News for faculty and staff WEEK OF OCTOBER 19, 2015 VOL. 70, NO. 7 Four to receive honorary degrees at Winter Commencement Compiled by Jillian A. Bogater from material submitted by the Office of University and Development Events One of the nation’s most respected and innovative art museum directors, a renowned leader in the pharmaceutical industry, a legal scholar and education advocate, and an acclaimed operatic tenor are sched- uled to receive honorary degrees at Winter Commencement 2015 on the Ann Arbor campus. Martha Minow, the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, University of Michigan alumna, author and MICHAEL JAYRED Minow human rights advocate, will Graduate students Carli Arendt and Sarah Aarons, and faculty member Sarah Aciego, hold one of the ice core samples the team collected on Taylor Glacier in Antarctica in 2013. Aciego and Aarons return to the glacier in November, to collect more receive an honorary Doctor samples to support climate change studies. of Laws degree and deliver the Winter Commencement address at 2 p.m. Dec. 20 at Crisler Center. U-M Antarctic researchers study Also receiving honorary degrees are Graham Beal, Beal Doctor of Humane Letters; climate change where penguins roam Dr. Pedro Cuatrecasas, Doctor By Kevin Brown Taylor Glacier The University Record of Science; and George U-M researchers will return to Antarctica Shirley, Doctor of Music. s it Antarctica, or heaven? next month to collect ice samples. The degrees were approved You can eat all the chocolate and other calorie-laden by the Board of Regents at its foods you want. That’s because a busy researcher camped I Australia meeting Oct. 15. on a glacier needs energy, to drill and carry 60-pound ice core Beal, recently retired samples. Cuatrecasas director, president and chief It’s expected to stuff your parka pockets with Clif Bars, New Zealand executive officer of the Detroit granola bars and more. Thick buttered pancakes for breakfast, Taylor Glacier Institute of Arts and cur- and steak fried in butter with chilies for dinner also are good rently the Hannah Visiting to consume. Antartica Distinguished Professor at It’s also quiet and peaceful. Michigan State University, In the Antarctic spring, the sun never sets. Checkerboard is one of the nation’s most clouds can hang high in the sky. Ice crystal rainbows circle the sun. SOURCE: GOOGLE MAPS respected and innovative art See Antarctica, Page 16 STEVE CULVER, THE UNIVERSITY RECORD Shirley museum directors. See Honorary, Page 14 Random coffee meet-ups spurring innovation across campus By Greta Guest “As soon as Nick said decision-making with com- Michigan News More online peting interests, I realized that’s our sweet spot right He designs algorithms to optimize ship speeds for there,” Segar said. “I thought the intersection of our n Innovate Brew: innovateblue.umich.edu/ competing needs. She studies the science of motiva- research/innovate-brew/ work would make a good pilot project, exploring tion to understand what makes people stick to their how to create a decision-making tool to help clini- health and fitness goals. n Innovate Blue: innovateblue.umich.edu/ cians and patients.” These University of Michigan professors — n Video: https://youtu.be/I2TC_zlCFhA Last summer, more than 260 U-M faculty took Nickolas Vlahopoulos, professor of naval architec- part in the pilot phase of the social networking ture and marine engineering, and Michelle Segar, experiment to spark research innovation. The per- director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research Innovate Brew is a first-of-its-kind program that manent program kicked off this fall and is open to and Policy Center — appeared to have little in randomly matches U-M faculty for 30-minute coffee all U-M faculty. common. But once they connected through Innovate meetings once a month to foster more innovative Brew, things got interesting. thinking on campus. See Brew, Page 18

Kevorkian papers acquired STAFF SPOTLIGHT Page 13 President initiates selection and appointment process for vice president for research Page 2 The Bentley Historical Library has acquired the papers of “Theatre is important. White House honors James Sayer Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a controversial Art is important. Ballet is for innovation in transportation Page 3 Detroit-area native best known for his important. Music is important. advocacy of physician-assisted suicide Global M-Prize music competition and terminal patients’ “right to die.” Make some art everybody — will award $100,000 grand prize Page 4 it’s important.” INSIDE Page 11 Four biological kingdoms influence disease – Beth Sandmaier transmission in monarch butterflies Page 8 2 OCTOBER 19, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu President initiates selection and appointment process for vice president for research By Jillian A. Bogater reporting directly to the president and The University Record also works closely with the provost to President Mark Schlissel has initi- fully align research with the overall ZELL VISITING ated the selection and appointment academic mission of the university. process to fill the position of vice The vice president for research leads president for research. the Office of Research consisting of S. Jack Hu has served as interim vice eight research units and six service WRITERS SERIES president for research since January units that support research and 2014. research-related activities. The vice president for research is the The President’s Office is overseeing 2015 chief research official overseeing the the selection and appointment process Bringing the world of literature to Ann Arbor university’s $1 billion research portfo- and is accepting nominations and lio, plays a leadership role in national applications for the position. and international activities regard- The position description and ing research policy and guides the an option to submit nominations university in defining research goals and applications online are at and identifying emerging research president.umich.edu/vp-research-2015. opportunities. Inquiries can also be directed to The position is an executive officer [email protected]. OCTOBER FOR THE RECORD

events An Oct. 12 story in the Record titled “Radrick Farms Golf Course celebrates 50 years and place in history” erroneously stated L.L. Woodworth designed CATHY PARK HONG Ann Arbor’s landmark Michigan Theater. The theater, in fact, was designed by Poetry Reading and Book Signing Maurice Finkel. Thursday, Oct. 1, 5:30 pm Helmut Stern Auditorium U-M Museum of Art Is your 2 for 1 match hiding poor investment performance? Q & A You are not alone... 2 pm, Hopwood Room

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By Rick Fitzgerald Public Affairs The University of Michigan’s long-term investment strategy continues to provide the university with a steady stream of endowment funding, with fiscal year 2015 distributions increas- ing to $294.5 million as the total value of the endowment rose to $10 billion. The return on investment for the university’s endowment was 3.5 percent in fiscal year 2015, increasing the overall value of the endowment to $10 billion as of June 30, 2015, up from $9.7 billion the previous year. The change in market value from the prior year was primarily due to investment gains and new endowment gifts. The univer- sity is in the midst of its Victors for Michigan fundraising cam- paign, which has a goal of raising $4 billion. With a 10-year annualized return of 8.4 percent, U-M sits in the top quartile for long-term investment performance among university endowments. The U-M endowment is ranked the ninth largest among all U.S. universities and third among public universities after two university systems. On a per-student basis, U-M’s endowment is the 88th largest endowment. The figures are among those included in the university’s

ROGER HART, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY annual investment report, presented Oct. 15 to the Board of Regents during a meeting on the UM-Flint campus. That report Mary Stewart, recently retired event services coordinator at the Michigan Union, looks at a poster of images from a wall in her office depicting students she has worked with over the years. The poster was on display also notes that the university’s total cash and investments as of Friday at an event celebrating Stewart, her encouragement of black students at U-M over the years and June 30 stood at $11.7 billion. the presentation of the first Mary Stewart Scholarship through the Alumni Association’s LEAD Scholars “The 3.5 percent investment return, despite last year’s head- Program. Looking on is U-M alumnus Glenn Eden, one of the scholarship’s organizers. winds, is down from the strong 18.8 percent investment return in fiscal year 2014, but still near the top quartile when compared with all college and university endowments,” explains Chief Investment Officer L. Erik Lundberg. Longer-term performance, White House honors James Sayer he says, “is more than sufficient to sustain and grow the endow- ment in real terms net of spending.” Last year Lundberg cautioned that lower rates of return could for innovation in transportation lie ahead, noting that periods of high returns “usually beget lower future returns as markets often get ahead of underlying By Bernie DeGroat fundamentals.” Michigan News More online Lundberg, who has led the U-M investment office since it The University of Michigan’s James Sayer was formed in 1999, said the FY ‘15 investment performance n Mcity: mtc.umich.edu/test-facility was honored at the White House Oct. 13 for was tempered by sharply lower energy prices, which affected his leadership in advancing connected and n Mobility Transformation Center: the performance from the university’s relatively large allocation automated transportation. mtc.umich.edu to natural resources; an appreciating U.S dollar that eroded the Sayer, a research scientist at the U-M returns of the often-well-performing non-U.S based investments; Transportation Research Institute and and high starting valuations, which dampened returns from deployment director for the Mobility Center, simulates a broad range of complexi- equity and fixed-income investments. Transformation Center, is one of 11 people ties that vehicles and pedestrians encounter in Distributions from the endowment that help fund univer- from across the country who received a 2015 urban and suburban traffic environments. It is sity operations totaled $294.5 million in fiscal year 2015, up Transportation Champions of Change Award. located on North Campus in order to ensure from $284.4 million the previous year, says Kevin Hegarty, the The award is given to trans- student engagement in, and learning from, university’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. portation leaders “who have the development of connected and automated During the last 15 years, distributions from the endowment have provided exemplary leader- technologies. exceeded $3.2 billion. ship in advancing transporta- “Every year, motor vehicle crashes claim “Because of our long-term approach to investments and a con- tion and championing inno- thousands of lives. In fact, in the U.S., motor servative approach to distributions, the university’s endowment vation that will benefit our vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death is able to provide increased funding for university operations nation’s transportation system of people under 35 years old,” Sayer said. through the up and downs of the market over time,” Hegarty Sayer for decades to come.” “Last year, alone, there were more than 30,000 explains. “Donors appreciate this approach and have confidence During the event, Sayer fatalities. Connected vehicles could reduce up the university will invest their donations appropriately.” was recognized by U.S. Department of to 80 percent of unimpaired crashes.” The university’s endowment actually is a collection of about 9,100 Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and U-M, along with partners in government separate endowment funds that provide support for specific pur- participated in a panel discussion where he and industry, has made significant invest- poses such as scholarships, educational programs or professorships. discussed his work. ments in the advancement of intelligent trans- For example, roughly $2 billion, or 21 percent of the endow- “Jim Sayer is widely recognized as a leader portation, including connected and auto- ment, is restricted for use by the U-M Health System. Another in the field of connected vehicles,” said S. Jack mated vehicle technologies, Sayer said. $2 billion is earmarked for student scholarships and fellowships. Hu, interim vice president for research at U-M. Since 2012, U-M has been the test conduc- To ensure continuing support for future generations, the “His work with the Connected Vehicle Safety tor for the Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot endowment funds are invested so part of the annual distribution Pilot Model Deployment was instrumental in Model Deployment, the largest connected can provide a steady flow of dollars each year. This long-term demonstrating the potential of the technology, vehicle pilot in the world. U-M is expand- approach also is designed to protect and grow the endowment and his ongoing work with the U-M Mobility ing on that experiment with the Ann Arbor corpus in real terms, Hegarty says. Transformation Center, including the design Connected Vehicle Test Environment. U-M annually distributes a portion of the endowment’s and development of Mcity, is laying the foun- The deployment of connected vehicles and average market value calculated over the last seven years for dation for a new era of driverless vehicles.” infrastructure technologies will soon expand operating purposes. In 2010 the Board of Regents voted to Sayer was the principal investigator of the from a small section of Ann Arbor to include gradually reduce the portion distributed from 5 percent to 4.5 U.S. DOT-funded Connected Vehicle Safety the entire city, as well as add several thousand percent in order to better preserve and grow the endowment Pilot Model Deployment and serves as the additional vehicles. It is one of three comple- over time. This reduction was fully implemented during FY ‘14. principal investigator for the Ann Arbor mentary, on-road vehicle deployments that, Basing the spending on a trailing average market value instead Connected Vehicle Test Environment. along with Mcity, will serve as test beds to of the current market value allows the university to stabilize With support from U-M and the Michigan evaluate the most promising approaches to endowment distributions year-over-year so operating budgets Department of Transportation, Sayer has connected and automated mobility. are insulated from the volatility in financial markets, and receive overseen the creation, construction and oper- “The Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test dependable support over time. ation of Mcity — the world’s first controlled Environment takes us from research to real- environment specifically designed to provide world deployment,” Sayer said. “Ann Arbor safe, rigorous, repeatable testing of connected is the world’s first example of how connected More online and automated vehicle technologies before vehicle and infrastructure technology can and n An explanation of the endowment in Q&A format: they are tried out in real traffic. will be utilized by an entire community in the vpcomm.umich.edu/pa/key/endow_qa.html Mcity, part of the Mobility Transformation f utu re .” 4 OCTOBER 19, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

Global M-Prize music competition will award $100,000 grand prize By Marilou Carlin views the M-Prize as a way to further School of Music, Theatre & Dance the value of both. and Sydney Hawkins “The vast possibilities inherent in chamber music Michigan News “M-Prize will showcase how artists empower it with the unique ability to serve as a catalyst at the top of their field are forging their In a bid to identify and showcase for interdisciplinary exploration and, ultimately, own careers, a necessity in the modern the highest caliber of chamber music age of performing arts,” he said. “At ensembles in the world, U-M has transformational artistic experiences.” the same time, it will encourage young announced M-Prize, a new interna- — AARON DWORKIN artists to explore the limitless possibili- tional competition that will present ties of the genre.” a grand prize of $100,000 — the The stated goals of the M-Prize largest award of any competition of competition are to: its kind. art form he believes will provide the n Provide a world-class perfor- M-Prize will be based at the School More online most vibrant career paths for ensem- mance and adjudication platform for of Music, Theatre & Dance and will bles comprising conservatory-trained chamber arts. n M-Prize: mprize.umich.edu/ take place each May, beginning in musicians and other performing n Launch and advance the careers 2016. Applications are being accepted n Video: myumi.ch/65lRE artists. of chamber ensembles through prizes, online at mprize.umich.edu, with a “The vast possibilities inher- visibility and professional develop- deadline of March 1, 2016. The com- ent in chamber music empower it ment opportunities. petition will include two age divisions: broadcast on Detroit Public Television with the unique ability to serve as a n Evolve the breadth and depth of Junior (ages 18 and younger) and and made available to PBS stations catalyst for interdisciplinary explo- the chamber arts landscape and asso- Senior (average age 19-35). throughout the country. ration and, ultimately, transforma- ciated professional opportunities for The competition, sponsored by In addition to the cash prize, tional artistic experiences,” Dworkin exceptional ensembles. Office of the Provost, will be open the grand prize-winning ensemble said. M-Prize adjudicators include to ensembles of between three and also will be presented by University “This has the eventual result top pedagogues and performers in eight members and will include cat- Musical Society on its chamber music of increasing the relevance of the chamber music. The 15-member inter- egories for strings and winds as well concert series the following season. chamber music field to society, and national jury includes violinist Rachel as an “open” category for ensembles UMS, which recently received the what better place to convene the Barton Pine, saxophonist Timothy that can include mixed instru- National Medal of Arts, presents many established and emerging leaders in McAllister and jazz drummer/com- mentation, technology, voice and of the world’s leading performing chamber music than the University of poser John Hollenbeck. improvisation. artists in classical music, jazz, world Michigan? As we prepare our students The M-Prize advisory board During its inaugural year, M-Prize music, theater and dance. to excel, we are also looking to evolve includes a large cross-section of per- will focus on chamber music, but in Aaron Dworkin, who became dean the artistic landscape for performing formers and artists along with higher ensuing years it plans to expand to of SMTD in July, is the driving force artists.” education administrators and pro- include the full spectrum of chamber behind the competition. Among the first actions that fessors. The roster features chamber arts. Founder of the Sphinx Dworkin implemented as dean at music icons, such as cellist David The M-Prize grand prize winner Organization, the nation’s leading SMTD was to create a Department Finckel and pianist Wu Han, the will be selected from one of three nonprofit for increasing diversity in of Chamber Music, along with a new Kronos Quartet, violinist Ida Kavafian, Senior Division Ensemble Finalists the classical music world, Dworkin’s program in entrepreneurship training pianist Joseph Kalichstein, saxophon- during a gala concert May 20 at Hill goal for M-Prize is to focus needed and career services. He sees the two ist Donald Sinta and jazz pianist Geri Auditorium. The concert will be attention on chamber music. It is an areas as inherently intertwined and Allen.

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STATE UNIVERSITIES FSU approves new academic degree programs Caesar and Cleopatra Ferris State University’s Board of Trustees have approved two new academic degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in respiratory therapy and a redesigned Insurance and Risk Management degree from the College of Business. The Bachelor of Science in respiratory therapy degree will feature two areas of specialization: advanced clinical practice and leadership. The Insurance and Risk Management program will offer a major, minor and certificate programs. The university plans to implement the programs in Spring 2016. Wayne State dedicates new $93M biosciences center Wayne State University celebrates the Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio). The center is a $93 million research facility that will be dedicated to studying and eliminating the many health disparities that plague Detroit residents. Research teams include environmental sciences, behavioral health, cardiovascular health, metabolic disorders, bio and systems engineering, and systems biology. MSU researchers receive $4.15M grant to explore cancer risks Two Michigan State University researchers have received a five-year, $4.15 million grant. Their research will look at how a high-fat diet interacts with BP-3, a chemical found in sunscreen, and what effect it could have on breast cancer risk. They will additionally work to develop effective prevention strategies. PEER INSTITUTIONS Wisconsin receives $28M gift for art education University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni Jerome and Simona Chazen have pledged a $28 million gift to the school’s art program in the form of several valuable pieces of art from their private collection, as well as an additional $5 million gift for the Chazen Museum building and $3 million to establish the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art and the COURTESY, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DRAMA Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair in Art History. The Chazens previously Having identified the need for a new theater on campus, Eugene and Sadye Power, made a $20 million donation to support the expansion of the school’s art museum, along with their son Philip, made a major gift to U-M, leading to the construction of which was renamed for them. the Power Center for the Performing Arts. It formally opened its doors in 1971. The Department of Theatre & Drama subsequently presented its first play there that UT Austin receives $4M for brain imaging and manipulation year, George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra.” Priscilla Lindsay (Bachelor of Arts ’71, Master of Arts ’72, seated second from left) co-starred as Cleopatra. Today Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have received three grants, totaling $4 she is a professor and chair of the Department of Theatre & Drama. Chester Smith million, to develop techniques for imaging and manipulating the activity of neurons in (seated left, Master of Arts ’69) co-starred as Caesar. The cast is pictured Oct. 20, the brain. This research will help scientists explore addiction, obesity, fear, and other 1971. brain states and disorders. The funding from the National Institutes of Health is part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative — Courtesy of the Department of Theatre & Drama, launched by President Obama. celebrating its centennial. It is part of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

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RESEARCH Four biological kingdoms influence disease transmission in monarch butterflies By Jim Erickson Michigan News Experiments with monarch butterfly caterpillars and the milkweed plants on which they feed have shown for the first time that interactions across four biological kingdoms can influence disease transmission. Monarchs are susceptible to various parasites that can weaken them and shorten their lifespan. It’s been known for some time that toxins produced by milkweed plants can protect monarchs from those parasites. In a paper scheduled for online publication Oct. 13 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers from the University of Michigan and Emory University show that root fungi that form a symbiotic relationship with milkweed plants also play a role in disease transmission. U-M ecologist Mark Hunter and his colleagues report that representa- tives from four of the traditional bio- logical kingdoms — plants, animals, fungi and protozoan parasites — are involved. In traditional biological taxonomy schemes, protozoans were included in a kingdom called Protista. The symbiotic fungi in question are called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In AUSTIN THOMASON, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY return for sugars, these fungi provide Monarch butterflies on milkweed flowers. plants with nutrients and water. “All four of these kingdoms are chemistry of milkweed leaves and of community ecology in general and connected in the ecology of this therefore the transmission of the disease ecology in particular, accord- “All four of these kingdoms disease,” said Hunter, a professor monarch parasites.” ing to the authors. in the Department of Ecology and Because more than 90 percent of And since humans obtain about are connected in the Evolutionary Biology. “Mycorrhizal land plants associate with mycorrhizal half of their new pharmaceuticals ecology fungi associated with the roots of fungi, the monarch findings likely have from plants, mycorrhizal fungi likely of this disease.” milkweed plants change the medicinal important implications for the study affect not only the medicinal quality of plants but the potential for new drug — MARK HUNTER discoveries, as well, Hunter said. The first author of the paper is Leiling Tao, a former doctoral student in Hunter’s lab who now is a postdoc- infection and to tolerate the patho- toral researcher in the laboratory of gen once infected. The effects varied Emory biologist Jaap de Roode. The with the species of milkweed and the other U-M author is Camden Gowler, density of the mycorrhizal fungi in the a doctoral student in the Department plant roots. Paint of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. “We found that these changes “It’s well known that these fungi are caused by the fungi affect the growth important to plants and provide a lot of a protozoan parasite, so that mon- of services, such as helping them cope archs become sicker on some milk- with different types of stresses,” Tao weed plants and healthier on others,” said. “What we didn’t know before de Roode said. was that they also affect host-parasite The researchers conclude that soil interaction in animals above the organisms may play an under-appreci- g rou n d .” ated role in the ecology of many land- In their greenhouse experiments, based host-parasite systems. the researchers grew six species In 2010, Hunter and de Roode of milkweed that produce varying discovered that female monarch but- It! amounts of medicinal toxins called terflies infected with O. elektroscirrha cardenolides. The plants were grown prefer to lay their eggs on species of either with no mycorrhizal fungi, with milkweed that will make their cater- Let the professionals at the U-M low levels, or with high levels. pillars less sick. Monarchs appear to The various milkweed plants were have evolved the ability to medicate Paint Shop handle your next paint- fed to monarch caterpillars, which their offspring by choosing milkweed ing project. Our technicians are were later exposed to spores from the plants with high levels of cardenolide protozoan parasite Ophryocystis ele- toxins. certified in industrial and historical ktroscirrha, a relative of the parasite In addition to Tao, Hunter and finishes, bronzing, patination, and that causes malaria in humans. Gowler, authors of the paper are de The researchers found that the fungi Roode and Aamina Ahmad of Emory much more. Whatever you need affected the virulence of the parasite University. 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Medical School reports on record-breaking year for inventions, patents By Kara Gavin startups for private investment. The UMHS Department of Communication “We know that much of the research we do won’t make school even held an event based on the You might not see a tiny University popular TV show “Shark Tank” that let of Michigan “block M” logo on the a difference for patients unless we help it bridge the gap teams compete in front of real-world drugs, devices and methods your investors. between the university and the marketplace.” doctors use in the future. n Commercialization education for But new ideas and technology devel- — DR. JAMES O. WOOLLISCROFT faculty and students — more than 500 oped at U-M may very well be behind of whom signed up in the first year the care you get. n Other training, online and in In fact, more of those ideas and the Fast Forward Medical Innovation School has also worked to increase person inventions are making their way out of (FFMI) program, launched in 2014. its partnerships with companies that n An innovation course for young U-M research laboratories and into the This partnership includes programs need to test their new ideas, or develop doctors while they are still in training “real world” than ever before. to encourage and educate faculty them further, with independent help n A “path of excellence” for medical New data show this kind of technol- researchers, and resources to further from U-M doctors and scientists: students who want to start leaning ogy transfer activity by U-M Medical develop emerging new ideas. n 13 percent of Medical School about innovation and entrepreneur- School scientists and doctors rose again In the fiscal year that ended in June, research funding now comes from ship as part of their curriculum in the last year. From new cancer drugs Medical School tech transfer activity industry, with $63.7M in funding n A “speed dating” event to connect and a way to track medical implants, resulted in: granted by 265 companies in FY14. those who have ideas for health apps to mobile apps that could help people n 166 new inventions, up from 133 n Industry grants for research at the and computer programs with those who with bipolar disorder and parents the year before Medical School rose 36 percent in the have the skills to make them a reality installing child car seats, the school n 51 new patent applications, up last four years. n An intensive technology develop- generated 39 percent of all inventions from 45 n More than 516 clinical trials ment course for teams that provides a reported by U-M as a whole. n 54 patents awarded, up from 39 sponsored by industry are under way pathway to building the business case In the past two years, the school has n 74 new option and license agree- at U-M hospitals and clinics, giving for their research-based project to gen- introduced new programs to help the ments with industry, up from 60 patients access to the latest innova- erate a product teams that come up with these new n 10 new startup companies, up tions and provides independent testing “It’s been a whirlwind since we ideas. from 1. of future products. launched Fast Forward Medical “We know that much of the research n $74.8 million in revenues from The long journey from a spark of Innovation, but these results and the we do won’t make a difference for Medical School tech transfer license an idea, to a product that can help incredible pipeline of other ideas patients unless we help it bridge the gap agreements. A substantial component patients, has many potential detours we’re building prove that investing between the university and the market- of these revenues is from a monetiza- and potholes that can keep researchers in innovation can truly pay off,” says place,” says Dr. James O. Woolliscroft, tion agreement connected to a previ- from reaching their goal. Dr. Kevin Ward, executive director dean of the Medical School. “That’s why ous license for a drug initially devel- The Medical School now offers of FFMI. “The research we do at this we have invested so heavily in resources oped at U-M to help patients with training, funding and mentoring that Medical School has an incredible to help our researchers develop their Gaucher disease. can help keep them on the path. This potential to help patients in the near ideas in ways that can be attractive to The school is reinvesting much of includes: and long term, and we’re working to industry, learn how to work with indus- its share of these revenues into an n “Tech mining” that actively looks unleash more of that potential than try on collaborative research, and even effort to improve how new drugs and at what’s going on in Medical School ever before. Working closely with our start new companies of their own.” ideas get tested in patients and healthy labs with an eye toward finding ideas innovation partners around campus The increase in new inventions was people who volunteer for clinical trials. that could become products including the U-M Tech Transfer aided by a partnership between U-M In addition to moving ideas from n Millions of dollars in pre-seed Office greatly enhances our ability to Tech Transfer and a new program, U-M labs to the market, the Medical funding to further develop emerging move those great ideas to impact.”

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UM-Flint to expand with purchase of downtown office building By Marjory Raymer UM-Flint “This is an opportunity for The University of Michigan-Flint has been authorized to purchase a us to continue expanding portion of FirstMerit’s downtown the University of Michigan- Flint complex in what would be the first major expansion of the campus Flint’s footprint downtown since on-campus housing was added and to provide the university in 2008. The Board of Regents on Oct. 15 with much-needed authorized the future purchase of space for academic and the 160,000-square-foot, 10-story administrative programs.” north tower at 328 S. Saginaw St. for $6 million. The building represents — SUSAN E. BORREGO a major expansion for the campus, increasing total space by approxi- mately 11 percent. The estimated cost of similar new construction is $64 quickly address space constraints million. across campus.” FirstMerit, a banking and financial The north tower will be separated services company, will maintain own- from the other two buildings as ership and occupy the remaining two part of the transfer in ownership. buildings in the complex. Closing on the purchase is expected This agreement demonstrates both by March 31, 2016, subject to the organizations’ ongoing commitment completion of due diligence on the to the well-being and revitalization property. of Flint and keeping its downtown The north tower is located directly vibrant. across Saginaw Street from the “This is an opportunity for us to University Pavilion and across Union continue expanding the University Street from the Riverfront Center, of Michigan-Flint’s footprint down- which houses the UM-Flint School of town and to provide the university Management and student housing. with much-needed space for aca- The university will begin the process demic and administrative programs,” of evaluating space needs and pri- said UM-Flint Chancellor Susan E. orities before deciding what will be JOIN US Borrego. housed in the building. This is the first “This purchase comes at a fraction addition of academic space since 2002, IN THE FIGHT FOR of the cost it would take to construct when the William S. White Building A BETTER WORLD a new building and allows us to more opened. School of Natural Resources and Environment provides the intellectual challenges and scientific experiences that will RRETIREMENTET IR EMEN T NEI GNEIGHBORHOODHB O R H O O D prepare you to be a leader and “The place just stole my heart.” “I just knew agent of environmental change. it was right!” Join us to help protect the “You feel the difference when you Earth’s resources and achieve walk in the door!” a sustainable society.

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U-M Bentley Historical Library acquires Kevorkian papers, now open to the public By Sydney Hawkins close to this day — are still advocates after he graduated in 1952, he pro- Michigan News of their family member’s choice to posed giving prisoners condemned to The University of Michigan Bentley die, so anonymity was not an issue,” death the option to undergo euthana- Historical Library has acquired the she said. “We felt very strongly that by sia in order to subject their bodies to papers of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a contro- not providing access to this collection medical experimentation and allow versial Detroit-area native best known and to the medicide files, we would harvesting of their healthy organs. for his advocacy of physician-assisted be choosing to hide a very important After leaving U-M, Kevorkian kept a suicide and terminal patients’ “right s t or y.” low profile as an artist and pathologist to die.” The video consultations contain until the mid 80s, when he re-emerged The collection, donated by conversations between Kevorkian and again in support of giving death row Kevorkian’s niece Ava Janus, comprises his patients in their respective homes inmates a choice to donate their bodies materials spanning 1911 to 2014. or in hotel rooms. In many cases to medicine. “Long before Jack Kevorkian was family members are also present in “This way I won’t be dying in vain,” known as ‘Dr. Death,’ he was a child the recordings, where they discuss the reads one 1984 interview transcript of Armenian immigrants, a successful history of their illnesses, their current from a death row inmate, found within student, a graduate of the University of quality of life and the reasons why they a portion of the collection that also Michigan Medical School, a musician, COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY decided to end their lives. Often these contains signed petitions from other composer and scientist,” said Terrence Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s papers now are housed at conversations transformed into discus- supportive inmates. McDonald, director of the Bentley the Bentley Historical Library. sions about the terminally ill patient’s In 1988, he took interest in the Historical Library. “The release of his right to have a choice in how they “death with dignity” cause, advertising papers will allow scholars and stu- want to die, about religion, the existing for “bioethics and obitiatry” services dents to understand the context of and “Many of the medicide legal system, politics, public discourse in Detroit-area newspapers, and in driving forces in an interesting and patients and their families surrounding assisted suicide, and 1990, he facilitated his first medicide. provocative life.” about Kevorkian’s own legal troubles. In the years following, he was acquit- In addition to correspondence, — who remain very close Perhaps the most intriguing ted in three physician-assisted suicide published works, manuscript drafts, to this day — are still part of the collection, according to trials, including a fourth that ended in photographs, court records, news Virakhovskya, are the lesser known a mistrial. He was eventually convicted coverage and interviews, the materials advocates of their family materials relating to Kevorkian’s per- of second-degree murder in a fifth also contain files related to “medicide” member’s choice to die, sonal interests and pursuits, and his- trial after personally administering a — a term Kevorkian used to refer to so anonymity was not torical documents and photographs lethal injection and served eight years the assisted suicides of more than 100 from the Kevorkian family. in prison. terminally ill people that he provided an issue.” “He was a brilliant student who Kevorkian died in 2011 at the age of services to between 1990 and 1998. graduated high school early. He spoke 83, four years after being released from The medicide files, which have — OLGA VIRAKHOVSKAYA several languages and he was very prison in exchange for agreeing to end been digitized and are now officially artistically gifted,” she said. “Much of his medicide practice. open to the public, consist of medical his ‘dark’ artwork that focuses on the The release of the collection comes histories, photographs, and video and American Archivists about the ethical subject of death can be found in these at a significant turning point in the audio recordings of consultations with considerations and decision-making archives, along with recordings of his “death with dignity” debate. Recently, patients relating to many of the cases. relative to providing access to this spe- musical compositions.” California became the fifth state to Olga Virakhovskaya, Bentley’s lead cific collection. 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Two U-M centers collaborating to help struggling democracies

By Rachel Brichta government relations and strategic Eurasia, and the attempt to democra- International Institute More online planning,” said Anna Grzymala-Busse, tize these societies. Civil society orga- The Weiser Center for Europe and academic program director of the nizations are critical to building better n Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and the William Davidson Eurasia: ii.umich.edu/wcee Weiser Center, and the Ronald and and more responsive democratic Institute are partnering to sponsor Eileen Weiser Professor of European institutions. an NGO Leadership Bootcamp for n William Davidson Institute: and Eurasian Studies. “We’re excited Many NGOs are working across the leaders of 20 non-governmental wdi.umich.edu about this collaboration with the WDI, region to advance and strengthen civil organizations from countries that and with our international partner, the society. These organizations need to have recently undergone democratic Pontis Foundation.” be strengthened in order to maximize transitions. of education at WDI. “This program The NGO Leadership Bootcamp their effectiveness and ensure their The training program aims to make offers training, free of charge, to a builds the managerial capacity of sustainability. civil society organizations more effec- group that can make a huge impact in leaders of non-governmental civil Participants will come from tive and sustainable. their societies.” society organizations so citizens there Albania Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, The program will take place in Gillett and Weiser Center Program can advance positive social and politi- Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Bratislava, Slovakia, Oct. 20-23. Manager Marysia Ostafin will travel cal change. Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tunisia and A Slovak-based NGO, the Pontis to Bratislava for the program. Ronald Over four days, participants will Ukraine will represent NGOs that Foundation, is serving as the local Weiser, founder of the Weiser Center gain the tools needed to make their focus on democracy, human rights, implementation partner. This marks the and former U.S. ambassador to organizations more effective. Sessions economic development, youth, and inaugural program organized jointly by Slovakia, will serve as a guest speaker will focus on advocacy and public civil society. the Weiser Center and the WDI. in the program. policy building, management skills, The NGO Leadership Bootcamp will “Given that we are both focused on “This is the next step for the Weiser marketing, resource mobilization and be taught by global faculty, including assisting and studying countries in Center for Emerging Democracies proposal writing. WDI faculty affiliates, and will focus transition, this is a natural partner- — helping NGOs to navigate the nec- The past 30 years have seen the on building strong and sustainable ship,” said Amy Gillett, vice president essary tasks of accounting, publicity, collapse of regimes in Europe and organizations. U-M Health System projects to improve energy efficiency By Mary Masson sustainability projects. The project savings of at least $500,000 per year. summer 2016. UMHS Department of Communication calls for installation of sensors that will This sensor system was fully The $1.3 million upgrade to two air- A $3 million project for new occu- automatically reduce ventilation and implemented in C.S. Mott Children’s handling units servicing the surgical pancy sensors and a $1.3 million air lighting in specific areas that have no Hospital and Von Voigtlander suite within University Hospital also is handler upgrade project will improve impact on patient care when they are Women’s Hospital, and piloted within expected to provide energy efficiency energy efficiency at the U-M Health unoccupied. the University Hospital building. with new variable speed fans and System’s University Hospital. While the hospital is continuously Patients were unaware it was happen- fresh-air controls, while also enhanc- The two projects were approved Oct. operational, there are large areas that ing, officials report. ing space ventilation and environmen- 15 by the Board of Regents. function only during normal business Funding for the project will be tal control. The $3 million project for new hours and are frequently unoccupied. provided from U-M Hospitals and Funding will be provided from occupancy sensors and controls is The health system expects this energy Health Centers resources. This UMHHC resources. The project is one of the health system’s largest conservation measure to result in cost project is expected to be completed in expected to be completed in fall 2016.

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STEVE CULVER, THE UNIVERSITY RECORD Beth Sandmaier, charge scenic artist at the Walgreen Drama Center, worked as a freelancer two summers ago on her biggest project — designing an original “Nutcracker” pro- duction for the Fort Wayne Ballet in Indiana. Scenic artist paints it up at Walgreen Drama Center

By Julia Lefond On the “Nutcracker” project, Sandmaier The University Record Meet Beth Sandmaier actually replaced some of the sets her father nter the Walgreen Drama Center’s scene had painted years earlier. At the ages of 10 and n Title: Charge scenic artist and paint shop and Beth Sandmaier will at the Walgreen Drama Center. 11, before recognizing her true calling did not Egreet you in paint-splattered jeans and a lie in performance, Sandmaier actually per- messy ponytail, paintbrush in hand. n At U-M: 10 years. formed in the company’s “Nutcracker” produc- On a recent Friday afternoon, white, mono- n Advice on creation: “Theatre is tions. “I was really lousy,” she jokes. “So they lithic walls are scattered about the warehouse- important. Art is important. Ballet is put me in the back.” sized room as she flits around and puts finish- important. Music is important. Make Sandmaier’s brother worked with her on the ing touches on pieces for “All My Sons, ” which some art everybody — it’s important.” project as well. He is a technical director, who concluded Sunday. works with designers to determine placement Sandmaier is charge scenic artist at the and construction. She calls the two of them Walgreen Drama Center. When the university “co-set designers.” produces a play or an opera, the director and “Just work hard, don’t be a jerk She divides her free time between paint- designer articulate what they want the set to ing and spending time with her husband look like and she is one of the people respon- and paint well.” and 8-year-old son, Jonathan. The time is sible for physically creating it. She has been limited, but she says that when your job is your painting at the university for 10 years. — BETH SANDMAIER passion, long hours aren’t so bad. During the summer, when classes aren’t in The most rewarding part of her job is session, Sandmaier freelances as a designer working with U-M students. She says they are as well as a scenic artist. Two summers ago, Sandmaier says that, at the outset, she was the most amazing people she’s met, and the she worked on her biggest project to date — terrified to design a project of that scale. theater students in particular have “passion, designing an original “Nutcracker” production Summer time constraints and limited labor drive and talent that I certainly didn’t have at for the Fort Wayne Ballet in Indiana. exacerbated the pressure. However, she now their age. I don’t know how they do it.” She Her backdrops for “The Nutcracker” are hopes to take on more projects like it in the revels in the reward when students come in beautifully painted pieces of muslin as wide as future. She plans to work as a scenic artist for and don’t think they can paint — and then 46 feet. The company asked for a traditional the full span of her career. realize that they can. interpretation — a fancy house, a snowy land- For Sandmaier, who has a bachelor’s degree For aspiring scenic artists, her advice is scape and a candy wonderland — and the and a master’s degree in theater, painting simple: “Put yourself out there and don’t be artist must balance his or her own touch with always seemed a natural career path. She shy. Just work hard, don’t be a jerk and paint the demands of the designer. essentially was born into the job. Her father well. As with any art, you might have to suffer She says she particularly enjoyed creat- designed professionally at the Fort Wayne for a couple of years, live on ramen … before ing the illusion of depth in the snow scene, Civic Theater, and her mother directed a youth you find steady employment, but it’s more than a drop she is particularly proud of, and she theater. worth it. found humor in the candy details. “I just never “It seemed like a natural thing,” she says of “Theatre is important. Art is important. thought I was going to paint big old ribbon beginning to paint for her father as a young Ballet is important. Music is important. Make candy for my work.” child. “Painting is in my blood.” some art everybody — it’s important.”

RESEARCH Socializing helps older adults modify verbal interactions By Jared Wadley This is an important skill in many A sample of 34 adults, whose ages In contrast, when an adult was the Michigan News “life” situations, she says. For example, ranged from 75 to 90, rated their social listener, older adults often used a Despite the stereotype that older a senior who gives incomplete infor- interactions, such as the frequency, variety of different words in their adults often ramble or talk off topic, mation or off-topic details to a doctor, satisfaction and number of people explanations. seniors who enjoy socializing are able rather than provide a succinct narra- with whom they interacted. Study “This indicates they were sensitive to adapt their conversations to a lis- tive about their health, may not receive participants were asked to describe to the diversity of vocabulary their tener’s age, a University of Michigan the level of care needed. how to make a grilled cheese or egg listener was likely to possess,” Keller- researcher says. Keller-Cohen analyzed whether salad sandwich to two fictive listeners: Cohen said. Knowing what the listener will find older adults could modify their speech a 10-year-old boy and a 30-year-old Older adults with more frequent relevant helps position a speaker as an when speaking to a child or another adult. Their words and phrases were social interactions also provided more attentive and sensitive conversational adult. She also sought to address how then analyzed. information to the child, the study partner, says Deborah Keller-Cohen, seniors’ social network and living Older adults provided more infor- indicated. professor of education, linguistics and arrangements affect the way they mation and a more restricted range The findings appear in the current women’s studies. speak to listeners of different ages. of words when talking to a child. issue of Research on Aging. 14 OCTOBER 19, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

Honorary, from Page 1 Among the DIA’s many significant many exhibition catalogs, books and and purifying complex mixtures for University of California, San Diego accomplishments during his 16-year articles. He has strengthened relation- biochemical and medicinal purposes, School of Medicine. tenure were $170 million in capital ships with other institutions through and did seminal work on hormone Cuatrecasas played a crucial role improvements and the reinstallation loans and programming, result- receptors, enhancing understanding of in the discovery, development and and reinterpretation of its collection, ing in such innovative exhibitions cell growth regulation and hormonal regulatory approval of more than 40 making the art accessible to more as “Through African Eyes” (2010), regulation of physiological processes. medicines to treat Alzheimer’s disease, people and transforming the museum “Samurai: Beyond the Sword” (2013), Born in Madrid, Cuatrecasas and his bacterial infections, cancer, depres- into a cultural nexus for southeast and “Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in family fled to France and then South sion, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia Michigan. Detroit” (2015), among others. America during the Spanish Civil War. and HIV/AIDS. He holds seven Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, A popular U-M guest lecturer, Beal He immigrated to the United States in patents and has authored more than England, Beal earned a Bachelor of has helped train a new generation of 1947 and became a citizen in 1956. He 400 publications. Arts degree in English (1969) from the museum professionals by fostering expe- earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (1958) While at Parke-Davis, he served University of Manchester, England, riential learning opportunities for stu- from Washington University, St. Louis, as an adjunct professor at U-M and and a Master of Arts in art history dents and faculty and mentoring many Missouri, and a Doctor of Medicine encouraged collaboration between (1972) from London University’s interns from U-M’s Museum Studies degree (1962) from Washington other Parke-Davis and U-M scientists. Courtauld Institute of Art. After and Arts of Citizenship programs. He University School of Medicine. He also created Michigan’s first Parke- commencing his museum career at has served on the Federal Advisory He completed an internal medicine Davis/Warner Lambert Professorships Sheffield City Art Galleries, he moved Committee on International Exhibitions internship and residency at Johns and supported the University Musical to the United States in 1973. and on the boards of the Association of Hopkins Hospital and conducted Society. He directed art galleries in Missouri, Art Museum Directors, the American research at the National Institutes of He helped found and served as Minnesota and Norwich, England; Alliance of Museums and the Cultural Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where board chair of the Keystone Symposia served as chief curator at the San Alliance for Southeast Michigan. he developed affinity chromatography, on Molecular and Cellular Biology, a Francisco Museum of Modern Art Among other honors, he received for which he and Meir Wilchek received model for other scientific colloquia. from 1984-89; and directed the Joslyn the AAMD President’s Award for the Wolf Prize in Medicine in 1987. Among many honors, he has been Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, service to the art museum field and As a professor of pharmacol- elected to the American Academy of from 1989-96 and the Los Angeles the DIA, and the American Institute ogy and internal medicine at the Arts and Sciences, American Society County Museum of Art from 1996-99 of Architects named him an honor- Johns Hopkins University School of of Clinical Investigation, Institute prior to joining the DIA. ary fellow. He and the DIA board of Medicine from 1970-75, he did pio- of Medicine, National Academy of In a dramatic break with conven- directors also are the first recipients of neering studies on the insulin receptor, Sciences, and is a Royal Society of tional museum exhibition practices, the AAM Chair’s Leadership Award, which provided the framework for Medicine fellow. Beal has engaged traditional and non- which recognizes outstanding leader- research in cancer biology, endocrinol- He received the John Jacob Abel traditional visitors in original and lively ship and extraordinary accomplish- ogy and neurobiology. Award in Pharmacology, Goodman ways, opening new avenues of conver- ments in the museum field. Cuatrecasas served as vice presi- and Gilman Award in Receptor sation for the public and in museum Cuatrecasas, a biochemist and dent of research and development at Pharmacology, Washington University studies. He stabilized the DIA’s long- pharmaceutical executive, is one of Burroughs Wellcome Co. from 1975- School of Medicine Alumni term funding through a 2012 regional the 20th century’s pre-eminent life sci- 86, senior vice president of research Achievement Award, the Johns millage campaign, and built partner- entists and a renowned leader in the and development and director of Glaxo Hopkins University Distinguished ships with foundations and govern- pharmaceutical industry and academe, Inc. from 1986-89, vice president of Alumnus Award, City of Medicine ment entities to protect the collection including at U-M, where he co-chairs Warner-Lambert Co., and president of Award and North Carolina Governor’s during Detroit’s bankruptcy in 2013. the Life Sciences Institute Scientific the Pharmaceutical Research Division Medal Award in Science. Beal has organized more than 40 Advisory Board. of Parke-Davis Co. from 1989-97. He Minow, is an accomplished scholar, exhibitions, many of which have He developed affinity chromatog- currently is an adjunct professor of toured nationally, and has published raphy, a technique used in separating pharmacology and medicine at the See Honorary, Page 15

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Honorary, from Page 14 academic leader and advocate for (1998), and “Partners, Not Rivals: Shirley is the Joseph Edgar Maddy appeared at the Aspen, Edinburgh, equity in education for all, regardless Privatization and the Public Good” Distinguished University Professor Glyndebourne, Santa Fe and Spoleto of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orien- (2002), and co-edited seven other Emeritus of Music at the School of festivals. tation or physical ability. books, two law casebooks and a reader. Music, Theatre & Dance and a 2014 A recording artist for major labels, She was born in Highland Park, A gifted teacher, she has taught National Medal of Arts recipient. He is he received a Grammy Award in 1968 Illinois and grew up in Chicago courses in civil procedure, constitu- an acclaimed operatic tenor, educator for his role as Ferrando in the RCA and Washington, D.C. She earned a tional law, family law, international and champion of diversity in the per- recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Bachelor of Arts degree (1975) with criminal justice, jurisprudence and forming arts. Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” He produced honors at U-M, a Master of Education law and education, among others, Shirley was born in Indianapolis the “Classical Music and the Afro- degree (1976) from Harvard Graduate and was recognized with Harvard’s and grew up in Detroit. After American” series for WQXR-FM radio School of Education and a Juris Sachs-Freund Teaching Award in earning a Bachelor of Science in in New York, and hosted “Unheard, Doctor (1979) from Yale Law School. 2005. She has delivered more than 70 Music Education degree (1955) from Unsung,” a four-program series on Minow clerked for Judge David lectures and keynote addresses and Wayne University (now Wayne State WETA-FM radio in Washington, D.C. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals has taken on many roles beyond the University), he became Detroit’s first Admired for his dedication to peda- for the D.C. Circuit and Justice academy. African-American high school music gogy as well as his vocal talent, Shirley Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Minow collaborated with the teacher. He also was the first African taught six years at the University of Supreme Court before joining the U.S. Department of Education American to sing in the U.S. Army Maryland before joining the Michigan Harvard Law School faculty in 1981. and the Center for Applied Special Chorus. faculty in 1987, where he directed the She has served as dean since 2009. Technology on legislative initiatives Shirley made his professional debut Vocal Arts Division. Early in her career she defined the and a voluntary national standard to in Woodstock, New York, in 1959 Since retiring in 2007, Shirley has concept of “difference” as something improve access to curricular materi- as Eisentein in Johann Strauss’ “Die maintained a studio in the music constructed in and through social rela- als for individuals with disabilities. Fledermaus.” A year later he won the school and remains deeply committed tions, which has dramatic implications She also served on the Independent American Opera Auditions and was to young people. The George Shirley for education scholarship and practice. International Commission on Kosovo offered the Rodolfo role in Giacomo Voice Scholarship was established in She identified assumptions about dif- and worked with the United Nations Puccini’s “La Bohème.” He won the his honor in 2008, and the nonprofit ference, illuminating how “difference” High Commissioner for Refugees to Metropolitan Opera National Council Videmus offers a $5,000 prize to the too often becomes “deficit” in educa- promote peaceful development in Auditions competition and became winner of the annual George Shirley tional settings. post-conflict societies. She is vice chair the first African-American tenor to African American Art Song and Minow is the author of many schol- of the Legal Services Corp., which sing a leading role at the Metropolitan Operatic Aria Competition. arly articles in journals of law, history provides civil legal assistance to low- Opera, where he captivated audiences He has been recognized with the and philosophy. Her most recent income Americans, and serves on the for 11 seasons. Dr. Charles H. Wright Legacy Award book, “In Brown’s Wake: Legacies MacArthur Foundation board. He has performed more than 80 for Excellence in Fine Arts, U-M of America’s Education Landmark” Minow is a fellow of the American operatic roles in leading opera houses, School of Music Alumni Citation of (2010), clarifies how the 1954 Brown v. Academy of Arts and Sciences, including the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Merit (now called School of Music, Board of Education decision has influ- American Bar Foundation and Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam, Theatre & Dance Hall of Fame enced education policy worldwide. American Philosophical Society. New York City Opera, Opéra de Award), National Association for the She also wrote “Making All the Among other accolades, she has Monte-Carlo, Royal Opera in London, Study and Performance of African Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and received the Holocaust Center Scottish Opera and Teatro Colón in American Music Trail Blazer Award, American Law” (1990), “Not Only Award, Gold Medal for Outstanding Buenos Aires. Additionally, he has and the Career Achievement Award for Myself: Identity, Politics, and Contribution to Public Discourse sung with the world’s great orches- in the Field of Music from Wayne Law” (1997), “Between Vengeance from The College Historical Society tras, including the Boston, Chicago, State University’s College of Fine, and Forgiveness: Facing History of Trinity College, Dublin, and seven Detroit and London symphonies, Performing, and Communication After Genocide and Mass Violence” honorary degrees. and New York Philharmonic, and has Arts.

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Antarctica, from Page 1

“I love it so much. Everything makes When setting up tents, stakes must me go, ‘Wow!’” says Sarah Aciego, be driven deep into the ice because the assistant professor of earth and envi- wind is ferocious. “We have had stakes ronmental sciences, LSA, and assis- break because of the wind,” Aciego tant professor of climate and space says. sciences and engineering, College of Engineering. Good morning Antarctica In November, she and Sarah Aarons, A normal day opens with lighting a Ph.D. student and research assistant the propane stove to melt ice for water. in earth and environmental sciences, “It’s so pure that we have to make sure will continue the work they started that we increase the electrolytes we in late fall 2013: Collecting glacial ice consume. Everything gets more salt in core samples from thousands of years it than normal,” Aciego says. Two to past and comparing them to better three hours daily is spent melting ice understand climate change today. for water. They will return to Taylor Glacier, “We’re eating or drinking hot roughly 2,500 miles south of New drinks all day long,” Aciego says. Hot Zealand, to collect vastly older ice chocolate is popular, and so is hot samples from a different location on Tang. “Purple Gatorade hot is not the glacier, and from a different glacial good, teas are,” she says. Coffee is period, than they did two years ago. avoided as it’s a diuretic, causing the They leave Oct. 31 during Antarctic drinker to take bathroom breaks. spring and return to Ann Arbor for The researchers also are constantly Thanksgiving. eating. One easily burns 7,000-8,000 Aciego is on her fourth research trip calories daily operating the drill and to Antarctica. This is Aarons’ second SARAH ACIEGO carrying core samples. “Fifty to 60 trip. “I think this time I am a little less Graduate student researcher Sarah Aarons relaxes in the cook tent on Taylor Glacier, where percent of our time is spent on sur- scared because I know what to expect, calorie-rich meals are cooked to maintain researchers’ energy in the Antarctic cold. vival. You’re always talking or thinking I know how cold it will be (as low as about your next meal,” Aciego says. minus 20 Fahrenheit) and how windy,” dry. “I’m from Alaska and used to cold Morning pancakes get lots of butter, she says. temperatures, but it was bone chill- More online and toppings ranging from Nutella ing and a bit of a shock to the lungs,” to maple syrup to honey. For variety, Getting there n Follow their trip blog at: Aarons says. Ross Island also is home giglinthefield.wordpress.com they’ll go with chile rellenos in the “The longest plane flight in the to an active, smoking volcano. morning. Lunch is usually eaten out world” is how the pilot last time Those arriving at McMurdo Station of their parka pockets — crackers, described the flight from Detroit to must join other researchers for sur- granola bars or Clif Bars — and soup Sydney, Australia (15 1/2 hours). A vival training. They build igloos to begin the work of drilling and collect- from a Thermos. “We eat a lot of soup. second flight to Christchurch, New sleep in, learn to set up tents and use ing core samples. It’s an easy way to get electrolytes Zealand (four hours) follows. “They tiny stoves to cook dinner. “They give back,” Aciego says. For dinner, steak put you up in hotel,” Aarons says. “You you Army rations you mix with water,” Life on a glacier fried in butter with chilies works, and try on your polar gear,”— red parkas as Aarons says. “The first time you get here you can’t so does halibut with mashed potatoes warm as sleeping bags, with National Some 1,000 people are at McMurdo even believe it. It’s just so different. The and more butter. Science Foundation logo patches. in November and December. There is a ice is really, really hard deep blue. And The main focus of each day is drill- “That’s when it really hit me,” she large cafeteria, and rooms like dorms. they have these sun cups, maybe 6 to ing. Drills and drillers are supplied by says. “It kind of kind of felt like college with 8 inches in diameter, basically divots Ice Drilling Design and Operations, an The next phase of the trip takes five a bunch of adults,” Aarons says. in the ice. It’s just incredibly beautiful,” organization created by the NSF. Both to eight hours. This depends on the The base also has a cafeteria, a tra- Aciego says. researchers can run the drill. The hired available airplane to fly to the main ditional bar and a coffee bar. There On Taylor Glacier, you can spot a driller sets up the drill and trouble- U.S. base in Antarctica, McMurdo are seals, and Adelie and Emperor “sundog” — the name for rainbows shoots because things often go wrong Station. It is on Ross Island, 850 miles penguins close to the base. People are of ice crystals that circle the sun. It’s due to weather conditions. from the South Pole. Joining them in not allowed to interact with penguins. where silence is broken only by the Sometimes, the drill has to be taken 2013 was Carli Arendt, a U-M Ph.D. “The smaller Adelie penguins are whooshing of wind gusts that reach 80 apart and the head replaced. This can candidate in earth and environmental curious. They try to figure out what mph or more, or the sound of helicop- happen under steady 50 mph winds. sciences. She earned her degree in you’re doing,” Aciego says. ters or machinery. They typically work 12 hours daily, six May. Researchers also perform a white- Sometimes one spots stripes in the days per week. “It’s the most tired I’ve The plane bound for McMurdo out exercise. They put white buckets glacier. This suggests a volcanic ash ever been,” Aarons says. has bench seats, and skis for landing. over their heads, are told to leave the layer got stuck in the ice and is now In case of emergency, help can come “When someone said you can see building, and try to return. They also exposed. The stripes range in color from any of the area crews in the Antarctica and mountains and stuff, learn to use a CB radio, as there is no from black to purple. region, no matter what country. “It’s several people ran over to the window. Internet connection on the glacier. Because there are no trees, Aciego the way things go when you’re down You could see sea ice. It’s crazy to see It’s a 45-minute ride by helicopter says, the sense of scale is unusual. there,” Aciego says. the expanse of whiteness with land from McMurdo to Taylor Glacier. “You’ll be looking out across the Researchers are required to check poking though here and there. I got After arriving with their drill techni- glacier and see a rock and think it’s a in daily with McMurdo base via really excited,” Aarons says. cian, Aciego and Aarons will set up boulder — and you get there and see Upon landing, it was 10 degrees and yellow and grey tents and prepare to it’s the size of three houses.” See Antarctica, Page 17

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Antarctica, from Page 16 walkie-talkie-like Iridium phones. They also call in resupply needs. Satellite phones allow the researchers to call home from the glacier every few days or so. Because it is close to sea level, Taylor Glacier is relatively warmer than further inland, where the ice sheet is 2 miles high. “There were times when it was prob- ably in the 30s. The sun is hitting the ice and reflecting back at you,” Aarons says. She once “put a ton of sunscreen on” and hiked more than two miles. “You could walk with a T-shirt,” she says. The research “We are studying the dust particles trapped within the ice,” Aciego says. Dust, or airborne mineral particles picked up by wind from places includ- ing the Sahara Desert or the Pampas of South America, are suspended in the atmosphere and can travel long dis- CARLI ARENDT tances in the upper troposphere. They Standing near ice core boxes loaded onto a sled are Sarah Aciego, Sarah Aarons and Luca Lanci, a researcher at the University of Urbino, Italy. eventually land in ice sheets, glaciers, oceans and terrestrial biospheres, she was a glacial or interglacial (warmer, interglacial period. A freezer truck will bring the 10 explains. like today) time period,” she says. “The overarching purpose of this new ice core samples to Michigan, “The dust in ice can tell us a lot of The purpose of this upcoming trip, field work is to investigate how local and ultimately to the fourth floor of information about the climate during Aarons adds, is to collect ice from a climate changes with retreats in sea the C.C. Little Building. They will join its depositional period,” Aciego says. part of the glacier formed during the ice and ice shelf extent, so that this earlier samples, kept in two freezers. For example, dust concentration is Eemian period (130,000-115,000 years information can be extended towards In June at C.C. Little, Aarons began inversely proportional to temperature. ago), the last interglacial period — and predicting changes in local climate in the process of analyzing the core con- This means that during colder periods compare it to ice formed in the current polar coastal regions,” Aarons says. tents through a process where acid dis- (such as the Last Glacial Maximum), interglacial period, the Holocene. It As with the samples collected two solves the dust collected from a melted the dust concentration in the atmo- ranges from about 11,700 years ago to years ago, ice cores bundled and sus- core sample and the various elements sphere was higher. This is due to today. pended below the helicopter will be are separated. windier conditions and more exposed Aciego and Aarons collected flown to McMurdo Station, before “It’s knowledge that could benefit continental shelves and lakebeds. samples in 2013 from 55,000 years they are loaded on a container ship future populations, and better inform “We can look at the dust concen- ago to the present day, a period that bound for Alameda, California. them about the changes they’ll expe- tration in ice core records, and infer covered the transition from the They are constantly kept at minus 20 rience in their own climate change whether the climate it was deposited in last glacial period to the current degrees Celsius or colder. periods,” Aciego says. 18 OCTOBER 19, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

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Brew, from Page 1

“At a large institution like Michigan The approach was born of an experi- Eye Center ophthalmologist whose with so many distinct programs of ment initiated by business professor “Innovate Brew has research focuses on diabetes reti- excellence, it’s not uncommon for dis- Bill Lovejoy, when he emailed fellow nopathy, said it’s too early to know the ciplinary islands to form,” said Oscar U-M faculty he didn’t know and reminded me how important outcomes. Ybarra, director of Innovate Blue, invited them out for coffee. “If it doesn’t lead to a project, that’s it is to stay open-minded.” U-M’s campuswide innovation and “Why would a business school pro- OK,” he said. “One has to enjoy the entrepreneurship initiative. “Innovate fessor talk to a classics professor, or an — DR. THOMAS GARDNER social interaction and being part of the Brew is like a bridge between these economist speak to an art historian? Michigan community.” islands.” Because that is how innovation really Lovejoy said that one of the precon- By creating opportunities for infor- happens,” said Lovejoy, the Raymond Vlahopoulos, the engineering pro- ceptions the program has to fight is mal encounters with faculty outside T. J. Perring Family Professor of fessor, was matched with five other that any one connection is going to be their own fields, the program builds Business Administration, professor faculty, but only met with three. The productive immediately for research. on the idea that such random pairings of technology and operations, and art meeting with Segar was the only one “There are some scholars who see can not only create new connections, and design. that might lead to a research project, every research interaction through the but also spark innovation and new “If everyone at the University of but he doesn’t view the others as a lens of, ‘Can I write a grant for this?’” research directions. The theory behind Michigan had a random coffee once a waste of time. Lovejoy said. “If not, it’s not worth this practice is based on innovation as month, within a year we’d have a more “It’s an opportunity to interact with their time.” a social, not individual, phenomenon. innovative organization.” colleagues, find out what they do and But he would suggest the skeptics get the bigger picture of the richness of try a random coffee meeting at least our university,” Vlahopoulos said. once before deciding if it’s worthwhile. Other interesting pairings and out- “Innovate Brew has reminded me comes include: how important it is to stay open- n A business strategy professor and minded,” Gardner said. “The invest- a professor of mechanical engineering ment is low, the coffee’s good here in found they were working on common Ann Arbor and taking time to meet initiatives such as clean technology in people who know things you don’t is China and smart mobility in the auto the most important thing you’ll do all industry. d ay.” n A faculty member in pediat- Anita Gonzalez, professor of theatre ric endocrinology studying obesity and drama, recently met Carlos matched with a senior faculty in the Mendes de Leon, professor of epi- anthropology department studying the demiology, and said the experience developmental effects of high blood confirms her view that U-M is more pressure and low birth weight in Mali. interdisciplinary than any place at They ended up submitting a joint which she’s taught. proposal to extend some of the endo- “I’ve learned about the amazing 120 West Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 crinologist’s work to this population in things we do at Michigan. I’ve met 734-662-9999 | marriott.com/arbdt Africa. people who study airplanes and doc- n An ophthalmology professor met ument oral histories of various com- with an electrical engineering and munities,” she said. “The cool thing computer systems professor and found about Michigan is everyone wants to a common interest in artificial vision. fix the world, but in an idiosyncratic Dr. Thomas Gardner, a Kellogg w ay.”

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By Anthony Guarnieri funded by the athletic department and gifts, and is scheduled to be completed Dr. Jack M. Parent, William J. Herdman Professor of Neurology, Medical School, Facilities and Operations in the spring of 2017. effective Oct. 1, 2015-Aug. 31, 2020. and Kevin Brown The University Record Joshua Spitz, Norman M. Leff Assistant Professor of Physics, LSA, effective Chiller to be replaced Sept. 1, 2015-Aug. 31, 2020. Improvements at Lay Auto Lab A steam absorption chiller at the East University Chiller Plant, which serves Jing Sun, Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor of Naval Architecture and chilled water to several Central Campus buildings, has failed and will be replaced Marine Engineering, CoE, effective Oct. 1, 2015- Sept. 30, 2020. A $2.9 million project is planned for an interior renewal of approximately 16,000 with an electric chiller that is expected to provide approximately $300,000 gross square feet of space within the Walter E. Lay Automotive Engineering Michael Thouless, Janine Johnson Weins Professor of Engineering, CoE, effec- Laboratory. The project will update infrastructure including electrical, plumbing, in annual energy savings, reduced operational and maintenance costs, and tive Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. heating, ventilation, and wired and wireless data systems; upgrade the fire alarm increased reliability. The project is estimated to cost $1.5 million, to be funded from general fund resources, and is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2016. Pascal Van Hentenryck, Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor of Industrial and system; and renovate public spaces, restrooms, corridors and offices. The College Operations Engineering, CoE, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. of Engineering will fund the project. Construction is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2017. U-M to sell property on Fuller Road Administrative appointments The university will sell 2.03 acres of land on Fuller Road to the federal government New ambulatory care unit planned for $54,000 to accommodate the expansion of the U.S. Department of Veterans Lisa K. Low, change in title to associate dean for practice and professional for Taubman Health Care Center Affairs Ann Arbor Medical Center parking structure. graduate studies, School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1, 2015-June 30, 2018. Approximately 2,700 gross square feet on Level 1 of the A. Alfred Taubman Health Daryl C. Weinert, change in title to associate vice president for research- business operations, Office of Research, effective Nov. 1, 2015. Care Center will be renovated to create a new ambulatory testing and treatment Ann Arbor Campus unit for Ambulatory Care Services. The renovation will allow for an innovative approach to provide efficient and expedient services for established patients needing more intensive evaluation and treatment to manage chronic conditions. Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure Flint campus U-M Hospitals and Health Centers resources will fund the $1.82 million project Johannes Muhle-Karbe, associate professor of mathematics, LSA, effective Barbara Avery, vice chancellor for campus inclusion and student life, Office of that is scheduled to be completed next spring. Jan. 1. the Chancellor, UM-Flint, effective Nov. 1. * Reappointments University Hospital South air handlers Named professorships to be upgraded * Dr. Sami J. Barmada, Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research The air handling equipment serving the University Hospital South complex will be Professor, Medical School, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Aug. 31, 2020. Retirements reconditioned to improve environmental control, reliability, and energy efficiency. The $2.3 million project will be funded by UMHHC, with work scheduled to be * Steven L. Ceccio, ABS Professor of Marine and Offshore Design Performance, John A. Garcia, research professor in the Inter-University Consortium for completed in the fall of 2016. College of Engineering, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, effective Oct. 7. He * Alec D. Gallimore, Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering, joined U-M in 1979 and ultimately served as interim director of the ICPSR’s New golf course clubhouse CoE, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (2013-14). Garcia is a leading scholar of race, ethnicity and the Latino community in American politi- receives final approval * Kim F. Hayes, Arthur J. Decker Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental cal behavior. His influential role in the development of key datasets, including The Board of Regents authorized issuing bids and awarding construction con- Engineering, CoE, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. the Latino National Political Survey, the Latino National Survey and the National tracts for the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse at the U-M Golf Course. The Dr. Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, Marguerite S. Roll Professor of Medical Education, Chicano Survey, established him as a central figure in research on Latino ethnic new clubhouse will replace the existing facility with a 23,000-gross-square- identity. His honors have included a Presidential Achievement Award from the Medical School, effective Oct. 1, 2015-Aug. 31, 2020. foot structure on the same site that will optimize operational functions, League of United Latin American Citizens and the Frank Goodnow Award from the increase energy efficiency, and include modern and spacious banquet facilities Eric Michielssen, Louise Ganiard Johnson Professor of Engineering, CoE, effec- American Political Science Association. The ICPSR established the John A. Garcia for the use of the entire university community. The $15 million project is being tive Oct. 1, 2015-Sept. 30, 2020. Scholarship in his honor to help minority students attend its summer program.

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Oct. 23-Nov. 22 (daily), Matthaei, 1800 N. Dixboro Ann Arbor. Free admission. Later Weekend Hours

To read more about the class visit retainingidentity.com. Sponsored by Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design; Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center; U-M Geriatrics Center; and U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. Plus. . . Plastics! Ecosystem Health & Plastic Debris in Our Great Lakes U-M Assistant Research Scientist Melissa Duhaime discusses a cross-disciplinary approach to study the holistic ecosystem impact of plastic debris on the Laurentian Great Lakes, to inform policy and management. Sponsored by Sierra Club Huron Valley.

Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 pm, Matthaei. Free.

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MONDAY, OCT. 19 The Role of Prediction and Machine Learning,” Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, noon-1 p.m., North Careers in Publishing for Ph.D.s Online Panel Discussion, DON’T MISS Quad, Ehrlicher Room 3100. all day. Go to careercenter.umich.edu/resource/595. Brown Bag Organ Recital Series, U-M Baroque Chamber “The Decline of the Ottoman Empire: The Balfour Music Ensemble, noon, School of Public Health. Declaration and the Arab Revolt of 1916,” 10 a.m.-noon, Symposium explores role of Soviet Jewish combatants in WWII Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive. For “Exercising, Competing and Having Fun: Sports in Late more information on this Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Ottoman Bolis,” Armenian Studies Program Lecture, 4-5 class for ages 50-plus, go to olli-umich.org. They were not what one might p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. consider to be typical Holocaust Apple in Medicine seminar, noon-1 p.m., Medical victims. “A General Approach to Recovering Market Science Unit II, South Lecture Hall, Room 3699, for Expectations from Futures Prices with an faculty, staff and students from the Medical School Application to Crude Oil,” Interdisciplinary Seminar in Soviet Jewish soldiers had and other Health Sciences schools to discover how Quantitative Methods, 4-5 p.m., Haven Hall, Eldersveld classroom and clinical experience change with mobile experienced Nazism first-hand. They Room 5670. access to information. RSVP: apple-in-medicine. were determined to fight. eventbrite.com. Macroeconomics Seminar, 4-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room: 301. Their story of perseverance will be Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics “Architecture, Image and Living Body in Jewish and explored through events organized seminar, 3-5 p.m., North Quad Ehrlicher Room 3100. Classical Traditions,” 4-6 p.m., 202 S. Thayer, Room 2022. by the University of Michigan’s Jean White House Astronomy Night at the Detroit & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Global Heath Career Panel, 5-7 p.m., Michigan Union, Observatory in Ann Arbor, 8-9 p.m. Tour the Victorian Studies. They begin with a symposium Anderson Room. observatory or visit with U-M Museum of Natural from 1:30-5 p.m. Oct. 25: “Resistance History staff to learn about the night sky, weather “A New Cold War? Russia’s New Confrontation with in Red: Soviet Jewish Combatants in permitting. the West,” Michael A. McFaul, U.S. Ambassador to Russia World War II.” (2012-14), 5-6 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. TUESDAY, OCT. 20 “They knew what they were fighting Science Cafe, 5-7 p.m., Conor O’Neill’s, 318 S. Main St. “The Effect of Economic Decline on Children,” Health, for, and they understood the History, Demography and Development, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Teaching & Volunteering Abroad, 7-8 p.m., Michigan consequences of failure,” says Jeffrey Lorch Hall, Room 201. Union, Pond Room. Hosted by the International Center. Veidlinger, director of the Frankel Med School Meditation Introduction, noon-1 p.m., Center. The symposium will examine Birding Jamaica, 7-9 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Taubman Library, Room 2903. The talk kicks off the 2015-16 the approximately 500,000 Soviet JAMES RESLIER-WELLS Med School Meditation year. Jews who fought in the Red Army Zvi Gitelman, Preston R. Tisch Professor PAT Seminar with film composer Bill Wandel, 7-9 p.m., Duderstadt Center Media Union, Room 1180. during the war, of whom only 300,000 of Judaic Studies and professor of political “Mechanisms to Regulate Gene Expression by science, an expert on Soviet Jews, is survived. Disrupting Protein Synthesis,” Department of Biological among key presenters at the symposium Wednesday Night Swing Dancing, 8-11 p.m., Vandenberg Chemistry Seminar Series, noon-1 p.m., Medical Science “Resistance in Red: Soviet Jewish Room, Michigan League. All welcome. Unit II, North Lecture Hall. The symposium concludes with Combatants in World War II.” 1966 Soviet film “Eastern Corridor,” Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m., Moore Building, Hankinson ResearchKit and HealthKit, noon-1 p.m., North Campus Rehearsal Hall. from 6-8 pm at the U-M Museum Party line on the war. The exhibit Research Complex, Building 300, Room 376. This seminar is of Art Helmut Stern Auditorium. “Lives of the Great Patriotic War: for researchers, IT professionals, and instructional design- THURSDAY, OCT. 22 ers to learn how to easily recruit participants and collect Produced about the Holocaust in the The Untold Story of Jewish Soviet data. RSVP: researchkit.eventbrite.com. Soviet Union, the Soviet government Soldiers in the Red Army During WWII,” SUMIT_2015: Cyber Security in an Ever-Changing withdrew it from theaters soon after is presented Oct. 25-Dec. 15 in the World-the New IT Paradigm, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Rackham Wikipedia Edit-a thon to Celebrate Open Access Auditorium. Register at safecomputing.umich.edu/events/ its release for failing to conform to the Hatcher Library Gallery. Week, 4-5 p.m., Shapiro Library, Turkish American sumit15. Friendship Room 4004. Join this group working to improve, translate and expand upon articles related to Parkinson’s disease research symposium presented Thursday Strategies for New Faculty Success, 9-10 a.m., Lurie open access in Wikipedia. Bring a laptop or a mobile Engineering Center Johnson Rooms. For new College of device. The inaugural Udall Center for Institute at the French Institute of Health Engineering faculty. Parkinson’s Disease Research and Medical Research in Paris, France. “Sephardic Aesthetics and the Ashkenazic Symposium will be presented from Udall Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research Imagination,” John Efron, 4-5 p.m., 202 S. Thayer, Room Symposium with Etienne Hirsch. See Don’t Miss, this page. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday in the Kahn Following Hirsch’s keynote address, 2022. This talk explores the special place German-Jewish culture accorded medieval Spanish Jewry. Auditorium, Biomedical Science there will be talks from a variety of “Gongs, Drums, Reincarnation And Magic In Central Research Building. It is headlined by Parkinson’s researchers. Java,” 10-11 a.m., Rave Theatre, 4100 Carpenter Road. For Weekly Bible Studies, 5-6 p.m., Room 2105C, Michigan Parkinson’s researcher Etienne Hirsch. He fee information, go to olli-umich.org. Union. All welcome. is director of the Neuroscience, Cognitive For more information, go to udallpd. International Economics, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room Science, Neurology and Psychiatry umich.edu/html/NewsEvents.html. Plastics! Ecosystem Health & Plastic Debris in Our Great 201. Lakes, 6-9 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Gifts of Art presents Vintage Swing: The Royal Garden “Let’s Get Married,” directed by Liu Jiang, Electric WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 Hangout and Munch Lunch GradSWE event, noon-1 Trio, noon-1 p.m., University Hospital Main Lobby. Shadows Film Series, free, 7-9 p.m., State Theatre. p.m., Room 3074 Dow Building. Bring lunch and chat with Sponsored by the Confucius Institute and Lieberthal-Rogel “The Detroit Grand Bargain,” Policy Talks @ the Ford other members. Zell Visiting Writer Q&A: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, 2-3 Center for Chinese Studies at U-M. School, 4 6 p.m., Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium. p.m., Angell Hall, Hopwood Room. See photo, this page. Mitsui Finance: Francesca Cornelli, London Business Inside Performance Network: Let’s talk about the play, Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar, School, noon-1 p.m., Wyly Hall, Room W0768. “What aid can there be from ephemeral men?” 7-8 p.m. For cost information for this OLLI presentation, go Silvia Robles, Harvard University, 8-10 a.m., Weill Hall, Room Refashioning Io in the Prometheus Bound, Marianne Hopman, to olli-umich.org. 3240. “Making Good Policies with Bad Causal Inference: Northwestern University, 4-5 p.m., Angell Hall, Room 2175. RIDING THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ROLLERCOASTER CAN BE VOLATILE!

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“The Impact of the Abolition of China’s Civil Service “Spending Some Time on the Inside: Jackson’s Cell Room 1022. Exam,” Economic History, 4-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 201. Block Seven Prison Museum,” Museum Studies Program brown bag, noon-1 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Room 125. Seven (Simple) Strategies to Improve Your Teaching, “Causes of parallel molecular evolution,” EEB Thursday 1-3 p.m., Lurie Engineering Center Johnson Rooms. For Seminar Speaker Series, 4-5 p.m., Chemistry Building, Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Trina Mannino, GSIs, IAs, and postdoctoral fellows. Room 1210. U-M Dance Alumna, noon-2 p.m., Dance Building, Betty Pease Studio Theatre. Social, Behavioral and Experimental Economics “‘Iffat Al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen,” 4-5 p.m., School seminar, 3-5 p.m., Wyly Hall, Room W0768. of Social Work Building, Room 1636, International Institute. Returning to School, 1-2 p.m., Center for the Education of Women Large Conference Room, 330 E. Liberty. Public Finance seminar, 4-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 301. “Local Labor Markets and Criminal Recidivism,” Law & Economics: Crystal Yang, Harvard Law, 4-6 p.m., South Hall, “Is There An Energy-Efficiency Gap? Experimental Multiracialism Informing Academic Work panel, 4-6 Room 1020. Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Plants?” Applied p.m., Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery. Microeconomics/IO, 2-4 p.m., Dana Natural Resources “Hair to There: Weaving Tales with Textiles,” Penny W. Building, Room 1028. “Body Burdens: Toxic Endurance in the French Stamps Speaker Series, Sonya Clark, 5-6 p.m., Michigan Atlantic,” 4-5 p.m., Tisch Hall, Room 1014. Theater. Jazz Masterclass Performance: Tim Berne and Decay, 3 p.m., Stearns Building, Cady Room. “The Satellite Mosque in Europe: Arab Preachers on Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reading & Book Signing, 5-6 TV and Internet”, 4-5 p.m., School of Social Work Building, p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium. See Economic Theory seminar, 3-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room Room 1636. photo, this page. 301. Andrew Jennings, violin, Joseph Gascho, harpsichord: Sonya Clark Artist Reception, 6-7 p.m., 202 S. Thayer, “The Fossil Record of Plant Physiology & its Bach Sonatas, 8 p.m., Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Institute for the Humanities. Impact on the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecology and Auditorium. Environments,” Smith Lecture, 3-4 p.m., Clarence Cook “Detroiters Speak: Environmental Justice in 48217,” Little Building, Room 1528. TUESDAY, OCT. 27 7-8 p.m., U-M Detroit Center, Ann Arbor Room. “#DalitWomenFight: Breaking The Silence on Caste Health, History, Demography and Development work- “Jewish and Greek in Turbulent Times” film screening Apartheid,” CSAS Lecture Series, 4-6 p.m., School of shop, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 201. with director Vassilis Loules, 7-9 p.m., Chemistry Building, Social Work Building, Room 1636. Room 1210. “Biomolecular Kinetics in a Crowded Cellular “A Renaissance Myth For The Third Millennium. A Environment,” Department of Biological Chemistry Art Enterprise Lecture with Aaron Dworkin, SMTD dean, tribute to Glenn Watkins,” Musicology Lecture, 5 p.m., Seminar Series, noon-1 p.m., Medical Science Unit II, North 7 p.m., Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall. Moore Building, Watkins Lecture Hall. Lecture Hall.

“Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s,” curator lecture “Towards a New Qing Natural History,” LRCCS Noon COURTESY OF SARAH SHUN-LIEN BYNUM FRIDAY, OCT. 23 with Alexandra Schwartz, 5-7 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Lecture Series, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. The Zell Visiting Writers Series presents Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Helmut Stern Auditorium, UMMA. See photo, page 24. author Sarah Shun-lien Bynum at 5:30 p.m. College for Creative Studies, Taubman Center for Design Climate Change and Health: Research and Partnerships, Thursday in the Helmut Stern Auditorium, U-M Education, 6400 Cass Ave., Detroit. U-M is a co-sponsor. October Ethnic Exploration Night, 6-9 p.m., 2427 Mason noon-1 p.m., School of Public Health Building Community Museum of Art. She is the author of two nov- Registration is required at www.urbanei.org; ticket informa- Hall, celebrating Latino/Hispanic culture. Room. els, “Ms. Hempel Chronicles,” a finalist for the tion is there as well. 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award, and “Madeleine Is Guest Masterclass: Giacomo Scinardo, piano, 7 p.m., Ethics to Policy: Conflicts of Interest Between IRB Sleeping,” a finalist for the 2004 National Book Perspectives on Teaching panel, 9-10 a.m., Lurie Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall. Members and Industry, noon-1 p.m., Palmer Commons Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Engineering Center Johnson Rooms. Forum Hall. Prize. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches in “Sounds and Soundscapes,” Chamber Choir, 8 p.m., the Graduate Writing Program at Otis College “Laughter and Its Interdiction,” noon-1 p.m., Modern Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium. String Showcase, 3 p.m., Moore Building, Britton Recital of Art and Design. Languages Building, Room 3308. Hall. University Philharmonia Orchestra, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m. “Nutrition and Southern Poverty: Evidence from Two Shocks,” Economic History seminar, 4-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Room 201. Purple Run to Benefit SafeHouse Center, 9-10 a.m., Assessing al-Qaradawi: Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Pierpont Commons. Register by Oct. 20 to help promote University of Copenhagen, 4-5 p.m., School of Social Their Stories Are Our Stories SAPAC’s mission of increasing awareness of sexualized Work Building, Room 1636, International Institute. violence. Louise Gluck Reception, Book Signing & Reading, 5-6 “The Things You Own End Up Owning You: Art in the p.m., U-M Museum of Art. 1990s,” 2015 History of Art Symposium: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Stern Auditorium. Fast Food for Thought, 5-7 p.m., Dana Natural Resources 2015 University of Michigan Building, Room 1040, bringing together 10 interdisciplinary U-M Gender and Gaming Symposium 2015, 10 a.m.-4 faculty members to give a series of 5-minute talks on food United Way Campaign p.m., Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery. and/or agriculture.

October 12 - December 31 Fight For Literacy Charity Social, 5-8 p.m., The Annex. Weekly Bible Studies, 5-6 p.m., Room 2105C, Michigan Tickets $50. Union. All welcome.

MACFest, 7 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. See all 16 U-M A “Aberdeen,” 2014. Electric Shadows Film Series, free, 7-9 Cappella groups perform. p.m., State Theatre. Cantonese with English subtitles.

Band-O-Rama: Ritmo de Azul (Rhythm of Blue), 7 p.m., “Exploradores del Sonido: An Encounter with the Hill Auditorium. Electronic Sights and Sounds of South America,” 8 p.m., Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium. SUNDAY, OCT. 25 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 “Resistance in Red: Soviet Jewish Combatants in WWII” symposium, 1:30-5 p.m., Hatcher Gallery. “Better is not Always Fair: An Examination of Systemic Bias in North Carolina’s Teacher Evaluation System,” Family Halloween Party, noon-5 p.m., Ruthven Museums Shanyce Campbell, 8-10 a.m., Weill Hall, Room 3240. Building, all ages. “Corruption as a Last Resort: Adapting to the Market Hats and High Tea for Breast Cancer Awareness, 2-4 in Central Asia,” CREES Noon Lecture, School of Social p.m., Kensington Court Hotel, 610 Hilton Blvd. Work Building, Room 1636.

“Eastern Corridor” film, 6-8 p.m., U-M Museum of Art. MHealthy Eat Smarter Chef Demo: Healthy Seasonal See Don’t Miss, page 21. Soups & Basic Knife Skills, noon-1 p.m., Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom. Octubafest Celluloid Tubas Show, 7 p.m., Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium. “New Media Strategies for Music Distribution: The Economics of Independent Recording,” 1-2 p.m., Moore Pledge Today String Quartet Recital, 7 p.m., Moore Building, Britton Building, Watkins Lecture Hall. Recital Hall. on Wolverine Access Nam Center Colloquium Series: 4-6 p.m., School of MONDAY, OCT. 26 Social Work Building, Room 1636. “Getting to the Good Bits-Enabling Access to “The Macro-dynamics of Sorting Between Workers GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. LIVE UNITED. Born-Digital Materials at Multiple Levels of and Firms,” Macroeconomics seminar, 4-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, For more information visit Representation,” 10-11 a.m., Hatcher Graduate Library Room 301. United Way Gallery of Washtenaw County uway.umich.edu “The Making of Homo Oeconomicus, or, Reading the “Great Lakes Aggregator: Exploring the Creation of Cultural Mechanics of Neoliberalism in Contemporary Regionally-Based Digital Collections for Scholarship Spain,” 4-6 p.m., Modern Languages Building, RLL in the Humanities,” noon-6 p.m., 202 S. Thayer, Common Commons, fourth floor.

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“Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult Causal Inference, Survey Statistics, Disclosure Risk, and of Technology,” 4-7 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Missing Data, 1-10 p.m., Palmer Commons, fourth floor.

Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series, “Bringing Genomics to Clinical Medicine: Looking Patricia Beneke, 4-5 p.m., South Hall, Room 1225. through rose-colored glasses while wearing green eye- shades,” 2-4 p.m., Taubman Biomedical Science Research “Photographic Architecture in the 20th Century: A Building, Kahn Auditorium and Seminar Rooms A, B and C. Conversation with Claire Zimmerman and Krisztina Fehervary,” 5-7 p.m., Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery. “Tectonics of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic amalga- mation of Central Asia and Surroundings,” 3-4 p.m., Bonsai Design Principles, 7-9 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Clarence Cook Little Building, Room 1528. Gardens. Economic Theory seminar, 3-5 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 301. “The Detroit Bankruptcy Case-Reflections from the Inside,” Judge Steven Rhodes, 7-9 p.m., Temple Beth “Motion: The Hallmark of Life. From Marsupials to Emeth-St.Clare’s Church, 2309 Packard. Molecules,” Martin Karplus, Nobel Laureate, 4-5 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Horn Studio Recital, 8 p.m., Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall. Webster Reading Series, 7-8 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium. Jazz Lab Ensemble, 8 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. Impact Dance Fall Show, 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Theatre. O Guiding Night! University Choir, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. “Al Momia or The Night of Counting Years” film, 7-10 THURSDAY, OCT. 29 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. “The Metropolitan Miniature: Theory and Literary “From the Heart,” Symphony Band, 8 p.m., Hill Practice,” 5-7 p.m., Rackham East Conference Room, short Auditorium, pre-concert conversation 7:15 p.m. prose texts. Masters Recital: Noniko Hsu, flute, 8 p.m., Duderstadt Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City, Center Media Union Video Studio. Rave Theater, 4100 Carpenter Road. For fee information, go to olli-umich.org. SATURDAY, OCT. 31 International Economics, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room Fall Party for Special Needs Families, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 201. Island Park. For more information, call 216-973-8836 or email [email protected]. Erb Institute C-Suite Speaker Series: Mark Tercek, noon-1 p.m., Stephen M. Ross School of Business “The Baroque Oboe,” Moore Building, Watkins Lecture Colloquium. Hall.

“The Performance Practice of Noh,” CJS Noon Lecture Halloween Concert, 2 p.m., Hill Auditorium, University Series, noon-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Orchestras.

Gifts of Art presents University Music Majors from the SUNDAY, NOV. 1 School of Music, Theatre & Dance, noon-1 p.m., University Hospital main lobby. Faculty Recital: David Daniels, voice and Martin Katz, piano, 4 p.m., Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall. Econometrics workshop, New York University, 2-4 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 301. PETER SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY Nora Schell as Whatshername, James Kilmeade as Johnny and Barrett Riggins as St. Jimmy “Principles of Virus-Microbe Dynamics: From Ecology (jumping) perform in the U-M Department of Musical Theatre’s production of “Green Day’s Exhibits to Evolution and Back Again,” EEB Thursday Seminar American Idiot.” Created from the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning album of the same Speaker Series, 4-5 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room 1210. name by Green Day, it is packed with melody, rhythm and youth angst. Recommended for mature “The Art of Tyree Guyton: A Thirty-Year Journey,” audiences. Sound levels are similar to a rock concert. The musical plays at the Mendelssohn through Jan. 3, U-M Museum of Art. “The Gender of Ancient Greek Music,” Gerald F. Else Theatre through Sunday. For tickets and showtimes, call the Michigan League Ticket Office at Lecture in the Humanities, 4-5 p.m., Michigan League 734-764-2538, or go online at tickets.music.umich.edu. “Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s,” through Jan. 31, Vandenberg Room. U-M Museum of Art. See photo, page 23.

Law & Economics seminar, 4-6 p.m., South Hall, Room 1020. Challenges, LRCCS Symposium, 9 a.m.-noon, Stephen M. “Xenitia or the State of Being a Foreigner: Juxtaposing “Common Room,” Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Ross School of Business, Room R2220. Realities, Interpreting Encounters,” noon-1 p.m., Angell Design, Oct . 21-Nov. 14, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, 2000 “Aby Warburg, the Warburg Library, and a Movement Hall, Room 2175, Classics Library. Bonisteel Blvd. of Ideas,” 4-5 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. 2015 Community of Scholars Symposium, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. EIHS Graduate Student Workshop, noon-2 p.m., Tisch “Costume Design Exhibit: History Repeats Itself,” “Sex, Madness and Dentists,” Penny W. Stamps Speaker Hall, Room 1014. through Oct. 19, Duderstadt Center Gallery. Series, 5-6 p.m., Michigan Theater. “Development of novel therapeutics in the platelet: New approaches to an old problem,” Drug Dance Master Class Repertory Series: Mayte Natalio, “Dental Hygiene, A Century of Progress,” Sindecuse Louise Gluck in Conversation with Linda Gregerson, Discovery Lecture, 9-10 a.m., Palmer Commons Forum Camille A. Brown, noon-2 p.m., Dance Building, Betty Pease Museum of Dentistry in the School of Dentistry. 5-6 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium. Hall. Studio Theatre. “Discover, Connect, Create” by the University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m., Rackham Auditorium. Mitsui Finance seminar, 10 a.m.-noon, Stephen M. Ross “Micro-enterprises and SMEs: Overcoming Growth Geriatrics Club Mild Memory Loss program Silver Club School of Business, Room R0420. Constraints,” noon-7 p.m., Stephen M. Ross School of members, Oct . 23-Nov. 22 at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Business, Room R2220. Horror Film Fest, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Hatcher Graduate Library “Evolution of the Trumpet Exhibition,” lower lobby of Hill China’s Economy Today: The New Normal and Old Gallery. Celebrating Rod Little’s 65th Birthday: Advances in Auditorium. 24 OCTOBER 19, 2015 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

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presented in the Vesta Mills Gallery and in various exhibition areas throughout the Moore Building, North Campus.

“Tappan’s Vision” at the Bentley Historical Library celebrates the impact of President Henry Tappan on U-M.

“Tell the Story of Your Life In Detroit” at tinyurl.com/ mmsvulz, is sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and others.

U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St., houses exhibits and collections that recall the observatory’s role beginning in the Victorian era.

“Weaving Life in the Andes” is a photo exhibit presented through Nov. 1 in the Michigan Union Lobby.

“Women in Science,” through Dec. 31, Museum of Natural History.

Museum of Natural History tours and children’s programs Free Dinosaur Tours are available at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Museum of Natural History. The tours are 30 minutes; limit 15 people. For more information, call 734-764-0480.

Planetarium shows Tickets for all shows at the Museum of Natural History NIKKI LEE are $5 for adults, seniors and children. “Punk Project” by Nikki Lee is from the U-M Museum of Art exhibit “Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s,” through Jan. 31 at the U-M Museum of Art. The exhibition, whose title references the 1992 Nirvana song, focuses on debates over “identity politics,” the digital revolution and globalization. Workshops/support It also explores a range of geopolitical milestones and social issues through the perspective of artists working at that time. MHealthy’s Alcohol Management Program is designed to help people with mild to moderate alcohol problems The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum is Jewish Soviet Soldiers in the Red Army During WWII” Hatcher Graduate Library Audubon Room. enjoy life more and drink less or not at all. For more at 1000 Beal Ave. on North Campus. is presented Oct. 25-Dec. 15 in the Hatcher Library Gallery. information, call 734-998-2017 or go to mhealthy.umich. See Don’t Miss, page 21. “Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin’s Watercolor edu/alcohol. Gifts of Art sponsors art exhibits and music perfor- Paintings of Ancient Sculptures: Phase II,” through Oct. mances at U-M Health System facilities. “Passionate Curiosities: Collecting in Egypt & the 25, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Room 125. The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program is offering Near East, 1880s-1950s,” through Nov. 29, Kelsey three educational and support programs this fall: Support “Jem Cohen: Life Drawing” is presented through Nov. 29 Museum of Archaeology. “Soviet Constructivist Posters: Branding the New for Dealing with Divorce and Breakups, Stress Relief for the in the U-M Museum of Art. Order,” through Feb. 21 at the U-M Museum of Art. Caregiver, and Parenting of Teenagers. More information is “Plurality of Love: Poetry and Art in the Works of at myumi.ch/aMAQz (look for the Training and Education “Lives of the Great Patriotic War: The Untold Story of Cuban Artist Rolando Estevez,” through Dec. 17 in the The Stearns Collection of musical instruments is Services header).

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