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Fulbright Information
Session

WHAT: Come learn about
earning a fellowship to study,
research, teach English or train
in the creative arts aborad from a
University student adviser.

WHO: International Institute

WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: School of Social Work,
Room 1644

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

Center Space

WHAT: A drop-in event for
different communities within
queer life to build a community
of resources and help people of
similar identities feel supported,
all moderated by a host.

WHO: Spectrum Center

WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union,
Spectrum Center

MRelay Benefit Concert

WHAT: A benefit concert
featuring several performance
groups at the University of
Michigan.

WHO: UM Relay for Life

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Lydia Mendelssohn
Theater

“Mind Game”
Screening and Panel

WHAT: This documentary
tells the compelling story of
basketball star Chamique
Holdsclaw, and her struggles
with mental illness. The movie
showing will be followed by a
panel with Holdsclaw and local
experts.

WHO: Depression Center

WHEN: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Theater, 603
E. Liberty St.

Winter Career Expo

WHAT: Day one of the
internship and job fair kicks off
with a number of opportunities
for students seeking employment.
Download the Career Fair app for
more information.
WHO: University Career Center
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Michigan Union

Michigan in Washington

WHAT: All majors are welcome
to learn about spending a
semester in Washington D.C.
combining coursework with an
internship.

WHO: Michigan in Washington
Program

WHEN: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Haven Hall, Room
5670

Free Groceries

WHAT: Come by to stock up
on free groceries at the January
Distribution event.
WHO: MAIZE & BLUE Cupboard

WHEN: 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Trotter Multicultural
Center

Iconic Restaurants of Ann
Arbor

WHAT: Jon Milan and Gail
Offen present on their work,
Iconic Restaurants of Ann
Arbor, highlighting many of the
local eateries that still thrive to
this day.

WHO: Literati Bookstore

WHEN: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: Literati Bookstore

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ane plume in Michigan.

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Last week, University of

Michigan alum Midori Maeda was

announced as one of ten runners-

up from a pool of more than 7,000

applicants in PepsiCo and 21st

Century Fox’s “The Search for

Hidden Figures” contest, which

aims to recognize talented female

researchers for their work in the

STEM fields.

Maeda received a master’s

degree in macromolecular science

and engineering from the University

in December 2016. She wrote in an

email interview that she is currently

working in an Ann Arbor research

lab with Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Shuichi Takayama, as well as at

a startup, where she creates artificial

biomaterials to understand how to

cure different diseases.

“I was very lucky to join Dr.

Shuichi Takayama’s research group,”

Maeda wrote. “Here, I currently

work on making artificial versions

of biomaterials, such as neutrophil

extracellular traps, to better

understand their role in diseases and

how to cure them. I am also working

in a startup in Ann Arbor, called

PHASIQ, developing new diagnostic

tools.”

The contest was inspired

by the recently released movie

“Hidden Figures,” which depicts

the careers of African-American

female mathematicians Katherine

Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and

Mary Jackson. The women worked

behind the scenes at NASA to provide

computations to launch astronaut

John Glenn into space as a part of the

space race — a term describing the

United States’s rivalry with the Soviet

Union to get a man on the moon.

“We are honored to have the

opportunity to share the story of

Katherine Johnson and her peers

whose contributions have remained

hidden for too long,” Lachlan

Murdoch, executive chairman of

21st Century Fox, said in a press

release. “At 21CF, we believe in the

power of storytelling to inspire the

next generation of talent to dream

bigger and unlock their full potential,

and through The Search for Hidden

Figures contest we are excited to give

young women across the country

the encouragement to pursue those

dreams.”

“Hidden Figures” has outgrossed

all other box office films since its Jan.

6 release and received praise from

numerous critics for revealing the

untold stories of Johnson, Vaughan

and Jackson.

As a runner-up, Maeda will

receive a free screening of “Hidden

Figures” in her hometown, a

membership to the New York

Academy of Sciences and $10,000

toward education or research in her

field.

Maeda found out about the

contest through the Society of

Hispanic Professional Engineers,

which she was involved with on

campus, and decided to apply because

the contest’s message resonated with

her.

Maeda added that she is

expecting to begin working toward

her doctoral degree in August 2017.

- KAELA THEUT

The Startup Competition is

modeled after the NBC singing
competition “The Voice.” Each
round weeds out contestants, and
those who advance are presented
with
the
chance
to
achieve

increasing
levels
of
funding,

mentorship
and
professional

networking opportunities. The
competition awarded last year’s
winning startup $15,000.

The competition kicked off with

a pitch by two Engineering seniors,
Rushil Bakhshi and Rohan Dasika,
for a startup that aims to monitor
local water usage.

For Bakhshi and Dasika, as

well as their two other partners,
creating a company that also seeks
to incentivize people to curtail
excessive water usage — as the
average five-minute shower uses
about 15 gallons of water — seemed
a logical decision.

“When the four of us got together

and started brainstorming ideas,
one common thread that tied all
the ideas together was that it had

to impact people more than us,”
Dasika said. “We wanted to know
where we could reduce our water
usage and how would we influence
other people of our own nature to
reduce water usage.”

Though their venture is in its

early stages, Bakhshi believes his
team’s ideas have the potential to
usher in change on a broad societal
level.

“We want to make a socio-

economic impact that empowers
people,” Bakhshi said. “We want
to help change the world but we
want to change our locality first.”

As a student startup in a

more infant stage but looking to
tackle an old University problem,
Maize Book aims to provide
an online marketplace where
Michigan students can buy and
sell textbooks without the hassle
of posting on Facebook or waiting
in line at Ulrich’s.

Maize Book member John

Falcone,
an
Engineering

sophomore,
is
confident
the

group can fill a niche that needs
to be dealt with.

“I know, having joined last

on this team and looking at
it
objectively
as
a
student,

that there is no kind of one
streamlined process to buy or sell
your textbooks,” Falcone said.

The
startup,
which
also

consists of Business sophomore
Maxwell
Frenkel
and

Engineering sophomore Michael
Kalmus,
promises
to
save

students money on textbooks
and to ensure that textbooks do
not gather dust on bookcases or
desks.

“I was looking under my

desk last semester and I had a
book from freshman year that
is still sitting there and I paid
way too much for it,” Frenkel
said. “I realized there has got
to be a better way than posting
on Facebook about it … and
(Maize Book) is really the only
alternative at this point.”

For
Frenkel,
Maize
Book

represents an opportunity to deal
with a persistent problem.

“If you are selling to other

students, you can be a little
more upfront about what you
want without ripping them off,”
Frenkel said.

Ellis Fried, another Startup

Competition attendee and an
LSA senior, has already seen his

company,
proteinbits
LLC,

grow from a personal desire
for a better protein-heavy
snack
into
a
full-fledged

operation with snacks for offer
for sale in cafes and shops all
over southeast Michigan.

Fried,
a
self-described

nutrition and health enthusiast
with an appetite for protein-
heavy foods, worked with a
local chef, regional packing
companies
and
student

consulting groups to bring to
fruition, over just the past 11
months, a bite-sized, almond-
and-chocolate-flavored snack.

Drawing positive taste tastes

from
the
assembled
panel

of judges, Fried said he feels
ready to take his company from
its University roots to wider
horizons.

“I was nervous about running

this company, but I think that in
the past month or two, as I have
been bringing on a lot of help
with consulting clubs … and a
distributor,” Fried said. “I have
a lot of help and teamwork that
is joining me now that definitely
helps.”

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