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The impacts of COVID-19 on global food security and the coping strategy [in Chinese]

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Nutrition and economic development: Exploring Egypt's exceptionalism and the role of food subsidies [in Chinese]




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2021 Global food policy report: Transforming food systems after COVID-19: Synopsis [in Chinese]

2020年在诸多方面都让我们始料未及。新冠肺炎(COVID-19)疫情为全球带来了一场大规模的公共卫生灾难,各国均陷入了疫情及其相关应对政策带来的不同程度的经济困境,面临服务严重中断和人员流动严重受限的局面。无论是富裕国家还是贫穷国家,均未能幸免。在中低收入国家,许多弱势群体直接面临食物安全、医疗和营养方面的威胁。丧失生计、营养不良、教育中断和资源枯竭造成的长期影响可能性非常巨大,特别是对许多国家来说,距离新冠肺炎疫情的结束还遥遥无期。此外,疫情还凸显并加剧了我们食物系统的薄弱环节和不平等状况。一年过去了,全球因新冠肺炎疫情而进一步偏离了到2030年实现可持续发展目标(SDG)的进程。显然,食物系统可以在推动我们走上正轨方面发挥核心作用。要想实现可持续发展目标,就必须对食物系统进行转型,帮助我们更好地为下一次冲击做好准备,同时造福世界贫困人口和弱势群体以及我们的地球。




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The architecture of the Sudanese agricultural sector and its contribution to the economy between 1990 and 2021 [in Arabic]

بنية القطاع الزراعي السوداني ومساهمته في الاقتصاد بين عامي 1990 و2021




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Political and economic drivers of Sudan's armed conflict: Implications for the agri-food system [in Arabic]




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Where There's Smoke Sandra Brown.

When she returns home to start a new medical practice, Lara finds she can't escape her troubled past to open up her medical practice after all these years. Soon she finds herself in the sights of a powerful oil executive who wants nothing more than to be rid of Lara. Lara decides to find the truth behind the corruption and secrets in town- even if it could cost her everything.




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The 9th Girl Tami Hoag.

Author Tami Hoag's fan-favorite Minneapolis investigators, Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska, hunt a serial killer in this haunting thriller. On a frigid New Year's Eve in Minneapolis, a young woman is found brutally murdered-the ninth so far this year in a string of grisly slayings. Homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska fear that it's the work of a serial killer they call Doc Holiday, a transient who has brought his gruesome game to a new and more terrifying level. But as Kovac and Liska uncover the truth, they find that the monsters in the ninth girl's life may live closer to home. And even as another young woman disappears, they have to ask the question: Which is the greater evil-the devil you know or the devil you don't?




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Robert B. Parker's little white lies / Ace Atkins.

Boston private eye Spenser and his sidekick, Hawk, follow a con man's schemes on cable news shows and within police precincts in the wake of an elaborate double cross that has victimized a smitten woman as well as a cache of investors, cops and paramilitary contractors.




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OSC investor warnings and alerts for October 8–29, 2024

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is warning Ontario investors that the following companies are not registered to deal or advise in securities in Ontario:




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IFPRI @ 29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29)

IFPRI is pleased to participate in the 29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) being held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 to November 22, 2024. COP29 is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. With... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program




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Estudio sobre el COVID-19 en el área rural de Guatemala: Efectos de largo plazo sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de los hogares en el Altiplano Occidental

Desde el inicio de la pandemia del COVID-19, los productores agrícolas de Guatemala han afrontado múltiples restricciones de movimiento tanto locales como nacionales, así como también disrupciones en las cadenas de valor agrícolas. Asimismo, los productores han estado expuestos a varios choques externos como las tormentas tropicales de ETA e IOTA hacia finales de 2020 y el reciente conflicto bélico en Europa del Este y crisis de precios.




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Five nights at Freddy's. [2], The twisted ones : the graphic novel / by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley ; adapted by Christopher Hastings ; illustrated by Claudia Aguirre ; colors by Laurie Smith and Eva de la Cruz.

"It's been a year since the horrific events at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and Charlie is just trying to move on. Even with the excitement of a new school and a fresh start, she's still haunted by nightmares of a masked murderer and four gruesome animatronic puppets. Charlie thinks her ordeal is over, but when a series of bodies are discovered near her school bearing wounds that are disturbingly familiar she finds herself drawn back into the world of her father's frightening creations. Something twisted is hunting Charlie, and this time if it finds her, it's not letting her go." -- Publisher's description.




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Spider-Woman. Vol. 2, King in black / writer, Karla Pacheco ; artist, Pere Pérez ; color artist, Frank D'Armata ; letterer, VC's Travis Lanham.

"Collects Spider-Woman (2020) #6-10. Road trip— to space! After learning some startling secrets about her family, Jessica Drew goes on a mission to find the one person who might know more: the High Evolutionary! But she's going to need her BFF by her side— and that means it's Captain Marvel team-up time! Before long though, those closest to Spider-Woman will abandon her. Only one person will come to her aid: Octavia Vermis! Octavia has a cure for Jessica, and the prescription is crime! Is Jess willing to resort to theft to gather all the tools needed to fix what's wrong? In the shadow of Knull's invasion, Spider-Woman must put everything on the line— and then cross it! Even if Jess can find the cure for what ails her, will she still have a life worth saving?" -- Page [4] of cover.




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Miles Morales. Ultimate end / Brian Michael Bendis, writer ; artist, David Marquez, artist ; Justin Ponsor with Jason Keith, color artists ; VC's Cory Petit, letterer.

"Miles Morales, the Ultimate Universe's newest Spider-Man, is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! But now Miles must face with the worst nightmare of the Spider-Man legacy: Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin— the man who killed Peter Parker! Or did he … ? Even as new villains start coming out of the woodwork, Miles finds himself with— a girlfriend! Her name is Katie Bishop, but she has a secret … and it's bad news for Spider-Man! As Miles makes a life-changing decision, he discovers a mind-blowing truth about his family! But what does it have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Doctor Doom steps from the shadows and Spider-Man gathers the mighty Ultimates— but no matter what happens next, this might be the end of the world for Miles Morales!" -- Description provided by publisher.




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Tintin and alph-art : Tintin's last adventure / Hergé.

Reproductions of the original sketches and text of an unfinished story by Hergé, with English translation and commentary.




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The way of the hive : a honey bee's story / Jay Hosler.

"Nyuki is a brand-new honey bee, and she has a lot of questions. Follow her on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive. Includes a section at the end of the book called 'Odds & Ends' with facts and information about bees."--Provided by publisher.




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CSA Notice of Consultation – Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives

IntroductionThe members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA or we) are publishing for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 94-101 Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives (National Instrument 94




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Leveraging the Digital Revolution: 2019 African Green Revolution Forum

Last week I had a wonderful experience attending the 2019 African Green Revolution Forum, held in Accra, Ghana. Many stakeholders, including political leaders, policymakers, researchers, and private sector and civil society representatives, gathered at the Forum, focusing on the role of the digital revolution in driving sustainable food system transformation in Africa. At a plenary […]




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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Analysis of the determinants of farmers' choice of adaptation methods and perceptions of climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia [in Amharic]

"Ethiopia's agricultural sector, which is dominated by smallscale, mixed-crop, and livestock farming, is the mainstay of the country's economy. It constitutes more than half of the country's gross domestic product, generates more than 85 percent of foreign exchange earnings, and employs about 80 percent of the population. Unfortunately, Ethiopia's dependence on agriculture makes the country particularly vulnerable to the adverse impactsof climate change on crop and livestock production.




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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers - June 2020 survey round

Mechanization service providers in Myanmar were originally interviewed by telephone in early May 2020 in order to determine how their businesses were being affected by COVID-19 related restrictions. The results of that survey were published in Myanmar Strategy Support Program Policy Note 07. To trace the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economic activities, a second phone survey of mechanization service providers was done in mid-June 2020. This Policy Note reports on the results of this second survey.




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Volume 47, Issue 39




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Mouvar's magic [dramatized adaptation] / Piers Anthony and Robert E. Margroff.

The mysterious prophecy that has shaped the life of Kelvin Knight Hackleberry and his family seems nearly to have run its course. The Two Kingdoms that were joined by Kelvin to form Kelvinia have now been united with three others, to make a great confederation under the rule of the young twin kings, Kildom and Kildee. Kelvin has earned some time to rest with his family. Charles and Merlain are now twenty years old, and so is Dragon Horace, their brother who is the Great King of all the land. But the clouds of the last battle are gathering. The evil Professor DeVale and his witch servant Zady had been foiled in their attempt to destroy Kelvin by using his children--their evil plot has led to a stronger, more peaceful land under its rightful rulers. Now they will try one last time to pervert all that is good in the universe of the frames--and although the Prophecy of Mouvar has been accurate up to now, still there is a chance that evil will prevail.




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Mozart's sister / Nancy Moser.

Christy Award winner Nancy Moser is the best-selling author of more than 16 popular books of faith and inspiration. In this compelling historical novel, Wolfgang Mozart's little-known sister Nannerl tells the tale of her own bittersweet life. Eleven-year-old Nannerl is arguably the best keyboard player in all of Europe. Yet because her six-year-old brother Wolfie can play almost as well as she, he receives virtually all the praise and adulation. Traveling far and wide with her family, she and her brother perform before the crowned heads of Europe. Social convention and public clamor relegate her to living life in the shadow of a prodigy. But when will Nannerl ever realize her own dreams and aspirations? "Moser's writing is smooth" and replete with "fascinating historical details" Publishers Weekly "Mozart's Sister is a masterpiece of lyrical prose; a deeply moving story that embodies a love for music and a fascination with history. Bravisima, Ms. Moser!"-Tamera Alexander, best-selling author of Rekindled.




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Mr. Lincoln's T-mails : the untold story of how Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to win the Civil War / Tom Wheeler.

The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eager student of technology, Lincoln had to learn to use the power of electronic messages. Without precedent to guide him, Lincoln began by reading the telegraph traffic among his generals. Then he used the telegraph to supplement his preferred form of communication-meetings and letters. He did not replace those face-to-face interactions. Through this experience, Lincoln crafted the best way to guide, reprimand, praise, reward, and encourage his commanders in the field. By paying close attention to Lincoln's "lightning messages," we see a great leader adapt to a new medium. No listener of this work of history will be able to miss the contemporary parallels. Watching Lincoln carefully word his messages-and follow up on those words with the right actions-offers a striking example for those who spend their days tapping out notes on computers and BlackBerrys.




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El Museo Guggenheim presenta “Armonía y disonancia: orfismo en París, 1910-1930”

El Museo Guggenheim presenta “Armonía y disonancia: orfismo en París, 1910-1930” Del 8 de noviembre...




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Dear Isaac Newton, you're ruining my life / Rachel Hruza.

As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Truth Trendon learns she has to wear a back brace to help her worsening scoliosis. She decides gravity is to blame for curving her spine and ruining her life. Thanks for nothing, Isaac Newton! Truth's brace is hard plastic, tight, and uncomfortable. She has to wear a t-shirt under it and bulky clothes over it, making her feel both sweaty and unfashionable. She's terrified that her classmates are going to find out about it. But it's hard keeping it a secret (especially when gym class is involved), and secrets quickly turn into lies. When Truth's crush entrusts her with a big secret of his own, it leads to even more lying. Add to that a fight with her best friend, a looming school-wide presentation, and mean rumors, and it's a recipe for disaster. As Truth navigates the ups and downs of middle school, can she learn to accept her true self, curvy spine and all?




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Dear Juliet : letters from the lovestruck and lovelorn to Shakespeare's Juliet in Verona.

Every year, over 10,000 letters addressed to Juliet Capulet arrive in Verona, Italy, the famous hometown of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. These handwritten letters come from people all over the world, seeking guidance and support from Juliet herself. Capturing the pain, joy, humor, and confusion of love, the 60 letters in this book offers encouragement, comfort, hope-and a nod to the human condition. Including responses from Juliet herself, this romantic and relatable, and perfect as a Valentine's Day gift, Dear Juliet proves that love is the universal language.




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Eli Roth's History of Horror Season 2

Eli Roth explores the dark power and wicked fun of scary movies, the craft that went into making them and the ways that horror films reflect the anxieties of their times. The themes include Houses of Hell, Monsters, Body Horror, Witches, Chilling Children, and Classic Horror. Interviewees include Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino, Jordan Peele and more.




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Données de population sur la République démocratique du Congo : Peut-on réduire les marges d'imprécision ?




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Afrique de l'Ouest : les tracasseries routières aggravent l'insécurité alimentaire

Créée notamment pour promouvoir le commerce intra-régional de biens dans la région, la Communauté économique des États d'Afrique de l'Ouest devait aussi permettre d'y réduire l'insécurité alimentaire. Mais les « points de sécurité », dressés le long des corridors de commerce par les autorités administratives qui prélèvent des pots-de-vin, sont venus limiter cette ambition. S’élevant jusqu’à 576 dollars aux 100 kms au Togo en 2017, cette corruption se mesure aussi en temps perdu, avec plus de trois heures aux 100 kms.




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Guggenheim Museum presents “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930”

Guggenheim Museum presents “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930” From 8 November 2024 to...




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MacArthur's spies : the soldier, the singer, and the spymaster who defied the Japanese in World War II / Peter Eisner.

The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch singer with many names and almost as many husbands. With ample doses of intrigue, drama, skulduggery, sacrifice, and romance, this book has all the complicated heroism and villainy of the best war novels. But it is, in the end, a true tale of courage when it counted the most. -- adapted from book jacket.




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Ruthless river : love & survival by raft on the Amazon's relentless Madre de Dios / Holly Conklin FitzGerald.

The author describes how her honeymoon was cut short when her plane crashed in the jungles of Peru, forcing her and her husband to try to survive aboard a makeshift raft as they made their way down the Amazon River to civilization.




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Explorer's guide. Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket, [2017] / Kim Grant ; with photographs by the author.

Features recommendations for dining, lodging, transportation, shopping, recreational activities, landmarks, and cultural opportunities. -- Publisher.




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Fodor'sTravel. Rome, [2017] / writers: Ariston Anderson, Nicole Arriaga, Agnes Crawford, Maria Pasquale.

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years. Packed with landmark sights, world-renowned museums, awe-inspiring churches, fabulous trattorias, and, of course, the Vatican, Rome is a city that's worth returning to over and over again. And with so much to see and do in the Eternal City, Fodor's Rome is the guide to help travelers make the most of every trip.




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Novel destinations : a travel guide to literary landmarks from Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West / Shannon McKenna Schmidt & Joni Rendon ; foreword by Matthew Pearl.

"Follow in the footsteps of much loved authors, discover the landscapes that sparked their imaginations, and learn behind-the-scenes stories in this expanded and completely updated second edition of Novel Destinations. Across more than 500 literary locales in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere, experience famous authors' homes, book festivals, literary walking tours, lodgings, restaurants, bars for bibliophiles, and much more."--page 4 of cover.




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There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak / Jonathan Cott.

"An extraordinary, path-breaking, and penetrating book on the life and work and creative inspirations of the great children's book genius Maurice Sendak, who since his death in 2012 has only grown in his stature and recognition as a major American artist, period. Polymath and master interviewer Jonathan Cott first interviewed Maurice Sendak in 1976 for Rolling Stone, just at the time when Outside Over There, the concluding and by far the strangest volume of a trilogy that began with Where The Wild Things Areand In the Night Kitchen, was gestating. Over the course of their wide-ranging and revelatory conversation about his life, work, and the fantasies and obsessions that drove his creative process, they focused on many of the themes and images that would appear in the new book five years later. Drawing on that interview, There's a Mystery There is a profound examination of the inner workings of a complicated genius's torments and inspirations that ranges over the entirety of his work and his formative life experiences, and uses Outside Over There, brilliantly and originally, as the key to understanding just what made this extravagantly talented man tick. To gain multiple perspectives on that intricate and multifaceted book, Cott also turns to four "companion guides": a Freudian analyst, a Jungian analyst, an art historian, and Sendak's great friend and admirer, the playwright Tony Kushner. The book is richly illustrated with examples from Sendak's work and other related images." -- Provided by publisher.




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VIZ'D 2024: A Data Visualization Competition (November 13, 2024 6:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:00pm
Location: CCCB 3420
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan


Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) program for a night of making data fun and engaging! Sign up to compete on teams of 2-3 in 2 rounds of competition. Students in our audience will have an opportunity to vote on their favorite visuals from each round. We will have QMSS- and University of Michigan-themed prizes for participants and audience members as well as dinner on us!




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Get to Know Jane Street's Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE) Internship (November 13, 2024 6:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


Get to Know Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE)at Jane Street! Date: Wednesday, November 13thLocation: ZoomTime: 6:00pm - 7:00pm ETJoin us for a virtual information session aboutJane Street's TDOE Internship! As a Trading Desk Operations Engineer (TDOE) intern, you’ll be integral to the firm’s success, helping to build and maintain desk infrastructure that supports the trading of thousands of financial products across 200 venues in over 45 countries. TDOEInterns wear many hats, helping to manage the operational side of the trading desk’s activities and interfacing with various groups within the firm to ensure our work is accurate and efficient. Join us to learn more!Sign up here by 12PM on Tuesday, November 12th. We will confirm attendees by EOD on November 12th. _______________Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices worldwide. We hire smart, humble people who love to solve problems, build systems, and test theories.You’ll learn something new every day in our office—whether it’s connecting with a colleague to share perspectives, or participating in a talk, class, or game night. Our success is driven by our people and we never stop improving.Want to learn more? Check out the latest happenings at Jane Street.




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Children's and Women's SSC Travel and Expense Onboarding (November 13, 2024 1:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location: Virtual on Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan


The Shared Services Center on campus invites all staff from Michigan Medicine Children's and Women's Hospital to our onboarding sessions.  We will show you how to submit requests for processing travel and expense vouchers to the SSC.  SSC staff provide this service to Michigan Medicine staff and faculty. Come meet our team and have all your questions answered about how the SSC can save you time and build expense reports for you in Chrome River.




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You Don't Belong Here: The Stories Our Systems Tell (and Why We have to Disrupt Them) (November 13, 2024 12:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Rackham 4th Floor Assembly Hall
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan


You Don't Belong Here: The Stories Our Systems Tell (and Why We Have to Disrupt Them)
There is a widespread story that institutions of higher education value diversity and will actively foster belonging for all in the community. In actuality, though, many members of the higher education community continue to face marginalization and othering within their professional and educational spaces. This session centers around an embodied case study depicting one woman’s reflections on her experiences of higher education that sent a persistent, systemic message that she didn’t belong. Through session activities, participants will consider how these messages manifest and why they continue to occur despite the extensive labor of individuals sincerely committed to advancing equity. Together, they brainstorm possibilities for changes that could increase equity at a systems level. This session is appropriate for faculty, graduate students, and academic leaders.
This session can be offered in a fully virtual, synchronous format (90 minutes) or a fully in-person synchronous format (120 minutes).
**The video performance portion of this session contains strong language. It includes explicit descriptions of racist and classist behaviors and the impact of systemic inequities on individuals and communities.




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Pathways to Policy: Insights into IDA's Science Policy Fellowship (November 13, 2024 12:00pm)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


Upcoming or recent graduates, please tune in on November 13th to learn all about the Science Policy Fellowship! In thispanel discussion we’ll be joined by both the Science Policy Fellowship program director as well as current and former fellows. Lisa, Rebecca, Kush and Irina will share their own unique career journeys – plus perspectives on how the Science Policy Fellowship has shaped where they are today. Additionally, our panel will provide insights into project work, skills development, and tips on applying to the program. Learn how you can put your education to work while making a tangible impact in thescience and technology policy arena at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).We’ll also share background on IDA's culture and the mission behind the work we do.The Science Policy Fellowship is a two-year program from the Science and Technology Policy Institute – one of the Institute for Defense Analyses’ three FFRDCs. The fellowship provides recent bachelor’s or master’s degree recipients with aunique opportunity to use their critical thinking and analytic skills to work on a diverse set of challenges in science and technology policy areas, including energy and the environment, space sciences, innovation and competitiveness, evaluation, life sciences, information technologies, national security, and STEM education. Fellows will be involved in collaborative research for leaders in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President and other Federal Government organizations, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.Innovative, analytical self-starters who are able to work well in teams are encouraged to apply. Previous policy experience is not required. Ideal candidates will have at leasta BS/BA degree conferred between May 2023 and July 2025. MA/MS-degree candidates and recipients are also encouraged to apply, provided their bachelor’s degrees are within the May 2022 – July 2024 timeframe. Have specific questions for our panelists? Email us at employment@ida.org and we’ll answer them duringthe session. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions live during the panel. Tune in via Zoom on November, 13th at 12pmEST for this virtual opportunity! https://ida-org.zoomgov.com/j/1615153527Webinar Passcode: 369321 




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U.S. EPA Region 8, 9, and 10 Federal Careers Virtual Workshop (November 13, 2024 10:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center


Come learn about Federal Employment at Region 8 (Denver), Region 9 (San Francisco), and Region 10 (Seattle) of the EPA! Entry level, early and mid-career professionals are all welcome to attend.Ourwork at EPA has purpose and impact. From tackling the climate crisis to advancing environmental justice, what happens here changes our world. Our mission is to protect human health and safeguard the environment – the air, water, and land upon which life depends.At EPA,you can make a real difference for the environment and the lives of others.Participants have the opportunity to learn about EPA’s mission, how to navigate USA-Jobs and creating a federal resume. There will be panel discussion to provide a glimpse into variety of careers within the EPA.This event begins at 10:00 AM Mountain Time (11:00 AM Central Time, 12:00 PM Eastern Time, 9:00 AM Pacific Time.)No pre-registration required!  Just click on the link a few minutes before the event and you’ll bedirected to the MS Teams site.For more information or to request accommodations, please contact mutter.andrew@epa.gov, verges.michelle@epa.gov, or weber.camille@epa.gov




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Welcome Wednesdays with the Alumni Association (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Alumni Center
Organized By: Alumni Association


The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan hosts Welcome Wednesdays for U-M students most Wednesday mornings throughout the fall and winter semesters. Start your day with free coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and a breakfast snack thanks to Alumni Association members.

Students can stop by the Alumni Center from 9 a.m. to noon for during the dates listed and make sure to bring your Mcard!



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Touch (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Thayer Academic Building
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities


Ericka Lopez is a visual artist born in Mexico and living in Los Angeles. Lopez lost her sight at an early age and is mostly non-verbal. This exhibition of tactile assemblage works and gestural coiled pots were created by the artist through touch and texture, colored by memory. The works are sensory, physical, immediate, reaffirming, and deeply expressive. Viewers to this exhibition are invited to touch the work.

During her residency, the artist and her support team, which includes her mother and translator, will engage directly with students in the exhibition space, offering a transformative experience based on human expression and connection through art. Because Ericka feels most comfortable when she is working, she plans to make artwork with students as part of the class engagements with the exhibition.

About Ericka Lopez
Born 1987 in Mexico, Ericka Lopez has been making art at Tierra del Sol Studios since 2019. Working across ceramic, fiber, and mixed media constructions, Lopez’s practice is centralized around her exploration of touch. Lopez was born with limited vision and is now completely blind. Lopez trained in massage therapy and previously volunteered at a soup kitchen when an encounter with Tierra’s ceramics studio shifted her trajectory toward fine art. Her masterful command of clay hand-building techniques enables Lopez to create intricate, dynamic, and organically structured coil vessels. Lopez’s works are informed by her finite recollection of color; she requests specific shades and combinations of glazes that generate spontaneous, distinctive surfaces when fired. This intuitive approach continues in her fiber wall works and mixed media sculptures. Utilizing punch rug embroidery, Lopez creates abstract fields of yarn and found objects, often repeatedly punching through the same area to yield densely layered sections. Lopez has learned to identify the color of her materials via scent and feel, a process that is difficult to put into words. Her mixed media sculptures are created almost entirely by touch, consisting of threads, buttons, beads, fabric scraps, and found objects instinctively stitched together using simple sewing techniques. Lopez hopes her works can be experienced through an inquiry of touch.

Ericka Lopez has exhibited her artwork at Laband Gallery and Tierra del Sol Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Lopez’s debut solo exhibition, “Continuous Touch,” was curated by jill moniz for Tierra del Sol Gallery in the Spring of 2023. She has had works acquired by notable private collections such as that of Beth DeWoody and by the Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum at UC Long Beach.




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Susan Moran Exhibition (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: North Campus Research Complex NCRC Art Program


Susan Moran’s work is inspired by the natural world and our place in it. She collects and arranges images, builds and subtracts, and uses processes that suit the concepts and gives the pieces a reason for existing as textiles. Simultaneously she strives to make the medium influence the outcome in such a way that cloth and image meld together. Moran uses silkscreen, shibori, and stitching to embed images from her daily walks into the fabric. it's important that the work builds slowly, involving meditative processes that connect her to the cloth and the source of the design.

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am to 5pm or by appointment serrag@med.umich.edu




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Steve Glazer Art Exhibition (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: North Campus Research Complex NCRC Art Program


Steve Glazer earned his BFA in art with a concentration in ceramics from Eastern Michigan University, a master’s degree in art from Central Michigan University, and MFA in fine arts and ceramics from Indiana State University. Since 2004, Glazer has been lead faculty and head of ceramics at Henry Ford College, and former faculty of Concord College (WV) and North Dakota State University. His artwork has been exhibited throughout the country.

Throughout his adult life the art of Steve Glazer has been done as a response to his environment. From a series of shadow box type pieces containing life like ceramic fish while teaching at a Catholic woman’s college, to building 8’ tall ceramic “skyscrapers” that barely fit into the display spaces while teaching in North Dakota, where no skyscrapers exist, and then creating installations commenting on living in Appalachia while teaching in southern West Virginia. After returning home to Detroit, Glazer began his griot series, the “Motor City Griot Society” masks, the faces of the superheroes that will save Detroit, and more recently the “Motor City Griot Patrol” creatures that will protect the city of Detroit.




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Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library


This exhibit explores the characters of Mrs. Dalloway through the lens of WWI and its aftershocks. It looks at those who fought in the trenches and those who watched from afar.

[The exhibit includes references to suicide and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which might be distressing for some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.]

While all of the action in Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece takes place on a single day, as preparations are made for Clarissa Dalloway’s evening party, Woolf’s stream of consciousness writing takes us in the characters’ minds all the way from English drawing rooms to colonial India to the trenches of World War I.

Check today's Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room hours: https://myumi.ch/PkQ2x




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Lifetime Fitness for Senior Adults (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kinesiology Community Programs


Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults, however, everyone is welcome. Classes are held Monday-Saturday from 9-10am. LTF classes at Briarwood are free, but please consider making a tax-deductible donation.




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Hoshea Love: Photographs (November 13, 2024 9:00am)

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Thayer Academic Building
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities


Hoshea Love is 85 years old. Born in San Francisco and raised in Southern California, Love has traveled without bounds across the United States, getting an education formally and spiritually. He holds degrees in fine art, metaphysical science, and biology (specializing in sustainable living) and is licensed in metaphysical science and traditional ministry.

Love’s colorful, abstract photographs are inspired by nature and the nature of things, taking inventory of the immense beauty that surrounds us and guides us in our searching.

Love’s work has been exhibited at the Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, and the U-M Museum of Art. He is a former artist-in-residence at The Heidelberg Project in Detroit.