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Tuesday, August 17
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Wednesday, August 18
Art Video: Ken Burns' "Civil War" excerpts, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Historical images and modern photos by photographer John Huddleston are featured in the Museum of Art exhibit "Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War and Changing American Landscape," showing through Nov. 7. In the exhibit, Huddleston captures sites across the country once marked by the U.S. Civil War. He pairs historical images of conflict with his own color photographs of the same locations a century and a half later—taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Petersburg, Va., in 1864 (above left) and 2002 (above right); Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863 (below left) and 2002 (below right). (Courtesy Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress)

Thursday, August 19
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Business School, Hale Auditorium. Representatives from the Benefits Office and Michigan Administrative Information Services (MAIS) will discuss changes in benefit choices for faculty and staff, and demonstrate eBenefits. Sponsored by the Benefits Office and MAIS, http://www.umich.edu/
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Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 7 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Saturday, August 21
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA,
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Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 10 a.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Sunday, August 22
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA,
763-8662.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, noon, Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Tour: Guided tour of the "Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection" exhibit, 2 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Monday, August 23
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 7-9 a.m., University Hospital, Ford Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description). tr>

Images from the Amanda Krugliak exhibit, ‘New Work: Painting and Drawing on Paper,’ showing through Aug. 31 in the Institute for the Humanities’ Osterman Common Room. (Courtesy Institute for the Humanities)

Tuesday, August 24
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 9:30-11:30 a.m. & 1-3 p.m.,
U-M-Dearborn, Social Sciences Building, Room 1400 (see Aug. 19 description).
Tour: Guided tour of the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape" exhibit, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.

Wednesday, August 25
Art Video: Behind the Scenes: Civil War Reconstruction, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA, 763-8662.
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium (see Aug. 19 description).

Thursday, August 26
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description).

Saturday, August 28
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA,
763-8662.

Sunday, August 29
Art Video: Georgia O'Keeffe, 1 p.m., Museum of Art (UMMA). Sponsored by UMMA,
763-8662.

Monday, August 30
Orientation: Graduate Student Instructor Teaching Orientation, 1-5 p.m., Michigan League (see page 19).

Tuesday, August 31
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 4-6 p.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium (see Aug. 19 description).
Orientation: Graduate Student Instructor Teaching Orientation, 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Michigan League (see page 19).

Wednesday, September 1
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 9 & 11 a.m., 2 p.m., U-M-Flint, University Center, Michigan Room A. (see Aug. 19 description).
Orientation: New Faculty Orientation, 8:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Michigan League.

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Wednesday, September 8
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Business School, Hale Auditorium; 4-6 p.m., University Hospital, Ford Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description).

Thursday, September 9
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Rackham Building Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description).

Friday, September 10
Breakfast: The Arts of Citizenship Debate Watch Project: How Young Writers and Artists Respond to Presidential Politics, 9-10:30 a.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Sponsored by the Arts of Citizenship Program, 615-0609.

Sunday, September 12
Meeting: Life Sciences Orchestra (LSO) general meeting for returning and prospective members, 7 p.m., School of Music Building, McIntosh Theater. Sponsored by LSO,
936-2787.

Monday, September 13
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 2-4 p.m., University Hospital, Ford Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description).
Lecture: Maris Vinovskis, Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education?, noon-1:30 p.m., Rackham Building, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.

Tuesday, September 14
Interchange: eBenefits and 2005 Open Enrollment, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Rackham Amphitheater (see Aug. 19 description).

Wednesday, September 15
Lecture: Ronald Suny, Reading Russia: A Short Story of the History of the Soviet Union, 12:10-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, 764-0351.

Friday, September 17
Conference: Palliative Care: Revitalizing the Spirit of Health Care, 7:30 a.m., St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Auditorium. The program is designed to strengthen and enhance knowledge about palliative care. Sponsored by the U-M Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, 763-5283 or http://www.med.umich.edu/esn/programs/palliativecare/.
 
Sunday, September 19
Lecture: Jan Longone: The Iceman Cometh...and Goeth: A History of the Ice Industry in America, 3-5 p.m., Clements Library. Sponsored by the Clements Library and the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, 764-2347.

Tuesday, September 21
Film: Siliva the Zulu, 4 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. The film will include live music by Themba Tana. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-1930.
Lecture: Anne Duderstadt, The President's House: Through the Back Door, 3 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.

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Exhibits

Acrylic Paintings, by Patrice Erickson, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, through September. The University's holdings of material from Roman Egypt show what children looked like and how they learned and played. They also help to illustrate the expectations and concerns of children in a North African culture that existed 2,000 years ago. The material in this exhibition is part of new research by U-M faculty and students to recover knowledge of childhood in Roman Egypt. Sponsored by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, http://www.lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/.  courtesy institute for the humanities Are Harpy Eagles in Trouble?, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. A display exploring the application of genetics to evolutionary history and conservation biology, using the endangered harpy eagle as an example. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Bronzes, by Nancy Stevenson, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Ceramics, by Georgette Zirbes, University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Child & Play Watercolors, by Roberta Allen, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Desmatosuchus, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The museum's display of this 200 million-year-old fossil has been updated with new labels and two contrasting models-one, an aquatic model made by museum sculptor Carleton Angell, and the second, a terrestrial model. Scientists are not certain whether Desmatosuchus was an aquatic or land animal. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Diversity and the Tree of Life, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. An interactive, large plasma screen display illustrating the evolutionary tree. Visitors can explore the relationships between different organisms and look at current research and conservation efforts. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Encoustic Paintings, by Mary Rousseaux, University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Fun with Fungi, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Floor 3. The revised exhibit will explore the different kinds of fungi-there are more than 100,000 species-how they disperse spores, and some of their practical uses and dangers. The display includes a model of a human foot with "athlete's foot" growing on it, a giant puffball, and a photograph of "Armillaria gallica"-a fungus that can grow to several acres in size. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape, Museum of Art, through Sept. 26. From her earliest works, O'Keeffe created new definitions of the sublime, enhanced perceptions of its visual symbols, and provided new ways to view surroundings and explore our inner selves. Spanning more than five decades, the exhibition features more than 35 paintings, some drawings, and one sculpture by O'Keeffe, together with paintings by American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Martin Johnson Heade and George Inness from the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Hand Crafted Jewelry, by Heather Dombey, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
The Iceman Cometh...and Goeth, Clements Library, through Oct. 1. The exhibition explores the history of the American ice industry, from New England pond ice harvesting to the introduction of mechanical refrigeration. It includes: the story of the Ice King, Frederic Tudor, and his collaborator, Nathaniel Wyeth; the 1803 book by Thomas Moore, "An Essay on the Most Eligible Construction of Ice-Houses"; tools, equipment and methods of natural ice harvesting and its distribution, including the successful arrival in 1833 of a ship carrying ice from Boston to Calcutta, crossing the equator twice; the manufactured ice industry and how it revolutionized food and eating in America; and the introduction of mechanical refrigerators, with the millionth Frigidaire sold by 1929 and the millionth General Electric Refrigerator by 1931. Sponsored by the Clements Library, 764-2347 or http://www.clements.umich.edu. 
Inspired by Childhood Paintings, by Carl Laub, University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Ka-Boom! Meteor and Asteroid Impacts, Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The display explains the differences between space dust, meteors, meteorites, meteoroids, asteroids and comets, and speculates about the roles asteroids may have had in Earth's history (including the theory that an asteroid impact contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs). Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Killing Ground: Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape, Museum of Art, through Nov. 7. In this exhibition, artist John Huddleston captures contemporary sites across the nation once marked by the U.S. Civil War. He pairs historical images of the conflict-battlefield scenes, soldiers living and dead, prisoners of war, civilians, and slaves-with his own color photographs of the same locations a century and a half later, taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Lighthouse Watercolors, by Margaret Glinke, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center, Turner Clinic Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Masterworks of African Art: Gabon and Cameroon, Museum of Art, through Nov. 7. This installation will explore the complex interrelationship between African form and meaning and the historical moment in which specific artistic traditions were produced. The works selected were created at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The artistic traditions of Gabon and Cameroon left a lasting impact on European individuals during this period, when travelers and colonial administrators collected large numbers of works for ethnographic museums or simply as souvenirs. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
A Medieval Masterpiece from Baghdad: The Ann Arbor 'Shahnama,' Museum of Art, Japanese Gallery, through Dec. 19. View all 33 illuminations from the Ann Arbor copy of "Shahnama"-the Iranian epic that recounts the reigns of kings stretching from a mythic past to the conquest of Persia by Islamic armies in the mid-seventh century. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Memorials of Life in Ancient China: Chinese Mortuary Art Across Four Millennia, Museum of Art, through Nov. 28. Since the beginnings of Chinese civilization, one of its identifying characteristics has been a concern with the welfare of the dead. This exhibition traces evolving customs of burial across four millennia and reveals major shifts in political, social and religious history. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Nature Photography, by Virginia Miller, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center, Turner Clinic Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Nature Transformed: Wood Art from the Bohlen Collection, Museum of Art, through Oct. 3. The exhibit marks the first public display of Bob and Lillian Montalto Bohlen's 2002 gift to the museum. It includes approximately 75 works from 65 American, European and Australian artists. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
New Work: Painting and Drawing on Paper, by Amanda Krugliak, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room, through Aug. 31. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Nomad's Land, Art and Architecture Building, Warren Robbins Gallery, Aug. 20-Sept. 10. Reception 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Explorer-artists from Canada, England, India and the United States set out on a long walk-traversing the inner and outer lands that meet in humanity. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Photography, by Monte Nagler, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Recycled Realities, by Catherine Peet, Taubman North Lobby, Floor 1, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the United States, Art and Architecture Building, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, through Oct. 8. A transnational look at contemporary Chinese art, featuring drawing, installation, painting, photography, video, prints, sculpture and mixed media by 26 artists. Reception 6-9 p.m. Sept. 10. Sponsored by the School of Art & Design, 936-2082.
Sculpture, by Wendel Heers, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center Main Lobby, Floor B2, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Searching for the Photographic Sublime: Adams, Cunningham and Weston, Museum of Art, through Sept. 26. Organized to coincide with "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape," this exhibition examines the exploration of the sublime in the work of three photographers who were contemporaries of O'Keeffe: Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston. Featured will be photographs of the American West by Adams, including views of Yosemite Valley, and still lifes by Cunningham and Weston. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Silk and Felt, by Laura Seligman, Cancer Center & Geriatrics Center Main Lobby, Floor B2, Aug. 23-Oct. 13. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
The Stearns Collection, School of Music. One of six major collections of musical instruments in North America; contains more than 2,000 instruments, ranging from typical period pieces to rare items. Sponsored by the School of Music, 763-4389.
Stories Told in Clay: 3,000 Years of Mesoamerican Ceramics, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Alcove. The exhibit presents archaeological evidence of human culture in Mesoamerica (Central America and Mexico) between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 1500. It uses clay artifacts to offer a glimpse into the daily life of people who lived long ago. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Surrealist Colored Pencil Drawings, by Jill Kline, University Hospital Main Corridor West, Floor 2, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Tapestries, by Sherri Smith, University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Treasures of Islamic Art from UMMA Collections, Museum of Art. The Islamic art in the UMMA collection is well known to scholars throughout the world, but may be much less familiar to regular museum visitors. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Turned Wood from the Museum of Art, University Hospital Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St. The oldest in the United States to retain its original telescopes in their mounts. It houses exhibits and collections highlighting the observatory's role in introducing scientific research to campus and significant discoveries made by its astronomers. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
U-M Health System Annual Employee Show, Taubman South Lobby, Floor 1, through Aug. 18. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.

Exhibit Tours

Dinosaurs, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Free, 30-minute, docent-led tour of the dinosaur exhibits. Sign up day of the tour. Limit 15 people. Sponsored by the U-M Credit Union, 764-0478.
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Sublime Landscape guided tours, 10 a.m. Aug. 21; noon Aug. 22; 1 p.m. Aug. 17 & 24; 7 p.m. Aug. 19. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.

Planetarium Shows

Adventures Along the Spectrum, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 12:30 p.m. Aug. 21 & 28; 2:30 p.m. Mon-Fri, through Aug. 27 & Aug. 21-22, 28-29. A classic show from the early 1980s featuring Professor Photon, who leads a tour of the electromagnetic spectrum and teaches that there is more to light than meets the eye. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
The Sky Tonight, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 21 & 28; 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. Mon-Fri, through Aug. 27 & Aug. 21-22, 28-29. The three bright stars of the Summer Triangle form the centerpiece of a discussion of the summer sky. Bright stars, constellations, planets and telescopic objects will be discussed. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.

Recreation

Yost Ice Arena: Public skating, Mon.-Fri. 12-12:50 p.m., Thurs. 8-9:50 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 2-3:50 p.m., through Sept. 3, 764-4600. Fee required.

Regular Meetings

English classes for families of international students, faculty and staff, Family Housing Language Program. Registration for Fall Term is underway for child, teen and adult classes. Native speakers of English also are needed as volunteer conversation or classroom partners. For more information, call (734) 763-1440 or e-mail familyhousing@umich.edu.