February 14th, 2016

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February 19th, 2016

Museum Studies Program brown bag

“But Is That Even a ‘Real’ Museum”? Exhibits and Their Objects at the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum

The presenter will discuss her experiences at Toronto’s Hockey Hall of Fame. The museum operates as a tourist attraction, historical...

Phondi

Nick Henriksen: Consonant Gemination in Andalusian Spanish

Spanish is often described as a language that lacks word-internal geminate consonants. This study explores an ongoing sound change in...

SoConDi

Ariana Bancu: Word Order Variation in Two- and Three-Verb Complexes in Transylvanian Saxon

This study analyzes word order variation in Transylvanian Saxon (TS) verbal complexes, in a multilingual community from Viscri, Romania. Due...

Linguistics Colloquium

Andries Coetzee: Sound Systems in Flux: How Speakers and Listeners Cope with Old and New Forms

Abstract: This presentation reviews current research in our Phonetics Lab, conducted in collaboration between Professors Pam Beddor and...

February 20th, 2016

Saturday Morning Physics

The Hunt for Gravitational Waves - Was Einstein Right? / Keith Riles, Professor of Physics (U - M)

Einstein thought gravitational waves were too weak ever to be detected. But now, on the centennial of his prediction of them, scientists...

Charity Fest

Presented by the Michigan A Cappella Council

Come see all 16 of U of M's a cappella groups perform in one night of charitable aca-fun! Proceeds will be going to a local charity.