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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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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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