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One-dimensional writing is not very persuasive. The best advocates—like the best tennis players, golfers, and archers—have a much bigger repertoire of shots.

Learn how to become one of these advocates with Professor Patrick Barry of the University of Michigan Law School in this special workshop tied to the four-part online series “Good with Words: Writing and Editing,”

August 3, 2020
1-2 p.m. ET
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Meet Professor Patrick Barry, JD/PhD

An All-American soccer player in college, Professor Barry is the author of Good with Words: Writing and Editing as well the series The Syntax of Sports. He has won several teaching awards, including the Provost’s Innovation in Teaching Prize, the Wayne Booth Prize for Teaching Excellence, and the Outstanding Research Mentor Award. He also regularly works with law firms, state governments, and nonprofit organizations to improve their written and spoken advocacy.

*This virtual event will be recorded for educational and archival purposes, but it will not be shared with participants.

Welcome to the Police Brutality Teach-Out Live Town Hall. This public online learning experience was created in response to the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery and the urgent need for wider public understanding of police brutality and systemic racism in the United States. In The Police Brutality Teach-Out, learners develop greater understanding of the history and policies impacting police violence in the U.S., understand the demands of protesters, and gain the knowledge and tools to fight for change locally.

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We’ve invited back four of our expert contributors to respond to your questions: Professor Angela Dillard from the University of Michigan, Professor R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy from New York University, Professor Barbara McQuade from the University of Michigan Law School, and Dr. Lisa Jackson, chair of the Ann Arbor Independent Police Community Oversight Commission. They will be responding to questions about the history, ongoing impact, and current contexts of police brutality in the United States collected from our Teach-Out learners and live from town hall participants!

The Michigan IT Symposium is an annual event to help create connections between community members while highlighting the innovation and ingenuity occurring across all of the U-M campuses. The event is open to all University of Michigan IT and technology professionals and advocates and includes multiple types of interactions, including plenary and breakout events. This event is hosted by the Office for the Vice President for IT & CIO.

The Center for Academic Innovation’s Software Operations team will be hosting a discussion panel titled: From Innovative Idea to Scalable Solution: How the Center for Academic Innovation tackles educational challenges. During this session, we will discuss our software design and creation process, including how we work our the faculty innovators to the multi-disciplinary team we pull together to make sure our software is well designed for scale.

You can find out more information and register for the event HERE.

Join us monthly in the Large Glass Conference Room of the Academic Innovation Space in Hatcher Graduate Library (913 S. University Ave., 8th Floor) for a meeting of the Simulations Community of Practice.

The Simulations Community of Practice is an interdisciplinary group of U-M staff and faculty who meet regularly to discuss the development and implementation of simulation-based teaching tools. Participants explore the benefits and challenges of simulation activities, as well as share experiences and resources.

All instructors and staff who create and/or facilitate simulation activities for the classroom, or who are interested in doing so, are welcome to attend.

RSVP for this event HERE!

2019 Meeting Dates (all meetings will take place in the Large Glass Conference Room of the Academic Innovation Space in Hatcher Graduate Library (913 S. University Ave., 8th Floor):

2/21

3/21

4/25