Other:Become a UROP Research Mentor
2021-05-14 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-15 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-16 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-17 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-18 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-19 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-20 08:00 - 23:00 (America/Detroit) | Off Campus Location
Submit a Research Project for the 2021-2022 Academic Year: https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/research-mentors.html

UROP Research Mentors are faculty and post-doc researchers from across all U-M's 19 Schools and Colleges who provide undergraduate student researchers an opportunity to engage in research activities that help them learn about the pursuit of knowledge within an academic discipline. This early exposure to research fosters a valuable academic experience for students. Through this collaboration, students gain research skills and mentorship that lead to academic retention, a more positive undergraduate experience and paths to graduate school.

Careers / Jobs:Changing Gears Application Open
2021-05-14 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-15 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-16 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-17 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-18 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-19 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-20 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
Learn more about the Changing Gears Program and apply at: myumi.ch/uropcg

Changing Gears (CG) is a UROP program designed primarily for community college transfer students who will be attending the University of Michigan, but also serves students transferring from 4 year institutions. Students in the CG Program become a part of an ongoing faculty-driven research, scholarly or creative project in their field of interest. Students learn valuable academic skills, applying these skills to their research project, academics, and future career opportunities, while receiving academic credit or compensation for their efforts in research work.

If you are a U-M Transfer Student and not graduating until winter 2022 and/or after, you are eligible to apply to the 2021-2022 UROP Changing Gears Program.

Careers / Jobs:UROP First-Year Application Open
2021-05-14 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-15 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-16 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-17 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-18 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-19 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-20 08:00 - 23:00 | Undergraduate Science Building
Our "Traditional UROP Program" has been our flagship program running over 30 years. This Academic Year program, in which students participate for both Fall and Winter Terms, is designed for University of Michigan first and second year undergraduate students enrolled on the Ann Arbor campus who are seeking a first time research experience. Student research assistants work alongside a faculty member, research scientist or professional practitioner on an ongoing or new research project.

Learn more and apply at: myumi.ch/uropyearone

Applications being accepted on a rolling basis.

Careers / Jobs:UROP Research Scholars Application now open
2021-05-14 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-15 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-16 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-17 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-18 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-19 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-20 08:00 - 23:00 | Off Campus Location
The UROP Research Scholars Program is designed for students who want to expand on their first year UROP experience and participate in UROP for a second year at an advanced level. In this program, students build upon the knowledge gained in a first undergraduate research experience to further explore the connections between research, a liberal arts education, and communicating skills to advance their future professional goals. Students are expected to explore various written and oral possibilities for communicating their research process, identifying the limits set by the discipline and the opportunities that lie beyond.

Apply at: https://myumi.ch/uroprs

Careers / Jobs:UROP Rising Sophomore Applications Open
2021-05-14 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-15 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-16 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-17 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-18 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-19 08:00 - 23:00, 2021-05-20 08:00 - 23:00 | 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.

Workshop / Seminar:(Counter) Narratives of Migration - Virtual Conference
2021-05-14 10:00 - 12:30, 2021-05-15 10:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Keynote Speaker: Hadji Bakara (U-M English Language and Literature and the Donia Human Rights Center)

Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the annual Comparative Literature Intra-Student Faculty Forum (CLIFF). The conference will be held on Zoom.
This Year's CLIFF investigates the visibility, narratives, and media of migration. We will explore circulation in a variety of forms—bodies, ideas, and material goods—through its manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

Conference / Symposium:2021 Positive Business Conference
2021-05-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
How has this unprecedented time of disruption affected leaders and employees? How are they engaging in their work, and with each other? Although the current climate has posed many challenges, it also leaves room to reengage and reimagine organizational strategies. Companies have the opportunity to adopt creative and more agile work methods; renew discussions surrounding DEI; implement a stronger commitment to racial justice; and improve employee engagement. Leaders have the potential to create supportive structures, practices, and cultures that foster connection, while employees have the potential to self-discover and drive a mindful and meaningful connection to their work. All can act in harmony to connect with an organization’s purpose-driven mission.

Join us for the virtual Michigan Ross Positive Business Conference, May 13-14, 2021, where we’ll share new practices, tools, and real-world examples for how to build stronger, more connected teams and companies. Leading faculty and industry experts from Cisco, IDEO, Masco, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and more, will explore this year’s theme of “Meaningful Engagement in a Fragmented Time: Connecting with Self, Others, and Society.”

Visit www.positivebusinessconference.com to learn more and register to attend.

Careers / Jobs:NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program Virtual Information Session - May14, 2021
2021-05-14 11:00 - 12:00
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://pnnl.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_QXdj3FENTYOb3ocb-xsxwg

We are looking for graduate-level students interested in:

-Real-world experience to prepare for acareer in national security
-Opportunities to make significant contributions to national security
-Specialized training, leadership, and careerdevelopment, and networking
-Collaboration with professionals and leading researchers nationally and internationally

The fellowship is a 12-month, salaried position working with NNSA program offices in Washington, D.C. or at one of the NNSA Site locations nationwide. To learn more about the site locations, visit: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/locations.

Fellows support a range of mission areas, including but not limited to nuclear science and nonproliferation policy and technology, national security research and development, and business and project management. Responsibilities vary by assignment.

These positions are open to students activelypursuing their master’s or doctoral degree as well as students who havecompleted their graduate degree on or after April 1, 2020. Details aboutthe program can be found on at https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/ngfp. The current application deadline is October 1, 2021 for positions that will begin in June 2022.

Livestream / Virtual:LEAD: Racism Is a Public Health Crisis
2021-05-14 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 and/or support DEI and social justice initiatives. This LEAD conversation will address how racism is a public health crisis.
COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on communities of color have unearthed the deep roots of inequity that exist in the structures of our society, including our health system. Speakers will discuss racism and its effects on health and health outcomes from their experiences and research, as well as the multifaceted causes of higher burdens of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by communities of color. They will also offer ideas for anti-racist policies and solutions to address racial health disparities.
Speakers:
Chiquita A. Collins, Ph.D. has been actively involved in national and regional organizations in various leadership roles to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has more than 25 years of experience in race relations and social epidemiology, research and practice; serves as chair-elect (2019 to 2021), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Diversity and Inclusion, AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science steering committee member (2013 to 2018); appointed board member, National Diversity Council Healthcare and Time’s UP Healthcare; founding member and President, Texas Medical School Diversity and Inclusion Consortium. She holds a master’s and doctorate in sociology specializing in demography from the University of Michigan and has been a fellow of several prestigious programs, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon/Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and recently, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program at Drexel University. Prior to joining the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine in 2017, she served as Associate Dean for Diversity and Cultural Competence at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Ph.D. is a Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Associate Director of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center. Neblett is one of the leading U.S. scholars in the area of racism and health, with a particular focus on understanding how racism-related stress influences the mental and physical health of African American young people. In his newest line of research, he conducts community-based participatory research with an eye toward developing and implementing interventions, programs, and policies that can: 1) address the mental health consequences of individual, cultural, and structural racism; 2) improve health; and 3) promote health equity. Neblett’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He teaches courses on race, ethnicity, and mental health and population health determinants and disparities, and he serves on the Society for Research on Adolescence Executive Council and as an Associate Editor for Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. In 2019, Neblett was named Mentor of the Year by the Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development, and in 2017, he was awarded the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Neblett earned his Sc.B. from Brown University and his M.S. from The Pennsylvania State University. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2006.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/O47vG.
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, preferably one week, to arrange for your requested accommodations or an effective alternative.

Lecture / Discussion:Writing the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature
2021-05-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Joseph Ford is joined by Imen Neffati to discuss his new book Writing the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature, which examines how literature—and the way we read, classify, and critique literature—impacts our understanding of the world at a time of conflict. Using the bitterly-contested Algerian Civil War as a case study, Joseph Ford argues that, while literature is frequently understood as an illuminating and emancipatory tool, it can, in fact, restrain our understanding of the world during a time of crisis and further entrench the polarized discourses that lead to conflict in the first place. Ford demonstrates how Francophone Algerian literature, along with the cultural and academic criticism that has surrounded it, has mobilized visions of Algeria over the past thirty years that often belie the complex and multi-layered realities of power, resistance, and conflict in the region.
Joseph Ford is Lecturer in French Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Cultural Memory at the Institute of Modern Languages Research in London. He is the author of Writing the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature (2021). He specializes in contemporary French and Francophone Literature and Culture, with specific interests in Algeria and what has become known as the Algerian Civil War or "Black Decade" of the 1990s. His wider research interests are in postcolonial studies, world literature, literary translation, and French and Francophone intellectual culture of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Imen Neffati is Junior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford. She is a historian of modern France and North Africa, with a broader interest in religion, secularism, and modernity. Her research concerns the study of religious identities, particularly Muslim identities in North Africa and France. She is currently building up a project that examines inheritance law and debates over its reform in Tunisia. She is also working on a monograph that examines the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and its predecessor Hara Kiri.

Advance Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpduqvqD8uEtfuYmNPvI6kBQ3ofB4gKwkc

Livestream / Virtual:Nam Center NEKST Graduate Conference | 8th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST)
2021-05-14 18:00 - 21:30 | Off Campus Location
Full conference details: https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/conferences---symposia/8th-international-conference-of-nextgen-korean-studies-scholars.html

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/R5l2l

The 8th International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST) which will be held virtually across five days from May 10-14. At the NEKST conference, graduate students in Korean studies will have the opportunity to share their research, receive feedback from Korean studies faculty members and other graduate students, as well as contribute toward building a dynamic, multidisciplinary community of future Korean studies scholars.

The five-day conference will feature panel presentations, workshop sessions for dissertation chapters/advanced papers, a roundtable discussion session, a professional development workshop, and an artist talk. We will host prominent Korean studies faculty members from across disciplines and institutions to serve as discussants, as well as mentors.

About

The 8th NEKST conference is sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan with support from the Academy of Korean Studies. The conference organizing committee is composed of graduate students at the University of Michigan.

NEKST Organizing Committee

Graduate Students

Youngkyun Choi (Committee Chair; Romance Languages and Literatures)
Yeon-ju Bae (Anthropology)
Cristian Casanova (Public Policy)
Haely Chang (History of Art)
Jieun Chang (Psychology)
Rey Jeong (Stamps School of Art & Design)
Hojung Joo (Political Science)
Sunhong Kim (School of Music, Theatre, and Dance)
Wooseok Kim (Political Science, Statistics)
Hayeon Lee (Anthropology, Social Work)
Samuel Byung-Deuk Lee (Biomechanics)
Won Park (CSE, Computer Science)
Seulgi Son (Urban and Regional Planning)
Cameron White (Asian Languages and Cultures)
Tony Zhang (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Faculty Advisor

Nojin Kwak (Nam Center, Communication and Media)

Post-Doc Advisor

Rory Walsh (Nam Center)

Coordinator
Kelsey Langton (Nam Center)
Evan Vowell (Nam Center)

For further information, please contact NEKST2021@umich.edu and check for updates on this page.

Previous NEKST Conferences
Information about previous NEKST conferences can be found through this link.

Livestream / Virtual:AIA Lecture | The Rise and Fall of Napata, an Ancient City along the Nile
2021-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location
Napata (modern Jebel Barkal), located on the Middle Nile in what is now northern Sudan, was an urban center for nearly 2,000 years, at least 1500 BCE to 250 CE. While earlier generations of research at the site focused on the monumental pyramids, temples, and palaces that are its most visible remains, a new project at the site aims to reconceptualize these scattered monuments as parts of an ancient city. Magnetometry and test excavation in 2019 and 2020 have identified a previously unrecognized area of settlement (a "lost city") and begin to allow us to evaluate the local environment and economy.

This lecture is presented by the Archaeological Institute of America-Toledo Society, Toledo Museum of Art, and the University of Toledo.

Livestream / Virtual:Don Pasquale
2021-05-14 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Link to be posted May 14

University Opera Theatre
University Symphony Orchestra

One of the three most popular Italian comic operas, DON PASQUALE tells the tale of an old, wealthy bachelor, his nephew, a fake wife, and the scheme to get him to support his nephew’s marriage to young widow Norina. Stage director Abbigail Cote and music director Kirk Severtson have set their production in the 1940s and filmed it live in the Power Center over two successive nights. In grand opera tradition, each performance features a different cast, and both casts’ performances will be available to view simultaneously.

Livestream / Virtual:Virtual Saturday Sampler Tour | Goddesses of the Kelsey Museum
2021-05-15 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 "Goddesses of the Kelsey Museum."
Powerful women are not just a 21st-century thing! In this tour, we will explore some strong women of the ancient world: the goddesses of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Through a variety of artifacts in the Kelsey Museum, we will learn more about the powers and abilities associated with some of the goddesses of the ancient world.

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

Careers / Jobs:Training Program in Organogenesis Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships - Request for Applications
2021-05-17 00:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
We are pleased to announce a competition for Pre-doctoral and Non-traditional postdoctoral Fellowships in Organogenesis as part of a NIH T32 Training Grant (Training Program in Organogenesis). The goal of the fellowship awards are to provide up to two years of support for outstanding scholars who wish to undertake a research project in the field of organogenesis.

Criteria used to evaluate all applications include the strength of the mentor and strength of the trainee (as evaluated by letters and CVs), the quality of the research project, and the degree to which the project fits the goals of the Training Program, and the Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design (CPOD).

The call for applications are for the following:

NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship (applicants must have achieved candidacy by the time of appointment to the training grant)
Dean’s Non-Traditional Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organogenesis (Non-Federally Funded)
The non-traditional postdoctoral fellowships are open to non-citizen and non-permanent residents, and provide partial funding for one (1) year.

Materials Due: Monday, May 17, 2021 5:00 pm Eastern Time.

Submit to Tamika Mohr at: organogenesis@umich.edu

Instructions and Application templates are attached and are available online at : https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/cpod/training-program

Faculty Mentors: If you are NOT a member of the Organogenesis faculty, but wish for a trainee in your lab to apply, you may submit a concurrent application for CPOD membership.

Livestream / Virtual:EEB student evaluation seminar: Navigating the labyrinth: testing for ecomorphological correlations and convergence in the Serpentes inner ear
2021-05-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/97351189156
Taylor presents her preliminary seminar.

Please check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu at least two hours prior to the event for the passcode.

Images: Taylor West

Workshop / Seminar:PHD DEFENSE: "An Industrial Engineering-Based Approach to Designing and Evaluating Healthcare Systems to Improve Veteran Access to Care" — Adam VanDeusen
2021-05-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Off Campus Location
Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/3303851772

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
An Industrial Engineering-Based Approach to Designing and Evaluating Healthcare Systems to Improve Veteran Access to Care

CHAIR:
Amy Cohn

Workshop / Seminar:Parenting Through Separation and Divorce Workshop (Monthly)
2021-05-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
The University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF) is now offering a free, virtual Parenting Through Separation and Divorce Workshop. Participants will receive a link to access the virtual workshop after registration. It is scheduled for 12 p.m. (noon, EST), the third Monday of each month.

*The program is an approved alternative to the SMILE Program by the Washtenaw County Friend of the Court.*

Parenting Through Separation and Divorce virtual workshops offer practical, actionable advice for couples going through a temporary or permanent split. UCCF staff create a caring and collaborative environment for attendees in order to help parents understand their children’s needs during what can be a tumultuous time of change and uncertainty.

This workshop offers suggestions for creating the most beneficial post-divorce parenting relationships. While it is free, workshop participants must register via the link.

*Workshop Details*
**When:** 12 - 1 p.m. (NOON) Monday, Feb. 15, March 15, April 19, or May 17, 2021
**Where:** Online via Zoom (register for the link).
**Cost:** Free, but registration is required.
**How to Register:** Click the "Ticket" link to go to the Eventbrite registration. Or see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-through-separation-and-divorce-virtual-workshop-spring-2021-registration-126094689611

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Mondays)
2021-05-17 13:30 - 15:00 | 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, Mondays – Thursdays, during the Summer 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 1:30-3 p.m.

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, high performance computing, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Matlab, mobile app development, MPI, OpenMP, parallelization, performance analysis, PBS, Python, R, reproducible workflows (nextflow), shell, Slurm, SQL, statistical modeling

Other:LSA Technology Services Research Support Office Hours
2021-05-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2021-05-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-05-20 15:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Workshop / Seminar:PHD DEFENSE: "Agent-based modeling of resilience in smallholder agriculture: toward robust models and equitable outcomes" — Tim Williams
2021-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Attend virtually via Zoom:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96596995831

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:
Agent-based modeling of resilience in smallholder agriculture: toward robust models and equitable outcomes

CHAIR:
Seth Guikema

Lecture / Discussion:RNA Seminar featuring: Thomas Martinez, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2021-05-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Registration Required: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_90RkcQTGQZa7ifQ8kbSdNQ

KEYOWORDS: microprotein, smORF, ribosome profiling

ABSTRACT: Functional protein-coding small open reading frames (smORFs) are emerging as an important class of genes. Several smORF-encoded microproteins have been characterized and implicated in a variety of critical processes, including regulation of mRNA decay, DNA repair, and muscle formation. Thus, rigorous and comprehensive annotation of protein-coding smORFs is critical to our understanding of basic biology and physiology, as well as disease. We recently developed an improved workflow that integrates de novo transcriptome assembly and ribosome profiling to overcome obstacles with previous methods to more confidently annotate thousands of novel smORFs across multiple human cell lines, including hundreds encoded on putative non-coding RNAs. Over 1,500 smORFs are found in two or more cell lines, and ~40% lack a canonical AUG start codon. Evolutionary conservation analyses suggest that hundreds of smORF-encoded microproteins are likely functional. We also find that smORF-derived peptides are detectable on human leukocyte antigen complexes, positioning smORFs as a source of novel antigens. The annotation of protein-coding smORFs radically alters the current view of the human genome’s coding capacity and will provide a rich pool of unexplored, functional human genes.

BIO: Thomas received his B.S. in Biological Engineering from MIT and trained in Prof. JoAnne Stubbe’s laboratory, where he studied the mechanism of ribonucleotide reductase. He then recieved his Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics from Caltech as an NIH NRSA predoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Prof. Peter Dervan. His thesis work focused primarily on characterizing the effects of DNA binding pyrrole-imidazole polyamides on DNA replication in prostate cancer cells. Thomas is currently an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Alan Saghatelian’s laboratory, where he has developed an integrative platform combining ribosome profiling and de novo transcriptome assembly to discover functional smORF encoded microproteins in the human genome.

Other:Unearthing Tulsa: 100 Years Later, a conversation with Brent Staples, Fred Conrad, and Scott Ellsworth
2021-05-17 16:00 - 17:20 | Museum of Art - Webinar / Virtual Event
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Maybe you’ve heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre. It was one of the most horrific examples of white supremacist terrorism in the history of the United States and knowledge of the event was actively suppressed for over fifty years. From May 31 to June 1, 1921, the Massacre saw the murder of hundreds of Black residents of the Greenwood neighborhood—a bustling and vibrant community known then as Black Wall Street—and more than one-thousand homes and businesses burned to the ground.

As we approach the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we invite you to revisit a moment in 1999 when the New York Times Magazine published Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Brent Staples' article "Unearthing a Riot," which was the most significant national media coverage of the event at the time. Portraits of survivors made by renowned photojournalist and U-M alumnus Fred Conrad accompanied this important essay. In this program, Staples and Conrad will be joined by U-M professor, best-selling author, and historian Scott Ellsworth, author of newly published book The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, who will facilitate a conversation that will expand our understanding of what has been involved in making the history of Tulsa more visible and, by extension, illuminating the ever-present reality of racial terror and the resiliency of Black communities in our country.

Also featuring an introduction by Matthew Countryman, chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and a Q&A facilitated by Jennifer Friess, UMMA associate curator of photography.

This program will be livestreamed on YouTube at 4 p.m. on May 17. No registration required. Brent Staples, an editorial writer for The New York Times, was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. He is the author of the memoir Parallel Time and holds a Phd in Psychology from The University of Chicago.

Fred Conrad is a photographer specializing in photojournalism and portraiture. He holds his BFA in Photography from the University of Michigan and has made photographs for prestigious and far reaching news organizations such as Sygma, Time Magazine, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Ms. Magazine and The New York Times.

Born and raised in Tulsa, Scott Ellsworth has been writing about the Tulsa race massacre for forty-five years. His forthcoming book, The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice, will be published on May 18, 2021. Ellsworth teaches in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.

The Ground Breaking: an American City and its Search for Justice​ will be available for sale through the UMMA Shop (please call 734-647-0521), Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, and Blackstone Bookstore in Ypsilanti. It will also be available through the Ann Arbor District Library.

For more information, visit umma.umich.edu/unearthing-tulsa.

This program is presented by UMMA as part of our ongoing commitment to anti-racist action, and organized in collaboration with the Museum’s longtime partner professor Scott Ellsworth and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies with support from Wallace House, the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, the Ann Arbor District Library, Blackstone Bookstore, and Literati Bookstore.

Visit Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism for a current exhibition that also takes up untold stories of the historical erasure of Black Americans and explores photography’s role in making visible people and histories that have been actively suppressed.

Workshop / Seminar:Community Creative Arts Workshop
2021-05-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
December 2020 through May 2021

Livestream / Virtual:EEB dissertation defense: Single cell sequencing facilitates genome-enabled biology in uncultured fungi and resolves deep branches on the fungal tree of life
2021-05-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Off Campus Location
Kevin defends his dissertation.

Please check back closer to the event for the Zoom link and see your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior.

Class / Instruction:Shelter in Place: How the Pandemic is Changing our Cities, Neighborhoods and Homes
2021-05-18 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
Many of us are thinking about how the pandemic will impact our lives going forward. This includes architects and designers who are imagining the changes that the pandemic will bring to urban spaces, neighborhoods, and homes.

Presenter Kit Krankel McCullough, an architectural and urban designer and faculty member for UM Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, will discuss some of the ways our surroundings are adapting to post-pandemic life and provide us with an inside look at what might be in our not- so-distant future.

Through her urban design practice and teaching, Ms. McCullough advocates for equitable and socially just development, healthy and sustainable environments, strong communities, and cities that promote well- being and happiness. At UM, she teaches design studios on housing and neighborhood development, seminars on transportation and urban economics, and a popular lecture course on real estate development for architects and planners. She has developed urban design and economic strategies at a range of scales and led urban design projects in cities around the country. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University.

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Well-being:Work-Life Integration
2021-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
In line with our mission to develop a workplace culture that is supportive of all personal and family life, this session covers important topics such as how to integrate responsibilities at work and at home, what resources are available to support life in and outside of work, and ways to support a flexible work schedule or remote work options.

*AUDIENCE:*

This session is open to all LSA employees. Registration is required.

For questions or requests for accommodation, please contact our Administrative Coordinator, Mikalia Dennis (mikaliad@umich.edu).

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Tuesdays)
2021-05-18 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, Mondays – Thursdays, during the Summer 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 2-3:30 p.m.
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), Liz Hanley (PDHP/ISR), Paul Schulz (PDHP/ISR)

Expertise: C/C++, CMake/GNU Make, data management, data visualization, Fortran, Git, high performance computing, Julia, Mplus, natural language processing, 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), text analysis, web applications (front-end HTML/CSS/JavaScript stack), web scraping

Careers / Jobs:SMBC Meet and Greet (Equity Capital Markets, Investment Banking Advisory, Strategic Credit Products)
2021-05-18 16:00 - 17:00
Event Description:
Our SMBC Meet and Greet Series is a uniqueopportunity to meet and interact with the various business areas that hire interns and analysts. This session will feature overviews of three business groups followed by a Q&A session.

Note: You are welcome to attend as many of the Meet and Greet sessions as you like. You can find each session’s participating business groups on our events central page (https://smbc.recsolu.com/external/events_central).

Equity Capital Markets (ECM)

Our rapidly expanding Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team offers equity and equity-linked financing solutions to corporate and project finance clients in the U.S. The experienced team is committed to a track record of client-centric excellence; providing products such as initial public offerings (“IPO”), follow-on offerings (“FO”), convertible offerings,at-the-market offerings (“ATMs”) and share repurchase programs to ourclients. In addition to origination capabilities, the ECM team provides exceptional execution by our seasoned syndicate professionals.

Investment Banking Advisory (IBA)

Investment Banking Advisory advises SMBC and SMBC Nikko’s global clients, specializing in strategic and financial advisory, including M&A and capital markets, across multiple sectors such as Consumer & Retail, Power & Infrastructure, Industrials and TMT.

Strategic Credit Products (SCAD)

The Strategic Credit Products Department, Americas Division (SCAD) offers leveraged financed solutions to clientsincluding Private Equity firms related to large-cap and middle market LBOtransactions and to support Asset Manager clients including large BDCs and other institutional lenders involved in middle market leveraged finance transactions. The group arranges, structures, distributes and holds a portion of risk on all of its transactions. Products include leveraged and syndicated loans, fixed income, securitization and asset backed financings.

Info Session Details:
Location: https://smbc.webex.com/smbc/j.php?MTID=m97e70c0e0fac3bc0f3c8650a5bca54c6
Meeting Number: 132 350 1347
Meeting Password: [REDACTED]

Other:TBA
2021-05-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Chembio
Nicholas Ingolia (University of California, Berkeley)

Careers / Jobs:Target Diversity & Inclusion Presentation and Panel
2021-05-18 17:30 - 18:30
Target has a longstanding commitment to diversity, equity andinclusion – they’re part of our core values, shape our culture and drive our business. Curious to learn more?

Join leaders from Target's Stores, DCs, and Headquarters for a panel discussion to learn more aboutTarget, our leaders' career paths, and what Diversity & Inclusion meansto them.

We will also have time for Q&A so bring your questions!

Exhibition:Miniatures 2021: Resisting the Confines of Quarantine
2021-05-19 00:00 - 14:59, 2021-05-20 00:00 - 14:59 | Off Campus Location
The pandemic halted the in-person artwork selection typical of Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) exhibits. As an adaptation, PCAP invited artists incarcerated in Michigan state prisons to create small-scale artwork and send their entries by mail.

A link to the exhibit will be posted at https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D on May 19, 2021.

The exhibit includes 141 artworks, featuring a diversity of both artists and artistic choices. All the 2D artworks measure 4 in. x 6 in. and the 3D artworks no more than 4 in. x 6 in. x 4 in.

Artwork sales appointments are available May 20–27, 2021. Book your appointment on the exhibit website. Artwork will remain available for view after the sales period closes.

This exhibit is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Om of Medicine, and hundreds of individual donors. Thank you to everyone who made this show possible!

Careers / Jobs:Eli Lilly Discovery Day 2021 Application - Deadline April 28th
2021-05-19 09:00 - 17:00
***Opportunity for current Sophomores...DEADLINE TO APPLY APRIL 28TH***

Lilly Discovery Day is a targeted, full-day leadership development conference for SOPHOMORE students interested in exploring a career at Lilly in Finance, Procurement, Marketing, PRA (Pricing, Reimbursement, and Access), Information and Digital Solutions, Manufacturing & Quality, Engineering, MIH (Medicines Innovation Hub), and Human Resources.

On May 19th, 2021, we will invite students to our virtual event to participate in self-discovery and career exploration in the pharmaceutical industry.

Highlights:
Introduction to Lilly’s mission
Networking opportunities with Lilly leadership
Professional development workshops
Functional breakout career exploration

Interested students can apply by using the providing registration link. Due to limited space, not all students who apply will be selected. Students will be notified of their acceptance into the program by Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. For any questions, please contact LillyDiscoveryDay@Lilly.com.

Workshop / Seminar:Microbiome Seminar: Developing and Applying a Microdroplet Co-Cultivation and Analysis Toolbox for Elucidating Microbiomes
2021-05-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location
Speaker: Xiaoxia (Nina) Lin
Associate Professor, Dept. Chemical Engineering

Speaker Profile: Professor Lin’s research lies at the intersection of biology and engineering with a focus on microbial systems, particularly microbial communities, using systems biology and synthetic biology approaches. Her lab aims to employ engineering tools and skills such as microfluidics and quantitative modeling to help unlock mysteries of complex natural microbial communities, especially those closely associated with environment and health issues (e.g. human microbiome). In parallel, the research group exploits design principles nature utilizes and develops synthetic microbial consortia technologies to address critical needs faced by our society such as sustainable biofuel and chemical production.

Abstract: Microbes are everywhere in nature and they live in diverse communities that show remarkable metabolic capabilities and robustness. One research thrust in my lab has been to employ engineering related tools to study these naturally occurring microbial consortia in order to discover underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. In particular, we have been developing a technological pipeline, based on nanoliter-scale microfluidic droplets, to co-cultivate sub-communities and characterize member interactions that shape the community structure and function. In this talk, I will present a number of technological modules we have created and are developing. I’ll also discuss how we are applying this toolbox, jointly with our collaborators, to the investigation of several microbiomes closely related to human health or the environment.

Zoom Meeting: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92773919973

Auditions:Desis CafÃ©
2021-05-19 09:30 - 10:30 | Off Campus Location
Desis Café is a virtual event that provides a space where DESIS Lab participants from across the globe can meet, talk about their activities, expectations, thoughts, research, and projects.

This event is hosted by Stamps Professor Audrey G. Bennett, Director of the Stamps Masters of Design in Integrative Design program and the Stamps DESIS Lab, as well as Assistant Professor Deepa Butoyila, Professor Ron Eglash, Associate Professor Roland Graf, and Professor Nick Tobier.

DESIS, which stands for “Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability,” is a collection of design programs from schools and colleges across the globe whose faculty and students are interested in creating meaningful social changes in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Please RSVP to reserve your place for this free event: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86513198679?pwd=[REDACTED]

Presentation:CGIS Winter Advising
2021-05-19 12:00 - 14:30, 2021-05-20 12:00 - 14:30 | Off Campus Location
As studying abroad becomes more of a possibility for U-M students, particularly for Winter 2022, CGIS will be offering a 2-day Winter Advising event where students can learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, pre-health, and public health and interest-specific program sessions such as studying abroad in the UK and English-Taught programs in Asia to name few. The LSA Scholarship Office and the Office of Financial Aid will join us on May 20th to help answer questions you may have on funding your semester program abroad as well as walking you through the application process! First Step sessions will be offered each day of the event as well. Each info session will be interactive. Each session will offer an opportunity to interact with advisors and address questions or concerns you may have regarding study abroad. To get a general idea of participation, please RSVP below and select info sessions that you'd be interested in. We'll send you a Zoom link as we get closer to the event!

DISCLAIMER: With each passing term, a small yet increasing number of our programs seem to offer the possibility of receiving students, so CGIS proceeded with very cautious optimism that students will be able to study abroad in the coming academic year. CGIS and the University of Michigan continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation as it develops worldwide. Parents and other concerned parties who would like to receive this information should ask their students to share the updates with them. Students planning to participate in CGIS programs worldwide are advised to continue to closely monitor the latest developments and to adhere to any national and international public health directives issued by their host country or institution. CGIS will contact students who have opened or submitted an application to a CGIS program if and when updates are available.

Other:Michigan Bhangra Team 2021 Spring Virtual Tryouts
2021-05-19 12:00 - 23:59, 2021-05-20 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
The Michigan Bhangra Team is back for our 22nd season, and our Spring 2021 online tryouts are now live! No dance experience is necessary and we encourage rising freshmen to the University of Michigan to try out for our team!

To audition, learn the choreo from our video and submit your tryout video via the Google form linked in our Instagram bio (@michiganbhangrateam). A step-by-step tutorial of our tryout choreo is also posted on our YouTube!
Tryout videos will be due:
MAY 29, 2021 by 11:59pmTurn in Tryout Videos with this link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPm0aSW1Dc-sDe7jVFNGEREkCVOTCYlZ4PAmmdknSnn_lz7w/viewform
If you want extra help learning the choreo, feel free to drop by on an optional zoom workshop on MAY 22 11-12PM.
If this doesn’t work for you, you can also contact us by instagram DM (preferably) or email michiganbhangrateam@gmail.com. Good luck and have fun!

Well-being:North Campus Mindfulness Meditation Drop-In (Online)
2021-05-19 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

Presentation:The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: New Statistics for 2018 & 2019
2021-05-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
Join us on May 19 at 1:00 pm ET for a free webinar, “The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: New Statistics for 2018 and 2019,” featuring Section Chief Paul Kern with the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The webinar is hosted by the National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC), a data repository funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Participants will get an overview of the ACPSA, learn about key findings from the latest 2019 data, and discover ways ACPSA can be used in arts research. Finally, participants will learn about the ACPSA resources available on the NEA and NADAC websites and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Link to register: https://myumi.ch/gjPWr

#nadacArtsData

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Wednesdays)
2021-05-19 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, Mondays – Thursdays, during the Summer 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 2-2:30 p.m.
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/UMSI), Jule Krüger (ISR/ARC), Meghan Richey (ARC), Shelly Johnson (ARC)

Expertise: automation of tasks and workflows, Bash, C++, cloud analytics, data analysis, management and visualization, Git, GNU Make, high performance computing, installing software on University clusters, Java, LaTeX, machine learning (Tensorflow, Keras, convolutional neural networks), natural language processing, Python, R, R Markdown, web scraping (Selenium)

Class / Instruction:A Band for all Ages
2021-05-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
The Little Bands Music School is an innovative music program in which students learn music from a constructivist perspective. The program serves all ages including children as young as four and adults.

The foundation of the program is the multi-instrumental band program. Students join a 5-piece band. The instrumentation of the band is piano, guitar, bass, drums and voice. Students follow a detailed curriculum of songs and compose their own songs. Every student learns every song on every instrument. This method is designed to facilitate an environment in which students understand music from different perspectives, learn to collaborate, and experience what goes into a piece of music and how to compose their own music.

Teachers in Little Bands School work with private students and students in public and private schools in Southeast Michigan. We particularly love helping people who have always wanted to play an instrument and never had the chance.

Presenter Joshua Grekin is a musician and educator with experience teaching all ages and genres. Trained as a jazz trumpet player, he is also proficient on piano, guitar, bass, drums, and other orchestral instruments. Joshua has a BA in music from the Berklee College of Music, a Masters from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently finishing his PhD at Oakland University.

He is the creator and director of the Little Bands School, a tech-enabled music education program which offers a unique and innovative K-12 instrumental curriculum. A songwriter as well, Joshua writes music for musicals, film, commercials, bands, and the Little Bands School curriculum.

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

Presentation:Microbial Masterpieces
2021-05-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
The recipient of the Experiments in Translation Grant, “Microbial Masterpieces” is a continuously evolving project aiming to communicate the importance of microorganisms to humanity and the planet. Our featured attraction is a giant Winogradsky Panel in the Duderstadt Center Gallery, which houses a brightly colored, continuously changing biofilm. In this presentation, we will share beautiful images and time lapses of the Winogradsky Panel; discuss the science underlying the Panel; and reflect on the importance of art in science communication. Additionally, we will share our progress in trying to make our project accessible to the blind and visually-impaired community through tactile and audio experiences.

The MM team includes: Erica Gardner (School for Environment and Sustainability; College of Engineering); Anna Urso (School for Environment and Sustainability); Bruna lunes Sanches (Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning)

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vm_HuWMRSMyE31cZzwCv7Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Lecture / Discussion:Centennial Lecture Series: Sharon Parrott - Pandemic, Relief, and Building toward an Equitable Future
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Off Campus Location
Join us for our Centennial Lecture Series featuring Michigan Social Work Alumna, Sharon Parrott, MSW '92.

Pandemic, Relief, and Building toward an Equitable Future: The health and economic crisis shined a light on and exacerbated longstanding problems that were in plain sight for those willing to see them long before COVID-19. The crisis made clear the weaknesses in our economic and health security programs that are supposed to protect people when hard times hit while also showing in the starkest terms the stark inequities across lines of race, ethnicity, gender, and immigration that long pre-dated the pandemic. Parrott will talk about the impacts of the health and economic crisis across different groups, both the strengths and weaknesses of our public response to the crisis, the opportunity for long-term, systemic policy changes that could broaden opportunity, reduce poverty and inequality, narrow disparities, and move us toward universal health coverage, and the challenges to achieving these policy goals. Parrott will also reflect on the “long arc” of policy change and the forces that can create and stymie change.

For more information and to register, please visit our website: https://ssw.umich.edu/assets/centennial/?page=event-details&nid=62603

Meeting:Join us! Third Year Ukrainian (for speakers of Ukrainian and Russian)
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:00
Fall 2021 — UKR 351/555
Join us for an Intro Zoom meeting this Friday, May 21st, 3:30-4:30: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95606601661
Meet with the course instructor and its former students.

The course is aimed towards development of Advanced Mid proficiency in reading, writing, and listening as well as at least Intermediate Mid skills in speaking. Semester-long translation project with Ukraine-based non-profit media organization UkraЇner is one of the highlights of this course: you will be working directly with editors in Ukraine and your work will be published. No midterm or final exams, short texts, engaging vocabulary development activities, and flexible approach to course schedule and format makes this course a valuable part of your UofM experience. Example of one of our former student published translations see here: https://ukrainer.net/egg-as-an-art-object/.

Careers / Jobs:SMBC Meet and Greet (US Corporate Banking, Fund Finance, Global Financial Institutions, North America Project Finance)
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:00
Our SMBC Meet and Greet Series is a unique opportunity to meetand interact with the various business areas that hire interns and analysts. This session will feature overviews of five business groups followed by a Q&A session.

Note: You are welcome to attend as many of the Meet and Greet sessions as you like. You can find each session’s participating business groups on our events central page (https://smbc.recsolu.com/external/events_central)

US Corporate Banking (USCB) - Corporate Solutions Group (CSG) & Lending Management Group (LMG)

The US Corporate Bank (USCB) works with multinational clients headquartered in the U.S. to support their growing business needs. We leverage our network of relationships across the globe and our model is cross-functional, so our customers deal withone Relationship Manager for corporate loans and to access SMBC’s full range of products and services across the capital structure. USCB teams include: Media and Telecom; Technology; Health Care; Automotive, Transportation & Mobility; Oil and Gas; Utilities and Power; Diversified Industrials; Consumer and Retail; Real Estate, Leisure and Gaming. Within USCB, the Lending Management Group (LMG) is responsible for end to end deal execution and portfolio management.

The Corporate Solutions Group (CSG) augments our client coverage efforts by generating timely and relevantideas that provide SMBC’s clients with best-in-class advice and solutions regarding capital structure, ratings, liquidity, debt capacity, M&Afinance, and more using a product agnostic approach. A career in CSG is one that offers a high level of interaction with key client decision makers, as well as with colleagues throughout the bank in various product groups including loan, debt & equity capital markets, derivatives and investment banking as well as client & product teams in Tokyo, London, and Singapore.

Fund Finance

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a globalleader in subscription-secured lending to private equity funds investing across multiple asset classes. SMBC offers financing to investment management firms that seek a flexible and inexpensive form of leverage to employ on closed-end, private equity funds, for either commingled fund partnerships or single investor separate accounts. We manage relationships with over 80 Financial Sponsors, spanning the largest private equity firms globally and a large cross-section of mid-market sponsors.

Global FinancialInstitutions Group (GFIG)

The Global Financial Institutions Group offers comprehensive banking solutions to our clients by leveraging the strength of SMBC Group, our products and services, and our global platform. Wework closely with product partners across the firm, serving as the primary point of contact for our clients to connect them to the broader SMBC Group, while acting as an advisor to our clients and recommending the best financial products for their needs. Our FIG team is a rising market leader, covering funds, sponsors, and various specialty finance companies

North America Project Finance

SMBC’s Global Structured Finance team is one of the world’s leading project finance powerhouse. We provide debtand equity services to clients globally and have strong market positioning. We provide a variety of financing solutions for large scale infrastructure projects including conventional and renewable power plants, transmission lines, mining, oil and gas facilities, toll roads, ports, airports, bridges and hospitals across US and Canada. Our typical products are structuring of project finance, financial advisory to project developers,long / short term loan to project, large scale underwriting of the loans, bond (144A, US private placement) arrangement, Export Credit Agency financing and M&A.

Info Session Details:
Location: https://smbc.webex.com/smbc/j.php?MTID=mee3ce5a9070f2ad40c355aab5b3ca67c
Meeting Number: 132135 0766
Meeting Password: [REDACTED]

Lecture / Discussion:Indian Literature Series
2021-05-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
SPICMACAY is proud to present Legacy of Punjabiyat, the second installment to ‘Indian Literature Series’, which will focus on a few select works from the Guru Granth Sahib. The discussion will be facilitated by Professor Pinderjeet Kaur Gill, of the Hindi and Punjabi Languages Department.

Date: May 19th 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30pm to 7pm
# of participants: 25 (first-come-first-serve!)
Note: The presentation will be given in English- no familiarity with Punjabi is necessary!

Please sign up using this link: https://forms.gle/dUasEXgnDRWNWKfs6

Workshop / Seminar:Understanding and Managing ADHD in High School Workshop
2021-05-19 17:30 - 18:30 | Off Campus Location
The University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF) at the Mary A. Rackham Institute is hosting a free, virtual workshop for parents or guardians of high school-aged children with ADHD or who are suspected of having ADHD. During the event, parents and guardians can expect to learn:
- What causes ADHD.
- What ADHD looks like in high school-aged children.
- How to support a high school-aged child with ADHD at home, school, and with friends.

This one-hour virtual workshop includes interactive components and a Q&A session at the end. We also ask you to submit your questions when you register so we can better prepare to address what us of interest to workshop participants.

Free, but registration in advance is required. Please register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-and-managing-adhd-in-high-school-free-workshop-registration-135397251825

You will be provided a link to the workshop when you complete the registration.

Presentation:Western UP Wind Energy Webinar
2021-05-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location
On Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30 pm, Dr. Sarah Mills from the University of Michigan and Bradley Neumann from Michigan State University Extension will offer a webinar on the local impacts of wind energy projects, specifically geared toward the Western UP.

As part of a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the University of Michigan has created extensive online resources to help communities as they plan and zone for wind energy. The aim of these resources is to help communities understand the positive and negative impacts of wind projects so that they can make informed decisions about whether and where renewable energy might be appropriate in their township. Among the resources included is a sample zoning ordinance developed by MSU Extension. The University of Michigan has also been offering a multitude of webinars on planning and zoning through the EGLE/UM Clean Energy & Energy Management Webinar Series, including this special webinar tailored specifically to the Western UP.

To join the Zoom webinar, follow this link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91379805981.

Or, dial in: (301) 715-8592 and enter webinar ID: 913 7980 5981 #.

Attendees who join online (through the link above) will be able to submit questions during the webinar, but you can also submit questions ahead of time through the Webinar Question Form (under Related Links) so that they can be addressed in the presentation.

Lecture / Discussion:Opening Reception, Miniatures 2021: Resisting the Confines of Quarantine
2021-05-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Join exhibit curators and formerly incarcerated artists for a virtual opening reception. Registration is required for this free event.

The pandemic halted the in-person artwork selection typical of Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) exhibits. As an adaptation, PCAP invited artists incarcerated in Michigan state prisons to create small-scale artwork and send their entries by mail.

A link to the exhibit will be posted at https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D on May 19, 2021.

The exhibit includes 141 artworks, featuring a diversity of both artists and artistic choices. All the 2D artworks measure 4 in. x 6 in. and the 3D artworks no more than 4 in. x 6 in. x 4 in.

Artwork sales appointments are available May 20–27, 2021. Book your appointment on the exhibit website. Artwork will remain available for view after the sales period closes.

This exhibit is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Om of Medicine, and hundreds of individual donors. Thank you to everyone who made this show possible!

Livestream / Virtual:Playfest
2021-05-19 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Link to be posted May 19

Department of Theatre & Drama
Drama Studio Production

Associate Professor Jose Casas, himself an award-winning playwright, leads the playwriting students in this showcase of original works, all directed by fellow students. These plays may contain adult themes, and viewer discretion is advised.

Sporting Event:NCSA World Series Tournament
2021-05-20 10:00 - 23:59 | South Commons Softball Complex
The Michigan Club Softball team will be competing down in Columbus, GA in the national tournament. They will compete against 14 other teams across the country for a national title in a 4 day tournament.

Lecture / Discussion:The Struggle to Survive in Central America: A Portrait of Life from a Grassroots, Human Rights Perspective
2021-05-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
This lecture will be live streamed.

This presentation will give an overview of the forces that impact the daily lives of Central Americans who are struggling to provide for their families in a context of poverty, violence, extractive industries and impunity. Especially highlighted will be the country of Honduras, whose residents continue to try to flee to the U.S. Border out of desperation.

Mary Anne Perrone is an educator, an activist and a spiritual guide. All her adult life she has been an activist for peace and justice. Her particular area of focus for over 30 years has been on human rights in Latin America. This work led their young family to live and work in Latin America in the late 1980’s (Bolivia) to accompany the poor there in a spirit of liberation. She has been working in the U.S. ever since to raise consciousness about our country’s role in human rights violations in Latin America and to work for substantive change in our foreign policy. In the last two decades, this work has taken her on multiple human rights delegations to several Latin American countries, connecting with and accompanying courageous people working in their own countries to defend those whose human rights are highly threatened.

This is the last of a six-lecture series. The subject of the series is Central America: Coffee to Caravans. OLLI’s lecture series will start again in September of 2021. 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.

Workshop / Seminar:CEW+ Financial Wellness: Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings | Sponsored by Fidelity
2021-05-20 11:30 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
RSVP here: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/cew-financial-wellness-make-the-most-of-your-retirement-savings-sponsored-by-fidelity

CEW+ Director Tiffany Marra will host Michael Welton, Fidelity Retirement Planner, and Alanna Troup, University of Michigan Benefits Administrator, for this next installment of CEW+ Financial Wellness. Michael will provide information on ways to maximize your retirement savings, options to save for retirement beyond your workplace savings plan, and five important factors to consider to be prepared for retirement. Michael will be joined by Alanna Troup, University of Michigan Benefits Administrator, who will discuss retiree healthcare benefits offered by the University of Michigan and will be available to answer questions you may have about our U-M specific benefits.

Presentation:Prechter-Tam Bipolar Seminar Series: Pluripotent Stem Cell Models to Study Bipolar Disorder
2021-05-20 11:30 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/96064078629
"Characterization of stem cell-derived exosomes in bipolar disorder and their impact on recipient cells."

Bipolar disorder is a condition that involves the human brain. There is no easy access to brain tissue from living people. Using induced pluripotent stem cells offers the first opportunity to model the activity of brain and nerve cells from individuals with bipolar disorder. Samples from skin are ‘induced’ to form pluripotent stem cells that can subsequently be prompted to grow into nerve cells. Shortly after this technology was developed, the Prechter Bipolar Research Program expanded to include Sue O’Shea, PhD, Professor, in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology who works on pluripotent stem cells. Individuals with a history of bipolar disorder and non-bipolar controls provided skin samples that were grown into stem cells and then nerve cells. Over the past decade this work has expanded to include a multisite collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, the Salk Institute, Sanford Burnham Institute, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Several significant findings have included the consistent characteristic of premature excitability of nerve cells derived from individuals with bipolar disorder, the abnormal behaviors of astrocytes, and the apparent dysfunction of exosomes. These patterns are leading towards the identification of target pathways that may be suitable for pharmaceutical intervention.

U-M PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel Moderator: Melvin G. McInnis, M.D., FRCPsych -
Director, Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program

Jianping Fu, Ph.D. - Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Paul Jenkins, Ph.D. - Professor, Pharmacology

Stephanie Bielas, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Human Genetics

SPECIAL GUESTS

Kristen Brennand, Ph.D. - Professor of Medicine, Yale University

Paola Arlotta, Ph.D. - Golub Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University

Livestream / Virtual:Virtual Michigan Medicine Community Conversation
2021-05-20 11:30 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Community Conversation is an opportunity for faculty, staff and student to come together weekly to engage on meaningful ways to increase belonging at Michigan Medicine. We feel that it is important to carve out space for dialogue, provide support for one another, promote self-care, and share valuable resources. The sessions are designed for space to hear your voice and all are welcome!

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

Livestream / Virtual:Health Care Reform: A Conversation with the Experts
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Off Campus Location
Where do we stand with the Affordable Care Act and its latest U.S. Supreme Court challenge? What health care reform policies might we expect from President Joe Biden and the new Congress?

Join the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation as we take on these questions and more. Our experts will discuss the legal, economic, medical, and health equity challenges related to health care reform now — and into the future.

IHPI Director John Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., moderates an expert panel discussion featuring:

Helen G. Levy, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

Minal R. Patel, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health

Nicholas Bagley, J.D.
Professor of Law, Law School

Visit https://ihpi.umich.edu/informing-policy/healthcare-reform to learn more about IHPI members’ research on the impact of health care reform.

Film Screening:Race - The Power of an Illusion
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Off Campus Location
Join us for live screenings of award-winning documentary series Race - The Power of an Illusion. Each event will screen a one-hour-long episode, and then host a 30-minute live streamed panel discussion.

Thursday May 6, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 1: “The difference between us”

Thursday May 20, 12PM - 1:30PM ET
Part 2: “The story we tell”

Thursday June 3, 12PM-1:30PM ET
Part 3: “The house we live in”

For more information on the webinars, invited panelists, and registration link, please visit https://iaphs.org/race-the-power-of-an-illusion/ . Here are more resources to help with discussions: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Registration is open to all, free of charge.

Meeting:CoderSpaces (Thursdays)
2021-05-20 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, Mondays – Thursdays, during the Summer 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 2-3:30 p.m.
Join via Zoom* (https://umich.zoom.us/j/99436245948)
*Users will have to sign in with their UMICH (Level-1) credentials.

with Bennet Fauber (ARC), Bridget Hegarty (CEE), Erin Ware (SRC/ISR), Kelly Sovacool (DCMB)

Expertise: automation of tasks and workflows, Bash, batch scripting, data management, Git, GitHub, high performance computing, installing software on University clusters, Linux, math for data science, Python, R, R Markdown, R tidyverse, SAS, Slurm, Snakemake, statistical modeling

Livestream / Virtual:Enjoy the Planetarium from Home!
2021-05-20 16:00 - 16:30 | Off Campus Location
A thirty-minute, lighthearted review of the current night sky, including constellations, visible planets, and other current astronomical events. Short Q&A session follows.

Groups of 7 or more should consider booking a private show for the best experience.

Workshop / Seminar:Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities Respectfully - May
2021-05-20 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.

Careers / Jobs:SMBC Meet and Greet (Latin America Debt Capital Markets, Latin America Project Finance, Latin America Corporate Finance, Latin America Loan Capital Markets)
2021-05-20 16:00 - 17:00
Event Description:
Our SMBC Meet and Greet Series is a uniqueopportunity to meet and interact with the various business areas that hire interns and analysts. This session will feature overviews of four Latin American business groups followed by a Q&A session.

Note: You are welcome to attend as many of the Meet and Greet sessions as you like. You can find each session’s participating business groups on our events central page (https://smbc.recsolu.com/external/events_central).

Latin America Debt Capital Markets

The Debt Capital Markets - Latin America team focuses on all aspects of bond transactions including origination, structuring, documentation, marketing and placement across all industries and all currencies for the entire Latin American region. The team particularly focuses on Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia.

Latin America Project Finance

SMBC has significant expertise in advising, structuring, arranging, underwriting and distributing project & structured finance loans and project bonds on a global scale. Along with other departments within SMBC and SMBC Nikko, we provide a variety of financing solutions for large scale infrastructure projects including conventional and renewable power plants, transmission lines, mining, oil and gas facilities, toll roads, ports, airports, bridges, data centers, fiber optic, and hospitals across Latin America. Our typical products are structuring of project finance, financial advisory to project developers, long / short term loan to project, large scale underwriting of the loans, bond (144A, US private placement) arrangement, Export Credit Agency financing and M&A.

Latin America Corporate Finance

The Latin America Corporate Finance Group (LADA-CF) is responsible for structuring, executing and monitoring corporate finance transactions in Latin America. LADA-CF covers clients in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The team is divided into three sector verticals: Natural Resources, Power & Utilities and Diversified Industries. Each vertical leverages its industry knowledge across the entireregion. LADA-CF regularly collaborates with other teams across SMBC and SMBC Nikko, including Global Trade Finance, Loan Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Investment Banking and US Private Placements.

Latin America Loan Capital Markets

The Loan Capital Markets (LCM) Department isresponsible for the structuring, underwriting, execution and distribution of syndicated loan transactions across all industry and origination groups at SMBC. LCM professionals work with and advise the front office marketing (origination) units in order to successfully pitch corporate and financial sponsor clients in a combined effort to win lead-mandates for syndicated loan facilities. Proposals to prospective clients usually involve coordination and partnership with other SMBC and Nikko (our Securities unit) product groups (Debt Capital Markets, FX, Derivatives Marketing and so on) in order to provide comprehensive, multiproduct financing solutions toour clients. Once a lead mandate for a syndicated loan is received, the LCM team is responsible for execution and distribution of loans to both banks and institutional investors.

Info Session Details:
Location: https://smbc.webex.com/smbc/j.php?MTID=m3576e4e917c5e8b0142361a1b2d21073
Meeting Number: 132 381 0496
Meeting Password: [REDACTED]

Workshop / Seminar:How to Teach About the Middle East—and Get it Right! Islam Through Art
2021-05-20 17:00 - 18:30 | Off Campus Location
Registration link: http://go.unc.edu/teachMENA

January 28: *Islam Through Art*
Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan
This webinar introduces participants to key issues and themes in Islamic art, including architectural interactions and the importance of ornament and Arabic-script calligraphy. This session also aims to dispel contemporary discourses about figural imagery, especially depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. Finally, we will discuss readings, pedagogical strategies, and online resources which can help teach Islam in a manner that aims to circumvent simplistic presuppositions and “otherizing” binaries.

February 25: *Teaching Middle East History in World History*
Allen Fromherz, Georgia State University
Relevant to high school curricula, we will explore ideas and strategies for using decisive moments in Middle East History to explore larger themes of World History including charisma, religious encounters, commerce, and geographical diversity.

March 18: *Experiential Learning about the Middle East through the Senses*
Barbara Petzen, education consultant on the Middle East and Islam
This webinar will explore and demonstrate a wide variety of sensory approaches to learning about the Middle East. We’ll look at new ways to understand the diversity of the historical and contemporary Middle East through images and film, sound, taste and smell, and tactile experiences.

April 22: *Teaching about the Middle East through Underreported Stories*
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
This session with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting will explore reporting on the MENA region and curricular resources that can be used to connect underreported news stories to the classroom. We will outline ways to engage students in global issues through journalism, develop media literacy, encourage critical thinking about the MENA region, and connect with a journalist for a conversation about their experience reporting from the Middle East.

May 20: *Hip Hop and Women's Voices in the Middle East and North Africa*
Angela Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Through the work of rap artists from the MENA region, we will learn about the varied lived experiences of girls and women in this region. Their music and online expressions depict the challenges and pressures they face, as well as spaces for hope and a better future for women and girls.

This series offers five interactive sessions between January and May 2021, featuring resources and strategies for teaching about the Middle East relevant to both in-person and virtual teaching for Grades 6-12 and community colleges. Educators may register for any or all of the sessions. SCECHs from the Michigan Department of Education are available.

The program is a collaboration with the National Resource Center dedicated to Middle East Studies at Duke University-The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lecture / Discussion:UMDC 15th Anniversary Celebration
2021-05-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Off Campus Location
We will be celebrating the Detroit Center’s impact on the University of Michigan and Detroit communities during our 15-year history in the city. Join us as we discuss the past, present, and future of the University of Michigan engagement with the city of Detroit.

Interviews with
Lieutenant Governor Garlin
Gilchrist
Roger Doster, Founding Director of
the Detroit Center
Valeria Bertacco, Vice Provost for
Engaged Learning
Palencia Mobley, former Emerging
Leader Award recipient
Ralph Valdez, Deputy Director of
the Concert of Colors
Greta Guest, Michigan News
Eric Dueweke and Craig Regester,
long standing residents of the
Detroit Center

Performance by
Marge Piercy, member of the
Detroiter Hall of Fame

Livestream / Virtual:Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy | Kaleidoscopic Vision: Okinawa Amidst Competing Transpacific Politics
2021-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Off Campus Location
Advance registration for this Zoom webinar is required:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sCvvNSW5TpW6miJZxLtg7w

Part of the Japanese Studies and Antiracist Pedagogy webinar series:
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jsap/webinars/

In the Asia Pacific, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a major trading nation during the early modern period and Okinawa was the “Keystone of the Pacific” that served as a launching pad for America’s Cold War during the postwar era. The Satsuma domain invaded the Ryukyus in 1609 and turned it into a “hidden colony” vis-a-vis Ming/Qing China so that it could continue to funnel Chinese goods and culture into its domain via the Ryukyus without offending either China or the Tokugawa bakufu’s “closed country” (sakoku) policy. After the newly established Meiji government invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom and annexed it as Okinawa Prefecture in 1879, it once again kept it as a “hidden colony” vis-a-vis the international community. Today, modern Japan, and now also the US, continue to hide Okinawa’s colonial condition in order to concentrate US military bases on the islands in the interests of both.

Ifa Fuyū (1876-1947), the “father of Okinawan studies,” argued that Ryukyuan political and cultural life peaked in the 16th century when it could openly dazzle with the kaleidoscopic brilliance of all cultures that touched the lives of the Ryukyuan people. However, from the 17th century forward, Okinawa could only be seen in the ever shifting shadows of a constellation of moving sovereign states. Its dynamism—its “doubleness”—has been routinely flattened out into a singularity that is consumed by surrounding sovereign powers. This can be seen in Okinawa’s modern-day postcolonial predicament of a concentrated US military base presence that is enabled by the popular will of the Japanese people. For American statesmen, Okinawa is simply “one part of Japan” and therefore not a US problem, and for more progressive politics, Okinawa is victim to US (military) imperialism and white supremacy. For Japanese statesmen, Okinawa is simply ignored, and for more progressive politics, Okinawa is again victim to US (military) imperialism and white supremacy. However, Okinawans have recently been problematizing the fact that it is the Japanese government who funds the US military bases and decides to concentrate them in Okinawa, and the will of the Japanese people who are happy with this arrangement that guarantees Japanese economic and political stability.

Hence, when thinking of Okinawa transpacifically, which Okinawa do we prioritize? The Okinawa in the shadows of the US, or the Okinawa in the shadows of Japan? In this webinar, I will put Ifa in conversation with his contemporary W.E.B. Du Bois to imagine a global politics of the color line in which doubleness is not suppressed but becomes a driving liberatory force for what Ifa called an “age of sweetness” (ama yū) after colonialism.

Annmaria Shimabuku is the Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor at NYU. Her research is centered in the intersection of postcolonial Japanese Studies, Okinawan Studies, and literary/political theory.

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.

Lecture / Discussion:Preventing Cambodia’s Genocidal Past from Becoming Afghanistan’s Future
2021-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Organized with the Holocaust Memorial Center and The Donia Human Rights Center

After nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. government is engaged in talks with the Taliban as part of an effort to forge a peace settlement and wind down U.S. military commitment. Within Afghanistan, government officials and ordinary citizens are fearful that an American exit could leave a beleaguered population at the mercy of the Taliban. How can the U.S. avoid a repeat of the 1975 Indochina withdrawal, which contributed to the rise of Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime? Associate Professor of Public Policy, John D. Ciorciari, will discuss the ways in which governments and ordinary citizens can help reduce the risk of genocide.

Lecture / Discussion:Public Tour, Miniatures 2021: Resisting the Confines of Quarantine
2021-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Join exhibit curators for a virtual tour. Registration is required for this free event.

The pandemic halted the in-person artwork selection typical of Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) exhibits. As an adaptation, PCAP invited artists incarcerated in Michigan state prisons to create small-scale artwork and send their entries by mail.

A link to the exhibit will be posted at https://myumi.ch/kxZ1D on May 19, 2021.

The exhibit includes 141 artworks, featuring a diversity of both artists and artistic choices. All the 2D artworks measure 4 in. x 6 in. and the 3D artworks no more than 4 in. x 6 in. x 4 in.

Artwork sales appointments are available May 20–27, 2021. Book your appointment on the exhibit website. Artwork will remain available for view after the sales period closes.

This exhibit is supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Om of Medicine, and hundreds of individual donors. Thank you to everyone who made this show possible!

Livestream / Virtual:MAS Lecture | How to Find a Lost French Fort (and What to Do with It Once You Do)
2021-05-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Off Campus Location
When archaeologists from Western Michigan University first discovered Fort St. Joseph in 1998, they had no idea that the site would consume their efforts for more than two decades. Archaeological investigations, interpretations, and public involvement demonstrate that the site contains important information of broad interest to students, professionals, and history enthusiasts alike. In this presentation, the principal investigator, Michael S. Nassaney, discusses how the team located and excavated Fort St. Joseph, what they learned, and the need for partnerships to sustain Michigan's archaeological heritage for future generations.

Join us for a live Zoom lecture followed by Q&A.

Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91923584822
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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