Commencement Speaker Bloomberg Calls out Intolerance, Demagoguery

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SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY More than 6,200 graduates, along with friends and family, gather for 2016 Spring Commencement. The exercises took place April 30 at Michigan Stadium. Commencement speaker Bloomberg calls out intolerance, demagoguery

By James Iseler Bloomberg delivered the 2016 Spring The University Record Commencement address April 30 to a crowd of Business leader and former New York mayor graduates estimated at more than 6,200, along Michael Bloomberg urged University of Michigan with thousands of family and friends gathered graduates to guard against intolerance and dema- under cool and cloudy skies at Michigan Stadium. goguery as they enter a world where “an open SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY mind is the most valuable asset you can possess.” See Commencemnet, Page 14 Michael Bloomberg delivers the keynote address at commencement.

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Spring Plant Sales By Kurt Svoboda innovation initiatives in sports technol- Athletics ogy, design and best practices includ- The University of Michigan has ing at least two community events per finalized and updated its agree- year that support and celebrate educa- ment with Nike Inc. to become the tion in health and wellness initiatives. Wolverines’ official athletic footwear, n Included in the partnership are apparel and equipment provider. three student summer internships at Nike will supply all 31 of U-M’s Nike headquarters. athletics programs with uniforms, n The agreement includes use of footwear, apparel and equipment. the Jordan Brand “Jumpman” apparel U-M and Nike also will collaborate for men’s and women’s basketball and Mother’s Day Weekend Sale throughout the agreement on innova- football. tion initiatives in sports technology, n Throughout the partnership, A two-day sale of hanging baskets and container design and best practices. 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Seven receive Harold R. Johnson Distinguished Dissertation Awards Diversity Service Awards By Kevin Brown David J. Brown, associate vice presi- The University Record dent and associate dean, Office for Seven faculty members who have Health Equity and Inclusion. shown dedication to developing cultural and ethnic diversity at the Omolola Eniola-Adefeso University of Michigan have received Eniola-Adefeso, associate professor the 2016 Harold R. Johnson Diversity of chemical engineering and of bio- Service Award from the Office of the medical engineering in the College of Provost. Engineering, is known as an outstand- The recipients are: ing educator, a dedi- n Dr. R. Alexander Blackwood, cated researcher and Medical School. committed to promot- n Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, College ing diversity. of Engineering. Within the n Arline T. Geronimus, Institute for Department of Social Research and School of Public Chemical Engineering, Health. Eniola-Adefeso she has been a cham- n Robert Jagers, School of pion for women and ALEXANDER HOLMES Education. underrepresented minority student n Nojin Kwak, LSA. and faculty members. As part of the The 2015 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients were honored April 26. Awardees received a $1,000 honorarium recognizing exceptional scholarly work and n Jennifer Linderman, CoE. department’s graduate committee completion of their doctoral degrees in 2015. The annual competition is co-sponsored by n Ruby Tapia, LSA. since 2008, she was instrumental in ProQuest and Rackham Graduate School. The recipients are: Front row, from left, Lauren “I was very impressed by the deep improving the quality and diversity of Cline, natural resources and environment; Konstantina Karageorgos, English language and pool of nominations we received this students in the Ph.D. program. literature; Bai Song, mechanical engineering. Back row, from left, Davide Orsini, anthropol- year. It was inspiring to read about Understanding that diversity must ogy and history; Brian Metzger, ecology and evolutionary biology; Maxwell Radin, physics; the faculty on our campus who have a not compromise academic standards, Alix Gould-Werth, social work and sociology. long-standing commitment to diver- she explored and implemented proac- sity, equity and inclusion,” said Robert tive ways of recruiting high-quality M. Sellers, vice provost for equity, students of all backgrounds. In par- inclusion and academic affairs. ticular, she focused on increasing the Search underway for new VP for “Their hard work and commitment department’s visibility at national make us better as a university, and conferences. information technology and CIO their contributions will have a real and As graduate chair since 2014, she is lasting impact on the difficult issues increasing diversity in the program. By Jillian A. Bogater professor, Survey Research Center, we face on our campus, particularly in The current first-year Ph.D. class is The University Record Institute for Social Research; professor this first year of the diversity strategic 44 percent women and 26 percent The Office of the President has of psychiatry, Medical School. planning process.” underrepresented minorities, the appointed an advisory committee to n Andrew T. Palms, executive direc- Established in 1996, the award is most diverse in the history of the launch the search for the new position tor of communications systems and given in honor of Harold Johnson, department. of vice president for information tech- data centers, ITS Communication dean emeritus of the School of Social She also developed and submitted a nology and chief information officer Services. Work. The award provides $5,000 to proposal to Rackham for a new peer- for the University of Michigan. The n Marios Papaefthymiou, chair recipients to further research, scholar- mentoring program within the depart- university now is accepting nomina- and professor of electrical engineer- ship or student service opportunities. ment. High-performing third-year tions and applications for the position. ing and computer sciences, College of graduate students serve as educational President Mark Schlissel has Engineering. Dr. R. Alexander Blackwood and social mentors to a diverse group appointed an 14-member search n Andrew Rosenberg, acting/ Blackwood is associate professor of of five to six first-year Ph.D. students. advisory committee, which will be interim chief information officer, U-M pediatrics and director of Pathways The program was funded by Rackham co-chaired by James Hilton, Arthur Health System and Medical School. in the Office for Health Equity and for two years. It is making a positive F. Thurnau Professor of Information, n Steven Schlecht, executive direc- Inclusion at the Medical School. In impact. School of Information; dean of librar- tor of finance and administration, more than 20 years “Lola is a tireless champion for ies, University Library; vice provost, LSA. on the U-M faculty, diversity. She exhibits tremendous Office of the Provost and Executive n William Schultz, professor of he has demonstrated leadership qualities and is absolutely Vice President for Academic Affairs; mechanical engineering and applied an ability to inspire on track to become a leader in her and faculty associate, Research mechanics, and professor of naval mentees. They include department and college before too Center for Group Dynamics; along architecture, CoE. 11 undergraduate long,” wrote Alec D. Gallimore, associ- with Sachin Kheterpal, associate The Board of Regents approved students who have ate dean for academic affairs, CoE. professor of anesthesiology, Medical the creation of this new position in Blackwood received American School. February. “This position will ensure Heart Association of Arline T. Geronimus The executive search firm Opus that information strategy is appropri- Michigan grants, and three who have Geronimus, research professor Partners, led by Craig Smith and Katie ately considered in both short- and been awarded Presidential Scholars in the Population Studies Center, Dean, has been retained to assist with long-term decision making and plan- Fellowships from the National Science Institute for Social Research, and this search. ning for the university,” Schlissel said Foundation. professor of health behavior and In addition to Hilton and Kheterpal, at that time. An example of his mentorship health education in members of the search advisory com- The president said the individual involves fourth-year medical student the School of Public mittee include: who fills the new position would Mohammad Issa, a Palestinian- Health, is known for n Paul Castillo, chief financial oversee “the creation of an integrated American. Together they developed having proposed and officer, U-M Health System. information technology strategy for a personal hygiene, safe water assess- tested the “weather- n Usama Fayyad, chief data officer, the entire university, including the ment in the Kulandia Refugee Camp ing hypothesis.” It Barclays; chairman and director, Oasis health system.” in the West Bank. This relationship led posits that the impact 500. The new vice president will report to to the formation of the Middle Eastern Geronimus of repeated exposure n Sharon Broude Geva, director of the president and serve as a member Global Health Initiative. to and high-effort Advanced Research Computing. of the university’s executive leadership The initiative is a group of Michigan coping with stressors by U.S. racial and n Kevin Hegarty, executive vice team. pre-health students promoting aware- ethnic minorities leads to early onset president and chief financial officer. Britney K. Rashleigh, junior project ness of global health needs in Middle of chronic disease and early biological n Rajesh Mangrulkar, Marguerite S. manager, Office of the President, will East refugee camps. Blackwood serves aging, compared to U.S. whites of the Roll Professor of Medical Education, serve as the president’s liaison to the as the faculty facilitator. Data has been same chronological age. associate dean for medical student search. collected from four refugee camps in Her work advances a perspective education, associate professor of inter- Information about the search, the last three years and additional pub- that population health disparities arise nal medicine and associate professor including a position description and lications are anticipated. from the qualitatively different life of learning health sciences, Medical how to submit nominations will be “The attributes that make Dr. experiences, exposure to stressors, and School. posted on the Office of the President Blackwood especially well-suited for access to coping resources associated n Nigel Melville, associate professor website, president.umich.edu/commit- this award are a combination of ver- with specific social identity groups in of technology and operations, Stephen tees/vp-of-it-and-cio-search-advisory- satility, preparation and vision. Dr. an unequal society. M. Ross School of Business. committee. Blackwood has been building a cohort She is credited for increasing the n Susan Murphy, Herbert E. Further inquiries regarding nomina- of mentees and a panel of programs Robbins Distinguished University tions and applications are directed to that are eminently linkable,” wrote Dr. See Award, Page 18 Professor of Statistics, LSA; research [email protected]. 4 MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu Director named for Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at ISR By Kory Zhao Committee on the Status of Women Institute for Social Research “ICPSR is an important resource for the social and in the Economics Program and past Margaret Levenstein has been president of the Business History appointed director of the Inter- behavioral science community, curating and making Conference. Levenstein received university Consortium for Political accessible data assets that thousands of researchers have a Ph.D. in economics from Yale and Social Research at the University University and a Bachelor of Arts from of Michigan’s Institute for Social created over the last 70-plus years.” Barnard College, Columbia University. Research. — MARGARET LEVENSTEIN Her research and teaching interests ICPSR, founded include industrial organization, com- in 1962, is the largest petition policy, business history, data archive of digital social confidentiality protection, and the science data in the George Alter. Under Alter’s direction of the Michigan Census Research Data improvement of economic statistics. world, with more than the ICPSR expanded international Center (MCRDC), a joint project with She is the author of “Accounting for 500,000 data files. members, increased data acces- the U.S. Census Bureau. She also is a Growth: Information Systems and the Levenstein The announcement sibility, and the Summer Program research professor in SRC and adjunct Creation of the Large Corporation” follows a national in Quantitative Methods of Social professor of business economics and (Stanford University Press, 1998) and search by a joint committee composed Research recruited more than 1,000 public policy in the Stephen M. Ross co-editor of a two-volume collection, of ISR faculty and members of the participants annually. School of Business. “Cartels” (Edward Elgar, 2007). She ICPSR Governing Council, who rep- “I am very excited to be joining Levenstein has taken an active role is the author of numerous studies on resent the consortium’s 760 members ICPSR and look forward to working at ISR, joining the Director’s Advisory competition and collusion, the devel- worldwide. Levenstein will be the with its staff, council and member insti- Committee on Diversity in 2009 and opment of information systems, and ICPSR’s first female director. tutions,” Levenstein said. “ICPSR is an serving as the chair of ISR’s Diversity, the organization of innovation. “Maggie’s vision for ICPSR’s future important resource for the social and Equity and Inclusion strategic plan- The ICPSR director search com- is exciting,” said ICPSR Governing behavioral science community, curat- ning committee and as the liaison to mittee was chaired by William Council Chair Chandra Muller. “She has ing and making accessible data assets the larger university program. Axinn, research professor at the a strong academic research background, that thousands of researchers have “ICPSR is one of the great resources Population Studies Center and SRC understands the potential of data science created over the last 70-plus years. supporting social science research all at ISR. Committee members included for current and future social science “The importance of both develop- over the world. I am very excited about Christopher Achen, the former researchers, and has a stellar reputation ing our capabilities to analyze and the skills and experience that Maggie ICPSCR Governing Council chair; both nationally and internationally. use data, and to preserving data have will bring as the next ICPSR director,” Robert S. Chen, of Columbia University “We were impressed by her skill in never been greater. The ‘big data’ revo- said ISR Director David Lam. “The and the Center for International Earth bringing together experts from diverse lution creates new opportunities and innovative leadership she has shown Science Information Network; Philip fields for the advancement of social challenges. ICPSR’s role will be to help directing the MCRDC and chairing N. Jefferson, Swarthmore College; science research goals. The council is the research community make the ISR’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Jared Lyle, ICPSR director of curation looking forward to working with her.” most of those opportunities.” strategic planning process will make services; Muller; Amy Pienta, ICPSR Levenstein will begin her five- An economist, Levenstein first her a great leader of ICPSR.” associate research scientist; and Beth- year term on July 1, following the joined ISR’s Survey Research Center She is the associate chair of the Ellen Pennell, director of SRC’s inter- departure of current ICPSR Director (SRC) in 2003 as the executive director American Economic Association’s national unit.

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STATE UNIVERSITIES EMU approves new major, minor programs Advancing vaccines The Eastern Michigan University regents have approved two new majors. The Special Education Learning Disabilities Endorsement major will offer grounding in the theory of learning disabilities, while the Geospatial Information Science and Technology major is offered through the Department of Geography and Geology. A Simulation, Animation and Gaming program also has been approved as a minor. The programs will offer enrollment beginning fall 2016. Wayne State School of Social Work receives largest-ever gift The Wayne State University School of Social work has received a $500,000 donation to create a new scholarship for high-achieving students experiencing financial hardship. The donation is the largest alumni gift in the school’s history. Alumna Betty Appich made the gift with her husband, Horst Appich. The Betty Schmalzle-Appich and Horst G. Appich Endowed Scholarship will be available to any social work student with a 3.0 grade-point average or higher who demonstrates financial need. Western Michigan receives gift to support future teachers Western Michigan University received an anonymous $250,000 gift as well as a $25,000 gift from Kalamazoo’s Advia Foundation. These endowments will provide the basis for the new WMU-KPS Future Educators Program. The program will provide annual financial support of $5,000 for 11 Kalamazoo Promise students who hope to become educators and could enhance the diversity of the Kalamazoo Public Schools’ teaching staff. PEER INSTITUTIONS Harvard restores Air Force ROTC’s presence on campus Harvard University recently signed an agreement establishing an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the university. The signing follows a five-year effort to restore ROTC’s presence on campus. Harvard was among the first colleges to partner with ROTC after the program’s founding 100 years ago. The agreement makes university resources PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY available to the Air Force ROTC program in a campus setting. Under the direction of Dr. Thomas Francis, U-M conducted clinical trials Maryland to break ground on new computer science center in 1954 that confirmed the effectiveness of the polio vaccine developed The University of Maryland will break ground on the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer by Dr. Jonas Salk. The discovery helped to end one of the major medical scourges of the 20th century. Francis and Salk earlier developed the Science and Innovation. Construction of the building is supported by a $31 million gift influenza vaccine that protected American soldiers during World War II. from Oculus co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe — the largest gift in university history. Fifty years after the polio trials, Dr. Hunein Maassab, a student mentored Additionally, a $4 million gift from Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov and a $3 million gift by Francis, developed the first nasal spray flu vaccine, FluMist. from Elizabeth Iribe help make the building possible. The building is designed for future- focused developments in virtual reality, augmented reality, computer vision, robotics, artificial — Photo and text are presented at the University of Michigan Bicentennial intelligence and computing platforms. website, at bicentennial.umich.edu/our-history/this-is-michigan

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Observatory Street and nearby lots to close for construction Commuters are encouraged to plan ahead and expect delays starting in early May, as Observatory Street between East Ann Street and Geddes Avenue will be closed in phases for a water main and road reconstruction project. Work is expected to last through mid-August. Pedestrian access will be maintained through the Observatory Street area. For information on U-M bus route detours, go to pts.umich.edu/news/transit-alerts.php. Partnership formed with Costa Rican business school The University of Michigan will launch a new partnership that enables MBA students from one of Latin America’s top business schools earn a master of public administration degree at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The dual-degree program, which begins in August, is designed for students in the one-year MBA section with exemplary English- language skills at the INCAE Business School in Costa Rica. The program will strengthen U-M’s connections in Latin America, draw talented students and eventually create new internship and career opportunities. Regents meeting set for May 19 UM-Dearborn director of student success named Cram Circle on North Campus The Board of Regents will have its monthly meeting Amy Finley has been named closing for utility work at 3 p.m. May 19 in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, University of Michigan-Dearborn Beginning May 3 and anticipated to continue until Pantlind Ballroom, Grand Rapids. To offer public director of student success. She May 23, Cram Circle on North Campus will be comment at the meeting, sign up in advance at has served as interim director of closed to through traffic between Hubbard Road regents.umich.edu/meetings/publform.html. Public academic support and outreach and Cram Place for water service construction. comments on agenda items will be taken prior to services since December 2015. Her Vehicular traffic will be detoured via Hubbard their consideration. Comments on nonagenda items new role comes at a time when the Road, Beal Avenue and Bishop Avenue. Access to Finley will follow the regular business agenda. People with university is rethinking its approach Cram Place for local traffic only will be maintained disabilities who need assistance should contact the to student success. Beginning this fall, Student Success on Cram Circle from Bishop Avenue. For more Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the — a unit within Enrollment Management and Student information on U-M bus detours during this University in advance at 734-763-8194. For more about Life — will partner with START, the university’s soon-to- construction, go to pts.umich.edu/news/transit- regents meetings, go to regents.umich.edu. launch advising hub for first-year and transfer students. alerts.php. record.umich.edu MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD 7

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RESEARCH Climate change: Changing climate conditions What makes us care? in Michigan pose an emerging Greta Guest work at face value, it paints a hopeless Michigan News public health threat and pessimistic picture. It sends the It’s been argued that how much we message that there’s little we can do By Jim Erickson know about climate change is unre- until ‘culture’ changes, which tends to Michigan News More online lated to how much we care about be very slow. Changing climate conditions — n Read the report: addressing it. “Our research clearly shows that including warmer temperatures myumi.ch/J77vZ But focusing primarily on cultural education and decision support aimed and an increased frequency of drivers, as is the case with emerging at the public and policy makers is not heavy rainstorms — represent “an research on “cultural cognition,” takes a lost cause.” emerging threat to public health see an increased risk of climate- us on a path that misses critical char- Knowledge about the causes in Michigan,” according to a new sensitive health problems such as acteristics of knowledge, according to of climate change was correlated report from university researchers heat wave-related illnesses and a University of Michigan study pub- with higher levels of concern about and state health officials. death. lished in Nature Climate Change. climate change in all of the countries The report, “Michigan Climate “I’m particularly pleased that the “We looked at this emerging work, studied — Canada, China, Germany, and Health Profile Report 2015: report addresses the relationship and immediately had problems with Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Building resilience against climate between climate change, environ- how knowledge and culture were the United States. effects on Michigan’s health,” was mental and social factors,” said being measured — specifically not “We think this is because knowledge released April 25 by the Michigan O’Neill. “This is an important step measured,” said Joseph Arvai, the about causes cements in our minds the Department of Health and Human in better understanding people at Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable fact that it’s human actions that have Services and the Great Lakes r i s k .” Enterprise at the School of Natural set the risks in motion, and that human Integrated Sciences Assessments According to the report, the Resources and Environment and the action may be taken to reduce the risks,” Program — a partnership between average annual temperature Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Arvai said. “This finding was weakest in the University of Michigan and has increased by 0.6 degrees “What others were measuring had China, perhaps because the emphasis is Michigan State University. Fahrenheit since 1951 in southeast- little to do with climate change and on economic growth, even it comes at Based on current climate trends ern Michigan, and by 1.3 degrees more to do with general scientific liter- the expense of the environment.” in Michigan and projections for the in the northwestern part of the acy. They also relied on what amounts Knowledge about the consequences next few decades, the authors iden- Lower Peninsula. During that same to U.S.-based political ideologies as a of climate change was also a strong tified five health topics of concern period, total annual average pre- proxy for culture.” predictor of concern. But greater for Michigan residents: cipitation across the state increased So Arvai and co-authors Jing Shi, knowledge about the biophysical n Respiratory diseases. Projected by 4.5 percent, or 1.4 inches. Vivianne Visschers and Michael dimensions of climate change tended conditions favor increased air “The findings from this report Siegrist from ETH Zurich measured to dampen public concern. pollution and worsening respira- will help focus future efforts to climate-specific knowledge and cul- “We think this is because focusing on tory disease. An earlier and longer strengthen Michigan’s public health tural differences across six countries. the technical dimensions of a problem growing season for plants could preparedness as extreme weather “What we found was that culture like climate change dehumanizes it and increase pollen levels, which in events become increasingly plays a relatively small role, and that focuses our collective attention away turn could exacerbate allergies and common,” said GLISA Program knowledge about climate plays a larger from the individuals and communities asthma. Manager Elizabeth Gibbons, who one,” Arvai said. “Why is this impor- — human and nonhuman — that are at n Heat-related illnesses. Heat served as a report editor and coor- tant? If you take the previous cultural the gravest risk,” Arvai said. waves featuring high tempera- dinated efforts with the state. tures, high humidity and stagnant air masses could become more common and may lead to increased “I’m particularly pleased levels of heat-related illness and that the report addresses death. n Water-borne diseases. Across the relationship the Upper Midwest, extreme pre- between climate change, cipitation events have become more intense and more frequent environmental and social over the past century. In coming factors” decades, intense precipitation events and flooding are projected — MARIE O’NEILL to stay the same or increase. Runoff from sewage and septic systems will remain a problem, potentially The Climate and Health Profile increasing the risk of water-borne Report was funded by the federal Redo It! diseases and, in some cases, Centers for Disease Control and harmful algal blooms. Prevention. The report is the first n Vector-borne diseases. step in a nationwide CDC effort Projections point to warmer to inform communities and public winters, earlier springs and warmer health officials about the most summers, conditions suitable for current climate science related to mosquito-borne diseases such as environment and health. West Nile virus and tick-carried The DHHS Climate and Health Our full-service renovation experts diseases such as Lyme disease. Adaptation Program will use the n Carbon monoxide poison- report to educate community can handle carpentry, electrical, ing and weather-related injuries. health officials and planners in plumbing and mechanical, and Weather-related power outages are preparing for emerging threats. likely to increase, especially in the Program officials will seek addi- masonry/plaster services. High winter, leading to increased use tional CDC funding to test health quality, competitive prices, quick of generators and related cases of interventions that address the vul- carbon monoxide poisoning. An nerabilities and impacts identified turnarounds, and professional increased frequency of freezing in the report. craftsmen mean customer rain and flooding will raise the The Great Lakes Integrated risk of motor vehicle accidents and Sciences Assessments Program satisfaction on every renovation other types of injuries. is housed in the Graham project we do. For the report, Marie O’Neill, Sustainability Institute’s Climate associate professor of environ- Center and is one of 10 regional mental health sciences and epi- centers funded by the National demiology, and Larissa Larsen, Oceanic and Atmospheric plantops.umich.edu/construction associate professor of urban plan- Administration. GLISA builds CONSTRUCTION ning and of landscape architec- capacity to manage risks from SERVICES Construction Services. Working for you. ture, examined places in the state, climate change and variability in including Detroit, which could the Great Lakes region. record.umich.edu MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD 9

RESEARCH Simulation suggests how e-cigarettes could impact smoking By Laurel Thomas Gnagey rates in the United States, and the Michigan News “This paper is important because it gives us a reference way that e-cigarettes are currently As the popularity of electronic are being used, their long-term cigarettes and calls to regulate them for what could be the net impact of e-cigarette use on consequences are going to depend continue to grow, a University of smoking prevalence, and for the most part, with the largely on their effects on smoking Michigan study may help answer cessation — positive or negative — those who wonder what changes status quo, the key point is what they do for cessation.” and in a lesser manner on their rela- might be seen in smoking preva- — SARAH CHERNG tionship to smoking initiation. lence if e-cigarette use encourages “That being said, it is important to smokers to quit, or if it becomes a understand both sides of the equa- first step toward smoking. tion, and to use this information to Using national data of historic the most part, with the status quo, and one-third are former or never design the right policies and inter- and current rates of smoking, sta- the key point is what they do for smokers. ventions to tip the balance towards tistics on the growth of e-cigarette cessation,” said lead author Sarah Critics are concerned because the best possible health outcome.” use and a simulation model, School Cherng, a doctoral student in the e-cigarettes are being marketed as Another criticism of the devices is of Public Health researchers found Department of Epidemiology and cessation aids and safe alternatives that some believe they entice use by that smoking prevalence would be the Center for Social Epidemiology to cigarettes but little research has young people with special flavoring much more sensitive to the possible and Population Health at the School been done to test those claims. and targeted marketing, which some changes e-cigarettes could have on of Public Health. “Because e-cigarettes are new fear could lead preteens and teens to quit rates than on their potential to “Our research is not going to to the market there have not been move on to regular cigarettes. Meza encourage those who never have silence the debate, but perhaps long-term studies of their impact said their analysis focuses on the smoked to start a habit. the discussion can be shifted to on smoking or value as cessation resulting impact of e-cigarette use Among the scenarios, the simu- how we can think about the best products,” said Rafael Meza, assis- on adult smoking prevalence, but lation showed that a 20 percent policies and regulations to make tant professor of epidemiology and the model does account for e-ciga- increase in smoking cessation rates e-cigarettes useful as smoking ces- corresponding author, adding this rettes and smoking initiation among would result in a 6 percent reduc- sation tools.” is where a model like the one he, adolescents before the age of 18. tion in smoking by 2060. On the The handheld, electronic devices Cherng and two other public health Data for the simulation came other hand, smoking initiation vaporize a liquid that usually con- doctoral students developed can be from the National Health Interview, would have to increase 200 percent tains nicotine, propylene glycol, helpful. U.S. Census, Centers for Disease over current levels for smoking rates glycerine and a flavoring agent. “There is a lot of additional Control and Prevention, Cancer to go up by 6 percent in the same They were introduced to the market research needed on the overall Intervention and Surveillance year. just over a decade ago. Since then, safety and impact of e-cigarettes Modeling Network, and other epi- “This paper is important because use in the United States has gone that our study does not address. demiologic, clinical and modeling it gives us a reference for what could from 0.3 percent of adults in 2010 to But what our research shows is that studies. be the net impact of e-cigarette use 6.8 percent in 2013. Among users, given current levels of smoking Other U-M authors were Jamie on smoking prevalence, and for the majority are current smokers prevalence, initiation and cessation Tam and Paul Christine.

RESEARCH Children who are spanked show increased signs of aggression

By Jared Wadley significantly linked to detrimental Michigan News outcomes. An analysis of 50 years of research “The upshot of the study is that showed no evidence that spanking spanking increases the likelihood of does any good for children; instead, a wide variety of undesired outcomes it increases their risk of detrimental for children,” Grogan-Kaylor said. outcomes. “Spanking thus does the opposite of Experts at the University of what parents usually want it to do.” Michigan and University of Texas The researchers also tested for long- looked at decades of research from 75 term effects among adults who were studies involving more than 160,000 spanked as children. They found that children, who showed increased signs the more they were spanked, the more of aggression, mental health problems likely they were to exhibit antisocial and cognitive difficulties. behavior and to experience mental Spanking children to correct mis- health problems. behavior is a widespread practice They were also more likely to by many parents, yet one shrouded support physical punishment for their in debate about its effectiveness and own children, which highlights one appropriateness. of the key ways that attitudes toward “Our analysis focuses on what most physical punishment are passed from Americans would recognize as spank- generation to generation, the research- ing and not on potentially abusive ers said. behaviors,” said Elizabeth Gershoff, “We as a society think of spanking associate professor of human devel- and physical abuse as distinct behav- opment and family sciences at the iors,” said Gershoff, who previously University of Texas. taught at U-M. “Yet our research “We found that spanking was asso- shows that spanking is linked with ciated with unintended detrimental the same negative child outcomes outcomes and was not associated with as abuse, just to a slightly lesser more immediate or long-term com- degree.” pliance, which are parents’ intended In the United States, there has been outcomes when they discipline their a slight decline over the years in the children.” degree to which parents approve Gershoff and co-author Andrew of spanking, Grogan-Kaylor said. Grogan-Kaylor, associate professor Meanwhile, there is a far greater move- at the University of Michigan School ment globally to ban corporal punish- of Social Work, found that spank- ment, he said. ing (defined as an open-handed hit The study appears in the Journal of on the behind or extremities) was Family Psychology. 10 MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

RESEARCH OBITUARY Landslide risk remains high Maxwell Reade a year after magnitude-7.8 After 100 years and two days, Professor Emeritus Maxwell O. Reade died April 13. He met his goal of living to 100, and he led a remarkable life. The son of Nepal earthquake Hungarian immigrants, Reade was born in Philadelphia, and later moved with his family to Brooklyn, where he finished high school and attended By Jim Erickson Brooklyn College, graduating in 1936. He entered the math Michigan News “While last year’s monsoon graduate program at Harvard on tuition scholarship, then With the monsoon season fast went to Rice University on full scholarship to get his Ph.D. approaching, the landslide risk in was relatively mild, concern in 1940. Nepal remains high a year after a is high over what to expect Reade was a professor of mathematics at the University magnitude-7.8 earthquake that killed this summer, if we were to of Michigan for 40 years, specializing in Complex Analysis, more than 8,000 people, according to published 83 papers and was awarded the AMOCO Good a University of Michigan-led research have a normal or stronger- Reade Teaching Award in 1983. In World War II, he worked for team. than-typical monsoon.” the Applied Mathematics Panel of the Office of Scientific The April 25, 2015, earthquake Research and Development and his applications of mathematics to the struck central Nepal and was followed — MARIN CLARK Allied war effort saved thousands of lives. two weeks later by a magnitude-7.2 As associate chairman for mathematics graduate students for over seven aftershock. Both events produced years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Reade was both a vigorous recruiter strong ground shaking in the steep of quality students and a tireless worker on their behalf once they were here. terrain of the Himalaya Mountains, field season to help locate and map He was ahead of his time in recognizing the importance of seeking and causing widespread landsliding. the landslides. nurturing minority students. Reade ardently supported scholarships and In the past year, the U-M-led team Clark’s collaborators on the study grants for students, traveling to historically black colleges in the South and has mapped 22,000 landslides caused include Dimitrios Zekkos of the U-M recruiting students for scholarships — more than 50 Ph.D.s were awarded by the Nepal earthquakes. The maps College of Engineering and Joshua to minority students he recruited — as well as foreign students. These trips will be used to identify areas of con- West of the University of Southern afforded an opportunity to indulge in his passion for jazz, and he inter- tinued high landslide risk, said Marin California. U-M graduate students viewed many musicians while amassing a large collection of jazz records. Clark, a U-M geomorphologist and Julie Bateman and Will Greenwood As chairman of the LSA Scholarship committee from 1974 to 1994, geophysicist who studies tectonic participated in the fall fieldwork, and Reade continued to help countless students pursue a college education movements in the Himalayas and undergraduate student Kevin Roback who would not have otherwise had the means. He found and recruited who is an expert on landslides trig- developed the digital landslide talented students in all disciplines and was instrumental in establishing gered by earthquakes. inventory. the Dean’s Merit Scholarships in LSA. He had the ability to seek and find Hillsides stripped of vegetation The highest density of Nepal land- extremely bright students, particularly in mathematics, and convince them by earthquake-generated landslides sliding, and therefore the location of that Michigan was the right choice for their education. Reade was especially become hotspots for further land- highest ongoing risk, is concentrated effective in assuring the mothers that their children would succeed here. His sliding during summer monsoon in four large river valleys, one of warmth, humor and passion for Michigan became the deciding factor for rainstorms, said Clark, an associate which contains the main road from many to choose Michigan. professor in the U-M Department Nepal to China, Clark said. Reade was predeceased by his wife Marjorie and his former wife Isabel. He of Earth and Environmental During the 2015 field season, the is survived by children Michael, Tim (Joy) and Alison Diver, and Lawrence Sciences. researchers also documented evi- Dolph (Lynn Nybell); grandchildren Fran (Ben Rosenberg), Chris, Wes Diver, “While last year’s monsoon was dence of monsoon-related debris Christine Dolph (Brian Wachutka) and John Dolph; great-granddaughter relatively mild, concern is high over flows resulting from earthquake land- Winona Marjorie Wachutka; nieces Pam Schwarzmann (Ken Fink), Karen what to expect this summer, if we slides. Debris flows are fast-moving Schwarzmann (Larry Rosen) and Ann Schwarzmann (Greg Haagenson); were to have a normal or stronger- mixtures of water, soil and rock. In nephews Tom Schwarzmann (Lisa Byle) and Tim Schwarzmann; grand than-typical monsoon,” Clark said. Nepal following last year’s earth- nephew Peter Griess (Tiffany Reese); and great-grand nephew Ryder Griess. “We’re releasing this new landslide quakes, debris flows impacted villages Reade was known for his sense of humor, devotion to causes support- inventory in time for the upcoming and temporarily blocked rivers, creating the “little guy,” intolerance of social injustice, making paw paw jam monsoon season so that governing a flood risk. and writing letters to the editor published in the New York Times and Ann ment officials and aid organizations U-M graduate students will Arbor News. His final gift to education was to donate his brain to a longitu- can use it to help a country that’s head back to Nepal next month to dinal study at the U of M Brain Bank. still recovering from last year’s conduct additional fieldwork. Clark Memorial contributions may be made to the Marjorie and Maxwell Reade disaster.” will return with a team of faculty Fund for Student Support (#796403), U-M Department of Mathematics, 530 With funding from the National researchers and students in the fall Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 or by going to victo.rs/1WFYvoF. Science Foundation, Clark and her and is coordinating with groups A memorial service will take place at 1 p.m. June 9 at the First Unitarian colleagues have been studying the from Switzerland and Germany. The Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Road in effects of last year’s Nepal earthquakes landslide inventory and a related Ann Arbor. Details will be available on the Mathematics website lsa.umich. on the landscape by analyzing where research article will be submitted edu/math. and why the landslides occurred. for publication in a peer-reviewed — Submitted by the Department of Mathematics They used drones during the 2015 journal.

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Community, multiuniversity partnership to address Flint health challenges

By Kylie O’Brien UMHS Department of Communication Flint community partners and three major Michigan university campuses on April 26 announced a new partnership to help address, through coordinated research efforts, the current and future status of residents and their health. The new initiative — the Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center — brings together Flint’s Community Based Organization Partners (a coalition of community-based organizations), UM-Flint, the University of HARLEY J SEELEY Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus and The Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center’s core leadership team is, from left, Suzanne Selig of UM-Flint, Marc Zimmerman of U-M, E. Yvonne Michigan State University. Lewis of Community Based Organization Partners, Debra Furr-Holden of MSU, Jennifer Johnson of MSU, Kent Kay of CBOP, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham The initiative will ensure com- of U-M, and Vicki Johnson-Lawrence of UM-Flint. munity needs stay at the forefront in current and future research efforts in the Prevention Research Center of Flint, clinical psychologist, and associ- the Flint community. More online Michigan and the CDC-funded Youth ate professor in the MSU Department “We believe this joint effort between Violence Prevention Center, both of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and n For more information about the the universities, community members Healthy Flint Research Coordi- based in Flint. Reproductive Biology in the College of and local health advocates will become nating Center, call 810-762-3172. n UM-Flint — Suzanne Selig, Human Medicine. a national model for coordination professor and director of the Public Furr-Holden and Johnson have because it will allow stakeholders Health and Health Sciences Program, extensive NIH funding histories, to share information, resources and has worked in the Flint community bringing more than $10 million in brainpower,” says Chancellor Susan E. the HFRCC unites three top campuses for more than 30 years; and Vicki NIH funding to Flint in their first year. Borrego of UM-Flint. in a collaboration that is sustainable Johnson-Lawrence, assistant profes- The core leadership team members The HFRCC will serve as a central for the long road ahead,” says U-M sor and research program manager in are each working with their respective coordinating center for each uni- President Mark Schlissel. the Public Health and Health Sciences community organizations and univer- versity and the community, inviting The HFRCC will facilitate com- Program, brings expertise in social sities to obtain initial support for the individual MSU, U-M and UM-Flint munity involvement from the initial epidemiology and biostatistics. HFRCC with expectations that future researchers, and community organiza- phases of university-generated n MSU — Debra Furr-Holden, C.S. funding will come from federal grants tions to connect and partner through research ideas. In addition, the Mott Endowed Professor of Public and foundation resources. the center to achieve their goals. HFRCC will facilitate community-gen- Health based in Flint, epidemiologist The HFRCC will be housed in Flint Focuses will include the economic, erated research, ensuring that issues and professor in the MSU Department at a location yet to be determined. It is environmental, behavioral and physi- identified by the community also move of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in expected that the center will grow in cal health of Flint residents as Flint forward with the appropriate rigor. the College of Human Medicine; and the coming months and will serve as recovers, rebuilds and faces future The center will have a community Jennifer Johnson, C.S. Mott Endowed a resource to additional community public health challenges due to the ethics review board composed of Professor of Public Health based in organizations and institutions. water crisis. members from CBOP. The review “Our goal is to work together to board will look at the intent and achieve the best outcomes for Flint res- purpose of proposed research projects idents,” says Kent Key, assistant execu- and endorse those they believe should tive director of the CBOP. “We want move forward. to avoid situations in which the com- Researchers can use this endorse- munity might feel torn in determining ment to indicate the community’s need which university to partner with.” and commitment for their research CBOP, U-M, UM-Flint and MSU when they seek funding from founda- researchers founded the center in tions or government agencies. direct response to the Flint commu- “This partnership will build on nity’s desire for leading academic insti- the established relationships the uni- tutions to collaborate and be inclusive versities already have with the Flint of community voices. community,” says E. Yvonne Lewis, “Michigan State has been a knowl- a founding member of the CBOP. “It edge partner in Flint for a century now is exciting for the community to be and this effort will further comple- viewed as an ally and equal partner in ment the Hurley/MSU Pediatric Public community research.” Health Initiative and the other health, The HFRCC has a core leadership education and community building team of two representatives from each efforts we’re involved in today,” says of the three campuses and CBOP: MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. • CBOP — Kent Key, assistant “With our University of Michigan executive director for CBOP and a colleagues, we are pleased to offer Flint health disparities researcher and com- residents a new point of access to a tre- munity activist; and E. Yvonne Lewis, mendous reservoir of collective exper- a founding member of the CBOP, who tise and to give our own researchers has more than 20 years of experience additional channels to serve the working with institutional and com- community.” munity partners in Flint. Many researchers from each institu- • U-M’s Ann Arbor campus — Dr. tion already work on research projects Rebecca Cunningham, professor of related to Flint, often in partnership emergency medicine at the Medical with community organizations in the School and professor of health city and surrounding region. behavior and health education at the Collaborating with the HFRCC, School of Public Health; and Marc which is voluntary, allows researchers Zimmerman, professor of health to learn more about each other’s work behavior and health education at SPH. and plan activities that complement, Each brings to the HFRCC 20 years rather than duplicate, one another’s of experience working in the Flint efforts. The HFRCC will also make it community. easier for researchers and community Cunningham leads multiple Flint- organizations to share data sets and based Centers for Disease Control and surveys of Flint residents. Prevention and National Institutes “The University of Michigan is com- of Health grants to assess the mental mitted to the health and well being health needs of the community, of the people of our communities. often in partnership with Hurley Together with our partners in Flint, Medical Center. Zimmerman directs 12 MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

SPRING COMMENCEMENT 2016

ERIC BRONSON, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY Student speaker Alexandra Futterman addresses the crowd during the School of Kinesiology College of Pharmacy graduate Maahin Mahmood, right, poses for a photo after a commencement Commencement Ceremony at Hill Auditorium. ceremony April 24 at Rackham Auditorium.

ERIC BRONSON, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY Guest speaker Admiral William Gortney delivers his remarks during the Navy ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at the First United Methodist Church.

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SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY ERIC BRONSON, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY The procession for Rackham Graduate Exercises begins at the Rackham Building and continues to Hill Auditorium. Members of the Class of 2016 cheer during the ceremony.

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SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY President Mark Schlissel, right, hands an Honorary Doctorate of Laws to business leader and Kathryn Bertodatto, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, delivers the student ad- former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. dress during 2016 Spring Commencement.

Commencement, from Page 1

Bloomberg, who created the understand the value of public international financial information “I hope you will tell everyone about your experiences, research universities,” he said. company Bloomberg LP and who Faculty Senate Chair Silke-Maria now is the United Nations Secretary- to help others understand the value to the public Weineck, professor of German and General’s Special Envoy for Cities of what we do here.” comparative literature, welcomed grad- and Climate Change, used his speech uates by declaring the faculty’s primary to encourage citizenship in the face — MARK SCHLISSEL goal was to have taught them to think of political intolerance that he said and to care, “and to act with thought exists at levels worse than any he can and care is to carry forward the spirit remember. of this remarkable place in which you “Neither party has a monopoly More online have been immersed these past years.” on good ideas, and each demonizes Provost Martha Pollack reflected on the other unfairly and dishonestly,” n View the full ceremony: tinyurl.com/h79vvvv a similar theme, saying good leaders he said, decrying Republicans who n Photo gallery from the Big House and other ceremonies: are made from two simple qualities: target undocumented immigrants and umphoto.zenfolio.com/umcomm16 “being smart and caring about people.” Muslims, and Democrats who blame “There are many ways to lead,” the wealthy and Wall Street. Pollack said. “I feel confident that the “Every generation has had to con- education you’ve gotten at Michigan front its own demagogues, and every urged graduates to never stop learning College president emerita, psycholo- has provided you with both the char- generation has stood up and kept them if they wish to succeed in a knowl- gist and U-M alumna, Doctor of Laws. acteristics you need to be a leader.” away from the White House, at least edge-based, global economy. In his remarks, President Mark LSA Dean Andrew Martin listed so far. And now it is your turn,” said “If you have the luxury of more than Schlissel encouraged graduates to several examples of ways in which the Bloomberg, who led New York City one job offer, now or in the future, share their stories with fellow citizens U-M family has related to its commu- from 2002-13. don’t pick the one that pays the most. to advocate for U-M and all public nity and the world, then told graduates “If we want to stop demagogues, Pick the one that teaches you the research universities. it’s now their turn. we have to start governing again, most,” he said. “I hope you will tell everyone about “Today, we turn you loose upon and that requires us to be more civil, “Whatever you think your dream your experiences, to help others the world. But no matter how far you to support politicians who have the job today is, don’t get too attached to understand the value to the public travel, you’ll always be welcome here, courage to take risks, and reward those it. Chances are if that job exists in 15 of what we do here,” Schlissel said. and we hope you will come back, again who reach across the aisle in search of years, it will be very different, and you “Graduating from the University of and again, to your Michigan home,” compromise.” will have found other pursuits.” Michigan makes all of you an indis- he said. Bloomberg not only criticized politi- Besides Bloomberg, who was pensable part of our impact.” The student address was delivered cians, but also those in academia who awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws That impact is “lasting and ubiqui- by Kathryn Bertodatto, a transfer bow to pressure and attempt to shield degree, four others received honorary tous,” he said, offering examples that student and mother who commuted students from challenging and uncom- degrees. They are: ranged from helping make the Internet to Ann Arbor from Traverse City each fortable ideas through “safe spaces, n Michael Brown, CEO and co- accessible worldwide, to inventing week for the last two years to achieve a code words and trigger warnings.” founder of City Year, a nonprofit orga- the iPod, to writing award-winning Bachelor of Arts degree in English. “The whole purpose of college is to nization dedicated to engaging young books and plays, to creating life-saving She urged her fellow graduates to learn how to deal with difficult situ- people in a year of national service, vaccines and medical procedures, to follow the advice of Eleanor Roosevelt, ations, not to run away from them,” Doctor of Laws. His degree was to developing the technology for autono- who suggested everyone should “do Bloomberg said. “A microaggression is be conferred at the UM-Dearborn mous and connected vehicles. one thing every day that scares you.” exactly that — micro. But in a macro commencement. “Behind these accomplishments Bertodatto said graduates should sense the most dangerous place on n Michele Oka Doner, artist and are the breadth and depth of aca- “stick with the people willing to fail a college campus is a so-called ‘safe U-M alumna known for her pioneer- demic excellence and a commitment with you, be wrong with you, make space,’ because it creates a false impres- ing and multidisciplinary contribu- to helping society that are only pos- mistakes with you, believe in you. sion that we can isolate ourselves from tions to visual culture, Doctor of Arts. sible at a public research university,” “Because you will fail, you will be those who hold different views.” n Mary-Claire King, world leader in Schlissel said, warning that “America’s wrong, and heaven knows we all make Speaking from his experience of cancer genetics and the use of genom- intellectual infrastructure” is being mistakes, but the people who know launching what became a worldwide ics to address social injustice, Doctor threatened by public disinvestment. that, and recognize that the hope of company at age 38, after being fired of Science. “We have to work hard to help success is still worth it, those are your from a job on Wall Street, Bloomberg n Beverly Daniel Tatum, Spelman the public and our policymakers people. Be that person for them as well.” record.umich.edu MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD 15 Students experience Golden Age of Radio with authentic sound effects By Laurel Thomas Gnagey Michigan News Grab a friend and head to the nearest set of uncarpeted stairs. Close your eyes and listen as she goes up and down the steps. Can you hear a difference? Earlier this semester, students in English 346 did a version of this exercise as they learned what it takes to make realistic sound effects for classic radio drama. “We learned that going upstairs sounds like skiff, skiff, skiff, skiff, skiff and going downstairs sounds like clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk,” said Michael Byers, associate professor of English language and literature. “You’re trying to convey a lot of information with just your footsteps, and you don’t want to say, ‘come on, let’s go upstairs’ if you don’t have to.” Byers teaches the course called American Sounds: Radio Drama and Eva Mooney, right, as journalist TinTin quizzes Travis Bergman and Sarah Sisk, two counterfeiters, about their crashed plane. Comedy, 1930-1962, in LSA. In the highly interactive course, students learn about the Golden Age of Radio and are challenged to write and produce original dramas or comedies, complete with authentic sound effects. Students were assigned to write an episode for one of the historic radio series they listened to in class or to create a new concept. Three original dramas — two mysteries and a children’s program — were selected for a final performance April 18 at the U-M Museum of Art. A few days before the performance students were rehearsing TinTin, a story about a journalist who stumbles upon a plane crash and two counterfeiters. His nose for news ends up getting him into trouble with the pair and with the law, as the crooks attempt to frame the hero. It was up to Randy Lockett and about a half-dozen other students to help TinTin come to life with sound effects. Eva Mooney reads the lead role of TinTin during a final Students rehearse TinTin, one of three radio dramas chosen for public perfor- “I’m playing the shoes in this rehearsal. mance from a Golden Age of Radio class assignment in which all students wrote an episode,” said Lockett, a senior English episode of a once-popular program or an original creation. major, explaining how he has to take an ordinary pair of dress shoes and Dollar, the Shadow, the Whistler. make the characters walk and run on “It’s a class that is very deeply rooted in an actual It became sort of a family thing,” several surfaces like gravel and the Browner said. metal gang plank on a ship. legitimate love of the time period and of the medium.” The delivery of his lines demon- Various gadgets were divided among — CALEB BROWNER strated his understanding of the form. team members, including an old dial “I tried to do the sort of radio phone, a metal file drawer and a set of announcer voice, which was kind of a door knobs that make the sound of a very standard thing in the industry at gun being cocked. who normally plays TinTin. that time.” A cherry stoner that is cranked to “We learned a lot about politics In the style of old radio drama, remove the pit from the small fruit of radio which is very interesting, the scripts also included a sponsor. becomes a locomotive on the tracks, and how a lot of these radio shows Javier Torres, an English and screen but only for scenes outside. A wooden mission” to share its historical place in reflected a movement, or social unrest, arts major, delivered the opening and drying rack for a fly rod reel line used the lives of several generations. or were backed by the government, or closing Colgate tooth powder plugs: in fishing provides the steady clickety- “We’re teaching a bit of American were disliked by the government, and “Does your breath wilt the flowers clack for a scene inside the train car. history through these great old shows,” I found that very interesting,” Mooney when you stop to admire them?” A meat grinder makes the grinding, he said. “Think of what happened said. The actors hovered around a period- screeching brake sounds as the train during those years. It’s the Depression. “It’s a class that is very deeply rooted appropriate single microphone to comes to a stop. An old school bell is It’s the oncoming of World War II. It’s in an actual legitimate love of the time deliver their lines, while Byers stood rung to signal all aboard. World War II. It’s after the war when period and of the medium,” said show in the middle of the room, cuing the “It’s interesting to me how they put the soldiers came home. It’s the onset announcer Caleb Browner, an English effects team on when and how long the shows on. A lot of them were live. of the McCarthy era, it’s the Cold major, who called the class a great find. to deliver the sounds: a dog barking, If you made a mistake it just stayed in,” War, and it’s the beginning of the ’50s The student from Detroit said he doors slamming and the sound of a Lockett said. “It’s fun, it’s nostalgic to conformity. and his mother have been radio drama scuffle, which was created by the team look back and see how they did stuff.” “Every day, all day, people listened lovers since finding a satellite radio slapping their bodies over and over. Byers, who refers to himself a fan to the radio, and they would listen to station that plays many of the classics, The ferryboat whistle failed. Not and aficionado of the genre, said his stories on the radio.” as well as a few new creations from everyone is able to blow into a glass aim for the course is not just to help On the day of rehearsal, Eva the small resurgence of interest in this bottle and make the air vibrate to students develop an appreciation for Mooney, a classics and English litera- form of entertainment. create sound. A different student tries radio drama. He calls it his “secret ture major, was a stand-in for the actor “We became a huge fan of Johnny it on the next run-through. Success! 16 MAY 2, 2016 THE UNIVERSITY RECORD record.umich.edu

RESEARCH One oil field a key culprit in global ethane gas increase

By Nicole Casal Moore To gather their data, the researchers Michigan News flew over the Bakken Formation in a A single U.S. shale oil field is NOAA Twin Otter aircraft, sampling responsible for much of the past air for 12 days in May 2014. Their decade’s increase in global atmo- airborne measurements from directly spheric levels of ethane, a gas that can over and downwind of oil production damage air quality and impact climate, areas show that the field’s ethane emis- according to new study led by the sions of 0.23 teragrams per year, or University of Michigan. roughly 250,000 U.S. tons, effectively The researchers found that the cancel out half of the global decline Bakken Formation, an oil and gas rate. field in North Dakota and Montana, “These findings not only solve is emitting roughly 2 percent of the an atmospheric mystery — where globe’s ethane. That’s about 250,000 that extra ethane was coming from tons per year. ERIC KORT — they also help us understand “Two percent might not sound like Researchers flew over the Bakken oil field in North Dakota and Montana to gather data about how regional activities sometimes a lot, but the emissions we observed in emissions of ethane, a hydrocarbon gas that can damage air quality and impact climate. This is have global impacts,” said co-author this single region are 10 to 100 times the view from their NOAA Twin Otter aircraft. Colm Sweeney, a scientist with the larger than reported in inventories. Cooperative Institute for Research They directly impact air quality across by 180. In the past two years, however, warming after carbon dioxide and in Environmental Sciences at the North America. And they’re sufficient production has plateaued. methane. University of Colorado Boulder, and to explain much of the global shift in Ethane is the second most abundant Globally, the atmosphere’s ethane NOAA. “We did not expect a single oil ethane concentrations,” said Eric Kort, atmospheric hydrocarbon, a family levels were on the downswing from field to affect global levels of this gas.” U-M assistant professor of climate and of compounds made of hydrogen and 1984 to 2009. The gas gets into the air Ethane emissions from other U.S. space sciences and engineering, and carbon. Ethane reacts with sunlight primarily through leaks in fossil fuel fields, especially the Eagle Ford in first author of the study published in and other molecules in the atmosphere extraction, processing and distribu- Texas, likely contributed as well, the Geophysical Research Letters. to form ozone, which at the surface tion. Scientists attributed its declining research team says. The findings illus- The Bakken is part of a can cause respiratory problems, eye levels to less venting and flaring of trate the key role of shale oil and gas 200,000-square-mile basin that irritation and other ailments and gas from oil fields and less leakage production in rising ethane levels. underlies parts of Saskatchewan and damage crops. from production and distribution The study is titled “Fugitive emis- Manitoba in addition to the two U.S. Surface-level ozone is one of the systems. sions from the Bakken shale illustrate states. It saw a steep increase in oil main pollutants that the national Air But in 2010, a mountaintop sensor role of shale production in global and gas activity over the past decade, Quality Index measures in its effort to in Europe registered an ethane uptick. ethane shift.” Also contributing were powered by advances in hydraulic let the public know when breathing Researchers looked into it. They researchers from NOAA, NASA fracturing, or fracking, and horizontal outside for long periods of time could hypothesized that the boom in U.S. oil Goddard Institute for Space Studies, drilling. be harmful. Low-altitude ozone also and gas brought about by hydraulic Columbia University, Stanford Between 2005 and 2014, the plays a role in climate change, as it is fracturing could be the culprit—even a University and Harvard University. Bakken’s oil production jumped by a a greenhouse gas and the third-largest continent away. Ethane concentrations The research was funded primarily by factor of 3,500, and its gas production contributor to human-caused global have been increasing ever since. NOAA and NASA.

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RESEARCH Risk of abuse lower for teens prescribed stimulant medications early in life By Jared Wadley use, nonmedical use of other prescrip- Michigan News tion medications (anti-anxiety, pain Teens who take prescribed stimulant and sleeping medications), and other Inspiring active and healthy lifestyles medications such as Ritalin, Adderall, drug use (LSD, heroin, Rohypnol, Concerta and methylphenidate within ecstasy). ADHD and substance use a medical context early in life are at problems also were assessed. More lower risk for developing substance than one in every 10 students in this use problems in adolescence, accord- sample had been diagnosed with ing to a new University of Michigan ADHD. study. There is significant state-to-state When these medications are used variability in the type of treatment for early for nonmedical purposes, such as ADHD, and Michigan has the highest taking someone else’s prescription, the rate of medication treatment among teens are more likely to develop sub- children with ADHD in the United stance use problems in adolescence. States, McCabe said. “These findings are notable because The late use of medical prescrip- the prescribing of stimulant medication stimulants are associated with tions, nonmedical use of prescription greater odds of past year substance stimulants and related health conse- use problems when compared to their quences have increased significantly peers who use prescription stimulants among youth in the United States within a medical context earlier in over the past two decades,” said Sean life and peers who do not use stimu- Esteban McCabe, the study’s lead lants in a medical context, the study Learn-to-golf classes taught by PGA professionals at author and a research professor at the showed. U-M Institute for Research on Women Both early and late use of non- Miles of Golf, Ypsilanti in a heated and covered facility. and Gender. medical stimulants are associated Beginner and intermediate tennis lessons on Palmer McCabe and colleagues examined with increased risk of substance use tennis courts by CCRB. Beginner and intermediate how the context (medical versus non- problems compared to peers who did learn-to-swim classes and Swim Conditioning medical) plays a critical role in the not use simulants in a nonmedical at CCRB Bell Pool. CPR/AED & First Aid training too! relationship between early exposure to context. attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder McCabe collaborated with Philip (ADHD) stimulant medication and Veliz, an IRWG research assistant Details and registration: the risk of substance use problems for professor, and Carol Boyd, a research adolescents. professor at IRWG and the Deborah kines.umich.edu/community-programs The study included responses from J. Oakley Collegiate Professor of 4,755 Detroit-area secondary school Nursing. For more information: students who completed a web survey The findings appear in the [email protected] or 734.647.2708 about substance use, such as cigarette current issue of Drug and Alcohol smoking, binge drinking, marijuana Dependence.

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Award, from Page 3 number of minority doctoral students Psychology (CPEP). During that time, encourages the economic, political and has been effective in diversifying the in the Department of Health Behavior CPEP rose to No. 2 in the U.S. News cultural understanding of Korea in the Ph.D. application pool. and Health Education at SPH. She and World Report’s ranking of educa- U-M community and beyond. Linderman also is a key mentor of also supervised a disproportionate tional psychology graduate programs As its director, Kwak has supported the college’s women faculty members, share of their doctoral dissertations. while also boasting several cohorts of student and faculty research and and is helping to lead the effort to Geronimus also supported their efforts exceptional doctoral students of color. recruitment, engaged in curriculum develop the diversity, equity and inclu- to win postdoctoral fellowships and Jagers has been developing and development, established a speaker sion strategic plan for CoE. faculty positions, while maintaining leading the Wolverine Pathways series, created two annual film festi- “Considering not only the length high academic standards. program aimed at increasing repre- vals, and provided funding for public and breadth of Professor Linderman’s “Geronimus has repeatedly dem- sentation of low-income students at programs. He has raised more than $5 contributions to enhancing diversity, onstrated intellectual excellence and Michigan. The goal is to help create million to support the Nam Center’s equity and inclusion on this campus, commitment to cultural diversity in all Michigan-ready high school gradu- programming, regularly meeting with but also her creativity and dedica- aspects of her work — service, teach- ates. Its design is born of more than 25 donors in Korea while maintaining an tion in developing new initiatives, I ing, mentoring and scholarship — has years of research and field work aimed active research, teaching and service believe she is richly deserving of this helped increase diversity within her at understanding the complex con- program. important recognition,” wrote Abigail academic units and the university, has nections among culture, race and class He also has developed curricula and J. Stewart, director of ADVANCE, solidified a commitment to diversity and their impact on the social-emo- educational programs, and allocated promoting institutional changes to as part of the university’s educational tional development of urban youth. resources to help students enhance support the needs of a diverse faculty mission, and has relentlessly strived “He is training the next generation their cross-cultural knowledge in all fields. to bring about equity in society,’” of scholars and practitioners dedi- through engaged and immersive learn- wrote Jeffrey Morenoff, director of the cated to diversity by sharing a strong ing. Kwak also directs the Committee Ruby Tapia Population Studies Center. vision of social justice and community on Institutional Cooperation Korean Tapia is an associate professor of engagement. Just as he is enriching our Studies e-School, a course-sharing English language and literature, associ- Robert Jagers university through these efforts, he is initiative among CIC member schools. ate professor of women’s studies and Jagers, associate professor of edu- also enriching the local communities “Through fundraising, sustained director of undergraduate studies in cation in the School of Education, around us,” wrote Stephanie J. Rowley, programming of a range of academic LSA. She has served demonstrates a commitment to diver- professor and chair, CPEP. and cultural activities, and nurtur- on the Rackham sity, equity and inclusion through his ing Ph.D. students, postdoctoral Humanities Diversity efforts to encourage Nojin Kwak fellows and junior faculty, Dr. Kwak Committee since civic engagement and Kwak, associate professor of com- has played a critical role in position- summer 2014. critical conscious- munication studies in LSA, demon- ing Michigan as the leading center At Rackham, her ness in young people. strates an outstanding for Korean and Korean-American contributions have Jagers has been devel- commitment to the studies,” wrote Aswin Punathambekar, Tapia been instrumental oping a Partners in development of a associate chair and associate professor in the development Authentic Learning culturally and ethni- of communication studies. and launching of the new Michigan Jagers course called that pre- cally diverse campus Humanities Emerging Research pares undergraduate community. Jennifer Linderman Scholars Program, the construc- students to tutor and mentor mostly A hallmark of Linderman, associate dean of gradu- tion and continuing refinement of ethnic minority students in local Kwak Kwak’s diversity ate education, professor of chemical recruiting strategies to be shared with schools. efforts is his director- engineering and professor of biomedi- departments, and the creation of a He spent three years as chair of the ship of the Nam Center for Korean cal engineering in CoE, has helped draft resource to be made available to Combined Program in Education and Studies since 2009. The Nam Center the college maintain departments. a diverse and high- Rackham also has benefited from performing graduate her work to develop a presentation to When it comes to retirement, student body. faculty participating in the summer Recruiting begins program about the role of diversity in what you don’t know can with Linderman’s the vitality of the humanities. 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Diversity video series features voices ACCOLADES of faculty, staff and students Eugene Rogers, associate professor of music in the School of Music, By Dana Elger n Student impact: making voices Theatre & Dance, was recently appointed national chair of the Diversity Public Affairs heard. Initiatives Committee of the American Choral Directors Association, by Faculty, staff and students share The first video of the series explores the ACDA executive committee. Plans call for the committee chairs their ideas for success in creating the role faculty play in creating a to attend the ACDA leadership conference June 3-4 in Minneapolis. a diverse, equitable and inclusive diverse, inclusive and equitable U-M environment for the University of campus through the ideas of Martha H. Luke Shaefer’s new book, “$2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing Rogers Michigan community in a video series Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, in America,” has been awarded the 2016 Hilllman Prize for book launching this week. professor of history and Afroamerican journalism. Shaefer, associate professor in the School of Social Each short video of the eight-part and African studies, and co-director Work and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, wrote the book series explores one idea for creating Michigan Law Program in Race, Law with Kathryn Edin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology the model campus through the lens & History. and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. The Hillman Prize of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion “I think there’s something about honors journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep initiative President Mark Schlissel courage that is fundamental to living storytelling in service of the common good. announced in November 2015. diversity every day,” Jones says. Shaefer Anna Grzymala-Busse, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of The series is among several efforts “In order to have the kind of inclu- European and Eurasian Studies and professor of political science in LSA, received a to engage the campus community on sive climate that we aspire to, we also 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship for the project, “The Dictator’s Curse? Authoritarian the topic of diversity as the university have to be ready to have the hard Party Collapse and the Nation State.” The fellowship, sponsored by the Carnegie works to create a comprehensive, uni- conversations — to be courageous, in Corporation of New York, supports scholarly research and writing in the social versitywide plan to address diversity ways both big and small; to experi- sciences and humanities aimed at addressing some of the world’s most urgent issues. ment with ideas; to try on new ideas; challenges to U.S. democracy and international order. She is director of the Weiser Video topics range from the impor- to speak across difference.” Center for Emerging Democracies and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. tance of owning the message at the All of the videos are available on individual level to building trust the U-M YouTube channel under the Melissa Levine, lead copyright officer at the University of Michigan Library, has been between patients and physicians to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion selected by the Coalition to Advance Learning in Archives, Libraries and Museums save lives. They include: playlist: myumi.ch/6nxwr. to participate in a learning cohort that will strengthen connections across sectors n Faculty leadership: teaching Last fall, the university began by attending three major sector conferences and engaging in virtual activities courageously. working on a five-year diversity stra- together throughout 2016. The Collective Wisdom: Libraries, Archives, and Museums n Community health: building tegic planning effort by calling on 50 Conference Exchange, sponsored by the coalition, will offer an opportunity to break patient trust. university units to develop indepen- down barriers and support connections across libraries, archives and museums. n Student support: making numbers dent plans, which will be incorporated real. into a larger university plan by fall H. Scott Fogler, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Vennema Professor of n Campus culture: owning the 2016, followed by implementation and Chemical Engineering and professor of chemical engineering, College message. evaluation through 2021. of Engineering, has received an honorary doctorate degree from the n Public safety: serving the The University Record will periodi- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain. Fogler is regarded as a towering figure in community. cally share each video online through- the world of chemical engineering for his outstanding career in teaching, n Student recruitment: always out the summer. As each video is research and technology transfer. His ideas have been a source of engaging. shared it also will be posted on the inspiration for the URV’s School of Chemical Engineering, which awarded Fogler n Problem solving: recognizing U-M Diversity, Equity and Inclusion the honorary degree April 15 in a ceremony at the Rector’s Offices. cognitive difference. website: diversity.umich.edu.

Nutrition and Child Development Through the Lens of Iron

Friday, June 3, 2016 ▪ 8:30am – 4:45pm Rackham Amphitheatre, University of Michigan

At this symposium, scientists will summarize the effects of iron deficiency on child development and consider related controversies based on studies from epigenetic to community levels.

Morning Topics ▪ 8:45am‐12:00pm . Risks for Iron Deficiency in Infancy . Neurobiology‐timing, Treatment and Translation . Long‐term Developmental Outcomes with Infant Iron Deficiency

Poster Session and Lunch ▪ 12:00pm‐1:00pm

Afternoon Topics ▪ 1:00pm‐4:30pm . Developmental effects considering prenatal iron deficiency . RCTs and observational studies – why do conclusions differ? . Next questions raised by neurodevelopmental studies to date . Clinical dilemmas

Visit the Symposium website to register and obtain lodging information: http://chgd.umich.edu/nutrition‐symposium/

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MONDAY, MAY 2 Master’s Recital with Victor Minke Huls, cello, 7 p.m., Earl V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall. Navigating Department Politics, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Lurie DON’T MISS Engineering Center, Johnson Rooms and Dean’s Dining “The White House Vice Presidency: The Path to Room, This session is a richly layered sketch that can be Significance, Mondale to Biden,” Joel K. Goldstein, productively used to focus on two issues important to any author talk, 7:30-9 p.m., Gerald R. Ford Library. Goldstein university: faculty hiring and departmental climate. explains how the last six vice presidents have trans- formed the office into a powerful partnership with their TUESDAY, MAY 3 presidents.

U-M edX Workshop: Exploring MOOCs and Academic FRIDAY, MAY 6 Innovation, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., North Quad. The Office of Digital Education & Innovation invites faculty to join this workshop Drug Discovery Lecture Series: “Early Clinical for faculty who will have an opportunity to learn about Research Takes Patients,” J. Fred Pritchard, Global Drug U-M’s MOOC experience to date and more. Information is at Development, Celerion, 9-10 a.m., Palmer Commons Forum digitaleducation.umich.edu/event/edx-workshop. Hall.

The 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit and the Rise of Latina/o Studies Workshop Write-In, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Working Mothers: Health, History, Demography and Rackham West Study Hall South Alcove, for Latina/o Development seminar presented by Jacob Bastian, U-M, Studies workshop graduate students. For more information, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Lorch Hall, Room 201. email [email protected].

“Radicals: Your Life is in their Hands,” Department Shodo: Japanese Calligraphy class, 1-3 p.m., Turner of Biological Chemistry Annual G. Robert Greenberg Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road. For fee Lectureship in Biological Chemistry: JoAnne Stubbe, MIT, information, go to olli-umich.org. noon-1 p.m., Medical Science Unit II, North Lecture Hall. Organic Reactions Symposium, 4-5:30 p.m., Chemistry WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Building, Dow Laboratory, Room 1640. Jewelry Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Turner Geriatric Clinic, East “A Tale of Two ‘Villas’: Luxury, Wine and Water and the Ann Arbor Health and Geriatrics Center, Main Lobby, 4260 Last Years of Oplontis,” Michael L. Thomas, Center for the Plymouth Road. Vintage and costume jewelry is donated for Study of Ancient Italy, The University of Texas at Austin, 6-7 this sale. Proceeds support community programs. p.m., Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Room 125.

The Last Decision: Death and Burial, 10 a.m.-noon, SATURDAY, MAY 7 Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road. For fee information for this Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Science with Passion and a Moral Compass, 2016 John class for ages 50-plus, go to olli-umich.org. Vandermeer Festschrift symposium, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Dana Natural Resources Building. Women in Greek Tragedy: Focus on Trojan War, 1:15-3 p.m., Turner Senior Resource Center, 2401 Plymouth Road. Archaeology and the Hellenistic Near East sympo- For fee information on this OLLI course, go to olli-umich.org. sium, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Novartis Symposium, 3-5:30 p.m., Chemistry Building, E-Waste Recycling Event, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pioneer High

Room 1640, Dow Laboratory. DOUG COOMBE School parking lot. Enter off Main Street, at the first entrance south of Stadium. Responsibly recycle end of life Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods, Yodit Mesfin-Johnson, entrepreneur and social change activist, is the keynote speaker at electronics at this free event. Victor Chernozhukov, Massachusetts Institute of the Learning and Professional Development Career Conference 2016 from 8:30 a.m.-noon Technology, 4-5:30 p.m., Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 5670. June 9 in the Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union. Third Annual Beyond the Professoriate Online Conference-Career Day for Ph.D.s, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., THURSDAY, MAY 5 University of Michigan. This conference is for graduate LPD Career Conference 2016 addresses career goals students and recent Ph.D.s from STEM, social sciences and E-Waste recycling event: Institutional event: commut- humanities disciplines. Register at beyondprof.com. ers, non-profits, businesses, schools, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., U-M The U-M Learning & Professional Development (LPD) fourth annual Career Commuter Parking, 2694 S. State St. This event is free. Conference 2016, Designing Your Life on Your Terms, offers U-M faculty and staff “Hairspray In Concert,” Presented by Ann Arbor In Concert, 8 p.m., Power Center for the Performing Arts. inspiration to take more responsibility for their career aspirations. “To Dwell In Possibility: Creativity As Process And Stasis,” Michelle Regalado Deatrick, author of fiction and SUNDAY, MAY 8 poetry, 10-11:30 a.m., Rave Theater, 4100 Carpenter Road. The conference from 8:30 a.m.-noon June 9 features Yodit Mesfin-Johnson, entrepreneur and social change activist, as the keynote speaker. Mesfin-Johnson “New Technologies and Victorian Society: Early British Vaccine Court: An American Solution for Recognizing is CEO and vice president of strategy at NEW: Solutions for Nonprofits, and Photographs from the UMMA Collection” exhibit guided Injuries, CBSSM seminar, Anna Kirkland, 3-4 p.m., North tour, 2-3 p.m., U-M Museum of Art. founder of Lips and Hips, a socially conscious company that curates unique Campus Research Complex Building 16, Room 266C. women’s events, offers leadership coaching and recently launched an organic lip Basic Rose Care: Huron Valley Rose Society, 2-4 p.m., “Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: gloss line. Matthaei Botanical Gardens. There also will be a Power Materials Synthesis, Characterization and Point program and time to discuss the newest roses, answer Performance,” 4-5:30 p.m., Chemistry Building, Dow Companion sessions are Once upon a Dream: Turn Your Dreams into questions and share information. Refreshments will be Laboratory. This talk is on noble metal nanostructures for provided. Accomplished Goals, with Joanna Sabo; and a panel discussion, Shifting Gears: (electro)catalysis and electrode materials for advanced rechargeable batteries, with Yongan Yang, Colorado School Career Discussions with Those on the Move. Drop-In Tour: Women in the Ancient World, 2-3 p.m., of Mines. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Celebrate Mother’s Day The conference is free to U-M faculty and staff, thanks to sponsorship from LPD with a docent-led tour of the Kelsey Museum. Explore the “The Last Days of Pompeii (1913 classic silent film), A executive officers. More information is at tinyurl.com/znwkkue. status of women in various ancient societies highlighted Spectacular Photo Drama,” 7-8:30 p.m., Kelsey Museum by representations of women, goddesses and mythological of Archaeology. females.

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“In Conversation: Albert Kahn’s Constructions,” 3-4 “Two Dimensional Spectroscopy: From Metal p.m., U-M Museum of Art. Join exhibition curator Claire Carbonyls to Lipid Membranes,” 4-5:30 p.m., Chemistry Zimmerman for an exploration of Detroit’s Albert Kahn Building, Dow Laboratory, Carlos Baiz, University of Texas, Architects and Engineers, called the most important archi- Austin. tectural firm of American industrialization before World War II. Register by emailing umma-program-registration@ Fridays After Five open house, 5-8 p.m., U-M Museum umich.edu. Include date and title of program in email of Art, free. subject line. “August Wilson – the Ground on Which I Stand,” Third Dissertation Recital: Azariah Tan, piano, 8 p.m., 6-8:30 p.m., Sankofa Film Series, Detroit Center, Ann Arbor Walgreen Drama Center, Stamps Auditorium. Room. The series will showcase four films featuring Misty Copeland, Nina Simone, Gordon Parks and August Wilson. MONDAY, MAY 9 Speakers will lead a discussion. For more information, call 313-593-3584 or [email protected]. Beekeeping in Cambodia: Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers, 7-9 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens, on Dancing with the Michigan Stars: Presented by Arthur raising bees in Cambodia, followed by a talk on swarm Murray Dance Centers, 8-11 p.m., Michigan Union, benefit- management practices. ing C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Local celebrities and Mott doctors will be partnered with professional ballroom TUESDAY, MAY 10 dancers from Arthur Murray Dance Centers and compete head to head to win the championship title. American National Standards Institute Company Member Forum, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Stephen M. Ross School of SATURDAY, MAY 14 Business, Room R1210. Butterfly Festival, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Museum of Natural Life Sciences Institute Annual Symposium: Chemical History. See photo, page 22. Biology: Rise of the Cellular Machines, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., JEANNE GANG Palmer Commons Forum Hall. “Boathouse Sketch” is presented in the U-M Museum of Art exhibit “In Focus: Jeanne Gang,” May Herbs with Madolyn: Herb Study Group, 10 a.m.-4:30 10 through Aug. 7. Known for her integrative approach to materials, technology and ecological p.m., Herb Study Group president Madolyn Kaminski “Confronting Climate Change: What are the context, Chicago-based architect Gang was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. Soon after, answers questions about herbs and plants during the Challenges,” Henry Pollack, emeritus professor of geo- Gang proposed a restoration of the Chicago riverfront through a series of small, transformational annual Kitchen Favorites herb and heirloom vegetable sale. physics, U-M, 10-11:30 a.m., Rave Theater, 4100 Carpenter projects. For more information, email [email protected]. Road. The lecture will outline the consequences associated with Earth’s changing climate, and will address approaches Saturday Sampler, Uncovering Oplontis, 2-3 p.m., to mitigation and adaptation in the coming decades. in a contemporary American university. For fee information, “The Magic Flute” Dress Rehearsal: Motor Coach Tour, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Enjoy one last look at go to olli-umich.org. 9:15 a.m.-6 p.m. Departure from Meijer’s on Carpenter “Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 Road. Join the Osher Life Long Learning Institute for those Oplontis Near Pompeii.” Ohara School of Ikebana Workshop: Ikebana 50-plus at the Detroit Opera House for an 11 a.m. dress Catching Your Breath: Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease International, Ann Arbor Chapter, 1-3 p.m., Matthaei rehearsal of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” by the Michigan SUNDAY, MAY 15 Center, 6-7:30 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. This Botanical Gardens. Participants bring their own container Opera Theatre. This trip includes transportation from and is a free monthly program for caregivers of adults with and flower materials are provided. Cost: $12 for members; returning to Ann Arbor, a post-performance boxed lunch, a Engaging with Art, 2-3 p.m., Museum of Art, UMMA memory loss. For more information and to register, call $15 guests. For registration and more information, email docent-led talk and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Detroit docents will guide visitors through the galleries. 734-936-8803. [email protected]. Opera House. For more information including registration and fees, go to olli-umich.org. “Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits In Conversation: THURSDAY, MAY 12 FRIDAY, MAY 13 Realism in Portraiture,” 3-4 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Atomistic View into Microbial Functional Amyloids: Alfred Taubman Gallery I, Natsu Oyobe, UMMA’s Curator of Just Imagine! Ralph G. Williams, U-M, 10-11:30 a.m., Rave Conference on Ethics, In Honor of Allan Gibbard, 9 a.m.- Meytal Landau, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, 4-5 Asian Art and the exhibition curator, will lead a discussion of Theater, 4100 Carpenter Road, on the role of the liberal arts 6:15 p.m., Michigan League, Hussey Room. p.m., Chemistry Building, Dow Laboratory, Room 1300. the themes and artistic influences present in in Xu Weixin’s

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portrait paintings. Register to secure a place by emailing Helmut Stern Auditorium. Hear an episode of a sound-rich [email protected]. Include date and documentary tale by Stamps School of Art & Design faculty title of program in the subject line. member Stephanie Rowden, among others.

Master’s Recital: Sherri Brown, organ, 5 p.m., Hill Exhibits Auditorium. “Above Ground: 40 Moments of Transformation” THURSDAY, MAY 19 is a photography exhibit presented Monday to Friday through July 22 in the Lane Hall Gallery. It highlights the Gifts of Art presents Jazz, Swing & Pop: Standard Time performance art and actions of China’s young feminist Band, 12:10-1 p.m., University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor activists including the Feminist Five who were detained by 1. Led by Maggie Waltz on bass, the group performs jazz Chinese police. standards, swing & pop with a fresh, eclectic twist. “Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room,” through May 22, FRIDAY, MAY 20 Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery. This sound installation by American composer Lucier, first performed in 1969, is Myanmar Forum: ISEAS-YII in Singapore, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., re-created as an installation in UMMA’s Irving Stenn, Jr. 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore 039594, Family Gallery. Marina Mandarin Capricorn & Leo Rooms. CSEAS has partnered with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute to organize the “Dental Hygiene, A Century of Progress” highlights the forum. U-M faculty will attend. Email myanmar_forum@ growth and development of the dental hygiene profession iseas.edu.sg for more information, or go to bit.ly/ and education. It is on display in the Sindecuse Museum of MyanmarForum2016. Dentistry in the School of Dentistry.

“Tarzan,” presented by Young People’s Theater, 7 p.m., “Evolution of the Trumpet Exhibition” presents a Power Center for the Performing Arts. After washing up Stearns Collection exhibit of trumpets across the ages in on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and the lower lobby of Hill Auditorium. raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. When a human expedition treks into his tribe’s territory and he encounters COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY “From Christianity to Islam: Egypt between Late creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan finds his See live butterflies and learn about the life cycle and lifestyles of butterflies at the Butterfly Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts. Festival from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 14 at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. Monday through Friday through May 4, Harlan Hatcher Help with planting in the museum’s Butterfly and Pollinator Garden, and make butterfly wings to Graduate Library, Seventh Floor Exhibit Space. SATURDAY, MAY 21 take home. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum Vanda coerulea orchids, presented by Alex Challis, at 1000 Beal Ave. on North Campus presents documents accredited judge, 11 a.m.-noon, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, SUNDAY, MAY 22 including, among others, modernism and surrealism. The and photos that celebrate the lives of Gerald and Betty Ford. on this genus also known as blue orchids. photographs in the exhibition, from UMMA’s collections, Admission is free. Scientist Spotlight, 1-4 p.m., Ruthven Museums show the artist using motifs drawn from Mexican religious “American Impressionists in Monet Country,” 8 p.m., Building, Museum of Natural History. Visit with University and indigenous works as well as plant forms, in a Modernist Gifts of Art sponsors art exhibits and music performances Michigan League, Koessler Room. Rachel Urist’s presenta- of Michigan scientists and participate in activities related approach to image making. at U-M Health System facilities. For more information, go to tion is a theatrical exploration of the artists in Giverny to their research, through this Portal to the Public program med.umich.edu/goa/exhibits.htm. at the turn of the 20th century, a tranquil village nestled designed to bring researchers and public audiences Ann Arbor Orchid Society Mini-Catts, 2-5 p.m., Matthaei between Paris and Rouen. It was home to Claude Monet, together. Botanical Gardens, Peter Lin of Diamond Orchids gives a “Hidden Worlds: The Universe of Pollen Revealed his wife, Alice, and their six children. The shimmering air presentation on the miniature cattleyas past and present. in Large-scale Ceramic Sculptures,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and pastoral landscapes drew painters from near and “Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Mexico’s Poet of Light” Guided Orchids are for sale as well. through May 8, Matthaei Botanical Gardens. far. Giverny attracted so many American painters that it Tour, 2-3 p.m., U-M Museum of Art. Alvarez Bravo spent became known as “the American colony.” A light reception nearly his entire career photographing his native Mexico. “Lost in the Woods: Radio Stories about Birth, “In Focus: Henri Cartier-Bresson,” through May 8, Irving will follow. His style drew upon numerous international influences Death and Nature,” 3-4:30 p.m., U-M Museum of Art, Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery.

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“In Focus: Jeanne Gang” is presented May 10-Aug. 7 in Library last year with help from the University of Michigan the U-M Museum of Art. Known for her integrative approach Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, it includes Haggadahs of to materials, technology and ecological context, Chicago- various shapes and sizes, ancient and modern, and in dif- based architect Gang was selected as a MacArthur Fellow ferent languages. It is presented through July in the Frankel in 2011. Shortly thereafter, Gang proposed an ambitious Center Conference Room at 202 S. Thayer St. restoration of the Chicago riverfront through a series of small but transformational projects. U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St., houses exhibits and collections that recall the observatory’s “Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of role in introducing scientific research to campus and the Oplontis near Pompeii” through May 15 at the Kelsey significant discoveries made by its astronomers beginning Museum of Archaeology is an international loan exhibition in the Victorian era. exploring the lavish lifestyle and economic interests of ancient Rome’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens who The U-M Museum of Art’s expanded Collections vacationed along the Bay of Naples. Julius Caesar, Cicero, Galleries present Western, Asian, African and modern and Augustus and Nero all owned villas here. contemporary works of art. They are open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and “Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Mexico’s Poet of Light” is closed Mondays. presented May 14-Oct. 23 in the U-M Museum of Art Photography Gallery. Alvarez Bravo spent nearly his entire “Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits” is presented at the career photographing his native Mexico. His style drew U-M Museum of Art Taubman Gallery through May 29. Xu is upon numerous international influences, ranging from a professor of painting and the former executive dean of the the modernism of Edward Weston and Tina Modotti to the School of Arts, Renmin University, Beijing. surrealism of Andre Breton. Museum of Natural History The Museum of Natural History offers educational programs and exhibits for campus and community. Current tours and children’s programs exhibits include “Extreme Time,” through Aug. 31, exploring Free Dinosaur Tours are available at 2 p.m. Saturdays happenings in femtoseconds and over eons. and Sundays at the Museum of Natural History. For more information, call 734-764-0480. “New Technologies and Victorian Society: Early British Photographs from the UMMA Collection” is presented Planetarium shows through May 8 in the Photography Gallery, U-M Museum of Art. The year 1839 marked a defining technological advance Tickets for all shows at the Museum of Natural History of the 19th century: the invention of photography in France are $5. For information on shows and times go to lsa.umich. and England. DAVID CRINER edu/ummnh. “Life Painting 15” is from the exhibit “Among The Lost & Found: Collage On Panel” by David “Siebren Versteeg: LIKE II (2016),” is presented through Criner, presented through June 12 in the Gifts of Art Gallery, University Hospital Main Corridor, Workshops/support July 24 in the U-M Museum of Art Media Gallery. A computer Floor 2. Criner transforms 20th century collage material in pursuit of an image that celebrates painting program creates a composition using a continu- the present moment. He teaches at Northeastern Illinois University. MHealthy’s Alcohol Management Program is designed ously changing algorithm, and then runs a periodic Google to help people with mild to moderate alcohol problems search to find a matching image online. Every 60 seconds, enjoy life more and drink less or not at all. For more the painting made by the computer is uploaded to Google’s features permanent and occasional displays in the Vesta “Tell the Story of Your Life In Detroit,” an online photog- information, call 734-998-2017 or go to mhealthy.umich. search by image feature. Images that most closely match Mills Gallery and in various exhibition areas throughout the raphy exhibit at tinyurl.com/mmsvulz, is sponsored by the edu/alcohol. the composition are then downloaded and displayed. Moore Building. Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and others. The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program presents a The Stearns Collection at the School of Music, “Tappan’s Vision” at the Bentley Historical Library “The Many Faces and Figures of the Four Sons in the Stress Relief for Caregivers Support Group through May at Theatre & Dance is one of six major collections of musical explores Henry Tappan’s impact on the intellectual life and Passover Haggadah,” features 29 volumes from the Irwin the Administrative Services Building, 1009 Greene St. Call instruments in North America. The 2,500-piece collection accomplishments at the university over 150 years. M. Alterman Haggadah Collection. Acquired by the U-M 734-936-8660.

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By Iris Jeffries university policies and federal The University Record regulations. Post-award duties rom his “gentleman’s farm” to include monitoring grant activi- Fhis electric car, Todd Brown ties to ensure compliance with strives to live a mindful existence. sponsor guidelines as well as uni- Eight miles outside of Ann versity policy. Arbor, Brown resides in a quaint “I’m a people person,” Brown house, seated on 10 acres of says, referring to his work farmland. With a heart-shaped with both students and faculty pond and fruit trees scattered members to keep them on the across the property, Brown spends right track. “I build strong rela- endless summer hours mowing tionships to foster a positive, and maintaining the land, and happy and friendly environment always taking time to enjoy his and provide compliant solutions hummingbirds. for faculty and student requests.” Over the years, he’s watched his Whether it’s advising applicants hard work manifest in sunflower and helping them meet deadlines and vegetable gardens. or scoping potential grant spon- “The only animals on the farm sors, Brown brings his positive are free roaming deer and bunnies energy to the table and organizes and other wild animals,” says the vast array of administrative Brown, contract and grant special- duties. ist at the Life Sciences Institute. “Grant administration can be “It’s so incredible to live in the a really complex world,” Brown country and yet be so close to says. “I really appreciate what my downtown Ann Arbor.” faculty are doing and I’m trying In addition to his peaceful to relieve them of the administra- homestead on the edge of Ann tive burden that comes from grant Arbor’s constant hustle, Brown management.” drives an environmentally friendly, Brown’s contributions to the 100 percent electric car that he Ann Arbor community don’t charges straight from a wall outlet. stop on the job. At the non- “It definitely needs to fit your SCOTT C. SODERBERG, MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY profit, Conduct Becoming: The lifestyle,” Brown says. “You can’t Todd Brown drives an electric car and brings positive energy to his work as contract Foundation, Brown serves on the travel for more than 100 miles at and grant specialist in the Life Sciences Institute. board as secretary and also plays a a time. Especially in the winter — key role in financial management that kind of weather really drains through the ranks. Since his and planning for the organization, your battery.” Meet Todd Brown early days as a temporary worker, as it works to benefit veterans Brown’s Nissan Leaf has a Brown has worked as an adminis- locally and nationally. n Title: Contract and grant monitor that indicates how many specialist, Life Sciences trative assistant and financial spe- He also recently started prepar- miles of driving are left. However, Institute. cialist before moving into contract ing for the Certified Research the charging process can take up and grant specialization. Administrator (CRA) exam. to a full day. Because of its rapidly n At U-M: 12 years. “It was a matter of being driven, As part of a pilot CRA study exhausted battery, road trips n On his work: “Research is ambitious and perhaps lucky — I group, Brown sees much interest require Brown to rent a car for such an integral part of our had a great supervisor who saw throughout campus and knows more long distance travels. institute and university, and my potential and inspired me,” that the need and want for such “You’re either renting a car, or I’m proud to be a significant Brown says of his current career in a group is greatly received by you’ve got another regular car on player.” research administration. research administrator peers. reserve,” Brown says. “I’ve noticed Today, Brown dedicates his time “I’m grateful to be an asset to though that the electric car has to pre- and post-award duties — not only to the LSI, but the uni- a lot of zip — you can speed up “Only five times have I barely assisting faculty and students in versity as a whole,” Brown says. pretty quickly.” made it to my driveway,” Brown the development and submission “Research is such an integral part Brown’s use of the electric car jokes. of accurate proposal budgets and of our institute and university, is just another way that he lessens Throughout his time at U-M, compliant proposal materials by and I’m proud to be a significant his carbon footprint on campus. Brown has moved steadily interpreting sponsor guidelines, p l ay e r.”

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