2008-10-28
6:00pm PROFS Lecture on US elections - Food: Refreshments
Location: Michigan Union
PROFS Lecture on US elections
Tuesday, Oct 28 6:00p to 7:00p
at University of Michigan: Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI
Professors Reaching out for Students. PROFS is a series of monthly faculty lectures on research topics hosted by the Mortar Board Society.
U-Club
Tuesday, Oct 28 6:00p to 7:00p
at University of Michigan: Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI
Professors Reaching out for Students. PROFS is a series of monthly faculty lectures on research topics hosted by the Mortar Board Society.
U-Club
5:30pm Understanding the 2008 U.S. Elections - Food: Light refreshments
Location: Room 9, International Center
Understanding the 2008 U.S. Elections
Tuesday, October 28, 5:30 p.m. (Central Campus)
Room 9, International Center
http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/events/social-events.html#elect
If you'd like to learn more about how U.S. elections work, the International Center invites you attend this informal information and discussion session. Our presenter will be Professor Robert Salmond of U-M's Political Science Department.
If you plan to attend, please email jenbaty@umich.edu by Friday, October 24th. Light refreshments will be served. Students, scholars, friends, and families are welcome.
Tuesday, October 28, 5:30 p.m. (Central Campus)
Room 9, International Center
http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/events/social-events.html#elect
If you'd like to learn more about how U.S. elections work, the International Center invites you attend this informal information and discussion session. Our presenter will be Professor Robert Salmond of U-M's Political Science Department.
If you plan to attend, please email jenbaty@umich.edu by Friday, October 24th. Light refreshments will be served. Students, scholars, friends, and families are welcome.
2008-10-25
10:00am Buddhism and Science - Food: Refreshments
Location: rooms 170 and 182 of the Dennison Building, 500 Church St., on the U-M Cent
Oct. 25
Professor Donald Lopez, Asian Languages and Cultures (U-M)
"Buddhism and Science"
In debates on the relationship between religion and science, some have argued that among the world's religions, Buddhism is the most compatible with science. In this lecture, Professor Lopez will provide a brief history of the association of the Buddhism with science.
Professor Donald Lopez, Asian Languages and Cultures (U-M)
"Buddhism and Science"
In debates on the relationship between religion and science, some have argued that among the world's religions, Buddhism is the most compatible with science. In this lecture, Professor Lopez will provide a brief history of the association of the Buddhism with science.
2008-10-24
6:00pm Jane Evelyn Atwood exhibition - Food: Reception food
Location: Slusser Gallery, Art + Architecture Bldg
October 24, 2008, Friday
Slusser Gallery, Art + Architecture Bldg, 2000 Bonisteel, 6-9pm
Opening Reception: Too Much Time: Women In Prison
Jane Evelyn Atwood is one of the world's leading photojournalists. Fascinated by people and concepts of exclusion, she has managed to penetrate worlds that most of us do not know, producing work that reflects her deep involvement with her subjects over time. In 1976, Atwood bought her first camera and began taking pictures of a group of street prostitutes in Paris. In her presentation, Atwood will speak about how she started and how she works, beginning with pictures from the prostitute series and including work from a story of the first person with AIDS in France to allow himself to be photographed for publication; a ten-year study of blind children; photos from Too Much Time (2000), her investigation of female incarceration in forty prisons and nine countries; and, finally, pictures from a four-year project on landmine survivors in Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Exhibit runs October 10 - November 7, 2008.
Slusser Gallery, Art + Architecture Bldg, 2000 Bonisteel, 6-9pm
Opening Reception: Too Much Time: Women In Prison
Jane Evelyn Atwood is one of the world's leading photojournalists. Fascinated by people and concepts of exclusion, she has managed to penetrate worlds that most of us do not know, producing work that reflects her deep involvement with her subjects over time. In 1976, Atwood bought her first camera and began taking pictures of a group of street prostitutes in Paris. In her presentation, Atwood will speak about how she started and how she works, beginning with pictures from the prostitute series and including work from a story of the first person with AIDS in France to allow himself to be photographed for publication; a ten-year study of blind children; photos from Too Much Time (2000), her investigation of female incarceration in forty prisons and nine countries; and, finally, pictures from a four-year project on landmine survivors in Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Exhibit runs October 10 - November 7, 2008.
12:00pm Circulo Andino meeting - Food: Lunch
Location: West Hall 238A
This year's first meeting of the Circulo Andino on Friday 24 October, 12-1:30, in in West Hall 238A.
The Circulo Andino will be meeting this term from 12-1:30 on alternate Fridays.
The Circulo is an interdisciplinary group concerned with the histories, cultures, languages, and societies of the Andes. Participants from a variety of fields are invited present their research. This will be a particularly exciting time to be involved with the Circulo Andino because of the upcoming 37th Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Ethnography, Ethnohistory, and Archaeology conference hosted here at Michigan in March.
Learn more about the Circulo here:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/andeanists/home
During Friday's meeting, we will plan the presentation schedule for the semester. Lunch will be provided.
The Circulo Andino will be meeting this term from 12-1:30 on alternate Fridays.
The Circulo is an interdisciplinary group concerned with the histories, cultures, languages, and societies of the Andes. Participants from a variety of fields are invited present their research. This will be a particularly exciting time to be involved with the Circulo Andino because of the upcoming 37th Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Ethnography, Ethnohistory, and Archaeology conference hosted here at Michigan in March.
Learn more about the Circulo here:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/andeanists/home
During Friday's meeting, we will plan the presentation schedule for the semester. Lunch will be provided.
Website:
sitemaker.umich.edu/andeanists/home5:00pm Demystifying Popular U.S. Culture: A Domestic and International Perspective - Food: Snacks
Location: East Conference Room, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
* Demystifying Popular U.S. Culture: A Domestic and International Perspective
Friday, October 24, 2008, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Central Campus)
East Conference Room, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Graduate students only. Sponsored by Rackham Graduate School.
To register: https://www.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php
A panel of domestic and international graduate students will share their experiences with regard to demystifying popular U.S. culture and their perceptions of social and cultural differences from a domestic and an international student perspective. Active discussion and dialogue will be encouraged and there will be a question and answer period following the discussion for any unanswered questions. Snacks will be provided.
More details at http://www.rackham.umich.edu -- click on the workshop title.
Friday, October 24, 2008, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Central Campus)
East Conference Room, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Graduate students only. Sponsored by Rackham Graduate School.
To register: https://www.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php
A panel of domestic and international graduate students will share their experiences with regard to demystifying popular U.S. culture and their perceptions of social and cultural differences from a domestic and an international student perspective. Active discussion and dialogue will be encouraged and there will be a question and answer period following the discussion for any unanswered questions. Snacks will be provided.
More details at http://www.rackham.umich.edu -- click on the workshop title.
3:00pm Culture Showcase: Taiwan - Food: Taiwanese snacks
Location: Room 9, International Center
* Culture Showcase: Taiwan
Friday, October 24, 3 p.m. (Central Campus)
Room 9, International Center
Learn about Taiwanese culture at a special presentation by the Taiwan Student Association. This is your opportunity to learn about more about Taiwain, to ask any questions you may have, and to sample Taiwanese snacks. Co-sponsored by the Taiwan Student Association and the International Center.
Questions? Email hicknera@umich.edu .
Friday, October 24, 3 p.m. (Central Campus)
Room 9, International Center
Learn about Taiwanese culture at a special presentation by the Taiwan Student Association. This is your opportunity to learn about more about Taiwain, to ask any questions you may have, and to sample Taiwanese snacks. Co-sponsored by the Taiwan Student Association and the International Center.
Questions? Email hicknera@umich.edu .
2008-10-23
6:00pm Minorities in STEM research - Food: Dinner
Location: 1670 CSE
Talk about "Minorities in STEM research"
6:00pm Mentor Graphics Info Session - Food: Refreshments
Location: 1303 EECS
Mentor Graphics Info Session
Oct 23, 6:00-7:30pm, in 1303 EECS
Oct 23, 6:00-7:30pm, in 1303 EECS
2008-10-22
6:00pm An Evening with Ronen Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States - Food: Reception following
Location: Alumni Center, 200 Fletcher Street
An Evening with Ronen Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States
Public Lecture
Wednesday, October 22 at 6pm
Alumni Center
University of Michigan
200 Fletcher Street
An open reception will follow the talk
Ambassador Sen is one of India’s most distinguished senior diplomats. In the four years since he assumed his post in Washington, Ambassador Sen has ably nurtured this relationship in which “many families in both countries have a vital stake.” In April of this year, in a speech in Philadelphia, Ambassador Sen spoke of the “irrevocable transformation of our relations with the United States” and asserted that “India-US relations encompass the most wide-ranging engagement that India has with any country today.”
Ambassador Sen’s visit is sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, the International Institute, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Office of the President of the University Mary Sue Coleman.
Public Lecture
Wednesday, October 22 at 6pm
Alumni Center
University of Michigan
200 Fletcher Street
An open reception will follow the talk
Ambassador Sen is one of India’s most distinguished senior diplomats. In the four years since he assumed his post in Washington, Ambassador Sen has ably nurtured this relationship in which “many families in both countries have a vital stake.” In April of this year, in a speech in Philadelphia, Ambassador Sen spoke of the “irrevocable transformation of our relations with the United States” and asserted that “India-US relations encompass the most wide-ranging engagement that India has with any country today.”
Ambassador Sen’s visit is sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, the International Institute, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Office of the President of the University Mary Sue Coleman.