Happening @ Michigan

Health Professions Education (HPE) Day 2017

This annual event aims to spark interprofessional collaboration, networking, and inspiration for future research and practice for...

#BLACKYOUTHMATTER: THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR EQUITABLE EDUCATION IN AN ANTI-BLACK SOCIOPOLITICAL CLIMATE

Dorinda Carter Andrews, Professor at MSU

Dr. Carter Andrews is Assistant Dean of Equity Outreach Initiatives and an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at...

Conflict & Cyberspace: Emerging Challenges & Norms

As cyberspace becomes more and more central to the international security discussion, states are increasingly searching for common “rules...

Colonization, Globalization, and the Emergence of Creoles and Pidgins

Salikoko S. Mufwene, University of Chicago

Abstract...

Densifying Networks

Sidney Redner, Sante Fe Institute

We discuss the unusual properties of networks that grow by either: (a) redirection or (b) node duplication. The former leads to unusual...

International Economics

Lin Ma, National University of Singapore

Abstract and paper not yet available.

2017 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Lecture: Australian Women's Healthy Aging Project 1990 to 2020

Cassandra E.I. Szoeke, PhD, FRACP, GAICD, MBBS, BSc (Hons), GENET

Abstract:...

Michigan Engineering Design Expo

Michigan Engineering Students

See how Michigan Engineering students are designing solutions to our world's challenges....

P&SC Brown Bag

Amy Ko, Graduate Student UM

Title: Not Your Model Minority: Workplace Outcomes among Asian Pacific Islander Americans

Winds of Change – Funerary practices at the dawn of Late Bronze Age in Southeast Hungary

Gyorgyi Parditka, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology University of Michigan

The transition from Middle to Late Bronze Age (~1500-1300 BC) in the Carpathian Basin encompassed a broad range of changes in material...

Gifts of Art presents Vintage American Pop Song & Dance

Etcetera

Etcetera is a lively octet that sings and swings the standards. The group’s four-part vocals and stylized choreography of favorite...

Diversity Research Symposium: Culturally Grounded Academic Interventions that Build on The Strengths of Indigenous Students

Stephanie Fryberg, Associate Professor, University of Washington

The culture cycle reveals that individuals are both a product of and play an important role in creating and adapting to the cultures they...

Student Arithmetic

Composing and commuting dilated floor functions

Floor functions appear in number theory, e.g. in expressions for the Riemann zeta function and in some proofs of quadratic reciprocity....

An Update on UM Athletic Programs

Warde J. Manuel, University of Michigan Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics

Warde J. Manuel was named Michigan's Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics on January 29, 2016. He has earned three degrees from UM...

Dance Composition Class Showing

Freshman and sophomore dance majors present choreography created during their semester-long composition class with Associate Professor of...

Econometrics: Incomplete English Auction Models with Heterogeneity

Adam Rosen, Duke University

Abstract and paper not yet available.

South Asian Language Program New Year Celebration

Celebrate Bengali, Hindi, and Punjabi New Year

Come celebrate Bengali, Hindi, and Punjabi New Year with yummy Desi delicacies, music and dance, creative activities, and cultural...

Analysis/Probability Learning Seminar

The stabilized set of p's in Krivine's theorem can be disconnected

J. L. Krivine's theorem states that for every Banach space X with a basis, there exists a p in [1, infinity] such that l_p is finitely...

Development of New Catalysts and Conjunctive Strategies for Stereoselective Organic Synthesis

Simon Meek (University of North Carolina)

This seminar will focus on our recent progress in developing new catalysts and strategies for chemical synthesis. Our group has a long-term...

Differential Equations

Randomization and dynamics in nonlinear wave and dispersive equations

In this talk we show how certain well-posedness results that are not available using only deterministic techniques (eg. Fourier and harmonic...

Donia Human Rights Center Lecture: Are Refugees a Security Risk? Using National Security and Human Rights Values to Protect Refugees and the Homeland

Hardy Vieux, Legal Director, Human Rights First and Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, U-M Ford School of Public Policy

We are in the midst of the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. And yet refugees that hope to look to the United States for safe haven...

Economic Development

Emily Breza, Harvard University

Abstract...

EEB Special Seminar: Coping with environmental change: integrating behavior and mechanism

Dustin Rubenstein, Associate Professor, Columbia University

If organisms are to persist in the face of climate change, they must be able to deal not only with increasing temperatures, but also with...

EIHS Lecture: On Futures, Past and Present

Robin Blackburn, University of Essex, and Nancy Fraser, The New School for Social Research

Amid economic turbulence, environmental disaster, and political shocks, some observers today perceive a crisis of futurity, manifested in an...

Law & Economics: Cat and Mouse: The Dynamics of Avoiding Regulation

Daria Roithmayr, University of Southern California

Abstract and paper not yet available.

Michigan Baseball vs. No. 18 Oklahoma

Michigan Baseball vs. No. 18 Oklahoma

Repossessing the Valley of the Fallen: the case of Alex de la Iglesia's Balada triste de trompeta

Professor Alejandro Yarza, Georgetown University

Talk by Alejandro Yarza.

Topology

Superinjective Simplicial Maps of the Two-sided Curve Complexes on Nonorientable Surfaces

I will talk about a joint work with Luis Paris. We prove that on a compact, connected, nonorientable surface of genus at least 5, any...

Preprint Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Nilpotence of Frobenius action and the Hodge filtration on local cohomology (following Srinivas and Takagi)

https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08772 Speaker(s): Karen Smith (UM)

Biological Sciences & Neuro. Student Research Poster Session

Program in Biology and Undergrad. Program in Neuroscience

Join us to celebrate the research accomplishments of our undergraduates!...

Film / Video Screenings - Close Encounters: The 2017 Stamps Senior Show

Close Encounters: The 2017 Stamps Senior Show features work in a range of media by graduating BFA, BA, and Interarts students at the Penny...

Film / Video Screenings - Close Encounters: The 2017 Stamps Senior Show

Close Encounters: The 2017 Stamps Senior Show features work in a range of media by graduating BFA, BA, and Interarts students at the Penny...

How to Learn Three Langauges in One Class:

Tips for Potential Learners of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

How to learn three languages in one class?...

Semester Finale Dinner

On Thursday, April 13th, celebrate the end of the semester with a delicious dinner at any dining hall!

UMSI Boston Regional Event

Barry Fishman & Tom Hyry

This regional event takes place on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Harvard's Houghton Library, which is celebrating 75 years in 2017. The...

Michael Byers

HZWP Faculty Spotlight

Michael Byers’ first book, The Coast of Good Intentions, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the...

Opera Panel Discussion: Difficulty of Casting The Difficulty of Crossing a Field

“The Cast Talks Back”

Join the cast and directors of The Difficulty of Crossing A Field and a panel of experts with experience in casting and portraying roles of...

Roland Barthes: The Image and the Imaginary

Sergey Zenkin

In his semiotic critique of culture, Roland Barthes was dealing with signs, but also with images. This paper discusses two different aspects...

A Taste of Ukrainian for Potential Learners

A Taste of Ukrainian for Potential Learners...

UMBS Orientation

Students who have been admitted to take courses at the Biological Station should attend this orientation to learn what to expect this spring...

Jazz Department Showcase

The University of Michigan Jazz Showcase will feature performances by the U-M Jazz Ensemble and Saxophone Ensemble, the duo of Emma Aboukasm...

Michigan Women's Lacrosse vs. Rutgers

Michigan Women's Lacrosse vs. Rutgers

Zouk Thursdays

A time to practice and learn Zouk. If you know absolutely nothing about Zouk or dancing, we'll help you through the basics. You'll...

Detroiters Speak: Envisioning a Better Future: Public Education in Detroit

Details to follow.

Senior Recital: Tori Darnell, soprano

PROGRAM: Fauré - Op. 83; Poulenc - Métamorphoses; Burleigh - My Lord, What a Mornin’; Still - Grief; Heggie - How Well I knew the Light;...

Campus Band Chamber Ensembles

Andrea Brown, director

Maha-Laya: A Rhythmical Rhapsody

featuring T H Subash Chandran & Ganesh Kumar

“Maha-Laya: A Rhythmical Rhapsody” features two of the best known percussionists in Indian carnatic music, T H Subash Chandran and his...

Masters Recital: Jeong Yun Yang, piano

PROGRAM: Brahms - Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, op. 120, no. 1; Reinecke - Trio for piano, oboe and horn in A Minor, op. 188; Brahms - Trio...

Mentality Magazine Launch Party

Please join us as we celebrate the second print edition of Mentality Magazine, Gender Identity and Sexuality. We are having this launch...

Mentality Magazine Second Edition Launch Party

Come and join us in celebrating the publishing of Mentality Magazine’s SECOND print edition! Our theme for the semester is Gender Identity...

Tim O'Brien & J.D. Hutchison

Check back soon for more information.