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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

MLift Presents Janae 
Marie Kroc

WHAT: Listen to Janae 
Marie Kroc, a world-champion 
powerlifter and transgender 
woman, discuss her motivation 
and training regimen. 

WHO: MLift 

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mason Hall, Room 
3411

Robo-Sexism Colloquim 

WHAT: Anthropology Prof. 
Jennifer Robertson will explore 
Japanese conventions around 
sex and gender, as well as the 
complexity of robot intelligence.

WHO: History of Art

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Tappan Hall, Room 180

Poems with Bears

WHAT: Come hear poems and 
stories all about bears as spring 
arrives early and bears wake 
from hibernation. 

WHO: One Pause Poetry

WHEN: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

WHERE: Argus Farm Stop

“Abandoned Families: 
Social Isolation in the 
21st Century”: 

WHAT: Social Work Prof. 
Kristin Seefeldt discusses her 
book on the increase of families 
with low-paying jobs and no 
access to upward social mobility. 
 

WHO: School of Public Policy

WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Weill Hall, Annenberg 
 

Auditorium

Social Area Brown Bag

WHAT: Graduate student 
Qinggang Yu presents his research 
on the role of orbitofrontal cortex 
in cultural orienation. 
WHO: Social Psychology

WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.

WHERE: East Hall, Room 4464

How to Enjoy Kabuki

WHAT: A discussion regarding 
how to enjoy the presentation, 
staging, costumes and 
performance of kabuki.

WHO: Center for Japanese 
Studies

WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: School of Social Work, 
Room 1636

Chinese Art Journey

WHAT: Danny Yung, a pioneer 
of experimental performance, 
talks about Chinese traditional 
performing arts.

WHO: The Confucius Institute
WHEN: Noon to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: The Michigan League, 
Michigan Room

Folksongs in U.S. Social 
Movements 

WHAT: Long-time activist 
Corey Dolgon, a University of 
Michigan alum, presents on the 
role of folksongs in U.S. social 
movements .
WHO: Department of American 
Culture

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Haven Hall, Room 3512

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Kangaroo spotted running 
Detroit streets was part of 
traveling exhibit

University of Michigan alum 

Michael Rubenstone will premiere 

his first documentary, “On the Sly: 

In Search of the Family Stone” at the 

Freep Film Festival April 1 in Detroit.

The documentary follows 

Rubenstone’s 12-year search for funk 

legend Sly Stone, frontman of the 

band Sly and the Family Stone, which 

gained popularity in the 1960s. In 

2010, the band was ranked 43rd on 

Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 

100 Greatest Artists of All-Time” and 

has been noted for its unique multi-

racial, multi-gendered make-up.

In an interview with MLive, 

Rubenstone noted the relevance of 

the band’s unique sound during such 

a tumultuous decade.

“Particularly in their earlier 

recordings — like ‘You Can Make 

It If You Try,’ ‘Sing a Simple Song,’ 

‘Everyday People’ — they sort of 

espoused this holistic paradigm,” he 

said. “They were everyday people, 

Black and white, male and female, all 

contributing to an incredible sound 

during a very, very turbulent era.”

Rubenstone graduated from the 

University in 1999 with a degree in 

theater. He later explained to the 

Daily he began filmmaking after 

moving to Los Angeles as a way to 

find fulfillment in his career, while 

maintaining his passion and love for 

acting.

“I got into filmmaking by 

accident, really,” he wrote in an email 

interview. “I moved out to LA from 

New York to continue my career as an 

actor. I was able to get some work, but 

found it very unfulfilling. This project 

gave me more control of my career. I 

could always work on a cut, develop 

the script, seek out another interview. 

That was very rewarding. I still act. I 

still love it. But somehow I got my big 

break as a director. Go figure. Strange 

how things work sometimes, but you 

have to be open to changing paths in 

this business.” 

Rubenstone noted how the 

artist’s music has influenced him 

since high school, and how he 

wanted to locate Stone after the artist 

disappeared from the music world. 

According to Rubenstone, what began 

as a few inquiries around the city 

quickly transformed into more than a 

decade-long project.

“When I saw the Woodstock 

documentary in high school, I was 

blown away by Sly’s performance,” 

he said. “When I moved out to LA 

to pursue my career as an actor, it 

occurred to me that Sly was also 

in LA, and I thought it would be 

interesting to see if I could track 

him down. So I picked up a camera 

and started making little inquiries 

around LA. That’s 

essentially how it 

started. Twelve 

years later, I 

finally got it 

done.”

Rubenstone 

said his film’s 

director of the 

Freep Film 

Festival sought 

out “On the Sly” 

due to his affinity 

for the artist, as 

well as Rubenstone’s position as an 

alum.

“I am honored to return to 

Michigan and share this film with 

some friends from college,” he said. 

“Steve Byrne, the director of the 

Freep Festival, sought out the film 

not only because he was a Sly fan, but 

also because I was a Wolverine. It’s 

great that this festival pays tribute 

to the fascinating history of Detroit, 

Michigan, but also gives a nod to 

some Alums.”

- KAELA THEUT

ON THE DAILY: FILMMAKING ON THE SLY

JULIA LAWSON/Daily

Michael Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene, speaks about “ide-
nitity cooking” at the food literacy event in Angell Hall on Tuesday.

S PE AK I N G FOO D

A research team in the 

University of Michigan College 
of Engineering succeeded in 
creating a tarnish-proof silver 
film whose properties allow 
for various uses such as high-
tech screens. The team’s paper, 
published last Monday, details 
the film’s versatility.

As the silver film is ultra-

thin, it can be used for displays 
such the touch screens on 
cell phones. The film is also 
transparent, which is why it 
can be directly applied to solar 
cells or organic LED displays 
— increasing efficiencies as the 
film allows more light to enter 
solar cells and to leave the 
LEDs.

Cheng 
Zhang, 
a 
former 

Engineering 
Ph.D. 
student, 

currently works at the National 
Institute 
of 
Standards 
and 

Technology and is the first 
writer listed on the paper. Zhang 
highlighted the advantages of 
film, especially when used for 
future flexible screens. So far, he 
explained, the material indium 
tin oxide is widely used for touch 
screens. 
However, 
it 
cracks 

very easily when moved, which 
interferes with the materials’ 
conductivity. Since silver films 
have a much better stability, 
even when moved, they are more 
suitable for flexible screens.

Another material currently 

used as a transparent conductor 
for flexible displays is graphene. 
However, the silver film shows 
major 
advantages 
compared 

to this material; namely, its 
conductivity is much better than 
the conductivity of graphene.

Zhang said silver films might 

be a better future alternative to 

ITO for economic reasons, as 
prices for indium are likely to 
rise in the future, whereas the 
price of silver compared to that 
is more likely to stay stable.

“Indium itself is a rare 

element,” 
Zhang 
said. 
“In 

addition, most of the supply 
of indium is in China and in 
Canada, so it is not everywhere 
in the world, only a few places.”

L. Jay Guo, a professor of 

electrical 
engineering 
and 

computer science, supervised 
the 
research 
team, 
and 

explained there were previous 
difficulties in producing ultra-
thin 
silver 
films. 
Previous 

techniques to overcome these 
technical difficulties included 
adding other films beneath the 
silver film.

“It is known in the scientific 

community that if you want 
to form a silver film like this 
that is thin, it is not going to 

be continuous,” Guo said. 
“But adding another film 
would inevitably impact the 
performance of the silver 
film.”

Guo and his team set 

out to solve the problem by 
combining the silver with a 
small amount of aluminum. 
This allowed for them to 
create an ultra-thin, seven-
nanometer 
silver 
film, 

smooth, 
transparent 
and 

resistant to tarnish.

Chengang 
Ji, 
a 
Ph.D. 

student 
in 
electrical 

engineering and computer 
science, was also part of the 
research team. Ji pointed 
out the market possibilities 
of the silver film given all 
its advantages compared to 
currently used materials.

“We 
are 
trying 
to 

commercialize this product 
because it has very good 
potential 
for 
the 
next 

generation,” Ji said. “So we 
are trying to a find a way 
for mass production of this 
silver film.”

Engineering research team leads
ultra-thin silver film breakthrough

Technology can be utilized in touchscreen technology and flexible monitors

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