BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816433@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762511@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T111726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:National Potato Lovers Day DESCRIPTION:February 8th is National Potato Lover's Day. Twigs Dining Hall will be celebrating this holiday by serving a baked potato bar at dinner and serving a featured potato all day! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47494-10932394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667185@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633568@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802291@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802627@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310447@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work DESCRIPTION:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni\, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U-M artists and designers and current Stamps students\, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.\n\nCurated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017)\, Future Former will be on view Monday\, January 8-Friday\, February 9\, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.\n\nExhibition Dates: Monday\, January 8 - Friday\, February 9\, 2018\nArtist Panel and Reception: Monday\, January 29\, 2018 from 5 - 6:30 pm\nArtist Panel: 5 pm\, Stamps Auditorium\nReception: 5:45 pm\, Street Gallery UID:43757-9838287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T093331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest DESCRIPTION:The International Institute Photo Contest is open to all students affiliated with the institute or its 17 centers and programs through research\, study\, or an internship abroad. Please join us for the awards ceremony on January 19\, 2018 at 11:00am. \n\nThis exhibit runs through February 14\, 2018. UID:47585-10960789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 527 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:of 72 DESCRIPTION:Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1\, 5pm\, at the Michigan Theater\, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the Institute for the Humanities.\n\n“What happens when seventy-two men and one woman die and no one knows who they are?” Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson’s of 72—a mixed media work on fabric with digital imagery\, embroidery\, rhinestones\, trimmings\, bandanas\, and floral appliques—considers the 2010 “Tivoli Incursion” in Kingston\, Jamaica. This armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police took place when security forces began searching for drug lord Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke\, after the United States requested his extradition. The violence killed at least 73 civilians.\n\n\"Of 72\" will be in conversation with Patterson's more recent work \"...And Babies...\" created at the Tyler School of Art\, Temple University. The lush tapestry-like floor piece continues where \"Of 72\" leaves us and serves to honor both the spirit and the loss of so many black bodies...women\, little boys\, little girls\, even babies\, subjected to acts of violence and abuse. \n\nEbony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston\, Jamaica. She studied at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. An assistant professor in painting at the University of Kentucky\, she has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. UID:47319-10866157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,History,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Science as Art Exhibition and Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Come and view the Science As Art entries all week February 5-9\, 2018 in Hatcher Graduate Library\, Room 100. Contest winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday\, February 9 from 2-4pm. Refreshments will be served. UID:49803-11540897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49803 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T145126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:STALLED! SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \n\nWhenever disabled-queer-trans bodies move in on social space\, they disrupt the regimes of fitness presiding over urban and institutional infrastructure.Disabled-queer-trans\, or alterite bodies\, challenge normative preconceptions held by equally normate bodies.\n\nStalled!\, is a critical platform that collects key thought leaders to expand discourse in this space\, and invites broad participation from the University of Michigan network of activists\, facility personnel\, students\, academic staff\, administrators\, and faculty. Working from biological\, disabled\, historical\, political\, queer\, racial\, spatial\, and transgender perspectives\, Stalled! exposes the deep structure of discrimination proliferating throughout architecture and institutions. Stalled! co-locates inclusivity and radical alterity by promoting discussion around disability\, gender-fluidity\, and intersectionality.\n\nDeveloped by architect and activist\, Prof. Joel Sanders from Yale School of Architecture\, in collaboration with Taubman College\, Stalled! seeks several specific objectives: the design of more inclusive public spaces\, enrolling supportive partners and allies from across the University\, and educating various publics regarding the needs of social groups currently denied access to inclusive restrooms. Stalled! produces a conversation that expands upon the rhetoric of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\, to reanimate static infrastructure as sites to demonstrate more actionable alterity.\n\nStalled! questions the protocols around how urban space is organized\, how buildings are designed\, and how everything - from the glossy messaging of advertising\, to the ubiquity of our digital identities - are overwhelmingly designed around monolithic forms of gender conformity\, singular concepts of ability\; and by extension\, within a very limited understanding of difference. Trans-Queer-Crip bodies make legible the limitations of regulatory bodies\, such as healthcare\, the systemic discrimination of the legal apparatus\, and complacency of education to equitably or imaginatively conceptualize alterity beyond a condition to be ameliorated\, incarcerated\, or accommodated. \n\nPanel 1: Trans and Queer Theory\nSpeaker: Mel Chen\, UC Berkeley\, Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies\; Director\, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture\n\nPanel 2: Inclusive Space\, Design\, Infrastructure\nSpeaker: Jos Boys\, University of Brighton\, College of Art & Culture\n\nStalled! kicks off on Wednesday\, February 7 at 6:00pm with a keynote lecture by Joel Sanders. Joel's work addresses identity\, inclusivity\,and social issues in architecture. Recently\, his research has been focused on gender neutral bathrooms\, a highly debated and relevant topic today. Stalled!\, in collaboration with Susan Stryker\, aims to create a relatively barrier free open precinct that encourages all embodied subjects to freely and safely engage with one another in public space. Joel believes that making these changes requires acknowledging the pivotal role that building codes play in shaping identity through design\, as well as acknowledging that such codes are not neutral functional objectives but rather reflect and reproduce deep-seated cultural beliefs that shape the design of the spaces of our daily lives\, including bathrooms. \n\nIn partnership with the UM Initiative on Disability Studies (UMInDS)\, The U-M Spectrum Center\, and the U-M Women's Studies Department. UID:48488-11243777@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48488 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Gender,LGBT,Spectrum Center,Women's Studies LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - A. Alfred Wing Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T134936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:OTHER WAYS OF DOING THINGS: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ACTIVISM DESCRIPTION:Anya Sirota is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on contemporary \ncultural production and its relationship to architecture and urbanism. Sirota is principal of the award-winning design studio Akoaki and director of the Detroit-based Michigan Architecture Prep program. She holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. \n\nIn the aftermath of Modernism’s perceived urban failures\, a cadre of architects is becoming increasingly aware that a building might not always be the best solution to a spatial problem. The lecture will explore how certain practices are reinventing the architectural profession\, replacing the model of the heroic visionary with a more collaborative\, experimental\, and interdisciplinary approach to work in the built environment.\n\nThis is the fourth in a six-lecture series. The subject is Architecture: Shaping Buildings\; Shaping Us. The next lecture series will start March 8\, 2018. The title is Behavioral and Social Sciences: Real World Applications. UID:47682-10973760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47682 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547131@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171220T115236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Identity Politics in Japan DESCRIPTION:In 1969\, Japan launched a massive subsidy program for the \"burakumin\" outcastes. The subsidies attracted the mob\, and the higher incomes now available through organized crime compensated those burakumin who abandoned the legal sector for criminal careers. In the process\, the subsidies gave new support to the tendency many Japanese already had to equate the burakumin with the mob. \n \n The government ended the subsidies in 2002. Eric Rasmusen and I explore the effect of the termination by merging 30 years of municipality data with a long-suppressed 1936 census of burakumin neighborhoods. First\, we find that outmigration from municipalities with more burakumin increased after the end of the program. Apparently\, the higher illegal income generated by the subsidies had restrained young burakumin from joining mainstream society. Second\, we find that once the mob-tied corruption and extortion associated with the subsidies neared its end\, real estate prices rose in municipalities with burakumin neighborhoods. With the subsidies gone and the mob in retreat\, other Japanese found the formerly burakumin communities increasingly attractive places to live. \n \nMark Ramseyer spent most of his childhood in provincial towns and cities in Miyazaki\, attending public schools for K-6. He returned to the U.S. for college. Before attending law school\, he studied Japanese history at the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. Ramseyer graduated from Harvard Law School in 1982. He clerked for the Hon. Stephen Breyer (then on the First Circuit)\, worked for two years at Sidley & Austin (in corporate tax)\, and studied as a Fulbright student at the University of Tokyo. After teaching at UCLA and the University of Chicago\, he came to Harvard in 1998. He has also taught or co-taught courses at several Japanese universities (in Japanese). In his research\, Ramseyer primarily studies Japanese law\, and primarily from a law & economics perspective. In addition to a variety of Japanese law courses\, he teaches the basic Corporations course.\n\nCosponsored by the U-M Law School. UID:47159-10802663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Japanese Studies,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T114000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette DESCRIPTION:World-renowned early music specialists\, Ellen Hargis\, soprano\, and Paul O'Dette\, lutenist and conductor\, work with SMTD singers and instrumentalists in a series of four masterclass. UID:49267-11409030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Carolyn and Milton Kevreson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T083916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:GFP Brown Bag DESCRIPTION:Sexual Fantasy: Content and Function UID:47557-10950461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47557 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T095657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lunch & Learn: Connect to Nature - Keep a Nature Journal! DESCRIPTION:Grab your brown bag lunch and come to CEW for our informal lunch hour learning series! Stay tuned on our website as more dates and topics are announced.\n\nCEW Scholar Alumna and ecological consultant Jacqueline Courteau (NatureWrite LLC) will share ideas and prompts for using nature journaling as a form of meditation and reflection\, to heighten observation skills\, and to increase your feelings of connectedness -- to nature\, to community\, and to memory. Come and cultivate your sense of wonder! Be ready to brave the weather to go outdoors for 20 minutes.\n\nThis session is open to all U-M students and CEW Scholars. Light refreshments will be provided. No registration is necessary. UID:48389-11230550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Health & Wellness,nature,Undergraduate LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T100721 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents Valentine Woodwind Pops DESCRIPTION:The Grosse Ile Quartet presents a musical kaleidoscope of popular music for woodwinds. With many years of combined solo\, teaching and orchestral experience\, the Grosse Ile Quartet (GIQ) is comprised of U-M graduates Carole Scott\, flute\; Nancy Gruits\, oboe\; Lisa Dills\, clarinet\; and Heather Gladden\, bassoon. For this performance they will play romantic selections ranging from the Beatles to Bach\, Beethoven to Bowie\, so prepare for musical diversity and virtuosity that surprises and delights. UID:48237-11191416@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171006T165315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Update on the UM Capital Campaign\, highlighting some of the exciting fund raising priorities DESCRIPTION:Mr. May and Mr. Baily will provide an update on the current capital campaign at the University. They will review how much has been raised to date toward an array of goals and what the plans are for the remainder of the campaign. They will highlight some of the more interesting programs that are being funded by donors. UID:45515-10198013@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45515 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Capital Campaign LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T144000 SUMMARY:Performance:Sally Fleming Masterclass Series: Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette DESCRIPTION:World-renowned early music specialists\, Ellen Hargis\, soprano\, and Paul O'Dette\, lutenist and conductor\, work with SMTD singers and instrumentalists in a series of four masterclass. UID:49267-11409031@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T142652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:ASC Lecture. 2017-2018 UMAPS Colloquium Series DESCRIPTION:Each UMAPS fellow will have the chance to present their scholarly work in a session of an ongoing monthly series. Talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to increase skills in effective communications\, to promote dialogue on topics\, and to share the research with the larger U-M community. All are invited to attend to grasp the range and depth of work occurring through the UMAPS partnerships. \n\n10/5\, UMAPS Colloquium (#1)—Social Sciences I (Kalamazoo Room\, Michigan League)\nVERONICA DZOMEKU\, Nursing\, KNUST\, Ghana\n“Exploration of Expectations and Experiences of Mothers toward Childbirth Care”\n\nTHELMA FENNIE\, Psychology\, University of the Westewrn Cape\, South Africa\n“Exploring Psychological Effects of Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Menarche & Menstruation in School Settings”\n\nAUDREY KALINDI\, Population Studies\, University of Zambia\n“Factors that Affect Use of Maternal Health Services\, HIV Testing and Linkage to Medical Care in Zambia”\n\n-----\n10/12\, UMAPS Colloquium (#2)—STEM I (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nDEBELA GEMEDA BEDANE\, Pharmacology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“Pharmacogenetic Predictors of Antidepressant Drug Response”\n\nMTHOKOZISI SIMELANE\, Biochemistry\, University of KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa\n“Ursolic Acid Acetate as a Promising Agent for Malarial Chemotherapy”\n\nMESTEWAT DEBASU MOGNHODIE\, Biochemistry\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Exploration and Utilization of Glycan-Based Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Patients on Chemotherapy in Ethiopia”\n\n-----\n11/ 9\, UMAPS Colloquium (#3)—Humanities (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nPAMELA KHANAKWA\, History\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“Bagisu Men Don’t Cry: Imbalu and the Construction of Masculinities in Uganda”\n\nYIKUNNOAMLAK MEZGEBU\, Literature\, Addis Ababa University\, Ethiopia\n“From Competition to Composition:  Languages\, Regions and Religions in an Ethiopian Literature”\n\nPAUL CONWAY & KELLY ASKEW\, University of Michigan “Radio\, Cyberspace\, and the Repatriation of African Musical Heritage”\n\n-----\n12/7\, UMAPS Colloquium (#4)—STEM II (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\nOLUWAKEMI ROTIMI\, Biochemistry\, Covenant University\, Nigeria\n“The Role of Epigenetics in the Toxicity of Environmental Exposures”\n\nZEWDU JIMA TAKLE\, Physiology\, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College\, Ethiopia\n“The Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in the Vessel Wall after Stroke and Pathways Mediated by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)”\n\nSENYO ADZEI\, Music\, University of Cape Coast\, Ghana\n“Processes in Shrine Music of the Awudome People of Ghana–An Ethnomusicolowgical Inquiry”\n\n-----\n1/ 11\, UMAPS Colloquium (#5)—Social Sciences II (Kuenzel Room\, Michigan Union)\nODUR BENARD\, Statistics\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n“A Retrospective Analysis of Progression in Neonatal and Infant Mortality Drivers in Uganda (1995-2016)”\n\nPRECIOUS NDLOVU\, Law\, University of the Western Cape\, South Africa\n“The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions in Africa’s Regional Competition Law Frameworks: An Examination of the COMESA Competition Commission”\n\nMOSES MUHUMUZA\, Human Ecology\, Mountains of the Moon University\, Uganda\n“Holistic Community-based Biodiversity Conservation in National Parks in Rural Africa”\n\n------\n2/8\, UMAPS Colloquium (#6)—STEM III (Koessler Room\, Michigan League)\n\nKALILU DONZO\, Biology\, University of Liberia\n“Advanced Training in Molecular Biology Techniques: Introducing Research-based Techniques at the University of Liberia”\n\nMELESSEW NIGUSSIE GEREME\, Physics\, Bahir Dar University\, Ethiopia\n“Investigation of Triggering Mechanisms of Ionospheric Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere” UID:44121-9888981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,Biology,Discussion,Ecology,Engineering,Environment,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,International,Law,Lecture,Literature,Materials Science,Medicine,Music,Pharmacy,Psychology,Research,Science,Sociology,Women's Studies LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T165258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Hopwood Room for tea and conversation. Hopwood Teas are open to all\, and happen every Thursday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. \n\nFor more information on the Hopwood Program\, visit https://lsa.umich.edu/hopwood. UID:48324-11222683@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Discussion,Free,Graduate Students,Literature,Poetry,Social,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T121657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Russian Undergraduate Conversation Group DESCRIPTION:Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so\, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48839-11308928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Language,Literature,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3310 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T150811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Active Learning Practice DESCRIPTION:This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance\, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then\, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson using active learning. Finally\, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.\n\nPractice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). You should report promptly at either 3:15 or 5:45 pm to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory\, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room. UID:47430-10901434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Gorguze Family Laboratory - 211 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T125330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Speaking American English DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this program is to offer speech support for people who would like to pursue additional guidance in speaking American English. The goal of the program is certainly not to eliminate the distinctive accents of our clients\, but to enhance their communication skills in ways that will help them communicate a variety of settings. Each participant sets their own objective at the start of the workshop and works toward their personal goals with a licensed speech-language pathologist. This 10-week workshop will help you build confidence with both group and individual activities. UID:47453-10901468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,International,Language,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:V. Vaughan CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T105144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AE585 Graduate Seminar Series - Mapping the Complex and Stochastic Response of Nanostructures DESCRIPTION:Ryan S. Elliott\nEllad B. Tadmor\, Subrahmanyam Pattamatta\nDepartment of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics\nUniversity of Minnesota\n\nDue to the exponential complexity of the equilibrium set associated with the potential energy landscape of atomic interactions\, the response of nanostructures to applied loading is inherently stochastic. This complexity is addressed head on by the construction\, using branch-following and bifurcation (BFB) methods\, of an “Equilibrium Map” (EM) of the nanostructure. The EM describes all of the stable and unstable states of the structure at each value of applied loading and thereby provides a systematic procedure for identifying physically-meaningful response scenarios. These include the limiting cases of a quasistatic process (QP) and quenched dynamic (QD)\, as well as the rate-dependent case of driven dynamic (DD). The method is applied to the uniaxial compression of a nanoslab of nickel modeled using a classical interatomic potential. The set of possible equilibrium solutions for this simple problem is surprisingly complex and therefore demonstrates the need for such an approach.\n\n\nAbout the speaker...\n\nRyan S. Elliott received his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State\nUniversity. He received his M.S.E.\, M.S.\, and Ph.D.\, all from The University\nof Michigan. Elliott joined the faculty of the Aerospace Engineering and\nMechanics at The University of Minnesota in 2005 and was promoted to Associate\nProfessor in 2011. In 2010 he was Visiting Researcher at the Ecole\nPolytechnique\, France. Elliott was appointed to the Journal of Elasticity\nBoard of Editors in 2015\, and to the International Journal of Solids and\nStructures Board of Editors in 2017. In 2017\, Elliott was elected Fellow of\nthe ASME.\n\nDr. Ryan S. Elliott's research deals with stability and instability problems\nrelated to structures\, materials\, and microstructured materials\, and includes\nthree major themes: (I) development of nonlinear modeling of discrete and\ncontinuum solid-state materials and structures\; (II) development of analytical\nand computational methodologies (based on theories of symmetry\, bifurcation\,\nand pattern formation) that can systematically discover the multiple stable\nstates predicted by a model\; and (III) development of open source scientific\nsoftware. Elliott is co-author of the book \"Continuum Mechanics and\nThermodynamics\". He has received numerous awards\, including: the Ivor\nK. McIvor Award in Applied Mechanics (2004)\, the Russell J. Penrose Faculty\nFellowship (2012)\, and the ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator award\n(2014). UID:49318-11417463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - 1109 Boeing Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T115438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME 500 Seminar: Tobi Giessen\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:Tobias W. Giessen\, Ph.D.\nBME Faculty Candidate and Guest Speaker\nHarvard Medical School\n \n“A bioarchitectonic approach to biological production and nanoscale control”\n \nAbstract:\nWe all face a number of interconnected major challenges in the 21st century\, including climate change\, environmental pollution and health care crises. Pursuing sustainable and efficient biological production approaches of drugs\, fuels and materials as well as continued biomedical innovation are two of the main strategies needed to address these problems. My approach to tackling these issues relies on the discovery\, understanding and engineering of self-assembling protein-based nanostructures. In this talk\, I will focus on encapsulin nanocompartments\, a recently discovered class of small protein organelles. I will first discuss two newly discovered encapsulin systems relating to iron metabolism and the global nitrogen cycle. Building on a fundamental understanding of encapsulin assembly\, a number of engineering projects which utilize programmable engineered nanospaces to improve biological production and exert spatiotemporal control over metabolism will then be presented. Finally\, I will briefly outline future projects that employ engineered 3D and 1D nanostructures for applications in drug delivery\, molecular imaging\, biosensing and engineering the biology-electronics interface. UID:48972-11339497@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Lecture LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T164335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EEB Thursday Seminar: Can the Fisher-Lande process account for birds of paradise and other sexual radiations DESCRIPTION:Models of the Fisher-Lande process (FLP) have been used successfully to explore many aspects of evolution by sexual selection. Despite this success\, quantitative tests of these models using data from sexual radiations are rare. Consequently\, we do not know whether realistic versions of the FLP can account for the extent and the rate of evolution of sexually-selected traits. To answer this question\, we generalize the basic FLP model of sexual coevolution and compare predictions of that basic model with patterns observed in an iconic sexual radiation\, birds-of-paradise. Our model tracks the coevolution of male and female traits (two in each sex) while relaxing some restrictive assumptions. Using computer simulations\, we evaluate the behavior of the model and confirm that it is an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process. We also assess the ability of the FLP to account for the quantitative aspects of ornament evolution in the genus Paradisaea using published measurements of display traits and a phylogeny of the genus. Finally\, we use program OUwie to compare model fits to generic OU and Brownian motion processes and to estimate FLP parameters. We show that to explain the sexual radiation of the genus Paradisaea one must either invoke extremely weak stabilizing selection on female mating preferences or allow the preference optimum to undergo Brownian motion at a modest rate.\n\nView YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/wx6hIxCuAaY UID:48512-11243800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48512 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Environment,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T085011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | History as Context for the Present: A Family Story of China’s Coming of Age DESCRIPTION:If you end up on the wrong side of history\, nobody writes yours. Correspondent Scott Tong of Marketplace public radio – and a 2013-14 University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow – talks about China’s long and interrupted opening to the world\, told through the lives of five people across five generations in his own family. The stories are told in his new book\, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World. \n \nHe begins by pursuing the lives of relatives and ancestors whose names are hardly ever spoken at the family table. The untold stories and history help fill in an oft-ignored chapter in the China story: the contribution of mainlanders who adopted the ideas\, music and literature of the outside world. Although A Village with My Name is a personal\, historical work of narrative nonfiction\, it provides history as context to the present. Tong\, who is reporting on the current globalization backlash\, will also address issues of national identity\, globalization and drawbridges that many in the world are asking right now.\n\nScott Tong has reported from more than a dozen countries as correspondent for Marketplace\, from refugee camps in east Africa to shoe factories in eastern China. He toured the oil sands of Canada and snuck into Burma. Currently he serves as correspondent for Marketplace’s Sustainability Desk\, where his coverage focuses on energy\, the environment\, natural resources and the global economy.\n\nIn 2006\, Scott opened Marketplace’s first permanent bureau in China\, as Shanghai bureau chief. His first book\, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World (University of Chicago Press\, 2017)\, is a personal\, journalistic discovery of China’s long and interrupted economic opening. More than a faraway story from a long time ago\, it addresses the divisive questions about globalization and drawbridges that many countries are debating today.\n\nHis reporting includes special coverage of the 2016-2017 globalization backlash\; Water: The High Price of Cheap\; Venezuela’s economic collapse\; the triumph of the shareholder value model in the U.S. and the Price of Profits\; the challenge of long-term job creation in the United States\; the 2011 Japan tsunami and recovery\; the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa\; and the economics of one child in China. In 2013-14\, Scott was awarded the Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan.\n\nScott joined Marketplace in 2004\, after working as a producer and off-air reporter for the PBS NewsHour\, where he produced a series of mini-documentaries from Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003. He’s appeared on the PBS NewsHour\, the Aspen Ideas Festival and TedxFoggybottom.\n\nA graduate of Georgetown University\, Scott is a native of Poughkeepsie\, New York. He lives in Arlington\, Virginia with his wife Cathy and three children. He is an acknowledged soccer dad and cycles to work at a measured pace.\n\nCosponsored by the U-M Knight-Wallace Program.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. UID:48862-11317268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48862 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies,History,Media LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T140819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nate Mills Lecture DESCRIPTION:The concept of the lumpenproletariat\, the “proletariat in rags\,” is peculiar to Marxism (Marx and Engels created the term) yet under-explicated by Marx and neglected in Marxist theoretical discourse. The term names individuals who persist outside of capitalist productive relations and\, as a result\, lack a place within capitalist social formations. Marx typically invokes such types only to dismiss them as irrelevant to theoretical concerns of production and class struggle\, or to scorn them as immoral\, criminal\, and self-interested enemies of the proletariat. The dispossessed of modern society—drifters\, criminals\, underworld agents\, etc.—are thus named by Marxism but denied proper epistemological scrutiny. The lumpenproletariat thus possesses a somewhat archival character: it’s catalogued and registered in Marxism’s conceptual finding aid\, but awaits full exhumation and serious study. Similarly\, much of the Depression-era fiction and poetry of two African American writers—Ralph Ellison and Margaret Walker—that resituates the lumpenproletariat as a means of understanding U.S. social arrangements and imagining revolutionary African American political desires also resides\, unfinished and unstudied\, in manuscript archives. \n\nIn this talk\, I discuss Ellison and Walker’s innovative 1930s writings\, showing how the concept of the lumpenproletariat allowed them to\, in various ways\, renovate Marxist theory in order to illuminate and challenge the intersectional dynamics of capitalism\, patriarchy\, and Jim Crow in America. Ellison and Walker also provide an occasion for thinking the importance of the archive\, not only as a site of innovative experiments in radical literature and culture\, but as a means of designating the place of the understudied within the conceptual topography of Marxist and radical thought. If Walker and Ellison were inspired by a concept Marxism had overlooked and by individuals Depression America had discarded\, then we might consider their efforts as models of how to engage with Marxism through its archive\, through its de-prioritized and unexamined resources.\n\nNathaniel Mills is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Ragged Revolutionaries: The Lumpenproletariat and African American Marxism in Depression-Era Literature (University of Massachusetts Press\, 2017). His articles on U.S. and African American literary radicalism have appeared or are forthcoming in venues such as African American Review\, MELUS\, Twentieth-Century Literature\, Studies in American Naturalism\, The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright\, and The Cambridge Companion to American Literature of the 1930s. UID:42999-9693637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Literature,Politics LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T121657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Russian Undergraduate Conversation Group DESCRIPTION:Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so\, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. \n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48839-11308943@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48839 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Language,Literature,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3310 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529629@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932351@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180223T123025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PwC' s Women's Consulting Experience Presentation DESCRIPTION:Calling all Sophomore women interested in a career in Consulting! Come to the PwC presentation at 5pm in Ross on Thursday\, 2/8 to learnmore about this leadership conference and how you can be on a path to a summer 2019 internship offer now! UID:49867-11557829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49867 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, B1580 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T143738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Supersymmetry and the Philosophy of Space and Time DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Some areas of physics are heavily discussed by philosophers\; others are engaged with more sparsely. Despite its being a central component of many attempts to go beyond the standard model of particle physics\, supersymmetry (SUSY) is an example of the latter. This talk is part of an ongoing project to establish a discussion in the philosophy of SUSY.\n\nSUSY is a proposed dynamical symmetry between bosons (broadly speaking\, force carriers) and fermions (matter). As a result of being a transformation between particles of different spin\, the algebra of its generators has an interesting feature---it appears to allow for an interpretation as a (generalisation of a) spacetime symmetry. Construing SUSY as such\, it is possible to re-express the theory in a new setting---superspace\, in which ordinary Minkowski spacetime is augmented with a number of anticommuting ‘dimensions’. These are dimensions along which\, counter-intuitively\, coordinate values are sensitive to the order in which they are multiplied---they cannot\, therefore\, be visualised in the way that ordinary spatial or temporal dimensions are\, as lines extending in some direction. Even though superspace is not a geometry in the familiar point-set sense\, it manifests geometric structure in a more general\, algebraic way: objects with the algebraic properties of vectors\, tensors\, derivative operators and so on are well-defined. Thus metrical and inertial structures exist in superspace\, but algebraically. In this talk\, I address the question of what difference this generalisation makes to our understanding of the roles of the metric and inertial structure in constituting spacetime.\n\n(No prior familiarity with supersymmetry or quantum field theory will be assumed) UID:48908-11328385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48908 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1171 (Tanner Library) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weddings Around the World Theme Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 8th\, South Quad Dining hall is having a Wedding's Around the World Theme Dinner! Don't miss out on this delicious meal! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:49082-11375464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49082 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T121529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Stephen Burks: Towards a New Perception of Design DESCRIPTION:Stephen Burks believes in a pluralistic vision of design that is inclusive of all cultural perspectives. His ongoing Man Made project bridges the gap separating authentic developing-world production\, industrial manufacturing\, and contemporary design. Independently and through association with many nonprofit organizations\, he has worked as a product development consultant throughout the globe. Through his New York studio\, Stephen Burks Man Made\, many of the world’s leading design-driven brands have commissioned Burks to develop collections that engage hand production as a strategy for innovation for manufacturers worldwide. His work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Museum of Arts & Design. He has received the Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Professional Achievement Award\, the Brooklyn Museum Young Modernist Award\, the Architektur & Wohnen Audi Mentor Prize\, and the 2008 United States Artists Architecture & Design Target Fellowship Grant\, as well as the 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in product design.\n\nThis Penny Stamps Speaker Series event is supported by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center\, stewards of the UNESCO City of Design designation. UID:47870-11035895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180113T181954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture DESCRIPTION:The W.M. Trotter Multicultural Center is honored to be centering the voices of transgender and non-binary individuals at our 4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture\, with a particular focus on the intersecting identities of gender and race. We are beyond thrilled to welcome to the University of Michigan\, speakers Janet Mock\, author of Redefining Realness\, Surpassing Certainty\, and King Amiyah Scott of Fox Network’s STAR. Current and former students and staff from the University of Michigan will also contribute to this phenomenal event! We aim to hold a space in which the personal narratives and lives of trans folks can be shared\, celebrated\, and honored.\n\nPrevious lectures include The Black Male Athlete\; Who is He and What is He to You in 2016\, which was held in the Ross Auditorium\, celebrating Student Leaders in 2015\; as well as\, the 2014 Inaugural W.M. Trotter Lecture that featured activist\, poet\, and educator Cheryl Clarke. UID:47335-10869002@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47335 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Culture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Faculty,first-generation,Free,Graduate Students,Inclusion,Lecture,LGBT,Media,Multicultural,Networking,Poetry,Reception,Social Impact,Social Justice,Storytelling,Student Affairs,Talk,Women's Studies LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T104238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety DESCRIPTION:Producers Scilla Andreen and Karin Gornick have one goal: to start a global conversation and raise awareness around anxiety. Through candid interviews\, they utilize the power of film to tell the stories of many kids and teens who discuss their anxiety and its impacts on their lives and relationships\, as well as how they’ve found solutions and hope. The film also includes a special interview with Michael Phelps\, a mental health advocate and one of the greatest athletes of all-time. In addition\, the documentary provides discussions with mental health experts about the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects\, along with the help\, resources and tools available to address the condition. \n\nAfter the 56 minute screening\, there will be a discussion facilitated by professionals from U-M Counseling and Psychological Services. UID:49239-11397812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49239 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Angell Hall - Aud B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180223T123027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:DPhiE: Build Your Network DESCRIPTION:70% of jobs/internships are found through networking\, wait\, what? But\, how do I start “networking?” This workshop will give you the confidence and tools to examine personal and potential connections withalumni and professionals. We will go into how to conduct informational interviewing to use as a tool for connection building. \nYou should come if you...\n- feel like you should be “networking” but not sure how to begin\n- want to learn ways to connect with alumni and friends\n- looking forways to boost your internship or job search game\nWhat you’ll do:\n- Develop understanding of networking and the importance\n- Examine your current and potential connections\n- Identify ways to expand your network\n- Recognize ways to utilize LinkedIn and UCAN for building connections\nWhat you need to do before coming... UID:50006-11613949@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50006 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:800 Oxford Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T162819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Eye On Detroit: The Automation Apocalypse DESCRIPTION:The world of work is changing dramatically. Robots and algorithms are projected to take over many jobs humans currently have. As this scenario plays out the City of Detroit is challenged by a skills gap in the current workforce. Join us as we discuss the options and opportunities for Detroiters to gain the skills of the future and the challenges facing the City in providing the necessary training. \n\nThe following panelists will be featured: \n-Chad Livengood\, Crain Publications\n-Patrick Beal\, Detroit Training Center\n-Krista McKinney\, Randolph Career and Tech Center\n-John Austin\, Michigan Economic Center\n\nThe event will be moderated by UM Professor Jeff DeGraff.\n\nRSVP at http://myumi.ch/6kbzb. UID:49179-11386615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Detroit,Discussion,Information and Technology,Professional Development LOCATION:Detroit Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:North Campus Bible Study DESCRIPTION:Weekly Bible study on Exodus UID:49048-11369802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49048 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Corner Room - Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T130446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Peer Perspectives: Finance DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the finance recruiting process from your peers who have successfully secured analyst positions at major firms. UID:48872-11320035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Corporate,Internship,Networking,Undergraduate LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T123212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:U-M Biological Station Information Session DESCRIPTION:Interested in the U-M Biological Station? Come learn more about earning credits\, gaining research experience\, and spending the spring and/or summer at our field station in beautiful Northern Michigan. UMBS professors and staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss 2018 course offerings. UID:48399-11230610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Chemistry,Ecology,Environment,Life Science LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 2024 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T150811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Active Learning Practice DESCRIPTION:This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance\, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then\, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson using active learning. Finally\, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.\n\nPractice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). You should report promptly at either 3:15 or 5:45 pm to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory\, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room. UID:47430-10901460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Gorguze Family Laboratory - 211 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T162211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Café Shapiro DESCRIPTION:Students\, nominated by their instructors\, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers\, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others\, it provides a fresh audience\, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.\n\nThrough its over 20 years of existence\, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers\, their friends\, families\, and the wider community. This year there are a total of 46 students participating over five days. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!\n\nMonday\, 2/5/18\nTuesday\, 2/6/18\nThursday\, 2/8/18\nMonday\, 2/12/18\nTuesday\, 2/13/18\n\nRead student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues UID:49336-11420289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Bert's Study Lounge (Lobby) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T111617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS and EMU Lecture. Why is Anyone Anti-Vaccine? A History of Vaccination and Anti-Vaccination DESCRIPTION:Ellen Amster is the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University\, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and History. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of North Africa and France\, her research on science in the French-Islamic colonial encounter was first a book\, Medicine and the Saints: Science\, Islam\, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco\, 1877-1956 (University of Texas ) and now extends to a field and Arabic course for students in Morocco and CIHR-funded global health work in maternal and infant health. Her recent articles touch on political Islam\, Islamic biopolitics\, the history of public health\, and Sufism\; her current research includes Muslim midwifery\, medical humanities\, the material and visual cultures of religion\, the body\, and women’s history. She has created the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal\, a resource for all researchers with library\, archival\, museum\, and digital collections.\n\nCo-sponsors: \nEastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies\, Eastern Michigan University College of Health and Human Services UID:49545-11473478@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,History,Medicine,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-10790908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T140500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Jane Austen LIVE DESCRIPTION:If you love all things Austen\, from the books\, to the frocks\, to the many\, many film adaptations\, this event is for you. Audience members will be invited to participate in Austen-themed games such as Who Wants to Marry a Single Man in Possession of a Good Fortune. There will be book and movie trivia and chances to win fabulous prizes. This event is for Austen lovers of all stripes\, so whether your fandom extends to wearing a bonnet or is limited to discreet snickering at Emma Woodhouse jokes\, please join us!\n\nThis event is intended for Ages 21+ UID:48928-11331173@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Zouk Thursdays DESCRIPTION:7:00pm Intermediate Lesson\n8:00pm Practica practice\n9:00pm 2-hour Zouk Social\n\nLocation: Michigan Union in the Parker room (second floor)\nCost:Free for first timeMembership required for continued lessonsPractica and Social always free (don't need membership to attend those)Membership details in a photo in the photo album (or can email janibogo@umich.edu to get info sent directly to you)\nEveryone is welcome. You don’t have to be a student. You don’t have to have any experience in dance. We have a very welcoming community filled with dancers of all levels. I can’t wait to meet you and make you addicted to Zouk. :) UID:48091-11180538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:SMTD Faculty Showcase DESCRIPTION:A mini-collage concert of faculty performers featuring Elizabeth Ames\, piano\; Danielle Belen\, violin\; Andrew Bishop\, saxophone\; Amy I-Lin Cheng\, piano\; David Daniels\, countertenor\; Christopher Harding\, piano\; Jeffrey Lyman\, bassoon\; Martin Katz\, piano\; Nancy Ambrose King\, oboe\; Timothy McAllister\, saxophone\; Jonathan Ovalle\, percussion\; Amy Porter\, flute\; Ellen Rowe\, piano\; Stephen Shipps\, violin\; and Adam Unsworth\, horn. UID:47183-10813700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180208T220000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Mswing Open Swing DESCRIPTION:We play mostly current music\, but its a mix of everything you could potentially swing dance. We teach hustle which is a type of swing dance. So beginners are always welcome. As are people who want to learn aerials and flips. We are a group of people who just like to dance. Come and join. :) UID:48189-11185898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170807T101147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:First 7 Week Classes Pass/Fail Deadline DESCRIPTION:First 7 week classes drop and pass/fail deadline without SSC Petition UID:41766-9470818@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Engineering Academic Calendar,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507641@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762512@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291323@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667186@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802124@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802292@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180224T063020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T122000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:DocNetwork Business Development Startup Immersion DESCRIPTION: \nOn Friday\, February 9th\, the University Career Center will be taking 25 students to spend half a day at DocNetwork in Ann Arbor. During this experience\, students will tour the organization & have the chance to see the new work space. Students will engage with the DocNetwork team and gain a deeper understanding of their different areas of work\, specifically Customer Success and Account Management. Participants will leave with a complete understanding of the company\, their roles\, and their great company culture! \n\nThis is a great opportunity for undergraduate students interested in learning about working in business development at a startup organization. DocNetwork is the parent company of CampDoc and SchoolDoc providing the leading electronic health record system for camps and schools. The company has consistently doubled in size\, winning the SPARK Fast Track awards for the past two years. \n\nDocNetwork Business Development Startup Immersion schedule: \n\n8:30am - Meet at the first floor of the Student Activities Building \n8:45am - Take bus from the Student Activities Building to DocNetwork in Ann Arbor\n9:00am - Immersion visit starts \n - Tour the DocNetwork space \n - Meet with DocNetwork team & learn about the day-to-day of different roles (Current interns\, Account Managers\, \n Head of Accounts\, Director of Operations\, Support Lead\, Owner/CEO\, and an Intern turned full-time Account Manager)\n - Hear from DocNetwork HR to learn what they're looking for on applications/interviews \n - Experience what some of their work is like through an interactive activity with DocNetwork team members \n12:00pm - Immersion ends \n12:20pm - Arrive back at the Student Activities Building \n\nAny questions? Email Kathleen at kathlmcd@umich.edu \n\n***The University Career Center will be providing transportation for this visit. This application will open on Monday\, January 22nd and close on Friday\, February 2nd - please click 'join event' tofill out your application if you are certain you would be available to attend. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and if there isa large interest in the event and we receive a large number of applications early on\, this application may close early. Students must be able to attend the full program to participate. University Career Center staff willbe along with you on the Immersion to guide you through the day\, and more details will be provided to the selected participants. Students are advised to bring a copy of their updated resume to the event. \n\nIf you areno longer able to attend this Immersion\, you must notify Kathleen of thecancellation via email at kathlmcd@umich.edu by 2/2/18. If you do not formally cancel by 2/2/18\, you will receive a cancellation penalty. For moreinformation on Immersion policies\, please visit: https://careercenter.umich.edu/article/handshake-policy-statement UID:47907-11048822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:4750 Venture Drive STE 101, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180102T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work DESCRIPTION:Future Former: An Exhibition of Alumni Work honors the creative work and careers of all Stamps School alumni\, creates an aspirational connection between generations of U-M artists and designers and current Stamps students\, and inspires reflection during the university’s Bicentennial year. Funds raised through this exhibition will support new studios and collaborative spaces at Stamps.\n\nCurated by Stamps Professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo with alumna Emily Schumer (BFA 2017)\, Future Former will be on view Monday\, January 8-Friday\, February 9\, 2018 on the first floor of the Art and Architecture Building.\n\nExhibition Dates: Monday\, January 8 - Friday\, February 9\, 2018\nArtist Panel and Reception: Monday\, January 29\, 2018 from 5 - 6:30 pm\nArtist Panel: 5 pm\, Stamps Auditorium\nReception: 5:45 pm\, Street Gallery UID:43757-9838288@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T135934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:of 72 DESCRIPTION:Note: Ebony Patterson Stamps lecture takes place Feb 1\, 5pm\, at the Michigan Theater\, immediately followed at 6pm by artist reception at the Institute for the Humanities.\n\n“What happens when seventy-two men and one woman die and no one knows who they are?” Jamaican artist Ebony Patterson’s of 72—a mixed media work on fabric with digital imagery\, embroidery\, rhinestones\, trimmings\, bandanas\, and floral appliques—considers the 2010 “Tivoli Incursion” in Kingston\, Jamaica. This armed conflict between the Shower Posse drug cartel and Jamaica's military and police took place when security forces began searching for drug lord Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke\, after the United States requested his extradition. The violence killed at least 73 civilians.\n\n\"Of 72\" will be in conversation with Patterson's more recent work \"...And Babies...\" created at the Tyler School of Art\, Temple University. The lush tapestry-like floor piece continues where \"Of 72\" leaves us and serves to honor both the spirit and the loss of so many black bodies...women\, little boys\, little girls\, even babies\, subjected to acts of violence and abuse. \n\nEbony G. Patterson is a Jamaican artist born in Kingston\, Jamaica. She studied at Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. An assistant professor in painting at the University of Kentucky\, she has shown her artwork in numerous solo and private exhibitions and is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery. UID:47319-10866158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,History,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866221@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Science as Art Exhibition and Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Come and view the Science As Art entries all week February 5-9\, 2018 in Hatcher Graduate Library\, Room 100. Contest winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Friday\, February 9 from 2-4pm. Refreshments will be served. UID:49803-11540898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49803 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180529T094952 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T103000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Workshop on Poverty and Inequality DESCRIPTION:This workshop series\, sponsored by Poverty Solutions\, is designed to engage PhD students in an ongoing dialogue on poverty in America and to explore poverty-related research. \n\nFall 2018 speakers and dates TBD.\n\nInterested students are invited to contact Poverty Solutions Administrative Coordinator Damien Siwik at dsiwik@umich.edu. UID:43185-10703029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43185 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 5240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:History of Chinese Food in America DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Confucius Institute and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures\, the conference will examine the historical and contemporary connections between Chinese food in America. The participants will discuss various issues surrounding food practices and traditions in China and in America including cookeries\, culinary traditions\, and more.\n\nDiscussants: \nYong Chen\, Professor of History\, UC Irvine\nYan Liang\, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature\, Great Valley State University\nCarolyn Phillips\, Blogger\, writer\, and chef @MadameHuang\nEdward Q. Wang\, Professor of History\, Rowan University\n \n10 AM -12 PM Panel Discussion 1 \n12 PM - 1 PM Lunch (RSVP Closed)\n1-2:30 PM Panel Discussion 2\n2:30 - 4 PM Panel Discussion 3 (closed door session) UID:49778-11532468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49778 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Culture,Food LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171013T100606 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors\, Dealers\, and Bibliographers DESCRIPTION:The Pioneer Americanists: Early Collectors\, Dealers\, and Bibliographers is a captivating look at the lives and careers of eight generations of outstanding Americanists prior to 1900.\n\nIt features books\, manuscripts and pictorial material about White Kennett\, Isaiah Thomas\, James Lenox\, Joseph Sabin\, John Carter Brown\, Lyman Copeland Draper\, George Brinley Jr.\, and the other noteworthy specialists who created and nurtured the Americana field from the late seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Rarities from the remarkable collections of the Clements Library help provide a panoramic window on the early story of Americana appreciation\, collecting and description. Anyone with a professional or avocational interest in antiquarian Americana will find The Pioneer Americanists a fascinating treasury of information\, enlightenment and inspiration. UID:45741-10273894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45741 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Books,Education,History,Library,Literature,Museum,Philosophy,Research LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T191043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Information-age Conflict DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: War is changing. It is being redefined by the connectivity and accessibility of today’s information age conveniences like smart phones and the internet. This has been enabled by rapid advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Arguably\, ICT can fuel conflict\, which can now play out in new virtual venues including the world of social media. The growing dependence of individuals and states on ICT exacerbates their vulnerabilities as does the interconnections and interdependence growing between nation-states. Traditionally\, the definition of war between nation-states has been characterized by “armed conflict.” This is no longer the case. Information warfare (vs. traditional kinetic warfare) may be emerging as a more likely form. And\, free and open societies appear to be at a disadvantage to some extent. In this talk\, Dr. Porche will discuss how this new normal came about\, including the technology and policies that have enabled it. The goal of this talk is to motivate the audience to think about how technology and technological progress can do the following: (i) mitigate the vulnerabilities that free and open societies have inherited and (ii) safeguard key values like privacy and free expression\, which is what has helped foster the technological growth of the last few decades. \n\nBIO: Dr. Porche is a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation\, where he currently serves as the Director of the Acquisition and Development Program in the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC). As a program director\, he overseas a wide range of projects supporting the Department of Homeland Security and its components. Dr. Porche joined RAND in 1998 after graduating from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He has led research projects for the U.S. Navy\, the U.S. Army\, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\, the Joint Staff\, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has served on the U.S. Army Science Board supporting a number of its cyber-related panels. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. At the Institute of Politics and Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University\, Dr. Porche serves as an adjunct instructor\, where he teaches a graduate class titled “Policy and Technology of Cyberwar.” He has authored numerous RAND publications\, peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. He is also a frequent contributor of op-eds and commentary for news outlets on military and science topics and has been quoted in other media outlets including National Public Radio\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and the Baltimore Sun. Dr. Porche’s areas of expertise include cybersecurity\, network and communication technology\, intelligence\, surveillance\, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems\, data mining\, modeling and simulation\, cybersecurity\, rapid acquisition processes\, and operations research techniques. In 2016\, he presented testimony on emerging cyber threats and implications before the House Homeland Security Committee\, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity\, Infrastructure Protection\, and Security Technologies. His latest RAND publication\, Cyber Power Potential of the Army’s Reserve Component\, focuses on how to train\, manage\, and develop the Army’s cyber force. He is the author of the forthcoming book Cyberwarfare 101: Technology\, Tactics\, and Techniques for Information-age Conflict (Artech House\, 2019). \n\nABOUT THE EVENT: Dr. Porche is the inaugural speaker for the ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture.\n\nThe ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Alumni Lecture is given by ECE alumni from traditionally underrepresented groups in Electrical and Computer Engineering who are leaders in their field and serve as role models for the ECE community through their leadership\, impact on society\, service to the community\, or other contributions.\n\nWillie Hobbs Moore (1934–1994) was the first African American woman at Michigan to earn a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering (‘58 and ‘61)\, and the first African American woman in the country to earn a PhD in physics in 1972. She joined Ford Motor Company in 1977\, where she was known for expanding the use of Japanese engineering and manufacturing methods. She was named one of the 100 “most promising black women in corporate America” by Ebony magazine in 1991. UID:49276-11406204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Graduate Students,Information and Technology,Lecture,Politics,Public Policy,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T134323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:In the Archives: Black Radical Thought DESCRIPTION:This roundtable will focus on the role of institutions in shaping the work of black radical authors and artists and on the archival research needed to track that history. \nParticipants include Nate Mills (University of Minnesota\; UM English PhD 2011)\, Howard Brick\, Ingrid Diran\, Daniel Fryer\, and Alan Wald. \n\nTo RSVP\, please contact Hayley O'Malley (hayleyom@umich.edu) UID:47409-10891058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Literature LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180105T082733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Overcoming Perfectionism Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for College of Engineering Graduate Students.\n\nMany college students believe that in order to be successful\, they must strive to be perfect\, and later suffer the consequences in this impossible pursuit. In this workshop\, we will discuss the differences between having a perfectionist and success-oriented mindset. We will look at strategies for overcoming perfectionism and you will walk away with an array of coping tools. \n\nLunch will be provided\n\nQuestions may be sent to ajrose@umich.edu. UID:48196-11188588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48196 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Workshop LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T142804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Special Lecture | Japanese Economy: Successful Recovery\, Challenges\, Foreign Policy\, and US Relations DESCRIPTION:The Japanese economy appears to have recovered from a two-decade long recession\, which began in the early 1990s\, as it is currently experiencing continuous growth for a seven-quarter period albeit meager growth rate of approximately 1 percent per year. Low unemployment rate of 2.7 percent and record high corporate profits also reflect relatively favorable economic situation. Despite favorable performance of the Japanese economy at the moment\, future prospects are rather dim unless Japan can successfully deal with various structural problems\, which include shrinking and ageing population\, increasing government debt\, and low exposure to the global economy. One important and effective policy that may contribute to solving/mitigating these problems is activist international economic policy such as free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic assistance policy such as official development assistance. Professor Shujiro URATA examines Japan’s current economic situation and identifies the problems\, then he discusses the importance of adopting an activist international economic policy with a focus on its relationship with the United States\, in order to overcome the problems and achieve sustained economic growth. \n \nShujiro Urata is Dean and Professor of Economics at Graduate School Asia-Pacific Studies\, Waseda University. He is also Specially Appointed Fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research (JCER)\, Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy\, Trade & Industry (RIETI)\, and Senior Research Adviser for the Executive Director of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Jakarta. Professor Urata received his B.A. in Economics from Keio University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University. He is a former Research Associate at the Brookings Institution\, an Economist at the World Bank. He specializes in International Economics and Economics of Development. He has held a number of research and advisory positions including senior advisor to the Government of Indonesia\, consultant to the World Bank\, OECD\, the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Japan. He published and edited a number of books on international economic issues and is an author and co-author of numerous articles in professional journals. His book publications in English include Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia\, co-editor\, Routledge\, 2006\, Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific\, co-editor\, World Scientific\, 2010\, Economic Consequences of Globalization: Evidence from East Asia\, co-editor\, Routledge\,2012\, and others.\n\nCosponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit . UID:48734-11297750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Economics,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T114944 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Hitting Children Hurts Black Families and Communities DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stacy Patton\, Assistant Professor School of Global Journalist & Communication\, Morgan State University\, is building a movement to change the culture of black family violence in the United States. Her goal is to provide parents\, teachers\, foster care providers\, social workers\, law enforcement officials\, judges\, adoption agencies\, child advocates\, ministers\, and young people from all backgrounds with the tools to better understand the historical roots of corporal punishment against children. She is making the case for transforming this outdated vestige of slavery into healthier\, more appropriate 21st-century parenting practices. UID:49453-11462125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Children,Diversity,Family,Multicultural,Social Justice LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Educational Conference Center, 1840 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T134209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Loving My LGBTQ+ Body DESCRIPTION:The event works to promote self love and body positivity for LGBTQ+ folk. The diversity of gender and sexuality expressions means that every person has a unique relationship with their body\, and thus unique ways of experiencing self-love. This intersection is extremely important and not often talked about. The body and appearance is an expression of self for others too. Everyone deserves to be respected for how they show up in the world. We will discuss practices to empower the LGBTQ+ community in a positive body image\, as well as how to be an ally by not perpetuating stigma in order to increase self esteem\, empowerment\, self love\, empathy\, and create a less judgmental campus and expand the view of body image. Refreshments will be provided. This event is presented as apart of LGBTQ Health and Wellness Week and is organized by Body Peace Corps. UID:49104-11375487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49104 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T082627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Psychology Methods Hour: Too Good to Be False: A Personal Perspective on the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science DESCRIPTION:Dr. Meyer describes his talk in this way: “I will share some of my evolving views and opinions about the essence of the so-called 'Replication Crisis' in Psychological Science\, how it came to be\, what should be done about it\, and why this matters to both me and you. The presentation will be at least somewhat historical and idiosyncratic in nature. Prospective audience members should ponder beforehand what their own views on these matters are. In so far as I do not deal with all of the relevant issues mentioned here\, attendees may ask me at the presentation about particular my views. UID:47520-10940130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180203T180051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Curious Rise and Fall of African Authoritarian Successor Parties DESCRIPTION:This week CPW is hosting Nicolas van de Walle (Professor of Government\, Cornell University). Nic will be presenting\, \"The Curious Rise and Fall of African Authoritarian Successor Parties\"\, a chapter from his forthcoming Cambridge University Press book\, Electoral Politics in Africa: Continuity in Change since 1990. The book is co-authored with Jaimie Bleck (Assistant Professor\, Notre Dame). \n\nSeveral hundred multi-party elections have been held in 46 of the 49 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa since a wave of democratization swept across the region in the early 1990s. This book explores the role of electoral politics in Africa from multi-party transitions drawing on cross-national data and more in-depth analysis of 8 countries: Senegal\, Zambia\, Uganda\, Ghana\, Nigeria\, Benin\, Kenya and Mozambique. Multi-party elections have been institutionalized during this quarter century but\, we do not observe broader democratic consolidation in most of these countries. Instead the democratization of the early 1990s remains incomplete in much of the region to this day. Despite much apparent change since 1990\, many of the same men\, and rather fewer women\, remain in positions of power today. On the whole\, and with notable exceptions\, the same political class that dominated national politics before transitions continue to do so. \n\nThis book will both document the paradoxical disjuncture between a rapidly changing Africa and stagnant electoral politics and investigate its implications for electoral politics. Given the regularization of multi-party elections\, coupled with the change in media landscape and demographic trends including higher growth rates\, urbanization\, and unprecedented access to schooling –why do we observe relative political stasis? We argue that two key factors promote continuity: presidentialism and the “liability of newness.” These factors enhance the sitting president’s incumbency advantage. Still\, elections can serve as “political moments” which generate substantial change. In very young and still unsettled electoral systems\, in addition\, we argue that each election also provides a moment of temporary political fluidity. This political opportunity can result in substantial democratic gains\, or conversely\, backsliding. UID:49748-11510004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Politics LOCATION:Haven Hall - 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180224T063026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:The Impact of Including Identity-Based Involvement on Your Resume DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/124294\n\nInclusion of identity-based extra-curricular involvement can be a touchy subject for many students. The University Career Center will provide an overview of how to effectively sell experiences\, and to be self-reflective about the resume. For My Brothers: Students\, Faculty\, and Staff Males of Color.\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then clickthe 'Join Event’ button. UID:49444-11456556@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:North Quadrangle Residence Hall, 2435, 105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171130T172800 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HP1B - a Euchromatic HP1 Homolog with Links to Metabolism DESCRIPTION:Host: Gyorgyi Csankovszki UID:47197-10813714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T104556 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economics at Work DESCRIPTION:Brook Cunningham is a Managing Director at Lazard\, based in Chicago. She leads Lazard’s North American Agribusiness and Commodities investment banking practice and is responsible for coordination of the business on a global basis\, and also plays a key role in the Firm’s Midwest Advisory practice.\n\nMs. Cunningham advises companies on matters involving corporate strategy\, mergers and acquisitions\, business separations\, sales\, strategic investments\, capital structure and shareholder activism\, among others.\n\nPrior to joining Lazard in 2010\, Ms. Cunningham was an Investment Banking Associate at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital.\n\nMs. Cunningham graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Economics in 2002. She earned her MBA degree from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2007. UID:48203-11188800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Economics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 140 (Askwith Auditorium) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T140757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Writing Aware DESCRIPTION:HZWP community discussion forum on issues of identity and intersectionality and the craft of writing. UID:49112-11375495@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49112 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Books,Culture,Inclusion,LGBT,Literature,Multicultural,Muslim,Poetry,Politics,Social Impact,Social Justice,Storytelling,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - Hopwood Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T214848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations DESCRIPTION:We write to invite you to a reading group on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations. This group will not require preparation prior to the meetings. The format of the reading group will be a slow but deep dive into the Investigations by reading aloud and then discussing the book\, section by section. We hope to make it through 5 to 10 sections each meeting. After the discussion on a section dries up\, we’ll move to the next section until the hour and a half of the meeting is over. This design is meant to accommodate busy schedules\, and it also should be amenable to varying degrees of familiarity with the Investigations and Wittgenstein’s other work.\n\nWe have multiple meetings throughout winter term on Fridays from 1:30-3:00pm. Location: Angell Hall 3184. All interested faculty\, staff\, and graduate students are welcome to attend. RSVP to Bryan Kim-Butler (bkimbutl@umich.edu) and Ben Mangrum (bmangrum@umich.edu). If you can’t make it for the first meeting but are interested\, please let us know and we’ll add you to the mailing list.\n\nWe'll bring photocopies of the sections likely to be read and discussed each meeting. However\, you’re also welcome to bring your own copy of the Investigations. UID:49794-11535285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language & Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T101416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CCN Forum-Brain Network Properties in Aging: A Graph-Theoretic Approach DESCRIPTION:Talk Abstract: Growing evidence suggests that healthy aging affects the configuration of large-scale brain networks. Functional brain organization has traditionally been studied using fMRI-based “resting-state” functional connectivity and more recently\, in conjunction with graph-theoretic analyses. The graph-theoretic approach enables characterization of the brain’s connectivity structure and derives measures that assess global and local features that may be important for network function. First\, I will provide a brief introduction to network theory\, focusing on key topological network properties\, such as modularity. Then\, I will present several representative results from recent fMRI investigations showing age differences in global and local network properties. Finally\, I will highlight several methodological aspects that are relevant for functional connectivity and network measures calculations.\n\nBrief Bio: Alex is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology\, working with Dr. Patricia Reuter-Lorenz. His main research interests are in understanding the structure and dynamics of the large-scale brain networks that mediate interactions between cognitive control and emotion\, as well as the roles of aging and training in these interactions. Alex is from Bucharest\, Romania. After completing his undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology and Neurobiology and the University of Bucharest\, he joined the Ph.D. program in Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where he studied the effects of emotional distraction on working memory using brain imaging. In 2016\, he joined the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan\, where he is currently working on several projects\, including the investigation of large-scale brain networks in aging and the effects of cognitive training. His research has been published in several journals including Cerebral Cortex\, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience\, Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience\, and Biological Psychology. UID:47651-10971156@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T103222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DQSN: Kadji Amin Lecture DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a lecture by Kadji Amin\, Assistant Professor of Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. UID:49693-11498709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180703@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T093825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Science\, Values\, and the Public DESCRIPTION:**February 9\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n2:00 -2:30pm Coffee and Opening Remarks \n\n2:30-4:30pm Heather Douglas - \"Scientific Experts and the Public: How to Build Trust in a Complex World\"\n\n4:30-5:00pm Coffee \n\n5:00-7:00pm Dan M. Kahan - \"Science Comprehension Without Curiosity is No Virtue\, and Curiosity Without Comprehension is No Vice\"\n\n**February 10\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n9:30-10:00am Breakfast \n\n10:00am-12:00pm Elisabeth Lloyd - \"Climate Change Attribution: When is it Appropriate to Accept New Methods?\" \n\n12:00-1:30pm Lunch \n\n1:30-3:30pm Quayshawn Spencer - \"A Race Theory for Medical Genetics\" UID:41546-9334661@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T100308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EVENT CANCELLED - Identities Abroad: Queer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Due to inclement weather\, we will be rescheduling this event.\n\nPlease join us to learn more about what it means to study abroad as someone who identifies within the LGBTQ community. We will also host a few student panelists to talk about their experience abroad. UID:49106-11375489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49106 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:North Quad - North Quad Room 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T143508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Wilderness First Aid Certification DESCRIPTION:This course covers all the basics you should know before heading out into the wilderness with family\, friends\, or by yourself. By providing a combination of medical knowledge and hands-on training this short\, intense course prepares you to react appropriately accidents\, injuries\, and illnesses.\n\nClass will take place over the course of three days at the Adventure Education Center\, 1120 N. Dixboro Rd.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48105.\n\nFriday\, February 9 from 3:00pm – 9:00pm\nSaturday\, February 10 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\nSunday\, February 11 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\n\nRegistration is required at https://recsports.umich.edu/trips/wfr/ UID:48347-11222719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Health & Wellness,Outdoors,Professional Development,Rec Sports,Training,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T134543 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: The Meandering Path from River Dynamics to Valley Form DESCRIPTION:River channels are central features of many landscapes. In uplands\, rivers carve valleys by migrating laterally and cutting downward into the landscape. Viewed in cross-section\, valleys often show a textbook “V” shape. In other valleys\, the path from the valley top to valley floor descends in discrete steps as river terraces\, or in one steep drop into a river gorge. A longstanding question is whether these steps in valley topography record step changes in the history of river incision—driven\, for example\, by a pulse of tectonic uplift or a change in climate—or instead form by river erosion under steady forcing. Distinguishing these scenarios is central to reconstructing tectonic history and predicting landscape response to contemporary climate change. Numerical models provide a tool for predicting how rivers imprint the landscape\, but face significant complications for treating bedrock valleys and common river shapes\, including meandering and braiding. \n\nI will present results from a new numerical modeling approach that fingerprints a background process of erosion by meandering rivers using surface ages and geometries. I will then apply this framework to test the likelihood of valley evolution driven by climate change for several North American river valleys. Finally\, I will discuss an ongoing physical experiment to test how braided rivers shift across landscapes over geologic timescales. These case studies illuminate key challenges and opportunities for using river dynamics to interpret planetary landscapes and the geologic record. UID:46206-10418369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Lecture. \"The Body and the Body Politic in the Middle East and North Africa--History\, Traditional Healing\, and Biomedicine\" DESCRIPTION:Ellen Amster is the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University\, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and History. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A historian of North Africa and France\, her research on science in the French-Islamic colonial encounter was first a book\, Medicine and the Saints: Science\, Islam\, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco\, 1877-1956 (University of Texas ) and now extends to a field and Arabic course for students in Morocco and CIHR-funded global health work in maternal and infant health. Her recent articles touch on political Islam\, Islamic biopolitics\, the history of public health\, and Sufism\; her current research includes Muslim midwifery\, medical humanities\, the material and visual cultures of religion\, the body\, and women’s history. She has created the History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Research Portal\, a resource for all researchers with library\, archival\, museum\, and digital collections. http://medhumanities.mcmaster.ca/ UID:47709-11002082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,International,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T103139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | India: The Contours of Emerging Agrarian Crisis and its Implications DESCRIPTION:If you are unable to join us in person due to the inclement weather\, we will also be livestraming this event here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/live-streaming-event.html\n\n'Everything else can wait but not agriculture'. Indian agriculture has come a long way. Today the agrarian crisis in India has assumed systemic proportions. This has not happened suddenly. This story of agrarian crisis is a story that has unfolded in some sense over last two and a half decades and more. However this crisis is of a completely different dimension and will have a long term impact on the nature of the Republic itself. What then is the nature of this crisis? What are the systemic issues it poses? This presentation is about raising such questions and the way they are framed. The unravelling of India's agrarian landscape potentially has global implications. This presentation is a limited and inadequate attempt to frame the outlines of an understanding of the nature of this crisis.\n\nAjay Dandekar did his PhD from the Centre for Historical Studies\, Jawaharlal Nehru University\, Delhi in the early nineties. He has worked on the issue of Denotified and Nomadic Communities\, and Pastoral Nomadic groups. He has done work on the agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides. Lately his research interest has spilled over in the issues of resources and conflict in the tribal heartland and he has contributed writings on the same. He is at present a faculty member in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences\, Shiv Nadar University. UID:48761-11306093@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48761 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Ecology,India LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T102620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T173000 SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Minor in Writing Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Sweetland Minor in Writing is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in developing their disciplinary and professional writing abilities while pursuing their majors. It gives you the freedom to write about what matters to you while helping you develop as a writer and thinker. \n\nStudents currently in the Minor program come from all over the university bringing a wealth of diverse interests to the classroom. You might find a screenwriter sitting between a scientist and a musician or Kinesiology\, Business\, and Communications majors giving each other feedback on their writing. \n\nWith a Sweetland Minor in Writing you will earn a credential that certifies your writing expertise to prospective employers and graduate programs. You will also pick up new media skills designing and creating content for your electronic writing portfolios. \n\nIf you are interested in learning more about the Sweetland Minor in Writing from current students and faculty you can attend our informal Minor in Writing Information Session on Friday\, February 9th from 4-5:30pm at Sweetland's Peer Writing Center in Angell Hall G219. Food and refreshments provided.\n\nThe deadline to apply for Fall 2018 is Monday\, March 12th at noon.\n\nMore info at http://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/undergraduates/minor-in-writing/application-process.html UID:47813-11015152@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47813 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Majors,Mass Meeting,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - G219 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T112425 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:NERS Colloquium: Morag Smith\, PhD\, Los Alamos National Laboratory DESCRIPTION:Morag Smith\, PhD\, Los Alamos National Laboratory \n\nTitle: \"Introduction to Nuclear Arms Control\" UID:48404-11230616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48404 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences LOCATION:Cooley Building - White Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T113248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Seminar Title: \"Evolution\, Epistasis and Ensembles: Studies of Protein Evolution Through Sequence Space\" DESCRIPTION:In the Harms lab\, we are interested in the interplay between the biophysical properties of proteins and their evolution. I will discuss two ongoing projects. In the first\, we are investigating how the map between protein genotype and phenotype shapes evolutionary outcomes. We have uncovered extensive multi-way interactions between mutations\, meaning that the effect of a given mutation depends strongly on the presence of two or more other mutations. The magnitudes of these interactions are small\, but they have an out-size effect on the accessibility of evolutionary trajectories. We have further found that we can produce these multi-way interactions using a simple\, statistical thermodynamic model of proteins. This work reveals that the effect of mutations will be different if they occur early or late in evolution\, and that knowing the effects of a mutation early in a trajectory is insufficient to predict future evolution. In the second project\, we are experimentally investigating the evolution of new peptide binding specificity in several members of the S100 protein family. These proteins bind to extremely diverse\, short regions of target proteins. Despite this apparent lack of specificity\, we find that the same peptide binding profile has been conserved for different protein family members for the last 300 million years\, suggesting this profile has been maintained by natural selection. To understand the origins of the specificity of these proteins\, we next constructed a predictive binding model using a high-throughput peptide interaction assays coupled to supervised machine learning. We find that these proteins discriminate peptides based largely on packing and shape criteria rather than specific polar contacts. Further\, by repeating these analyses on reconstructed ancestral proteins\, we were able to reveal that protein specificity increased on one lineage while decreasing along the other. This reveals that extremely “sloppy” low-specificity proteins exhibit evolutionary patterns similar to those of well-studied high-specificity proteins. UID:48005-11167561@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48005 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-10932352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529635@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T110452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chili Week DESCRIPTION:Twigs Dining Hall is featuring Chili all week! Come enjoy a variety of unique types of chili. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47492-11529655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T123009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Deloitte National Undergraduate Case Competition DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to hosting our local round of our National Undergraduate Case Competition on your campus in the spring semester. The date for the University of Michigan local competition has not been setyet\, but we will be sending more details in the coming weeks with the finalized date and how to apply.\n\nWe are excited to include students in the creation of the case challenge this year. We’d like you to help us choose a topic for the local case competition. Please see the prompt below and send us your suggestions (via the link provided). Please send in your suggestions by November 13th. The winning suggestion will receive a fun prize!\n\nPrompt:\nIn today’s hyper-connected world\, the challenges facing our local communities are more prominent than ever\, and individuals are driving change. Have you seen an area in your local community that is experiencing challenges adapting to change? Many of these challenges have parallels to those that other communities are facing and can be actioned on by a small group of people to drive impact. Some examples of challenges facing communities are: The handling of hunger and poverty\, response to increased environment degradation\, unavailability of affordable housing\, etc.\n\nIn 140 characters or less\, hashtags encouraged\, please ‘tweet’ a change that you want to see in your community (in the survey link provided). Use your imagination\, and ‘go wild’! These ideas will be used to create the topic for the Deloitte National Undergraduate Case Competition – your idea may be featured!\n\nSubmit your suggestion here: https://deloittesurvey.deloitte.com/Community/se/3FC11B262DABC6C1 UID:46677-10581032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:TBD once date is finalized CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:Musicology Distinguished Lecture & Performance: Prof. John Rice DESCRIPTION:Pompeo Batoni’s portrait of the young noblewoman Giacinta Orsini\, leaning on a harpsichord and holding a lyre\, is well known to historians of eighteenth-century Italian portraiture. It has been exhibited and reproduced often\, attracting attention not only for its beauty and for the teenage subject’s amazing accomplishments and talents\, but also because of Batoni (known today primarily as a painter of Englishmen on the Grand Tour) made few portraits of Italian women. The scholars who have commented on the portrait have said little about the prominent role of musical instruments and notation. They have largely ignored the manuscript that rests conspicuously on the music stand\, as if inviting the viewer to peruse it.\n\nAccepting the invitation\, I have identified the music as an excerpt from a cantata by Antonio Aurisicchio\, virtuoso in the service of Cardinal Domenico Orsini\, Giacinta’s father. The cantata\, which survives in at least two manuscripts\, is a substantial work for soprano and orchestra consisting of an overture\, two obbligato recitatives and two arias. The manuscripts do not name the author of the text or explain its purpose. The author was Giacinta herself\; she addressed this componimento per musica to her father\, who was about to set out on a long voyage\n\nThe identification of Giacinta and Aurisicchio as co-creators of the music in Batoni’s portrait\, and the discovery that it served as an expression of a daughter’s affection for her father\, enhance our understanding of the painting’s complex program\, which documents Giacinta’s roles within the Arcadian Academy and within one of Rome’s wealthiest families.\n\nPortions of Aurisicchio's cantata discussed by Prof. Rice will be performed immediately after the lecture in Kevreson Rehearsal Hall by a chamber ensemble led by Prof. Joseph Gascho.\n\nCo-sponsored by the U-M Departments of Romance Languages\, History of Art\, and Orgran\, Harpsichord\, and Carillon. UID:48329-11222700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48329 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Carolyn and Milton Kevreson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T141516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Preview Party for 23rd Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners DESCRIPTION:The Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners is one of the largest exhibition of art by incarcerated artist in the country. Each year\, faculty\, staff and students from the University of Michigan’s Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) travel to 28 correctional facilities across Michigan and select work for the exhibition. \n\nCome check out 8 out of the 600+ pieces in the exhibition\, meet PCAP curators and returning artists\, and enter a free raffle to win high-resolution prints of the artwork! This event is free and open to public. UID:49782-11532473@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49782 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T092002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CSEAS Film Screening. Thai Movie Night: How to Win at Checkers Every Time DESCRIPTION:After the loss of both parents\, 11 years old Oat faces an uncertain future when his older brother must submit to Thailand's annual military draft lottery. Unable to convince his brother to do whatever he can to change his fate\, Oat takes matters into his own hands resulting in unexpected consequences. \n\nBased on the stories from the bestselling book Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap\, the film is set in the economic fringes of Bangkok and examines the joys and challenges of growing up in contemporary Thailand. UID:49311-11417451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49311 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Film,Multicultural,Southeast Asia LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Room 2160, Askwith Media Library (Shapiro Screening Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180122T134309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination DESCRIPTION:Please join SAPAC's Consent\, Outreach\, and Relationship Education Program (CORE) in welcoming Alex Jenny and Effee Nelly to campus for a talk about healthy relationships and QTPOC love. Following the event\, there will be a QTPOC safe space and refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us! Interested in learning more about our speakers? See alexandeffee.com UID:49107-11375490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Equity and Inclusion,LGBT LOCATION:Michigan Union - Michigan Union Anderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T114808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Our Love is Beyond Your Imagination: SAPAC CORE Presents Alex & Effee DESCRIPTION:Please join SAPAC's Consent\, Outreach\, and Relationship Education (CORE) Volunteer Program in welcoming Alex and Effee to campus for a talk about the intersection of queer\, trans\, and PoC identity and healthy relationships. Following the event\, there will be a QTPOC safe space and refreshments will be served. We will be in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union!\n\nInterested in learning more about our speakers? Please visit alexandeffee.com\n\nCosponsored by the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI)\, University of Michigan Spectrum Center\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA). Thank you!\n\nArtwork by: Wang Zhao UID:49228-11397800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Multicultural,Social Justice LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T155349 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Presentation:A Field of Foundlings: Selected Poetry of Iryna Starovoyt DESCRIPTION:Presented in a dual-language format\, A Field of Foundlings is the first in Lost Horse Press's series of Ukrainian poetry in translation. Starovoyt's poetry investigates the curse and virtue of forgetting\, the suppressed generational memory of the twentieth century\, and the new context of its retelling in Eastern Europe. Drawing on the paradoxes of mythology\, technology\, and tradition\, Starovoyt brings the traces of undesirable history and the minefields of memory into an unexpected constellation to interrogate assertions of knowledge and meaning-making in the world today. In a time where the chaos and power of forces beyond our own seem to diminish the potency of the past\, Starovoyt's poems invoke a conscious dialogue with a past that is not severed from the ever-changing present\, but echoes in our sense of self\, brings some continuity to our daily decisions\, and orients us toward the future. UID:47487-10932334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47487 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,European,Graduate,International,Language,Literature,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T141159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:ArtsX UMMA presents: UNDEFINED DESCRIPTION:This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come\, first served.\nIn today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us\, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization\, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience\, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.\nPerformances include dance\, music\, spoken word\, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee\, Spencer Haney\, Olivia Johnson\, Alex Kime\, Hannah Marcus\, Maddy Joss & Johnny Matthews\, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi\, Red Shoe Company\, Nichole Reehorst\, and more!\n\nJoin us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council\, in partnership with Arts at Michigan\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. \n\n\"I’m a lychee peel in peril\nPlates tipping off the table\nBy catnipped paw.\nI’m those ecstatic missing thumbs.\nI’m ghosting the trains until home.\nI’m a wash-and- wear sunburnt mess of curls.\nI’m 7 Train Love Local\,\nNo names Express.\"\n — From \"Song of Waxing Gibbous\" in Solecism by Rosebud Ben-Oni (Virtual Artists\nCollective\, 2013)\n\nStudent programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program\, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement. \n\nThis year's ArtsX UMMA program is sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, Michigan Community Scholars Program\, Helen Zell Writers' Program\, MUSIC Matters\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. Additional partners include Michigan in Color and WCBN.\n\nArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, the U-M Department of Dance\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs\, and the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center. UID:48814-11308901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Culture,Dance,Exhibition,Multicultural,Museum,Music,Poetry,Storytelling,Theater,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Forum and Museum Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T181525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:ArtsX UMMA: Undefined DESCRIPTION:In today's fractured environment where our identities are too often framed in ways that divide us\, ArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is an evening of student performance that aims to reject divisive categorization\, emphasize the fluidity of the human experience\, and view our differences and similarities as cause for celebration.\nPerformances include dance\, music\, spoken word\, and a variety of mixed media and digital arts. Artists include Anthony Coffee\,  Gadzooks\, Girlnoise\, Spencer Haney\, Olivia Johnson accompanied by Evan Hines\, Alex Kime\, Hannah Marcus\, Johnny Matthews\, Augie Lessins & Daniel Kumapayi\, Red Shoe Company (Sydney Schiff)\, Nikki Reehorst\, and Sisi Reid!\n\nJoin us for this special evening hosted by the UMMA Student Engagement Council\,  in partnership with Arts at Michigan\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nArtsX UMMA: UNDEFINED is presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by Arts at Michigan\, the U-M Department of Dance\, the Michigan Community Scholars Program\, the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs\, and the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. Additional partners include the U-M Spectrum Center and Trotter Multicultural Center. UID:49439-11456552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49439 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,Media,Multicultural,Museum,Music,Storytelling,Theater,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-10790909@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Stephen Shipps\, *RESCHEDULED to 2/14 DUE TO WEATHER* DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Pasquali- Ysaÿe Sonata\; Ysaÿe- Poème Elegiaque\, Reve d’Enfant\; Chopin- Ysaÿe Waltz\; Bloch- Baal Shem Suite\; Chausson- Poème UID:46888-10670065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T181515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Anıl Çamcı DESCRIPTION:A collection of electronic music works from the past decade by Performing Arts Technology Assistant Professor Anıl Çamcı. The program will include the world premiere of a new composition\, and the multi-channel diffusion of pieces remastered for the Chip Davis Technology Studio. UID:46933-10703003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Chip Davis Technology Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Masters Recital: Anthony DeMartinis\, percussion DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Deyoe - Fantasia IIIb\; Liang - Dialectal Percussions\; Bunch - Paraphraseology\; Barnson - Halo Study II\; Thomson - Catapult. UID:49531-11467914@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T153527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Yissy García & Bandancha DESCRIPTION:Afro-Cuban Concert & Dance Party \nfeaturing Yissy García and Bandancha\nMichigan League Ballroom\nFebruary 9\, 2018 at 8pm\n\nUniversity of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies hosts the sensational young Cuban drummer\, Yissy García and her band Bandancha from February 8-12\, 2018. The highlight of this four day residency will be a performance by the band at the Michigan League Ballroom at 8pm on Friday\, February 9\, followed by a dance set by DJ Jigüe.\n\nGrowing up the daughter of famed drummer Bernardo García in Cayo Hueso\, a neighborhood in Havana considered the cradle of rumba and Afro Cuban rhythms\, Yissy Garcia was already immersed in the tradition when she discovered jazz as a teenager. But the founding of her own band\, Bandancha\, was rooted in a desire to see people dance to her music. She says\, “The reason I put this band\, this fusion\, together is because I love to see people dancing\, enjoying themselves and ignoring that chip that says that jazz is not for dancing.” In order to accomplish this task\, she recruited well known Cuban DJ El Jigue\, accomplished in the hip hop art of scratching\, who plays live with the rest of the musicians in the group. Not only do Yissy & Bandancha exemplify the adaptation of traditional music to new forms and younger audiences\, but also the adaptation of technology to a new performance environment.\n\nIf you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact Center for World Performance Studies\, at 734-936-2777\, at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange. UID:48515-11243802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48515 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,International,Latin America,Multicultural,Music,Spanish Studies LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T115121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T235900 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Friday Flicks: The Darkest Hour DESCRIPTION:We're still so deep into winter that darkness comes too early every afternoon\, but join us on Friday\, February 9\, from 9pm-midnight in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union to watch The Darkest Hour. We'll bring the popcorn! \n\n\"A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as\, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain\, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany\, or standing firm to fight for the ideals\, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent\, and with an unprepared public\, a skeptical King\, and his own party plotting against him\, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour\, rally a nation\, and attempt to change the course of world history.\" UID:47801-11012569@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47801 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T180021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180209T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Friday Flicks: The Darkest Hour DESCRIPTION:We're still so deep into winter that darkness comes too early every afternoon\, but join us on Friday\, February 9\, from 9pm-midnight in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union to watch The Darkest Hour. We'll bring the popcorn! \n\n\"A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as\, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain\, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany\, or standing firm to fight for the ideals\, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent\, and with an unprepared public\, a skeptical King\, and his own party plotting against him\, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour\, rally a nation\, and attempt to change the course of world history.\" UID:47804-11015145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507642@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762513@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291324@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869334@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Glass City Duels DESCRIPTION:Glass City Duels at the University of Toledo UID:49360-11450789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49360 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Toledo CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:MCRHL Regular Season Event DESCRIPTION:Regular season games for the MCRHL. UID:47032-11599733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Joe Dumars Fieldhouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue Golden Grips 2018 DESCRIPTION:Purdue University's Golden Grips Invitational Gymnastics meet. UID:49445-11599873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lambert Field House CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802377@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802629@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T235959 SUMMARY:Other:OSU Ranking Tournament DESCRIPTION:2-day ranking tournament for B-teams at Ohio State University! UID:49788-11602532@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Columbus, Ohio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Wayne State Duals DESCRIPTION:Team tournament at Wayne State University UID:48056-11172731@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48056 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Wayne State University CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T143508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Wilderness First Aid Certification DESCRIPTION:This course covers all the basics you should know before heading out into the wilderness with family\, friends\, or by yourself. By providing a combination of medical knowledge and hands-on training this short\, intense course prepares you to react appropriately accidents\, injuries\, and illnesses.\n\nClass will take place over the course of three days at the Adventure Education Center\, 1120 N. Dixboro Rd.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48105.\n\nFriday\, February 9 from 3:00pm – 9:00pm\nSaturday\, February 10 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\nSunday\, February 11 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\n\nRegistration is required at https://recsports.umich.edu/trips/wfr/ UID:48347-11222722@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Health & Wellness,Outdoors,Professional Development,Rec Sports,Training,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T104536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ORGANIZING FOR ACTION DESCRIPTION:Initiative for Inclusive Design would like to invite you to a workshop in collaboration with Taubman's DEI Specialist Joana Dos Santos\, \"Organizing for Action\" Saturday\, February 10th from 8:30am-5:00pm.\n\nThe event will take place in the Kalamazoo Room at the Michigan League\, with breakfast and lunch provided. Please RSVP to taubmaniid@gmail.com\n\nLooking forward to a productive day! UID:49845-11552204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T120014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Organizing for Action DESCRIPTION:IID would like to invite you to a workshop in collaboration with Taubman's DEI Specialist Joana Dos Santos\, \"Organizing for Action\" next Saturday\, February 10th from 8:30am-5:00pm.\n\nThe event will take place in the Kalamazoo Room at the Michigan League\, with breakfast and lunch provided. Please RSVP to taubmaniid@gmail.com\n\nLooking forward to a productive day! UID:49848-11554843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League: Kalamazoo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T134338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CCI on the Move: Kalahari Indoor Water Park DESCRIPTION:EVENT REGISTRATION IS FULL. \n\nHad enough of this winter weather? Why not spend a day pretending it's summer at Kalahari Indoor Water Park with CCI on Sat.\, Feb. 10? Free travel and admission for all who sign-up. Space is limited\, so this is first-come\, first-serve. Register here today: goo.gl/xtcy7C\n\nThe link to register can only be accessed from a UMich Google account. If you are logged in to your browser with different or multiple emails\, log-out so only your UMich account is logged-in and the form will work.\n\nDate: Saturday\, February 10\nTime: 9am-5pm\nLocation: Kalahari Indoor Water Park\, Sandusky\, Ohio UID:49361-11450936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49361 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Social LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T120022 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CCI on the Move: Kalahari Indoor Water Park DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT IS FULL.  Had enough of this winter weather? Why not spend a day pretending it's summer at Kalahari Indoor Water Park with CCI on Sat.\, Feb. 10? Free travel and admission for all who sign-up. Space is limited\, so this is first-come\, first-serve. Register here today: goo.gl/xtcy7CThe link to register can only be accessed from a UMich Google account. If you are logged in to your browser with different or multiple emails\, log-out so only your UMich account is logged-in and the form will work.Date: Saturday\, February 10\nTime: 9am-5pm\nLocation: Kalahari Indoor Water Park\, Sandusky\, Ohio UID:49388-11453706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Kalahari Indoor Water Park, Sandusky, Ohio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T093825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T153000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Science\, Values\, and the Public DESCRIPTION:**February 9\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n2:00 -2:30pm Coffee and Opening Remarks \n\n2:30-4:30pm Heather Douglas - \"Scientific Experts and the Public: How to Build Trust in a Complex World\"\n\n4:30-5:00pm Coffee \n\n5:00-7:00pm Dan M. Kahan - \"Science Comprehension Without Curiosity is No Virtue\, and Curiosity Without Comprehension is No Vice\"\n\n**February 10\, 2018 (3222 Angell Hall)**\n\n9:30-10:00am Breakfast \n\n10:00am-12:00pm Elisabeth Lloyd - \"Climate Change Attribution: When is it Appropriate to Accept New Methods?\" \n\n12:00-1:30pm Lunch \n\n1:30-3:30pm Quayshawn Spencer - \"A Race Theory for Medical Genetics\" UID:41546-9334662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633570@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T132200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Complex Systems DESCRIPTION:This talk will describe how we use ideas from physics to understand a wide range of complex systems\, including traffic patterns\, random processes\, social networks\, and the spread of diseases. Using a combination of computer simulations\, math\, and experimental observations\, physics can shed light on questions as diverse as why traffic jams occur\, how coral grows\, or how the flu spreads around the world. UID:48126-11180721@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48126 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Graduate Students,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T141625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T130000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Family Art Studio: Red Circle DESCRIPTION:Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu.\n\nCreate your own project inspired by the bold Japanese graphic design in UMMA's exhibition Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters. Enjoy a gallery tour with UMMA docents followed by a hands-on workshop led by local artist Sophie Grillet. Designed for families with children ages six and up to experience art together. Parents must accompany children.\n\nFamily Art Studio is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program\, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement. \n\nLead support for Red Circle is provided by AISIN\, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, and the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies. UID:48815-11308902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48815 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547133@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T112915 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T120000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Peabody Ice Climbing DESCRIPTION:Looking to try something new and exciting this year? Have you ever wanted to scale a wall of ice? If so\, come ice climbing with Adventure Leadership this winter! Peabody Ice Climbing Club is located less than an hour north of Ann Arbor and provides a wonderful setting for beginner and advanced ice climbers alike. This unique outdoor experience will definitely get the adrenaline pumping! How else are you supposed to stay warm on a chilly January day? UID:47045-10777001@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rec Sports LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T121521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T110000 SUMMARY:Performance:U-M Jazz Day DESCRIPTION:Jam Sessions\, combo adjudication\, and Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation faculty instrumental master classes for area high school students. \n\nFor more information about U-M Jazz Day\, please contact Ellen Rowe at 734.647.6297 or elrowe@umich.edu UID:47733-11004686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T142018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T123000 SUMMARY:Other:Storytime at the Museum DESCRIPTION:Storytime at the Museum promotes art enjoyment for our youngest patrons. Children ages three to six are invited to join in on some children’s fun\, hear a story\, and do a short activity responding to the art on display. Parents must accompany children. Siblings are welcome to join the group. Meet in front of the UMMA Store.\n\nStorytime is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program\, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement. UID:48816-11308904@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Literature,Museum,Storytelling,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - UMMA Store CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T125545 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Elect Her DESCRIPTION:Are you a woman-identified student thinking of running for office? Elect Her is the place to start!\n\nJoin us for an afternoon workshop to learn the essentials of running for office\, and to meet with local elected women. \n\nSign up: bit.ly/ElectHerUM (link is case sensitive)\n\nLunch will be served! UID:49409-11453751@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Leadership,Networking,Politics,Professional Development,Social Impact,Women's Studies,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Central Student Government Chambers, 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T181536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Banner & Poster Making Workshop at Stamps Gallery DESCRIPTION:Taking our inspiration from the current exhibition “Celebrate People’s History\,” Stamps Gallery invites you to join us in creating large-scale protest banners and making your own political poster and buttons at this drop-in workshop. The workshop will be led by Stamps Lecturer Andrea Cardinal\, founding member of Talking Dolls Studio\, Detroit\, with support from Kate Lind and Nate Stevens from Pincause. Participants will explore methods of creating messages and visuals along with historical design and composition and how they continue to influence and inspire present day resistance materials. Materials will be provided. Wear clothing you are comfortable with getting dirty (paint and markers!)  \n\nPlease register for the workshop in advance via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/political-banner-poster-making-workshop-stamps-gallery-tickets-42726525187 UID:49601-11479091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T120000 SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Aldon Knolls\, tenor DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Argento - Six Elizabethan Songs\; Bizet - Vieille Chanson\; Bizet - La Chanson du Fou\; Schumann - Dicterliebe\; Donizetti - Una furtiva lagrima\; anonymous - Bully in Alley\; Rolling Down to Old Maui\; Barrett’s Privateers\; Rogers - Northwest Passage\; anonymous - Leave Her Johnny\, Leave Her. UID:49681-11490347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171229T125248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T144500 SUMMARY:Meeting:Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting DESCRIPTION:Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national\, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month)\, followed by local discussion of actions. UID:47914-11118436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Environment,Free,Politics,Social Justice,Sustainability,Volunteer LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889144@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T131532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T160000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Korean Cinema NOW | Our President 노무현입니다 DESCRIPTION:Our President\,” directed by LEE Chang-jae\, is an outstanding\, record-setting documentary on Roh Moo-hyun\, the 9th president of the Republic of Korea.\n\nReleased two days after the 8th anniversary of his death\, the documentary focuses on the spectacular rise of the newly nominated presidential candidate\, from 2% support to frontrunner.\n\nFrom old clips to recent interviews\, including one of current president Moon Jae-in\, as well as many famous speeches such as that calling for an end of regionalism\, “Our President” gives tribute to one of the most popular people in recent South Korean politics.\n\nSee also the review from The Korea Herald: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170518000672 UID:48550-11251645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48550 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Film,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T141625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Family Art Studio: Red Circle DESCRIPTION:Free. Registration is required: email umma-program-registration@umich.edu.\n\nCreate your own project inspired by the bold Japanese graphic design in UMMA's exhibition Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters. Enjoy a gallery tour with UMMA docents followed by a hands-on workshop led by local artist Sophie Grillet. Designed for families with children ages six and up to experience art together. Parents must accompany children.\n\nFamily Art Studio is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program\, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement. \n\nLead support for Red Circle is provided by AISIN\, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, and the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies. UID:48815-11308903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48815 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180704@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T121521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:U-M Jazz Day Concert DESCRIPTION:Original compositions and arrangement of jazz standards by U-M Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation Faculty and students. Music by the late Geri Allen\, a former SMTD faculty member\, will also be featured. UID:47734-11004687@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-10790910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T130140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Lucy Kaplansky DESCRIPTION:The daughter of the famed Polish-Canadian mathematician Irving Kaplansky (who once wrote a song based on the first 14 digits of pi that his daughter has been known to perform)\, Lucy Kaplansky started out singing in Chicago bars. Then\, barely out of high school\, she took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne Vega\, John Gorka\, Bill Morrissey\, Cliff Eberhardt\, and others—where she fit right in. She's a singer-songwriter with an extraordinary feel for the range of human emotion. Lucy puts her own spin on contemporary songwriter folk with warm\, powerful vocals and guitar playing that draws guitar gods (or geeks) to talk shop with her. Lucy Kaplansky\, says the Boston Globe\, \"is becoming the troubadour laureate of modern city folk.\" It's been a few years since the last new Lucy Kaplansky album\, so it's time to come out and see what this wonderful songwriter has been up to and working through. UID:44965-10015378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44965 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Senior Recital: Hannah Clague\, soprano DESCRIPTION:Live stream here: https://livestream.com/accounts/13187677/events/8046832\n\nPROGRAM: Bernstein - selections from I Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs\; Poldowski - Berceuse d’armorique\; Poldowski - Colombine\; Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen\; Ravel - Cinque mélodies popula UID:49852-11555012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180210T180023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180210T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Casual Gaming Club: Gaming Night Event! DESCRIPTION:Finish off the week right and come and hang out with us this weekend for a gaming night!What's going on? We'll be playing all kinds of games\, from video games on consoles that will be screened on projectors and PC games for those who bring their laptops. Card games\, board games\, and other activities on tables will also be a BIG highlight of the event!WHERE is this happening? Since we like to play at several different venues\, we have an event schedule and location list (go to the end of this description). Alternatively\, you may also check our Facebook group for updates (https://www.facebook.com/groups/CasualGamingClub/).But what if I come unprepared? Simple. We will provide many party video games and card/board games to play. If you prefer\, feel free to bring your own consoles\, games\, controllers\, and laptop PC if you want to play specific games with others. If you want to share a card or board game that you really enjoyed playing\, bring that too! Most importantly\, bring your friends!I WANT TO GROUP UP AND PLAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE. If you enjoy teaming up in a five-stack or six-stack to play team-based games like Overwatch\, League of Legends\, Dota 2\, or other group-party games\, bring your laptop and games and then reach out to your other fellow gamers by commenting on the Facebook event page or mentioning them in the Discord group's respective channel (i.e. @OverwatchGamers)!Reminder: If you're a CGC member and haven't connected your games/interests yet\, please remember to use the link below so that you can easily group you up with other similar gamers to play with at the event and online: http://45.76.18.247/ Hope to see you there! 🎮 Casual Gaming Club\, Full Event Schedule*1/6/2018 Sat 7:00 PM 10:00 PM League- Koessler (3rd Floor)\n*1/13/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Anderson ABCD (1st Floor)\n*1/20/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Anderson ABCD (1st Floor)\n*1/27/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*2/2/2018 Fri 8:00 PM 10:00 PM League- Henderson (3rd Floor)\n*2/10/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*2/17/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*3/10/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*3/17/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*3/24/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Anderson ABCD (1st Floor)\n*3/31/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor)\n*4/7/2018 Sat 9:00 PM 12:00 AM Union- Kuenzel (1st Floor) UID:47925-11131263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Refer to Full Event Schedule in description for location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507643@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Other:MCRHL Regular Season Event DESCRIPTION:Regular season games for the MCRHL. UID:47032-11599734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Joe Dumars Fieldhouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762514@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Other:OSU Ranking Tournament DESCRIPTION:2-day ranking tournament for B-teams at Ohio State University! UID:49788-11602533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Columbus, Ohio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue Golden Grips 2018 DESCRIPTION:Purdue University's Golden Grips Invitational Gymnastics meet. UID:49445-11599874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lambert Field House CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291325@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802294@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180108T143508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Wilderness First Aid Certification DESCRIPTION:This course covers all the basics you should know before heading out into the wilderness with family\, friends\, or by yourself. By providing a combination of medical knowledge and hands-on training this short\, intense course prepares you to react appropriately accidents\, injuries\, and illnesses.\n\nClass will take place over the course of three days at the Adventure Education Center\, 1120 N. Dixboro Rd.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48105.\n\nFriday\, February 9 from 3:00pm – 9:00pm\nSaturday\, February 10 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\nSunday\, February 11 from 8:00am – 5:00pm\n\nRegistration is required at https://recsports.umich.edu/trips/wfr/ UID:48347-11222723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Health & Wellness,Outdoors,Professional Development,Rec Sports,Training,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T142427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T120000 SUMMARY:Other:\"My Turn\" Special ASD Access Hours DESCRIPTION:Registration is required and opens one month before the event date. Visit myturn.eventbrite.com to register. For more information\, call 734-647-0522.\nUMMA is pleased to participate\, for the second year\, in a program created for families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). “My Turn” was developed by the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum to implement accessible and inclusive programming\, particularly for families affected by ASD. On Sunday\, February 11\, UMMA will open exclusively for a sensory friendly program allowing families to enjoy art in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Families will have access to special hands-on activities in the galleries that will help encourage exploration and discovery.\n\nThe Museum will offer sensory reducing accessories and a quiet area with tactile toys for families who need to step away from the activities for a bit. This event is recommended for ages 5-18\, however all are welcome to participate.\n\n\"My Turn\" programs are coordinated by the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and take place on second Sundays throughout the year. For more information\, please go to www.myturncommunity.org. UID:48817-11308905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48817 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546900@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004709@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T134321 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Engaging with Art DESCRIPTION:UMMA docents will guide visitors through the galleries on tours as diverse as their interests and areas of expertise. Each docent plans a theme and includes a variety of styles and media to illuminate his or her ideas. Themes may be repeated but each docent's approach and choice of objects is unique. \n\nFor more information and events\, visit umma.umich.edu/events. UID:48809-11308894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48809 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,Tour,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T114701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 SUMMARY:Meeting:WISE Mentoring Group Meeting DESCRIPTION:Mentoring group membership required. UID:50062-11630749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50062 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mentorship LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 3230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 SUMMARY:Performance:Department of Theatre & Drama Studio Production: Wild Honey DESCRIPTION:By Michael Frayn.\nFrom the Comedy by Anton Chekhov. \nDirected by Gillian Eaton. \n\nA glorious few weeks in the hot sun drives a community of provincial characters into frenzies of wild passion. Adapted from Chekhov’s first play written when he was only 21 years old\, Wild Honey hilariously foreshadows his later works. UID:47095-11479090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T141951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Guided Tour - Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters and New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:In the 1980s\, Japan’s strong trade surplus and currency were causing friction and antagonism overseas. In response\, three renowned Japanese artists took on the challenge of changing Japan’s global image through graphic design. Their eye-catching designs often incorporated familiar traditional symbols and motifs\, notably the iconic red circle against a white background of Japan’s national flag\, from which this exhibition gains it name\, 'Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters.' Paul Rand also crafted memorable graphic design in the second half of the twentieth century. Rand was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. This installation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign\, a rebus which transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. Join Docents as they introduce and connect these two exciting exhibitions focusing on graphic design.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo.\n\nLead support for 'Red Circle' is provided by AISIN\, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation\, and the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies. UID:48818-11308906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48818 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Japanese Studies,Multicultural,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Forum and Museum Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180705@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T130236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Elephant Ears at East Quad DESCRIPTION:On Sunday February 11th\, East Quad Dining Halls will be featuring Elephant Ears. Come enjoy this classic carnival food! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:48639-11264973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48639 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180126T102347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Taco Bar at North Quad DESCRIPTION:On February 11th\, North Quad Dining Hall will be featuring a taco bar! Toppings will include taco beef\, carnitas\, pico\, shredded muenster cheese\, lettuce\, and two types of beans! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:49316-11417461@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49316 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170918T135529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:SLE Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join the SLE Board! Gain leadership experience\, plan social events\, service learning activities\, sustainability projects\, and educational workshops. UID:41402-11465099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41402 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Leadership,Sustainability LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T230000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Zouk Sundays DESCRIPTION:6:00pm Review Session7:00pm Foundations Lesson8:00pm Practica9:00pm 2-hour Zouk Social\n\nLocation: Michigan League in the Vandenberg room (second floor)\nCost:Free for first timeMembership required for continued lessonsPractica and Social always free (don't need membership to attend those)Membership details in a photo in the photo album (or can email janibogo@umich.edu to get info sent directly to you)\nEveryone is welcome. You don’t have to be a student. You don’t have to have any experience in dance. We have a very welcoming community filled with dancers of all levels. I can’t wait to meet you and make you addicted to Zouk. :) UID:48159-11183284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180226T123014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T213000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:JCPenney Suit Up Event DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/115330\n\nJCPenney is partnering with the University of Michigan to offer career wear up to 70% off. Everything you need to finish your look for the career fair or an interview. Shop suits\, dresses\, coats\, pants and shoes—all at deeply discounted prices.\n\nJCPenney will close their store to the public - this is a special UMICH student offering. Bring your UM ID to check-in and receive your 40 percent off coupon as you enter the door.\n\nA bus willbe provided by Central Student Government (CSG) that will leave from the Cube located 515 E Jefferson St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109. \nSee the bus schedule below:\n*6:30 PM University Career Center > Briarwood \n**7:00 PM Briarwood > University Career Center \n*7:30 PM University Career Center > Briarwood \n**8:00 PM Briarwood > University Career Center \n*8:30 PM University Career Center > Briarwood \n** 9:00 PM Briarwood > University Career Center \n** 9:30 PM Briarwood > University Career Center \n\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button. UID:48375-11225345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48375 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:500 Briarwood Cir, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T165049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Deutschtisch DESCRIPTION:\"Deutschtisch\" in the North Quad dining hall takes place each Sunday\, 7 p.m. You will need a meal plan or Entrée Plus to enter\, or you can purchase a meal at the door (note that this is not cheap) - but you may also be allowed to come in just to talk and not eat\, if you say at the door that you are there for the Max Kade event. The group has yellow signs with \"Max Kade Deutschtisch\" to identify where they are sitting. For questions\, contact Nico (nmpozsar@umich.edu).\n\nGerman students at all levels (101 and up) are welcome at all Max Kade events. UID:48673-11265210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Max Kade,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T154233 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Four Short Plays by Tennessee Williams DESCRIPTION:Students of Kate Mendeloff's class RCHUMS 481 perform four short plays by Tennessee Williams. UID:49300-11409077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Theater LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T121525 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Second Dissertation Recital: Christina Adams\, violin DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Corelli - Violin Sonata in D Minor\, op. 5\, no. 12\; Locatelli - Caprice no. 1\, op 3\; Ferrari - Sonata no. 1 or Violin and Basso Continuo\, op. 1\; Nardini - Duet no. 2 in E-flat Major\; Tartini - Sonata in G Minor (”Devil’s Trill”). UID:49686-11498700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49686 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T130320 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180211T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kitty Donohoe DESCRIPTION:The Celtic-influenced Michigan roots music of Detroit native Kitty Donohoe has been praised in Sing Out! for its \"intelligent\, literate songwriting infused with an inherent optimism.\" Over the years Kitty has opened for a variety of artists\, from Doc Watson to David Bromberg\, from Bruce Cockburn to Cheryl Wheeler‑and in 2008 she and sideman David Mosher took the stage at an Obama rally just before Bruce Springsteen. Her song \"There Are No Words\,\" written on September 11\, 2001\, has been performed by numerous other songwriters and has taken on a life of its own. Rich Warren of WFMT radio in Chicago has included Kitty on his list of the 50 most significant songwriters in the last 50 years. She has some great seasonal songs like \"Winter Dark\" that may be making an appearance on tonight's show. UID:45502-10197993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507644@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 SUMMARY:Other:MCRHL Regular Season Event DESCRIPTION:Regular season games for the MCRHL. UID:47032-11599735@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Joe Dumars Fieldhouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762515@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Other:OSU Ranking Tournament DESCRIPTION:2-day ranking tournament for B-teams at Ohio State University! UID:49788-11602534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Columbus, Ohio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180211T120020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Purdue Golden Grips 2018 DESCRIPTION:Purdue University's Golden Grips Invitational Gymnastics meet. UID:49445-11599875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Lambert Field House CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T160950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235900 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Teach Out Series: Democratic to Authoritarian Rule DESCRIPTION:This event is part of Michigan’s Teach-Out Series which provides just-in-time community learning opportunities for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community\, including faculty experts.\n\nHow does history help us understand today’s political climate?\n\nPolitical systems in many countries around the world have shifted from more democratic to more authoritarian tendencies. A deeper understanding and knowledge of this past can inform how we understand contemporary political changes.\n\nThis Teach-Out will bring together expert knowledge about democracies and the processes that erode democratic decision-making and structures. By examining historical and comparative patterns\, learners will gain a better understanding of contemporary politics.​\n\nGuest contributors include:\n\nSheri Berman (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nJuan Cole (University of Michigan)\n\nFatma Müge Göçek (University of Michigan)\n\nPauline Jones (University of Michigan)\n\nRobert Kaufman (Rutgers University)\n\nMaria Carmen Lemos (University of Michigan)\n\nMaria Victoria Murillo (Columbia University)\n\nBrian Porter-Szucs (University of Michigan)\n\nWhat you'll learn:\nMake better sense of political changes by thinking systematically about different kinds of impediments to democratic politics and decision making\nBecome familiar with steps through which political systems move toward greater authoritarian rule\nLearn frameworks to assess how contemporary changes relate to democratic vs. authoritarian tendencies\nInteract with others for greater critical appreciation of changing political structures and processes UID:49279-11406225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,History,Lecture,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291326@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180112T123609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Every Monday night during Dinner\, East Quad dining hall will be having movie night! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:48630-11264862@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48630 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932368@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802127@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802295@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802547@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866224@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T124828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Computerized Investing DESCRIPTION:Using your computer can help you actively select mutual funds and ETFs for investment. We expect to improve your investing strategies as we present methods of using various investment options. \n\nJoin this study group for those 50 and over for open discussion of the value of asset allocation\, types of mutual funds\, types of financial advisors\, and questions to ask your financial advisor. We will make extensive use of information from web-based resources. \n\nInstructor Dale Brandenburg is a retired research professor and instructor Bob Shaw is a director and current President of the SE Michigan Chapter of Better Investing.\n\nThis study group will meet for 90 minutes on Mondays from February 12 through March 12. UID:47669-10973744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47669 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Information and Technology,Lifelong Learning,Retirement,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T085607 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:The Robot Garage Company Day DESCRIPTION:Come by to meet the owners of this Michigan start-up that has taken a dream to teach students about STEAM to what is now a quickly growing company with 3 locations\, 6\,000+ students\, and 80 staff members. The Robot Garage will be accepting resumes from students interested in full-time summer jobs at our engineering and robotics camps in Birmingham\, Rochester Hills\, and Grosse Pointe Michigan. Camp themes include Robot Discovery\, Minecraft\, and Game Design. In addition to robots\, we also love doughnuts so stop by to say hello and grab a doughnut. UID:49759-11529618@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49759 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Industry Session,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171215T160955 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Carey Salerno (Alice James Books) DESCRIPTION:Alice James Books is a prominent independent poetry press that was founded in 1973 by five women and two men: Patricia Cumming\, Marjorie Fletcher\, Jean Pedrick\, Lee Rudolph\, Ron Schreiber\, Betsy Sholl and Cornelia Veenendaal. Their objectives were to give women access to publishing and to involve authors in the publishing process.\n\nAJB remains committed to its founders’ original mission while expanding upon the scope to include poets of all genders\, backgrounds\, and stages of their careers. In keeping with our efforts to foster equity and inclusivity in publishing and the literary arts\, AJB seeks out poets whose writing possesses the range\, depth\, and ability to cultivate empathy in our world and to dynamically push against silence. The press sees the work it publishes as instrumental in cultivating conversations that help us overcome the barriers we face as a nation.\n\nAlice James also stands out for its collaborative partnerships with authors\, as well as the level of attention given to the aesthetics of each book we publish. AJB believes in supporting writers throughout their careers\, connecting them to their readers\, and allowing them to tell their stories. UID:47699-10973775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Literature,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3184 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T110316 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:DENSO Company Day DESCRIPTION:The ECRC is hosting a Company Day for DENSO on Monday\, February 12\, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Duderstadt Atrium. We invite University of Michigan students to stop by the Dude Atrium to learn more about DENSO' R&D Technologies!\n\nWho is DENSO? We’re one of the world’s largest global suppliers of advanced automotive technology\, systems and components \n\n-We have more than 150\,000 employees in 38 countries and regions around the world\; 24\,000 employees in the United States\, Canada and Mexico \n\n-DENSO International America\, Inc. is a leading supplier in conducting research and engineering activities in the fields of human factor for autonomous vehicles\n\n-We are looking for candidates to support research and development efforts in our DENSO R&D lad in Ann Arbor (16000 Huron Pkwy\, Ann Arbor)\n\nOpen Positions:\n\nDENSO offers full-time and internship opportunities for computer\, electrical\, artificial intelligence\, and HMI engineering majors\n\nCheck out our open positions and more\, and apply online today at densocareers.com UID:48959-11339487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547135@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547256@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898820@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T133648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Developmental Area Brown Bag - The evolution of human ontogeny: Lifespan development in monkeys and apes DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nHumans exhibit a suite of developmental changes in cognition\, and some views link our species’ unique cognitive traits to our extended life history characteristics. I will discuss how studies of development and aging in other primates can provide new insights into the origins of human cognition. In the first set of studies\, I will examine lifespan changes in macaque monkey social cognition in order to understand human social evolution. In the second set of studies\, I will focus on changes in decision-making as chimpanzees make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. I will finally discuss ongoing projects linking changes in primate cognition and behavior to biological measures including health\, senescence\, and survivorship\, in order to understand the biological significance of these patterns.\n \n\nBio\nAlexandra Rosati is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Anthropology at UM. Her research focuses on the evolutionary origins of the human mind. She studies a variety of primate species including apes\, monkeys\, lemurs in naturalistic contexts\, focusing on how cognitive abilities are used to solve evolutionarily-relevant social and foraging problems. She has an AB in psychology from Harvard\, a PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from Duke\, and completed postdoctoral training at Yal UID:47447-10901450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T091253 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ebonics DESCRIPTION:Explore the verbal and nonverbal communication rules and patterns followed by native speakers of Ebonics. A Black History Month event hosted by the Hub and CSP. Bring your own lunch. UID:49610-11484666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49610 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,brown bag,Culture,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,first-generation,Free,History,Multicultural LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180308T140905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Office Hours with Director Christina Olsen DESCRIPTION:Here's your chance to chat with our new director! Come by and say hello\, tell her what you love about UMMA\, or what you'd like to see change.\n\nOlsen\, now a little more than two months into her term\, is hosting open office hours in the UMMA Commons in February\, March\, and April. She is inviting visitors\, U-M staff and faculty\, students\, and community members to drop in and talk one-on-one about the Museum\, ways it might change\, and to ask questions.\n\n“I want to hear from the people that care about this Museum\, and who want to shape its future\,” Olsen says. “UMMA needs to be open to new ideas. A great way to get new ideas is by talking with people face to face.”\n\nOlsen will talk with visitors on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Visitors should queue near the director’s table in the UMMA Commons. UID:48813-11308907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48813 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Office Hours,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantitative Biology Seminar | Synthetic Human Embryology in a Dish DESCRIPTION:Most of our current knowledge of mammalian embryology is derived from studies of the mouse embryo. However\, mammalian development involves substantial divergence in the mechanism and order of cell-fate allocations among species\, and there has been a critical lack of information regarding human development due to the scarcity of human embryo specimens. Recent studies from my laboratory and others have shown that under suitable culture conditions human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can undergo intricate morphogenetic events and self-organize to form patterned human embryo-like structures in vitro. These synthetic human embryo-like structures have sparked great interests in using such human development models for advancing human embryology\, embryo toxicology\, and reproductive medicine. In this talk\, I will first discuss our effort in developing a micropatterned hPSC-based neuroectoderm developmental model\, wherein pre-patterned geometrical confinement induces emergent patterning of neuroepithelial (NE) and neural plate border (NPB) cells\, mimicking neuroectoderm regionalization during early neurulation. In the second part of my talk\, I will discuss our work in developing a hPSC-based\, synthetic embryological model of human post-implantation development that recapitulates multiple embryogenic events including amniotic cavity formation\, amnion-epiblast patterning\, and primitive streak formation. Together\, our studies provide novel insight into previously inaccessible but critical embryogenic events in human development. Continuous development of these human development models will provide synthetic embryological platforms that open up previously inaccessible phases of the human life cycle to experimental study. \n\nJianping Fu is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, with a primary appointment in the Mechanical Engineering Department and courtesy appointments in the Biomedical Engineering Department and the Cell and Developmental Biology Department. He also serves as the Associate Director for the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC). Dr. Fu’s research interests lie at the nexus of bioengineering\, biophysics\, and biology. Specifically\, his research group integrates micro/nanoengineering\, single-cell technologies\, and systems and synthetic biology methods with new discoveries of mechanobiology\, epigenetics\, and stem cell biology for advancing understanding of human development and cancer biology. Dr. Fu is the recipient of the American Heart Association Scientist Development Award (2012)\, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2012)\, the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award (2014)\, the Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research (2014)\, the Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award (2015)\, the Rising Star Award from Biomedical Engineering Society - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (2016)\, and the George J. Huebner\, Jr. Research Excellence Award (2018). Dr. Fu's research group is supported by the National Science Foundation\, the National Institutes of Health\, the American Heart Association\, and some other foundations and agencies. \n UID:49553-11476262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T110940 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Anthony Monterossa DESCRIPTION:Title: The Role of Pre-Implanted Helium and Carbon on Cavity Evolution in Ion-Irradiated T91\n\nChair: Prof. Gary Was UID:49967-11608309@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49967 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower - GM Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180208T094030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Suspicious Minds and Anti-Poverty Policies DESCRIPTION:Suppose that a democratic society has an associative duty to assist a specific group of individuals\, the Usual Suspects group. Members of this group frequently do not go to their jobs. They are seen mostly in streets\, smoking\, drinking and having fun. They are defaulting debtors. They often cheat on the welfare system\, claiming to be unable to work. Since they run quickly out of money\, they often shoplift in small quantities and evade taxes. They are more prolific than their fellow citizens. Their children\, for some combination of a culture of poverty\, low opportunities and bad parenting\, usually miss classes\, medical appointments and reproduce the eternal cycle of poverty and dependence. \n\nA democratic society could assume this duty for several reasons: they are citizens\, they are humans or for their children extreme vulnerability. However\, this obligation can be fulfilled in multiple ways. Society can assist them conditionally or unconditionally\; can offer them lucrative jobs or can force them to work in exchange of meager assistance\; can give them cash or untradeable vouchers\; can demand sterilization from mothers or can improve public services\; can create special houses for their children. These choices depend heavily in the accuracy of Usual Suspects diagnose.\n\nIn this communication\, I challenge this Usual Suspects narrative in social protection\, which has been active since English Poor Laws to the expansion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin-America. First\, I will claim that there are no empirical nor normative arguments for taking suspicion as a default attitude to poor. Second\, I argue that there are relational reasons for reducing suspicion in social protection policies: it will not only improve the probability of the least advantaged of escaping poverty but it will also improve the most advantaged members capacities for moral reasoning.\n\n(Link to paper for pre-read is available below.) UID:49335-11420286@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49335 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Latin America,Philosophy,Politics,Public Policy,Sociology LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1171 (Tanner Library) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T095705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Symposium DESCRIPTION:A diverse community of presenters representing students\, faculty\, industry professionals\, software developers and hardware manufacturers will be sharing their expertise\, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this week long exploration of the creative process\, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!\n\nThe first annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center\, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation\, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Media & Studio Arts Suite\, showcasing the latest in Video\, Audio\, Interactive and Projection Technology. UID:49609-11484685@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49609 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Dance,Film,Music,symposium,Theater,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Video Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T154722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Lecture Series. From Beijing to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: The Rockefeller Foundation\, Cold War\, and Medicine in Brazil (1945-1964) DESCRIPTION:Based on US and Brazilian archives\, Gilberto Hochman will discuss the Rockefeller Foundation’s operations in Brazil during the Cold War and Brazil’s so-called democratic experience (1945-1964). In the post-WWII era\, the Brazilian scientific and medical community included a large number of members and sympathizers of the then-outlawed Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). Particularly in the field of medical parasitology\, a “Red network” linked several professors and researchers at a number of medical schools\, many with strong ties to international leftist organizations and some involved in key episodes of the Cold War. This network was severely repressed by the military regime installed in 1964 with dismissals\, arrests and exile of its members. \n \n The presentation explores the routine activities of Rockefeller officials in Rio\, who were immersed in the local\, national\, and global dimensions of the Cold War in the fields of science and medicine. At the office in Rio de Janeiro\, RF officials faced major challenges managing funds and scholarships for this scientific and medical community and implementing guidelines from the New York headquarters. The RF was pressured from the investigations then underway in Washington\, DC\, into possible funding of communists and anti-American activities by philanthropic foundations\, conducted by the Cox-Reece Committee (Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations\, 1952-53). RF office also had to deal with the expectation of the medical schools and respond to Brazilian government demands regarding the modernization of medicine and science\, especially from the Ministry of Education. The question was how to deal with these multiple pressures and to select the institutions and individuals that would receive funding balancing meritocracy and national and international politics. Through its Brazilian programs\, the foundation blended medicine\, science\, and the Cold War against the backdrop of Brazil’s democratic yet unstable environment. The RF programs administrated in Rio de Janeiro eventually entangled China\, Korea\, Brazil\, and the United States in a contextual fashion. \n \n Dr. Gilberto Hochman is a Brazil Initiative/LACS visiting scholar for 2017-2018. He is a Researcher and Professor at the History of Sciences and Health Unit of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz\, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)\, in Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil. His acclaimed study on the history of public health was translated and published in 2016 as “The Sanitation of Brazil: Nation\, State\, and Public Health in Brazil\, 1889-1930” (University of Illinois Press). UID:48671-11265202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Discussion,History,Latin America LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T163357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Personal Statement Workshop DESCRIPTION:Students in the midst of working on law school personal statements and application essays\, or those simply wishing to better understand the mechanics of the law school personal statement are encouraged to attend. UID:48143-11180774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Pre-Law LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243 (Newnan Advising Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T135226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Decision Consortium - Science comprehension without curiosity is no virtue\, and curiosity without comprehension no vice DESCRIPTION:It has been assumed (very reasonably) for many years that the quality of enlightened self-government demands a science-literate citizenry. Recent research\, however\, has shown that all manner of reasoning proficiency—from cognitive reflection to numeracy to actively open-minded thinking—magnifies politically motivated reasoning and hence political polarization on policy-relevant science. The one science-comprehension-related disposition that defies this pattern is science curiosity\, which has been shown to make citizens more amenable to engaging with evidence that challenges their political predispositions. The presentation will review the relevant research and offer conjectures on their significance\, both theoretical and practical. UID:48576-11254276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48576 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T140147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Archives and Futures: A View From ‘The Most Distant Place’ DESCRIPTION:The Oxford English Dictionary describes Timbuktu as “the most distant place\,” a view that comes out of European explorations of West Africa and the challenges in reaching the place in the interior of the continent\, at the edges of the Sahara desert. Hardly anything was ever noted about Timbuktu’s place in a larger network of settlements with traditions of advanced literacy\, of scholars and scholastic manuscript book making and collecting. Centuries of learned activity were well-known among various local communities. Some settlements become more famous than others. “Timbuktu” somehow became the most famous name. But it was neither an invention nor without actual scholars. What can the ways these manuscript libraries were kept and conserved - but also dispersed and often destroyed – over the past century and more tell us about the place of archives from the period before European contact in parts of the African past? When and how do archives come to give us insight into more than experiences and conceptions of the past but ideas about the future? The recent attacks on cultural sites including libraries in and around Timbuktu provides an opportunity to ask questions about the constructions of collections and archives\, and their relation to writing about the past but also what they tell about visions of the future. These conflicts and the loss and hazardous movement of cultural artefacts and collections are far from over on the continent.\n\n\nShamil Jeppie is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cape Town and Director of the Institute of Humanities in Africa (HUMA). His research and publications focus on social and cultural history in South Africa and West Africa\, and he is founder of the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project\, which explores the formation of a culture of collecting in Timbuktu. His books include Language\, Identity\, Modernity: The Arabic Study Circle of Durban (2007)\, and the co-edited volumes The Meanings of Timbuktu (2008)\, Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial Legacies and Post-Colonial Challenges (2010)\, and Toward New Histories for South Africa: On the Place of the Past in Our Present (2004). UID:47612-10963386@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Library,Scholarship LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T144300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations on Europe. Spain's New Populist Left: An Impossible Hegemony DESCRIPTION:This lecture will address specific problems in the Podemos political party leadership in order to conclude that Spanish populism has already reached an impasse from which there are only two ways out: accepting the impasse and freezing into a marginal political party with about 15% of the general vote\; or cutting through it\, which might once again put Podemos before the plausibility of relative electoral triumph at a national level. The latter will require heavy work\, both political and theoretical. The current political climate\, heavily marked by the secessionist attempt in Catalunya\, has drastically diminished the possibilities for any kind of leftist government in Spain for the foreseeable future. It is important to note in this context Catalan nationalist populism\, which has forced Podemos into looking at an uncomfortable mirror. The political import of all of this is significant for Spain given the deep ideological crisis of PSOE\, the socialist party\, and also ultimately of periphery nationalisms\, which can no longer hide their thoroughly identitarian horizon. Indeed\, one could say that Spain is today a country that will be led by a weak and one-eyed right through the very absence of believable and non-catastrophic alternatives. \n\nAlberto Moreiras´ research interests include political thought and critical theory from perspectives that combine an interest in Continental philosophy (existential analytics\, deconstruction)\, psychoanalysis\, and Marxism. He is involved in research networks that interrogate contemporary Latin American democracies and the configuration of politico-theoretical responses to present social problems. He is working on concepts such as posthegemony and infrapolitics\, whose potential significance has to do with the possibility of rethinking the critical traditions of modernity. He has an interest in themes such as Latin American indigeneity\, narcotrafficking\, Italian contemporary thought\, present forms of Latin Americanist critique\, life philosophies\, and the return of Hegelianism\, but also\, and perhaps primarily\, in the study of a number of trends in the intellectual tradition that link intellectual life to an intensity of free enjoyment as opposed to the obligations of work for social and academic reproduction. He has written extensively on canonic Latin American literature and culture. He has strong interests in fiction\, and selective interests in poetry. His work is comparative and interdisciplinary in nature. While at times he focuses exclusively on Latin America\, at other times his overriding interest is Spain\, and he keeps an open mind in terms of the pursuit of more general European or Inter-American or Transatlantic issues. He is co-editor of three journals: \"Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies\,\" \"Res publica\,\" and \"Política común.\" UID:47513-10940123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International,Politics,Spanish Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CSAS Lecture Series | Demons in Paradise Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Sri Lanka 1983\, Jude Ratnam is five years old. On a red train\, he flees the massacre of the Tamils instigated by the Pro-Sinhalese majoritarian government. Now a filmmaker\, he takes the same train from South to North. \n \nAs he advances\, the traces of the violence of the 26-year-old war and the one which turned the Tamil's fight for freedom into a self-destructive terrorism pass before his eyes. \n \nReminiscing the hidden souvenirs of fighters and Tamil Tigers\, he unveils the repressed memories of his compatriots\, opening the door to a new era and making peace possible again.\n\nDEMONS IN PARADISE is the result of ten years of work. For the first time\, a Tamil documentary filmmaker living in Sri Lanka is seeing the Civil war from the inside.\n\nJude Ratnam worked for an NGO before becoming a filmmaker. He obtained a degree in sociology and psychology from the University of Kamaraj in southern India\, before studying cinema at the School of Media Art and Managment in Sri Lanka. In 2006\, he left his post at the NGO\, no longer able to bear the hypocrisy of a job consisting in preaching reconciliation while civil war still raged\, and the country was violently divided and impoverished. He spent months thinking about how to reach the greatest number of people in an intimate yet political way. How could he tap into the emotions as well as the minds of his compatriots? His love for cinema suddenly made it seem obvious: He had to make films. It was this intuition that gave him the courage to commit to a project for 10 years\, despite the risks involved. He trained and had the backing of a French team (his co-writer Isabelle Marina introduced him to the producer Julie Paratian)\, along with some Tamil and Sinhalese partners\, since his aim was to put into practice a dialog of reconciliation during the actual shoot. On his way\, he met some key gures who each\, in their own way\, gave him the strength to carry on: Tue Steen Muller\, director of European Documentary Network\; Ally Derks of the IDFA BERTHA FUND\;
 Raoul Peck\, president of the Fémis film school\, when he attended the ARCHIDOC workshop\; director Rithy Panh\, his inspiration\;
 the founder of ARTE’s Documentary Unit\, Thierry Garrel\; and Christian Jeune and Thierry Frémaux\, who selected his film for the Festival de Cannes.
 Jude Ratnam is also a film critic and cofounder of the Colombo Film Circle\, and manager of the KRITI-A Work of Art production company\, which coproduced Demons In Paradise. He is currently working on 
some new film projects in Sri Lanka.\n\nV.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan\, a fiction writer and journalist\, is the author of Love Marriage (Random House\, 2008). The novel\, which is set in Sri Lanka and some of its diaspora communities\, was long-listed for the Orange Prize and named one of Washington Post Book World’s Best of 2008. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The Washington Post\, Columbia Journalism Review\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, Himal Southasian\, and The American Prospect\, among others. A former vice president of the South Asian Journalists Association\, she has also served on the board of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. She is a contributing editor for Copper Nickel and Jaggery\, a founding member of Lanka Solidarity\, and a member of the board of directors of The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard\, and the American Academy in Berlin\, among others\, she is at work on a second novel\, excerpts of which have appeared in Granta\, Ploughshares\, and Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014. She is on the board of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies\, and is a founding member of Lanka Solidarity. In 2014\, she concluded a five-year stint as the Delbanco Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. In the fall of 2015\, she began teaching in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota. UID:47876-11035901@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47876 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Film LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Computationally Probing Large Scale Structures DESCRIPTION:As understood today\, the history of our universe can be described with six parameters. We can constrain these parameters by measuring patterns in the large scale structure of our universe\, which are governed by the competition between gravitational collapse and the accelerated expansion of our universe. The most massive collapsed structures are clusters of galaxies\, comprised of hundreds to thousands of galaxies. For galaxy clusters\, the telltale cosmological pattern is simply their number count as a function of mass and time. In this talk\, I will discuss the challenges in using galaxy clusters as a probe for cosmology. We address these challenges through computational methods that explore galaxy formation processes such as energy feedback from active galactic nuclei\, synthetic observations of the superheated plasma that permeates galaxy clusters\, and methods that automate aspects of pattern-recognition. \n UID:49816-11543715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49816 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171213T114007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Marching Dykes\, Liberated Sluts\, and Concerned Mothers: Women Transforming Public Space DESCRIPTION:From the Women in Black vigils and Dyke marches to the Million Mom March\, women have seized a dynamic role in early twenty-first century protest. The varied demonstrations--whether about gender\, sexuality\, war\, or other issues--share significant characteristics as space-claiming performances in and of themselves beyond their place in any broader movement.\n\nElizabeth Currans blends feminist\, queer\, and critical race theory with performance studies\, political theory\, and geography to explore the outcomes and cultural relevance of public protest. Drawing on observation\, interviews\, and archival and published sources\, Currans shows why and how women utilize public protest as a method of participating in contemporary political and cultural dialogues. She also examines how groups treat public space as an important resource and explains the tactics different women protesters use to claim\, transform\, and hold it. The result is a passionate and pertinent argument that women-organized demonstrations can offer scholars a path to study the relationship of gender and public space in today's political culture.\n\nMarching Dykes was published in 2017 by the University of Illinois Press.\n\n\"This book is a much-needed volume reflecting on feminist movements of the past to inform the future. As we face our contemporary era\, Currans's volume is urgent and pressing.\"--Kath Browne\, coauthor of Lesbian Geographies: Gender\, Place and Power \n\n\"As we enter a new era of public protest\, Currans offers a feminist and queer guide to holding public space. Her beautifully rendered and theoretically sharp ethnography illuminates the effect of organizing\, the ways that witnessing\, marching\, lobbying\, and demonstrating transforms lives in the process of developing counterpublics.\"-- Eileen Boris\, coauthor of Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State\n\nBook sales provided by Common Language Bookstore.\n\nEvent Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall\, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor. UID:47571-10950473@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47571 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171025T155948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:STS Speaker. Translating the Cell Biology of Aging? On the Importance of Choreographing Knowledge DESCRIPTION:This talk draws on ethnographic study in a cell biology of ageing laboratory that explored how the articulation between basic and clinical research is being crafted. I first describe how knowledge-making in the cell biology of ageing relies on two distinct epistemic and material cultures: visualisation and quantification. I argue that the focus on ‘mechanisms’\, ‘biomarkers’ or ‘clinical translation’ is related to how uncertainty is distributed across the two sets of skills\, instruments\, repertoires of valuation\, and types of objectivity. I suggest that funders and policy makers’ emphasis on innovative applications restricts the movement – the careful choreography – between these two epistemic cultures. This has consequences for the field's ability not only to re-open questions about the relationship between ageing and senescence but also to re-imagine the innovation regime for ‘aging society’. \n\nTiago Moreira is Professor of Sociology at Durham University (UK). In the last 15 years or so\, he has researched and published on the role of evidence in health care and on public controversies and activism on health care standards. More recently\, his research has focused on contemporary sociotechnical articulations between ageing and health. UID:46008-10353039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46008 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Information and Technology,Medicine,Research,Sociology LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T161210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T183000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:7th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony DESCRIPTION:The Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 7th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on February 12th\, 2018 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Stamps Auditorium on U-M's North Campus. The award will be given to Dr. Naomi André\, an Associate Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Women’s Studies\, as well as the Residential College where she serves as Associate Director for Faculty. A reception honoring Dr. André will immediately follow in the lobby.\n\nDr. André was selected as the recipient of this award in recognition of her scholarship and musicological inquiry into the representation of race\, voice\, and gender\, her deep commitment to diversity as an educational mission\, and her contributions to teaching and mentoring women of color scholars in the arts.\n\nDr. André’s publications include topics on Italian opera\, Arnold Schoenberg\, women composers\, and teaching opera in prisons. Her forthcoming book\, Black Opera\, History\, Power\, Engagement (University of Illinois Press\, Spring 2018) focuses on how opera has become a unique arena for expressing blackness and presenting new narratives about the intersections of race\, gender\, and nation\, in the West (United States and Europe) as well as in South Africa. Her earlier books\, Voicing Gender: Castrati\, Travesti\, and the Second Woman in Early Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera (2006) and Blackness in Opera (2012\, co-edited collection) focus on opera from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries and explore constructions of gender\, race\, and identity.\n\nThe event is free and open to the public\; however\, registration is requested: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/7th-annual-shirley-verrett-award-ceremony/20171113 UID:47740-11004726@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faculty,Free,Inclusion,Leadership,Multicultural,Music,Women's Studies LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T180012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BSA Med/Grad Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Join us for our graduate/professional students panel on Monday\, Feb 12! We are excited to be joined by med/PhD students from the medical school\, EEB (Ecology and Evolution Biology)\, Bioinformatics\, and Genetics Counselling! Drop by to get to know more about the different career paths\, networking\, and free food! UID:49627-11487353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:1339 Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T180011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Central Campus Bible Study DESCRIPTION:This semester we are covering the book of Exodus!Anyone is welcome to join. UID:49038-11367043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49038 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Room - University of Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180125T131439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:EAC/ECRC Peer Advisor Information Session DESCRIPTION:The Engineering Career Resource Center and Engineering Advising Center are currently recruiting for the 2018-2019 joint Peer Advisor Program! This program presents a great opportunity for undergraduate engineering students to demonstrate LEADERSHIP\, COMMUNICATION and TEAMWORK skills\, while serving as ambassadors for the EAC\, ECRC and the College of Engineering!\n\nThe Peer Advisor Program provides students with an enriching summer leadership experience\, guiding entering first year students through orientation\; and ongoing professional development opportunities throughout the academic year\, as the role expands to support CoE students with job search resources and events. In addition\, the EAC/ECRC Peers collectively lead the PA Student Advisory Board\, to support and inform EAC/ECRC programming.\n\nJoin us for the EAC/ECRC Peer Advisor Information Session to hang out with this year's PA's and learn more about the opportunity to contribute to the college and support your peers! Program supervisors and current Peer Advisors will be available to share additional information and answer your questions!\n\nPizza will be provided! \n\nPeer Advisor Information Session Details:\nDate: ​Monday\, February 12\, 2018\nTime: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM\nLocation: 265 Chrysler Center\n\nPlease register through the Events section of Engineering Careers if planning to attend. UID:49290-11409040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 Chrysler Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T082641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:METS - Making the Most of Your Summer DESCRIPTION:Internships are not the only way to build your experience. Learn about research opportunities\, professional networking\, and taking classes. Use your time wisely so you're ready to go when you return to campus in September! UID:49461-11462138@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49461 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 1180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T123021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Ready\, Set\, Intern! for First Year Students DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/126499\n\nThis workshop is for UM Hillel students. \n\n*RSVP is required for this event. Please click \"join event\" on the Handshake event page to RSVP\nNot in Handshake? Click here: \n\nAs a first-year student\, figuring out what you need to do to get an internship or understanding what interests you have ishard -- 100 emoji. It’s difficult to know what employers look for or how might your interest equal a job. \n\nNo worries\, we designed an experience just for you. \n\nDuring this 50-minute workshop we hope to...\n- walk you through what employers look for in interns\n- help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate\n- bullet point three\, what’s up!?\n- debunk major and career connection\n- guide you on how to use our office to gain experience\n\nYou should come if you…\n- Are a first-yearstudent!\n- Want to know what experiences employers look for and how to get it. \n- Have been asked at least 50 times already\, “what’s your major going to be?”\n- Aren’t totally sure on what the “Career Center” does.\n\nNote: This event's information is shown in Handshake as wellas on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event' button. UID:49743-11501578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:1429 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T130328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Basics: Marketing & Entertainment DESCRIPTION:How do you market yourself to Marketing and Entertainment Professionals? Master the marketing resume with this workshop. UID:48875-11320041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Internship,Networking,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explore CCI! Student Org Transitions Workshop DESCRIPTION:Every year\, student organizations transition into a new executive board.  Let us help you create a smooth transition for next year!  Offered as part of the \"Explore CCI\" Series.\nLocation: Michigan League\, Kalamazoo Room (Second Floor)\nTime: 6:30pm - 8pm\n\n*For accommodations\, email uminvolvement@umich.edu. UID:49222-11397783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Kalamazoo Room (Second Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T094725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Organization Transitions Workshop DESCRIPTION:Every year\, student organizations transition into a new executive board. Let us help you create a smooth transition for next year!\nLocation: Michigan League\, Kalamazoo Room (Second Floor)\nTime: 6:30pm - 8pm\nRegister here: https://maizepages.umich.edu/event/1790874 UID:49370-11450944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T162211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Café Shapiro DESCRIPTION:Students\, nominated by their instructors\, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers\, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others\, it provides a fresh audience\, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.\n\nThrough its over 20 years of existence\, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers\, their friends\, families\, and the wider community. This year there are a total of 46 students participating over five days. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!\n\nMonday\, 2/5/18\nTuesday\, 2/6/18\nThursday\, 2/8/18\nMonday\, 2/12/18\nTuesday\, 2/13/18\n\nRead student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues UID:49336-11420290@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Bert's Study Lounge (Lobby) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T121955 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T203000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Film Series | Rashomon DESCRIPTION:Part of the “Enter the Samurai” Film Series sponsored by U-M Center for Japanese Studies.\n\nBrimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth\, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks\, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.\nWritten & Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.\n\nPresented in Japanese with English subtitles. UID:49552-11476263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49552 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Film,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180227T183014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T210000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Huntington Bank Info Session DESCRIPTION:Huntington Bank's first of two info sessions this semester. Come to learn more about Huntington Bank and opportunities with the company.Learn More: https://careers.huntington.com/en-US/\n\nBe Bold. Challenge Tomorrow.\nWhat type of bank is Huntington? The type that’s never happy with the status quo. The type where an innovative mind is a job requirement. Sound good? Let’s get started.\n\nIn Pursuit of What’s Best\nAt Huntington\, our customers are neighbors\, friends\, local business owners —the people that make up our community. So we always work to look beyond account numbers and connect with the person.\n\nFearlessly Forward Thinking\nYou’re going places — eager to learn\, filled to the brim with ideasand ready to make an impact. And that’s great\, because we’re going places too. Join us as we take on the industry and create a new standard for banking.\n\nINFORMATION SESSION DETAILS\n\nWhen: Monday\, February 12th\nTime: 7:00 pm-9:00 pm\nWhere: AC Room 2220 \n\nThank you to our integrated partner Huntington Bank who sponsored our refreshments for all attendeesfrom Pizza House \n\nFULL-TIME AND INTERNSHIP AREAS\nOperations\nMarketing and Communications\nInformation Technology\nAudit\nData Analytics\nCommercial Banking\nHuman Resources\nRetail Banking\nRisk & Compliance\nFinance\nWealth\nCapital Markets UID:48181-11183399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48181 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross Academic Center, Conference Room, 1110 S State St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Albert Lee DESCRIPTION:British guitar legend Albert Lee\, regarded by many as one of the world’s finest guitar players\, with a career spanning more than 50 years\, needs no introduction for country Music\, blues and rock fans. Widely hailed for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique\, Albert Lee helped to redefine country guitar for a whole generation of players with his song \"Country Boy.\" Albert’s many career highlights include two Grammy wins\, five years in the Eric Clapton band (at Clapton's request Albert recently played the Crossroads Festival with Eric at Madison Square Garden) and stints with the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman\, The Crickets\, the Everly Brothers\, Joe Cocker\, Emmylou Harris\, Rodney Crowell and many more. Take it from Emmylou\, who says\, \"When Saint Peter asks me to chronicle my time down here on earth\, I'll be able to say—with pride if that's allowed—that for a while I played rhythm guitar in a band with Albert Lee.\" UID:46583-10558543@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T121515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180212T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Contemporary Directions Ensemble DESCRIPTION:This CDE concert features three “chamber symphonies” and a piece by SMTD Professor of Composition Evan Chambers.\n\nPROGRAM: Schoenberg- Chamber Symphony No. 1\; Wright: Chamber Symphony\; Chambers- Crossroad Songs\; Adams- Son of Chamber Symphony UID:47722-11004675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47722 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816438@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762516@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237301@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T160950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235900 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Teach Out Series: Democratic to Authoritarian Rule DESCRIPTION:This event is part of Michigan’s Teach-Out Series which provides just-in-time community learning opportunities for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community\, including faculty experts.\n\nHow does history help us understand today’s political climate?\n\nPolitical systems in many countries around the world have shifted from more democratic to more authoritarian tendencies. A deeper understanding and knowledge of this past can inform how we understand contemporary political changes.\n\nThis Teach-Out will bring together expert knowledge about democracies and the processes that erode democratic decision-making and structures. By examining historical and comparative patterns\, learners will gain a better understanding of contemporary politics.​\n\nGuest contributors include:\n\nSheri Berman (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nJuan Cole (University of Michigan)\n\nFatma Müge Göçek (University of Michigan)\n\nPauline Jones (University of Michigan)\n\nRobert Kaufman (Rutgers University)\n\nMaria Carmen Lemos (University of Michigan)\n\nMaria Victoria Murillo (Columbia University)\n\nBrian Porter-Szucs (University of Michigan)\n\nWhat you'll learn:\nMake better sense of political changes by thinking systematically about different kinds of impediments to democratic politics and decision making\nBecome familiar with steps through which political systems move toward greater authoritarian rule\nLearn frameworks to assess how contemporary changes relate to democratic vs. authoritarian tendencies\nInteract with others for greater critical appreciation of changing political structures and processes UID:49279-11406226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,History,Lecture,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291327@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932354@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932359@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932364@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667190@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802128@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802548@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802632@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T115413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Polish Paczki Day: Fat Tuesday DESCRIPTION:The Polish Student Association will be fundraising selling traditional Polish pazckis in Mason Hall in the morning until sold out. There will be opportunity to visit the Slavic Department and the table to find out more information for the Polish language and literature programs for majoring and minoring in Polish. UID:48842-11308954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,International LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180228T063016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T100000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:JPMorgan Chase & Co. Networking Breakfast DESCRIPTION:Are you curious to find out how we can help match your interests to our opportunities? \n\nJoin us for a Networking Breakfast on February 13th. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with our employees and network with inspiring people.\n\n· Please register for the event using this link http://tinyurl.com/yddsylo3 UID:49288-11409037@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Anderson Room, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889147@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171231T135526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T113000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Getting into Michigan Musical Theater DESCRIPTION:Mr. Cardinal was previously the artistic director of the Connecticut Repertory Theater and the chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. Prior to that he was Associate Dean of Performance Arts at Adelphi University and the chair of theater at the University of Miami. Mr. Cardinal is a graduate of playwriting from the Yale School of Drama where he was honored with the ASCAP-Cole Porter award for best collected work.\n\nThe new Chairman of the University of Michigan Musical Theater Department will speak about the path that brought him to Michigan\, as well as the journey a high school student takes to be accepted into the Department\, which is regarded as one of the top Musical Theater training programs in the world. Only 22-24 freshmen are admitted from about 1000 applicants annually. More than 700 artists have graduated from the program over its 32-year history.\n\nThis is the sixth in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2017-18. A variety of topics will be covered. There is one lecture each month\, for a total of ten. The next lecture will be on March 13\, 2018. The subject is: You Are the ”Public” in Public Radio. UID:47932-11139090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47932 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lifelong Learning,Musical Theater,Retirement LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Master Class: Alexander Kobrin\, piano DESCRIPTION:Alexander Kobrin is assistant professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music\, and was the 2005 Gold Medal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. UID:47093-10790906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47093 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546981@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180113T190853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ChE Seminar Series: Wilfred Chen DESCRIPTION:Wilfred Chen\nGore Professor of Chemical Engineering\nDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering \nUniversity of Delaware\n\n“Adding Logic to Complex Protein Functions”\n\nProteins are the most versatile among the various biological building blocks. However\, the strength of proteins - their versatility and specific interactions - also complicates and hinders their systematic design and engineering. Our lab has been interested in exploiting the modular nature of protein domains to design synthetic complexes that can perform new biological functions. By adding logical components into the design\, protein complexes that are dynamic rather than static in nature can be created to adapt to the constantly changing cellular environments. In this presentation\, I will outline several successful examples in connecting exchangeable protein domains for predicative engineering applications in (1) energy substantiality and (2) human health. UID:48695-11278312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemical Engineering,Faculty,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - Research Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T140610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Between Blood and Sex: The Contradictory Impact of Transnational AIDS Institutions on State Repression in China\, 1989-2013 DESCRIPTION:Do external interventions matter? Existing research has focused on the extent to which transnational efforts compel recalcitrant governments to reduce levels of domestic repression\, but few have considered how such interventions might also provoke new forms of repression. Using a longitudinal study of repression against AIDS activism in China between 1989 and 2013\, Professor Long will propose that transnational institutions’ provision of material resources and reshaping of organizational rules can transform a domestic repressive apparatus in specific policy areas. The intervention of transnational AIDS institutions in China not only constrained traditional violent coercion\, but also generated new forms of “diplomatic repression” that inadvertently contributed to expanded mobilization for urban gay men but demobilization for others. She will conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for understanding authoritarian innovation and sustainability.\n\nYan Long is an Assistant Professor of International Studies and Sociology at Indiana University\, Bloomington. She is a cultural and organizational sociologist interested in the evolution of technocratic governance as a transnational institutional model and its impact on existing forms of domination and resistance. Yan’s current book project\, \"Side Effects: The Transnational Doing and Undoing of AIDS Politics in China\" (under contract\, Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics)\, concerns the transformation of China’s infectious disease control driven by the conflict between transnational AIDS institutions\, the state\, and local activist groups. This book stems from her dissertation that won the 2014 ASA Dissertation Award. Yan was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society after obtaining her PhD in Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. UID:48657-11265183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48657 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,Chinese Studies,Public Health,Sociology,Women's Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171127T104449 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Biopsychology Colloquium Speaker DESCRIPTION:Talk title: Hacking into Sleep to Enhance Learning\n\nAbstract: Human learning often takes hold gradually and requires practice (memory reactivation). This practice need not be intentional. Recent findings suggest that memory reactivation during sleep supports memory consolidation and enduring long-term storage. In particular\, Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) with subtle sensory stimulation can modify neural activity while avoiding arousal from sleep. Sounds associated with learning can be presented again during slow-wave sleep to promote memory reactivation. TMR can thus systematically and selectively enhance learning\, including learning of object-location associations\, verbal associations\, skills\, and habits. Recordings of brain oscillations during sleep can provide evidence about relevant neurophysiological mechanisms\, and in this way elucidate critical contributions of sleep to memory consolidation. This approach to studying and influencing consolidation offers new opportunities for reinforcing learning offline during the many hours we spend sleeping. UID:47041-10776992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychology LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T075924 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Blumenthal\, Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Toledo\, will present a seminar on Tuesday\, February 13th\, 2018 at 12:00 noon in North Lecture Hall\, MS II. The title of the talk is: \"Bacterial Regulatory Logic: Restriction-Modification Systems and Beyond\" UID:49448-11462120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biological Chemistry LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T121929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:DIY Aromatherapy Sachets DESCRIPTION:Do you ever wish you could carry around a burst of relaxation with you? Now you can! Join us for DIY Aromatherapy Sachet crafting! We'll supply all the materials with coffee and dessert\, we just need you! \n\nDate: Tuesday\, February 13\nTime: 12pm-2pm\nLocation: Michigan League\, 3rd floor\, room D UID:49636-11487520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Michigan League - 3rd floor, Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T120028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T140000 SUMMARY:Well-being:DIY Aromatherapy Sachets DESCRIPTION:Do you ever wish you could carry around a burst of relaxation with you? Now you can! Join us for DIY Aromatherapy Sachet crafting! We'll supply all the materials with coffee and dessert\, we just need you!  Date: Tuesday\, February 13Time: 12pm-2pmLocation: Michigan League\, 3rd floor\, room D UID:49679-11490319@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, 3rd Floor, Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180205T134717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Mini Grant Momentum Panel DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear about work being done by students on campus—work that is made possible through Library student mini grants and pairing students with a Library mentor. These brown bag events are organized by Library Student Engagement Ambassadors. UID:49642-11487526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49642 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T085956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T121000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Evolution of vision in butterflies: phenotypic plasticity\, gene duplication\, and sexual dimorphism DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE. Join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar. UID:47267-10855077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Graduate School,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Research,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T094153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:C21 Conversation Series DESCRIPTION:This series\, held monthly\, brings together four faculty members from different disciplines to offer flash talks about 21st-century arts\, culture\, and politics and contemporary research methodologies. In the discussion that follows\, we'll have the chance to think together about key questions produced by and animating our present moment. No pre-reading\; just join us for conversation and catered lunch! (Lunch will be available at 12:30\; presentations will start at 1:00)\n\nSponsored by Critical Contemporary Studies UID:47402-10891050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47402 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian/pacific Islander American Studies,immigration,Interdisciplinary,Literature,Media LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T175810 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CASC Info Session DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about the Community Action and Social Change minor? Come to our second session pf the year to learn more about the CASC community\, what CASC is and what it can offer you in your undergraduate program\, the types of courses you'll take\, and the available opportunities for CASC students after graduation! UID:48725-11297738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Undergraduate LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - 1794 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T095705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Symposium DESCRIPTION:A diverse community of presenters representing students\, faculty\, industry professionals\, software developers and hardware manufacturers will be sharing their expertise\, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this week long exploration of the creative process\, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!\n\nThe first annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center\, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation\, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Media & Studio Arts Suite\, showcasing the latest in Video\, Audio\, Interactive and Projection Technology. UID:49609-11484686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49609 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Dance,Film,Music,symposium,Theater,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Video Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254330@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180228T123014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:JPMorgan Chase & Co. CADP Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Learn about the 2019 Summer Opportunities in the Corporate Analyst Development Program (CADP)\, at JPMorgan Chase & Co.\nStop by for best practices on resume creation\, interviewing tips\, and professional networking! You’ll gain a unique perspective of what it is like to work at JPMC and be part of CADP – all while getting answers to your most pressing questions. UID:49173-11386607@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49173 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, Classroom TBD, 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297788@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T100144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Supporting Nontraditional Student Success: Methods for Faculty & Staff to Serve as Advocates DESCRIPTION:This will be an interactive session for students\, faculty\, staff\, and program administrators to discuss the emerging needs of nontraditional students at the U-M and the strategies that can be implemented to create a more welcoming\, supportive\, and inclusive campus climate. Participants will learn about the demographics of nontraditional students at the U-M and learn about best practices and programs to support student development.\n\nJanice Reuben is the Staff Program Manager for CEW. She has over 15 years of experience creating and implementing staff development programs in higher education. Janice manages the Women of Color Task Force project and serves on the UHR Organizational Learning Career Development Advisory Group. UID:48391-11230551@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48391 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Inclusion,Staff LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Quantum Nano-Photonic Devices Based on Rare-Earth Ions DESCRIPTION:Quantum light-matter interfaces that reversibly map photonic quantum states onto atomic states\, are essential components in the quantum engineering toolbox with applications in quantum communication\, computing\, and quantum-enabled sensing. I present a new platform for on-chip quantum light-matter interfaces based on nanophotonic resonators coupled to rare-earth-ions in crystals. The rare-earth ions exhibit long coherence times on optical transitions\, which makes them suitable for optical quantum memories. We demonstrate a high-fidelity nanophotonic quantum memory based on a mesoscopic neodymium ensemble coupled to a photonic crystal cavity. The nanocavity enables >95% spin polarization for efficient initialization of the atomic frequency comb memory\, and time-bin-selective readout via enhanced optical Stark shift of the comb frequencies. Our current technology can be readily transferred to Erbium doped devices for telecom memories that can be integrated with silicon photonics. Besides ensemble memories\, single rare-earth-ions coupled to nano-resonators can be used as single optically addressable quantum bits where the quantum state is mapped on their Zeeman or hyperfine levels with long coherence time. Our solid-state nano-photonic quantum light-matter interfaces can be integrated with other chip-scale photon source and detector devices for multiplexed quantum and classical information processing at the nodes of quantum networks. I also discuss prospects for integration with superconducting resonators and qubits\, which can lead to devices for reversible quantum transduction of optical photons to microwave photons\, thus enabling optical interconnects between superconducting quantum computers.\n\nBiography: Dr. Andrei Faraon is an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at California Institute of Technology. After earning a B.S. degree in physics with honors in 2004 at California Institute of Technology\, he received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Applied Physics both from Stanford University in 2009. At Stanford\, Dr. Faraon was involved with seminal experiments on quantum optics using single indium arsenide quantum dots strongly coupled to photonic crystal cavities in gallium arsenide. After earning his PhD\, Dr. Faraon spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. At HP he was involved with pioneering experiments on diamond quantum photonic devices coupled to solid-state spins. He demonstrated the first nano-resonators coupled to single nitrogen vacancy centers in mono-crystalline diamond.\n\nFaraon left HP in 2012 to become an Assistant Professor at Caltech\, where he set up a laboratory specialized in developing nano-photonic technologies for devices that operate close to the fundamental limit of light-matter interaction. He is focused both on fundamental challenges on how to control the interaction between single atoms and single photons using nano-technologies\, and on using nano-photonics to build cutting edge devices for imaging and sensing. He is the recipient of the 2015 National Science Foundation CAREER award\, the 2015 Air Force Office of Scientific Research young investigator award and the 2016 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award.\n\n\n UID:42201-9584889@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42201 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 335 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T160255 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | The Way She Saw It: Introducing Gauri Lankesh DESCRIPTION:The talk introduces the life and work of Gauri Lankesh\, the courageous journalist and activist who was assassinated in Bangalore last year. After a fifteen year stint in mainstream English journalism\, Gauri became editor of Lankesh Patrike\, a major Kannada weekly\, in 2000. The subsequent years saw her emerge as an important social and political activist in Karnataka. What were her political concerns? What forms did her activism take? An engagement with these questions illustrates the challenges and dilemmas of being a secular activist in India. Examining the public responses to her death\, the talk also attempts to grasp the changing political culture in India.\n\nChandan Gowda's research interests include social theory\, Indian normative traditions\, caste\, and Kannada literature and cinema. In addition to his academic publications\, he has written for newspapers and published translations of Kannada fiction and non-fiction in English. Before moving to APU\, he was Associate Professor of Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion\, National Law School of India\, Bengaluru\, between 2008 and 2011. He is presently completing a book on the cultural politics of development in old Mysore state. UID:48766-11306096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asia,India,Literature LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180206T104714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ISP Lecture. A Fiction Reading with Saladin Ahmed DESCRIPTION:Join us for a literary reading with acclaimed science fiction and comic book writer\, Saladin Ahmed. Ahmed will read from his work\, which combines Muslim and sci-fi themes.\n \nSaladin Ahmed is the author of the Hugo and Nebula-nominated \"Throne of the Crescent Moon\,\" praised by George RR Martin as \"a rollicking swashbuckler.\" His essays\, poetry\, and fiction have appeared in The New York Times\, Salon\, the Boston Globe\, Slate\, NPR\, and BuzzFeed. He is currently writing \"Black Bolt\" and \"Exiles\" for Marvel Comics and \"Abbott\" for BOOM! Studios. UID:49783-11532475@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts of Islam,Muslim,Visual Arts,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180308T140905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Office Hours with Director Christina Olsen DESCRIPTION:Here's your chance to chat with our new director! Come by and say hello\, tell her what you love about UMMA\, or what you'd like to see change.\n\nOlsen\, now a little more than two months into her term\, is hosting open office hours in the UMMA Commons in February\, March\, and April. She is inviting visitors\, U-M staff and faculty\, students\, and community members to drop in and talk one-on-one about the Museum\, ways it might change\, and to ask questions.\n\n“I want to hear from the people that care about this Museum\, and who want to shape its future\,” Olsen says. “UMMA needs to be open to new ideas. A great way to get new ideas is by talking with people face to face.”\n\nOlsen will talk with visitors on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Visitors should queue near the director’s table in the UMMA Commons. UID:48813-11308908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48813 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Museum,Office Hours,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180110T090512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Super Powers in Turmoil: The Turn of the 7th Century and the Rebirth of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature DESCRIPTION:Spanning the 4th and 7th century we find a revival of Jewish apocalyptic literature. This period of turmoil culminated at the turn of the 7th century in the Persian conquest\, Byzantine re-conquest\, and finally the Muslim conquest of Palestine. This talk will explore how these episodes reverberated in Jewish messianic and apocalyptic literature. While thus far\, the late antique Jewish messianic matrix has been treated within its own limited boundaries -- that is within Jewish sources and own apocalyptic world-view -- Professor Irshai will argue for the importance of existing links between Christian\, Jewish (and Moslem) redemptive aspirations. Professor Irshai will highlight how these traditions used similar time frames (e.g. from the Book of Daniel) and interpreted natural phenomena (such as earthquakes) as heralding the approaching “end of times.”\n\nIf you have a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation\, contact the Judaic Studies office at 734-763-9047 at least two weeks prior to the event. UID:46868-10658851@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46868 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Jewish Studies LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T111113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Snigdha Panigrahi\, Department of Statistics\, Stanford University DESCRIPTION:The goal of eQTLS (Expression quantitative trait loci studies) is to identify and quantify effects of how genetic variants regulate the expression of genes in different biological contexts. The outcome variables (typically on the order of 20\,000) are molecular measurements of gene expression and the predictors are genotypes (typically on the order of 1\,000\,000). The identification of regulatory variants in eQTLS (Consortium et al. (2015)\; Ongen et al. (2015)\; Consortium et al. (2017)) proceeds in a hierarchical fashion: the first stage of such a selection identifies promising genes\, followed by a search of potential functional variants in a neighborhood around these discovered genes. Once promising candidates for functional variants have been detected\, the logical next step is to attempt to estimate their effect sizes. However obtaining samples corresponding to a human tissue remains a costly endeavor. Thereby\, eQTLS continue to be based on relatively small sample sizes with this limitation particularly serious for tissues as brain\, liver\, etc.– the organs of most immediate medical relevance. Naive estimates that ignore the genome-wide selection preceding inference can lead to misleading conclusions about that the magnitudes of the true underlying associations. Due to scarcity of biological samples\, the problem of reliable effect size estimation is often deferred to future studies and therefore\, inadequately addressed in the eQTLS research community. \n\nIn this talk\, I will discuss a principled approach that allows the geneticist to use the available dataset both for discoveries and follow-up estimation of the associated effect sizes\, adjusted for the considerable amount of prior mining. Motivated to measure these effect sizes as consistent point estimates and intervals with target coverage\, my methods are modeled along the conditional approach to selective inference\, introduced in Lee et al. (2016). The proposed procedure is based on a randomized hierarchical strategy that reflects state of the art investigations and introduces the use of randomness instead of data splitting to optimize the use of available data. I will describe the computational bottleneck in performing randomized conditional inference. To overcome these hurdles\, I will describe a novel set of techniques that have higher inferential power than prior selective inference work in Lee et al. (2016). UID:48864-11317270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48864 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T123533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T171500 SUMMARY:Presentation:International Studies Information Session and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The Program academic advisors will discuss: \n \n • Prerequisites \n • Major and minor requirements \n • Sub-plans \n • How to declare \n • Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute \n • Study abroad\, grants\, and internships \n • Relevance of an International Studies major or minor \n \nUpcoming Winter 2018 Sessions: \n \n 1/10/18 Wednesday\, 12-1 PM\, Room 355 Weiser Hall\, Advisor: Folaké Graves \n 2/13/18 Tuesday\, 4:15-5:15 PM\, Room 355 Weiser Hall\, Advisor: Kelsey Szpara \n 4/17/18 Tuesday\, 4:15-5:15 PM\, Room 355 Weiser Hall\, Advisor: Sofia Carlsson \n \nWesier Hall is located at 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109. \n \nA half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information\, e-mail is-advising@umich.edu. \n \nParents and prospective students are welcome. For more information\, please e-mail us at is-michigan@umich.edu. \n\nProspective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related information sessions\, events\, and special announcements should sign up for the email list: http://umich.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914 UID:46395-10478317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:International,International Studies,Majors,Minors,Undergraduate,Welcome To Michigan LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 355 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180228T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Willis Towers Watson Information Session DESCRIPTION:To find out more information about careers at Willis Towers Watson\, come meet our representatives from the Retirement Service Center and Pension Administration Group. We will be recruiting for Analyst and Intern positions in Detroit and other locations. Refreshments will be provided. UID:49886-11566242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49886 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Hall, Room 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180109T103125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CenterSpace DESCRIPTION:CenterSpace provides a weekly drop-in space for different communities within queer life at the University of Michigan. CenterSpace creates space for people of similar identities to gain support from one another while building a community of collective resources. UID:48396-11230586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Inclusion,LGBT,Social,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center- 3200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180202T105714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EnginTalks: Building Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Join your peers for an informal conversation about campus climate with faculty and staff. Food will be served. UID:49684-11495915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49684 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faculty,Graduate Students,Social,Staff,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T145142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mardi Gras Dinner DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, February 13th\, Mardi Gras begins. To celebrate\, Mosher Jordan Dining Hall will be serving a variety of Mardi Gras foods at dinner! Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47495-10932395@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171201T173902 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Minding the Gap: Gap Year Experiences for Science Students DESCRIPTION:Have you considered taking a year after graduation to pursue a passion or opportunity before starting your career or graduate/professional school? So many exciting opportunities exist to develop your skills\, travel\, volunteer\, and to learn more about yourself as well as those from backgrounds different from your own. Come check out some of the options that could have you choosing a gap year for yourself. UID:47241-10824783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47241 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Science LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - 100 (Hatcher Gallery) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171221T112954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Anxiety and Procrastination DESCRIPTION:Sometimes when people are anxious\, they procrastinate. Sometimes when people procrastinate\, they get anxious.\n\nIn this wellness group\, undergraduate and graduate students will receive a presentation about anxiety and its relationship to procrastination. Q&A and a facilitated group session will follow to discuss challenges faces when coping with anxiety\, share successful strategies for managing anxiety\, and connect with other students who may have similar experiences.\n\nLight refreshments will be served. UID:47856-11033300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47856 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180215T114923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:Schokoladenstunde (with games!): Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and Wednesdays 5:15-6:15\, in the Language Resource Center in North Quad.\n\nSchokoladenstunde will take place in the comfy seating area between the two computer classrooms in the Language Resource Center. There will be some German chocolate there :) All German students at all levels are welcome to come and chat and play games in German (e.g. Tabu etc.). Schokoladenstunde will be facilitated on Tuesdays by Mary Gell\, and on Wednesdays by Silvia Grzeskowiak. UID:50109-11642067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180228T123017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Give Back with PwC DESCRIPTION:Join PwC on Tuesday\, February 13th from 5:45-7:30pm to learn more about our Elevate Leadership Program for Sophomores and Juniors interested in a career in Accounting. UID:49868-11557830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49868 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business, B5570 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T123143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Breaking the Barriers of \"Voluntourism\": Respectfully Teaching and Interacting with Communities Abroad DESCRIPTION:Are you or your student group teaching English or volunteering abroad this spring break or summer?\nThe Quito Project is hosting a free educational workshop that is open to any student planning to teach English or volunteer abroad. At the workshop\, students will learn from faculty experts about best practices for ESL and respectful international engagement\, have the opportunity to share what they have learned from their previous experiences abroad\, and receive resources to help them during their time overseas. This workshop will not only help you prepare for your travels and lesson planning but will also ensure that you and your organization gain the tools to ensure that your initiative is successful and beneficial to the international community you are interacting with.\nFree dinner will be provided for all participants!\nYou may register to attend our workshop through this link: https://tinyurl.com/esl-abroad2. \nFor more information or if you have any questions please email: thequitoproject@gmail.com UID:48922-11331165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Culture,Diversity,Education,International,Language,Latin America,Volunteer LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery Lab Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T180017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Breaking the Barriers of “Voluntourism”: Respectfully Teaching and Interacting with Communities Abroad DESCRIPTION:Are you or your student group teaching English abroad this spring break or summer?The Quito Project is hosting a free educational workshop that is open to any student planning to teach English abroad. At the workshop\, students will learn from faculty experts about best practices for ESL and respectful international engagement\, have the opportunity to share what they have learned from their previous experiences abroad\, and receive resources to help them during their time overseas.This workshop will not only help you prepare for your travels and lesson planning but will also ensure that you and your organization gain the tools to ensure that your initiative is successful and beneficial to the international community you are interacting with.Our workshop will take place from 6-8 pm on Tuesday\, February 13th\, in the Gallery Lab Room of the Hatcher Graduate Library. Free dinner from Chela's Restaurant and Taqueria will also be provided for all participants!Please register to attend our workshop through this link:  https://tinyurl.com/esl-abroad2For more information or if you have any questions please email: thequitoproject@gmail.comWe hope to see you there!  UID:48870-11319911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Gallery Lab Room, Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T130617 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Building your Brand: Social Media Makeover DESCRIPTION:What does your social media presence say about your brand? We'll help you figure it out... and start your social media makeover. UID:48877-11320043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Information and Technology,Internship,Networking,Social,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180228T123020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Clothes Closet La Casa DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/129423\n\nLa Casa Event\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button.\n UID:50018-11613961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T073245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Entering\, Engaging and Exiting Communities DESCRIPTION:Introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities\, including motivations\, impact of social identities\, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal\, ethical\, and respectful ways. UID:47846-11540891@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47846 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Social Impact,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Wolverine Room (1st Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T181828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Professional Headshots DESCRIPTION:Make sure your profile picture is in line with the rest of your professional branding! RSVP required\, space is limited. In conjunction with the LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop \"Leveraging LinkedIn to Build Your Network.\" UID:48934-11331180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48934 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,first-generation,Free,Professional Development,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:LSA Building - Michigan Photography- rm 246 (basement) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T125219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:URBAN COOL\, ADDRESSING HEAT\, HEALTH AND HABITAT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE DESCRIPTION:Doug Kelbaugh\, Taubman College Emil Lorch Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning and 2016 Winner of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education\, lectures on how cities combat climate change.\n\nThe illustrated talk will connect the dots on the role that the built environment plays in addressing the increasingly urgent problems of local and global warming. Urban Heat Islands and other forms of extreme heat such as heat waves kill more people than any type of natural disaster\, as well as threaten the sustained livability and health of many cities. Luckily\, the four design antidotes to heat islands simultaneously address climate change. And because heat islands are more immediately palpable than climate change\, they can motivate humans to act more quickly and decisively against the unfolding\, unprecedented and catastrophic climate challenge at both the local and global level.\n\nTaubman College Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Natural Resourcese Larissa Larsen and Urban Planning alumna Missy Stults (Ph.D. 2016) will respond to the lecture in a panel\, in this first ever collaboration between the Urban and Regional Planning Program and the Michigan Chapter of the Congress of the New Urbanism. Dr. Missy Stults is a climate adaptation expert who works with local\, regional\, and tribal communities to enhance resilience towards climate change and natural disasters\, and Larissa Larsen is certified environmental planner and landscape architect who conducts research quantifying environmental injustices related to urban heat islands and climate change.\n\nThis event is a collaboration between Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning's Urban and Regional Planning Department\, and the Michigan Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism UID:49410-11453752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Climate Change,Lecture,Urban Planning LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Auditorium 2104 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T120044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:#Adulting- Go or Stay\, Vacay Your Way DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an adventure? Let us help! #Adulting- Go or Stay\, Vacay Your Way on Tue.\, Feb. 13 from 6:30pm-7:30pm in the League's Kalamazoo Room will be teaching ways to seek out adventure near and far on any budget! Let us help you plan for spring break or for a future experience near\, far\, or any other place you want to be! Register here: http://ow.ly/jdzW30i1bcJ UID:49623-11484726@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Social LOCATION:Michigan League - Kalamazoo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explore CCI! Programming 101 Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of programming\, partnerships and inclusivity to help your org through the planning process of your events\, whether they be large or small!\nLocation: Michigan League\, Room 4 (First Floor)\nTime: 6:30pm - 8:00pm*For accommodations\, email uminvolvement@umich.edu. UID:49223-11397784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room 4 (First Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171031T210720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Food Literacy for All: Chef Kabui DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All (ENVIRON 305 and EAS 639.038\, 2 credits) is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan.\n\nStructured as an evening lecture series\, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each week to address diverse challenges and opportunities of both domestic and global food systems. The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders\, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable\, health-promoting\, and ecologically sustainable food systems. UID:46414-10481180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46414 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Angell Hall - Aud B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T161910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Other:ONSF Info Session: Gates Cambridge Scholarship DESCRIPTION:The Gates Cambridge Scholarship was established in 2000 by a donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It provides a full-cost scholarship and living stipend for graduate study (Master’s or Doctorate) in any field of study available at the University of Cambridge. Scholars are selected for their outstanding intellectual ability\, leadership potential\, and commitment to improving the lives of others as well as fit for the proposed program of study at Cambridge. The aim of the Gates Cambridge program is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.\n\nWe will meet on Tuesday\, February 13th\, 2018\, from 6:30 - 8 pm in 1330 Mason Hall.\n\nRSVP is required. UID:47755-11004739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47755 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Honors,Onsf LOCATION:Mason Hall - 1330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171108T100052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Products of the Hive\; Salves and Balms DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Michigan beekeeper Sheldon Schwitek.\nPresenter: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers UID:46612-10566962@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46612 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Environment LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T095025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Programming 101 Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of programming\, partnerships and inclusivity to help your org through the planning process.\n\nLocation: Michigan League\, Room 4 (First Floor)\nRegister here: https://maizepages.umich.edu/event/1790912\nTime: 6:30pm - 8:00pm UID:49371-11450945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Room 4 (First Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180118T081938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Talk: Peter Baker: Obama: The Call of History DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear New York Times Chief White House Correspondent\, Peter Baker\, discuss his new book\, Obama: The Call of History. Baker’s book is a vivid and in-depth illustrated account of Barack Obama’s eight years in office. With this authoritative history\, Peter Baker takes the measure of Obama’s achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man. \n\nPresidential historian Douglas Brinkley comments “With his unique gifts as a diligent journalist and a first-rate historian\, Peter Baker has given us a compelling look at a consequential presidency – an eight-year reign that will be studied forever. And here is where we will start that conversation: with Baker’s graceful and insightful account of Barack Obama’s victories\, defeats\, and evolving legacy.” \n\nFree Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program. UID:48906-11328384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48906 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Obama,Presidents LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T162211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T203000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Café Shapiro DESCRIPTION:Students\, nominated by their instructors\, have been invited to read their own poems and short stories to a peer audience. For many student writers\, Café Shapiro is a first opportunity to read publicly from their creative work. For others\, it provides a fresh audience\, and the ability to experience the work of students they may not encounter in writing classes.\n\nThrough its over 20 years of existence\, Café Shapiro has evolved to become several nights of sharing among some of our best undergraduate writers\, their friends\, families\, and the wider community. This year there are a total of 46 students participating over five days. We'll have light refreshments available. Please stop by!\n\nMonday\, 2/5/18\nTuesday\, 2/6/18\nThursday\, 2/8/18\nMonday\, 2/12/18\nTuesday\, 2/13/18\n\nRead student work from many previous years in annual Café Shapiro Anthologies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cafe?page=issues UID:49336-11420291@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Library,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Bert's Study Lounge (Lobby) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T162224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Winter 2018 Detroiters Speak: Revisiting the Kerner Report and People's Movements for the Future of Detroit DESCRIPTION:Our theme for the semester will explore competing ideas about \"development\" and visions for Detroit's future in the context of the 50th anniversary of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders\, commonly referred to as the Kerner Report\, which was released in March 1968. Each week will feature different Detroit-based speakers and guests who will explore the given topic and engage the students through a combination of formal remarks\, presentations\, and public discussion. \n\nLight dinner provided\; free transportation from Ann Arbor to Detroit\; public welcome and encouraged to attend. \n\nFree Parking in the WSU lot located just north of the Cass Corridor Commons (4605 Cass Ave.) UID:49589-11476296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Detroit,Food,Free,History,Meal,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T180026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T203000 SUMMARY:Other:Campus Bible Study DESCRIPTION:The Isaachar Connection Bible Study is starting back up TONIGHT\, January 30th @ 7:30PM! UID:49515-11467864@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49515 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Palmer Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital: Alexander Kobrin\, piano DESCRIPTION:Alexander Kobrin is assistant professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music\, and was the 2005 Gold Medal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. UID:47084-10790896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T130901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Daimh DESCRIPTION:Come hear the Scots band Irish Music Magazine calls \"one of the most exhilarating acoustic bands on the Celtic music map\"! Dàimh (the word means \"kinship\" in Scots Gaelic) is based in Lochaber in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland\; an area as much renowned for its scenic beauty as for its rich musical and cultural heritage. A long‐established favorite at folk festivals in Scotland and Ireland and across Europe\, Dàimh recently took home Scots Trad Band of the Year honors at the Scots Traditional Music Awards\, Dàimh are also regulars on BBC television. Recent lineup changes have seen the introduction of Gaelic champion Griogair Labhruidh\, on vocals and Uillean Pipes\, adding the depth and power of his commanding vocal performances to an already phenomenal instrumental arsenal of bagpipes\, fiddle\, mandolin and guitar. From pyrotechnic jigs and reels to achingly poignant ballads\, Dàimh runs the full expressive gamut of folk music at its best\, and is justly renowned for their thrilling live shows. UID:44966-10015379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44966 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180213T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Guest Recital: Dan Graser\, saxophone\, and Kathryn Goodson\, piano DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: Benson- Aeolian Song\; Lennon- Symphonic Rhapsody\; Wanamaker- Deus Sax Machina\; Higdon- Concerto\; Etezady- Streetlegal UID:47171-10805429@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180601T120009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235959 SUMMARY:Community Service:Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge DESCRIPTION:Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate communication with medical staff to ensure all necessary questions are asked\, taking notes for the patients to reference.  Just 2-3 hours of your time can help patients to attend appointments safely and provide comfort and confidence to them and their family members.  Volunteers must commit to a minimum of one appointment a month for a minimum of nine months.  Must fill out application\, background check\, and attend a two-hour training session. Contact carolcib@umich.edu for the necessary materials and directions to apply!40 Points/SemesterSign-Up Here UID:43238-12816439@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/43238 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jewish Family Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T164050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Faces of Engineers Abroad Scholarship Priority Application Deadline DESCRIPTION:Applications for the Faces of Engineers Abroad Scholarship priority application deadline are due tonight at midnight. \n\nFor more information: https://mcompass.umich.edu/?go=IPEfacesofengineersabroad UID:48748-11297808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Engineering,International,Internship,Scholarship,Scholarships,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 245 Chrysler CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180502T120011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Food Distribution with Community Action Network DESCRIPTION:Volunteers help distribute food from the truck\, \"shop\" with families\, and clean the community center afterward. Volunteers must complete volunteer application and brief online training. This is a large-scale food pantry in Ann Arbor that supplies food to hungry families. Join us and make a positive difference by helping families select the foods they need to bring back to their families.  Sign-Up Here UID:42456-12507646@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/42456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Bryant Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180225T180015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards Nominations DESCRIPTION:Are you a student leader? Have you been inspired by a student leader? Help recognize student contributions to campus and the world by nominating and attending the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards. Nominations can be submitted by students\, faculty\, and staff members\, now through Sunday\, February 25\, 2018. NOMINATE TODAY! For questions about the event please email bluecarpet@umich.edu.  UID:49718-11762517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:https://studentlife.umich.edu/article/nominate-student-leader CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180408T060016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Practice on Rowing Machines DESCRIPTION:Practices on rowing machines with the team.Time:Wednesdays:  7AM (~80 min)Fridays:         7AM (~80 min)Sundays:       9AM (~120 min) UID:50346-12237302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:IMSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T160950 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235900 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Teach Out Series: Democratic to Authoritarian Rule DESCRIPTION:This event is part of Michigan’s Teach-Out Series which provides just-in-time community learning opportunities for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community\, including faculty experts.\n\nHow does history help us understand today’s political climate?\n\nPolitical systems in many countries around the world have shifted from more democratic to more authoritarian tendencies. A deeper understanding and knowledge of this past can inform how we understand contemporary political changes.\n\nThis Teach-Out will bring together expert knowledge about democracies and the processes that erode democratic decision-making and structures. By examining historical and comparative patterns\, learners will gain a better understanding of contemporary politics.​\n\nGuest contributors include:\n\nSheri Berman (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nJuan Cole (University of Michigan)\n\nFatma Müge Göçek (University of Michigan)\n\nPauline Jones (University of Michigan)\n\nRobert Kaufman (Rutgers University)\n\nMaria Carmen Lemos (University of Michigan)\n\nMaria Victoria Murillo (Columbia University)\n\nBrian Porter-Szucs (University of Michigan)\n\nWhat you'll learn:\nMake better sense of political changes by thinking systematically about different kinds of impediments to democratic politics and decision making\nBecome familiar with steps through which political systems move toward greater authoritarian rule\nLearn frameworks to assess how contemporary changes relate to democratic vs. authoritarian tendencies\nInteract with others for greater critical appreciation of changing political structures and processes UID:49279-11406227@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,History,Lecture,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180413T000026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235959 SUMMARY:Other:UMix Winter 2018 DESCRIPTION:UMix Late Night attendance for winter 2018 UID:51525-12291328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/51525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170927T201723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Window Installation | Cosmogonic Tattoos DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the University’s Bicentennial in 2017\, artist and professor Jim Cogswell has been invited by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art to create a set of public window installations in response to the objects in their collections. Titled \"Cosmogonic Tattoos\,\" his project uses adhesive vinyl images applied in saturated colors to windows in the two buildings\, highlighting the role of these museums in the life of our campus community. Through close examination of objects separated from us by deep chronological and cultural divides\, imaginatively transformed within our campus context\, this project celebrates the power of architecture\, ornament\, and material objects to shape knowledge\, historical memory\, and cultural identity. UID:44018-9869338@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Art,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932355@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:South Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:North Quad CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932370@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Mary Markley Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Oxford Housing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T144420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Chocolate Week DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Valentine's Day\, all dining halls will be having chocolate week! Chocolate week is February 2nd through February 16th. All dining halls will be feature a variety of different chocolate related food selections throughout the week. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47493-10932390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:Martha Cook Residence CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171117T093156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\" DESCRIPTION:“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education\,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday\, through December 2019\, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry\, School of Dentistry\, 1011 N. University. The major new exhibit features artifacts\, photos and stories of student life in the 142 years that the U-M dental school has been educating dentists. Displays date to the late 1880s when “new technology” meant primitive gas lamps replaced window light\, which was the only light source for dental treatment when the school was founded in 1875. The exhibit showcases changes in students\, tools and technology from the school’s pioneering early days to its standing today as one of the top dental schools in the world. UID:46881-10667191@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dentistry,History,Science LOCATION:Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T140043 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism DESCRIPTION:This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health\, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves\, their children\, and their communities.\n\nOn display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March). \n\nThe exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History\, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells\, Mahal Stevens\, Jewel Drigo\, Kelly Kacan\, and Alyssa Erebor.\n\nFunding and support from the Department of History\, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, University Library\, Hatcher Gallery Team\, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History. UID:50081-11633574@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Medicine,Social Justice,Women's Studies LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T133905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Contemplate the Calm: Mixed Media DESCRIPTION:A Japanese native\, now living in Royal Oak\, Michigan\, Hiroko Lancour has become a full-time artist after retiring from her career in information technology. She is a mixed media artist with cross cultural aesthetics between East and West. Lancour often uses repetitive patterns and processes with natural materials such as paper and fiber. Her contemplative works transcend cultural differences to address common feelings among many people. UID:47148-10802044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Detroit Music Legends DESCRIPTION:As a community activist and artist in Detroit who focuses on neighborhood empowerment\, Nicole Macdonald makes large scale public paintings featuring city luminaries past and present on reclaimed materials. The Detroit Music Legend portraits are 6 x 8 foot\, the size of the windows where they will be installed in late 2018 on the Detroit Savings Bank Building\, designed by Albert Kahn at 6438 Woodward Avenue. A muralist\, collagist\, painter and tagger\, Macdonald co-founded City Sculpture\, a nonprofit Detroit art park\, is a board member of Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit\, and has exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Casco Gallery\, Netherlands. UID:47154-10802381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47154 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Art,Children,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,Music,Social Impact LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Distinctive American Art Tile DESCRIPTION:Motawi Tileworks was started in Ann Arbor\, Michigan 25 years ago by Nawal Motawi in a small garage. Today\, Motawi tiles are sold in over 300 locations nationwide\, including galleries and the shops in Detroit Institute of Arts and the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. Tiles are made from a porcelain hybrid clay\, a recipe unique to Motawi tiles. The raised lines on each tile require a hand glaze technique to pool the glaze between the lines. Motawi Tileworks has many themed collections\, some based on the work of fine artists such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charley Harper. You can also see 17 permanent Motawi art tile murals throughout Michigan Medicine. UID:47151-10802129@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T135516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents From Mud to Beauty: Ceramics DESCRIPTION:Jean-Marc Fontaine\, a French scientist and artist who earned his Ph.D. from University of Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris\, presents a unique set of ceramic works inspired from 10th-8th century BC to the present day. The style varies from simple\, traditional forms to elaborate\, one-of-a-kind creations. Featuring rustic antique surfaces\, warm colors and highly individualized textures\, his work also occasionally takes whimsical forms. He also plays the accordion. Fontaine is a research scientist at the U-M Medical School in biochemistry. UID:47153-10802297@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Classical Studies,Culture,European,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness,International LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171218T153927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Ink Portraits DESCRIPTION:Based out of Chelsea\, Michigan\, John Pappas believes that if you can imagine a fun idea making sense\, you should make it. He applies this to both his graphic design and fine art. With so much to see and ruminate on in life\, Pappas keeps his hands busy by putting pen to paper. This body of work consists of portraits drawn with ink on a variety of surfaces including paper\, basswood and aspen panels in an offbeat pen and ink style that leans heavily on pointillism and crosshatching. The subjects range from athletes to musicians to personal friends. UID:47155-10802465@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Athletics,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T140926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents My Playground: Assemblage Sculpture DESCRIPTION:Starting with watercolor\, Joan Painter-Jones’ work kept building out farther and farther until it became sculpture. Brought up in a household where money was tight\, she doesn’t like to waste anything and is captivated by old scraps of things with peeling paint and rusty metal – especially broken things that have a story to tell. She usually starts out with an interesting piece of wood and builds on it\, often painting on it and adding collage\, all while developing an emotional connection to it. Working in her quiet Milan\, Michigan backyard art loft “playground\,” she has no message to preach with her work\, just her own personal wish for peace and justice. UID:47156-10802549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T134925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Prairie Mantras: Paint & Vinyl on Aluminum DESCRIPTION:Desiree Warren’s current body of work is a journey using one shape (the orzo) to create a multitude of layers that evoke landscapes and organic assimilations. Growing up in the country in Kansas\, she had wide open spaces to explore\, as well as many of her family’s dilapidated farm buildings and overgrown pasture lands. At the University of Kansas\, she began working with street sign material and has continued to incorporate aluminum and vinyl in her work. Part of this series is included in the 2017 Women to Watch: Metals exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City\, Missouri\, where she lives and works. UID:47152-10802213@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47152 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Taubman Health Center South Lobby, Floor 1. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171129T141252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents The Desert Southwest: Photography DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Flint\, Michigan\, Daniel Sidoli has always had the creative itch. It led him to the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and a BA degree in Fine Arts. With this body of work\, his intent is to capture images that illustrate the unique landscape that erosion sculpts over time. His goal with photography is to be artistic yet convey truth. He wants the subject to inspire the audience and leave a lasting impression: to elicit an emotional response. Each image represents moments in time and of journeys traveled\, both figuratively and literally\, since he is involved in every step of the process as he sees each piece to completion. UID:47157-10802633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Children,Culture,Exhibition,Family,Free,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Cancer Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171214T122637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Life and Times of Lizzy Bennet DESCRIPTION:As the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death\, 2017 presents an opportunity to showcase not only significant early editions of Austen’s works held in the Special Collections Library\, but a much broader swath of materials revealing the historical milieu in which she and her characters lived.\n\nThe 1780s-1810s was a tumultuous time period in Britain with effects reaching to the present day\, and we are fortunate to be able to draw on a rich collection of sources that illustrate Austen’s historical moment\, from A Companion to the Ballroom and The Book of Common Prayer to An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species... and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.\n\nThe Library will be closed December 23 to January 1. UID:45823-10310453@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45823 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library,Literature LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T134222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): Guns and Pro-Social Behavior DESCRIPTION:Evidence from psychology shows that perceptions of our environment are influenced by the actions we can take in that environment\, and handgun access has been shown to increase the likelihood of perceiving others as possessing a handgun. Prof. Wozniak will discuss in-progress work that combines lab experimental approaches from economics and psychology to determine whether handgun access also influences higher order decision-making. The goal of this in-progress research is to determine whether randomized access to a realistic handgun object affects choices when subjects face real (financial) consequences. UID:49389-11453732@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T182509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017 DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects\, archival documents and images\, and other illustrative materials to examine moments in the history of the University of Michigan’s involvements in archaeology and the location of archaeology in the museum environment.\n\nCurators: Carla M. Sinopoli and Terry G. Wilfong\n\nVisit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/excavating-archaeology-bicentennial/ UID:44170-9889148@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/44170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Archaeology,Bicentennial,Exhibition,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171017T121354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Michigan University-Wide Sustainability & Environment Conference 2018 DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the MUSE Organizing Committee*\, you are cordially invited to participate in the 2018 Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference.\n\n- The annual flagship event of the MUSE Initiative\, the MUSE Conference provides a unique venue for sharing research\, building new connections\, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among all members of the University of Michigan community engaged in the broad range of sustainability and environment-related research. We welcome the involvement of U-M graduate students\, as well as University leadership\, faculty\, and research fellows from all disciplines\, including those in arts\, humanities\, engineering\, and natural and social sciences. The 2018 MUSE Conference will consist of interdisciplinary lectures by speakers including Susan Scotti Parrish\, author of The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History\, and Claire Vaye Watkins\, author of Gold Fame Citrus\, as well as panel discussions\, a poster session\, network-and skill-building workshops\, and a public keynote address and reception at Zingerman’s Greyline event space.\n\n- Participants will have opportunities to present both preliminary and final research findings. Thematic facilitated workshops will engage participants at all career stages in structured collaboration and discussion about emerging developments and debates in cross-cutting research topics.\n\n- Please consider participating in the 2018 MUSE Conference by submitting a short abstract. Abstracts on topics related to sustainability and environment may include (but are not limited to) human behavior\, environmental history\, policymaking and governance\, corporate social and environmental responsibility\, public health\, built environment and infrastructure\, land use\, energy\, water\, climate\, and ecosystems. Themed interdisciplinary sessions will be designed once abstracts have been reviewed by a selection committee. We encourage submissions to present either specific research outcomes or broader themes related to your research interests.\n\n- Both oral and poster presentation opportunities are available. Short-form oral presentations may be used to share preliminary results or brief research summaries\, while longer presentations allow for more depth. When submitting an abstract\, you may also opt-in to facilitate a workshop discussion and/or be considered for a brief Up-goer 5-style presentation at the public reception (explaining your research using the “ten hundred” most-used English words).\n\n- The deadline for abstract submission is Thursday\, November 9. Please see link for abstract registration. For more information\, please go to our conference website:\nhttp://muse-initiative.umich.edu/conference/. UID:45858-10321737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45858 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Environment,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Sustainability,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T161608 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era DESCRIPTION:Pre-Fab/Post-Fab: Art in a Readymade Era showcases the works of Heidi Barlow\, Shaina Kasztelan\, and Bailey Scieszka\, three young women artists based in Detroit\, MI. Their work\, although varying in style and form\, speaks to a generation growing up with the influence of mass consumption\, internet shopping\, the glut of plastic toys\, fake jewels\, and tchotchkes. Whereas artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s reached first for paint tubes and canvas\, these artists use inexpensive and lowbrow materials to twist the signifiers of pop culture\, as they relate to gender politics and American ideals. It’s a balancing act between the icing and the cake\, surface and substance. \n\nBarlow’s confection-like constructs are unsettling\, much like an empty float or matted-hair Barbie in a backyard pool. Although enticing\, they allude to something lost in the translation\, some sweetness\, or idealism gone missing\, along with what once mattered. Yet\, the work isn’t cynical\, but embraces transition instead. We’ve hardened a little in the process\, much like the stiff and sugary piping Barlow often incorporates in her works. And maybe that’s a good thing. \n\nIf Barlow’s aesthetic leans towards Stepford Wives gone awry and the guilty pleasure of eBay\, Shaina Kasztelan offers us psychedelic Middle America. Her assemblages are disorienting\, vertigo-inducing. Technicolor sculptures conjure up hallucinations of the mall\, or spinning carnival rides that last too long. Kasztelan’s work is sinister\, even a little menacing. As viewers we are leery.\n\nFinally\, Bailey Scieszka takes this subversive garish ethos full tilt and invents her own world\, literally morphing into her own creation. Scieszka’s alter-ego Old Put\, a demonic shape-shifting clown\, becomes the artist/protagonist and creates work in performance\, video and drawing. Old Put collects pop culture references like artifacts of a lost civilization\, and seems as likely to commit a murder as bake a cake. \n\nFor Barlow\, Kasztelan and Scieszka\, outdated paradigms about class\, good taste\, and femininity are just temporal flashes in the pan. And it’s their party. UID:47322-10866226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47322 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180301T063013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T113000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Give 'Em What They Want: Career Competencies all Employers are Looking for and How to Get Them DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/120520\n\nThis program is closed for only PSYCH 120: Emerging Adulthood:\n\nGive ‘Em What They Want: Career Competencies all Employers are Looking For and How to Get them\n\nMost employers are looking for recent graduates that have these 8 career competencies. The hardest part is knowing what they are looking for an how to gain competence and skills in those areas. Join us as weexplore what the competencies are\, how to talk about your areas of strength\, and how to build up your areas of growth!\n\nYou should request thisworkshop if you:\nAren’t sure what skills and experiences you should begetting\nWant to learn how to give an elevator pitch\nWant to build up your strengths and develop ways to gain skills/experiences\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students.You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button. UID:49013-11345063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Hall, Room 3021, East Hall, 530 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T210750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T113000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:The ‘CSI Effect’ DESCRIPTION:Prosecutors claim that jurors who watch shows like “CSI” on television are “wrongfully” acquitting guilty criminals when they don’t see the kind of forensic science evidence that they see on TV. The media has labeled this the “CSI Effect”. But is it true? \n\nThis class for those 50 and over discusses empirical research into real juror expectations and demands for scientific evidence\, whether it might better be called the “tech effect”\, and how the criminal justice system needs to adjust to these modern jurors.\n\nThis study group will meet for 90 minutes and will be led by Donald Shelton\, who directs the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program at UM-Dearborn. UID:47661-10973737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Law,Lecture,Lifelong Learning,Retirement,Social Justice LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection DESCRIPTION:\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015). Curated by Kelly in 2014\, the exhibition speaks to his admiration for Matisse\, as well as to the centrality of drawing in both artists’ practices. To accompany the forty-five rarely exhibited works by Matisse made in the first half of the 20th century\, which reveal his process and range of creativity as a draftsman\, Kelly selected nine of his own lithographic drawings that derive from his time in France during the 1960s\, when the American artist studied Matisse’s sketches and studies of nature and human figures. Together\, the works by Matisse and Kelly form a thought-provoking\, visually striking artistic dialogue\, allowing viewers to experience one artist through the eyes of another and to immerse themselves in the pleasures of close looking.\n \n\"Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection\" is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum in collaboration with The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.\n\nThis exhibition was made possible by the generous support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Additional support provided by the JFM Foundation and Mrs. Donald M. Cox.\n\nLead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, Michigan Medicine\, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund\, and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the Department of the History of Art. UID:46544-10546903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180116T132347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:New at UMMA: Paul Rand DESCRIPTION:Throughout the second half of the twentieth century\, pioneering art director and graphic designer Paul Rand (1914–1996) was celebrated for crafting the brand identities of such American corporate icons as ABC\, IBM\, UPS\, and Westinghouse. Rand considered the designer’s task to be the symbolic communication of a company’s character. This recent acquisition presentation features the poster Rand created as part of IBM’s THINK promotional campaign. The design is a rebus\, or visual puzzle\, wherein Rand cleverly transforms the letters of IBM’s logo into pictures. The whimsical use of symbols encourages viewers to interpret—or think—in order to comprehend the company’s intended message that it values “insight\,” “industriousness\,” and “motivation.” The poster is part of a larger recent gift of archival Paul Rand objects donated to UMMA by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo—professor in the U-M Stamps School of Art and Design and published scholar on Paul Rand—and Maria Phillips.\n\nThis work was recently gifted to UMMA by Maria Phillips and Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. UID:46548-10547137@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46548 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T142603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter DESCRIPTION:Australian artist Patricia Piccinini’s strange\, hyperreal yet sentimental sculptures are often rooted in her speculative visualizations of future species—beings transformed by\, or even created by\, developments in genetic engineering and technology. On view at UMMA\, \"The Comforter\" presents the likeness of a young girl whose appearance suggests a rare genetic condition causing excessive hair across her face and body. In her lap she tenderly cradles an udder-shaped\, eyeless creature—a possible reference to current experiments in genetically altered milk-producing animals. The encounter staged by the sculpture\, though curious and unexplained\, appears to be one of innocence and intimacy\, and suggests the potential for emotional connection between a diversity of beings. This theme is a common one for Piccinini\, whose work incorporates (often obliquely) ideas and questions about the ethical implications of scientific progress and the conflicts in our culture between the natural and the man-made.\n\nLead support for \"Patricia Piccinini: The Comforter\" is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. UID:46549-10547258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46549 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T000104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Suzy Lake DESCRIPTION:Suzy Lake was born and raised in Detroit. Following the social and political unrest of the 1960’s Lake emigrated to Montreal in 1968\, where she was among the first female artists in the nation to adopt performance\, video\, and photography to explore the politics of gender\, the body\, and identity. In this exhibition\, Lake returns to her childhood neighborhood and various locations central to her family history to explore the cycles of urban development and decay in working class Detroit\, as well as her experience with ageism.\n\nExhibition Dates: January 19 - February 25\nHours: Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Sunday\, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm\; Thursday and Friday\, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays.\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, January 19\, 2018\, 6 - 8 pm\nArtist Talk & Conversation: Saturday\, January 20\, 2018\, 3 - 5 pm\n\nStamps Gallery\n201 S. Division Street\, Ann Arbor MI 48104 UID:47736-11004711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171106T140510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece DESCRIPTION:Since the 1980s\, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as scrap metal\, garbage\, taxidermy\, and sex toys. When light is directed at these assemblages\, they project shadows that are exceptionally accurate and intricate representations of other things entirely.\n\n\"The Masterpiece\" (2014) is a shadow self-portrait of the artists created from metal casts of dead vermin they collected and welded together into a ball. From afar the casts appear to be a stunning abstract silver sculpture\; on closer inspection the disturbing menagerie of creatures emerges\, only to change form again—as a shadow on the wall—into a precise and elegant image that is astonishingly different from the objects that create it.\n\nLead support for \"Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece\" is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment\, the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund\, and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the Richard and Janet Miller Fund. UID:46545-10546982@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46545 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Media,Museum,UMMA,Visual Arts LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T140454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" celebrates the remarkable life\, vision\, and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D.\, Ruth Gruber died in November of 2016 at the age of 105. The photographs in this exhibition span more than 50 years\, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947\, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints\, never before exhibited\, will be presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. \n\nThe Opening Reception will take place on Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018\, at 6:00pm.\n\n\"Ruth Gruber\, Photojournalist\" is organized by the International Center of Photography and was made possible by Friends of Ruth Gruber. The exhibition is also co-sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost.\n\nPhoto: Unidentified Photographer\; Ruth Gruber\, Alaska\, 1941-43 UID:47419-10898822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Art,Exhibition,Graduate School,Museum,Photography,Rackham,Reception,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180124T084857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session for Study/Research DESCRIPTION:U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will detail specific components of the Fulbright application and provide helpful tips on how to design your application. UID:49214-11395007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49214 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fulbright,Funding,International LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 447 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T081916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HET Brown Bag Series | The Quest for New Physics: From Atomic Physics to the LHC DESCRIPTION:The Standard Model of particle physics well describes a vast number of observables up to the TeV scale. However\, it cannot be a complete description of Nature as it cannot explain various experimental observations. For example\, it lacks a viable dark matter candidate and can neither explain the observed matter/antimatter asymmetry of our Universe nor neutrino oscillations. Thus\, physics beyond the Standard Model is well motivated. In this seminar\, we explore different methods to probe new physics at multiple energy scales\, from high energy colliders\, such as the LHC\, to precision low energy experiments. In particular\, we focus on searches for new force carriers at the LHCb experiment and in precision atomic spectroscopy. We show that the inclusive search for dark photons at the LHCb experiment already probes new parameter space and can be easily interpreted for a large variety of new physics models. On the precision frontier\, we explore the potential of isotope shift spectroscopy to probe new long range force carriers. UID:49947-11608279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49947 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T123000 SUMMARY:Other:Live Robotic Border Crossers Performances DESCRIPTION:Join us as students from the Border Crossers project launch the robotic border crossers--transported via a student-made autonomous vehicle--at three campus locations.\n\nDuring winter semester 2018\, students across campus—from LSA\, Engineering\, Art and Design\, and Information—will work with visiting artist Chico MacMurtrie planning\, building\, and launching a 40-foot robotic sculpture that poetically explores the notion of borders and boundary conditions. \n\nMacMurtrie’s artist residency and interdisciplinary project\, \"Border Crossers\,\" led by the Institute for the Humanities\, encourages investigation of borders as constructed entities\, both embodying a simple curiosity to see what lies on the other side of a border (national\, architectural\, environmental\, etc.) and expression of a utopian desire to live in a world without borders.\n\nThe project symbolizes the humanities in action\, and the empowerment that can be achieved through working together\, overcoming obstacles and divides\, and discovering creative solutions.\n\nChico MacMurtrie is an award winning artist\, renowned internationally for his large-scale robotic sculpture\, whose work combines materiality and robotics\, the visceral and conceptual. MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works\, an interdisciplinary creative collective located in Brooklyn\, NY. \n\nVisiting artist Chico MacMurtrie's residency and project are sponsored by the U-M Institute for the Humanities in collaboration with U-M Museum of Art\, Michigan Robotics\, Michigan Engineering\, School of Information\, Penny Stamps Speaker Series\, Stamps School of Art and Design\, and ArtsEngin.\n\n\nBorder Crossers Events\nBorder Crossers installation\nFeb 16-March 23 2018\nInstitute for the Humanities Gallery\, 202 S. Thayer\nGallery Hours: M-F 9am-5pm\nLive Robotic Border Crossers performances\nFeb 14\, North Campus\, Engineering Grounds\, time TBA\nFeb 16\, In front of UMMA\, 525 S. State\, 4:30pm\nFeb 16\, Ingalls Mall\, 6:30pm\nSpecial Penny W. Stamps Lecture by Chico MacMurtrie & Artist Reception\nFeb 16\, U-M Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Aud (lecture)\, 5:30pm\, followed by reception at Institute for the Humanities at 6:30pm UID:48986-11342276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,immigration,Science,Art,ArtsEngine LOCATION:The Grove CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T123013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Medieval Lunch. Medieval/Africa: Past and Potential DESCRIPTION:Professor Jeppie will ask and explore: What are the possibilities of bringing common questions— common to European and African history— into a comparative discussion? Was there a medieval Africa\, in the first place? UID:48863-11320058@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Interdisciplinary,Research LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T121150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Social Brown Bag-Do Votes Speak Louder than Motives? Moral Judgments and Tolerance in the 2016 Presidential Election DESCRIPTION:. UID:49973-11611104@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49973 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium LOCATION:East Hall - 4464 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180201T095705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Symposium DESCRIPTION:A diverse community of presenters representing students\, faculty\, industry professionals\, software developers and hardware manufacturers will be sharing their expertise\, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this week long exploration of the creative process\, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!\n\nThe first annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center\, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation\, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Media & Studio Arts Suite\, showcasing the latest in Video\, Audio\, Interactive and Projection Technology. UID:49609-11484687@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49609 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Concert,Dance,Film,Music,symposium,Theater,Visual Arts,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Video Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20191209T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:German Lab DESCRIPTION:The German Lab is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 every week. It's in Alcove B in the LRC (which is on the ground level of North Quad\, Room 1500). You can go to the German Lab anytime for any kind of help (except we can't proofread your essays for you): if you need help with homework or a test review sheet (we can proofread your test essays for German 101-103)\, if you need grammar topics explained or reviewed or need more practice\, if you just want to speak some German for fun and/or for your AMD etc. If you have time in the afternoons from 1-4 you could do your homework in the LRC - it's a great facility! Then if you get stuck on something\, you can just stop by the German Lab alcove so we can get you unstuck. Mehr Info: https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/miscellaneous/deutschlabor/ UID:48604-11254345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the LRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180115T144011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Between Past and Future: Wang Qingsong 1999-2006 DESCRIPTION:Curated by ZHANG Fang\, this art exhibition will include six of WANG Qingsong’s representative photo works that depict the traumatic transformations that have taken place inside China. These photographs are inspired by China’s drive for globalization over the last few decades. \n\nPlease join us for the reception and Meet the Artist at 4 pm\, January 24 at the Willis Ward Art Lounge. \n\nAbout WANG Qingsong\n\nAn artist\, educator\, and curator\, WANG Qingsong represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who have exerted a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art practices. Wang’s large format photographic film works have been exhibited around the world at major museums\, art centers\, and galleries\, playing a pivotal role in expanding the international art market for Chinese visual arts.\n\nFormally trained as a painter\, WANG Qingsong now works more like a film director who gathers dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of participants to produce improvisatory works that comment on consumerism\, urbanization and social change. In 2014\, Wang worked with University of Michigan faculty and students to create a large scale installation-photography work\, one that has students perched along a thin stairway spanning the diagonal of a massive chalkboard\, on which names of the top 500 institutions of higher education were written.\n\nIn winter 2018\, Wang Qingsong will stage a new work that would stimulate comparative study of urban renewal efforts in China and the U.S. The work will feature photographic/film images of Detroit’s historical Chinatown and industrial-warehouses areas which have undergone urban renewal since the 1960s.\n\n*Image: The Glory of Hope\, 240x180cm\, 2007\, courtesy of the artist Wang Qingsong UID:48737-11297789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Chinese Studies,Exhibition LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180130T094139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T153000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Lost and Found in the Digital DESCRIPTION:As the number of digital humanities approaches continues to grow\, libraries and other institutions must increasingly grapple with how to catalog\, preserve\, and present digital work\, which means engaging big\, time-critical conversations about standards and possibilities in the face of constant technological emergence. In this presentation\, however\, I will be asking us to think about the smallness of individuals\, namely the interplay between the ephemeral and the institutional that has become increasingly recognizable as foundational to many scholars' intellectual growth. As the digital increasingly becomes part of the terrain\, what will count as a scholarly legacy? What have digital affordances fundamentally changed about our potential relationships to the scholarly industrial complex? What has been lost? Who has been found? And how do these considerations fit into a larger conversation about digital preservation?\n\nMarisa Parham is Professor of English at Amherst College\, and directs the Immersive Reality Lab for the Humanities\, which is a workgroup for digital and experimental humanities. She also serves as a faculty diversity and inclusion officer. Her current teaching and research projects focus on texts and technologies that problematize assumptions about time\, space\, and bodily materiality. She is particularly interested in how such terms share a history of increasing complexity in texts produced by African Americans\, and how they also offer ways of thinking about intersectional approaches to digital humanities and technology studies.\n\nMarisa Parham holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University\, and is the author of Haunting and Displacement in African-American Literature and Culture\, The African-American Student’s Guide to College\, and is co-editor of Theorizing Glissant: Sites and Citations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities\, and formerly served on the founding Board of Directors for the Amherst Cinema Arts Center. She is also a former director of the Five College Digital Humanities Initiative\, serving Amherst\, Hampshire\, Mt. Holyoke\, and Smith Colleges\, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. UID:49454-11462132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49454 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,Language,Library,Sociology,Technical Communications LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180207T123252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lost and Found in the Digital DESCRIPTION:As the number of digital humanities approaches continues to grow\, libraries and other institutions must increasingly grapple with how to catalog\, preserve\, and present digital work\, which means engaging big\, time-critical conversations about standards and possibilities in the face of constant technological emergence. In this presentation\, however\, Marisa Parham\, Professor of English at Amherst College\, asks us to think about the smallness of individuals\, namely the interplay between the ephemeral and the institutional that has become increasingly recognizable as foundational to many scholars' intellectual growth.\n\nAs the digital increasingly becomes part of the terrain\, what will count as a scholarly legacy? What have digital affordances fundamentally changed about our potential relationships to the scholarly industrial complex? What has been lost? Who has been found? And how do these considerations fit into a larger conversation about digital preservation?\n\nEmergent Research events are aimed at better understanding the various types of research undertaken across campus\, particularly as they relate to library services and support\, opportunities for collaboration\, data management and preservation\, and beyond. UID:49482-11464934@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49482 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Library,Research LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180104T141330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-February 23\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Michigan in Washington application deadline for Fall 2018 and early admission Winter 2019 cohorts. All colleges and majors welcome. Scholarship funding available. UID:48123-11180708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,Applications,Career,Deadlines,Internship,Majors,Networking,Professional Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180301T123013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:If you are in Handshake\, Click \"Join event\" to RSVP* Not in Handshake? Click here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/114920\n\nAlready thinking about what you want to do this summer? Do you have some ideas about your dream internship experience? Do you have no idea what you're doing? That's OK. \n\nCome check out the Internship Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour. So\, come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to dream of\, search for\, and find a great summer experience!\n\nChatwith folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\, the University Career Alumni Network and to learn about other tools you can useto build a great job/internship search strategy.\n\nNote: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. If you'dlike to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/114920\n\nNote: This event’s information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to umich.joinhandshake.com\, locate the event\, and then click the 'Join Event’ button.\n UID:48276-11194134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180209T121340 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME 500 Seminar: Alex Cartagena-Rivera\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:This event is occurring at a different time and place than the other BME seminars in the series. Please note that Alex Cartagena-Rivera will be speaking on Wednesday\, February 14 at 3:30 pm in LBME 1123.\n\n \nAlexander X. Cartagena-Rivera\nBME Faculty Candidate and Guest Speaker\nNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders\nNational Institutes of Health\n \n “Cellular and Tissue Mechanical Regulation – Towards an Understanding of Self-Organization in Mechanobiology”\n \nAbstract:\nDetermination of critical physical parameters of complex biological systems is key for understanding the relationships between molecular structure\, biophysical properties\, and biological function of cells and tissues. Recently\, I developed novel minimally invasive atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods for the quantitative determination of relevant mechanical properties of the (i) actomyosin cortex of nonadherent cells\, (ii) apical surface and apico-lateral junctional complexes of polarized epithelia\, and (iii) sensory stereociliary bundles in the inner ear.\n \nThe cortical actin cytoskeleton lies just beneath the plasma membrane defining cell shape and mechanical properties\, and thus plays a key role in cellular processes such as migration and morphogenesis\, and contributes to the macroscale mechanics of tissues. I developed an AFM method for using an AFM with tipless cantilevers to determine actomyosin cortical tension\, elastic modulus\, and intracellular pressure of human fibroblast and melanoma nonadherent cells. I applied this new method to determine changes in cortical actin molecular dynamics after treatment with drugs and administration of siRNAs targeting the actomyosin cytoskeleton. The results suggested that myosin II activity\, actin polymerization\, and actin branching all contribute to cortex tension and intracellular pressure\, whereas the cortical elastic modulus is more dependent on myosin II activity. Subsequently\, I developed a novel noncontact AFM method to measure the apical surface tension\, fluidity\, and intercellular adhesive forces in polarized epithelia. This study demonstrated dramatic changes in epithelial mechanics of the adherent junctional complex after depletion of the tight junction proteins zonula occludens 1 and 2. Lastly\, I extended the noncontact AFM method to determine the elastic stiffness and viscous damping of stereocilia bundles in the inner ear sensory cells. The results suggested that deletion of the horizontal top connectors in the outer hair cells dramatically reduces the bundle mechanics\, which correlates with other studies showing that absence of top connectors eliminates bundle cohesion and the waveform distortion products.\nAltogether\, these novel noninvasive AFM methods\, designed to measure cell and monolayer mechanical properties are easily and generally applicable to a large variety of cell based experiments and should dramatically improve our understanding of how changes in mechanical properties are associated with critical cellular processes\, development\, and disease progression. UID:48973-11339499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48973 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Lecture LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering - 1123 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180213T094241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | Active Space Experiments with Relativistic Electron Accelerators DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will discuss new space applications that are enabled by the recent development of compact\, relativistic electron accelerators. First\, I will describe a mission concept\, called CONNection EXplorer (CONNEX)\, to connect magnetospheric physical processes to auroral phenomena. CONNEX is based on an electron beam fired from a magnetospheric spacecraft along magnetic field lines and optically imaging the beam spot in the ionosphere. The mitigation steps undertaken for the successful development of CONNEX will be discussed\, with a particular focus on a scheme for mitigating critical issues of spacecraft charging induced by the electron beam. Second\, I will discuss application of relativistic electron beams for radiation belt remediation. In this context\, electron beams can excite plasma waves that can be exploited via wave-particle interaction to reduce hazardous fluxes of energetic particles to safer levels. I will also touch upon innovative numerical tools being used in support of these activities.\n\nGian Luca Delzanno obtained his MS in Nuclear Engr. (1999) and PhD in Plasma Physics (2003) from Politecnico di Torino (PT) in Italy. After a postdoctoral position with the Burning Plasma Research Group at PT\, in 2005 he moved to the T-5 Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory\, initially as a postdoctoral associate and later as a technical staff member. His research interests are in theoretical and computational plasma physics. His work addresses development of numerical methods for multi-scale plasma physics simulations with application to space-physics. The latter include the SHIELDS project to develop global space-weather models of the near-Earth environment including substorm physics\, the CONNEX project to study magnetosphere-ionosphere-coupling with relativistic electron beams\, and wave-particle-interaction physics.\n\nThe seminar will be web-simulcast. To view the simulcast\, please follow this link:\nhttps://mipse.my.webex.com/mipse.my/j.php?MTID=m9d97f09524b28e13c926e7d3449138ed.\nPassword: MIPSE\nMeeting number/Access code: 621 027 707\nAudio connection through phone: +1-510-338-9438 UID:48783-11306113@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Plasma,Space LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1005 EECS CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T110111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ASP Lecture | Modern Armenian Historiography: Suggestions for Periodization DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sanjian will analyze the development of Armenian historiography\, i.e. the study of the methods of Armenian historians from the Middle Ages to the present\, together with the changing interpretations of key events in the Armenian past recorded in the works of their predecessors. He will suggest a tentative periodization\, emphasizing the medieval period (5th-18th cc. C.E.) and the successive periods of the influence of Father Mikayel Chamchian in the late early modern era (late 18th-mid-19th cc.)\, historism (late 19th c.-1920)\, and Soviet Marxism (1920-1991)\, culminating in the present era of post-Soviet independence (from 1991). \n \nDr. Ara Sanjian is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan\, Dearborn. He received his master’s degree in history from Yerevan State University (1991) and his PhD from the University of London (1996). From 1996 to 2005 he taught at Haigazian University in Beirut and was the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at California State University\, Fresno in 2003. His research interests focus on the post-World War I history of Armenia\, Turkey and the Arab states of Western Asia. UID:46854-10656089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/46854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Armenia,Armenian Studies,History,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180212T095807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquia | Comb-Based Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:49956-11608293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:West Hall - 411 (Please Note Room Change) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T181656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Comb-based Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy DESCRIPTION:Over the last 20 years\, there have been two seemingly disconnected developments in optical spectroscopy: frequency combs and multidimensional coherent spectroscopy. Frequency combs revolutionized optical frequency metrology and enabled optical atomic clocks while multidimensional coherent spectroscopy became a powerful tool for studying dynamics on ultrafast time scales in atomic\, molecular and solid-state systems. Inspired by a method known as \"dual comb spectroscopy\"\, we have recently combined these two developments by demonstrating comb-based multidimensional coherent spectroscopy\, which leverages the best aspects of both.\n UID:49901-11569059@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49901 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180131T093004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:II Round Table. The Future of International Justice: Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal DESCRIPTION:II Round Tables promote informed discussion on current world events and issues. This round table will examine the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the future of international prosecution of severe human rights violations. Established in 1993 by the United Nations Security Council\, ICTY was the first international court to prosecute war crimes since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. With 161 indictments in 24 years\, including notable political and military leaders\, the ICTY boasts substantial accomplishments\, and its impact extends beyond legal and political domains to the realm of psychological and sexual violence. As its official activities draw to a close\, what are the lasting legacies of the ICTY\, and how have subsequent international justice efforts been influenced? \n\nThe panel of four experts have direct experience in the ICTY and/or other international justice approaches. They will discuss their own experiences at the international courts and the future of international justice.\n\nModerator:\nSusan Waltz\nGerald R. Ford School of Public Policy\, African Studies Center\, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies\, Donia Human Rights Center\, Program in International & Comparative Studies\n\nOrganizer: Kiyoteru Tsutsui \nDonia Human Rights Center\n\nPanel:\nJohn Ciorciari\nDirector of the International Policy Center\nCenter for Middle Eastern & North African Studies\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies\, Donia Human Rights Center\, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies\, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies\n\nRobert Donia\nCenter for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies\n\nDermot Groome\nPenn State University\, Dickinson Law\n\nSteven Ratner\nBruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law\, Michigan Law\nCenter for South Asian Studies\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies\, Donia Human Rights Center UID:49151-11383817@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,European,Human Right,International,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T181554 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T173000 SUMMARY:Other:Perovskite – a Wonder for Photovoltaic & Optoelectronic Applications DESCRIPTION: A new type of perovskite\, a hybrid material with both organic and inorganic components\, has appeared to be a wonder for its excellent optical absorption\, long range charge-carrier diffusion and apparent tolerance to defects. In the last few years\, it has been emerged as a primary candidate material for various photovoltaic\, optoelectronic and photoelectronic applications. In just a few years\, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the perovskite solar cells has been improved from 3.8% to >22%. Moreover\, the solar cell fabrication processes based on the planar architecture have been particularly enthusiastic thanks to their low temperature fabrication and compatibility with a range of substrates. Comparing solution deposition and vacuum deposition\, the vacuum processes for thermal co-deposition and sequential deposition of PbCl2 and CH3NH3I materials are recognized as efficient means to prepare perovskite film with good uniformity and high surface coverage. \nA vacuum deposition process has been developed to fabricate high efficiency perovskite solar cells with high stability using alternating layer-by-layer vacuum deposition. The new deposition process allows us to relax the strict deposition monitoring and control measures\, while realizing superior uniformity in film morphology\, surface coverage and smoothness\, together with crystalline phase purity. More importantly\, we have developed a superior low temperature TiO2 coating and transferred the cell fabrication process onto lightweight flexible polymeric substrate. Our current status for the rigid thin film cell efficiency is 22% and that for the flexible device over 18.3%\, both are the highest for their respective category. Meanwhile\, the devices show very good stability over long term exposure in ambient with very low degradation. After a representative cell was exposed in ambient lab condition for a year\, its final cell efficiency is as high as over 95% of its initial efficiency with its degradation accounts for only smaller than 5%. Further analysis on the stability of the perovskite solar cells will be discussed.\nWe have also developed a series of single-crystalline perovskites with superior stability and optoelectronic performance.\n\nReferences： \n[1] D. Yang\, R. Yang\, X. Ren\, X. Zhu\, Z. Yang\, C. Li\, S. Liu*\, Advanced Materials\, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600446.\n[2] D. Yang\, R. Yang\, J. Zhang\, Z. Yang\, S. Liu\, C. Li\, Energy Environ. Sci. 2015\, 8\, 3208.\n[3] D. Yang\, Z. Yang\, W. Qin\, Y. Zhang\, S. Liu\, C. Li\, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015\, 3\, 9401. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nShengzhong (Frank) Liu (Shaanxi Normal University and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics) UID:41621-9391284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/41621 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 Chemistry CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180123T172006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T180000 SUMMARY:Other:ITiMS application due\, March 1! DESCRIPTION:* Funding for dissertation research\, trainings and travel.\n* Support equivalent to a GSRA (tuition\, stipend\, & insurance) for up to 2 years.\n\nITiMS mission is to train outstanding interdisciplinary researchers who will discover the principles underlying the structure and functions of microbial communities and apply these principles to understand and alleviate important problems affecting human health and the environment.\n\nRequirements:\n1) Two mentors (one with laboratory and the other with population-based or mathematical modeling expertise)\n2) Completion of individualized interdisciplinary training program including didactic and practical training in population studies\; laboratory techniques\; statistics/bioinformatics\; and mathematical modeling\n3) Dissertation research incorporates laboratory and population approaches\n4) Completion of full PhD requirements in home department \n\nStudents can self-nominate or faculty can nominate incoming or current graduate students for ITiMS support.\nProposed mentors - one with expertise in the laboratory sciences\, the other with expertise in population studies or mathematical modeling - must write a letter of support agreeing to mentor the applicant should funding be awarded.\n\nDirectors: Betsy Foxman (bfoxman@umich.edu)\; Thomas Schmidt (schmidti@umich.edu)\nVisit our website for more on How to Apply! UID:49197-11386656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Deadlines,Dissertation,Ecology,Environment,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Mathematics,Medicine,Multidisciplinary Design,Pre Med,Public Health,Research,Scholarship,Scholarships,Science LOCATION:Public Health II CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171211T145752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Valentine's Day Dinner DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Valentine's Day at East Quad. They will be having a special Valentine's Day Dinner featuring chocolate fondue. Meal plan\, Blue Bucks\, or individual meal purchase required. UID:47498-10932398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180215T114923 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T181500 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:Schokoladenstunde (with games!): Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and Wednesdays 5:15-6:15\, in the Language Resource Center in North Quad.\n\nSchokoladenstunde will take place in the comfy seating area between the two computer classrooms in the Language Resource Center. There will be some German chocolate there :) All German students at all levels are welcome to come and chat and play games in German (e.g. Tabu etc.). Schokoladenstunde will be facilitated on Tuesdays by Mary Gell\, and on Wednesdays by Silvia Grzeskowiak. UID:50109-11642082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/50109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Language,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:North Quad - Alcove B in the Language Resource Center (ground level of North Quad, Room 1500) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180117T135014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Stepping Up Your Internship Search DESCRIPTION:Take your internship search to the next level with tips and feedback from our talented Hub staff. UID:48878-11320045@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48878 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Internship,Undergraduate LOCATION:LSA Building - 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T180028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explore CCI! Recruitment and Retention Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to recruit and retain members who will help grow your org's vision and mission!  \n\nLocation: Union\, Pond ABC (First Floor)\nTime: 6pm - 8pm\n\n*For accommodations\, please email uminvolvement@umich.edu. UID:49224-11397785@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union, Pond ABC (First Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180129T095301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Recruitment & Retention Workshop DESCRIPTION:Workshop: Recruitment and Retention\nLearn how to recruit and retain members who will help grow your org's vision and mission.\nLocation: Union\, Pond ABC\nTime: 6pm - 8pm\n\nRegister here: https://maizepages.umich.edu/event/1790926 UID:49373-11450946@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49373 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Professional Development,Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Rooms (First Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171219T084512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T203000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Magic or Miracle? How this Question Divided Ancient Jews and Christians DESCRIPTION:West Bloomfield Lecture Series: Jews and Judaism in Antiquity\n\nResearch into the “parting of the ways” between ancient Jews and Christians typically focuses on the ideological borders constructed by ancient authors. However\, these writings obscure the experience of non-elites\, for whom the exigencies of daily life – such as the health of one’s family – may have overshadowed rhetorical concerns. Rabbinic and patristic authors used rituals intended to preserve or restore health as a means of distinguishing Jews and Christians\, reflecting a common belief that ritual cures were miracles if they took place within one’s own community and magic if they took place outside it. Nevertheless\, Roman and late antique evidence from Israel suggests that non-elites were undeterred by this rhetoric and were willing to experiment with seemingly beneficial rituals\, such as the use of amulets\, even if they were similar to ones popular among foreign religious or cultural groups.\n\nPhoto Credit: Walters Art Museum [Public domain\, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]\, via Wikimedia Commons UID:47149-10801984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/47149 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Jewish Studies,Lecture LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T121539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Faculty Recital: Stephen Shipps\, violin and Martin Katz\, piano DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from 2/9.\n\nPROGRAM: Pasquali- Ysaÿe Sonata\; Ysaÿe- Poème Elegiaque\, Reve d’Enfant\; Chopin- Ysaÿe Waltz\; Bloch- Baal Shem Suite\; Chausson- Poème UID:49919-11577476@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180119T131200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:My Folky Valentine DESCRIPTION:This annual lovefest hosted by Annie & Rod Capps ( http://annieandrodcapps.com )\, features good friends who are couples that also happen to make beautiful music together. Over the years (13 to be exact) Annie & Rod have invited couples from all over the country to share the stage with them. This year\, they’re bringing back two of the original couples from one of the earliest My Folky Valentine concerts\; Jan Krist (http://jankrist.net) & drummer/husband\, Alan Finkbeiner and Allison Downey (http://allisondowney.com) & bassist/husband\, John Austin. Along with Annie & Rod\, this trio of duos just happen to boast the makings of one kick-ass band! They’ll swap song leaders backed by the sounds of guitars\, viola\, banjo and ukulele all in front of a powerhouse rhythm section.\n\nWill there be love songs? Sure. But this concert is not just for couples… It’s a night of top notch songwriting and musicianship that just happens to be made by people in love! UID:45369-10164274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45369 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:The Ark LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180214T180019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180214T220000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Mswing Open Swing DESCRIPTION:We play mostly current music\, but its a mix of everything you could potentially swing dance. We teach hustle which is a type of swing dance. So beginners are always welcome. As are people who want to learn aerials and flips. We are a group of people who just like to dance. Come and join. :) UID:48190-11185902@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/48190 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR