Careers / Jobs:2021 Firm Risk Management Expo Series
2021-01-21 00:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit)
Morgan Stanley’s Firm Risk Management division invites Black, Hispanic and Native American sophomores from all majors to apply to our2021 Firm Risk Management Expo Series.

The 2021 Expo Series encompasses three separate events where participants will have the opportunity to learn about the different areas of Firm Risk Management, participate in case studies and network with the Firm Risk Management Representatives. We will also provide next steps for applying to our 2022 Summer Analyst Program.

This event will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays in February (sessions will be hosted in the afternoon - times to be confirmed).

Participants must be able to attend all three sessions. Participation islimited and selected candidates will be notified directly. If you are ineligible for our February Expo Series based on the criteria above, your application will be considered for the Expo Series in March.

ApplicationDeadline: January 26, 2021

Please apply using the Meeting Link above or at https://morganstanley.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/candidate/postings/7221.

Livestream / Virtual:Call for Applications - Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics
2021-01-21 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-22 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-23 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-24 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-25 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-26 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-27 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
The 2021 University of Michigan Big Data Summer Institute in Biostatistics, a SIBS program, will be an eight-week part-time virtual program designed to expose undergraduate students to the intersection of big data and human health. Students will have the opportunity to work in mentored research groups, along with participating in other virtual events.

The BDSI *application opens on Tuesday, December 1*. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Program dates are June 7 - July 30, 2021.

Please visit www.BigDataSummerInstitute.com for more information.

Film Screening:CES Film. At Second Glance (Auf den zweiten Blick)
2021-01-21 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-22 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-23 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-24 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-25 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-26 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-27 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
Sheri Hagen, director. In German with English subtitles (92 min., 2012).

Through its engagement with blindness as both a trope and a physical reality, Sheri Hagen’s *At Second Glance (Auf den zweiten Blick)* raises provocative questions regarding color blindness, race and racism, and in/visibility in contemporary German society. By challenging the normative category of whiteness, as well as able-bodiedness and heterosexuality, the film also explores alternative modes of seeing through the visual medium of cinema.

Sheri Hagen is a Nigerian-German director, screenwriter, actress, and founder of the production company Equality Film GmbH. Born in Lagos, she grew up in Hamburg and has lived and worked in Berlin since the 1990s. After training as a stage actress, Hagen then appeared in numerous film productions and television series, before returning to theater in 2010. Across her career, Hagen has worked on film projects as author, director, and producer. *Auf den zweiten Blick (At Second Glance)* is her debut film as a director. It won awards at the Filmfest Emden-Norderney (2012) and the Kirchen Filmfestival Recklinghausen (2013).

Those who register for the Q&A with Sheri Hagen on 1/29/21 will receive a link and password to view the film *At Second Glance (Auf den zweiten Blick)* between January 18-29, 2021. Register for the discussion at https://myumi.ch/jxo3w.

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

Social / Informal Gathering:Sign Up for the Community Matters Cohort Program
2021-01-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
University of Michigan students tell us that making friends and finding community are some of the most rewarding aspects of their time on campus but COVID-19 has made these things more challenging to do. You are invited to join the Community Matters Cohort Program which provides a space for students to meet others and participate in regular social events. Program participants will be matched with a small group of other students who are interested in finding community. Cohort groups will meet weekly for one hour via zoom and will have the opportunity to meet students from other cohorts throughout the Winter semester.

Those interested in participating in the Community Matters Cohort Program should sign up by January 21st, 2021 at 11:59pm. Cohort assignments will be announced by January 25th, 2021 and the program will run from February 1st - April 18th, 2021. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11VWqPiWvoqQHSUXpSA4QxMujmI_KFPPVoZLpM9julYE/edit

Livestream / Virtual:Where Do YOU Go From Here? - Virtual Wall
2021-01-21 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-22 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-23 00:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-24 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
Share WHERE YOU PLAN TO GO FROM HERE related to MLK's legacy by sharing words, photos, resources, and more to be viewed by the campus community.

Post your reflections with the campus community by posting to our "Virtual Wall" on our website, which will open on January 18 and close on January 24. The most "liked" posts will be featured on CCI's social media pages and the posters will receive free tickets to Ann Arbor Folk Fest.

Exercise / Fitness:Barre Above (Free Week)
2021-01-21 07:30 - 08:20 | Off Campus Location
Try any group-x class for free January 19-25!

Challenge and sculpt your body without risk of injury from overuse by using a sequence of movements within different ranges of motion. No barre necessarily required and minimal equipment is used.

Careers / Jobs:UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open
2021-01-21 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-22 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-23 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-24 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-25 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-26 08:00 - 23:59, 2021-01-27 08:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program is now accepting applications for students who will be rising sophomores during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Learn more and apply today at http://myumi.ch/uropsophomore

Rising Sophomore Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.

Careers / Jobs:2021 Commercial Bank Advancing Black Pathways Early Insight Program
2021-01-21 09:00 - 17:00
At J.P. Morgan, creating a diverse team is a critical part ofour success. That’s why we’re committed to helping develop the next generation of top diverse talent in the industry. We’re looking for people with different background and perspectives to help us grow and position our businesses for the future.

To achieve this, we’ve designed the Commercial Bank Advancing Black Pathways Early Insight Program for studentswho self -identify as Black to learn more about our Commercial Banking businesses, specifically Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries, and our culture. You’ll get to experience into what it's like to work at a leading global financial services firm.

What is Commercial Banking?

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial Banking businesses deliver extensive industryknowledge, local expertise and dedicated service to U.S. and Canadian clients, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions and non-profit entities with annual revenue ranging from $20 million to more than $2 billion. We also provide financing to real estate investors and owners.

What is Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries?

While the Commercial Bank has multiple lines of businesses, this conference is specifically tailored towards the Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries group. The Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries (MMBSI) group at J.P. Morgan focuses on companies with annual revenue of $20 million to $500 million, as well as municipalities, and not-for-profit entities requiring both traditional banking services (lending and cash management), as well as investment banking products (including debt and equity capital markets, risk management derivatives, and corporate finance advisory).

What to expect from the Commercial Bank Advancing Black Pathways Early Insight Program:

We’ll kick off the program with a virtual two-day conference that’ll deliver mentoring, education, and networking opportunities with senior leaders and individual across the Commercial Bank! Over the course of the two-days, we’ll provide you with all the information you need to succeed and help you determine if Commercial Banking is the right fit for you.

Two-Day 2021 Virtual Conference Dates:

Day 1: Thursday, January 21st

Day 2: Friday, January 22nd

The week following the Commercial Bank Advancing Black Pathways conference, participants will have the opportunity to interview for our 2021 Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries internship in locations listed below. Successful candidates that receive an internship offer will be eligible to receive a financial award.

A successful summer internship experience at J.P. Morgan can serve as a platform for a full-time analyst position at the firm following graduation. We are currently offering 2021 Summer Analyst internship opportunities within Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries in the following locations.

Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries - The MMBSI Summer Analyst program will provide you with foundational skills in client management, credit structuring and product sales. You will work alongside seasoned professionals, building relationships and providing clients with access to our world-class banking solutions.
Open to Juniors (expected graduation date Dec 2021-June 2022)
Open 2021 Summer Analyst internship locations:
Boston
Charlotte
Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Seattle

Who we areseeking:
If you're highly motivated and enjoy working in teams to come up with innovative solutions, this is the role for you. We welcome applicants from all majors who demonstrate the following:

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to thrive in a collaborative work environment
An interest in financial services
Strong initiative, energy and confidence
Coursework in finance, accounting or economics is a plus
Authorization to work permanently in the U.S.
Graduating December 2021 – June 2022
Preferred GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale

For moredetails on how to register for the program, please click the link below. You must register and apply using the external link. Do not register viaHandshake.

https://tinyurl.com/yxovy8ow

Careers / Jobs:2021 Commercial Bank Hispanic/Latinx Early Insight Program
2021-01-21 09:00 - 17:00
At J.P. Morgan, creating a diverse team is a critical part ofour success. That’s why we’re committed to helping develop the next generation of top diverse talent in the industry. We’re looking for people with different background and perspectives to help us grow and position our businesses for the future.

To achieve this, we’ve designed the Commercial Bank Hispanic/Latinx Early Insight Program for students who self-identify as Hispanic/Latinx to learn more about our Commercial Banking businesses, specifically Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries, and our culture. You’ll get to experience into what it's like to work ata leading global financial services firm.

What is Commercial Banking?

J.P. Morgan’s Commercial Banking businesses deliver extensive industry knowledge, local expertise and dedicated service to U.S. and Canadian clients, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions and non-profit entities with annual revenue ranging from $20 million to more than $2 billion. We also provide financing to real estate investors andowners.

What is Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries?

While the Commercial Bank has multiple lines of businesses, this conference is specifically tailored towards the Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries group. The Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries (MMBSI) group at J.P. Morgan focuses on companies with annual revenue of $20 million to $500 million, as well as municipalities, and not-for-profit entities requiring both traditional banking services (lending and cash management), as well as investment banking products (including debt and equity capital markets, risk management derivatives, and corporate finance advisory).

What to expect from the Commercial Bank Hispanic/Latinx Early Insight Program:

We’ll kick off the program with a virtual two-day conference that’ll deliver mentoring, education, and networking opportunities with senior leaders and individual across the Commercial Bank! Over the course of the two-days, we’ll provide you with all the information you need to succeed and help you determine if Commercial Banking is the right fit for you.

Two-Day 2021 Virtual Conference Dates:

Day 1: Thursday, January 21st

Day 2: Friday, January 22nd

The week following the Commercial Bank Hispanic/Latinx Early Insight Program conference, participants will have the opportunity to interview for our 2021 Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries internship in locations listed below. Successful candidates that receive an internship offer will be eligible to receive a financial award.

A successful summer internship experienceat J.P. Morgan can serve as a platform for a full-time analyst position at the firm following graduation. We are currently offering 2021 Summer Analyst internship opportunities within Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries in the following locations.

Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries - The MMBSI Summer Analyst program will provide you with foundational skills in client management, credit structuring and product sales. You will work alongside seasoned professionals, building relationships and providing clients with access to our world-class banking solutions.
Open to Juniors (expected graduation date Dec 2021-June 2022)
Open 2021 Summer Analyst internship locations:
Boston
Charlotte
Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Seattle

Who we are seeking:
If you're highly motivated and enjoy working in teams to come up with innovative solutions, this is the role for you. We welcome applicants from all majors who demonstrate the following:

Exceptional verbal and written communicationskills
Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to thrive in a collaborative work environment
An interest in financial services
Strong initiative, energy and confidence
Coursework in finance, accounting or economics is a plus
Authorization to work permanently in the U.S.
Graduating December 2021 – June 2022
Preferred GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale

For more details on how to register for the program, please click the link below. You must register and apply using the external link. Do not register via Handshake.

https://tinyurl.com/y2t26opx

Careers / Jobs:Become a UROP Peer Facilitator
2021-01-21 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-22 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-23 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-24 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-25 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-26 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-27 06:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
UROP Peer Facilitators serve as a liaison and program guide for UROP students. In this capacity, Peer Facilitators support prospective UROP student researchers by helping them find research projects, sharing information about academic and other campus resources, serving as a liaison between student researchers and faculty mentors, and planning programs for and facilitating research seminars for their peer group.

Current or former UROP students who will be rising Juniors or Seniors during the 2021-2022 academic year are eligible to apply.

The application is now open at: http://myumi.ch/DEoRG
Application deadline is January 27th

Other:UROP Outstanding Research Mentor Nominations
2021-01-21 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-22 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-23 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-24 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-25 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-26 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-27 09:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Current UROP students if you would like to nominate your UROP mentor to receive an Outstanding Research Mentor Award during the 2021 Spring Research Symposium this coming April, we would love hear about your undergraduate experience and how your research mentor has impacted your first research experience.

Submit your nomination at: http://myumi.ch/pdxpE

Careers / Jobs:UROP Paid Summer Research Fellowships
2021-01-21 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-22 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-23 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-24 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-25 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-26 09:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-27 09:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
UROP sponsors several summer research opportunities designed for University of Michigan undergraduate students seeking an intense research experience in traditional laboratory settings and in the community. These fellowships provide students with the chance to undertake and complete individual research projects; learn firsthand about the life of an academic researcher; think about academic and post graduate careers; and develop strong mentor relationships.

Summer Fellowships include:
Biomedical and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship
Engineering Summer Fellowship
Women and Gender Summer Fellowship

Application is now open - apply today at: http://myumi.ch/lxmbp

Info Sessions are being offered: https://umich.zoom.us/j/3557060097
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 (6:00 - 7:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
Thursday, January 28, 2021 (12:00 - 1:00 p.m.)

Careers / Jobs:Community College Summer Research Paid Fellowship Application
2021-01-21 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-22 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-23 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-24 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-25 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-26 10:00 - 23:00, 2021-01-27 10:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor offers a 10 week paid State-Wide Summer Research Fellowship for currently enrolled Michigan community college students who are interested in transferring to U-M, Ann Arbor, or any other institution in the future. The fellowship runs from Tuesday, June 1, 2021- Friday, August 6, 2021.

The application is now open: http://myumi.ch/2D9xB
Application deadline is February 12th 2021

Research projects are available in ALL fields including:

Social Sciences
Humanities
Engineering
Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Natural Sciences
Environmental Sciences

Lecture / Discussion:Gravitational Wave Astronomy – Listening to the Universe
2021-01-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
This lecture will be live streamed

Gravitational waves are minute disturbances of space itself, which can arise from distant and massive but compact bodies, such as black holes and neutronstars. Using them, scientists are probing some of the most exotic phenomena in the Universe. Insights from discoveries made so far, including some surprising new objects, will be presented, along with the potential for new discoveries that will make gravitational waves essential to the next century of astronomy and cosmology.

Our speaker, Professor Keith Riles, has carried out research in both experimental particle physics and gravitational wave physics. As a charter member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), founded in 1997, he initially led the LIGO detector characterization group and more recently has led searches for continuous gravitational waves from galactic neutron stars. His group at the University of
Michigan hunts for signals from waves ten thousand times weaker than the first gravitational waves detected in September 2015.

This is the second of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is Advances in Science. The next lecture will be on January 28, 2021. The title is Answered and Unanswered Questions in Particle Physics
Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

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

Presentation:ICPSR Virtual Open House
2021-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Join us for a virtual open house to learn about the data and resources available at ICPSR, the world's oldest and largest social science data archive.

Careers / Jobs:Cintas Corporation Virtual Career Fair
2021-01-21 11:00 - 15:00
Cintas Corporation is hosting a virtual career fair for the Great Lakes Region. We are recruiting for the following locations:

Indiana:
- Angola
- Fort Wayne (2 locations)
- South Bend

Michigan:
- Fife Lake/Traverse City
- Grand Rapids
- Lansing
- Livonia (3 locations)
- Macomb
- Madison Heights
- Midland
- Port Huron
- Swartz Creek/Flint
- Westland (2 locations)

Ohio:
- Cleveland
- North Canton
- Perrysburg/Toledo
- Sandusky
- Solon
- Strongsville

About Cintas:
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Nasdaq-100 Index.

Cintas Corporation helps more than 900,000 businesses of all types and sizes get READY™ to open their doors with confidence every day by providing a wide range of products and services that enhance our customers’ image and help keep their facilities and employees clean, safe and looking their best. With products and services including uniforms, mats, mops, restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, fire extinguishers and testing, andsafety and compliance training, Cintas helps customers get Ready for theWorkday®.

To support our growth across North America, we’re seeking driven professionals with ambition to move up within our company. Our professional culture, our dedication to our employee-partners and limitlesscareer opportunities—these are just a few benefits we’re proud to offer. Our employee-partners know every job is critical, and that teamwork drives innovation. Let’s talk about how you’ll fit into our team and how your hard work will be recognized through competitive pay, world-class benefits and ongoing career development. Are you Ready™ for limitless opportunities at Cintas?

Cintas Corporation is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Careers / Jobs:Aronson Virtual Event - Accounting Externship Panel
2021-01-21 11:30 - 12:30
Event Description
Join Aronson for our Aronson Virtual Event Series - Accounting Externship Panel. Aronson's 2021 Externship Program will be a one-day, comprehensive introduction to Aronson's Tax, Assurance, and Consulting practices to expand your knowledge and excitement of public accounting. Our Externs will receive direct training from Aronson professionals and have the unique opportunity to receive mentoring advice and career coaching. In addition, Aronson leadership will provide a close-up view to the intricacies of our different industry groups and services and our externs will have the opportunity to accelerate the development of their professional network through social events to leverage the strong mentorship that professionals at Aronson provide.

Event Location
Please jointhe below Zoom link at the start of the event.
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/96197126035?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 96197126035
Passcode: [REDACTED]

1 on 1 Session Registration
Network with an Aronson recruiter or panelist following the Aronson Externship Information Panel. Register for a 15 minute 1 on 1 session using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA4A62DA0FACF8-aronson1

Company Overview
Aronson, the largest independently owned public accounting firm based in the DC Metro Area, is growing organically, and we are looking for individuals who want to make an immediate and substantial impact on the future of our firm. We have been recognized as experts in the industries and markets we serve, and acknowledged as an employer that offers its team members a voice. We have an award winning culture, and in 2020, our team members rated us the #1 Public Accounting Firm in the Washington DC Metro Area (Washington Business Journal) and as a "Top Workplace" by the Washington Post. Aronson is an AICPA major firm with a national and international reach, coupled with a local, personalized feel benefiting our team members and clients.

Livestream / Virtual:LHS Collaboratory
2021-01-21 11:30 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The LHS Collaboratory presents Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH, MS, FACMI, Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan in a virtual event on 1/21/2021 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm ET.

Professor Richesson's talk, "Data Standards and Learning Health Systems –Challenges and Opportunities," will be followed by an audience Q&A. Questions are also encouraged prior to the event.

Please send questions to LHSCollaboratory-info@umich.edu.

Registration in advance at: https://umich-health.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HytRsYwITc6oOGRj0F_MOA

Livestream / Virtual:PCCN Draft Recommendations Informational Session
2021-01-21 11:30 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The U-M President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality (PCCN) invites the university community to join the PCCN co-chairs at a virtual information session on its draft recommendations. This session, intended for those who haven't been closely following carbon neutrality efforts at U-M, will provide attendees with a high-level overview of the topic, the PCCN, its process, and its draft recommendations. Registrants are invited to submit questions in advance through the registration link, or during the webinar. The Commission encourages all U-M community members to review the PCCN's draft recommendations and share their feedback through a public comment portal through January 26, 2021. Register for the event here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O3oBjsozQ3uCBc1Q_ksxyA

Livestream / Virtual:Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation
2021-01-21 11:30 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
OHEI is now offering a re-formatted Community Conversations approach that is virtual. We feel that it is important to carve out space for dialogue, provide support for one another, promote self-care, and share valuable resources. It is important now, more than ever, for us to come together as a community.

Rana Dajani is a Professor of molecular cell biology, currently Cmalakova Fellow at the Jepson school of Leadership at the University of Richmond, Harvard Radcliff fellow, a Fulbrighter, Eisenhower fellow, former center of studies director, Hashemite University, Jordan, Yale and Cambridge visiting professor. World expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechan populations in Jordan. Established stem cell research ethics law in Jordan. Advocate for biological evolution and Islam. Jordan team leader in studying refugee youth with Yale University and the epigenetics of trauma across generations.

https://ohei.med.umich.edu/events

Careers / Jobs:All About CMS Webinar
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00
Join us on January 21st to hear from employees across the agency as they share their experiences working at CMS. Featured offices include Communications, IT, Finance, and our Innovation Center.

Space is limited, register today!

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Kickboxing (Free Week)
2021-01-21 12:00 - 12:50, 2021-01-21 19:30 - 20:20, 2021-01-25 17:00 - 17:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any group-x class for free January 19-25!

Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

Livestream / Virtual:CJS Lecture Series | Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema (Book Talk)
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Please note, all posted event times are in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

In this talk, which is based on his new book, Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema (Duke University Press, 2020), Daisuke Miyao explores the influence of Japanese art on the development of early cinematic visual style, particularly the actualité films made by the Lumière brothers between 1895 and 1905. Examining nearly 1,500 Lumière films, Miyao contends that more than being documents of everyday life, they provided a medium for experimenting with aesthetic and cinematic styles imported from Japan. Miyao further analyzes the Lumière films produced in Japan as a negotiation between French Orientalism and Japanese aesthetics.

Daisuke Miyao is Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema (Duke University Press, 2020), Cinema Is a Cat: A Cat Lover’s Introduction to Film Studies (University of Hawai’i Press, 2019), The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema (Duke University Press, 2013), Eiga wa neko dearu: Hajimete no cinema sutadizu (Heibonsha, 2011), and Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom (Duke University Press, 2007). Miyao also edited The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2014) and co-edited Transnational Cinematography Studies (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) with Lindsay Coleman and Roberto Schaefer, ASC.

Registration for this zoom webinar is required. Please do so here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XP-j-lm0QfC309QDdmKCMQ

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

Careers / Jobs:MEET THE RECRUITERS - 2021 Internships - Spectrum Reach & SpectrumNetworks
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for this special MEET THE RECRUITERS | INFO Session with Matthew Schaap, SPECTRUM REACH, and Jennifer Indemaio, SPECTRUM NETWORKS.

They are actively recruiting for summer interns and looking for the best and brightest in FUTURE NOW's network of alumni and students. Learn about all the different opportunities available, how to apply, connect, and get hired!

Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. Spectrum Networks is a series of award-winning 24/7 news and sports networks that carry distinct, comprehensive, and exclusive local programming on 31 networks across 12 states. Learn more about Spectrum HERE.

Come with your questions, and we'll do our best to cover them in our talk.

Please RSVP by January 20. Space islimited.

Meeting:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Feb. 15th
2021-01-21 12:00, 2021-01-22 12:00, 2021-01-23 12:00, 2021-01-24 12:00, 2021-01-25 12:00, 2021-01-26 12:00, 2021-01-27 12:00
The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for Fall 2021 and early admission Winter 2022. The application is available on M-Compass. Deadline is February 15th at midnight.

Livestream / Virtual:Perspectives on Water: Land Rights, Accessibility, and Histories
2021-01-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
Stamps Gallery Director Srimoyee Mitra will moderate Perspectives on Water: Land Rights, Accessibility & Histories on January 21, 2021 at noon EST. This free, virtual panel discussion is part of the Alternate Assembly: Environmental Impact in the Era of Pandemic, organized by EXPO CHICAGO.

Panelists include Oscar Tuazon, Carolina Caycedo, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta.

This panel invites artists who have initiated further investigations into the histories of water in terms of land rights and clean water accessibility in lakes, rivers, and oceans, to explore the cultural ways in which water bridges communities both locally and globally. Highlighting the often-unseen political history that water and its major infrastructures has, this discussion will question how different sociopolitical backgrounds affect one’s relationship to sustainability. The conversation, moderated by past Curatorial Forum participant Srimoyee Mitra, will address the long lineage art has played within narratives surrounding environmental activism.

Dialogues | Perspectives on Water: Land Rights, Accessibility, and Histories | program.expochicago.com

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://program.expochicago.com/perspectives-on-water-land-rights-accessibility-and-histories/

Well-being:Winter Semester Warm-Up!
2021-01-21 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-22 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-23 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-24 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-25 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-26 12:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-27 12:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
Do you want to gear up for the new semester? Are you hoping to meet other students, learn about campus resources, and develop skills for you to thrive in college?

Join First Year Experience (FYE) and for a series of events featuring amazing students and other campus offices! These events are open to ALL students, and you can register for multiple sessions. Please note that all times listed are in EST.

Registration is required to attend some events, and you can see the full list of events and register here: https://myumi.ch/3q2YG

Some events are the following:
- Group-X Free Week and Panel with Rec Sports
- Social Connectivity and Community Series with MESA
- Simple Tips to Upgrade Your Resume with the University Career Center
- Storytelling, Social Change, and You! with the Ginsberg Center
- Time Management, Money Management, and Prioritize Wellness with FYE

Careers / Jobs:ECRC Career Fair Preparation Workshop
2021-01-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/97046999482
In this lecture style workshop, you'll learn how to prepare for the upcoming virtual career fair and the best practices for using Career Fair Plus, preparing your elevator pitch, and researching companies. There will also be time at the end of the presentation to ask questions to the presenter either verbally or through the chat window. The workshop slides are available in advance on the ECRC website.

Please let us know how we can ensure that this event is inclusive to you. What accommodations or access needs can we help facilitate? Email the ECRC at ecrc-info@umich.edu to let us know what accommodations you may need.

The workshop will be conducted via this Zoom link:https://umich.zoom.us/j/97046999482.

This is a College of Engineering event.

Careers / Jobs:Why KEYENCE?
2021-01-21 13:00 - 13:30
Come join our virtual event on Why KEYENCE! This event will cover important information such as:

-Career opportunities in Technical Sales
-Growth opportunities within the company
- All about KEYENCE & ourculture, office locations, benefits, compensation, etc.
-Q&A sessionwith Talent Acquisition Team Member!

Careers / Jobs:Summer 2021 ITS Internship Program Informational Session
2021-01-21 14:00 - 14:30
Information and Technology Services (ITS) at the University ofMichigan offers an internship program each summer. ITS internships are paid, full-time positions that provide an opportunity for students to gain valuable experience while making connections in the professional field they are considering for a career. Interns have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects in a structured and supervised learning program.

Our program fosters technical and non-technical intern positions in a variety of disciplines, including customer service, desktop support, administration, project management, software development, infrastructure, networking, communications, human resources, business analysis, planning,and security. You will be matched to a department based on your interestsand skills. Student interns are accepted from a variety of majors and arenot limited to STEM. The internship experience is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Our applications for the Summer 2021 experience are open now through Sunday, February 14, 2021!

Want to learn more? Attend one of our upcoming informational sessions, visit our website, or email us at its-internship-planning@umich.edu.

Register for an informational session here: https://myumi.ch/VPq1W

Careers / Jobs:Altair Student VIP Event
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-01-27 11:00 - 12:30
Are you in search of a meaningful and engaging summer 2021 internship? Altair may be just the place for you!

Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world while striving for a more sustainable future. Look around you. With our technologies woven into the fabric of everyday life, chances are thatAltair’s solutions are all around you, keeping you safer, more connected, and more productive.

Join us for a virtual event to learn more about Altair and what the company can offer you! Don’t miss this chance to meet some of our Chief Technology Officers and key employees who can tell you why being an Intern with Altair will be the simplest and best decision you make!

Register for which time works for your schedule. Once registration is confirmed, a link will be sent to you with access information.

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Thursdays)
2021-01-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Thursdays 3-5PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/92183172919)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Erin Ware (SRC/ISR), Saki Kuzushima (LSA Political Science), Shelly Johnson (ARC-TS), Yuki Shiraito (LSA Political Science/CPS)

Expertise: Bash, Bayesian statistics, git, HPC, Linux, natural language processing, OpenMP, PBS, Python, R, Rcpp, SAS, shell, Slurm, statistical modeling, web scraping

Livestream / Virtual:EEB Virtual Seminar: Planning for connected and resilient landscapes using past ecosystem dynamics
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
To establish the most effective conservation strategies, we must understand the ecological dynamics of the systems that we are trying to conserve. But we do not know the extent to which plants and animals shift their ranges in response to changing climates. Using the fossil pollen and mammal records, we explore how rapidly biomes transition in response to changing climates and to what extent human impacts prevent species from tracking their preferred climate. We have found that plants and animals will need to traverse broad landscapes at unprecedented rates to track climate as it changes, and I have identified strategic regions to target for facilitating this connectivity. However, we also have found that not all species exhibit the same human tolerance or climate fidelity (i.e., some species’ ranges are less affected by climate than others). My lab and I found that 67% of mammals have shifted their climatic niche, mostly in the last 500 years. Interestingly many small mammals have actually expanded their climatic niches into agricultural and urban landscapes, suggesting that humans facilitate their survival. Whereas most large mammals have been extirpated from human-impacted landscapes. We are now working to identify the climate fidelity that plant and animal taxa have exhibited over the last 20,000 years. Our goal is to identify the types of species whose climate tracking we must prioritize as we identify efficient and effective connectivity strategies.

Other:LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-01-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2021-01-26 10:00 - 11:00 | Off Campus Location
The Research Team within LSA Technology Services is excited to announce virtual office hours for research computing support. These are regularly scheduled times when we will have subject matter experts in geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming available for drop-in support. Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions pertaining to any of these areas can stop by to ask questions, get help working through a problem, or inquire about a new project—no appointment necessary!

Not sure what we can do to help? Read on for more details about the services provided by each of these teams.

*Digital Scholarship*
Our digital scholarship team specializes in humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary digital project methods and can provide assistance with:
* Conceptualizing, planning, and finding resources for a digital project
* How to version, archive, and preserve a project
* Sustainability, preservation, accessibility, privacy, consent, or grant requirements
New to digital projects? We can also talk about how to demonstrate the scholarly rigor of your digital project, accurately credit the labor required of the project at every stage, and how to provide evidence and metrics for promotion and job dossiers.

*Geographic Information Systems (GIS)*

Our GIS specialists can help with your geographic data needs, including the following:
* Making maps for use in a class, grant proposal, or publication
* Geospatial analysis: identifying spatial patterns and trends in your data
* Georeferencing: assigning geographic coordinates to a historic paper map or a hand-drawn sketch for digital use as a basemap or combined display with other data
* Geocoding: convert a spreadsheet with addresses into latitude-longitude so you can plot your data on a map
* StoryMaps: harness the power of maps to tell your story
* Integrating smartphones or tablets and GIS in your field courses or researchSetting up workshops for a class or group interested in learning to use GIS in the context of your discipline
* Assistance with ESRI's ArcGIS platform, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, or other geospatial software
* Developing your own custom GIS web application or mobile application

*High Performance Computing (HPC)*

Our HPC team can help with:
* Accessing U-M’s new Great Lakes HPC (High Performance Computing) cluster
* Moving your computational work from your laptop or workstation to the cluster, freeing up your machines for other tasks
* Compiling, installing, or configuring a wide range of computational software
* Setting up automated workflows to save time
* Debugging your programs to see why they are crashing
* Evaluating the benefits of parallel computing, more memory or system resources for your code
We regularly support Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Java, Julia, Go, and many other applications.

*Research Support Programming*

Our computer programming team can help with any of the following:

* Debugging, repair, and improvements or upgrades to your existing code
* References to training and coding resources to assist in your project
* Design and development of custom software to support your research
* Incorporation of lab-specific hardware into custom software applications.
* Writing funding for any of the above into your grant proposals
We're experienced in MATLAB, Python, R, LabVIEW, JavaScript, MedPC, iOS development, and more.

Who can join the office hours?
LSA Faculty, staff, and students with research-related questions on geographic information systems, high performance computing, digital scholarship, and computer programming

When and where is it?
Our virtual office hours use Zoom:
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 P.M.
Tuesdays, 10:00–11:00 A.M.
Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 P.M.

Careers / Jobs:PwC Strategy& Recruiter Office Hours
2021-01-21 15:00 - 17:00
** Please note that these office hours are reserved for eligible Women's Consulting Experience candidates only!

Looking to chat with a PwC S& professional? Have a question about the recruiting process? Access our calendar via the registration link to sign up for a time slot to connect with your PwC S& recruiter!

Every Tuesday (9-11AM ET) & Thursday (3-5 PM ET).

Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643266

Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab isa great next step for you.

Get real-time, personalized support by checking out the virtual Resume Lab. We begin with 15 minutes of quick FAQs and straight facts and then we break up in small groups to get real and immediate feedback with one of our advisors.

We will discuss and educate you on…
- Design and format
- Writing a great bullet point
- Targetingyour resume for specific internships/jobs

If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab so we can cater because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643266

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

Livestream / Virtual:Webinar: Collaborative Science in a Virtual World (Part 2): What Did We Learn in 2020?
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Collaborative science involves working closely with partners at every stage - from conceptualizing a new project, to conducting the research, to refining tools to best meet a management need. In May 2020, hoping to start a dialogue around virtual engagement for collaborative science, we held a webinar to reflect on the ways in which collaborative science practices have been impacted by COVID-19.

Now, as we look ahead to 2021, we’re pausing a moment to reflect on what we learned over the course of 2020 and how our practices have changed in response to the pandemic. This webinar will feature preliminary findings from a 2020 survey of collaborative research grantees, first-hand commentary on how collaborative practices have evolved, and speculation about what these lessons mean for the future of collaborative work. The discussion will build on panelists’ comments to further tease out the implications of these new practices for future collaborative science work, and how these lessons can be applied to coastal science within and beyond the NERRS.

Social / Informal Gathering:Aphasia Social Hour
2021-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Aphasia, a speech-language disorder that can affect all aspects of communication — speaking, reading, writing, comprehension, etc. — is more common than previously understood. Acquired when the brain experiences trauma like that of a stroke or head injury, more than 2 million people in the U.S. are thought to have the disorder; yet, it's not something most people are aware of. It can be incredibly isolating, which is why staying social and connected is especially important.

The University of Michigan Aphasia Program (UMAP) at the University Center for Language and Literacy (UCLL), hosts a free, virtual aphasia social hour each week to help facilitate social connecting while practicing communication skills.

All aphasia social hours in January are scheduled for 4 - 5 p.m. Thursdays (Eastern) and will take on the following topics:

*Jan. 14 - Resolve to participate in this session all about — you guessed it — resolutions. Love them? Hate them? Have a funny story about past resolutions? Bring it on.

*Jan. 21 - Hometown Proud! Share about where you’re from or where you now live! Bring maps, photos, and brag (or complain!) about that place where you were brought up.

*Jan. 28 - For us in Michigan, wintertime can mean hunker-time, as in hunker down until spring. But it doesn't have to. As the Nordic people say, "there is no such thing as bad weather, only poor preparation." We're not sure about all that, but come ready to share how you stay active in the winter months, either outdoors or indoors.

Registration is required in order to get the link to join. See: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlc-qhpjoqGNRqaI3Fepl8dswAWsS6SwuV

When you click the link to register, you can select which weeks you want to participate — all in one place. Sign up for them all to make sure you don't miss out on connecting with others in the aphasia community. Building confidence and staying social are some of the best things you can do for yourself and loved ones when aphasia is a part of your life.

Lecture / Discussion:BME 500 Seminar - Xiaoning Jiang
2021-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
NOTICE: This event will be held via Blue Jeans. The link will be placed below.

Blue Jeans Link: https://bluejeans.com/628109990

Xiaoning Jiang, Ph.D.

North Carolina State University

Seminar Abstract:

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of death and the search for more effective diagnosis and treatment techniques has been of a great interest. Ultrasound present a great potential in imaging and therapy for CVD. In this talk, small aperture transducers were designed, fabricated and tested for advanced intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS) and effective and safe intravenous sonothrombolysis. In specific, we investigated high frequency (40-60 MHz) micromachined piezoelectric composite transducers and arrays with broad bandwidth (-6 dB fraction bandwidth ~ 80%) for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging. Dual frequency transducers and arrays (6.5 MHz/30 MHz, 3 MHz/30 MHz) were also successfully demonstrated for contrast enhanced intravascular superharmonic imaging (or acoustic angiography) toward detection of plaque vulnerability. For the case of intravascular thrombolysis, small aperture (diameter <2 mm) sub-MHz forward-looking transducers were successfully developed with peak-negative-pressure of > 1.5 MPa. Significantly enhanced thrombolysis rate was observed by using microbubbles and nanodroplets in in-vitro tests. Other transducer techniques such as optical fiber laser ultrasound transducers were also investigated for intravenous sonothrombolysis. These new findings suggest that small aperture ultrasound transducers are increasingly important in advancing intravascular ultrasound imaging, intravenous therapy, minimal invasive diagnosis and therapy, and image guided drug delivery and surgery.

Class / Instruction:Chair's Distinguished Lecture: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering
2021-01-21 16:00 - 17:15 | Off Campus Location
Sara A. Pozzi
Professor
University of Michigan

To build a great College of Engineering, we must improve diversity, equity, and inclusion among our students, faculty, and staff. One of the ways to measure a College of Engineering’s impact is by our ability to develop future engineering and science leaders prepared to thrive in an environment that is clearly becoming more diverse and more global. Research and experience have shown time and again that diverse and inclusive teams provide the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives that result in better, more comprehensive solutions to the complex problems that we tackle in engineering and in society at large.

We recognize that historically, engineering is a field that lacks diversity, for example, along gender and race/ethnicity identities, and that women and underrepresented minorities in this field report experiencing the workplace climate more negatively than members of the majority. In this talk, I will discuss the forces that hold us back when attempting to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable College of Engineering. I will also discuss strategies that have been proven to be effective in counteracting these negative forces. I will conclude by discussing ways in which you can be a positive force for change as we work towards a great College of Engineering for all.

About the speaker...
Professor Sara Pozzi is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and a Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include the development of new methods for nuclear materials detection, identification, and characterization for nuclear nonproliferation, safeguards, and national security programs. Her publication record includes over 400 papers in journals and international conference proceedings. She was invited to give over 100 seminars, both nationally and internationally. She has graduated 24 Ph. D. students who went on to develop successful careers at the national laboratories, academia, and industry.

Professor Pozzi is the founding Director of the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) 2014-2019 and the Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification (MTV) 2019-2024, two large consortia of multiple universities and national laboratories working together to develop new technologies needed for nuclear treaty verification. In 2018, Professor Pozzi was named the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the UM College of Engineering. In this capacity, she heads the DEI implementation committee and works to ensure that the students, faculty, and staff are increasingly diverse, everyone is treated equitably, and everyone is included. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, the American Nuclear Society, and the IEEE.

Careers / Jobs:Insights from NSA Intelligence Analysis
2021-01-21 16:00 - 17:00
Curt Z., from Intelligence Analysis and Tim M. from Intelligence Analysis will provide insights into the life/experiences of an Intel Analyst and the educational/experiential foundation for setting up one's self for success at the agency. Each with a combined 40+ years of Intelligence Community experience will entertain questions at the end of the presentation.

Presentation:MIDAS seminar series presents: Arya Farahi, MIDAS fellow
2021-01-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/99410060546
Arya Farahi is a Data Science Fellow at the University of Michigan

Social / Informal Gathering:Welcome Back Event
2021-01-21 16:00 - 20:00
Join us for a welcome back event in all dining halls for dinner! Featuring an ice coffee station. Due to COVID-19 restrictions all dining halls will be offering to-go options only but you won't want to miss out on this awesome, seasonal menu! See you there!

Exercise / Fitness:Yoga Flow (Free Week)
2021-01-21 16:15 - 17:05, 2021-01-23 12:00 - 12:50, 2021-01-24 17:30 - 18:20, 2021-01-25 07:00 - 07:50, 2021-01-25 12:00 - 12:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

Careers / Jobs:Capital Teaching Residency Webinar
2021-01-21 17:30 - 18:30
Join us to learn more about KIPP DC's Capital Teaching Residency, our teacher certification and preparation program. We are hiring for positions starting in July 2021!

Exercise / Fitness:Total Body Strength (Free Week)
2021-01-21 17:45 - 18:35, 2021-01-22 18:45 - 19:35, 2021-01-23 22:00 - 22:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

Exercise / Fitness:Zumba (Free Week)
2021-01-21 17:45 - 18:35, 2021-01-24 16:30 - 17:20, 2021-01-25 17:30 - 18:20 | Off Campus Location

Livestream / Virtual:To Travel a Different Road: The Translation of African-American Poetry into Yiddish, 1925-1936
2021-01-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
In 1936, a Yiddish-language anthology Neger-Dikhtung in Amerike (Negro-Poetry in America) was published in Moscow. It was compiled and translated by the Kiev-born, American educated Robert Magidoff, and remains to this day the most extensive corpus of African-Diasporic poetry in Yiddish translation. The presentation will examine the anthology’s position amongst different notions of “the folk” in Soviet Yiddish ethnography and folkloristics, the writings of James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. Du Bois, with whom Magidoff corresponded, and the Yiddish modernist poetry of Shmuel Halkin, who edited the book series in which the anthology appears. When placed alongside DuBois's and others' visits to the Soviet Union in the 1930s, the appearance of African-American poetry in Yiddish translation shows how a transatlantic Jewish avant-garde interpreted and embedded itself within Soviet-African-American contacts in between the Two World Wars. Magidoff served as a Soviet correspondent for NBC and the Associated Press from 1935.
He was accused of espionage and expelled from the USSR in 1948. In 1963 he defended a PhD in Russian literature at the University of Michigan Slavic Department.

Presentation:Transfer to LSA Information Session
2021-01-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the LSA Student Recruitment Team for our weekly virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements, transfer credit, pre-transfer academic advising, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits. Each session includes a Q & A featuring the Transfer Student Ambassadors. For any questions about this session, please email us at LSATransferCenter@umich.edu.

Registration is required. Register with link to the right.

Exercise / Fitness:Strength & Sculpt (Free Week)
2021-01-21 18:45 - 19:35 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Let the music move you in Strength & Sculpt. This beats-driven class combines cardio intervals and body weight training to provide you with a workout experience designed to fit your goals and desires. From squats and burpees to planks and push-ups, Strength & Sculpt syncs music and movement to target major muscle groups. You will leave sweating and stronger!

Careers / Jobs:ECRC Interview Preparation Workshop
2021-01-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/96312003515
In this lecture style workshop, you'll learn the basics about interview preparation including the purpose of interviews, how to prepare, and best practices for following up after the interview. There will also be time at the end of the presentation to ask questions to the presenter either verbally or through the chat window. The workshop slides are available in advance on the ECRC website.

Please let us know how we can ensure that this event is inclusive to you. What accommodations or access needs can we help facilitate? Email the ECRC at ecrc-info@umich.edu to let us know what accommodations you may need.

The workshop will be conducted via this Zoom link:https://umich.zoom.us/j/96312003515.

This is a College of Engineering event.

Exercise / Fitness:Yoga Core (Free Week)
2021-01-21 19:15 - 20:05, 2021-01-22 11:00 - 11:50, 2021-01-24 11:00 - 11:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Yoga Core offers core-strengthening exercises in a flowing format, with concentrated focus on your breath. Awaken your core and become strong both on and off your mat.

Livestream / Virtual:MAS Lecture | Underwater Carcass Storage: Evidence for the Role of Proboscideans in Subsistence Practices of Pleistocene Humans
2021-01-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
The fossil record of late Pleistocene proboscideans (mastodons and mammoths) in eastern North America has often been understood as consisting of animals that died of natural causes and were preserved in wetland settings with little or no evidence of human association. However, close inspection of many of these sites reveals patterns of bone processing that suggest instead that proboscidean carcass parts were brought to pond or bog settings by humans and were stored underwater to protect them from scavenging and preserve them for human consumption in times of food shortage. These sites thus shed new light on human subsistence and early history in North America.

Zoom lecture
Thursday, January 21, at 7:30 pm

MAS lectures are free and open to the public. For details about how to join the meeting, please contact one of the following:
• Ann Zinn at annczinn@umich.edu
• John Farmer at ajf-jlf@sbcglobal.net
• Grant Faber at gfaber@umich.edu

This lecture is sponsored by the Michigan Archaeological Society.
To learn more about the MAS, please visit http://www.miarch.org/

Livestream / Virtual:COVID-19 vaccine administration in the US and China: Policy, practice and perceptions
2021-01-22 07:00 - 08:00 | Off Campus Location
The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has differed considerably from the approaches taken in China. Now that vaccines are becoming available. The approaches each country is taking to vaccination policies also seem to differ. Please join us for a conversation among trusted partners at UM and in China on the approaches that are being planned in the respective countries.

UMMS Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives Joseph C. Kolars will moderate the discussion, featuring Hai Fang, from Peking University Health Science Center, and Michigan Medicine' Sandro Cinti.

A Professor at the China Center for Health Development Studies, Dr. Fang, PhD, is a renowned health economist. His research areas include health economic evaluation, vaccine economics, and health policy.

A leading expert on HIV clinical research as well as emerging infectious diseases, Dr. Cinti, MD, is a co-chair of the a multidisciplinary task force responsible for devising and overseeing Michigan Medicine’s vaccination strategy.

Careers / Jobs:PwC Meet Your Recruiter - ACCOUNTING ONLY
2021-01-22 08:30 - 18:00
**Please note that these coffee chats are reserved for eligible accounting students only

Meet your PwC recruiters for a virtual coffee chat! We will conduct virtual coffee chats via Google Meets. Once you select your time slot, the calendar invitation including the link to accessthe virtual coffee chat will populate on your calendar. We look forward to getting to know you!

Should you need to cancel your coffee chat, please reach out to Katie Brock at kaitlin.brock@pwc.com!

Careers / Jobs:PwC Meet Your Recruiter - ACCOUNTING ONLY
2021-01-22 08:30 - 18:00
**Please note that these coffee chats are reserved for ELIGIBLE ACCOUNTING STUDENTS ONLY.

Sign up for a 20 minute time slot on January 22 to meet your PwC recruiter this semester. Please include your preferred method of contact in the details of the invite (Google Meets or phone call).

Livestream / Virtual:Rackham 101: Zapping Zoom Fatigue
2021-01-22 10:00 - 11:15 | Off Campus Location
Join us for this workshop that will provide practical strategies on how to manage the “zoomification” of life.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/QA73r.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Ying Cheng, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame
2021-01-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract: Quality control in assessment is of critical importance to ensure the reliability and validity of the scores produced by assessments, and the replicability and reproducibility of research findings. In this talk I will cover various aspects of quality control in high-stakes and low-stakes assessment scenarios. One specific problem will be discussed in detail, i.e., the detection of unintended intra-individual change during the assessment process, such as test speededness and item pre-knowledge in the high-stakes context and respondent disengagement in the low-stakes context. By bringing the traditional statistical quality control methods including change point analysis and CUSUM control chart into the framework of item response theory (IRT) modeling, new methods are developed to detect such response anomalies and protect validity of assessment scores.

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

Livestream / Virtual:Russian Conversation Club
2021-01-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Do you study Russian and want more opportunities to develop your speaking skills in a welcoming and low-stakes environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to socialize with your peers and bond over the difficulties of learning a foreign language? Would you like to learn more about the culture of one of the most politically important and fascinating regions of the world with the coolest undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Michigan?

If the answer to any or all of the above questions is "yes", then you should check out the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures weekly Russian conversation club (called КРЯ - Клуб Русского Языка)! Every Friday at 11:00, we convene for lighthearted discussion of ourselves, our language studies, and of course, the culture of the Russophone world. Regular attendance is not mandatory - you can drop in and out as you wish, and club participants are always willing to help each other out with questions about the language during our discussions. We meet in two groups, the first aimed at first-year students or any who are beginning their language study, and the second targeted towards students who have studied the language for at least a year. Participants are also encouraged to join our discord server, where we post weekly meeting announcements and other Russian-language related content.

Introductory Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94164643618

Advanced Group Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99310708629

Link to join our discord: https://discord.gg/FHguFGY

We hope to see you there!

Livestream / Virtual:Biophysics Seminar Series
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The Biophysics Virtual Seminar Series presents:

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

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

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

Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Lecture Series. Moments of Silence: the Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Event is free and open to the public; please register at http://bit.ly/3oS7YLq
Friday, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST

This talk will be a discussion of Professor Winichakul's latest book, *Moments of Silence: the Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok* (University of Hawai`i, 2020).

The ‘October 6 massacre’ remains enigmatic to Thai society. The unforgetting—the inability to remember or forget, or to articulate memories in a meaningful way—has been due to the state’s suppression, shame and guilt, historical ideology, and the changing politics. This book is the story of the changing memories and the variable conditions for silence over the past forty years.

Thongchai Winichakul is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His book, *Siam Mapped: a History of the Geo-body of a Nation* (1994), was awarded the Harry J Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies (AAS, USA) and was translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Thai. He was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Award in 1994. and was President of the Association for Asian Studies in 2013/14. He has also published eight books in Thai.

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

Livestream / Virtual:Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM)
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Marty Davidson will be presenting his paper, "TPRS-Forest Estimation."

Abstract
This paper proposes an estimation strategy – TPRS-Forest, which researchers can use to model spatial data with poorly understood empirical properties. TPRS-Forest estimation uses the projected coordinates of a spatial variable and decomposes it into three components: spatial trend, systematic variation along the spatial trend, and random noise. The first stage uses thin-plate regression splines (TPRS) to approximate a non-stationary spatial trend, or a change in the conditional mean across the region of observation. Because TPRS represents an approximation, this stage does not model all spatial dependencies. To compensate, the second stage performs a random forest regression on the TPRS residuals, which accounts for systematic variation along the spatial trend. The final stage takes the filtered residuals from the second step and tests for any remaining spatial correlative structure, using a global and local Moran test. This proposed method merges together two literatures of spatial modelling – geoadditive models (Kammann & Wand, 2003; Wood, 2017) and spatial random forests (Georganos et al., 2019; Hengl et al., 2004, 2018) – and anchors them in a social scientific conceptual framework. In developing this method, my primary goal is to provide a way for social scientists to descriptively model their data and produce a set of continuous predicted values while minimizing the assumptions on how best to model their data's spatial properties.

The primary function of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Science Methodology (I3SM) is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for students and faculty to present their current projects and to receive feedback on either the methodological component of their project or a methodology under development. Presenters can also present new research questions and ideas and receive ideas about which methodologies would work best to tackle such questions. We define methodology broadly as the approaches to which data is collected and/or organized to give empirical content to social science research. It includes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

To join the meeting via Zoom, email skuzushi@umich.edu for the meeting link.

Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643273
Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about strategy.

Get real-time, personalized support by checking out the virtual Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who has designed this experience to provide you strategies, tools, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships.

Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy.

**If you're not sure what you're interested in, consider making an "Exploring Major/Career Option" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.

**If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643273

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

Careers / Jobs:Job Search Lab
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/96292764676
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643276
We know that searching for your job right now can be stressful in these difficult times of uncertainty. And the UCC has career coaches ready to help you.

Come check out the Job Search Lab. It's designed to give you strategies and motivation to get you back on the right track. If you’re not sure about what job to search for or haven’t had any luck with getting interviews this is the place to start.

Chat with Career Coaches from the University Career Center to explore Handshake, the University Career Alumni Network, and to learn about othertools you can use to build a great job search strategy.

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

**If you're not sure what you're interested in, consider making an "Exploring Major/Career Option" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.

**If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab becausethis event is designed for undergraduates.

Livestream / Virtual:LEAD: Anti-Racism Education in Higher Ed
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
LEAD, Leading Equity And Diversity, is a series of conversations where attendees have the opportunity to hear from a diverse group of guests who lead or support DEI and social justice initiatives. Since the racial justice movements last summer, many universities are grappling with how to educate faculty, staff, and students on anti-racism. This LEAD conversation will explore some of the options and opportunities to facilitate learning that leads to a more inclusive environment. We will discuss anti-racist curricula, the possibility of mandatory professional development training, and how to engage high level administrators and tenured faculty. Featured guests will discuss lessons learned from past attempts, best practices, and strategies for moving forward.
Access Real-Time Translation (CART) captioning services will be available.
SPEAKERS
Angela D. Dillard
Angela D. Dillard is the Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies in the Residential College, and Professor of History. She is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in history and political theory with a Ph.D. in American studies, from the U-M’s Department of American Culture. She specializes in American and African-American intellectual history, particularly around issues of race, religion and politics—on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum. As the former associate dean for undergraduate education for the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts she chaired the 2015-2016 review of LSA’s Race and Ethnicity requirement, and remains active in various campus initiatives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. She is also the co-author, with Whitney Peoples, of “5 Lessons from a Race-and-Ethnicity Requirement,” which appeared in the September 2, 2020 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Whitney Peoples
Whitney Peoples serves as a Director of Educational Development & Assessment Services and Coordinator of DEI Initiatives & Critical Race Pedagogies at U-M’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT). At CRLT, Dr. Peoples’ work focuses on anti-racist and critical race pedagogies as well inclusive teaching and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom. Beyond CRLT, she has over fifteen years experience in feminist and critical race research, activism, and teaching, and holds a Ph.D. in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies from Emory University. Her research and writing outside of faculty development primarily concerns the intersections of race, gender, health, and popular culture. Most recently her work has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and in the a co-edited volume Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations|Theory|Practice|Critique.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/XeZv0.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Careers / Jobs:Pro Football Hall of Fame "Before the Snap" ft. Ilsa Marden
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is proud to offer a brand-new series for learners in high school, college and beyond! “Before the Snap” gives an insight to professional careers in and around the NFL, while giving a live audience the opportunity to interact with an industry expert. On Friday, January 22nd, 2021 at 12:00pm ET special guest Ilsa Marden will be on hand to speak on her career, what she does in her current position and much more!!

Ilsa Marden is in her eighth season with the Baltimore Ravens, overseeing all tentpole events, entertainment programs aswell as pre-game and halftime entertainment. Her team is responsible for the planning, strategy, promotion and execution of events such as Draft, Beach Bash, Training Camp, Kickoff Week and A Purple Evening. With over 600 appearances in 2019 by Ravens Cheerleaders, mascot Poe and Baltimore’s Marching Ravens, Marden and her team are responsible for impacting the Baltimore Community and reaching over 1,000,000 fans outside of gameday.

We will be streaming the program LIVE on the Pro Football Hall ofFame’s Facebook page and will take questions from students throughout the program. To participate, all you will need to do is:
- Visit www.facebook.com/ProFootballHOF at 12:00pm ET on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 to view the program.
-To ask a question, comment on the post with the following information:
* Name of School (if applicable)
* Location
* Question for Industry Expert

If you have any questions, do not hesitateto reach out! You can contact me at 330-588-3558 or by email at Jacob.Ray@ProFootballHOF.com

Well-being:CCI Presents: New Year, Knew YOU! - Manifesting and the 2021 "Knew YOU" Yearbook
2021-01-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
2021 Knew YOU Yearbook: Instead of looking at the past, let's look towards the future! Manifesting is a powerful tool! What do you want to accomplish this year? What goals do you have? Where do you see yourself and where do you want to be at the end of 2021?

Part 1: TED Talk & Discussion ZOOM (Synchronous)

Part 2: 2021 Knew YOU Year Book Collage (Google Form) Share photos, quotes, statements, your "WORD" or mantra for 2021 (asynchronous). This collaborative yearbook will be shared with participants and the university community... Let's create something inspiring and powerful!

About the New Year, Knew YOU! Series:
2020 was a rough year for many of us...but there were also some silver linings! Let’s say goodbye to 2020 and begin a new mindset for 2021 with a KNEW YOU!! We have designed our programs for Winter Semester to focus on different topics for personal and professional growth--choose one that interests you or feel free to sign up for ALL of them! Sessions for January open 1/18/21! Please check back often to see updated offerings!

Register on Sessions (starting 1/18): https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/5018

Careers / Jobs:KPMG Recruiting Kickoff
2021-01-22 13:00 - 13:30
Join us to kick off the Spring 2021 recruiting season and learn tips about recruiting in the virtual environment!

Register using thebelow link for this session and more. Links to log in to the specific event will be sent after you've registered.

https://events-meetings.kpmg.com/VVNWCH4W4CP

Careers / Jobs:Virtual Career Fairs in 2020 - Learn What to Expect and Tips From Kelsey at Keyence!
2021-01-22 13:00 - 13:30
*This event is part of the series of professional development topics lead by KEYENCE Corporation*

With the majority of career fairs going virtual this fall, students need to be ready to expect the unexpected! Kelsey from Keyence Corporation will be going over what virtual career fairs will look like, how to prepare for them, and how to make the most of your virtual career fair!

This event will be hosted over Microsoft Teams. Please email Kelsey at Kelsey.Russell@keyence.com with any questions.

Livestream / Virtual:Algorithmic Autonomy: The Navigation Between Autonomy and Control in the Algorithmic Workplace
2021-01-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Focuses on how changes in the modern workplace affect work and workers.

Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Tracking and Anticipating Lava Flow Emplacement
2021-01-22 13:30 - 14:30 | Off Campus Location
Zoom ID#913 3248 2676
Lava flows rarely present a risk for populations, but they are one of the most frequent volcanic hazards on a global scale and devastate absolutely everything on their path. Monitoring and anticipating the trajectory of lava flows is therefore the best approach to reduce losses and mitigate the risks associated with this phenomenon. Lava flow emplacement dynamics (speed, rheological behavior, morphology, length) depend mainly on the topography, the volumetric flow at the vent, the volume emitted, and the rheology of the lava itself. Lava rheology is directly linked to temperature, chemical composition and to petrology (major element composition, redox state, volatile content, and shape and size of bubbles and crystals). During flowing, upon cooling the thermal gradient along and across the flow evolves continuously and triggers crystallization associated with evolution of the residual liquid chemical composition. This dynamic process has a direct influence on lava viscosity, which lets the flow to stop when rheological parameters are such they impede further motion. We present here how lava viscosity is measured in the lab and in the field and how its evolution down flow may be modelled. To anticipate lava flow trajectory and maximum length, we then set up a protocol that merges a stochastic approach to model the flood zone and a thermo-rheological model to calculate the distance reached as a function of the effusion rate. Using almost real-time satellite data, we apply this protocol to monitor and anticipate the advance of lava flows at Piton de la Fournaise.

Livestream / Virtual:The Financial Well-Being of Detroit Residents: What Do We Know?
2021-01-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
This community conversation hosted by United Way for Southeastern Michigan and University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions will explore the reasons why more than half of Detroiters are financially insecure or in financial trouble.

The virtual event will present key findings from a new report from Poverty Solutions, The Financial Well-Being of Detroit Residents: What Do We Know?

The report demonstrates how a combination of low and volatile incomes and disproportionately high costs makes it challenging for tens of thousands of Detroiters to maintain consistently positive cash flow and build savings, leading many households to accrue unmanageable debt and suffer low credit scores.

This event is the first in a series of community conversations around opportunities for action to address the underlying conditions that create financial instability and hardship for so many Detroiters. We are seeking to engage a broad range of stakeholders – frontline staff, agency leaders, academics, financial institutions, policymakers, funders, individuals with lived experience of financial hardship, and general members of the community. Please join us.

Careers / Jobs:U.S. Job Search for International Students
2021-01-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/94545441036
International students have a lot to offer employers, including cross-cultural skills, diversity, a global perspective, and language skills. However, conducting a job search in the U.S. can be quite challenging. This workshop is designed to give international students the knowledge and resources they need to conduct an effective job search. At this workshop, you will learn the possible differences between your home country and the U.S. with respect to resumes and interviews. You will also hear tips on how to find companies who are open to sponsoring visas. Finally, a representative from the International Center will discuss the various work visas available to international students, as well as give guidance on how to answer the work authorization questions on Engineering Careers, by Symplicity.

You can access this virtual workshop through this Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94545441036

This is a College of Engineering event.

Presentation:CCN Forum: Counterintuitive effects of incentive and retention interval on working memory in young and older adults: A diffusion modeling perspective
2021-01-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
There has been a rapid increase in studies on the effects of incentive on cognition, but still a great deal we don’t know. What aspects of cognitive processing are most affected by incentives? How do task parameters and individual or group differences influence whether incentives will be effective? The present study takes some steps towards answering those questions: We used diffusion modeling to identify which aspects of cognitive processing were affected by loss incentive in a working memory task with varying retention intervals in young and older adults. Our results confirm some previous findings suggesting opposite responses to loss by young and older adults, help identify which aspects of processing are most affected in each group, and reveal some surprising beneficial effects of longer retention intervals. The analysis reveals the value of assessing the effects of incentive and task structure on theoretically meaningful processing parameters in addition to the behavioral performance itself.

Meeting:Finding Community in Virtual Spaces
2021-01-22 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-01-23 14:00 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Are you a student in search of ways to engage in U of M’s virtual campus?

The Center for Campus Involvement is hosting a dialogue via Zoom on January 22nd and 23rd (2PM EST) to focus on students seeking to find community at the University of Michigan. A virtual student life, while challenging, is still critical in developing and supporting connections across vast social and physical divides. We at CCI would like to hear from those looking and in search of community at this time so that we may foster a welcoming and engaging virtual campus experience. At the end of the event, we have partnered with Ginsberg Center and First Year Experience to present a vast array of resources and opportunities unaffiliated students have at this time to meaningfully engage with communities in and beyond the University of Michigan. We hope to see you there!

RSVP here: https://qrgo.page.link/XKoVx

Livestream / Virtual:Rackham Resolution Office: Virtual Office Hours
2021-01-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2021-01-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2021-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter, attend the Rackham’s Resolution Office’s open office hours weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.
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Exhibition:Story, Word, Sound, Sway
2021-01-22 14:00 - 19:00, 2021-01-26 14:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Story, Word, Sound, Sway is on view at Stamps Gallery January 18, 2021 – February 28, 2021. The gallery is currently open Tuesdays and Fridays from 2pm to 7pm to U-M faculty, staff, and students with valid MCards only. Learn more about COVID health and safety restrictions prior to your visit: https://stamps.umich.edu/exhibitions/stamps_gallery
The work in the exhibition can also be viewed online: http://stamps.umich.edu/calendar/event-detail/story_word_sound_sway

Artists: Carisa Bledsoe (BFA Interarts ’14), Schroeder Cherry (BFA ’76), Elshafei Dafalla (MFA ’08), Masimba Hwati (MFA ’19), Caleb Moss (BFA ’13), Senghor Reid (BFA ’99), Valencia Robin (MFA ’08), Yvette Rock (MFA ’99), Wes Taylor (BFA ’04), Levester Williams (BFA ’13), and Elizabeth Youngblood (BFA ’73)

Story, Word, Sound, Sway is an exhibition of work by eleven Stamps School of Art & Design Alumni using performance, movement, text, sound, and design to interrogate systems of oppression and interrupt the status quo. It explores themes of alternative histories, archives, Black identity, collective memory, storytelling; meshing performance and performativity, and the interplay of the oral and aural in one’s experience of the world. An undercurrent of movement explored in multiple variations thread the works together, realized through a variety of methods including painterly gesture, repetitive mark-making, performance with an audience or without, spoken word, ambient sound, and reimagined instruments. The exhibition aspires to pull at the loosened threads of a social fabric in crisis, revealing larger complex histories and art discourses, nationally and internationally, framed through the experiences and trajectories of Stamps alumni during their time in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication that will include interviews with each of the alumni artists conducted by current Stamps’ student and exhibition co-curator Moteniola Ogundipe.

Story, Word, Sound, Sway is co-curated by Jennifer Junkermeier-Khan and Moteniola Ogundipe.

Image: Levester Williams, “Shift, Sift, Swoosh Bods,” 2018, (detail, video still) HD video, color, four audio channels; 17 minutes 33 seconds (full length).

Lecture / Discussion:Extending Apologies: Memorializing the World War II Japanese American Incarceration at the Tanforan Assembly Center
2021-01-22 14:30 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract: “Extending Apologies”, focuses on the future memorial for the Tanforan Assembly Center –a former Japanese American Incarceration Camp in San Francisco, California– and the demand of victims and their families to extend the official apology, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, beyond mere words. A series of on-site historic plaques and an exhibition of Dorothea Lange’s incarceration photographs at a nearby train station serve as background to study the development of the new memorial. The design and iconography of the future Tanforan memorial –a figurative bronze surrounded by a landscaped memorial plaza– are analyzed alongside the motivations of the main actors that have shaped it: a group of memory activists, a transit agency, and a shopping mall developer. “Extending Apologies” argues that these past and future commemorative interventions reveal the tensions between an unsettled memorial landscape and the Japanese American community’s ongoing demands for apology.

Bio: Valentina Rozas-Krause received her Ph.D. in Architecture (History, Theory & Society) from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an architect with a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her field of study encompasses architecture, urbanism, and landscape from the nineteenth century to the present, with particular research and teaching interests in memory, postcolonialism, preservation, public space, social justice, and gender. Valentina has published two books. The first, Ni Tan Elefante, Ni Tan Blanco (Ril, 2014), is an urban, architectural, and political history of the National Stadium in Chile. The second is the co-edited volume Disputar la Ciudad (Bifurcaciones, 2018) which deals with spatial strategies of oppression, resistance, memory and reparation within varying urban contexts. These join peer-reviewed articles in History & Memory, e-flux, Latin American Perspectives, Anos 90, ARQ, Revista 180, Cuadernos de Antropología Social, and Bifurcaciones alongside a chapter in the edited volume Neocolonialism and Built Heritage (Routledge, 2020). Her research has been supported by numerous fellowships and grants, including a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, a Townsend Center for the Humanities Dissertation Fellowship, a John L. Simpson Research Fellowship in International and Comparative Studies from UC Berkeley, a DAAD Dissertation Research Grant, and a Becas Chile Grant. Valentina is currently working on a book project titled Memorials and the Cult of Apology, which examines how contemporary memorials aim to atone for past injustices. In effect, apologies are being materialized into memorials, a phenomenon of global importance, which presents a major shift in national self-representation.

Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Physics potential of high energy muon collider
2021-01-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Seminar Link : http://myumi.ch/O4P7E

Momentum has been accumulating to consider high energy muon collider as a future high energy collider possibility, especially on the US soil. Muon collider has unique physics cases, both as a Higgs factory as well as a high energy lepton collider. In this talk, I will review the overall physics pictures for muon colliders and discuss these unique physics cases. In particular, I will show a recent study where we rethink about WIMP DM and their testability at colliders. We show that through the new signature and channels proposed by us, we can draw some conclusive statements about WIMP DM, which can serve as a physics driver case for high energy muon colliders.

Class / Instruction:Myanmar: Land of Golden Temples and Floating Villages
2021-01-22 15:00 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location
Photographer, Ann O’Hagan, invites you on a visual journey through the highlights of Myanmar, locally still known as Burma. Once the richest country in Southeast Asia, Myanmar still remains one of the most fascinating places on earth. Despite the disheartening news that has recently brought it to our attention, visiting offers an opportunity to learn about its unique culture, glimpse its tragic history and enjoy its breathtaking scenery.

Through the camera lens, you’ll go on a journey that includes modern cityscapes, rural landscapes, exotic temples and watery villages. Highlights include Rangoon (now Yangon), Mandalay, Bagan and Inle Lake. Don’t miss this opportunity for a visual adventure from the comfort of your living room!

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

Workshop / Seminar:Winter 2021 Colloquia Series
2021-01-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Zoom login info is below. Non-U-M Community members can email brownsu@umich.edu to request access.

Jan 22: Jake DeWitte, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Microreactor Development

Jan 29: Rui Qiu, Tsinghua University
Multi-scale Radiation Dosimetry with Computational Human Phantoms

Feb 5: Kate Turner, MIT Media Lab
Towards Intersectional Equity in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Feb 12: Raluca Scarlat, UC Berkeley
The Relevance of Chemical Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts to Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Feb 19: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Reactor Antineutrinos for Nuclear Safeguards

Feb 26: Scott Baalrud, U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Is This Even a Plasma? Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Mar 5: Ronnie Shepard, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Exploring Energy Transport at Stellar Inner Conditions Utilizing Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Mar 12: Peter Yarsky, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A Nuclear Engineer’s Approach to Modeling the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 19: Dawn Montgomery, Clemson University
An Integrative Approach to Environmental Radiation Protection: Plant Influence on Radionuclide Transport, Plant Uptake, and Non-Human Biota Dosimetry

Mar 26: Dr. Heather J. Maclean Chichester, Idaho National Laboratory
Challenges and Solutions for Examining Irradiated Fuels and Materials in a Harsh Environment

Apr 2: Lara Pierpoint, Actuate
Electric Utility Innovation

Apr 9: Denia Djokić, Fastest Path to Zero Initiative
Reflections on Risk and Trust: Commemorating Fukushima and Chernobyl During Covid-19

Apr 16: John Jackson, Idaho National Laboratory
DOE Microreactor Program: Technology to Enable Microreactor Development, Deployment and Commercialization

Exercise / Fitness:Tabata (Free Week)
2021-01-22 16:15 - 17:05 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Looking for an intense, time-efficient full-body workout? Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this class you will push yourself to the max and achieve full body fitness by completing a variety drills at specific work-rest ratios.

Exercise / Fitness:Gentle Yoga (Free Week)
2021-01-22 17:15 - 18:05, 2021-01-25 18:45 - 19:35 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

This class combines gentle flowing sequences and restorative poses to decrease stress and improve range of motion and joint mobility. Restorative poses are deep stretches that are typically held for one to three minutes to loosen connective tissue. This soothing class will leave you feeling grounded and at peace.

Livestream / Virtual:"The Sound of Us" Watch Party with Prof. Eugene Rogers
2021-01-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
On January 22, as part of NAMM Believe in Music Week, Yamaha Entertainment Group will offer a sneak preview of “The Sound of Us,” a documentary directed by nine-time Emmy award-winning producer Chris Gero.

"The Sound of Us" illustrates, during this critical time in history, that music gives sound to hope and courage, allows us to grieve and be honest, and is the great, universal language that unites us all.

Prof. Eugene Rogers, current MM student and alumnus Julian Goods, U-M alumnus Teddy Gotfredson, and the U-M Men's Glee Club are featured in the documentary which highlighted the Glee Club's performance of "Seven Last Words of the Unarmed" by Joel Thompson.

Watch the trailer here: https://myumi.ch/ZQOYd

Interested in other NAMM Believe in Music Week events? You can attend additional conference events for free online at: https://attend.believeinmusic.tv

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Hip Hop (Free Week)
2021-01-22 18:30 - 19:20 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Cardio Hip Hop is a high-intensity dance workout that uses choreographed movements set to Hip Hop and Top 40 music. This non-stop dance party is very similar to Zumba and other dance-aerobic workouts. No dance experience require

Exercise / Fitness:Hatha Yoga (Free Week)
2021-01-22 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25!

This class will combine yoga poses (asanas) with breathing exercises (pranayama) to help align and calm your body, mind, and spirit in preparation for meditation. Hatha can be translated to mean balance or literally “sun” (ha) and “moon” (tha). Traditional asanas are held in accurate alignment. It develops strength, flexibility, endurance, and steadiness, bringing greater balance on all levels (body, mind and spirit). Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels.

Presentation:The Virtual Mark Webster Reading Series
2021-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Art - Zoom Event / Virtual Event
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One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. The Mark Webster Reading Series presents emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting. Tune in to enjoy work from the next generation of authors.

This week's reading features Kashona Notah [Fiction] and Nathan Kweku John [Poetry].

Organized by the MFA in Creative Writing Program and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art. For questions or accommodation needs, contact co-hosts David Freeman (dfrman@umich.edu) or Lauren Morrow (lmmorrow@umich.edu).

Performance:Ayana Evans, Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series: Persona as Social Justice
2021-01-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Museum of Art - Webinar / Virtual Event
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Ayana Evans will talk about her trajectory of her work, including her new work of performance art for video "You Better Be Good to Me” (with performances by students from SMTD, the UM Cheer Team, and Detroit artists, and costumes by Dressing Up and Down students). "You Better Be Good to Me” will premiere as part of the program.

Ayana Evans is a NYC based performance artist who grew up on the south side of Chicago. The sensibilities of both locations heavily influence her work with the body, race relations, and gender bias. Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog, describes Ms. Evans as, “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur.” And writer Seph Rodney of Hyperallergic and the New York Times wrote: “I have seen [this] artist actually stop traffic on the Bowery in downtown Manhattan in 2016, where, in a floor-length lace gown, a dollar-store tiara and full makeup, she placed a chair in the street to do chair dips.”

Evans began her career as a painter earning her MFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and her BA in Visual Arts from Brown University. During the summer of 2016 Evans completed her installment of the residency, "Back in Five Minutes" at El Museo Del Barrio in NYC. The next year she completed a endurance-based 10-hour, citywide performance and 100-person performative dinner party at the Barnes Foundation in 2017 for "A Person of the Crowd,” a major performance art survey featuring artists such as, Marina Abramovic, Tania Bruguera, and William Pope L. in Philadelphia, PA. Her international work includes participation in: FIAP performance festival in Martinique, The Pineapple Show at Tiwani Contemporary in London, and Ghana's Chale Wote festival, which drew 30,000 people. Evans has received numerous fellowships and awards including: Studio Immersion Fellowship Program at EFA’s Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (2018); Artists Alliance Inc (2018); Franklin Furnace Fund for performance art (2017-2018); New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow for Interdisciplinary Arts (2018); and an artist in resident for Art on the Vine at Martha's Vineyard (2019). In addition to her numerous guerilla street performances, Evans has performed at the Queens Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Newark Museum, and the Bronx Museum. During 2018 and 2019 Evans had three solo exhibitions with Medium Tings Gallery (Brooklyn), Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC) and the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop with New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) at Governors Island, NY. She has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, ArtNet, The Cut, Hyperallergic, and CNN. Evans is currently an adjunct professor at Brown University.

During the Fall 2020 semester, Evans created a new work of performance art for video as part of the Stamps School’s Witt Visiting Artist program. A video of the performance "You Better Be Good to Me,” will premiere as part of the program.

Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

Supported by the U-M Arts Initiative. This talk is part of the 2021 U-M Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Symposium. The Penny Stamps 2020-2021 Distinguished Speaker Series is brought to you with the support of our streaming partners, Detroit Public Television and PBS Books.

Livestream / Virtual:Ayana Evans: Persona as Social Justice
2021-01-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
Ayana Evans is a NYC based performance artist who grew up on the south side of Chicago. The sensibilities of both locations heavily influence her work with the body, race relations, and gender bias.

Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog, describes Ms. Evans as, “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur.” And writer Seph Rodney of Hyperallergic and the New York Times wrote: “I have seen [this] artist actually stop traffic on the Bowery in downtown Manhattan in 2016, where, in a floor-length lace gown, a dollar-store tiara and full makeup, she placed a chair in the street to do chair dips.”

Evans began her career as a painter earning her MFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and her BA in Visual Arts from Brown University. During the summer of 2016 Evans completed her installment of the residency, "Back in Five Minutes" at El Museo Del Barrio in NYC. The next year she completed a endurance-based 10-hour, citywide performance and 100-person performative dinner party at the Barnes Foundation in 2017 for "A Person of the Crowd,” a major performance art survey featuring artists such as, Marina Abramovic, Tania Bruguera, and William Pope L. in Philadelphia, PA. Her international work includes participation in: FIAP performance festival in Martinique, The Pineapple Show at Tiwani Contemporary in London, and Ghana's Chale Wote festival, which drew 30,000 people. Evans has received numerous fellowships and awards including: Studio Immersion Fellowship Program at EFA’s Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (2018); Artists Alliance Inc (2018); Franklin Furnace Fund for performance art (2017-2018); New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow for Interdisciplinary Arts (2018); and an artist in resident for Art on the Vine at Martha's Vineyard (2019). In addition to her numerous guerilla street performances, Evans has performed at the Queens Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Newark Museum, and the Bronx Museum. During 2018 and 2019 Evans had three solo exhibitions with Medium Tings Gallery (Brooklyn), Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC) and the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop with New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) at Governors Island, NY. She has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, ArtNet, The Cut, Hyperallergic, and CNN. Evans is currently an adjunct professor at Brown University.

During the Fall 2020 semester, Evans created a new work of performance art for video as part of the Stamps School’s Witt Visiting Artist program. A video of the performance "You Better Be Good to Me,” will premiere as part of the program.

Supported by the U-M Arts Initiative. This talk is part of the 2021 U-M Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Symposium.

Related EventIs Acceptance the Future of Art?
Monday, January 25, 5:30 pm

Join Ayana Evans for a live, virtual discussion with Reginald Jackson, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan and scholar of critical race theory’s relationship to gender. This program is part of the U-M Arts Initiative series, The Future of Art: Register here to receive information on how to join: https://umich.formstack.com/forms/jan25_futureofart

How to WatchAll events will be webcast on Fridays at 8pm (ET) at http://pennystampsevents.org and https://dptv.org/pennystamps. Join the conversation on the Penny Stamps Series Facebook page.

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Notice of uncensored content: In accordance with the University of Michigan’s Standard Practice Guidelines on “Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression,” the Penny Stamps Speaker Series does not censor our speakers or their content. The content provided is intended for adult audiences and does not reflect the views of the University of Michigan or Detroit Public Television.

Well-being:UMix - Connect with YOUMix
2021-01-22 21:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Welcome back, Wolverines! End the first week of classes with fun ice breakers and conversation games at Connect with YOUMix!

If you've been missing the chance to meet new people and make new friends, you're not alone! Join other students from across campus from wherever you are for a fun evening of community, games and peer-to-peer interaction. We'll bring the games and icebreakers, you bring your wonderful self, and we'll all feel a little more connected!

Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7956

See what games we'll be playing: https://icebreaker.video/events/rEPuqKjevtzmb3iyFOS3

Livestream / Virtual:School of Nursing Graduate Open House
2021-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Join our esteemed faculty and the Recruiting & Admissions team at the Winter Graduate Open House taking place on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from 10am-12pm EST. Register for this event at https://nursing.umich.edu/about/visit-us.

Exercise / Fitness:PiYo (Free Week)
2021-01-23 11:00 - 11:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Virtual PiYo combines the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility advantages of yoga. We also crank up the speed to deliver a true fat-burning, low-impact workout that leaves your body feeling strong and invigorated. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

Ceremony / Service:2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Awards Ceremony
2021-01-23 14:00 - 15:15 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6TD-hc_QTgOPn5fphl1TNA
The Central Campus Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award program honors undergraduate students on central campus who best exemplify the leadership and extraordinary vision of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nominees and awardees will be recognized at this award ceremony which will highlight the various ways in which our students have worked to carry on the spirit of Dr. King.

Zoom – Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6TD-hc_QTgOPn5fphl1TNA

Livestream / Virtual:Virtual Saturday Sampler Tour | Messages and Magic: The Power of Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia
2021-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Saturday Sampler tours are back! We've missed you and are thrilled to begin offering our Saturday Sampler tours virtually! Join us over Zoom to explore the Kelsey Museum from the comfort of your home.

The theme of this week's tour is Messages and Magic: The Power of Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Around 3200 BCE, a new technology was taking the ancient world by storm: writing. Join us as we explore the development of writing from prehistoric pictograms through cuneiform and alphabetic scripts. We will see how people reacted to this new technology and how they harnessed the power of the written word for their own uses.

Zoom link:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98615763784

Meeting:Facilitator Training
2021-01-24 10:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Members are trained on January 24, 2021, then attend membership meetings bi weekly as follows

Performance:Postponed - Ranky Tanky
2021-01-24 19:30 - 21:30
Tickets on sale May 15!

Careers / Jobs:ECRC Virtual Career Fair Practice Sessions
2021-01-25 09:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
The ECRC is utilizing the Career Fair Plus platform to host 15 career fair practice sessions before the Winter 2021 career fair and networking events. Beginning on Friday, January 15th at 12:00 PM ET, you may sign up for a quick practice session for the Winter 2021 Virtual Engineering career fair with an ECRC Career Advisor or an ECRC Peer Advisor using Career Fair Plus: https://app.careerfairplus.com/um_mi

This is a College of Engineering Event.

Lecture / Discussion:RNA Seminar featuring: Elena Conti, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
2021-01-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location
KEYWORDS: molecular mechanisms, RNA, ribosome, biochemistry, cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography

ABSTRACT: All RNAs in eukaryotic cells are eventually degraded. The RNA exosome is a conserved macromolecular machine that degrades a vast number and variety of RNAs. Exosome-mediated RNA degradation leads to the complete elimination of nuclear and cytoplasmic transcripts in turnover and quality control pathways, and to the partial trimming of RNA precursors in nuclear processing pathways. How the exosome combines specificity and versatility to either eliminate or process RNAs has been a long-standing question.

ZOOM REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IjnWw1UcRkW8zcDeuAM2tQ

Livestream / Virtual:Sweetland Write-Together
2021-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.
Instructions

Other:Write-Togethers
2021-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Write-Together sessions provide structure, accountability, and support for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. For each of these remote sessions, participants access a shared Google document that will serve as a communal virtual space. Students will be invited to post pre-writing goals and post-writing reflections in the document. Writers can also schedule a 10-minute Zoom meeting with Sweetland faculty during each session to discuss writing questions. We will also provide weekly writing strategies to habituate students to best writing practices.

Supported by the Rackham Graduate School and the Sweetland Center for Writing.

More information available at
https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/write-together-sessions.html

Class / Instruction:Chinese 1
2021-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
This course places emphasis on basic and fundamental Chinese. By using analytical and systematic ways to introduce Chinese characters, sentences, structures, patterns and templates, etc.

At the end students should be able to replace subject, verb and object to make sentences they would like to say or carry on conversation.

This study group led by Angela Yang will meet Mondays beginning on January 25 through May 10.

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

Class / Instruction:Women’s Issues: In Our Prime- Ageism and Women
2021-01-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
We will be reading and discussing, "In Our Prime "by Susan Douglas, professor of Communications at UM. Dr. Douglas calls on women of all ages to join together now to fight against gendered ageism to secure our country’s financial safety net and to make a brighter more welcome future for older women.

The study group led by Instructors Sigred Hermon and Bernie Bach will meet Mondays from January 25 through February 22. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Mondays)
2021-01-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Mondays 10:30AM-12PM (drop in)
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97155787515)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Andrew Hlynka (CSCAR), Charles Antonelli (LSA Tech), Jonathan Golob (Michigan Medicine)

Expertise: 3D graphical applications, C, C++, C#, CMake/GNU Make, Fortran, Git, HPC, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Matlab, mobile app development, MPI, OpenMP, parallelization, performance analysis, PBS, Python, R, reproducible workflows (nextflow), shell, Slurm, SQL, statistical modeling

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Core (Free Week)
2021-01-25 10:45 - 11:35 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Come to this fifty-minute class filled with the perfect balance of cardiovascular training and core conditioning. Our cardio drills will get your heart rate up while core exercises strengthen a variety of your muscle sets. Build your endurance and strength with this challenging and fun class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Livestream / Virtual:JMRN Seminar: Affective trouble: a Jewish/Palestinian heterosexual wedding threatening the Israeli nation-state?
2021-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
*Jewish-Muslim Research Network Seminar*

The aim of this presentation is to illustrate and analyze the reactions of some mainstream Israeli politicians to a celebrity marriage between Tzahi Halevi, a Jewish Israeli actor, and Lucy Aharish, a Palestinian Israeli TV personality. Drawing upon the notion of stance, we unveil the affective trouble generated by this heterosexual union vis-à-vis the Israeli national project. More specifically, we tease out the kaleidoscopic collage of politicians’ affective (dis)attachments in relation to Halevi, Aharish and a variety of socioculturally relevant categories such as the Israeli nation. This affective patchwork, we argue, is itself the product of a tension that is at the very heart of the Israeli nation-state, that between the policing of Jewishness as the defining principle of the Israeli national imagined community, on the one hand, and the upholding of the democratic imperative to equal treatment and recognition, on the other.

Roey J. Gafter is a senior lecturer in the department of Hebrew Language at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is a sociolinguist whose work focuses on the use of linguistic resources in the construction of ethnic identities. His research explores sociophonetic variation in Hebrew, the Israeli construction of ethnic identity from a discourse analytic perspective, and contact between Hebrew and Arabic. He has published, *inter alia*, in the *Journal of Sociolinguistics, Social Semiotics, and Linguistic Inquiry*.

Tommaso M. Milani is a critical discourse analyst who is interested in the ways in which power imbalances are (re)produced and/or contested through semiotic means. His main research foci are: language ideologies, language policy and planning, linguistic landscape, as well as language, gender and sexuality. He has published extensively on these topics in international journals and edited volumes. Among his publications are the edited collection Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections and Dislocations (Routledge, 2016) and the special issue of the journal Linguistic Landscape on Gender, Sexuality and Linguistic Landscapes (2018). He is co-editor of the journal Language in Society.

Register here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYldeiopj4sGdD5vHKjgcHI9tOIfbyR8LiR

Workshop / Seminar:CREES/Ford U.S.-Russia Future Leaders Professional Development Workshop. Supporting Government Transparency in Ukraine: The Role of NGOs and EU Policymakers
2021-01-25 11:30 - 12:45 | Off Campus Location
NOTE (1/18/21): This event is now full. However, if you would like to be added to the workshop's waitlist, please fill out this Google form: https://myumi.ch/v2oV7

The second CREES/Ford U.S.-Russia Future Leaders Professional Development Workshop will be led by Tinatin Tsertsvadze, policy analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute. Participants must be current U-M students and will be admitted, space pending, beginning January 11.

In October 2020, Ukraine’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s National Agency on Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) could no longer publish the electronic asset declarations of government officials. The court also struck down the imposing of criminal liability on government officials who provide false information on these asset declarations. The court’s decision represents a significant setback for government transparency advocates. The ruling may also negatively impact Ukraine - EU relations.

This workshop will have students analyze the role that international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can play in raising awareness of, and advocating for, increased government transparency in Ukraine. During the workshop, students will consider the practical steps NGOs can take to obtain buy-in from both Ukraine-based civic organizations and EU policymakers to advance anti-corruption efforts.

Tinatin Tsertsvadze, a policy analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute, will lead this workshop. She is an expert on human rights and rule of law policy in the European Union, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Before joining the Open Society European Policy Institute, she worked at the Human Rights and Democracy Network and the Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue.

Participating students must agree to complete select readings and a brief writing assignment prior to the workshop session. More details will be provided upon registration.

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

Careers / Jobs:Data Science Internship Information Session
2021-01-25 12:00 - 13:00
Curious about what working at Capital One is like? Join us on for a glimpse into a day in the life of a Data Science Intern!

During this interactive info session and associate panel for STEM Masters & PHD Students, you'll learn more about working in unique, but interconnected roles. This is also a great chance to hear more about #LifeatCapitalOne, toask questions about our exciting opportunities, and to meet a few of ourassociates.

Presentation:Developmental Brown Bag: Modeling Cognitive Variation in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Understanding Domain-Specific Outcomes and Person-Specific Effects
2021-01-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
Cognitive processes such as executive functioning normatively develop over adolescence and well into young adulthood, but some aspects of cognition show domain- and person-specific associations with behavior and wellbeing. In my presentation, I highlight this in two studies. The first study examines how constellations of cognitive skills (e.g., inhibition, planning, emotion regulation) are associated with key developmental domains, finding that unique cognitive profiles have functional significance for academics, mental health, and health behaviors in adolescence. The second study illustrates three different techniques for the analysis of intensive longitudinal data on verbal recall with the purpose of delineating links between daily cognitive and contextual processes. The results provide insight into how mean-based, within-person, and person-specific analyses handle intensive longitudinal data and how this leads to disparate inferences about daily processes. Together, these studies highlight how levels of analysis (e.g., domain specificity of outcomes) and analytic techniques (e.g., degree of person specificity) matter for understanding individual differences in cognition across the lifespan.

Lecture / Discussion:Kamala Harris and the Reframing of the Vice Presidency
2021-01-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_95L_h0-1StGsBZbTsn-gQA
This conversation is one of the final events of the U-M Democracy & Debate Theme Semester. Launched in the summer of 2020, the Theme Semester concludes in January 2021 and marks the historic results of this election season as our new President and Vice President take office under extraordinary circumstances. While this election season has wrought charges of voter suppression, claims of irregularities, and violence in the service of vastly unproven assertions of fraud, for this event we place our primary focus on Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, who will make history on January 20th. She has broken barriers in American politics and will serve in office during a moment marked by a global pandemic and economic hardship, as well as by an upswing in nativist sentiments, racism, and a politics of exclusion. Harris brings a wealth of experience — as a former US Senator and state's attorney general — and a cluster of identities — as a Black woman and a woman of South Asian descent, a daughter of immigrants, a graduate of a historically Black university, a mother within a blended family — to a role that she will inevitably reframe in the years to come. This panel promises a rich discussion on the diverse histories that intersect in this moment, their meanings for the communities Harris embodies, and for the nation as a whole.

Zoom - Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_95L_h0-1StGsBZbTsn-gQA

Panelists:

Introduction by Provost Susan Collins, Edward M. Gramlich Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, professor of economics, and former dean of the Ford School

Annette Joseph-Gabriel, assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies and Editor of the Global Black History section of Public Books

Ian Shin, assistant professor of History and American Culture (Asian/Pacfic Islander Studies)

Michelle May-Curry, PhD Candidate, American Culture

Angela X. Ocampo, assistant professor of Political Science; faculty associate, Center for Political Studies and Latina/o Studies

Jasmine Williams, a rising senior in the Ross School of Business with a major in Business Administration and a concentration in Marketing, and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Beta Eta (UM) chapter

Moderated by Ruby Tapia, Chair, Department of Women's and Gender Studies; associate professor of English Language & Literature and Women’s and Gender Studies

Sponsored by the Democracy & Debate Theme Semester; Departments of Women’s & Gender Studies and Afroamerican & African Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender;Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Beta Eta Chapter; and U-M National Pan Hellenic Council.

Livestream / Virtual:Rackham Doctoral Internships: Expanding Your Professional Horizons
2021-01-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
In this session, you will learn about three of Rackham’s current internship funding programs: the Biosciences Internship Grant, Rackham Public Engagement Internships, and Academic Term Internship Fellowships. Program managers will discuss the application process for each program, and current students who participated will share their insights about applying and how they benefited from making an internship a part of their graduate school experience.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/qgRov.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Workshop / Seminar:Social Exposure Infectious Diseases: Zika, Covid-19 and the Context of Fertility
2021-01-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Abstract: Brazil is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Brazil is also the country most affected by the recent Zika epidemic and is an epicenter of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In this talk, I will introduce DeCodE, funded by NICHD, and the first panel survey on fertility and reproductive health in Brazil, tracking women’s childbearing intentions, desires and outcomes during the Zika and Covid-19 public health emergencies. Combining analysis from in-depth interviews and baseline survey data collected in April-September 2020, this talk will uncover women’s social and reproductive vulnerabilities during the pandemic. Results show that inequities are exacerbated and that women socially exposed to Zika during the epidemic intend to postpone and forego childbearing. Overall findings suggest that there are clear spillover effects across successive novel infectious disease emergencies that are relevant in every country Zika and Covid-19 have touched.

Bio: Letícia Marteleto is a social scientist with expertise in social demography, social stratification and reproductive health. Marteleto’s scholarship examines inequalities in fertility, reproductive processes and educational attainment, among others. Marteleto’s research has been funded by several foundations. She is currently the PI of DeCodE, funded by NICHD, and the first panel survey on reproductive health in Brazil, tracking women’s fertility desires, intentions and outcomes during the Zika and Covid-19 public health crises. Marteleto’s work has appeared in flagship journals in sociology, demography and other disciplines, such as Demography, Population and Development Review and Social Forces. Professor Marteleto holds a PhD in Sociology from The University of Michigan and is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Contact PSC Office for Zoom details.

Well-being:Weekly Wanders: Snacks and Tracks
2021-01-25 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Take a snack with you while you make some tracks this week!

Wander prompts are released on GooseChase at noon on Mondays, but can be completed anytime throughout the semester.

Participants can join in the game by following these simple steps:
1) Download the GooseChase iOS or Android app from https://www.goosechase.com/download/
2) Choose to play as a guest, or register for a personal account with a username & password.
3) Search by game name (Weekly Wanders) or game code (5DQ4X4) to join the game.
4) Follow the prompts to create an individual player profile. Request to use uniq name

Currently enrolled U of M students can participate in 8 wanders throughout the semester and be entered to win exciting prizes!

Class / Instruction:Susan Rice -- A Remarkable Life and Career
2021-01-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
We will read and discuss "Tough Love: My Story of Things Worth Fighting For" by Susan Rice. Her personal story begins with her great-grandfather, who was born a slave and it unfolds through Susan, who grew up in privilege with an elite education, worked at the State Department and rose to become UN Ambassador and National Security Advisor.

Ms. Rice provides an insider's account of the complex international issues confronted by the United States during her decades of service.

Gerry Lapidus leads the first week's discussion and requests volunteers to lead the remaining sessions while he serves as moderator. Please read the Prologue and Sections 1 and 2 (p.1-58) for the first session.

This study group will meet Mondays for eight weeks beginning January 25. Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the study group will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.

Livestream / Virtual:EEB student evaluation seminar: Testing evolutionary hypotheses using human genomes and phenomes
2021-01-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Siliang presents his preliminary seminar

Livestream / Virtual:Positive Links Speaker Series
2021-01-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
The way we communicate matters because it has consequences. When it is done well, communication creates human contact, enables a person to discover solutions, builds people up, deepens their relationships, and serves as a source of inspiration and influence. And although all of us communicate every day at work and at home, we often fall short of our own best aspirations. Most often, it is because we may not know how.

This session is an introduction to the art of positive communication. It is based on the premise that the “spoken word, spoken honorably and well, can make a difference that no other form of communication can equal.” In it, you will learn six critical behaviors that will improve your capacity for connecting with others, help you foster high-quality relationships, and lead others positively.

Framed by powerful stories and a practical model of communication you can use today, the session will invite you to transform your own communication and thereby create your own best moments as a person and a leader.

About Mirivel:
Dr. Julien C. Mirivel is Professor of Applied Communication at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He is “among the founding scholars in the emerging field of positive communication” and an award-winning teacher and scholar.

Mirivel has published in the best journals in the field of communication and is the author of two books on positive communication: The Art of Positive Communication: Theory and Practice and How Communication Scholars Think and Act: A Lifespan Perspective. Mirivel has served in a number of leadership roles including co-director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Interim Chair, Associate Dean, and Dean of the College of Social Sciences & Communication.

In the last five years alone, he has delivered hundreds of keynotes, trainings, and workshops on how to communicate effectively across contexts. He is a TEDx speaker whose mission is to inspire individuals and groups to communicate more positively at work and at home. For more information and resources, please visit julienmirivel.com.

Series Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2020-21 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Series Promotional Partners:
Additionally, we thank Ann Arbor SPARK and the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management for their Positive Links Speaker Series promotional partnerships.

Free, registration required to obtain login information: http://myumi.ch/515RB

Exercise / Fitness:Lower Body Sculpt (Free Week)
2021-01-25 15:45 - 16:35 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Looking to strengthen and shape your lower body? Exercises will focus on your glutes, hamstrings, quads and calves. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Careers / Jobs: First Gen Career Coffee Chat- Welcome!
2021-01-25 16:00 - 16:30
*****To register please visit: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7683*****
Monday, January 25, 2021⋅4:00 – 4:30pm

Meet Adan the First Gen Coordinator & Joelle your 1 st Gen Career Coach

We wanted to kick off the Winter semester with you! As the semesterbegins, join in on an informal zoom call to talk about preparing for theupcoming year sd you are exploring careers and Job/Internship searching. We are open to career topics and hope you bring questions you may have. This space is for you to meet others and learn from each other!

Adan andJoelle will also answer your questions, so grab a mug of coffee, tea, or water and join in on the conversation!

This event is a partnership with the First Generation Gateway. All First Gens students at U-M are welcome! We are here for you and want you to know we got you!

Accommodation Information: Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing

Presentation:COMPUTER VISION: WHO IS HELPED AND WHO IS HARMED?
2021-01-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Computer vision has ceased to be a purely academic endeavor. From law enforcement, to border control, to employment, healthcare diagnostics, and assigning trust scores, computer vision systems are being rapidly integrated into all aspects of society. In research, there are works that purport to determine a person’s sexuality from their social network profile images, others that claim to classify “violent individuals” from drone footage. These works were published in high impact journals, and some were presented at workshops in top tier computer vision conferences such as CVPR.

A critical public discourse surrounding the use of computer-vision based technologies has also been mounting. For example, the use of facial recognition technologies by policing agencies has been heavily critiqued and, in response, companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM have pulled or paused their facial recognition software services. Gender Shades showed that commercial gender classification systems have high disparities in error rates by skin-type and gender, and other works discuss the harms caused by the mere existence of automatic gender recognition systems. Recent papers have also exposed shockingly racist and sexist labels in popular computer vision datasets–resulting in the removal of some. In this talk, I will highlight some of these issues and proposed solutions to mitigate bias, as well as how some of the proposed fixes could exacerbate the problem rather than mitigate it.

Bio:

Timnit Gebru is a senior research scientist at Google co-leading the Ethical Artificial Intelligence research team. Her work focuses on mitigating the potential negative impacts of machine learning based systems. Timnit is also the co-founder of Black in AI, a non profit supporting Black researchers and practitioners in artificial intelligence. Prior to this, she did a postdoc at Microsoft Research, New York City in the FATE (Fairness Transparency Accountability and Ethics in AI) group, where she studied algorithmic bias and the ethical implications underlying any data mining project. She received her Ph.D. from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, studying computer vision under Fei-Fei Li. Prior to joining Fei-Fei’s lab, she worked at Apple designing circuits and signal processing algorithms for various Apple products including the first iPad.

Workshop / Seminar:Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities Respectfully - January
2021-01-25 16:00 - 17:15 | Off Campus Location
This interactive virtual workshop 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.

Other:Gomberg - Juli Feigon
2021-01-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Off Campus Location
Chembio

Careers / Jobs:Google ERG Spotlight Series presents: Get to know members of the Black Googler Network (BGN)
2021-01-25 16:00 - 16:15
Get to know members of the Black Googler Network (BGN)
January 25 @ 4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET

Here at Google, we aim to build a workforce that is more representative of our users and create a workplace that promotes a sense of belonging for everyone. At Google we have 16 Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) with over 35,000 members globally! We're excited to highlight five of these groups - The Black Googler Network (BGN), The Hispanic/ LatinX Googler Network (HOLA), The Women Googler Network (Women@), The Google American Indian Network (GAIN), and The Disability Alliance Network (DA).

Starting on January 25th we’ll be posting a video each day throughout the week highlighting members of these Employee Resource Groups as they share how they work together to make an impact within their communities and on Google's overall culture.

Don't forget to add a reminder on your calendar after you've registered, check outthe resources and FAQs, and then tune back in on this page for the events!

Register for the events and watch here: https://careersonair.withgoogle.com/events/erg-series

Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | New Perspectives on Segmented Crystal Calorimeters for Future e+e- Higgs Factories
2021-01-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Please contact Beth Demkowski, demkowsk@umich.edu for Zoom link.

Crystal calorimeters have a long history of pushing the frontier on high-resolution electromagnetic (EM) calorimetry for photons and electrons and exploiting the technological advancements in the field can represent an excellent tool to tackle the challenge of precision physics at future e+e- Higgs factories.

I will discuss in this seminar major innovations in collider detector performance that can be achieved with crystal calorimetry when longitudinal segmentation and dual-readout capabilities are combined with a new high EM resolution approach to Particle Flow in multi-jet events, such as e+e+→HZ events in all-hadronic final-states at Higgs factories. In particular, I will discuss a new technique for pre-processing π0 momenta through combinatoric di-photon pairing in advance of applying jet algorithms which significantly reduces π0 photon splitting across jets in multi-jet events and lead to an improvement of the correct photon-to-jet assignment efficiency by a factor of about 3 when the EM resolution is improved from 15 to 3%/√E.

I will then present the design and optimization of a highly segmented crystal detector concept that achieves the required energy resolution of 3%/√E, and a time resolution better than 30 ps providing exceptional particle identification capabilities and discuss how the implementation of dual-readout on crystals permits to achieve a resolution better than 30%/√E for neutral hadrons. The cost-effective design presented demonstrates how the integration of crystal calorimetry into future Higgs factory collider detectors can open new perspectives by yielding the highest level of combined EM and neutral hadron resolution in the PFA paradigm.

Lecture / Discussion:A Discussion on Representation: What Being Seen Means to the Marginalized
2021-01-25 17:00 - 18:00
The Sikh Students Association at the University of Michigan is hosting an open conversation and discussion led by Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, author of Fauja Singh Keeps Going and American educator, writer, and activist for Religion News Service. He is also an accomplished professor with graduate degrees from Harvard and Columbia, and he speaks regularly on issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

We will be discussing the topic of Representation: What Being Seen Means to the Marginalized. Although we will be focusing on representation as it pertains to Sikhi, we definitely want to invite anyone that is interested in the topics of Diversity, Inclusion, Representation, etc.! This event is free and open to attendees of all religions, faiths, and backgrounds.

Any questions/comments can be directed to our co-chairs! We hope to see you there!

Jasnoor Singh: 248-912-5259 (jasnoors@umich.edu)
Ramneet Chauhan: 989-627-1288 (ramneetc@umich.edu)

Workshop / Seminar:LSA Opportunity Hub Employer Connection: Virtual International Internships with Sage Corps
2021-01-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Vying for an internship position at a global startup that can be completed from the safety of your own home? Sage Corps offers high-impact internships in a variety of international locations that you can complete virtually. Come and learn about all the options available—and find how you can apply.

You should attend this Employer Connection if you are:
- An LSA undergraduate student who is looking to gain work experience this summer
- Eager to work internationally in the future and preparing for a global career by building contacts and gaining valuable internship experiences
- Interested in start-up work culture

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Discover exciting global intern opportunities available at global start-ups like Sage Corps
- Gain knowledge about the process for applying for internships and the benefits available to you if you intern through Sage Corps
- Make inroads into a global organization and employer

RSVP now to reserve your spot as capacity is limited. The zoom link to join the session will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the LSA Opportunity Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements

Presentation:Peace Corps General Information Session
2021-01-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the U-M Peace Corps recruiters at this Peace Corps information session where you will learn about Peace Corps service, hear about volunteer experiences, and gain tips to guide you through the application process.

RSVP here for the Zoom link: https://myumi.ch/Gk9Ro

Exercise / Fitness:Rec Sports Panel
2021-01-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Would you like to learn more about the services and options you have to get involved with Rec Sports? Join staff and students for a panel about Intramural Sports, Esports, Adventure Leadership, and fitness offerings!

Registration is required, and you can register here: https://myumi.ch/3q2YG

***The registration link is part of "Winter Semester Warm-Up!" series with several events from various offices. You can scroll down to register for the Rec Sports panel, and you can register for as many other events as you'd like!***

Performance:Ayana Evans, Live discussion and Q&A: Is Acceptance the Future of Art?
2021-01-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art - Zoom Event / Virtual Event
egister here to receive Zoom information.

Join Ayana Evans, described as “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur” (Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog) for a live, virtual discussion with Reginald Jackson, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan and scholar of critical race theory’s relationship to gender.

In conjunction with her presentation as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series premiering January 22, Ayana Evans will talk with Reginald Jackson about her work, a body of performances that comments on the effort she must put in to be taken seriously as a Black woman – often with humor and impromptu community-creation. They will also discuss issues facing art-makers today: her mid-career shift to performance, and the potential for art to promote self acceptance and wider acceptance of all selves.

The Future of Art Series is hosted by the U-M Arts Initiative as part of a two-year startup phase.

Lecture / Discussion:Is Acceptance the Future of Art?
2021-01-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Off Campus Location
Join Ayana Evans, described as “one part Wonder Woman, one part agent provocateur” (Roberta Fallon, co-founder of Artblog) for a live, virtual discussion with Reginald Jackson, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan and scholar of critical race theory’s relationship to gender.

In conjunction with her presentation as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series premiering January 22, Ayana Evans will talk with Reginald Jackson about her work, a body of performances that comments on the effort she must put in to be taken seriously as a Black woman – often with humor and impromptu community-creation. They will also discuss issues facing art-makers today: her mid-career shift to performance, and the potential for art to promote self acceptance and wider acceptance of all selves.

Monday, January 25, 5:30-6:30 pm EST

Register here to receive Zoom information:
https://umich.formstack.com/forms/jan25_futureofart

Exercise / Fitness:Metabolic Circuit (Free Week)
2021-01-25 17:30 - 18:20 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25!

Do you want an intense workout? How about an environment that offers the support and encouragement you need to reach your peak performance? Then this class is for you! Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Exercise / Fitness:Pilates (Free Week)
2021-01-25 17:45 - 18:35 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core often called the “powerhouse” in Pilates.

Workshop / Seminar:Community Creative Arts Workshop
2021-01-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
December 2020 through May 2021

Livestream / Virtual:Michigan Communities, Conversations and COVID
2021-01-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
This event, presented by the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research and the Community Health Services division of Michigan Medicine, gives the community an opportunity to reflect on the pandemic and vaccines, and to get questions answered by experts.

It features:
E. Yvonne Lewis, B.S., B.B.A., the co-director of the Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center, the director of outreach for the Genesee Health Plan, and the co-community principal investigator for the Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions

Sandro Cinti, M.D., infectious disease specialist, professor of internal medicine and co-chair of the COVID Vaccine and Therapeutics Task Force at Michigan Medicine

Register to receive the link to watch via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webi
nar/register/WN_6QfjU6xySTyfV45N65Q53Q

Call in to listen:
(646) 876-9923, enter ID 965 3793 8149

Or tune in via a Facebook live feed: https://www.facebook.com/UMMICHR

Submit questions in advance: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_20uAmRUXffoSX7D
or email kwikwi@umich.edu

Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab
2021-01-25 18:00 - 19:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643267

Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab isa great next step for you.

Get real-time, personalized support by checking out the virtual Resume Lab. We begin with 15 minutes of quick FAQs and straight facts and then we break up in small groups to get real and immediate feedback with one of our advisors.

We will discuss and educate you on…
- Design and format
- Writing a great bullet point
- Targetingyour resume for specific internships/jobs

If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab so we can cater because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643267

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

Presentation:Transfer to LSA Information Session
2021-01-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the LSA Student Recruitment Team for our weekly virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements, transfer credit, pre-transfer academic advising, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits. Each session includes a Q & A featuring the Transfer Student Ambassadors. For any questions about this session, please email us at LSATransferCenter@umich.edu.

Registration is required. Register with the link to the right.

Careers / Jobs:AlphaSights Webinar: How to Succeed in Your Summer Internship Program
2021-01-25 19:00 - 20:00
What are you looking for in your next internship?

Work in a high-growth, commercial role at AlphaSights!

AlphaSights connects leading professionals to industry experts with the knowledge they need to make the best decisions in today’s competitive markets. We’re a global team with unrivaled career progression, extensive professional development, and a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

As summer approaches, learn from AlphaSights recruiters and past AlphaSights interns about how you can excel in your next internship. Join us to hear about these tips and AlphaSights’ summer internship opportunities in our New York office.

Exercise / Fitness:STRONG Nation (Free Week)
2021-01-25 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
Try any Group-X class for free January 19-25.

STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat! This class combines bodyweight, cardio, muscle conditioning, and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. EQUIPMENT NEEDED (optional): Open space with soft flooring for push-ups, planks, etc. (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

Workshop / Seminar:Communicating Effectively in Zoom Rooms
2021-01-26 08:30 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location
Back by popular demand! Whether learning on campus or from a distance, most of us are spending a lot of time on Zoom and other video conferencing platforms. Being able to participate effectively in online discussions will likely be essential for a long time to come. In this fun, interactive workshop, we will practice a range of features of effective video communication: ways to get a turn to speak, to communicate clearly, and to respond effectively to others. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify strategies for practicing on your own. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.
REGISTER HERE: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/7677

Presentation:Biopsychology Colloquium: Building & Breaking a Neural GPS: Lessons from Healthy & Alzheimer's Cortical Circuits
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Successful spatial navigation and orientation are critical for survival. Lesions to a brain region called the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) dramatically impair spatial orientation abilities, but little is known about how the RSC is able to carry out these GPS-like functions. Here, we build towards a comprehensive cellular and circuit understanding of the RSC. We identify a uniquely small and excitable pyramidal neuron and show that it is the primary recipient of spatially-relevant inputs to the RSC, allowing this cell to simultaneously encode both head speed and direction. We also discover a uniquely fast brain rhythm in the RSC and show that this rhythm is controlled precisely by the speed of movement. Finally, we demonstrate how some of the critical building blocks of RSC function are impaired in a preclinical model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), laying the foundation for understanding why the majority of persons with AD suffer from pronounced spatial disorientation.

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Kickboxing
2021-01-26 12:00 - 12:50 | Off Campus Location
Come punch and kick to the beat of great music! In this quick-paced cardio class, your body will stay in motion as you build strength, endurance, and confidence. People of all fitness levels will get results at this fun and challenging class.

Livestream / Virtual:COVID-19: Treatments and Long-Term Effects
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
This Department of Internal Medicine webinar for the general public will feature U-M experts sharing their research on novel treatments and therapeutics for COVID-19, as well as information on the vaccines and the long-term health effects of COVID-19.

The event will be held on Zoom; participants should register in advance to receive the link to join, and to ask questions in advance. Questions should be received by Jan. 21 to be considered by the panelists.

Moderator:

John M. Carethers, M.D.
C. Richard Boland Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics
John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Panelists:

Robert Dickson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Adam Lauring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

David Markovitz, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine

Lindsay Petty, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Hallie Prescott, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Lecture / Discussion:Environmental Health Priorities in Southeast Michigan
2021-01-26 12:00 - 12:50 | Off Campus Location
The Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of M-LEEaD kicks off the first in a series on community engaged research with a presentation by the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and its Stakeholder Advocacy Board (SAB). Members of the CEC and SAB will share an overview of environmental health priorities in Southeast Michigan, ongoing efforts to address them, and new opportunities for M-LEEaD affiliated researchers. This "Meet and Learn" will focus on the purpose and objective of the CEC and how these relate to the NIEHS core objectives. Please join us!

Careers / Jobs:Experience ORISE Virtual Career Fair: STEM, Policy, and Technical Internships and Fellowships
2021-01-26 12:00 - 15:00
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 12 to 3 p.m. ET, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is hosting a virtual career fairto highlight the variety of paid internships, fellowships and research opportunities available within our Research Participation Programs.

During the event, you’ll have the opportunity to:

CHAT with ORISE representatives and mentors from a variety of programs and federal agencies across all of ORISE.

LEARN about the research and/or projects conductedwithin those programs.

EXPLORE paid internships, fellowships, and research opportunities.

CONNECT with ORISE staff members for questions about applying, what to expect during the program, and to learn more about the ORISE experience.

Livestream / Virtual:International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Please note: This information session will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: http://myumi.ch/9oRRe

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please e-mail is-advising@umich.edu.

A 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, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914

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

Careers / Jobs:Keyot Financial Wellness Series (Part 1/2): How to Grow Your Finances with Next to Nothing
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00
The financial habits you set in your 20s can define the rest of your life. Once you've landed the job and the paychecks start coming in, what's the best approach to managing your finances and savings? Should you be investing? How much should you have in an emergency fund? What’s the best approach to paying back student loans?

Joe Byriel from Edwards Jones is going to break down the ins and outs of budgeting, saving, and investing. This is a can't-miss virtual event for anyone currently launching their career and their financial wealth!

Interested in more financial tips? Join us for Part 2 of Keyot’s Financial Wellness Series on February 2nd.

Livestream / Virtual:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Indigenous Voices, Global Echoes: Chinese Ethnic Minority Literature and the ‘Transnational Tribal Solidarity’
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Home to fifty-five officially recognized ethnic minority groups, China has witnessed a vibrant blossoming of multiethnic literature produced by its non-Han groups in the reform era. In Western scholarship, such multiethnic literary voices have remained largely silent and understudied. Drawing from her first book manuscript, in this talk, Dr. Zhang will offer a critical and timely introduction to Chinese ethnic minority literature from a global perspective. Particularly, she will demonstrate how literature produced by ethnic groups of southwest China seeks to forge a "transnational tribal solidarity:" minority poets articulate their connections to Native American cultures and Latin American literary influences. Rooted in both indigenous traditions and transnational cultural imagination, contemporary Chinese minority literature is vital for scholars of China and global multiculturalism to understand the movements, interactions, and negotiations taking place between indigenous/ethnic communities, the nation, and transnational forces in our increasingly interconnected world.

Yanshuo Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. Her current book manuscript, tentatively titled "Beyond Minority: The Qiang and Ethno-national Imagination in Modern China," is an innovative interdisciplinary project that combines anthropological field research in the ethnic regions of southwest China with close reading of previously under-studied minority cultural articulations in contemporary China. Dr. Zhang's articles have appeared or will appear in positions: "asia critique," " Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature," "Heritage and Society," among other journals. She received her PhD in Chinese Literature and Culture from Stanford University and grew up in China's multiethnic Sichuan Province.

Zoom webinar, attendance requires registration: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7HcSZv1IQF-hC0mcsJw-xg

Workshop / Seminar:LSA Opportunity Hub Employer Connection: Intern virtually with IES Abroad
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Interested in getting cross-cultural work experience from home? IES Abroad offers several virtual internships with a guaranteed placement in the field of your interest. Join us to learn more about the application process and how to get started.

You should attend this Employer Connection if you are:

- An LSA undergraduate student who is interested in securing an internship this summer
- Eager to work internationally in the future and preparing for a global career by building contacts and gaining valuable internship experiences
- Exploring a variety of fields for internships, from finance to communications to technology and so much more

What you’ll gain by attending:

- Discover internship opportunities available at multinational organizations through IES Abroad
- Gather knowledge about the process for applying for internship opportunities and how to choose a field and location
- Understand the benefits of pursuing a global virtual internship, such as growing cross-cultural competencies and improving communication skills, gaining a competitive edge in your industry, and receiving professional development support

RSVP now to reserve your spot as capacity is limited. The zoom link to join the session will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. If you require accommodations to participate in this event please contact the LSA Opportunity Hub at lsa-opphub@umich.edu so we can make arrangements

Workshop / Seminar:Molecular Mechanism of the Eukaryotic DNA Replication-Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Dr. Huilin Li, Van Andel Institute will give a talk (virtually) on Tuesday January 26th, 2021 at 12:00pm

Careers / Jobs:Target Lab x Black History Month
2021-01-26 12:00 - 20:00
Save The Date! We invite you to join us January 26th - 28th as we kick-off Black History Month with a virtual Target Lab experience focused on Personal & Professional Development, highlighting Black Creators & Founders, and our Investment in Black Communities.

We have an amazing line up of renowned speakers, interactive activities and opportunities to network with Target Team Members throughout the week.

*** Enjoy early access to on-demand content including Career Coaching, Workshops (such as resume writing, interview tips, and building our virtual brand), and Community Networking starting Monday, January 25th!

Register today and stay tuned for more exciting announcements!
https://tinyurl.com/yxgmlu74

Lecture / Discussion:WCED Lecture. Starting, Stopping, and Restarting State Repression: An Analysis of Spells
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Christian Davenport is a professor of political science and faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan, as well as a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). His primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements), measurement, racism, and popular culture. He is the author of six books: *The Peace Continuum* with Erik Melander and Patrick Regan (2017, Oxford University Press); *How Social Movements Die* (2016, Cambridge University Press); *Media Bias, Perspective and State Repression: The Black Panther Party* (2010, Cambridge University Press) – winner of Best Book in Racial Politics and Social Movements by the American Political Science Association; *State Repression and the Promise of Democratic Peace* (2007, Cambridge University Press); *Repression and Mobilization* with Carol Mueller and Hank Johnston (University of Minnesota Press. 2004); and *Paths to State Repression: Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics* (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

Registration for this Zoom webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/qg7py

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

Careers / Jobs:Women in Business Forum
2021-01-26 12:00 - 22:00
The University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce Graduate Admissions Office invites you to attend the annual Women in BusinessForum. Experience what it’s like to be a part of the McIntire School ofCommerce community and learn how the M.S. in Commerce and School empower women to become citizen leaders. Explore workshops that review topics likeeffective communication and professional identity while building your network by connecting with students, alumnae, faculty, and staff.

Livestream / Virtual:COVID-19 Vaccine Update and Q&A
2021-01-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y8qjkJARTZiP-s9-Tge2kQ
This event, presented by the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce, features a panel of experts from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, IHA, Michigan Medicine and Washtenaw County Health Department. They will provide information based on science and answer audience questions.

The panel include Dr. Anu Malani, MD, Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control, St. Joe's, Dr. Sandro Cinti, MD, Professor of Infectious Disease, Michigan Medicine, and Dr. Juan Marquez, Medical Director, Washtenaw County Health Department.

Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y8qjkJARTZiP-s9-Tge2kQ

Livestream / Virtual:DEI Workshop: Implicit Bias
2021-01-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
*This program has been modified to deliver in a remote setting and updated to include content directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please direct any questions or accommodation requests to Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu) as soon as possible.*

In this session, participants will learn to:

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

You will benefit by:

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

Audience:

This session is open to all LSA Staff. It is recommended that participants complete this course before enrolling in the Microaggression Session.

Meeting:Coder Spaces (Tuesdays)
2021-01-26 14:00 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Tuesdays 2-3:30PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/99832397131)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Alexander Gaenko (CSCAR), Chen Chen (PDHP/ISR), Lingxi Li (PDHP/ISR), Paul Schulz (PDHP/ISR), and Chris Fariss (ISR)

Expertise: C/C++, CMake/GNU Make, data management, Fortran, Git, HPC, Julia, Mplus, parallelization, performance analysis, Perl, Python, R, SAS, secure computing enclaves, shell, SQL, Stata, statistical computing, survey methods (hypothesis testing, imputation, modeling, statistics, sampling, questionnaire design, weighting), web scraping

Livestream / Virtual:Metalevel Motion Planning for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Metrics Definition and Algorithm Selection
2021-01-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
A diverse suite of manned and unmanned aircraft will occupy future urban airspace. Flight plans must accommodate specific aircraft characteristics including physical volume with safety zone clearance, landing/takeoff procedures, kinodynamics, and a wide range of flight environments. No single motion planner is applicable across all possible aircraft configurations and operating conditions. This dissertation proposes the first motion planning algorithm selection capability with application to small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) multicopters operating in and over a complex urban landscape.

Fail-safe studies are presented to improve on contemporary "fly-home" or automatic landing protocols. Three alternative data-driven fail-safe protocols are presented for multicopter UAS urban flight, focusing on building rooftops as safe urban landing sites. In the first fail-safe strategy, the multicopter identifies, generates, and follows a flight plan to the closest available rooftop suitable for landing. In the second supervisory fail-safe strategy, the multicopter examines rooftops en route to a planned landing site, diverting to a closer, clear landing site when possible. In the third fail-safe strategy, the multicopter cannot preplan a safe landing site due to missing landing site data. In this case, the multicopter executes a coverage path to explore the area and evaluate overflown rooftops to find a safe landing site. These three fail-safe algorithms integrate map generation, flight planning, and area coverage capabilities.

The motion planning algorithm selection problem (ASP) requires qualitative and quantitative metrics to inform the ASP of user/agent, algorithm, and configuration space preferences and constraints. Urban flight map-based, path-based, and software-based cost metrics are defined to provide insights into the properties of the urban canyon needed to construct safe and efficient flight plans. Map-based metrics describe the operating environment by constructing a collection of GPS/Lidar navigation performance, population density, and obstacle risk exposure metric maps. Path-based metrics account for a vehicle's energy consumption and distance traveled. Software-based metrics measure memory consumption and execution time of an algorithm. Metric maps were analyzed in-depth with path-based and software-based metrics utilized in Monte Carlo and ASP studies.

An algorithm portfolio consisting of geometric (Point-to-Point: PTP), graph-based (A* variants), and sampling-based (BIT* variants) motion planners were considered in this work. Path cost, execution time, and success rate benchmarks were investigated using Monte Carlo problem instances with A* "plus" producing the lowest cost paths, PTP having the fastest executions, and A* "dist" having the best overall success rates. The BIT* variant paths typically had higher cost but their success rate increased relative to altitude. The problem instances and metric maps informed two new machine learning solutions for urban small UAS motion planning ASP. Rule-based decision trees were simple to construct but unable to capture both complex cost metrics and algorithm properties. The investigated neural network-based ASP formulations produced promising results, with a hybrid two-stage selection scheme having the best algorithm selection accuracy, laying the seeds for future work.

The most significant innovation of this dissertation is motion planning ASP for UAS. Non-traditional open-source databases also advance the field of data-driven flight planning, contributing to fail-safe UAS operations as well as ASP. Path planning algorithms integrated a new suite of diverse cost metrics accompanied by a novel multi-objective admissible heuristic function. Neural network and decision tree ASP options were presented and evaluated as a first-case practical approach to solving the motion planning ASP for small UAS urban flight.

Lecture / Discussion:The Making of Two Presidents, featuring Donald Holloway, Curator, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum; Marilynn Olson, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Texas State University; Claudia Nelson, Professor Emerita of English, Texas A&M University
2021-01-26 14:30 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Join us for three short talks about presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan who both celebrated childhood reading as roadmaps to the future. Come learn about beloved stories that provided them steps to get where they wanted to go.

Donald Holloway
Curator, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
"A Matter of Trust: The Molding of Jerry Ford"

Marilynn Olson
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Texas State University
“Boys not so different from me”: Gerald Ford and the allure of Horatio Alger

Claudia Nelson
Professor Emerita of English, Texas A&M University
“Morality and fair play”: Ronald Reagan’s Childhood Reading

Careers / Jobs:MTR Spring Topical Info Sessions (Day 1 of 2)
2021-01-26 15:00 - 17:30
All you could want to know about MTR is condensed into 30-minute detailed explorations into specific topics related to Memphis Teacher Residency. Today is Day 1 of the event, and Day 2 will continue the event on Thursday, October 29.

Join us for the whole time, or attend just for the 30-minute session that interests you.

Today's schedule:
3:00pm MUEd w/ MTR Director of Education, Dr. Megan Salemi
3:30pm Money Talk w/ MTR Director of Finance, Bridget Gentry
4:00pm History901: Past & Present w/ City Leadership / Choose901
4:30pm Resident-Led Apartment & Crosstown Tour
5:00pm Neighborhood Spotlight led by Current MTR Teachers

Careers / Jobs:Simple Tips to Upgrade Your Resume
2021-01-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Are you a first-year student working with the same resume that you used in high school? It's time for a refresh! Join Chelsea Moore, a Career Coach at the University Career Center, to learn a few simple tips to upgrade your resume!

In this informal session for first-year students, we'll talk through tips and also give you time to work on your resume so you can make real progress quickly!

Registration is required, and you can register here: https://myumi.ch/3q2YG

***The registration link is part of "Winter Semester Warm-Up!" series with several events from various offices. You can scroll down to register for the resume workshop, and you can register for as many other events as you'd like!***

Careers / Jobs:Simple Tips to Upgrade your Resume for First Year Students
2021-01-26 15:00 - 16:00
This event is part of the Winter Semester Warm- Up series through the First Year Experience.

Are you working with the same resume that you used in high school? It's time for a refresh! Join Chelsea Moore, aCareer Coach at the University Career Center, to learn a few simple tipsto upgrade your resume!

In this informal session we'll talk through tips and also give you time to work on your resume so you can make real progress quickly!

The University Career Center is aware that alumni do not have access to their UM Zoom accounts 30 days post-graduation. If, as a recent graduate (fewer than 18 months after graduation), you are unable toaccess this event please contact careercenter@umich.edu for either a recording of the session (if available) or to arrange a 1:1 meeting with a UCCcareer coach.

Workshop / Seminar:Tianle Yuan: Artificial Intelligence-based Cloud Distributor (AI-CD): Modeling Clouds at Different Scales
2021-01-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location - Register to receive Zoom login details
Abstract: Here we introduce the artificial intelligence-based cloud distributor (AI-CD) approach to generate cloud fields across different scales and cloud types. We show that generative adversarial nets (GANs) can not only generate realistic cloud fields with corresponding meteorological variables, but also capture known physical relationship between cloud fields and meteorological variables such as sea surface temperature, atmospheric stability, and relative humidity etc. We demonstrate that this approach works across a large range of spatial scales: from individual grid points (sub-grid process modeling), multiple grids, to global scale. In addition, the AI-CD approach is stochastic in nature. We suggest the AI-CD approach can be used as a data-drive framework for stochastic cloud parameterization.

Bio: Dr. Yuan got his B.S. in Geophysics and Computer Science in Peking Univ., PhD from University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. After graduation, he is affiliated with Joint Center for Earth Systems Technologies (JCET) at the UMBC and NASA GSFC as an Associated Research Scientist. His research interest includes cloud and aerosol climate feedback, aerosol-cloud interactions, remote sensing, cloud physics, and application of ML/Deep Learning in Earth science. In deep learning applications, Dr. Yuan published a few papers in modeling sub-grid clouds, global scale clouds, hurricane prediction, finding ship-tracks, and supervised and unsupervised cloud morphology classifications.

Lecture / Discussion:"How (and why) the jerboa got its long legs"
2021-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
The Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are proud to present seminar series: "Variations in Biology" featuring seminar guest Kimberly Cooper, PhD.

Dr. Cooper is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the Cell and Developmental Biology Department at the University of California San Diego.

The talk is entitled, "How (and why) the jerboa got its long legs".

Faculty Host: Ben Allen, PhD, Associate Professor Cell and Developmental Biology

Trainee Host: Hannah Schrader, Ben Allen Lab

Careers / Jobs:Fidelity Investments Asset Management Recruiting Uncovered
2021-01-26 16:00 - 17:30
You are invited to attend Fidelity Investments' Asset Management Recruiting Uncovered, an introduction to Fidelity’s world-class Asset Management division. This virtual session will give you an exclusive look at our recruiting process and timeline so you can best prepare for a unique and rewarding career with us. There will also be time for a Q&A session with Fidelity recruiters.

We will review the following important information during the event:
• An overview of Fidelity's Asset Management division
• Our student job opportunities (both intern and full-time)
• What to expect from the recruiting process
• How to set yourself up for success in this industry

Note: we have finalized recruiting for Summer 2021 and will not be discussing opportunities for this upcoming summer.

Register to attend via the Zoom link below: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g_7RoVZkS42EzDxqPFchGw

Questions about the event? Email askarecruiter@fmr.com

Livestream / Virtual:Gear Your Career – LinkedIn Interactive Session
2021-01-26 16:00 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location
oin an informal, interactive Zoom breakout discussion with U-M career and professional development experts about best practices for your LinkedIn profile and online networking presence. This event is a collaboration between the University Career Center and Rackham Graduate School. This event is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/O4y2q.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.
See what else the Gear Your Career has to offer.

Careers / Jobs:Gear Your Career: Interactive LinkedIN Session
2021-01-26 16:00 - 16:30
Join an informal, interactive Zoom breakout discussion with U-M career and professional development experts about best practices for your LinkedIn profile and online networking presence. This event is a collaboration between the University Career Center and Rackham Graduate School. This event is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available.

This workshop is designed for master's students, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.

Careers / Jobs:Google's ERG Spotlight Series: Get to know members of the Women Googler Network (Women@)
2021-01-26 16:00 - 16:15
Get to know members of the Women Googler Network (Women@)
January 26 @ 4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET

Here at Google, we aim to build a workforce that is more representative of our users and create aworkplace that promotes a sense of belonging for everyone. At Google we have 16 Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) with over 35,000 members globally! We're excited to highlight five of these groups - The Black Googler Network (BGN), The Hispanic/ LatinX Googler Network (HOLA), The Women Googler Network (Women@), The Google American Indian Network (GAIN), and The Disability Alliance Network (DA).

Starting on January 25th we’ll be posting a video each day throughout the week highlighting members of these Employee Resource Groups as they share how they work together to make an impact within their communities and on Google's overall culture.

Don't forget to add a reminder on your calendar after you've registered, check out the resources and FAQs, and then tune back in on this page for the events!

Register for the events and watch here: https://careersonair.withgoogle.com/events/erg-series

Livestream / Virtual:Hub Workshop: Early Career Exploration
2021-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
A question many LSA students encounter is, “What are you going to do with that degree?” This workshop will help you articulate an answer to that question by introducing you to the concept of career exploration. Hub coaches will demonstrate practical activities that you can do to support the ongoing career exploration process.

This workshop consists of two parts:
1) A live coach-led session where you’ll begin to identify what you want in a career and explore potential career options most suited to your interests, skills, and values.
2) An optional online Canvas module that can be completed after the live session where students can establish tangible next steps in pursuit of more in-depth career info and in-the-field experience.

You should attend this workshop if you are:
- A liberal arts and sciences (LSA) student
- Exploring academic majors and minors, career interests, and professions
- Looking for internship opportunities that can help clarify your career options
- Interested in developing professional skills that will make you career-ready

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Gain clarity on what type of work you find viable, meaningful, and enjoyable
- Get ideas from coaches and peers on the various ways to meet your career goals
- Gain access to always-on resources on Canvas for deeper career exploration and career development

By taking these online Canvas modules, you will:
- Identify your pre-existing skills and determine competencies you want to cultivate
- Uncover your career values or what you want out of your career in terms of time commitment, type of work, location, and climate
- Learn how to research career options that match your values, skills, and interests

Interaction Level: Moderate
- Video and audio presence is preferred
- The event will be a mixture of interactive activities and passive viewing
NOTE: Students who cannot participate as recommended are still encouraged to attend

RSVP now to reserve your spot! The link to join this workshop will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event will be hosted on Zoom (learn more about Zoom accessibility) and can be accessed by phone or computer. Presentation materials may be shared in advance if requested, and live captioning will be provided. To request other accommodations please contact Paige Baker at paigebak@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Livestream / Virtual:Leadership to Inspire Global Change: Ahead of the Curve Speaker Series
2021-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
In our dynamic world, the pursuit of health equity is both valiant and never complete. Generations of public health leaders have devoted themselves to the ultimate goal of a healthier, more equitable world for all. Bringing contemporary leaders to share their insights, vision, and perseverance is the principle of Ahead of the Curve, a new speaker series from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

A fourth-generation physician whose paternal grandparents fled Germany in the early 1930s to build a new life in Mexico, Julio Frenk catalyzed his deep gratitude for the kindness of strangers into a lifelong mission to improve the health, education, and well-being of people around the world. Dr. Frenk currently serves as president of the University of Miami. He began his presidency in August of 2015 following nearly seven years as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Frenk has an extensive professional record spanning three decades and a career that has included leadership positions in all relevant aspects of public health and higher education: research, teaching, analysis of public policies, institution-building, international cooperation, and national public service.

Exercise / Fitness:Zumba
2021-01-26 16:15 - 17:05, 2021-01-26 17:45 - 18:35, 2021-01-27 11:00 - 11:50, 2021-01-27 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
Ditch the traditional workout and join the party! This Latin-inspired, dance-and-fitness class offers an exciting, exhilarating and effective workout. You’ll develop your stamina and your body tone with easy to follow dance moves, set to the fast and slow rhythms of cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, pop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, calypso and salsaton. No dance experience required.

Livestream / Virtual:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Sacred Translations: Parasite, English Subtitles, and Global Korean Cinema
2021-01-26 16:30 - 17:45 | Off Campus Location
Please note: This session will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at:
https://myumi.ch/bv8Ey

Are subtitles the “one-inch-tall barrier,” as director Bong Joon-ho has characterized in his 2020 Golden Globe speech? Or aren’t they an invitation to foreign cultural products? This presentation revolves around the enthusiastic responses by Korean audiences toward the English subtitles for Bong’s award-winning feature, Parasite (2019). Subtitles have long been the target, probably the easiest target of global cinema fans for their mistranslation. As a subordinate translation to an audiovisual text, subtitling is inherently vulnerable to such criticism due to the technical restrictions of time and space. For Parasite, however, the case was different. As it won Cannes’ Palm d’Or in May 2019, its English subtitles—done by Darcy Paquet—were quickly named as one of the most contributing factors that made Bong’s masterpiece accessible to non-Korean-speaking audiences. Korean film fans lauded Paquet’s English subtitles for achieving the impossible task of translating the highly untranslatable details in Bong’s film, namely “Bong-tail,” which have been considered a feature that characterizes the director’s thorough approach to filmmaking. What sets such Korean audiences’ enthusiasm for English subtitles apart from their general dismissal of Korean subtitles for international films? With the question in mind, my presentation delves into discourses surrounding the audiovisual translation of Parasite on various popular forums, including review-aggregation websites, YouTube videos, and comments sections for news entries. Navigating Koreans’ celebratory reactions to English subtitles of Parasite, the presentation illuminates the popular articulation of global Korean cinema.

Irhe Sohn is Assistant Professor of Korean at Smith College. Ranging from colonial Korean cinema to the history of subtitling and cinema under the authoritarian regime, his research revolves around the relationship between politics and aesthetics in the history of Korean cinema and media. He is currently writing a book manuscript entitled Promises of Failure: Dreams of Cinema in Colonial Korea.

Presentation:BLI Capstone Info Session
2021-01-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
What would you do with an idea and $15,000?

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

Join program manager Fatema Haque at this info session where she will outline the program and answer all of your questions! Teams, individuals, or those just interested in learning more are all welcome — you do not have to be a current BLI member to participate in this info session.

Whether your project is still an idea or an existing project that has approached a hurdle or is considering growth, the BLI Capstone Experience will provide teams with the funding — $15,000 — and mentorship necessary to make your vision a reality.

Careers / Jobs:College Programs Series: Operating Companies and the Value of an MBA
2021-01-26 17:00 - 17:45
Have you ever wondered what an MBA could do to help you accomplish your personal and professional goals? Join us to hear more about whyan MBA degree can be of value to students interested in working in operating companies prior to their MBA.

Livestream / Virtual:Hub Workshop: Grad School Exploration & Prep
2021-01-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
If you’re thinking about applying to grad school (or already have it in your plans), this workshop will outline what to consider before exploring graduate programs and institutions and preparing your application materials.

Together with Hub coaches and your peers, you’ll develop a plan towards successful admission to a grad program that fits your learning and career goals. Lastly, we will work together as a group to establish what makes a powerful and effective personal statement.

You should attend this event if you are:
- A liberal arts and/or sciences (LSA) student
- Interested in learning more about the possibility (and realities) of grad school
- Eager for insights that’ll help you determine if an advanced study is a step you want to take
- Looking for guiding criteria that will help assess if a particular grad program is aligned with your goals
- Searching for available resources to assist you through the process

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Bolster your understanding of grad and professional schools, admission requirements, and application deadlines
- Develop a strategy for identifying grad schools that meet your criteria and a plan for how to stay on top of your applications
- Discover resources available to you throughout your prep and application process
- Think through an approach to writing your personal statement or identify areas of improvement within your existing personal statement

Interaction Level: Moderate
- Video and audio presence is preferred
- The event will be a mixture of interactive activities and passive viewing
NOTE: Students who cannot participate as recommended are still encouraged to attend

RSVP now to reserve your spot! The link to join this workshop will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event will be hosted on Zoom and can be accessed by phone or computer. Presentation materials may be shared in advance if requested, and live captioning will be provided. To request other accommodations please contact Paige Baker at paigebak@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Exercise / Fitness:Metabolic Circuit
2021-01-26 17:30 - 18:20 | Off Campus Location
Do you want an intense workout? How about an environment that offers the support and encouragement you need to reach your peak performance? Then this class is for you! Metabolic Circuit is based on fun strength and cardio drills. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Well-being:Winter Blues and Depression
2021-01-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Live virtual wellness group from 5:30 - 7:00pm
Registration is required on the Campus Mind Works website
Zoom link will be accessible in your registration confirmation email the day of the event

These mental health education and support groups are a service of the U-M Depression Center, in partnership with the U-M Engineering’s C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center and are run by staff affiliated with the U-M Department of Psychiatry.

Careers / Jobs:Going Global with KPMG
2021-01-26 18:00 - 18:45
Have you always envisioned working internationally in your career? Hear from our professionals about how they decided to take the leap and work abroad, the logistics behind the experience, and how it helped them in their career.

Register using the below link for this session and more. Links to log in to the specific event will be sent after you've registered.

https://events-meetings.kpmg.com/VVNWCH4W4CP

Careers / Jobs:Raytheon Technologies Corporate Info Session hosted by SWE
2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91561528828
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It includes four industry-leading businesses—Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense. With 195,000 employees, the company is pushing the boundaries of missile defense, avionics, propulsion, intelligence, cybersecurity and more. Raytheon Technologies formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/91561528828

-Majors Recruited: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Math/Physics
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
-Positions available: Full Time, Internship
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: Yes
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: No

Careers / Jobs:Ready, Set, Intern! For First-Year Students
2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:00
**If you are viewing this event in Handshake, please registerfor the event in Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/39635. You must register for the event in Sessions in order to receive the Zoom Link for the event**

As a first-year student, figuring out what you need to do to get an internship in the era of COVID-19 orunderstanding what interests you have is hard. It’s difficult to know what employers look for or how might your interests equal a job or a major.The University Career Center understands that these are unprecedented times and we want to do everything we can to help you feel confident and supported with your internship search and career decisions.

During this 50-minute workshop, we hope to...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns
- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate
- Debunk major and career connection
- Guide you on how to use our resources to gain experience
- Navigate the challenges in finding virtualinternship opportunities

You should come if you…
- Are a first-yearstudent or a transfer student and want to create community with your classmates.
- Want to know what experiences employers look for and how to getit.
- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”
- Aren’t totally sure on what the “University Career Center” does.

*RSVP is required for this program.

*RSVP is required for thisprogram. Please register for the event in Sessions in order to receive the Zoom Link for the event: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/39635*

Careers / Jobs:Southwest Research Institute Tech Talk hosted by SWE
2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/2566538084
Southwest Research Institute, founded in 1947, is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization dedicated to pursuing innovation while benefiting humanity. We pursue over 4,000 projects a year including our own internal research and development. Our SA, Texas campus has 1500 acres of state-of-the-art facilities and lab space to create and design in. The SwRI family consists of more than 2600 staff members, within 9 different technical divisions. We pursue projects in deep sea to deep space, and everything in between! Join us on a journey of discovery. Our multidisciplinary teams tackle the toughest challenges, from self-driving vehicles to drug discovery to cybersecurity and beyond.

Find more info here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEIjB0YoUc/MJUVYb_D71nzVZoBhBQSEg/view?utm_content=DAEIjB0YoUc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

https://umich.zoom.us/j/2566538084

-Majors Recruited: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics
-Degrees Levels Recruited: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
-Positions available: Full Time, Internship, Co-op
-Will the company be collecting resumes at this event?: Yes
-Is the company willing to sponsor students for work authorization?: No

Livestream / Virtual:UROP Summer Program Virtual Information Sessions
2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:00, 2021-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location

Lecture / Discussion:Bioethics Discussion: Population Control
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Lurie Biomedical Engineering - 2185
A discussion on limiting ourselves.

Join us at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99926126455.

A few readings to consider:
––Population Control Policies and Fertility Convergence
––Contraception and its ethical considerations
––Must Growth Doom the Planet?
––The Population Control Holocaust

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/054-population-control/.

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The masses will not be controlled at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

Livestream / Virtual:Rescheduled - Meet Author Jerry Dennis
2021-01-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
This event has been rescheduled from the postponed date.

Join us for a free, virtual conversation with author Jerry Dennis! The University of Michigan Press is the proud publisher of his book "The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes." This will be an opportunity to hear about his writing and ask questions!

Jerry Dennis is the author of many literary and popular works about nature, science, and outdoor recreation. His essays and stories in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and many other publications have won numerous awards and are frequently anthologized. His books are widely acclaimed and have been translated into German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Czech. In 1999 the Michigan Library Association named Dennis the Michigan Author of the Year. He and his wife, Gail, live near the shore of Lake Michigan not far from Traverse City. Jerry Dennis is the co-founder of Big Maple Press https://bigmaplepress.com/about/

We will stream the event on Facebook Live and in Zoom webinar. If you would like to attend in Zoom webinar, please fill out the registration form at this link and we will send you the details: https://umich.zoom.us/.../register/WN_YJsa_053S1uVaXpsJvkZtA

Exercise / Fitness:Yoga Flow
2021-01-26 19:00 - 19:50, 2021-01-27 10:15 - 11:05 | Off Campus Location
This class focuses on clarity and well-being by helping you connect with your inner strength. You’ll build muscle and flexibility by using your breath to anchor each movement as you flow from one pose to the next. Modifications are offered to accommodate all skill levels. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Open space with soft flooring (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet).

Careers / Jobs: Bain & Company 2021 BEL Presentation: Webinar 1 of 3
2021-01-26 20:00 - 21:00
Bain & Company is pleased to announce the launch of the thirteenth annual Building Entrepreneurial Leaders (BEL) Program. The BEL Program is a highly selective program focused on giving top students of Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx and American Indian descent the opportunity to strengthen their business and leadership skill set while gaining exposure to one of the world's top tier strategy consulting firms.

While the BEL program is for rising juniors only (summer between sophomore & junior year), we encourage both freshman & sophomore students to attend if interested in learning more about the BEL program. Each webinar will cover the same material.

**Students must register on the Bain website in orderto receive the link for this event. The link will be sent to all registrants the day of the event. Please sign up at https://careers.bain.com/recruits/EventDetail?folderId=39126**

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Core
2021-01-27 07:30 - 08:20 | Off Campus Location
Come to this fifty-minute class filled with the perfect balance of cardiovascular training and core conditioning. Our cardio drills will get your heart rate up while core exercises strengthen a variety of your muscle sets. Build your endurance and strength with this challenging and fun class. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held).

Careers / Jobs:2021 Future Women Leaders Program
2021-01-27 08:00 - 17:00
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work.We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our asset management businesses, with approximately $540 billion in assets under management, include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow Blackstone on Twitter @Blackstone.

Event Description:

Blackstone’s FutureWomen Leaders Program is a unique two day experience among financial firms, giving participants early exposure to finance and business through interactive information seminars, networking, and skill-building sessions. The program is open to freshman and sophomore women who are interested in exploring a career in the financial services industry.

Program participants will have the opportunity to interact with business and recruiting professionals virtually. The Blackstone Future Women Leaders Program introduces the knowledge, training, and skills necessary to a well-guided career path. For more information, please visit our careers website at http://www.blackstone.com/careers/University.

Qualifications:

To be considered for the 2021 Future Women Leaders Program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Currently enrolled as an undergraduate freshman or sophomore student
Anticipated graduation date: Fall 2022 – Spring 2024
Program Dates – January 27-29, 2021; this program will be held virtually.
Application Details:

Please submit your resume in PDF format. Deadline to apply is January 10, 2021.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

The Blackstone Group and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other classification prohibited byapplicable law.

To submit your application please complete the form below. Fields marked with a red asterisk * are required in order to enter into a possible employment contract (although some can be answered "prefer not to say"). Failure to provide this information may compromise the follow-up of your application. When you have finished click Submit at the bottomof this form.

Careers / Jobs:Winter Engineering Virtual Career Fair
2021-01-27 09:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
This will be a video based, virtual event conducted through Career Fair Plus (CF+). CF+ allows students to connect with recruiters via video in pre-scheduled time slots.

This event is intended for organizations looking to recruit engineering, computer science and data science students for full-time, internship and co-op positions. The list of participating organizations is subject to change. Please check back frequently as the company list will update on a rolling basis. Attendance is restricted to U-M Ann Arbor students only.

Sign ups will begin on Jan 22 at 12PM ET.

CF+ Event Page: https://app.careerfairplus.com/um_mi/fair/2705
Student Guide: https://career.engin.umich.edu/WinterCareerFairStudentGuide

Workshop / Seminar:Everything You Need to Know About Copyright
2021-01-27 10:00 - 10:50 | Off Campus Location
Are you interested in learning about copyright but don’t know where to start? Are you starting a project that may run into copyright issues? Join Raven Lanier of the U-M Library Copyright Office to learn everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) about copyright. Topics include what copyright is, how to copyright your work, and how to legally use the works of others.

While we have provided a Zoom link for the workshop, please register if you plan to attend. Register via TeachTech, https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/everything-you-need-to-know-about-copyright , or by contacting Raven at rnlanier@umich.edu.

U-M Library copyright specialists are offering a series of 50-minute online educational workshops. The library offers a wide range of copyright services, and these workshops cover common topics of interest.

Careers / Jobs:Study Business at Columbia this Summer
2021-01-27 10:00 - 11:00
Join us for an in-depth look into Columbia University’s Business Edge program, which equips undergraduate students with a world-classbusiness education to fast-track their readiness in the workplace.

In this intensive summer-only program, professors with deep industry experience facilitate learning through weekly modules in accounting, leadership, marketing, and finance. Students learn to analyze and interpret financial statements, understand the fundamentals of finance, develop innovative promotional strategies, and apply the core concepts of organizational theory to real life situations. In addition, career development workshops provide additional training that equip students with important tools for the job market.

Talk with faculty about your interests and hear former students speak about their own experience and the lasting benefits of Business Edge. Finally, learn about new fellowship opportunities that can helpyou fund your studies.

Find more info at https://summer.sps.columbia.edu/special-programs/business-options/business-edge?_ga=2.153613499.2018619059.1611065027-1735618263.1610395626

Careers / Jobs:General Management Leadership Development Rotation Program - Information Session
2021-01-27 11:30 - 12:30

Other:2021 Hopwood Awards Deadline
2021-01-27 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Deadline for the Hopwood Awards and related contests, including the First- and Second-Year, Undergraduate, and Graduate Hopwood Awards; The Academy of American Poets Prizes; The Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize, The Michael R. Gutterman Award in Poetry; The Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Poetry; The Roy and Helen Meador Writing Award; The Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship; The Marjorie Rapaport Award in Poetry; The Andrea Beauchamp Prize; The Frank and Gail Beaver Scriptwriting Prize; The Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing; The Helen J. Daniels Prize; The Geoffrey James Gosling Prize; The Paul and Sonia Handleman Poetry Award; The Robert F. Haugh Prize; The Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing; The Dennis McIntyre Prize for Distinction in Undergraduate Playwriting; The Meader Family Award; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Dramatic Writing; The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing Prize in Fiction; The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize; The John Wager Prize; The Stanley S. Schwartz Prize; The Naomi Saferstein Literary Award; The Cora Duncan Award in Fiction; The Peter Phillip Pratt Award in Fiction; The Keith Taylor Excellence in Poetry Award; and the David Porter Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Workshop / Seminar:Black Girl M[issing]: The Erasure and Reimagination of Black Girls’ Activism
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
RSVP here to receive the Zoom link: cew.umich.edu/events/black-girl-missing-the-erasure-and-reimagination-of-black-girls-activism

Utilizing individual and collective experiences, the presenters will trace the legacy of Black women and girls’ activism to promote racial justice in schools, communities, and in higher education. Mirroring the principle of Sankofa, we will draw from the untold stories of our ancestors and elders to narrate our social justice journeys. We will provide best practices for how to support Black girls’ engagement in future revolutionary efforts.

Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at U of M’s School of Public Health. Dr. Anderson is the developer and director of the EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race) intervention and loves to translate her work for a variety of audiences, particularly those whom she serves in the community, via blogs, video, and literary articles. Finally, Dr. Anderson was born in, raised for, and returned to Detroit and is becoming increasingly addicted to cake pops.

Dr. Natasha Johnson is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and with Transforming Research into Action to Improve Lives of Students (TRAILS) in the Department of Psychiatry. Her research focuses on Black adolescents’ understanding of and responses to racism (individual, interpersonal, and structural).

Dr. Nkemka Anyiwo is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with Racial Empowerment Collaborative. She is also affiliated with the EMBRace Lab at the University of Michigan. Her work examines the sociocultural factors that promote the healing and sociopolitical development of Black youth.

Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Being Queer in Russia: A Conversation about Challenges Facing Russia’s LGBTQ+ Movement
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:20 | Off Campus Location
This CREES Noon Lecture is brought to you by U-M undergraduates Rachael Merritt and Kyle Arnashus, Russian Language and Culture Majors. The students organized this panel in culmination of their project "Bridging the Gap between LGBTQ+ Communities in Russia and the United States," under the auspices of the CREES-Ford School initiative "Developing Future Leaders in U.S.-Russia Relations."

From the introduction of the 2013 Gay Propaganda Law, the attempted “Trans Ban” laws to the Family Code in 2020, to continuous waves of torture and murder of gay men in Chechnya, members of Russia’s LGBTQ+ community have found themselves in increasingly precarious positions in the struggle for the full realization of their human rights. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that the international Russian LGBTQ+ community come together to form a unified front to fight against increasing oppression. However, the Russian LGBTQ+ community struggles with disconnectedness, both in terms of a unifying Russian LGBTQ+ identity and contradictory visions for the future of Russian LGBTQ+ movement. This panel seeks to address these schisms within the community and foster greater understanding for the identities and perspectives of Russia’s LGBTQ+ diaspora and domestic communities.

All too often in Russian queer diaspora communities individuals feel that they need to forfeit their Russian identity in order to conform to western standards of queer identities. They can feel a loss of their roots, culture, and family. This panel will discuss queer identity formation as it relates to re-connection with a Russian identity, the different obstacles of trauma and persecution that stand in the way of this reunification, and the tremendous impact sustained support through shared conceptions of identity could have for the longevity and strength of the Russian LGBTQ+ movement. Also to be discussed is the media portrayal of the LGBTQ+ movement in the West and in Russia. These depictions are subjected to external or group specific pressures and have contributed to contradictory opinions on methods of social activism throughout the LGBTQ+ community. This fragmentation leaves the LGBTQ+ community vulnerable to oppression and popular criticism.

Collaboration and connectedness between Russian diaspora populations, regional communities, and organizations in Moscow and Petersburg creates an opportunity for effective social organization within the Russian LGBTQ+ movement. The members of the panel bring vastly different personal experiences of identity formation and Russian LGBTQ+ activism, which will serve to begin a dialogue around the deeply entrenched differences in LGBTQ+ identity and movements between their respective groups. These testimonies and the subsequent discussion will hopefully serve as a bridge to find common ground and move the Russian LGBTQ+ movement forward in a more unified and effective way.

Speakers:

Alla Chikinda is the regional representative and communications manager for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The Resource Center provides a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals to congregate and form community. The organization also hosts informational meetings and takes part in organizing pride activities, and implements social and legal programs and services aimed at overcoming discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community. Joining the Resource Center in 2016, Alla was first responsible for the center’s social media and external communications. Her work led to an increase in the number of followers and mentions in local media outlets. Since 2018, Alla has been concentrating her work with media outlets and stakeholders in the region, and, as a result, the LGBTQ+ agenda is much more visible in Yekaterinburg, on the national, and sometimes international, level. It is considered among the most prominent and efficient LGBTQ+ organizations in Russia. Over the past two years, the center has found a lot of allies and partners among local NGOs, cultural organisations and businesses. Alla believes that a representation of Russian LGBTQ+ identities outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg are essential to form a more comprehensive and inclusive community. It is also Alla’s belief that the integration of the Resource Center into the surrounding community and cooperation with law enforcement is integral to its success.

Ezra Erikson is the digital director at RUSA LGBT, and he has also used his expertise in social media marketing to lead initiatives that advocate for LGBTQ+ rights both in Russia and across the globe. Notably, Ezra has contributed to the development of the Illuminator Project, an initiative designed to raise awareness of gender identity and sexual orientation among Russian-speaking parents. A target of state persecution, Ezra was arrested in June 2016 in Moscow, accused of “gay propaganda,” when he and his partner were paying tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Pulse club in Orlando. Ezra moved to the United States in 2017 after his coming out resulted in death threats from relatives.

Anastasiia Fedorova is a writer and curator based in London. She is a regular contributor to "Dazed," "i-D," "GARAGE," "Kaleidoscope Magazine," "032c," "SHOWstudio," and "The Guardian" among other titles. She works as a Strategy and Partnership Manager at "The Calvert Journal," a London-based publication for culture, innovation, photography, and travel in the New East. Anastasiia contributes to LGBTQ+ content curation at "The Calvert Journal," and has covered an impressive number of stories on queer culture in the New East, particularly in Russia. These stories include analysis of Russia’s LGBTQ+ underground movement, queer social media influencers and activists, Russian drag and trans legacies, as well as queer icons of cinema and Russian history. Anastasiia is also a founder of Russian Queer Revolution, a platform for LGBTQ+ creatives from Russia, which she started in 2020. Anastasiia has lived in London for the past nine years, and is a member of the Russian queer community.

Lyosha Gorshkov is a co-president at RUSA LGBT, an organization based in New York City, that operates as a support network for Russian-speaking LGBTQ+ individuals. RUSA LGBT provides informational support to asylum seekers, and organizes social events to increase acceptance of LGBTQ+ people within the Russian speaking public. Lyosha founded Brighton Beach Pride (the first ever Russian-speaking pride) in 2017 that aims at creating a dialogue with Russian diaspora community leaders who hold more conservative views. Lyosha has a background in academia as a former Political Science Professor at Perm State University in Russia. In 2014, as a result of his vocal advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights in Russia and his openly gay status, Lyosha received threats from security services and Neo-Nazi groups and was forced to seek asylum in the United States. In addition to his work at RUSA LGBT, Lyosha currently works as the assistant director of PRIDE and Women’s Centers at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/3qyqm.

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

Careers / Jobs:Job Search Lab
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643277
We know that searching for your job right now can be stressful in these difficult times of uncertainty. And the UCC has career coaches ready to help you.

Come check out the Job Search Lab. It's designed to give you strategies and motivation to get you back on the right track. If you’re not sure about what job to search for or haven’t had any luck with getting interviews this is the place to start.

Chat with Career Coaches from the University Career Center to explore Handshake, the University Career Alumni Network, and to learn about othertools you can use to build a great job search strategy.

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

**If you're not sure what you're interested in, consider making an "Exploring Major/Career Option" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.

**If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab becausethis event is designed for undergraduates.

Well-being:North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online)
2021-01-27 12:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. This is a guided mindfulness meditation drop-in session. No experience necessary. Free and open to all.

Email dmitryb@umich.edu to sign up for the mailing list. You will receive a weekly reminder with the zoom link. Also, you can add the sessions to your Google Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y3kbkwd6

Livestream / Virtual:Rackham North: How to Approach Winter 2021—Attending to Well-Being and Setting Actionable, Attainable Goals in a Pandemic
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The paradox of well-being is the knowledge that we NEED to devote time to attending to well-being, and yet, something else always rises to the top in terms of priorities. This session is less about well-being frameworks, and more about personalizing how to put ideas into action and create accountability for your own mental health and well-being.
What you can expect in this one hour session:

No break-out rooms
A brief grounding mindfulness exercise, where you can relax and turn your camera/audio off
A dialogue with low-risk participation about how to attend to your well-being during amidst the challenges and unknowns of your life
To come away with at least one actionable goal to work on
A greater understanding of the wellness and mental health resources graduate students can utilize virtually

This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/qgRo0.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

Presentation:Social Psychology Brown Bag: Motivated Numeracy and Political Beliefs
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:20 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
Do individuals selectively use their statistical expertise when making motivated evaluations of evidence? We investigate this motivated numeracy account of political decision making. Across 3 studies, participants interpreted numerical data about a hypothetical gun control intervention. We assessed participants’ ability to correctly interpret the data, information-seeking behavior, and decision rationale. Our findings show that participants were generally more accurate when the data were consistent with prior beliefs about gun control, but that this effect did not vary at different levels of numeracy.

Presentation:Transfer to LSA Information Session
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the LSA Student Recruitment Team for our weekly virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements, transfer credit, pre-transfer academic advising, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits. Each session includes a Q & A featuring the Transfer Student Ambassadors. For any questions about this session, please email us at LSATransferCenter@umich.edu.

Registration is required. Register with the link at the right and you will receive the log in information.

Workshop / Seminar:WISE Presents the 2020 AAAS Fellows
2021-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The Women in Science and Engineering program has the honor of hosting our some of our new fellowship recipients from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This prestigious award honors scientists who have distinguished themselves in their field. Join WISE for a panel and reception with the awardees as they discuss their path to greatness in their fields.

Livestream / Virtual:(VIRTUAL): CEW+Inspire Midweek Mindfulness-Guided Sits
2021-01-27 12:15 - 12:45 | Off Campus Location
As part of the CEW+Inspire initiative, CEW+ holds mindful meditation sits virtually on Wednesdays at 12:15.

Being present in the moment is a skill that can be learned when practiced on a regular basis and is especially important during these trying times. Psychological stress can damper your overall health, affecting your ability to remain resilient in the face of challenges. Evidence-based meditation has been shown to also reduce implicit age and race bias, reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain, improve cognitive functioning, and assist in ending ruminating thought patterns.

Free and open to all levels of practice.

After registering, please check your email confirmation for the Zoom link!

Click here to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumtpzIoHNdRoCz-lPKz9X7fb-Jp844o

Workshop / Seminar:II Graduate Student Workshop. DEI Hack: How to Read a Book Strategically
2021-01-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Please RSVP in advance at https://myumi.ch/qg70w

The typical academic reading load is a book per week in graduate seminars, but how does one manage with multiple courses and seminars, along with other life responsibilities?
Join Prof. Samer Ali (CMENAS and GISC Director) and the International Institute in this DEI workshop to learn how to read a book strategically and increase analytical engagement.

We will begin with a hard look at the implicit barriers of bigotry, class, gender, and race that have accrued over centuries of western higher education, which the DEI initiative seeks to redress and dismantle. Samer Ali will present concrete hacks to level the playing field, in accordance with the priorities of Title IV and IX of the U.S. Department of Education. By reading strategically, one can actually read and engage (and write) proactively at a deeper structural level than the passive reader. This is a hands-on workshop; bring a scholarly book for practice.

Careers / Jobs:Saga Education- Math Fellow Info Session
2021-01-27 13:00 - 14:00
Saga Education is a national nonprofit, founded in 2014 and aimed to confront educational inequity to support historically under-servedschools and their students. Saga Education has dedicated itself to providing high-dosage, in-school tutoring in partnership with public high schools. Since our founding, Saga Education and our tutoring fellows have served over 12,600 students across Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C, and Broward County.

Nationwide, students are experiencing a significant interruption in their formal education due to COVID-19 and resulting school closures. While educators and students alike have many unprecedented challenges to overcome this upcoming school year, educators report thattheir top concern is students falling behind in math. This concern is heightened for educators in high poverty districts who teach predominantly black or Latinx students.

Now more than ever we need talented, caring, and capable people committed to supporting our students in their academic and social development. Finding academic interventions that address inequities that historically underserved students face is one of our nation’s most urgent challenges.

Join us on January 27th for a live info sessionto learn about our fellow position- a full-time service opportunity! You can register at this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7416058185880/WN_Efz5NiuyTx-uXqTvwmnmLQ

For more information about Saga Education’smission, please visit us at www.sagaeducation.org.

Workshop / Seminar:Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Identity and Underrepresentation: Interactions between Race and Gender (with Bary Pradelski)
2021-01-27 13:00 - 14:15 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
Economic outcomes vary significantly across socio-demographic groups. In a model
of multi-dimensional identity, we show how economic underrepresentation can evolve
through identity-specific norms. Whereas standard approaches treat identity dimensions as independent, our analysis reveals deep connections between inequality and underrepresentation based on race, gender and other characteristics. `Sterilized interventions' along a single identity dimension are impossible. Interventions that aim to reduce underrepresentation along one identity dimension can increase underrepresentation along another. We show how underrepresentation can be eliminated along every dimension, through a system of (a) self- financing subsidies or (b) role models, where interventions are connected across identity dimensions.

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

Livestream / Virtual:Summer Programs Summit 2021
2021-01-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Panel on Virtual Engagement, Accessibility, and Student Well-Being

Group Discussion on the Future of Virtual Programming

Resources (Loom videos and PDFs) on great digital tools and how to use them within programming

Children on Campus campus-wide update

Presentation:Webinar: Policy Solutions to Support Family Caregivers
2021-01-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
This webinar will review the current state of informal or family caregiving in the United States, describe the research on factors that impact caregiver stress, and discuss various policy solutions at the local, state and national level.According to the AARP, over 43 million adults currently provide unpaid care to family members or friends in the United States, with an estimated economic value of approximately $470 billion in 2017. Almost 40% of all caregivers find their caregiving situation to be emotionally stressful. When caregivers feel they had no choice in assuming their caregiving responsibilities, this percentage increases to 53%. Recent trends that shift care from institutional to home-based settings and the isolating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are creating an even greater sense of urgency to find ways to better support caregivers.

The content of this webinar has been developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR #90RTHF0001). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this webinar do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

This webinar is open to the public. Register at http://myumi.ch/gj43g.

Social / Informal Gathering:WISE Coffee Chat- Gear Your Career
2021-01-27 13:30 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
Join WISE for an informal coffee chat for grad students to share their questions, experiences, and challenges in networking in a fully remote environment. This event is a follow up to the Rackham workshop Gear Your Career on building a professional network online.

Zoom link- https://umich.zoom.us/j/98072660460

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Wednesdays)
2021-01-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Off Campus Location
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces in the Winter 2021 term to get research support and connect with others.

The virtual sessions are designed to assist faculty, staff, and students with research methodology, statistics, data science applications, and computational programming for research.

Our hosts have a wide set of methodological and technological expertise. They come to you from a variety of departments and disciplines and are looking forward to serving the U-M community in their research endeavors.

CoderSpaces provide a casual, productive and inclusive environment. Everyone is welcome regardless of skill level.

Wednesdays 2-3:30PM
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/96392817699)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Armand Burks (ARC-TS/UMSI), Bennet Fauber (ARC-TS), Jule Krüger (ISR/ARC-TS), Meghan Richey (ARC-TS)

Expertise: automation of tasks and workflows, bash, C++, cloud analytics, Git, data analysis, management and visualization, GNU Make, HPC, Java, LaTeX, machine learning (Tensorflow, Keras, convolutional neural networks), Markdown, natural language processing, Python, R, web scraping (Selenium)

Livestream / Virtual:Community Engaged Research: Reflections on MLK’s Legacy
2021-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
ISR Presents:

Community Engaged Research: Reflections on MLK’s Legacy
January 27, 2021
2-3pm EST
https://umich.zoom.us/j/91449183213

Breanca Merritt is a Diversity Scholar at the University of Michigan and founding director of the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy (CRISP) and clinical assistant professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. In this role, she and her team produce and disseminate research to lay audiences about complex social issues and inequitable outcomes through policy briefs and multidisciplinary research experiences for students with community organizations. Dr. Merritt’s work aims to inform both local stakeholders and academic audiences. Her applied, community-engaged research analyzes local trends and evaluates programs related to social service provision, equitable access and experiences, and systemic sources of poverty. Her academic work assesses how legislation and organizational practices contribute to disparate outcomes, especially for racial/ethnic minorities. Topics addressed by these projects include housing and homelessness, family financial stability, and criminal justice, among others. https://www.in.gov/fssa/thehub/4602.htm

Event Contact Info
Anna Massey
7347639989
abeattie@umich.edu
http://isr.umich.edu

Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
2021-01-27 14:00 - 15:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643274
Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about strategy.

Get real-time, personalized support by checking out the virtual Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who has designed this experience to provide you strategies, tools, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships.

Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy.

**If you're not sure what you're interested in, consider making an "Exploring Major/Career Option" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting.

**If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643274

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

Livestream / Virtual:Hub Small Group: Finding Undergraduate Pre-law Internship Opportunities
2021-01-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Off Campus Location
Join an Internship Program Coordinator for an advice-laden discussion on securing one of the rare law internships available to undergraduate students. We will explore existing internship programs with corporations, law firms, government agencies, and nonprofits and discuss how to uncover “unlisted” opportunities. We will also talk about the value of internships in relation to law school applications. The small group setting will allow plenty of time for discussion, so bring your questions!

You should attend this workshop if you are:
- An undergraduate liberal arts and/or sciences (LSA) student
- Planning to apply to law school
- Seeking transformative, in-the-field experiences that’ll help you explore law careers in-depth and strengthen your law school application
- Have not previously had a law-focused internship or job

What you’ll gain by attending:
- Learn how to effectively search for pre-law internships
- Find out what types of work experiences add value to a law school application
- Discover alternative ways to gain exposure to careers in law as an undergraduate student

Interaction Level: Full
- Video and audio presence is strongly encouraged
- The event will mainly be interactive through some combination of full-group interactions, small-group interactions, worksheets, and Q&As.
NOTE: Students who cannot participate as recommended are still encouraged to attend

RSVP now to reserve your spot as this small group will be capped to allow for sharing and discussion. The link to join this small group will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event will be hosted on Zoom and can be accessed by phone or computer. Presentation materials may be shared in advance if requested, and live captioning will be provided. To request other accommodations please contact Paige Baker at paigebak@umich.edu or 734.763.4674. so we can make arrangements.

Careers / Jobs:NAMMBA College Town Hall - YOUR Career in the Real Estate Finance Industry! Jan 2021 - The University of Michigan
2021-01-27 15:00 - 16:30
NAMMBA invites all college students and higher Ed professionals interested in learning about the various exciting careers in the Real Estate Finance Industry to our College Town Hall - YOUR Career in the Real Estate Finance Industry!

Join us to hear directly from Industry Leaders and HR Executives on the following topics:

-How to Successfully Enter the Industry;
-Various Paths and Opportunities;
-Finding Your Right Fit; and
-CEO/Executive Journeys & Current Perspectives

Speakers include:

-Shawn C. Williams, Founder & President - Fortis Mortgage
-Brian Vieaux, CMB, President - FinLocker
-Shanita Byrd, SHRM-CP, PHR, Executive VP of Employee Engagement & Development - Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group
-Ulderico Tempestoso, Assistant VP, Talent Acquisition - M&T Bank
-Tony Thompson, CMB, Founder & CEO - National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America

Please Note:

-Students that RSVP, attend, and have a completed Talent Hub profile will be entered into a raffle to wina $250 scholarship on behalf of NAMMBA! Winners must verify enrollment inundergraduate/graduate degree programs upon request.
-This event is exclusively for college/university students and professionals. If you are a mortgage professional and are interested in participating in our College Town Halls, please contact Ramon Moran, Director of College & Career Initiatives at ramon.moran@nammba.org.

Careers / Jobs:Postbacc Webinar - Georgetown SMP
2021-01-27 15:00 - 16:00
Univ of Michigan Pre-Health Students,

The Special Master'sProgram in Physiology (The SMP), is a one year masters program tailored to college graduates who wish to strengthen their academic record to medical school. SMP students take medical level classes with the 1st year medical students at Georgetown SOM. Alumni attend medical schools around the country.

The Georgetown SMP will be hosting monthly webinars to discussthe different types of post bacc programs that exist, and what programs Georgetown has to offer. We will always post the dates, time and RSVP toour homepage. smp.georgetown.edu

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
3pm EST
RSVP - https://forms.gle/zyQFPL28qASzCA2M6

Thursday, February 18, 2021
3pm EST
RSVP - https://forms.gle/zyQFPL28qASzCA2M6

Friday, March 12, 2021
2pm EST
RSVP - https://forms.gle/zyQFPL28qASzCA2M6

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
3pm EST
RSVP - https://forms.gle/zyQFPL28qASzCA2M6

Hope you can join us!

Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab
2021-01-27 15:00 - 16:00 | https://umich.zoom.us/j/2745640240
*RSVP for this program. Click "Join Event" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643268

Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab isa great next step for you.

Get real-time, personalized support by checking out the virtual Resume Lab. We begin with 15 minutes of quick FAQs and straight facts and then we break up in small groups to get real and immediate feedback with one of our advisors.

We will discuss and educate you on…
- Design and format
- Writing a great bullet point
- Targetingyour resume for specific internships/jobs

If you're a Graduate Student, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab so we can cater because this event is designed for undergraduates.

Note: 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'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event then please go to: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/643268

Recent Grads: If you are an alumni, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.

Well-being:Sip & Stroll
2021-01-27 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for weekly strolls around campus while sipping on free hot chocolate! Adventure Leadership staff will provide you with conversation cards to stimulate your stroll, so bring a buddy!

This event is open to students, faculty, and staff. Registration is not necessary, however, face coverings and social distancing are required. Please check the website to see where we'll be located each week.

Thank you to Michigan Dining for providing the hot chocolate!

Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | Journey to the Sun
2021-01-27 15:30 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location
The seminar is free and open to the public.
To request the Zoom link, please send an email to:
mipse-central@umich.edu

Abstract:
NASA Heliophysics research studies a vast system stretching from the Sun to Earth to far beyond the edge of the planets. Studying this system – much of it driven by the Sun’s constant outpouring of solar wind – not only helps us understand fundamental information about how the universe works, but also helps protect our technology and astronauts in space. NASA seeks knowledge of near-Earth space, because, when extreme, space weather can interfere with our communications, satellites and power grids. The study of the Sun and space can also teach us more about how stars contribute to the habitability of planets through-out the universe.

Mapping out this interconnected system requires a holistic study of the Sun’s influence on space, Earth and other planets. NASA has a fleet of spacecraft strategically placed throughout our heliosphere – from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun observing the very start of the solar wind, to satellites around Earth, to the farthest human-made object, Voyager, which is sending back observations on interstellar space. Each mission is positioned at a critical, well-thought out vantage point to observe and understand the flow of energy and particles throughout the solar system, and all helping us untangle the effects of the star we live with.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Nicola Fox is the Heliophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Until August 2018, Dr. Fox worked at the Applied Physics Lab at the Johns Hopkins University where she was the Chief Scientist for Heliophysics and the project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Dr. Fox served as the deputy project scientist for the Van Allen Probes, and the operations scientist for the International Solar Terrestrial Physics program. Fox received her BS in Physics and PhD in Space and Atmospheric Physics from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. She received an MS in Telematics and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey.

Lecture / Discussion:Supporting the Integration of Numerical Computation in Physics Education
2021-01-27 15:30 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location
Computation has revolutionized how modern science is done. Modern scientists use computational techniques to reduce mountains of data, to simulate impossible experiments, and to develop intuition about the behavior of complex systems. Much of the research completed by modern scientists would be impossible without the use of computation. And yet, while computation is a crucial tool of practicing scientists, most modern science curricula do not reflect its importance and utility. In this talk, I will discuss the urgent need to construct such curricula and present research that investigates the challenges at a variety of scales from the large (institutional structures) to the small (student understanding of a concept). I will discuss how the results of this research can be leveraged to facilitate the computational revolution in science education. This research will help us understand and develop institutional incentives, effective teaching practices, evidence-based course activities, and valid assessment tools. This work has been supported by Michigan State University’s CREATE for STEM Institute, the National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), the Norwegian Research Council, and the Thon Foundation.

Careers / Jobs:Day In the Life of an Intern at PPD
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00
Want to learn what it is like to be an intern at PPD? BrittanyKalk from our GMP Lab and Shay Webb from our Clinical Research Division will share what their internship was like as well as take questions via live chat.

Livestream / Virtual:Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Seminar
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract: Massively parallel single-cell and single-nucleus RNA sequencing (sc/snRNA-seq) has opened the way to systematic tissue atlases in health and disease, but as the scale of data generation is growing, so is the need for computational pipelines for scaled analysis. We developed Cumulus, the first comprehensive cloud-based framework, to address the big data challenge arising from sc/snRNA-seq analysis. Cumulus combines the power of cloud computing with improvements in algorithm and implementation to achieve high scalability, low cost, user-friendliness and integrated support for a comprehensive set of features. We benchmark Cumulus on the Human Cell Atlas Census of Immune Cells dataset of bone marrow cells and show that it substantially improves efficiency over conventional frameworks, while maintaining or improving the quality of results, enabling large-scale studies.

In recent years, biologists have found that sc/snRNA-seq alone is not enough to reveal the full picture of how cells function and coordinate with each other in a complex tissue. They begin to couple sc/snRNA-seq with other common data modalities, such as single-cell ATAC-seq (scATAC-seq), single-cell Immune Repertoire sequencing (scIR-seq), spatial transcriptomics and mass cytometry. This data coupling is called single-cell multimodal omics. As it is becoming a new common practice, new analysis needs emerge along with two major computational challenges: big data challenge and integration challenge. The big data challenge requires us to develop scalable computational infrastructure and algorithms to deal with the ever-growing large datasets produced from the community. The integration challenge requires us to design new algorithms to enable holistic integration of heterogeneous data from different modalities. In the last part of my talk, I will discuss my team’s efforts and plans to develop Cumulus as an integrated data analysis framework for scaled single-cell multimodal omics.

Single-cell multimodal omics has the potential to provide a more comprehensive characterization of complex multicellular systems than the sum of its parts. As the datasets produced from the community keep growing substantially, the enhanced Cumulus will continue playing an important role in the effort to build atlases of complex tissues and organs at higher cellular resolution, and in leveraging them to understand the human body in health and disease.

Short bio: Dr. Bo Li is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, the director of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Center for Immunology Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, and an associate member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His research focuses on large-scale single-cell and single-nucleus genomics data analysis. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from UW-Madison and completed two postdoctoral trainings with Dr. Lior Pachter at UC Berkeley and Dr. Aviv Regev at Broad Institute. He is best known for developing RSEM, an impactful RNA-seq transcript quantification software. RSEM is cited 9,384 times (Google Scholar) and adopted by several big consortia such as TCGA, ENCODE, GTEx and TOPMed.

https://umich-health.zoom.us/j/93929606089?pwd=[REDACTED]

Livestream / Virtual:Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. U.S. Race Relations and Foreign Policy
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Off Campus Location
Please note: This event will be held virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: http://myumi.ch/zx1Md

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stated in 1998 that one of her “most important jobs is to call attention to the dangers that still confront us and to the direct connection that exists between the success or failure of our foreign policy and the day-to-day lives of the American people.” In my talk, I will explore the presence and impact of race relations on U.S. foreign policy and U.S. actions at home. I will speak to these issues through the lens of the diplomatic profession, including through the unique challenges and experiences I faced as a Black woman, and first U.S. ambassador to the world’s newest independent nation, the Republic of South Sudan, serving under the first Bi-racial American President of the U.S.

Moderator: Monica Hakimi, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and James V. Campbell Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This event is co-sponsored by: African Studies Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, and University of Michigan Law School.

Ambassador (ret.) Susan D. Page possesses deep expertise in international relations, particularly in Africa, excellent French language skills, and the political, legal and analytical acumen of a Harvard-trained lawyer – her first career.

Page was sworn in as ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan on November 16, 2011. Following her historic tenure as the first U.S. ambassador to the world’s newest nation, she served as Acting Permanent Representative to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., to the U.S. Mission to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and later chaired the U.S. Government’s multi-agency Security Governance Initiative (SGI) team for Ghana. Among her numerous positions in international affairs, Ambassador Page was Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to Haiti, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Rule of Law, Global Focal Point (GFP) Review Implementation, deputy assistant secretary of State for African Affairs covering Central Africa, Southern Africa and Sudan, and Legal and Political Adviser to the Horn of Africa’s Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Secretariat for Peace in Sudan where she co-drafted essential elements of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) for Sudan. In addition, she was Director of the Rule of Law and Corrections Advisory Unit of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), Regional Director for Southern and East Africa at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Washington, DC, and senior legal expert in Rwanda and Sudan for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Ambassador Page is the recipient of several top awards from the State Department for her work on Sudan, South Sudan and the Great Lakes region of Africa, including the Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service for “leading the U.S. Mission to South Sudan under extremely challenging circumstances and advancing the President’s goals.”

Ambassador Page is a member of The Carter Center Board of Trustees and an elected member of the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD). She serves as a board member of Road Scholar, is on the Advisory Council of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and on the Advisory Board of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. She is a member of the Association of Black American Ambassadors and numerous other professional organizations.

In August of 2020, Page joined the faculty at the University of Michigan as Professor of the Practice of International Diplomacy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy with a concurrent appointment as Professor from Practice at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also assisting with the growth of U-M’s Weiser Diplomacy Center. Ambassador Page was a Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame in 2019-2020.

Ambassador Page began her foreign affairs career at the U.S. Department of State in 1991 as attorney-adviser for Politico-Military Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser following the conclusion of her Rotary International Postgraduate Fellowship to Nepal where she conducted research on women’s and children’s rights. Page was also a foreign service officer/regional legal adviser for East and Southern Africa for USAID, based in Kenya and Botswana, and political officer in Rwanda.

Originally from the Chicago area, Ambassador Page received her *Juris Doctor (JD)* from Harvard Law School, her A.B. in English *With High Distinction* from the University of Michigan, and Certificates of Distinction (English) and Merit (Psychology) from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before attending law school. She loves learning about other cultures, traveling, and playing euchre.

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Monica Hakimi, the James V. Campbell Professor of Law, teaches and writes in the fields of public international law and U.S. foreign relations law. Her research ties together doctrine and theory to examine how international law operates and adapts to contemporary challenges, particularly in the areas of human and national security.

Professor Hakimi earned her JD from Yale Law School and her BA, summa cum laude, from Duke University. After law school, she clerked for The Hon. Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and then served as attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. While at the State Department, she counseled policymakers on nuclear nonproliferation, efforts to reconstruct Iraq immediately after the 2003 war, international investment disputes, and international civil aviation. She also served as counsel before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and worked on cases before the International Court of Justice and U.S. federal courts and agencies.

Between 2013 and 2016, Professor Hakimi was the associate dean for academic programming at Michigan Law. She currently is a contributing editor of EJIL Talk!, the blog that is affiliated with the European Journal of International Law. She also serves on the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law, the executive council of the American Society of International Law, and the advisory board for the Institute of International Peace and Security at the University of Cologne, Germany.

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

Careers / Jobs:Google's ERG Spotlight Series: Get to know members of the Google American Indian Network (GAIN)
2021-01-27 16:00 - 16:15
Get to know members of the Google American Indian Network (GAIN)
January 27 @ 4:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET

Here at Google, we aim to build a workforce that is more representative of our users and create a workplace that promotes a sense of belonging for everyone. At Google we have 16 Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) with over 35,000 members globally! We're excited to highlight five of these groups - The Black Googler Network (BGN), The Hispanic/ LatinX Googler Network (HOLA), The WomenGoogler Network (Women@), The Google American Indian Network (GAIN), and The Disability Alliance Network (DA).

Starting on January 25th we’ll be posting a video each day throughout the week highlighting members of these Employee Resource Groups as they share how they work together to make an impact within their communities and on Google's overall culture.

Don't forget to add a reminder on your calendar after you've registered, check out the resources and FAQs, and then tune back in on this page for the events!

Register for the events and watch here: https://careersonair.withgoogle.com/events/erg-series

Workshop / Seminar:Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Problem in China
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Abstract:
How does energy regulation affect production and energy use within conglomerates? We study the effects of a prominent program aimed at reducing the energy use of large Chinese companies. Difference-in-differences analyses show that regulated firms significantly reduce their energy consumption and output but do not increase their energy efficiency. Using detailed business registration data, we link regulated firms to non-regulated firms that are part of the same conglomerate. We estimate large spillovers on cross-owned non-regulated firms, which increase both output and energy use. We then specify and calibrate a model of conglomerate production that fits our setting and the estimated effects of the regulation. The model quantifies the importance of conglomerate reallocation for aggregate outcomes, the shadow cost of the regulation, and the efficiency gains from using public information on business networks to improve the design of energy regulation.

* To join the seminar, please contact at econ.events@umich.edu

Livestream / Virtual:School of Nursing Graduate Information Session
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Learn more about the Nursing graduate programs offered at the U-M School of Nursing!
Register for this event at https://nursing.umich.edu/about/visit-us

Workshop / Seminar:Science Success Series | Growth and Grit: Developing a Mindset for Success
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Off Campus Location
What if your ability to succeed in your classes was determined in part before you even stepped into the classroom? What is the one quality you need to overcome adversity academically and in life? This workshop will detail the research of Dr. Carol Dweck and her groundbreaking work on the concept of mindset. Students will learn how to abandon a debilitating fixed mindset in favor of a growth mindset, leading to success in areas they once considered too difficult. The workshop will also introduce students to the research of Dr. Angela Duckworth, and how a growth mindset can lead to the development of grit, an essential characteristic to overcoming our fear of failure.

Register at: myumi.ch/DEDPD

Workshop / Seminar:Special Physics Department MLK Colloquium | Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
STEM disciplines are believed to be founded on the idea of meritocracy; recognition earned by the value of the data, which is objective. Such disciplinary cultures resist concerns about implicit or structural biases, and yet, year after year, scientists observe persistent gender and racial inequalities in their labs, departments, and programs. In this colloquium, Julie Posselt makes the case that understanding field-specific cultures is a crucial step for bringing about real change and that we can learn as much from quantum as classical dynamics about the dynamics of scientific organizations. She will share research that compares equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts in astronomy and physics, and the subtle ways that exclusion and power operate in scientific organizations and, sometimes, within change efforts themselves.

Julie Posselt's bio:
Dr. Julie Posselt received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan School of Education and is currently an Associate Professor of higher education in the USC Rossier School of Education. Specializing in graduate education and STEM fields, and elite undergraduate institutions, her research examines institutionalized inequities in higher education and organizational efforts aimed at reducing inequalities and encouraging diversity. She has also written a book, Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping (2016, Harvard University Press), based on an award-winning study of faculty judgment in ten highly ranked doctoral programs in three universities. This work has led to a partnership with USC, APS, and the Council of Graduate Schools that focuses on re-examining how we evaluate students and scholars for key academic opportunities.

Exercise / Fitness:Cardio Hip Hop
2021-01-27 16:15 - 17:05 | Off Campus Location
Cardio Hip Hop is a high-intensity dance workout that uses choreographed movements set to Hip Hop and Top 40 music. This non-stop dance party is very similar to Zumba and other dance-aerobic workouts. No dance experience required! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: None.

Lecture / Discussion:African Diasporic Modernism: Tropicality in the Works of Wifredo Lam and Josephine Baker
2021-01-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day 2021.

Summary: This talk explores aspects of my book, Tropical Aesthetics of Black Modernism (Duke University Press, February 2021). It offers an investigation of how Caribbean and American artists of the early twentieth century were responding to the colonial and hegemonic regimes through visual and performative tropicalist representation. It privileges the land and how a sense of place is critical in the identity formation of early twentieth-century artists as well as their creative processes. By proposing an alternative understanding of the tropics, this talk demonstrates how Wifredo Lam and Josephine Baker effectively contributed to the development of Black modernity, and even Black sonic modernity. They employed what I call “tropical aesthetics” in an effort to enact the naming of place. Tropical aesthetics allows for a critical imaging and reclaiming of space and proves how through art one can reify social geographies in order to have a sense of place, a rootedness that is desired in order to attain some semblance of sovereignty.

Bio: Samantha A. Noël is an Associate Professor of Art History at Wayne State University. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y., and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Duke University. Her research interests revolve around the history of art, visual culture and performance of the Black Diaspora. She has published on black modern and contemporary art and performance in journals such as Small Axe, Third Text, and Art Journal. Noël’s book, Tropical Aesthetics of Black Modernism (Duke University Press, forthcoming 2021), offers a thorough investigation of how Caribbean and American artists of the early twentieth century were responding to colonial and hegemonic regimes through visual and performative tropicalist representation. It privileges the land and how a sense of place is critical in the identity formation of early twentieth-century artists as well as their creative processes. Noël is working on a new book tentatively titled Diasporic Art in the Age of Black Power. This book seeks to examine the impact of the Black Power Movement on visual art as it emerged in the political, historical, and social contexts of the United States of America and the Anglophone Caribbean in the 1960s and 1970s. Currently, Noël is the 2020-2021 Leonard A. Lauder Visiting Senior Fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Her research has also been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Moreau Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. Noël has also received a number of grants and fellowships from Wayne State University.

Presentation:Peace Corps Application Workshop
2021-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
During this session, you will:

- Hear more about the application process
- Learn tips and tricks for your resume and motivation statement to
ensure you stand out as a strong applicant.
- Meet with your campus Peace Corps Recruiters

RSPV here for the Zoom link: https://myumi.ch/Gk9Ro

Presentation:Pre-Law 101
2021-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Off Campus Location
Your first step in your exploration of a legal career, the Pre-Law Advisors from the Newnan Advising Center will review the law school admission process and provide tips on how to submit a strong application on the following dates and times:

January 27 from 5-6 pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91045245128
February 26 from 11am -12 pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93105959405
March 25 from 5-6pm: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95032790268

Students at all levels are welcome. No registration is required.

Careers / Jobs:Connect with Credera: What is Consulting?
2021-01-27 17:30 - 18:30
Have you ever wandered what a career in consulting truly entails? During this event, Credera's consultants will uncover the true meaning of consulting and will even provide a sneak peek as to what it's like toconsult at a global boutique consulting firm, like Credera.

We will kick off this event with a brief presentation, followed by small breakout groups where you can meet with team members from our different practices -Management Consulting, User Experience, and Technology Consulting. Did we mention we'll be giving away prizes to a few of our lucky audience members?

Careers / Jobs:Guidehouse Careers in Consulting: Spotlight on Energy Providers
2021-01-27 17:30 - 18:30
Today’s market landscape for utilities and energy companies is rapidly transitioning to one that requires a cleaner fuel supply, increased reliability, and more control over energy costs for customers. As utilities and energy companies embark on new programs and business ventures, Guidehouse’s energy experts turn vision into action by leading and de-risking the execution of big ideas. To date, we’ve solved big challenges with the world’s 60 largest electric, water, and gas utilities; the 20 largest independent power generators; five of the 10 largest oil andgas majors; and the 20 largest gas distribution and pipeline companies.

Join us to explore how you can make an impact as a summer Intern or full-time Consultant in the Guidehouse Energy practice. We look forward to virtually meeting you!

Workshop / Seminar:IOE-EER WORKSHOP: “Journey to a PhD in Industry: IOE, Healthcare, Community” — Donald Richardson
2021-01-27 17:30 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
In partnership, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the Engineering Education Research Program (EER) will be hosting a dynamic Virtual Mentoring Workshop Series. The aim of this series is to help foster an engaging and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.

This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.

Title:
Journey to a PhD in Industry: IOE, Healthcare, Community

Bio:
Donald Richardson is currently a Health Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL) where he applies operations research techniques to various healthcare and defense domains. Recently his work has focused on COVID-19 response efforts. He also has served in leadership and supportive roles in various projects across the lab. Prior to working at JHU/APL, Donald completed his Ph.D. under Dr. Amy Cohn in the U-M Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS). Broadly his research focused on applying optimization, simulation, and predictive modeling in healthcare.

Please Note:
The event will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. EST with the following options to attend:
Seminar Talks will take place during the first hour 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions will take place during the second hour 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

*This workshop series is supported by a Michigan Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) faculty grant.

Exercise / Fitness:Tabata
2021-01-27 17:30 - 18:20 | Off Campus Location
Looking for an intense, time-efficient full-body workout? Tabata is the most result-driven form of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). In this class you will push yourself to the max and achieve full body fitness by completing a variety drills at specific work-rest ratios.

Exercise / Fitness:Pilates
2021-01-27 17:45 - 18:35 | Off Campus Location
Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the entire body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core often called the “powerhouse” in Pilates. EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Loop resistance band and small blue ball (other options can be a small pillow or mini foam roller).

Careers / Jobs:First Year Summer Business Analyst Internship: Case Workshop
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:30
McKinsey’s First Year Summer Business Analyst (FYSBA) internship offers first-year undergraduate students an opportunity to develop their problem-solving skills and consulting toolkit over the course of a ~10-week summer program. This internship is open to candidates who identify as Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, and/or members of Indigenous groups native to North America. Additionally, this internship is only offered to students attending the following institutions: CUNY, Georgetown,Georgia Tech, Harvard, Howard, McGill, Michigan, MIT, Morehouse, Northwestern, Princeton, Spelman, Stanford, University of Calgary, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas – Austin, University of Toronto, Yale.

If you’re interested in applying to the FYSBA internship, attend this case workshop! You will participate in a group case exercise and gain an understanding of the McKinsey interview process. You will also receive helpful tips on how to best prepare for the First Year SummerBusiness Analyst interview. We will host an open Q&A about case prep and best practices at the end of the session.

Register here: https://jobs.mckinsey.com/events/Rsvp?folderId=44983

Livestream / Virtual:German Convo Home Edition
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
The "German Convo Home Edition" will provide fun and play games. Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu) will host the remotely held weekly session. Her Zoom link is: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99570729139.

Meeting:Membership meeting
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
Members meet to plan and facilitate correspondence workshops and PCAP events

Workshop / Seminar:OrgBasics - Winterfest: Recruitment & Marketing Virtually
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
Winterfest is right around the corner! If your organization will be tabling (or looking for alternate ways to recruit for this semester), please join us for OrgBasics this week! Get the skills you need to pitch your organization to potential new members and tips for marketing your organization for recruitment!

Register at: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/39685

Exercise / Fitness:Total Body Strength
2021-01-27 18:45 - 19:35 | Off Campus Location
Experience strength training like never before! Take this class if you want to strengthen every muscle in one workout. We’ll offer you instruction on how to use free weights effectively and safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter or have never lifted before, this class is right for you! EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Some kind of resistance equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbell, resistance bands, backpack filled with books, milk jugs filled with water, canned goods, or any other weighted items that can be held)

Livestream / Virtual:Stammtisch
2021-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Join German Club for Stammtisch! All proficiency levels welcome! German students (German 101-231) can make up absences by attending any German Club event!

Exercise / Fitness:STRONG Nation
2021-01-27 19:00 - 19:50 | Off Campus Location
STRONG Nation® is a HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) class that syncs every move to a beat! This class combines bodyweight, cardio, muscle conditioning, and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. EQUIPMENT NEEDED (optional): Open space with soft flooring for push-ups, planks, etc. (e.g. yoga mat, towel, carpet)

Well-being:UU Weekly - Codenames Game Night
2021-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location - 92758181144
Who are the codename agents? You and your team can solve the mystery together! Join us this week for a thrilling game of Codenames, where you and your team will work together to figure out which of you is the undercover agent! Never played? Not a problem, we'll explain the rules so we can all have a fun time playing!

Register on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/wlbgx

Meeting:LSA Student Government General Meeting
2021-01-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
LSA Student Government holds their weekly general meetings at over Zoom. All members of the public, especially LSA students, are welcome to attend!

Wednesday, April 7th: 6:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)
Wednesday, April 14th: 8:00 PM over Zoom (https://umich.zoom.us/j/97939439583)

No meetings will be held from April 21st through September 1st (inclusive).

Social / Informal Gathering:SLE Community Nights
2021-01-27 20:00 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
Join the SLE for weekly virtual activities such as social gatherings, wellness activities, and discussions of current events. Check for details each week in the SLE Newsletter.
