoom.us/j/94263457873

Meeting ID: 942 6345 7873
Passcode: Kelsey

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:26:31 -0400 2023-08-04T12:00:00-04:00 2023-08-04T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Closeup of black-eyed Susan flower, a plant native to Michigan and the Great Lakes region. The flower has yellow petals and a brown-black center.
M-LEEaD Fall 2023 Seminar: Ovarian Disrupting Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (August 15, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109752 109752-21824480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 8:00am
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Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us for an in-person seminar discussing ovarian disrupting effects of contaminants of emerging concern. Our speaker, Shuo Xiao, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and is part of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI).

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Presentation Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:52:13 -0400 2023-08-15T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-15T09:00:00-04:00 Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Presentation Poster with image of ovary and medical items
A Discussion of The Mishnah and its Place in History (September 6, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111409 111409-21826986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Judaic Studies

This one-day colloquium will reflect on the place and use of the Mishnah in the study of early Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, and Christianity. Centered in the conversation is the publication of the new Oxford Annotated (2022), edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen and Hayim Lapin.

The event is comprised of two panels, each of which will begin with two or three, 10-15 minute presentations and follow with an open conversation among all participants. The first session (9-11am EST) will discuss the problems of translating the Mishnah in light of the experience of the new edition. The second session (11:30am-1:30pm EST) will instead address the very thorny issue of using the Mishnah for the study of Second Temple Judaism.

Register for this free, virtual event here: https://tinyurl.com/5n677sua


SCHEDULE
** Schedule is set according to Eastern Daylight time / New York Time**

9:00-11:00am EDT Session 1: Translation Issues relating to the publication of the Mishnah

Phil Lieberman (Chair)
Shaye Cohen (Presenter)
Hayim Lapin (Presenter)
Michal Bar Asher Siegal
Gregg Gardner
Richard Sarason
Elizabeth Alexander


11:30am-1:30pm EDT Session 2: The Mishnah and the study of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins: To what extent and in what ways can or should we use the Mishnah?

Jonathan Kaplan (Chair)
Adele Reinhartz (Presenter)
Steven Fraade (Presenter)
Krista Dalton (Presenter)
Kelley Coblentz Bautch
Gabriele Boccaccini
Rebecca Wollenberg
Paula Fredricksen
Tal Ilan
Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Lawrence Schiffman

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:08:14 -0400 2023-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Judaic Studies Livestream / Virtual Event Poster
Children Living in Grandparent-Led and Multigenerational Families: Implications for Policy and Practice (September 6, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111184 111184-21826166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Children Living in Grandparent-Led and Multigenerational Families: Implications for Policy and Practice (Webinar)
Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 2-3pm ET
Learn more and register: https://wisc.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9843475efd2f7b3976fcd0fbe&id=c6bb8f45b3&e=31c34e2bd7

The number of children living in multigenerational households has increased steadily since the 1980s. As of 2021, more than 10% of children (roughly 7.5 million) share a home with two or more generations. While the stays may be relatively short, overall, about 30% of children in the United States will live in a multigenerational or skipped-generation household at some point during their childhood. This is even more common for children of color and for those whose adult family members are low income. In this webinar, panelists will examine the scope of the issue and its implications for child well-being and security, as well as opportunities for policy and practice to support these children and their adult household members

Presenters:
- Natasha Pilkauskas, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Poverty Solutions; University of Michigan
- J. Michael Collins, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- LaShawnDa Pittman, Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:31:26 -0400 2023-09-06T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Poverty Solutions Livestream / Virtual Multigenerational Family
The Andalus of the Possible (September 7, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110958 110958-21825916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde in 1983, Palestinian poet Mamud Darwish called Palestine “the Andalus of the possible.” Taking inspiration from Darwish’s words, this talk asks: what has the memory of al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia) made possible for Palestinian writers and thinkers? Since the early twentieth century, several prominent Palestinian writers have turned to the memory of al-Andalus to reflect on the political plight of their homeland, to decry occupation and cultural erasure, and to imagine a future for Palestine. Drawing on examples from this long tradition of Palestinian writing about al-Andalus, this talk maps the intersection of two diasporic imaginaries that have crisscrossed the Mediterranean: the Andalusi imaginary and the Palestinian one.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:17:21 -0400 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Andalus Image
Entrepreneurship Hour: Uma Subramanian (September 8, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111759 111759-21827545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 11:30am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

In the world of wanderlust, Uma Subramanian soars as a trailblazing entrepreneur, fueled by passion and desire to redefine air travel. A U-M grad and aviation junkie, she launched Areo Technologies Where every flight is seamless.

Imagine private terminals, where magic turns passengers into VIPs. Premium amenities spoil travelers throughout their airborne odyssey. But wait, there’s more! Areo’s pet paradise in the skies lets furry companions’ jet-set in style.

For Uma, this isn't just business; it's an exhilarating adventure to transform air travel. With Aero Technologies, the sky’s not a limit – it’s a realm of wonder, where hassle-free journeys and cherished memories take flight.

Don’t miss Uma at the CFE’s EHour on Friday, September 8 at 11:30, Stamps Auditorium, North Campus. Get ready to be inspired by her incredible story.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:22:30 -0400 2023-09-08T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-08T12:20:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture / Discussion Uma Subramanian
CMENAS Fall 2023 Colloquium Series Lecture. Scoring Points: Sports and Politics in Iran (September 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110960 110960-21825918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

In the face of a worsening economy as well as a range of restrictions and pressures from the Iranian state, Iranian athletes–including many women–have managed significant achievements on the national and world stage. Yet what may otherwise be triumphant moments for the athletes and the nation are marred by Iran’s domestic and international troubles. More often than not, Iranian athletes find themselves increasingly caught between the rock of an authoritarian state and the hard place of diasporic and foreign agendas which compete to use Iranian sports to further their own interests. Drawing from several recent examples to illustrate these dynamics, this talk also considers why frameworks used for making sense of sports, media, and politics elsewhere in the region may not be as fruitful for understanding the case of Iran. In spite of the grim realities facing Iranian athletes, however, Iranian sports remains an important vehicle for individual expression and social change, and the talk includes a discussion of such positive potentials and accomplishments as well.

Niki Akhavan is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of *Electronic Iran: The Politics of an Online Evolution *(Rutgers, 2013) and has also published on Iranian narrative and documentary cinema, Iranian sports and media, as well as on state media productions and policies. In addition to her research, Akhavan is an avid translator, most recently of Mohsen Kadivar's *Human rights and reformist Islam *(Edinburgh University Press, 2021).

This event is part of the CMENAS Fall Colloquium 2023: “The MENA world after a MENA World Cup” 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor.

Colloquium questions: cmenas@umich.edu

This series is funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) grant.

To register, go to https://myumi.ch/8eA8n.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:01:51 -0400 2023-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Workshop / Seminar Niki Akhavan, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Media and Communication Studies, The Catholic University of America
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - "Applied Community Ecology: The Case of Puerto Rican Ants in Coffee" (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111959 111959-21828063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Coffee farms in Puerto Rico offer a perfect setting for studying community ecology since they are small, similar to one another and abundant, effectively creating a natural experiment. The ant community of these farms is evidently organized along the lines of what has come to be known as a metacommunity. The study of a particular assemblage of ants on one of these farms reveals interesting patterns of community structure, some of which relates directly to practical issues such as pest control and carbon sequestration. Specifically, the role of intransitive loops and higher order effects are evident and provide a mechanistic interpretation of some aspects of community structure.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:01:12 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Hypothalamic Glia in the Intersection of Environmental Stress & Metabolism (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111369 111369-21826902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Marianna Sadagurski, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Ph.D. from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University which included training at the NIDDK at the NIH. Following her doctorate, she completed her postdoctoral training at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sadagurski’s research focuses on the central regulation of metabolism in the context of environmental stress, obesity, and aging. Her lab employs a multidisciplinary approach that integrates cutting-edge molecular, genetic, and metabolic assessments in rodents to manipulate brain neurocircuits and inflammatory pathways, thus elucidating the central mechanisms that regulate metabolic homeostasis. She has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Cell Metabolism, Diabetes, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Molecular Metabolism, and Aging Cell. Her research has earned her several awards, including the ADA Junior Faculty Award. Her research has also been supported by the NIA, NIDDK, and NIEHS, including her contributions to the NIH Superfund Center “CLEAR” at WSU.

NOTE: This is an in-person event. It will not be webcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:15:52 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Photo of the speaker with the talk title "Hypothalamic Glia in the Intersection of Environmental Stress & Metabolism" and Sept. 12, 12:00 to 12:50 pm, in room 1655 of School of Public Health 1. Background is drawings of microglia and astrocytes.
WCED Roundtable. The Troubling State of India's Democracy (September 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110059 110059-21824230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

India’s democracy has long had its share of warts, but it is now faced with unprecedented challenges. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which began its second term in office in 2019, has shown scant regard for democratic procedures and norms. A hitherto freewheeling, feisty, and contentious press has, for the most part, been cowed. Investigative agencies are routinely used to target key members of the political opposition. Civil liberties, which had often been undermined selectively, are now being regularly curbed. Even the historically independent Supreme Court has been circumspect and uneven in its judgments. "The Troubling State of India’s Democracy," edited by Diamond, Ganguly, and Mistree, offers a comprehensive assessment of the health of Indian democracy while, in particular, it exposes the disturbing trend of accelerating democratic backsliding in India.


Panelists:

Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Stanford University

Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political Science & Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University, Bloomington

Dinsha Mistree, Research Fellow in the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law School and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Respondents: Anindita Adhikari and Nandini Dey, WCED Postdoctoral Fellows

Reception to follow.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/Rp7P6

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:35:26 -0400 2023-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion WCED Roundtable. The Troubling State of India's Democracy
Health Equity Leadership Series (September 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107534 107534-21824749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

The Health Equity Leadership Series is a speaker series that welcomes leaders in the fields of nursing and healthcare to share their expertise and engage members of the UM community in critical thinking, learning, and dialogue about topics in health equity. Our goal is to expose UM faculty, staff, students, and alumni to some of the most pressing and relevant topics in health equity and nursing. Attendees will be challenged to learn, unlearn, and expand upon their own views while also networking with leaders who have a demonstrated commitment to advancing equity in healthcare.

Join us on September 13th as we welcome Dr. Nao Hagiwara, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. The core goal of her research program is to develop theory-driven interventions that are designed to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare and health and ultimately promote social equity. She grounds her health disparities research in social psychology theories of intergroup bias and examines mechanisms through which stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination contribute to the well-documented racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare and health. Dr. Hagiwara’s presentation will highlight the central role of patient-provider communication processes as the key mechanism underlying racial disparities in both patient-centered outcomes and clinical outcomes.

This event series is hosted by the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. All UM students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend. Please register on UM Sessions and send any questions about the Health Equity Leadership Series to Emily Herzog (epawlik@umich.edu).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:17:14 -0400 2023-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sessions @ Michigan Lecture / Discussion UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series Logo
UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series (September 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110300 110300-21832496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Nursing

The Health Equity Leadership Series is a speaker series that welcomes leaders in the fields of nursing and healthcare to share their expertise and engage members of the UM community in critical thinking, learning, and dialogue about topics in health equity. Our goal is to expose UM faculty, staff, students, and alumni to some of the most pressing and relevant topics in health equity and nursing. Attendees will be challenged to learn, unlearn, and expand upon their own views while also networking with leaders who have a demonstrated commitment to advancing equity in healthcare.

This year's line-up:

Dr. Nao Hagiwara, PhD
Implicit Bias and Patient-Provider Communication
September 13, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Black Maternal Health
October 11, 2023
12:00 -1:00 PM ET

Dr. Priyoth Kittiteerasack, PhD, RN
LGBT Life in Thailand: Past, Current, and Future Situations
November 8, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Shirley Stephenson, MS, MFA, MA, FNP-BC
Humanities & Nursing
January 17, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

State Rep. Jason Morgan
Housing Insecurity & Inequality in Washtenaw County
February 16, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Victor Pedrero, PsyD
Diabetes and Stigma
March 13, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Dr. Erin Tenney, DNP, CNM, WHNP, APNP
Cultural Safety and Native American Health
April 10, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

For full event descriptions, please visit our Sessions page: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/13451

This event series is hosted by the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. All UM students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend. Please register on UM Sessions and send any questions about the Health Equity Leadership Series to Emily Herzog (epawlik@umich.edu).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:21:50 -0400 2023-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Nursing Lecture / Discussion UMSN Health Equity Leadership Series Logo
Joint CLaSP/MIPSE seminar | The Giant Planets as Unique Laboratories for Space Plasma Processes (September 14, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110358 110358-21824812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Climate and Space Research Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
This talk will introduce space plasma processes in the environments of giant planets and explore them through the lens of spacecraft measurements. The aim is to present a high-level overview of what we learn about planetary environments by virtue of such measurements, both remotely and in situ. Plasma waves are responsible for the energization and heating of charged particles and energy transport in the environments of giant planets. They play a central role in auroral and radiation belt dynamics, moon/ring coupling with the magnetosphere, and driving atmospheric loss.
The environments of giant planets also provide unique access to the extremities of the parameter space to explore fundamental plasma physics, not seen anywhere else in the solar system. An example is the low-altitudes of Jupiter, where the plasma is ultra-magnetized (fce/fpe ~ 10^3 – 10^4). Another is the helio-centric distances of the orbits of giant planets, where the Mach numbers can exceed 100, affording opportunities to experimentally test limits of wave-particle interactions and collisionless shock wave theory, respectively.

About the Speaker:
Ali H. Sulaiman joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota in 2022. He received his Ph.D. in Space Physics at Imperial College London in 2016. His research specializes in the physics of plasma waves in gas giant systems, and their critical role in the dynamics of their auroras, magnetospheres, and ionospheres. His research portfolio is built on his involvement in NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter, NASA/ESA’s Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and ESA’s future Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission to Jupiter. Ali was the recipient of the 2019 University of Iowa Postdoctoral Scholar Excellence Award, the 2017 International Union of Radio Science Young Scientists Award, and the 2016 Springer Thesis Prize (Recognizing Outstanding PhD Research).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:09:06 -0400 2023-09-14T15:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T16:30:00-04:00 Climate and Space Research Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Prof. Ali Sulaiman
Making Michigan: A City's Conscience:The Life and Career of Josephine Gomon (September 14, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111364 111364-21826894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Detroit Observatory
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Teacher, columnist, social justice activist, politician, advisor, director of several public agencies, and more: Ann Arbor native and U-M alum Josephine Fellows Gomon (LSA 1913) had an impact on Detroit, on Michigan, and on social justice across the nation -- an impact matched by few others. Join us for a presentation by Michelle McClellan and learn about Gomon's life and work in the context of women's roles in the early and mid 20th century, including her involvement in the birth control movement and her service as director of women personnel at the Willow Run bomber plant during WWII. Find out why the Detroit Free Press called her "the City's Conscience."

Michelle McClellan is the Johanna Meijer Magoon Principal Archivist at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. She serves as the field archivist for the Michigan Historical Collections, aiming to preserve diverse stories from across the state. Michelle earned her Ph.D. in American history from Stanford University and her M.S.I. from the University of Michigan. Before coming to the Bentley, Michelle worked in academia, museums, and historic preservation. She has published on the history of women and medicine, on “Little House” heritage tourism, and on how museums and historic sites can highlight formerly hidden stories. Most recently, she co-authored “Not Even Past: Archiving 2020 in Real Time” with Aprille McKay, which appeared in the volume Being Human during COVID-19 (University of Michigan Press, 2021).

For those attending in person, the event will be followed by tours of the Observatory, with observing if weather permits.

If you'd like to attend this event virtually, registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-citys-consciencethe-life-and-career-of-josephine-gomon-virtual-tickets-699266784777?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you'd like to attend this event in person, registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-citys-consciencethe-life-and-career-of-josephine-gomon-in-person-tickets-699253083797?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:46:08 -0400 2023-09-14T19:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T20:30:00-04:00 Detroit Observatory Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Josephine Gomon
The Clements Bookworm: Digitizing the Papers of General Thomas Gage for America250 and Beyond (September 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111650 111650-21827372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Clements Curator of Manuscripts, Cheney Schopieray, along with the team of digitization technicians, Tulin Babbitt, Katrina Shafer, and Michelle Varteresian share the progress and unexpected discoveries made while scanning over 23,000 documents in the Thomas Gage Papers. Read the latest press release about the project here.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:29:30 -0400 2023-09-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion The Clements Bookworm Graphics
CSEAS Lecture Series. Countering Infrastructures of Impunity with Performance and Creative Arts (September 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110625 110625-21825177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Drawing on her forthcoming book, *Infrastructures of Impunity*, Elizabeth F. Drexler argues that the creation and persistence of impunity for the perpetrators of the Cold War Indonesian genocide (1965-66) is not only a legal status but also a cultural and social process. Impunity for the initial killings and for subsequent acts of political violence has many elements: bureaucratic, military, legal, political, educational, and affective. Although these elements do not always work at once—at times, some are dormant while others are ascendant—taken together, all elements can be described as a unified entity, a dynamic infrastructure whose existence explains and accounts for the persistence of impunity. For instance, truth-telling, a first step in many responses to state violence, did not undermine the infrastructure but instead bent to it. Creative and artistic responses to revelations about the past, however, have begun to undermine the infrastructure by countering its temporality, affect, social stigmatization and demonstrating its contingency and specific actions, policies and processes that would begin to dismantle it.

ELIZABETH F. DREXLER is an associate professor of anthropology and director of Peace and Justice Studies. She has been working in Indonesia since 1996, focusing on issues of human rights and state violence. Her research projects explore how societies address the legacies of political violence, emphasizing the relationships among institutions, transnational interventions, historical narratives, and contested memories in establishing the rule of law and reconstructing social and political life—or failing to do so. She is particularly concerned with the role that knowledge of past violence, whether acknowledged or denied, plays in the present.
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If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact CSEAS at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Register at http://myumi.ch/ez8ZP

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:47:48 -0400 2023-09-15T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Presentation on Pedagogical Pieces by Black Composers (September 15, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110726 110726-21825360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

LEAH CLAIBORNE (MM ’14, DMA ’18, piano pedagogy & performance) is the winner of the 2023 Emerging Artist Award in Music.

Leah Claiborne promotes diversity in the arts by championing piano music by Black composers in her performances, research, and teaching.

She has established the first diversity, equity, and inclusion column for the journal *American Music Teacher*, where she regularly publishes articles providing resources and support to music educators across the country. Claiborne was recently named the inaugural winner of the Stecher and Horowitz Power of Innovation Award through the Music Teacher National Association for her artistic excellence, pedagogical leadership, nurturing spirit, and community service. This prize is given to a teaching artist under the age of 36 who is making a significant impact in the field of music. In 2023, she was named one of Yamaha’s “40 under 40,” a list of the most influential music educators in America.

Claiborne serves as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Frances Clark Center and is the co-chair of the DEI track for the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy. She has performed across the United States, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Japan. She is a highly sought-after adjudicator and clinician in national piano competitions. During the 2022–23 academic year alone, she was an invited guest lecturer for master classes, seminars, and recitals in California, Washington, Michigan, Arizona, Minnesota, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC. Claiborne received early promotion with tenure at the University of the District of Columbia, where she serves as coordinator of keyboard studies and teaches history of African American music.

Visit Dr. Claiborne's website for Ebony Music, Inc:
https://ebonymusic.org/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:17:09 -0400 2023-09-15T16:30:00-04:00 2023-09-15T18:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Presentation on Pedagogical Pieces by Black Composers
"Asian Music and Its Traditions": Roundtable Discussion (September 16, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111288 111288-21826625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 16, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This roundtable will focus on the pasts and presents of various Asian music traditions through short formal introductions and open discussion with audience participation.

U-M PANELISTS

*China*
BRIGHT SHENG, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music--composition

*Japan*
KEISUKE YAMADA, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Japanese Studies--soundscapes and sound-politics of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Japan; shamisen making

*Korea*
SUNHONG KIM, Graduate Fellow, Center for World Performance Studies--court/folk music ensembles in South Korea; multi-wind instrumentalist (piri/ taepyeongso/ danso/ saenghwang)

*South Asia*
INDERJIT KAUR, Assistant Professor of Music--Sikh Studies and South Asian musical cultures

*Southeast Asia*
TRENT WALKER, Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies--Buddhism, literature, and music in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

*Hosted by:*

DAVID ROLSTON, Professor of Chinese Literature--traditional Chinese fiction and drama/theater

JOSEPH GASCHO, Associate Professor of Harpsichord and Director of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments

This is the opening event for the Stearns Collection's Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music.
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:17:09 -0400 2023-09-16T17:30:00-04:00 2023-09-16T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion "Asian Music and Its Traditions": Roundtable Discussion
Policy Talks @ The Ford School: Inflation and the labor market since 2020: A successful soft landing? (September 18, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112287 112287-21828753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy Brad DeLong will be joined by Ford School economists Josh Hausman, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers for a conversation on recent U.S. macro policy from inflation to the labor market.

Sandwiches will be provided to attendees as quantities last.



From the speaker's bio

Brad DeLong is a professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a weblogger at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and a fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1982 and 1987. He joined UC Berkeley as an associate professor in 1993 and became a full professor in 1997.

Professor DeLong also served in the U.S. government as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 1993 to 1995. He worked on the Clinton Administration's 1993 budget, on the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, on the North American Free Trade Agreement, on macroeconomic policy, and on the unsuccessful health care reform effort.

Before joining the Treasury Department, Professor DeLong was Danziger Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He has also been a John M. Olin Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University, and a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at M.I.T.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:31:38 -0400 2023-09-18T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Event Speakers
CMENAS Fall 2023 Colloquium Series. Football Culture, Politics, and Economics in the Middle East and North Africa (September 18, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111681 111681-21827414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Football has been played in the MENA region since the 19th century and has been successively instrumentalized by colonialists, anti-colonialists, nationalists, internationalists, capitalists, socialists and authoritarians. Because the outside world is unfamiliar with the historical role of football in the region, it comes as a surprise that Qatar might feel competent to host a World Cup, or that Saudi Arabia might harbor the ambition to create a globally competitive national league. In this talk I aim to place these developments in their broader context, and to frame them using two theses. First, football interest is inherently local – stemming from rivalries which can often be traced back more than a century. Second, football economics is inherently global, since playing talent migrates to where it is most highly valued. This framing carries some implications for the future development of football in the MENA region, and the political tensions that this may create.

Stefan Szymanski is an economist who studies sports. He is currently a Professor of Sport Management in the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan. He has published widely on sports topics in peer-reviewed economics journals and has written a dozen books. The most well-known is *Soccernomics* (co-authored with Simon Kuper), which has been translated into 18 languages, though not Arabic or Hebrew.

This event is part of the CMENAS Fall Colloquium 2023: “The MENA world after a MENA World Cup” 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor.

Colloquium questions: cmenas@umich.edu

This series is funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) grant.

To register, go to https://myumi.ch/8eA8n.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:05:19 -0400 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Workshop / Seminar Stefan Szymanski, Stephen J. Galetti Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
The Sweep and Force of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment: The Constitution's Disqualification from Office of Oath-Breaking Insurrectionists (September 18, 2023 4:20pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110566 110566-21825100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:20pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join us for the University of Michigan's annual commemoration of Constitution Day. A reception will immediately follow in the Jeffries Lounge (Jeffries Hall 1220). Michael Stokes Paulsen, Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Law at University of St. Thomas School of Law, will deliver a lecture entitled, "The Sweep and Force of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment: The Constitution's Disqualification from Office of Oath-Breaking Insurrectionists."

Professor Paulsen is the co-author, along with William Baude, of an article forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review titled The Sweep and Force of Section Three.

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:39:55 -0400 2023-09-18T16:20:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:45:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion
Kathie Stewart, Baroque Flute (September 18, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112584 112584-21829153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

GUEST BIO

Hailed as a virtuoso by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, KATHIE STEWART is a founding member and principal flute of Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. An advocate of the baroque flute as a mainstream instrument, Stewart serves as Teacher of Baroque Flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Visiting Artist at Case Western Reserve University, and is Assistant Director for the Seattle Baroque Flute Workshop. Stewart has performed as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Sinfonia, ARTEK, and Turn the Corner Irish Band. Stewart has performed at the BBC Proms, Snape Proms, Tanglewood Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Boston Early Music Festival, New World Symphony’s Baroque Festival, Oberlin College Artist Series, National Academy of Sciences, Library of Congress, and Dumbarton Oaks Series. Stewart is a faculty member of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she serves as Curator of Harpsichords in the Historical Performance Department and additionally taught baroque flute for nearly twenty years. A proponent of historical temperaments, she tunes and maintains the Conservatory’s world-class collection of historical harpsichord reproductions.

Stewart appears on fourteen recordings with Apollo’s Fire including solo performances in Bach’s *Brandenburg Concerto No. IV* (AVIE) and Telemann’s *Concerto in E Minor for Flute and Recorder* (AVIE). An accomplished Irish flute player, she can be heard on *Scarborough Fayre: Traditional Tunes from the British Isles and the New World, Come To The River: an Early American Gathering*, and *Sugarloaf Mountain: an Appalachian Gathering*. Radio appearances include holiday specials on National Public Radio, NPR’s *World of Opera*, *SymphonyCast*, and *Performance Today*. Her concerts have been broadcasted on Britain’s BBC Radio, Canada’s CBC, European Community Radio, and on WCLV’s “Seaway” syndication network carried by member stations of the European Broadcasting Union. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Music degree from West Virginia University as a student of Joyce Catalfano and a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music as a student of Thomas Nyfenger. She completed doctoral coursework at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a student of George Hambrecht and participated in Eiji Hashimoto’s Baroque Ensemble. Fascination with the traverso led her to the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory where she studied baroque flute and recorder with Christopher Krueger.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:17:04 -0400 2023-09-18T16:30:00-04:00 2023-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Class / Instruction Kathie Stewart, Baroque Flute
Modernizing Regulatory Review (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110565 110565-21825098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the first Environmental & Energy Law Program lunch talk of the academic year. Richard Revesz, the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, will deliver a lecture entitled "Modernizing Regulatory Review."

This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.

On April 6, 2023, the Biden Administration took two actions to modernize regulatory review. First, the President signed an executive order that will focus federal agency and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) time and resources where they can have the greatest positive effect and bring more voices into the regulatory process. And second, OIRA issued proposed revisions to its government-wide guidance on regulatory analysis, Circular A-4, to help agencies better account for the full range of benefits and costs of their regulatory actions. This talk will particularly focus on Circular A-4, including proposed revisions to guidance on discounting, geographic scope of analysis, and distributional analysis.

Richard Revesz, the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is one of the nation’s leading voices in the fields of environmental and regulatory law and policy. He is also the AnBryce Professor of Law (on leave) and dean emeritus at the New York University School of Law. Revesz has published ten books and around 80 articles in major law reviews and journals advocating for protective and rational climate change and environmental policies, and examining the institutional contexts in which regulatory policy is made.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:51:52 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
Pre-Concert Lecture: Flutist Kathie Stewart (September 19, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112585 112585-21829154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This 7:15pm lecture with guest speaker Kathie Stewart takes place before the 8:00pm recital featuring Amy Porter and Joseph Gascho.

GUEST BIO

Hailed as a virtuoso by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, KATHIE STEWART is a founding member and principal flute of Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. An advocate of the baroque flute as a mainstream instrument, Stewart serves as Teacher of Baroque Flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Visiting Artist at Case Western Reserve University, and is Assistant Director for the Seattle Baroque Flute Workshop. Stewart has performed as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera, Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Sinfonia, ARTEK, and Turn the Corner Irish Band. Stewart has performed at the BBC Proms, Snape Proms, Tanglewood Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Boston Early Music Festival, New World Symphony’s Baroque Festival, Oberlin College Artist Series, National Academy of Sciences, Library of Congress, and Dumbarton Oaks Series. Stewart is a faculty member of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she serves as Curator of Harpsichords in the Historical Performance Department and additionally taught baroque flute for nearly twenty years. A proponent of historical temperaments, she tunes and maintains the Conservatory’s world-class collection of historical harpsichord reproductions.

Stewart holds a Bachelor of Music degree from West Virginia University as a student of Joyce Catalfano and a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music as a student of Thomas Nyfenger. She completed doctoral coursework at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a student of George Hambrecht and participated in Eiji Hashimoto’s Baroque Ensemble. Fascination with the traverso led her to the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory where she studied baroque flute and recorder with Christopher Krueger.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:17:05 -0400 2023-09-19T19:15:00-04:00 2023-09-19T19:45:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: Flutist Kathie Stewart
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Schwa?" Exploring the Possibilities of a Gender-Inclusive Italian (September 20, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108989 108989-21820695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

This presentation assesses the present situation on the subject of the schwa symbol “[ə]” in Italian language use, and more in general on the state of the discussion in Italy regarding its usage linked to nonbinary identities. The talk will also address the use of schwa as a political linguistic tool that draws strength from the famous (social) margins often mentioned by bell hooks.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:45:47 -0400 2023-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Vera Gheno Event
The other 9-11. Brown Bag Lecture/Talk: “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” (September 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111604 111604-21827315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:13:51 -0400 2023-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111904 111904-21827870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Abstract:
Large datasets of single-cell gene expression and cellular morphology provide an exciting opportunity to learn predictive models of cellular properties. Replicating the remarkable successes of generative AI models for vision and language in the cellular domain would be highly significant for biomedical science. In this talk, I will present three examples of how generative AI can predict key properties of cells, including their dynamics during differentiation, their responses to perturbation, and their morphological shapes.

Short bio:
Joshua Welch is an Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina in 2017 and performed postdoctoral research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT before starting at the University of Michigan in 2018. His team develops computational approaches for single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data analysis with applications to stem cell reprogramming and neuroscience. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:03:47 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111023 111023-21826009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

1. Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

2. Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

3. Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:21:08 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc appreciation Seminars Sept 21
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111638 111638-21827355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:39:07 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations
CAS Special Roundtable. Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh: Panel on Recent Developments (September 22, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112782 112782-21829542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

In light of recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Center for Armenian Studies invites you to a special roundtable to discuss the different dimensions and implications of these real-time developments.

Panelists:

Talin Hitik: Principal of Hitik Law & Former University of Michigan Law School Affiliate. Talin is an international law advisor to the Center for Truth and Justice. Last August, she represented CFTJ at the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and plans to represent them at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Azerbaijan in the Human Rights Council.

Lori Khatchadourian: Cornell University: Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, and co-founder and co-director of Caucasus Heritage Watch. Her research uses the methods of archaeology and ethnography to study ruination, modernity, cultural erasure, and heritage in conflict, with a particular focus on Armenia and the South Caucasus.

Ron Suny: University of Michigan: William H. Sewell, Jr. Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of History & Emeritus Professor of Political Science.

Date & Time:
This hybrid event will be held in person and via Zoom on Friday, September 22nd, 1:30 - 3:00 PM EST.

On-Campus Location:
Weiser Hall 555, 500 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042

Zoom Alternative:
http://umich.zoom.us/j/93980412049
Meeting ID: 939 8041 2049

This Hybrid event will be in person at Weiser Hall 555 and on Zoom through this link: http://umich.zoom.us/j/93980412049

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact armenianstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:57:36 -0400 2023-09-22T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion CAS Special Roundtable. Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh: Panel on Recent Developments
Using AI and Machine Learning to predict recovery in post-stroke aphasia: Moving towards precision medicine (September 22, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112634 112634-21829209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 2:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

In this talk, I will present our ongoing work aimed at predicting language recovery after acquired brain injury, particularly after a stroke. Our goal is to predict individualized/personalized recovery trajectories based on algorithms from brain markers, big data and computational modeling. In this regard, I will cover three topics (a) Using machine learning to predict recovery after stroke where we examine neuroimaging scans to extract features that best predict stroke recovery, (b) Using AI to simulate individual patient recovery trajectories after treatment where we have developed algorithms to predict recovery as a function of rehabilitation. In this project we are also examining predictors of treatment outcomes in bilingual aphasia, and (c) using big data mining to create a therapy calculator for aphasia recovery. In the last project we are building algorithms of therapy outcomes based on a large amount of rehabilitation data using a digital therapeutic Constant Therapy. This recent work has potential to provide personalized recommendations for rehabilitation trajectories for individual patients who have suffered from acquired brain injury.

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Presentation Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:12:45 -0400 2023-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Presentation Dr. Swathi Kiran
Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra (September 22, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110400 110400-21824871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00 pm USO performance, with four masterpieces featuring fanfares, a fantasia and festivities.

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

Nhi Luong, winner of the SMTD 2023 Concerto Competition performs the Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev, one of the most popular concertos of the 20th century, known for its ultra-virtuosic demands on the pianist, passionate music, and stunningly brilliant orchestral colors.

The concert opens with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 which captures the atmosphere of his opera Fidelio (originally titled Leonore), and takes us on a journey from the darkness and despair of being a prisoner in a dungeon through liberation to a glorious musical expression of freedom.

The final two pieces are “new” takes on music of the past. *Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis*, for solo string quartet and two string orchestras is a beautiful homage to the early music of Thomas Tallis, looking and listening back through 20th century eyes and ears. In Respighi’s *Pines of Rome*, the sounds of early church chanting color the music as the pine trees in four parts of Rome seem to stand witness to aspects of life in Rome. The piece goes from the sounds of children running in circles while acting like soldiers, to the serene song of a nightingale at dawn (the recording being the first-ever electronic device added to an orchestra piece) to a vision of past glories as the sun rises on the Appian Way. The *Pines of Rome* ends in one of the most astonishing displays of sonic brilliance in all of symphonic music.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:17:05 -0400 2023-09-22T19:15:00-04:00 2023-09-22T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra
Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra (September 22, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112659 112659-21829244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00 pm USO performance, with four masterpieces featuring fanfares, a fantasia and festivities.

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

Nhi Luong, winner of the SMTD 2023 Concerto Competition performs the Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev, one of the most popular concertos of the 20th century, known for its ultra-virtuosic demands on the pianist, passionate music, and stunningly brilliant orchestral colors.

The concert opens with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 which captures the atmosphere of his opera Fidelio (originally titled Leonore), and takes us on a journey from the darkness and despair of being a prisoner in a dungeon through liberation to a glorious musical expression of freedom.

The final two pieces are “new” takes on music of the past. *Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis*, for solo string quartet and two string orchestras is a beautiful homage to the early music of Thomas Tallis, looking and listening back through 20th century eyes and ears. In Respighi’s *Pines of Rome*, the sounds of early church chanting color the music as the pine trees in four parts of Rome seem to stand witness to aspects of life in Rome. The piece goes from the sounds of children running in circles while acting like soldiers, to the serene song of a nightingale at dawn (the recording being the first-ever electronic device added to an orchestra piece) to a vision of past glories as the sun rises on the Appian Way. The *Pines of Rome* ends in one of the most astonishing displays of sonic brilliance in all of symphonic music.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:17:18 -0400 2023-09-22T19:15:00-04:00 2023-09-22T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra
Seeing in Depth: "Picture This", The Detroit Observatory (September 22, 2023 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111947 111947-21828043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 8:00pm
Location: Detroit Observatory
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Nearly 170 years since its inception, the Detroit Observatory has been a place for countless images; paintings and photos of the observatory, night sky photography through the historic Fitz telescope, images of scientists at work, and more! Join us at 8pm on Friday, September 22 for a deeper look at some of the images that share the observatory's legacy.

Feature talk: Jasper Cropsey's "The Detroit Observatory at the University of Michigan" w/ Xi Yuan Zheng

Seeing in Depth gives visitors a closer look at some of the people, technology, and discoveries from the Detroit Observatory's history. Talks and presentations feature observatory staff and begin at 8PM. Telescope observing is weather dependent and will begin after sunset.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:02:54 -0400 2023-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T22:30:00-04:00 Detroit Observatory Bentley Historical Library Presentation The Detroit Observatory
Pre-Concert Lecture: "Violin Meets Huqin" (September 23, 2023 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111865 111865-21827695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 23, 2023 3:15pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture will be held ahead of the 4:00pm performance by guest violinist Patrick Yim (University of Notre Dame) with multi-instrumentalist Xiao Dong Wei (U-M Residential College).

U-M doctoral student and composer Yanchen Ye will join the artists in a pre-concert lecture at 3:15pm, sponsored by the Stearns Collection’s Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series.

This event is a part of the Stearns Collection's Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music.
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:17:16 -0400 2023-09-23T15:15:00-04:00 2023-09-23T15:45:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: "Violin Meets Huqin"
Stefan Jackiw, violin (September 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112015 112015-21828330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST

STEFAN JACKIW is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (*Boston Globe*), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

Following his summer performance with the New York Philharmonic, Jackiw opens the 2023-24 season returning to the orchestra to perform the Barber Concerto with Jaap van Zweden. His season also includes a quadruple World Premiere of new works at Roulette, and his return to Asia with the Taiwan Philharmonic and the China National Symphony. In the spring, the Junction Trio will make their Carnegie Hall debut with the New York premiere of John Zorn’s *Philosophical Investigations*. He was also recently invited to perform and curate a series of programs at the Edinburgh Festival (‘Stefan Jackiw and Friends’).

During the 2022-23 season, Jackiw returned to the Cleveland Orchestra to perform Britten’s Violin Concerto with Thomas Søndergård, and to the Vancouver Symphony to perform Brahms with Otto Tausk. He also appeared at the 92NY with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Daniil Trifonov, and he embarked on a multi-city Junction Trio tour that included the group’s Celebrity Series of Boston debut, alongside performances in New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, and more. His European dates included his return to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Residentie Orkest, as well as appearances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony, and the Sinfónica de Galicia. Other recent highlights include his performance of Mozart’s violin Concerto no. 5 with Alan Gilbert and the Boston Symphony, his return to Carnegie Hall to perform Bach with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and performances with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and Alan Gilbert, and with Orchestre National de Lyon under Nikolaj Znaider.

Jackiw recently performed a new Violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He has also premiered David Fulmer’s concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. He also enjoys collaborating with pianist Jeremy Denk with whom he has toured the complete Ives Violin Sonatas, which the pair recorded for future release on Nonesuch Records. In 2019, he recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields.

Jackiw has performed in numerous major festivals and concert halls around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and Ukrainian descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Jackiw plays a violin made in 1705 by Vincenzo Ruggieri. He lives in New York City.

https://www.stefanjackiw.com

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Class / Instruction Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:17:20 -0400 2023-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-24T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Class / Instruction Stefan Jackiw, violin
Actualizing Cultural Memory: Persia in the Middle and Late Byzantine Tradition (September 26, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111315 111315-21826661@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: History of Art

In the writings of modern scholars, Iran seemingly disappears from the pages of Byzantine history following the Muslim conquest of the Sasanian Empire. Starting from the seventh century, interactions between Byzantium and the Orient are typically described as relations with Arabs and various Turkic polities. However, according to my hypothesis, Iran did not vanish from the intellectual purview of the Byzantines. They remained cognizant of Persia and were aware of the rise of Neo-Persian culture. This paper discusses Byzantine knowledge of Persia during the middle and late Byzantine periods, as well as the impact of Persian culture on Byzantine social and cultural life. In Byzantine culture, Persia is mostly featured as an element of cultural memory. Simultaneously, Neo-Persian culture—in the realms of belles-lettres, art, technology, trade, and so forth—exerted a visible influence on the Byzantine world.

Rustam Shukurov, PhD, Dr. Habil. in History (2012), is a Visiting Researcher at the University of St Andrews. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1984 and worked there for more than 30 years as a lecturer in Byzantine and Medieval studies. He has published several monographs, translations, and articles on Byzantium, Iranian and Turkic History, including The Grand Komnenoi and the Orient, 1204–1461 (Moscow, 2001) and The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 (Leiden; Boston, 2016).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:54:46 -0400 2023-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-26T17:30:00-04:00 Tappan Hall History of Art Lecture / Discussion The Adoration of the Magi, Menologion of Basil II, c 1000 CE
Shalanda Baker: Equity & Justice in the Energy Transition (September 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110966 110966-21825926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

The Honorable Shalanda H. Baker is the Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy and Secretarial Advisor on Equity. Prior to her Senate confirmation, she served as the Nation's first-ever Deputy Director for Energy Justice. Before joining the Biden-Harris Administration, she was a Professor of Law, Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.

Moderated by Liesl Eichler Clark, Director, Climate Action Engagement

This event is FREE event and open to the public. Although you may have a ticket, it does not guarantee you a seat. We will be seating ticket holders first and recommend you are in your seat 10 minutes before the start of the event. We will start to let in general public seating 10 minutes prior to the event.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:37:34 -0400 2023-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Shalanda Baker
DCMB / CCMB Weekly Seminar (September 27, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111213 111213-21826246@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 11:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

ABSTRACT:
DNA methylation is essential for mammalian embryonic and post-natal development. Mutations in the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A, which is expressed as two isoforms, DNMT3A1 and DNMT3A2, cause abnormal brain development in children and clonal hematopoiesis in older individuals. Additionally, DNA methylation patterns are profoundly altered in all human cancers in the absence of mutations in the components of the methylation machinery. We have discovered that a large majority of human tumors overexpress the DNMT3A2 isoform and have determined the cryo-EM structure of this isoform together with its non-catalytically active accessory protein, DNMT3B3 bound to a nucleosome. Unexpectedly, the heterotetrameric complex binds to the acidic patch present on all nucleosomes raising questions as to how specificity of methylation is obtained. The mechanisms responsible for the generation of altered DNA methylation patterns in all human cancers are not understood. We have found profound alterations in the ratios of DNMT3A2 to DNMT3B3 which might be partially responsible for these changes. I will also discuss the development of new drugs and combinations to target abnormal methylation in cancer and present results of small clinical trials in patients to test these approaches.

BIO:
Peter Jones was born in Cape Town, raised and attended college in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and received his Ph.D. from the University of London. He joined the University of Southern California in 1977, attaining the rank of Professor in 1985 and Distinguished Professor in 1999. He served as Director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center between 1993 and 2011. Dr. Jones became Chief Scientific Officer of Van Andel Institute (VAI) in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2014. His laboratory discovered the effects of 5 azacytidine on cytosine methylation and first established the link between DNA methylation, gene expression and differentiation. He helped pioneer the field of epigenetics, particularly its role in cancer, and helped develop novel cancer therapies. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and received several honors, including two Outstanding Investigator Awards from the NCI. He and Stephen Baylin shared the Kirk Landon Award for Basic Cancer Research from the AACR in 2009 and the Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society in 2011. Dr. Jones is a past President of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009 and a Fellow of the Academy of the AACR in 2013. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA in 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and received an honorary D.Sc. from Stellenbosch University in 2018.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=SHh6R1FOQm8xMThRemdxTEFMWWpVdz09

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:02:05 -0400 2023-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Everything You Need to Know When Utilizing Probability Panels: Best Practices in Planning, Fielding, and Analysis (September 27, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112696 112696-21829462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS SEMINAR SERIES
September 27, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm

IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM
- In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research.
- Via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN UTILIZING PROBABILITY PANELS: BEST PRACTICES IN PLANNING, FIELDING, AND ANALYSIS

Speakers: David Dutwin & Ipek Bilgen

Probability-based panel survey research is more widespread than ever, as the continuing decline in survey response rates makes cross-sectional sample surveys less and less accessible both in terms of fit for purpose data quality and cost. The attraction of probability panels for surveys is their ability to attain, dependent upon their recruiting methods, comparable response rates to cross-section polls, but at a lower cost and more expeditious execution. Panels are a unique type of survey research platform: Unlike cross-sections, panels recruit respondents specifically for future participation in surveys. In return, panelists are financially compensated, typically to join the panel in the first place, and then secondarily for each survey in which they participate.

These differences to cross-sectional surveys have a range of potential implications. How does the method and effort of recruiting impact who joins, and as a consequence what is best practice? What do panels do to retain panelists over time and which strategies are more successful than others? How much of a concern is panel conditioning, that is, the impact of persons repetitively taking surveys over time, and what are the implications for how frequently panelists should take surveys? How do panels, which exclusively request that panelists take surveys on the Internet, deal with people who do not have or are not comfortable using the Internet? What is the impact of panelist attrition and what are best efforts to replenish retired panelists? How successful are panels are executing true longitudinal surveys? And, given the additional layers of complexity, how are panel surveys properly weighted and estimated?

This seminar is meant to serve two purposes. First, it will serve as a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what, in short, they are working with: What questions to ask and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. Second, it will serve as an exploration of best practices for the practitioners of surveys: Raising issues of data quality, cost, and execution.

Learning Objectives:

1. For consumers of panel data: Understanding the features of panels with which to be knowledgeable; to know the important questions to ask panel vendors when assessing their fit for purpose of your research.
2. For researchers and practitioners: To understand the many dimensions and decision points in the building, maintenance, deployment, and delivery of multi-client panels and panel data.

Bios:

David Dutwin, PhD, is Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Business Ventures and Initiatives and Chief Scientist of AmeriSpeak at NORC at the University of Chicago. David provides scientific and programmatic thought leadership in support of NORC’s ongoing innovations. In addition to identifying new business opportunities, he lends expertise on research design conceptualization, methodological innovation, and product development. He leads the panel operations and the statistics and methods divisions of AmeriSpeak. David assists in NORC strategic vision and strategy, project acquisition and management of advance research methods. Prior research has focused on election methodology, surveying of low-incidence populations, the use of big data in survey research, and data quality in survey panels. He is a senior fellow of the Program for Opinion Research and Election Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. An avid member of the AAPOR community, David served as president from 2018-2019. He previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council as conference chair and has served full terms on several committees. For over twenty years, he has taught courses in survey research and design, political polling, research methods, rhetorical theory, media effects, and other courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Arizona, and West Chester University.

Ipek Bilgen, PhD, is a Principal Research Methodologist in the Methodology and Quantitative Social Sciences Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Ipek is the Deputy Director of NORC’s Center for Panel Survey Sciences. Additionally, she oversees AmeriSpeak’s methodological research and innovations. As part of her role within AmeriSpeak, she also provides survey design expertise, questionnaire development and review support, and leads cognitive interview and usability testing efforts for client studies. Ipek received both her Ph.D. and M.S. from the Survey Research and Methodology (SRAM) Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has published and co-authored articles in Journal of Official Statistics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Survey Practice, Social Currents, Social Science Computer Review, Field Methods, Journal of Quantitative Methods, SAGE Research Methods, and Quality and Quantity on issues related to interviewing methodology, web surveys, online panels, internet sampling and recruitment approaches, nonresponse and measurement issues in surveys. In the past, she has served on AAPOR’s and MAPOR’s Executive Councils. Ipek is currently teaching at the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago and serving as Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:29:30 -0400 2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
MIPSE Seminar | Multiscale Modeling of Molecular Ion Beams and Beam-Surface Interactions (September 27, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110360 110360-21824813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
Electrospray ion sources are enabling technologies in the realms of satellite propulsion, biochemical analysis, and various surface processing industries. These applications motivate a deeper understanding of the physics of an expanding ion beam and the chemistry of particle collisions. Electrospray ion plumes challenge state of the art plasma modeling techniques due to the wide range of length and timescales over which key processes take place (i.e. nanometer-scale emission sites and centimeter scale operational volumes). Accompanying these spatial gradients are large density and velocity gradients in both the ion and neutral populations. Furthermore, the electrospray plume is a non-neutral plasma with non-Maxwellian distributions. We present state of the art numerical models of the dynamics and chemistry of an expanding molecular ion plume which are necessary to explore design variables, to understand operating conditions, and to improve performance. Beyond applications in satellite propulsion, we will discuss opportunities to utilize these ion sources in other relevant fields.

About the Speaker:
Elaine Petro is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University/ and director of ASTRAlab, a research lab focused on sustainable space propulsion and exploration architectures. Elaine completed her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, in the Space Power and Propulsion Laboratory, studying water plasma chemistry. She spent several years in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics as a visiting student and post-doctoral researcher, studying electrospray thruster technology for small satellite platforms. For her work on electrospray model development, Petro received the 2023 AFOSR Young Investigator Program award. was named an ARCS Scholar, National Science Foundation and Amelia Earhart fellow, and was recognized as one of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Twenty20s emerging leaders in aerospace in 2016. Prior to graduate studies at UMD, Petro worked on the MAVEN Mars Orbiter, and James Webb Space Telescope, and Hubble Space Telescope missions at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Elaine is passionate about diversity and inclusion in STEM and is a founding member of the national Women of Aeronautics and Astronautics organization.

This is a hybrid event. For Zoom link, please see MIPSE website:
https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2324.php#fall2023

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:18:05 -0400 2023-09-27T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Prof. Elaine Petro
Panel Discussion: Renée Fleming’s Music and Mind (September 27, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110203 110203-21824490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: University Musical Society (UMS)

Soprano superstar Renée Fleming is a leading advocate for the study of powerful connections between the arts and health, and has worked with the National Institutes of Health and other leading organizations to bring attention to research and practice at the intersection of music, health, and neuroscience. The day before her performance in Ann Arbor, she will be joined by local researchers and medical practitioners for a public conversation exploring these important topics.

Presented in partnership with Michigan Medicine.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Aug 2023 10:38:58 -0400 2023-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T19:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building University Musical Society (UMS) Lecture / Discussion Renée Fleming
Reclaiming Your Authentic Self During the A.I. Explosion (September 27, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112324 112324-21828791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The A.I. Explosion has hit the world with sudden and dramatic force, and it is not an exaggeration to say that our lives will never be the same again. Generative Artificial Intelligence has delivered us into a dynamic new world. But how will it affect our sense of who we are? How can we navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital age with authenticity, wisdom, and presence?

For questions, please reach out to PCCS-info@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:17:24 -0400 2023-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming Your Authentic Self During the A.I. Explosion
Pre-Concert Lecture: Concert Band (September 27, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108651 108651-21820248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Elizabeth Peterson, guest conductor

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00pm Concert Band performance, as they perform works from both near (United States and Mexico) and far (China and Australia).

Quian Chen, *Come, Drink One More Cup*

Vincent Persichetti, Symphony no. 6

Jodie Blackshaw, *Twist*

Omar Thomas, *Shenandoah*

Juan Pablo Contreras, *Mariachilitán*

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:17:07 -0400 2023-09-27T19:15:00-04:00 2023-09-27T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: Concert Band
M-LEEaD Fall 2023 Seminar: Ovarian Disrupting Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (September 28, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109752 109752-21822767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 10:00am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Join us for an in-person seminar discussing ovarian disrupting effects of contaminants of emerging concern. Our speaker, Shuo Xiao, PhD, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and is part of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI).

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Presentation Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:52:13 -0400 2023-09-28T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Presentation Poster with image of ovary and medical items
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (September 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110354 110354-21824809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Seminar Title: "Insights from an adipo-centric investigator: bone marrow adiposity, cool adaptation, and more..."

Ormond MacDougald, Ph.D.
John A. Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Professor, Internal Medicine
Michigan Medicine, Medical School

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:19:49 -0400 2023-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Dr. MacDougald Sept. 28, 2023
The Human Question: Jewish Thought in the Anthropocene (September 28, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111305 111305-21826644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Judaic Studies

"The field of modern Jewish thought has been slow to treat climate change as a significant area of inquiry. This reluctance stems from the fact that modern Jewish thought remains largely beholden to an increasingly untenable presumption that the human being is distinct from the non-human world. This outmoded view has stubbornly endured, I argue, because it underpins a prominent strategy for positioning Judaism favorably over against Christianity and other religious traditions. I locate the origins of this influential strategy in nineteenth-century German Jewish philosophy and then trace the manner in which Hermann Cohen embeds it into the basic foundations of the field. Finally, I show how the anthropocentric framing of this approach has persisted in Jewish thought, even as Cohen’s own project has been subsequently critiqued and repudiated. For modern Jewish thought to fully engage with the environmental humanities, it will need to reckon with this lingering legacy."

About the speaker: Robert Erlewine is a Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of History & Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University and the director of the Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies. Professor Erlewine is a scholar of modern Jewish thought with a particular interest in the German-Jewish tradition and its legacy in North America and beyond. He has published two monographs, Monotheism and Tolerance (2010) and Judaism and the West (2016), with Indiana University Press, and he edited and introduced an anthology of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s writings with Plough Press in 2021. He has published essays in a variety of academic journals including The Journal of Religion, Association for Jewish Studies Review, Harvard Theological Review, Modern Judaism, and Jewish Studies Quarterly.

This is a hybrid event. You can join remotely here: https://myumi.ch/1A3Qr

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:20:35 -0400 2023-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
CSEAS Lecture Series. Surviving the State: Struggles for Land and Democracy in Myanmar (September 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110626 110626-21825178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

*Surviving the State* examines environmental justice, land governance, and state-making from the vantage point of small farmers and grassroots activists struggling for land during Myanmar’s democratic turn. During Myanmar’s attempted political transition in the 2010s, land was the basis not only of smallholder livelihoods and national development, but also a critical domain for negotiating citizenship after half a century of authoritarian violence and racialized exclusion. Turning on its head a rich tradition of scholarship that posits land as a tool for state-making or an outlet for state-escape, I argue that land is key to what I call surviving the state, a set of socioecological practices forged through cultivation and dispossession as well as the gendered work of care and connection. This talk will draw on my book project, based on 26 months of participant observation, over 150 interviews, and five participatory research and art projects, to show how embodied histories of state violence shaped ecologies and communities, ultimately undermining reforms that aimed to formalize property, redistribute land and recognize ethnic territory. In the aftermath of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, these findings demand reimagining land not just as a resource for survival, but also as a site of revolution and healing.

Hilary Faxon is an assistant professor of environmental social science at the University of Montana, currently on leave as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in the Department of Food and Resource Economics at the University of Copenhagen. Her research, teaching and public scholarship investigates environment, development and technology with a focus on social justice in the Global South. She also leads a research project on small farmers and big tech in Myanmar and co-lead two interdisciplinary research groups: one focused on digital transformations in property and development, the other on the ethics and practices of algorithmic conservation.
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If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Register at http://myumi.ch/2mP6n

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:54:21 -0400 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
The United States pays reparations every day—just not to Black America? (September 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111573 111573-21827262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:16:50 -0400 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Cornell William Brooks Lecture Advertisement
Pre-Concert Lecture: Symphony Band (September 29, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110775 110775-21825508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Stephen Peterson, guest conductor

This lecture begins at 7:15pm in the Lower Level Lobby of Hill Auditorium, ahead of the 8:00pm Symphony Band performance.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Joan Tower, *Fascinating Ribbons*

Percy Grainger, *Colonial Song*

Dana Wilson, Concerto for Contrabass and Wind Ensemble

Steven Bryant, Concerto for Wind Ensemble

The University of Michigan Symphony Band is a leader of the wind band movement in America. Through recordings and performances in prestigious venues in the U.S. and internationally, the U-M Symphony Band is known for its professional quality of performance and keen sense of “trailblazing” in building repertoire.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:17:15 -0400 2023-09-29T19:15:00-04:00 2023-09-29T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: Symphony Band
"Seeking Connections in General Music," Dr. Janet Revell Barrett (September 30, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113052 113052-21829968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

The general music curriculum invites students to make connections to their lives. How do we foster even more sense-making moments as we plan, select music, and create vibrant educational experiences? This creative and arts-filled workshop will provide models, strategies, and examples that strengthen students’ musical understandings and connections to the world around them.

Check in, coffee and welcome 9:00-9:30am
Workshop 9:30am-2:00pm

3.5 SCECH Credits

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Other Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:17:41 -0400 2023-09-30T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-30T14:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Other "Seeking Connections in General Music," Dr. Janet Revell Barrett
Playing Traditional Korean Sanjo on the Violin (September 30, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110003 110003-21823570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

*Sanjo* is a genre of Korean traditional folk art music for a solo melodic instrument such as the zither *kayagŭm* or flute *taegŭm*, accompanied by an hourglass-shaped drum called *changgu*. Sanjo consists of several movements of increasing speed built on the unique Korean rhythmic patterns called *changdan*. The solo instrument plays dramatic and expressive melodic phrases that draw from the inflections of spoken Korean that are also characteristic of *p’ansori* singing.

ARTIST BIO

Although a native of Korea, violinist SOH-HYUN PARK ALTINO crossed paths with traditional Korean music only in 2019 while investigating distinctive musical elements in *Sanjo for Violin and Piano* (1955) by La Un-Yung (1922-1993), her maternal grandfather. Since then, supported by various research grants, she has pursued a new line of study of interpreting traditional ajaeng sanjo on the Western violin. In addition to studying extensively with traditional musicians in Korea, she has trained on the Kim Ilgu school of ajaeng sanjo with the composer-performer Kim Ilgu, Holder of National Important Intangible Cultural Property. This lecture and world premiere are made possible by the 2023 Korean Studies Grant of the Academy of Korean Studies and the Faculty Global Research Award of the Wheaton College.

Soh-Hyun came to the U.S. at age sixteen in pursuit of better musical educational opportunities and earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in violin performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein. Highly regarded as a gifted teacher and a versatile performer of solo and chamber music, Soh-Hyun taught at the University of Memphis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison prior to her current appointment as Associate Professor of Music at Wheaton College in Illinois.

Accompanist: JUNHO JEONG, National Gugak Center, Seoul


*This event is a program of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music.*
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Performance Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:17:10 -0400 2023-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-30T18:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Playing Traditional Korean Sanjo on the Violin
Chamber Music Improvisation Class (September 30, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112325 112325-21828792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 30, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Composer and keyboardist Nicola Canzano (SMTD MM'19 Harpsichord) and members of the composer/performer ensemble Nuova Pratica lead a chamber music improvisation workshop.

Please bring instruments and voices for an engaging and friendly exploration of tonal improvisation. The ensemble will be performing a program of all world premieres the following evening, Sunday October 1 at 7pm, at the First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:17:22 -0400 2023-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 2023-09-30T18:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Class / Instruction Chamber Music Improvisation Class
Silk Strings and Bamboo Pipes: An Introduction to Taiwanese Music and Chinese Instruments (October 1, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110128 110128-21824381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 1, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Soloists from the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan will host an interactive instrument demonstration at AADL. Participants will learn about the *erhu* (two-string fiddle), *sheng* (reed organ), *dizi* (flute), *gehu* (bass fiddle), and *yangqin* (dulcimer). This is the opening event for NCO’s 4-day residency in collaboration with the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. It is especially geared toward young audiences. Families and children are encouraged to attend.

The National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO) is a national level orchestra formed by elite professionals from the world of traditional Chinese music. It aims to explore traditions of the region as well as to embrace music of the contemporary era. The orchestra strengthens the foundation of Taiwan’s traditional music through composition, conveys Taiwan’s aesthetic and artistic taste through performance, and aims to promote the music of Taiwan on the international stage.


The William P. Malm 2023 Performance Series
“SPLENDID SOUNDS OF TAIWAN”
October 1-4, 2023

This residency is made possible through the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, with additional support from the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization, U-M Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M East Asia National Resource Center, U-M School of Music,Theatre & Dance, and U-M Center for World Performance Studies.

*Part of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music*
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Performance Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:20:26 -0400 2023-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-01T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Silk Strings and Bamboo Pipes: An Introduction to Taiwanese Music and Chinese Instruments
Taiwanese Instrumental Music Today: A Roundtable Discussion with Soloists of the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan and U-M Faculty (October 2, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110129 110129-21824382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Soloists from the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan and University of Michigan faculty will engage in a roundtable discussion about the history and development of Taiwanese musical culture. Faculty panelists include: Amy Cheng (Piano Performance), Joseph Lam (Musicology), David Rolston (Chinese Literature), and Julie Zhu (PAT and Composition), with opening remarks by Ann Lin (Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies).

The roundtable will be preceded at 4:30 by a light reception. This event is hosted by the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

The National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO) is a national level orchestra formed by elite professionals from the world of traditional Chinese music. It aims to explore traditions of the region as well as to embrace music of the contemporary era. The orchestra strengthens the foundation of Taiwan’s traditional music through composition, conveys Taiwan’s aesthetic and artistic taste through performance, and aims to promote the music of Taiwan on the international stage.


The William P. Malm 2023 Performance Series
“SPLENDID SOUNDS OF TAIWAN”
October 1-4, 2023

This residency is made possible through the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, with additional support from the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization, U-M Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M East Asia National Resource Center, U-M School of Music,Theatre & Dance, and U-M Center for World Performance Studies.

*Part of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music*
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:20:28 -0400 2023-10-02T16:30:00-04:00 2023-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Taiwanese Instrumental Music Today: A Roundtable Discussion with Soloists of the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan and U-M Faculty
How Autonomous Vehicles Make Our Roads Safer — CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series (October 3, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111634 111634-21827347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

We are living in an exciting time where autonomous vehicles (AVs) are at the forefront of transportation technology. Technology comes with its share of disruption, and changes like driverless cars can take time to settle in. However, we are already beginning to see some of the benefits that driverless cars offer to road safety and the broader accessibility of transportation.

In this seminar, Dr. Louise Zhang will share the aggregate safety performance of the Cruise AV fleet and discuss how they achieve safety in individual driving scenarios. They will also detail the framework that governs Cruise's safety metrics, safety decision-making and risk management processes, and the methodologies and approaches that help improve safety performance. Finally, they will expand on the continuous feedback and learning mechanisms that have been adopted to enable rapid AV capability development and fleet scaling while maintaining a high bar of safety performance.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:04:09 -0400 2023-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-03T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Lecture / Discussion Banner for CCAT Distinguished Lecture Series with Louise Zhang. It features their headshot and job title.
Flutes and Reed Instruments in Traditional Chinese and Contemporary Taiwanese Music (October 3, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110132 110132-21824385@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Soloists from the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan will present a 50-minute lecture with an emphasis on the *dizi* (flute) and *sheng* (reed organ). This event is free and open to the public.

For over 20 years the Stearns Collection has hosted a public lecture series made possible through the generous support of Virginia Martin Howard. Topics range from developments in instrument technology to global music cultures and are often enriched by supporting performances and workshops.

The National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO) is a national level orchestra formed by elite professionals from the world of traditional Chinese music. It aims to explore traditions of the region as well as to embrace music of the contemporary era. The orchestra strengthens the foundation of Taiwan’s traditional music through composition, conveys Taiwan’s aesthetic and artistic taste through performance, and aims to promote the music of Taiwan on the international stage.


The William P. Malm 2023 Performance Series
“SPLENDID SOUNDS OF TAIWAN”
October 1-4, 2023

This residency is made possible through the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, with additional support from the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization, U-M Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M East Asia National Resource Center, U-M School of Music,Theatre & Dance, and U-M Center for World Performance Studies.

*Part of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music*
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:20:30 -0400 2023-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 2023-10-03T21:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Flutes and Reed Instruments in Traditional Chinese and Contemporary Taiwanese Music
Bowed and Plucked Instruments in Traditional Chinese and Contemporary Taiwanese Music (October 4, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110133 110133-21824386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Soloists from the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan will present a 50-minute lecture with an emphasis on *erhu* (two-string fiddle), *gehu* (bass fiddle), and *yangqin* (dulcimer). This event is free and open to the public.

For over 20 years the Stearns Collection has hosted a public lecture series made possible through the generous support of Virginia Martin Howard. Topics range from developments in instrument technology to global music cultures and are often enriched by supporting performances and workshops.

The National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO) is a national level orchestra formed by elite professionals from the world of traditional Chinese music. It aims to explore traditions of the region as well as to embrace music of the contemporary era. The orchestra strengthens the foundation of Taiwan’s traditional music through composition, conveys Taiwan’s aesthetic and artistic taste through performance, and aims to promote the music of Taiwan on the international stage.

The William P. Malm 2023 Performance Series
“SPLENDID SOUNDS OF TAIWAN”
October 1-4, 2023

This residency is made possible through the U-M Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, with additional support from the Michigan Taiwanese American Organization, U-M Lieberthal Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, U-M East Asia National Resource Center, U-M School of Music,Theatre & Dance, and U-M Center for World Performance Studies.

*Part of the U-M Fall 2023 Festival of Asian Music*
https://smtd.umich.edu/asian-music-festival/

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:20:31 -0400 2023-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Bowed and Plucked Instruments in Traditional Chinese and Contemporary Taiwanese Music
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic (October 4, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113114 113114-21830116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 4, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic

Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
Hang Joon Kim (University of Cincinnati)
Stephen Kaputa (U.S. Census Bureau)

In the “traditional'” finite population sampling framework, the sample designer has a complete list (frame) of eligible units with classification information and auxiliary variables related to surveyed characteristics. In our setting, the frame auxiliary variables are weakly related to the survey characteristic, which is not present for most units. Hence, using frame auxiliary variables to assess survey design efficacy can be misleading. Instead, we propose generating multiple partially synthetic frames, modeling characteristic values for each unit on the frame, then drawing repeated samples from each synthetic frame using the candidate sample design(s) to assess finite sample performance for each design within and between the synthetic frames. Focusing on establishment survey data, we illustrate our proposed approach on a subset of industries surveyed annually by the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey.

Katherine Jenny Thompson is the Senior Mathematical Statistician in the Economic Directorate of the Census Bureau. Jenny holds a masters of science degree in Applied Statistics from the George Washington University and an bachelor or arts degree in Mathematics from Oberlin College. She is an American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, an elected member of the International Statistics Institute, and the Vice President Elect of the ASA. She is the Survey Statistics Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Official Statistics. She has published papers on a variety of topics related to complex surveys in several journals, including the Journal of Official Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), Survey Methodology, Annals of Applied Statistics, International Statistical Review, Journal of Survey Sampling and Methodology, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:43:03 -0400 2023-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Cello and Chamber Music: Kenneth Slowik (October 5, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112016 112016-21828331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Renowned multi-instrumentalist and conductor Kenneth Slowik will present a master class focused on cello and chamber music.

This program was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and the Sally Fleming Master Class Series Fund.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST

Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, KENNETH SLOWIK first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Conductor of the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra since 1988, he became conductor of the Santa Fe Bach Festival in 1998, and led the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra from 1999-2004. He is now devoting increasing amounts of time to conducting orchestral, oratorio, and operatic repertoire with modern- and period-instrument ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic.

Slowik has been a featured instrumental soloist and/or conductor with numerous orchestras, among them the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Cleveland Orchestra. A frequent guest artist with prominent chamber groups as well as with most of the leading U.S. early music ensembles, he enjoys providing the organ or harpsichord continuo for performances of large-scale baroque works at various festivals in the United States and abroad, and appears in recital both as harpsichord soloist and fortepiano collaborator for duo sonatas and Lieder.

Slowik’s impressive discography comprises over sixty recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, barytonist and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Gade, Spohr) to the early twentieth century (Schöenberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss). Of these, many have won prestigious international awards, including France’s Diapason d’Or and Choc, the “British Music Retailers’ Award for Excellence,” Italy’s Premio Internazionale del Disco Antonio Vivaldi, two GRAMMY® nominations, and numerous “Record of the Month” and “Record of the Year” prizes.

As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums throughout the United States and Europe. He received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award in 2011. He serves on the faculty of L’Académie Internationale du Domaine Forget in Québec, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:17:29 -0400 2023-10-05T12:30:00-04:00 2023-10-05T14:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Class / Instruction Cello and Chamber Music: Kenneth Slowik
CANCELLED - Imaging brain dynamics with light: New technologies and studies of large-scale cortical coding (October 5, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111960 111960-21830979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 3:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Featuring Mark J. Schnitzer, Ph.D., Biology and Applied Physics Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University.

Optical techniques have become central to research at the forefront of brain science and are rapidly increasing in their breadth and importance. I will present recent advances in optical brain imaging, which have allowed the visualization of large-scale neural coding in behaving animals and optical readouts of neuronal voltage oscillations. Neuroscientists use these innovations to study information processing in healthy and diseased brain states. As an in-depth example, I will describe imaging experiments that address questions first raised by John von Neumann about how the brain can compute so accurately even though individual neurons appear to be extremely noisy. By using custom optical mesoscopes to image neuronal dynamics across the mouse visual cortex, we found that neocortex supports reliable sensory performance through brief elevations in sensory coding redundancy near the start of perception, neural population codes that are robust to cellular variability, and widespread inter-area fluctuation modes that transmit sensory data and task responses in non-interfering channels. These measurements reveal mesoscale dynamics of cortical visual processing and provide constraints for the design of future brain-machine interfaces.

More broadly, an upcoming generation of optical instruments is poised to lay the basis for rich interactions between experimental neuroscience, machine learning, and human health.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:40:13 -0400 2023-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 1027 E. Huron Building Michigan Neuroscience Institute Lecture / Discussion Agranoff Cancelled
Asian Languages and Cultures 2023-2024 Colloquium Series (October 5, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112902 112902-21829746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Rodents, including rats and mice, assumed unprecedented roles in medical research and practice during the three decades before and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. With their lives and deaths, these tiny animals contributed to a rodent revolution in Chinese medicine by producing therapeutic compounds, as well as insights about the relationships among pathogens, drugs, and people. A multispecies perspective on the development of the life sciences helps to dissolve the artificial boundaries of nation and species in which we conventionally frame history.
The welfare of people and lab rodents in China were inextricably connected both to each other and to humans and other animals around the world. Drawing from scientific reports, military records, and oral histories, this paper shows first how people bred and raised animals to produce biological medicines including vaccines and blood sera. Taking malaria as a case study, the paper also shows how researchers in the Vietnam War-era Project 523 used animals to develop and test drugs, connecting the insights of Traditional Chinese Medicine to those of biomedicine.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:32:13 -0400 2023-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Conference / Symposium Colloquium Poster
Reading and Q&A with Sidik Fofana (October 5, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108953 108953-21820646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters23

Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come, first served basis; please arrive early to secure a spot.

Sidik Fofana is a graduate of NYU’s MFA program and a public school teacher in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in the *Sewanee Review* and *Granta*. He was also named a fellow at the Center for Fiction in 2018. His debut short story collection was published by Scribner in August 2022.

Set in a Harlem high rise, *Stories from the Tenants Downstairs* is a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.

Like Gloria Naylor’s *The Women of Brewster Place* and Lin Manuel Miranda’s *In the Heights*, Sidik Fofana’s electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths, struggles, and hopes of one residential community in a powerful storytelling experience.

Each short story follows a tenant in the Banneker Homes, a low-income high rise in Harlem where gentrification weighs on everyone’s mind. There is Swan in apartment 6B, whose excitement about his friend’s release from prison jeopardizes the life he’s been trying to lead. Mimi, in apartment 14D, who hustles to raise the child she had with Swan, waitressing at Roscoe’s and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles, a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good, but can’t seem to escape the building’s gravitational pull. We root for these characters and more as they weave in and out of each other’s lives, endeavoring to escape from their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you.The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event, whenever possible, to allow time to arrange services.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:08:38 -0400 2023-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 2023-10-05T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion Sidik Fofana
UM Astronomy Thinking Big: From the Detroit Observatory to the 39 Meter ELT (October 5, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112774 112774-21829535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Detroit Observatory
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Science@DO is joined by U-M Astronomy Professor Michael Meyer to share the story of how Michigan got involved with the biggest optical telescope in the world.

UM’s first president Henry Tappan realized the value of research infrastructure,

commissioning one of the largest telescopes of its time for Detroit Observatory.

That tradition has continued to inspire discoveries through the decades using

the MDM Observatories in Arizona, and the Magellan Observatory in Chile. Now UM

has joined four instrument consortia to build a suite of instruments for the 39 meter

ELT which will be the largest telescope of its kind when completed late this decade.

The ELT will have over x30 the light gathering power of NASA’s JWST and over

x15 the fineness of detail of the Hubble Space Telescope. UM astronomers

will participate in the exciting discoveries it will enable from observations

of the first stars and galaxies formed early in the Universe to discovery

and characterization of planets like Earth around the very nearest stars

to the Sun.

Prof. Michael Meyer has more than 25 years of international scientific research experience, in the fields of galactic and infrared astronomy, as well as the formation, evolution, and characterization of planetary systems (and associated implications on the prospects for life in the Universe). He has experience participating in the development of ground- and space-based instrumentation, including both the NIRCam and NIRISS instruments for the James Webb Space Telescope as well as high contrast imaging systems/spectrographs for 6-10 meter telescopes and next generation extremely large telescopes.

Talk begins at 7PM. The historic Detroit Observatory will be open for tours following the talk. Telescope observing will be available, weather permitting.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:24:51 -0400 2023-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T21:00:00-04:00 Detroit Observatory Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion U-M Astronomy Professor Michael Meyer to share the story of how Michigan got involved with the biggest optical telescope in the world.
Covering All the (Stringed) Basses: An Overview of European and American Bass Instruments (October 5, 2023 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111028 111028-21826008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:30pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Renowned multi-instrumentalist and conductor Kenneth Slowik will present a lecture about European and American bass instruments, including cellos, violas da gamba, and double basses. Ranging from three to six strings, examples of several instruments from the Stearns Collection will be available for examination at the lecture.

This program was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, KENNETH SLOWIK first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Conductor of the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra since 1988, he became conductor of the Santa Fe Bach Festival in 1998, and led the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra from 1999-2004. He is now devoting increasing amounts of time to conducting orchestral, oratorio, and operatic repertoire with modern- and period-instrument ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic.

Slowik has been a featured instrumental soloist and/or conductor with numerous orchestras, among them the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Cleveland Orchestra. A frequent guest artist with prominent chamber groups as well as with most of the leading U.S. early music ensembles, he enjoys providing the organ or harpsichord continuo for performances of large-scale baroque works at various festivals in the United States and abroad, and appears in recital both as harpsichord soloist and fortepiano collaborator for duo sonatas and Lieder.

Slowik’s impressive discography comprises over sixty recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, barytonist and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Gade, Spohr) to the early twentieth century (Schöenberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss). Of these, many have won prestigious international awards, including France’s Diapason d’Or and Choc, the “British Music Retailers’ Award for Excellence,” Italy’s Premio Internazionale del Disco Antonio Vivaldi, two GRAMMY® nominations, and numerous “Record of the Month” and “Record of the Year” prizes.

As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums throughout the United States and Europe. He received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award in 2011. He serves on the faculty of L’Académie Internationale du Domaine Forget in Québec, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:17:29 -0400 2023-10-05T19:30:00-04:00 2023-10-05T21:30:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Covering All the (Stringed) Basses: An Overview of European and American Bass Instruments
Entrepreneurship Hour: Sam Schillace (October 6, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113422 113422-21830988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 11:30am
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Center for Entrepreneurship

Sam Schillace has been all over the tech world map and has quite the journey to share at EHour this Friday 10/6. He's been a serial entrepreneur, jumping into all sorts of cool projects, from video games to creating early web page software, word processors, and even application engines. And the best part? He's done it all. He's given us some cool consumer stuff like Box, and he's also delved into the enterprise world.

Remember when Google Docs was a revolutionary idea? Yep, Sam started it. Nowadays, he's all about consumer product culture and next-gen productivity. He's the kind of guy who's always pushing boundaries and asking those "What if?" questions in the ever-changing tech world.

Currently, Sam is a deputy CTO at Microsoft. Here, he's involved in a range of projects, from shaping product culture to infrastructure and AI incubation. He's truly a jack-of-all-trades in the tech world. Seriously, he's like a tech wizard.

And let's not forget his college days. Sam's a true-blue Wolverine, graduating from the University of Michigan specializing in combinatorics, and earned his BS honors in math in just 3.5 years. Oh, and he didn't stop there - he powered through and got his MS in a quick 3 semesters.

You've got a great opportunity to soak up some wisdom from this tech guru. Come hear Sam Schillace share his insight Friday October 6, 11:30am Stamps Auditorium. You don’t want to miss it!

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:52:23 -0400 2023-10-06T11:30:00-04:00 2023-10-06T12:20:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture / Discussion Sam Schillace, Deputy CEO of Microsoft. October 6, 11:30AM at Stamps Auditorium
The power in a single story: Scaling social change by focusing on individuals (October 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111576 111576-21827263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series which introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:07:36 -0400 2023-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Adam Selzer Lecture Advertisement
“Ornette Coleman’s Utopian Intentionalities, c. 1966,” Dr. Michael Gallope (October 6, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112078 112078-21828406@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This talk discusses Ornette Coleman’s *The Empty Foxhole* (1966), a collaborative album with bassist Charlie Haden and Coleman’s 10-year-old son, Denardo on drums. In addition to featuring a child drummer, the album features Coleman’s first recordings on the violin, an instrument he taught himself to play left-handed with no aim of learning to play it “correctly.” Critics responded with bewilderment as to how to evaluate *The Empty Foxhole*, which thwarted normative conceptions of skill and expressive intentionality in jazz. To elevate the conceptual stakes of his album, this paper positions it in context with two discourses: Amiri Baraka’s dialectical writings on Afro-modernism in *Blues People* (1963), and Coleman’s own philosophy of “harmolodics,” as it was expressed in various interviews and writings from the 1970s onward. In these publications, Coleman’s language skates around ambiguously, evading the assignment of precise technical terms to the album’s sounds and techniques in ways that call into question the human sincerity of intention. Against the backdrop of Baraka’s musical perspective on racial inequity, Coleman’s work aspired to a socially inclusive utopia that affirmed the multiplicity of vernacular grammars while thwarting their synthesis by way of indeterminate rules and intentions.

MICHAEL GALLOPE is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota where he is affiliate faculty in the School of Music, the Department of American Studies, the Program in Religious Studies, and the Program in Moving Image, Media, and Sound. He is the author of *Deep Refrains: Music, Philosophy, and the Ineffable* (University of Chicago Press, 2017) and *The Musician as Philosopher: New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958–78* (Forthcoming 2024, University of Chicago Press). As a musician, he has worked in a variety of genres that span a range of experimental music, rock, and electronic dance music.

*This program is organized by the Department of Musicology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.*

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:17:23 -0400 2023-10-06T16:30:00-04:00 2023-10-06T19:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion “Ornette Coleman’s Utopian Intentionalities, c. 1966,” Dr. Michael Gallope
Pre-Concert Lecture: Chamber Choir (October 6, 2023 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112166 112166-21828537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 7:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 7:15pm before the 8:00pm Chamber Choir performance.

Conductor Eugene Rogers

Led by the Director of Choral Activities, the Chamber Choir has been featured on GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated albums; sung with the Detroit and Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestras; performed at choral conventions; and has toured internationally. They perform standard, classical, and contemporary choral works and often perform commissioned works in world premieres.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:17:25 -0400 2023-10-06T19:15:00-04:00 2023-10-06T19:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: Chamber Choir
Cello and Chamber Music: Kenneth Slowik (October 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112017 112017-21828332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Renowned multi-instrumentalist and conductor Kenneth Slowik will present a master class focused on cello and chamber music.

This program was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and the Sally Fleming Master Class Series Fund.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST

Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, KENNETH SLOWIK first established his international reputation primarily as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Conductor of the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra since 1988, he became conductor of the Santa Fe Bach Festival in 1998, and led the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra from 1999-2004. He is now devoting increasing amounts of time to conducting orchestral, oratorio, and operatic repertoire with modern- and period-instrument ensembles on both sides of the Atlantic.

Slowik has been a featured instrumental soloist and/or conductor with numerous orchestras, among them the National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Cleveland Orchestra. A frequent guest artist with prominent chamber groups as well as with most of the leading U.S. early music ensembles, he enjoys providing the organ or harpsichord continuo for performances of large-scale baroque works at various festivals in the United States and abroad, and appears in recital both as harpsichord soloist and fortepiano collaborator for duo sonatas and Lieder.

Slowik’s impressive discography comprises over sixty recordings featuring him as conductor, cellist, gambist, barytonist and keyboard player for music ranging from the Baroque (Marais, Corelli, Bach) through the Classical (Haydn, Boccherini, Beethoven, Schubert) and Romantic (Mendelssohn, Gade, Spohr) to the early twentieth century (Schöenberg, Mahler, Richard Strauss). Of these, many have won prestigious international awards, including France’s Diapason d’Or and Choc, the “British Music Retailers’ Award for Excellence,” Italy’s Premio Internazionale del Disco Antonio Vivaldi, two GRAMMY® nominations, and numerous “Record of the Month” and “Record of the Year” prizes.

As an educator, Dr. Slowik has presented lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and has contributed to a number of symposia and colloquia at museums throughout the United States and Europe. He received the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award in 2011. He serves on the faculty of L’Académie Internationale du Domaine Forget in Québec, and was named Artistic Director of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin College Conservatory in 1993.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:17:31 -0400 2023-10-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-10-07T11:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Class / Instruction Cello and Chamber Music: Kenneth Slowik
Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra (October 8, 2023 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112167 112167-21828538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 8, 2023 6:15pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

This lecture begins at 6:15pm ahead of the 7:00pm USO performance.

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Damian Norfleet, baritone

The University Symphony Orchestra (USO), conducted by music director Kenneth Kiesler, performs a concert with two striking and dramatic works by American composers and one of the most beloved and triumphant symphonies in all of music.

The evening begins with the masterful and brilliant *Second Essay* by Samuel Barber. Written in 1942, it reflects on its tumultuous times with a storyteller’s sense of narrative and drama, and an atmosphere of resolve, affirmation, and optimism.

The *Second Essay* is followed by the first Michigan performance of Nkeiru Okoye’s *Invitation To A Die-In*, a “sung story” written in direct musical response to recent murders of unarmed Black men at the hands of police officers or vigilantes. It is at once a work for baritone and orchestra, a monodrama, and performance art. Guest baritone Damian Norfleet, performs the original text, by David Cote and the composer, which tells the story from several different perspectives--the deceased, their families, the police officers, and citizens on all sides of the issue. The music is a dramatic and stark portrait of African American men being hunted and haunted by events of the past.

This performance will be preceded by a pre-concert conversation (beginning at 6:15 pm) and intermission discussion.

*Please note: Percussion section sounds will simulate the sound of gunfire in this performance of An Invitation to a Die-In.*

The second half of the concert features the triumphant Symphony No. 1 by Brahms. “Seldom, if ever, has the entire musical world awaited a composer’s first symphony with such tense anticipation” noted Brahms’ friend and critic, Eduard Hanslick. The symphony, which makes its way from tragedy through longing to optimism and joy, more than fulfilled expectations and is one of the pillars of orchestral music.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:17:29 -0400 2023-10-08T18:15:00-04:00 2023-10-08T18:45:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra
CMENAS Fall 2023 Colloquium Series Lecture. Kicking Goals and Reshaping Realities: Sport and Politics in the Arab Gulf States (October 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111687 111687-21827419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The intersection of sports and politics is an age-old phenomenon, and it continues to be a prominent theme in contemporary society. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in the continually evolving context of the Arab Gulf States. The nexus between sport and politics has proven to be a dynamic force capable of generating significant political, sociological, and economic outcomes. The hosting of the 'successful' Qatar World Cup 2022 stands as a prime example of how a sporting event can transcend the boundaries of the pitch and reshape the realities of a region. This talk delves into the intricate relationship between sport and politics in the Arab Gulf States, analyzing the multifaceted consequences of the Qatar World Cup on political dynamics, sociocultural norms, and economic landscapes.

Salma Thani, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the American University of Sharjah, is a Gulf Studies specialist. Her interdisciplinary approach covers a wide spectrum of research interests, including the history and contemporary socio-political dynamics of the Gulf States. Dr. Thani's work delves into the region's evolving global roles in politics and diplomacy. Her research extends to exploring how culture, history, politics, and foreign influences have shaped its socio-economic development, with a specific focus on the UAE. She has published widely in the fields of soft power, national identity, national branding, development, sport, tourism, and aviation in the United Arab Emirates.

This event is part of the CMENAS Fall Colloquium 2023: “The MENA world after a MENA World Cup” 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor.

Colloquium questions: cmenas@umich.edu

This series is funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) grant.

To register, go to https://myumi.ch/8eA8n.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:52:06 -0400 2023-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-09T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Workshop / Seminar Salma Thani
Victors for Clinical and Research Faculty Development (October 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113234 113234-21830592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Fan Wang, BS, Ph.D.
Professor
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Cambridge Massachusetts

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:29:00 -0400 2023-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Fan Wang, BS, Ph.D.