BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T120026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Other:Charleston Race Week DESCRIPTION:Regatta UID:132035-21869833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Patriots Point CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T120025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Other:J70s--April DESCRIPTION:Regatta UID:131534-21868730@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131534 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Coast Guard Academy CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T120032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T234500 SUMMARY:Other:Nationals DESCRIPTION:National Championships at Colby College UID:133283-21872691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Colby College CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250304T115736 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Summer Session in Epidemiology DESCRIPTION:Join us for the longest-running summer program in epidemiology! Choose from engaging 1-week or 3-week online courses designed to provide skills-based training in applied epidemiology.\n\nFor 60 years\, the University of Michigan's Summer Session in Epidemiology (SSE) has been one of the nation's longest-running and premier summer epidemiology programs. In just one to three intensive weeks\, gain valuable knowledge and skills to enhance your academic and professional journey. SSE is designed for public health and healthcare professionals\, researchers\, and anyone eager to build a foundation in epidemiologic science. We welcome participants from diverse backgrounds\, including undergraduate students\, public health professionals\, clinical and biomedical researchers\, and scholars in related fields such as psychology\, sociology\, and earth sciences. \n\nWhile experience in public health\, epidemiology\, or biostatistics is beneficial\, it is not required. By the end of our program\, you will have developed a solid understanding of key research principles in clinical populations\, covering areas such as: Study Design\, Biostatistical Analysis\, and Causal Inference These essential skills will help you advance in epidemiology\, public health\, and related fields. UID:133411-21872924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,biostatistics,Complex Systems,data,Dentistry,Education,Epidemiology,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Pre Med,Professional Development,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250213T133729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Pierpont Poetry Project DESCRIPTION:Check out the Pierpont Poetry Project! 50 student-written poems are on display throughout Pierpont Commons. The poems were all inspired by the theme “seeking” but interpreted in many different ways - they explore themes of love\, justice\, family\, loss\, hope\, identity\, and more. Explore the building and find all the poems - for every poem you log\, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Literati Bookstore gift card! UID:132261-21871746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132261 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Poetry LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250120T170337 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Prison\, a Prisoner\, and a Prison Guard DESCRIPTION:Join us for a multimedia exploration of the impact of prisons on countries and communities across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through the lens of “prison art.” The exhibit delves into the dynamic interplay between incarceration and creative expression to make sense of carceral systems.\n\nBy presenting prison art from various countries in the MENA region\, including Algeria\, Egypt\, Iran\, Iraq\, Lebanon\, Palestine\, Sudan\, Syria\, and Yemen\, this exhibit unfolds as a “journey” into the prison system and demonstrates the ways in which art can be a tool of expression and reconciliation for survivors\, detainees’ families\, and society at large. It promotes drawing parallels between the prison experience in the region and worldwide\, highlights the intentionality of carceral systems\, and expands the conversation to include prison-impacted communities. Viewers are invited to navigate the cross-generational\, human experiences of imprisonment often obscured behind prison walls and within individuals.\n\nCurated by Sumaya Tabbah and Susan Aboeid of The Ḥafathah Collective\, this traveling exhibit was organized by U-M Students Organize for Syria (SOS) in partnership with U-M Library and with support from the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nPlan to attend the related discussion\, \"Art\, Justice\, and Carcerality: The Role of Creative Expression in the Pursuit of Justice\,\" on February 6. UID:130114-21874274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250124T095019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World DESCRIPTION:The exhibit \"Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World: Interracial Identity in the U.S. and Around the World — What Research and Mixed Race People Tell Us\" is an exploration into the library's collections about the diversity of mixed race heritage. Through research\, narratives\, demographic data\, and a variety of visual and published materials\, explore multifaceted aspects of mixed race heritage with insights from many perspectives.\n\nThe 2020 U.S. Census illuminated a 276 percent increase in individuals who identify as \"two or more races\" since 2010. In recognition of the growing numbers of mixed race-identifying people at the University of Michigan\, throughout the country\, and across the globe\, we're excited to unveil this new exhibit — a unique exploration of changing demographics and intersectional identities. UID:129721-21869113@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T131508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CREES Exhibition. Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity\, an installation by Gluklya DESCRIPTION:Gluklya’s work is a powerful example of socially engaged art at the intersections of gender\, class\, and cultural identity. By focusing on experiences of female textile workers in Kyrgyzstan\, the artist explores the often-overlooked stories of women affected by Soviet and post-Soviet colonialism. \"Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity\" retells their stories using a diverse range of media — film\, sculpture\, watercolors\, and felt tapestries. Unfolding the implications of economic and societal pressures on women\, Gluklya explores issues of poverty\, isolation\, and exploitation among the garment workers.\n \n Personal stories are woven into a broader social context — such as the legacy of the \"Likbez\" (liquidation of illiteracy) campaign among women in Central Asia during Soviet rule and entrenched patriarchal traditions\, like \"Ala Kachuu\" (bride-kidnapping). This dynamic — where colonization and modernization intertwine the individual lives they touch — raises questions about cultural identity and the ethical borders of decolonized research.\n\nThis exhibition was curated by CREES alumna Dianne Beal (BA REES '79). See more of her work here: https://www.diannebeal.com/curatorial.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:132161-21870492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132161 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,eastern europe LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240910T113929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. Threads of Tradition: The Art of Ukrainian Vyshyvanka DESCRIPTION:The act of embroidering and weaving designs onto cloth is deeply rooted in Ukrainian traditions. Embellished clothing (sorochky)\, ritual cloths (rushnyky)\, and household textiles accompany a person from birth until death\, punctuating important life events in between. A variety of embroidery patterns are used throughout Ukraine\; some stitches are universally known\, while others are region-specific. Ukrainian embroidered clothing is now officially celebrated with an annual Vyshyvanka Day observed throughout the world in May.\n\nTo see photos and read more about exhibited items\, visit https://myumi.ch/AZedA\n \n The embroideries and textiles exhibited are from the private collections of Arnie Klein\, Solomia Soroka\, Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova\, and from the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum located in Hamtramck\, Michigan.\n \n The exhibit opens on September 5\, 2024\, in 1010 Weiser Hall\, 500 Church Street\, Ann Arbor. Contact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\n*The exhibition is cosponsored by the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum*.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:123893-21855072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/123893 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250219T082619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Andy Ross Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The pieces here are from a large series of works made over the last several years. In them\, Ross explores humor and personal meaning through absurd juxtapositions of pairs of wildly varied images. Each single image is stripped of its original context (be it\, for example\, a history book\, an instruction manual\, or a magazine advertisement)\, placed on a white background like some kind of specimen\, and presented afresh with a new “companion image.” These companion images confront\, contrast and converse with each other\, and thereby build new relationships\, narratives\, jokes\, and contexts.\n\nAndy Ross grew up in Macomb County\, and has been making art in various mediums since the 1970s. He received a BFA degree from College for Creative Studies\, and an MFA degree from University of Michigan. He has taught photography\, art\, and web design at colleges in California and Michigan. His photographs and collages have been exhibited in schools\, galleries\, and museums across the United States. UID:130827-21867102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130827 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connection Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241218T142819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Angkorian Homecoming DESCRIPTION:Informed by her experience as a refugee\, Phung Huynh’s projects explore the complexities of displacement\, assimilation\, and cultural negotiation among Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in the United States. She creates detailed graphite portraits on pink donut boxes to highlight the stories of Southeast Asians who have survived war trauma and genocide. Huynh’s serigraph prints about Donut Kids foreground intergenerational gaps as well as bridging the refugee parent and American child through the narratives of Cambodian American children who were raised by donut shop owners in California. Huynh’s most recent work of drawings of Cambodian Buddhist statue heads and photographic prints of decapitated statue bodies on fabric addresses the repatriation of looted Cambodian antiquities in the context of challenging the legacy of colonialism\, unethical museum practices\, and the refugee’s desire to return home. Complete details at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/phung-huynh.html. UID:130113-21865470@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130113 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,Culture,Exhibition,history,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250109T113426 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Elizabeth Boyd-Hartmann Dizik Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This body of work represents a playful exploration of form\, color\, and scale through the lens of cellular shapes. Inspired by the complex patterns of biological life\, the pieces are a celebration of growth\, transformation\, and the joy of experimentation. The use of non-precious materials\, such as wood balls and paint\, allowed for a liberating approach to composition and color\, while the spherical forms and circular panels evoke the look of petri dishes—symbolizing both scientific curiosity and organic development.\nBorn in Detroit\, Elizabeth is a multidisciplinary artist and mother based in the metro Detroit area\, where she works from a studio in her home. With a background in bench jewelry\, her earlier work focused on studio jewelry and was represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h in Montreal.\nElizabeth’s work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. She holds a BA in Jewelry Design\, with First Class Honours\, from Central Saint Martins in London\, a BFA from the University of Michigan\, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art\, where she specialized in Metalsmithing and Architecture. Her diverse practice spans jewelry\, sculpture\, and installation\, blending materials and techniques to explore themes of production\, growth\, transformation\, and organic form. UID:130825-21867011@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130825 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250226T104926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:RAW Exhibit DESCRIPTION:“RAW” is a 2024 printmaking portfolio featuring 25 15”x20” works on paper by a diverse group of primarily student artists\, organized by Professor Endi Poskovic of the Stamps Printmedia program. The hand-pulled prints in the set\, which has never been exhibited before\, span media from colorful laser cut woodblock prints\, to lithography\, to copper plate etching. The newly formed Stamps Student-led Exhibitions Committee (SEC) will curate and rotate selections of these prints in alignment with the portfolio’s theme—where time and effort transform raw potential. UID:133001-21872231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133001 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Michigan Union - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250211T122734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Redefining the Crown DESCRIPTION:In Winter 2025\, the Lane Hall exhibit space will feature a portraiture series titled Redefining the Crown showcasing the powerful stories of six Black breast cancer survivors.\n\nBased on a photo essay by U-M Faculty Versha Pleasant (MD/MPH) and Ava Purkiss (PhD) in Medicine at Michigan\, this exhibition examines the cultural and personal significance of hair within Black communities\, particularly through the lens of breast cancer treatment and recovery. The term \"crown\" is deeply symbolic in Black culture\, signifying beauty\, strength\, and identity. The featured photo essay by photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks.\n\nThrough their narratives and portraits\, the exhibit examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy\, inviting the audience to witness their stories with radical empathy. It explores the cultural pride and personal identity intricately tied to their hair\, and how these elements are redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThe exhibit will be on view from January 21\, 2025 to August 8\, 2025. This exhibition is presented with support from IRWG\, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies\, and Michigan Medicine. \n\nLocated on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street)\, the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public\, M-F\, 9am-4pm. UID:129602-21864102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:african american,Art,institute for research on women and gender,women,Women's And Gender Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250123T144233 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Strength\, Stretch and Balance DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, however\, please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are funded strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule.This class is open to everyone. The goal of this class is to work on your strength\, flexibility\, and balance in order to improve fitness levels and the ease of everyday tasks. UID:131677-21868996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241203T104657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Bibliophile and the Library: Private-Press Books from the Collection of Bill Heidrich DESCRIPTION:View beautifully illustrated books that stand as remarkable testaments to the work of twentieth-century small private presses\, which\, in contrast to the trend of mass commercialization\, produced limited editions that celebrated the uniqueness of manual craftsmanship. Features such as exquisite typeface design\, letterpress printing\, handmade paper\, traditional illustration techniques like woodcut and engraving\, and the inclusion of original art by renowned artists highlight the presses' dedication to artistry and detail.\n\nThe display opens with an edition of \"The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer\,\" published in 1896 by William Morris at his Kelmscott Press\, a pivotal press that greatly influenced the development of the private press movement as a means of preserving and revitalizing the fine printing and art traditions of the past. Additionally\, the exhibit includes some examples of artist’s proofs\, offering a glimpse into the intricate creative process behind these exceptional works.\n\nThese books are on loan from the collection of Bill Heidrich\, a long-time supporter of the University of Michigan Library. UID:129585-21863794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129585 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Exhibition,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250513T122307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID:94181215786)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98659357324) UID:117253-21865826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250409T104258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Take Care: Student Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Experience the 2025 Take Care Student Art Exhibition\, a heartfelt showcase of creativity\, resilience\, and healing.\n\nThrough visual art\, video\, performance\, and literary works\, students will share their unique perspectives on caring for oneself and others\, healing as a community\, and imagining a world where self-expression nurtures collective well-being.\n\nRiverbank Arts: January 10–February 14\nClosing Reception: February 14\, 6–9 p.m.\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery: April 15–May 9\nOpening Reception: April 15\, 5–8 p.m. UID:130900-21875282@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130900 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Exhibition,Reception,Take Care,Well-being LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Gathering DESCRIPTION:Welcome. Make Yourself At Home.\n \nA Gathering brings together the newest works of art to enter UMMA’s collection — many on display here for the first time. \n \nAs a free\, public museum\, UMMA staff takes care of art for the benefit of the community and society at large. The works on view in this exhibition\, all brought into the Museum between 2019 and the present\, shows how institutions like UMMA are becoming more permeable to societal challenges\, and more nimble in responding to them in service to all in their communities. In this exhibition you will find works that reflect on how global migrations\, race\, gender\, and ecological change shape the way we engage with the world and inform our visions for the future.\n \nThis collection of artistic engagements with issues give us tools to envision who we want to be as individuals\, as a museum\, and as a society\, connected to one another across space and experience.\n \nSo gather here to take in these latest works of art brought here for you. Gather here to be engulfed in their forms and meanings\, to discuss their takes\, to learn\, to disagree. Gather to relax\, make a friend\, drink a coffee\, finish the daily Wordle. Gather to feel full\, to be moved and inspired by all the possible imaginations of what is yet to come.\n \nCurated by Félix Zamora Gómez Irving Stenn\, Jr. Fellow in Public Humanities & Museum Pedagogy\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n  UID:107870-21818091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Museum,Staff,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250218T124719 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Climate Anxiety: Equity & Action in Lab and Clinical Spaces DESCRIPTION:At U-M\, labs and clinical spaces account for 59% of energy use and 63% of emissions. Labs can also produce an estimated 5.5 million tons of plastic waste per year (~2% of all plastic waste produced globally). This means there are big upsides in making your lab and clinical spaces more sustainable!\n\nWe will begin by talking about the impacts of labs and clinical spaces\, particularly surrounding environmental justice concerns with procurement and usage. Ever worried about those pesky nitrile gloves - we’ll be talking about those and even more. Often these are difficult and complex conversations so we will transition into discussing climate anxiety and action. People often associate climate anxiety as being an affluent and white concern\, but the reality is that historically marginalized communities are impacted disproportionately by climate change and do experience climate anxiety. How might we take care of ourselves and our communities? Well\, with nature! Nature is an impactful\, mostly accessible\, and free healthcare intervention. We’ll dive into this and then experience some green time in the beautiful CVC Atrium. UID:132873-21871992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132873 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Climate Change,planet blue,Research,Sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:University Hospitals - UH South F4834 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250212T090324 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ITS Spring Power Up DESCRIPTION:Join Information and Technology Services for our spring Power Up event! Grab a cookie\, some snacks\, and swag\, and power up for your finals. UID:132656-21871516@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132656 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,In Person,information and technology,information technology,it,Its LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240130T121551 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n  UID:84303-21621570@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250219T145025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T112000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ideas Rents and Firm Growth with Timo Boppart\, Peter Klenow and Reiko Laski DESCRIPTION:Which firms drive aggregate growth? Price-earnings ratios differ markedly and persistently across publicly-listed firms. Large differences remain after netting out the impact of proxies for firm-specific discount factors\, and are highly correlated with actual and analyst forecasts of future earnings growth. The implication is that listed firms deviate from Gibrat’s Law\, under which expected growth rates are purported to be the same across firms. We find further that fast-growing firms are expected to see increases in their earnings relative to sales\, which we interpret as rents from ideas. We construct an endogenous growth model with persistence shocks to firm innovation step-sizes and calibrate it to match patterns in the data. The model implies that the fastest-growing firms – so-called Luttmer Rockets – are responsible for a much bigger share of aggregate growth than predicted under Gibrat’s Law. UID:130228-21865615@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250404T172504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Other:ELO | General International Pre-Departure Session DESCRIPTION:General International Pre-Departure Session | Tuesday April 15th\n11:30 am - 1:00 pm | UMSI Engagement Center Great Room 200\n\nThis general pre-departure session is open to all U-M students who are planning to participate in an international experience during the summer of 2025. U-M policies and requirements will be covered along with general guidance from UMSI Global Engagement Program Manager\, Adam Freed.\n\nRegistration link: http://umsi.info/elo-register UID:134728-21874800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134728 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engaged Learning Office,Global Engagement LOCATION:UMSI Central - Great Room 200 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T112024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Teaching Takeaways (EHW) DESCRIPTION: UID:134697-21874752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall 3241 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250421T113230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental\, political\, economic\, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit\, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters\, documents\, newspapers\, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.\n\nAmong the items on display will be Commander in Chief of the British Army\, General Thomas Gage's draft orders for the Concord Expedition\, April 18\, 1775\; a bundle of letters collected by former Sons of Liberty supporter Dr. Benjamin Church\, which he secretly turned over to British Army intelligence\; letters by Silas Deane\, John Hancock\, and Rachel Revere\; and much more.\n\nOpen weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:134875-21875502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250114T090621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series: From Structures to Binding Curves: Organizing a Bacterial Microcompartment DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar at 12 noon in 3330 MS I. UID:131119-21867763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131119 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences,Life Science LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 3330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250318T113849 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinct and Overlapping Roles of Glis in Olfactory Epithelium Development DESCRIPTION:Dissertation Defense\n\nWe are pleased to announce that Haeyoung Park\, Ph.D. Candidate will present her Dissertation Defense titled \"Distinct and Overlapping Roles of Glis in Olfactory Epithelium Development\,\" on Tuesday\, April 15\, from 12:00pm - 1:00 p.m.\, Medical Science 2\, 3699 S. Lecture Hall and via live stream: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96930945358 PC CDB\n\nDissertation Committee members:\n- Sunny Wong (Chair)\n- Ben Allen (Advisor)\n- Rachel Zemans\n- Noriaki Ono UID:134011-21873787@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134011 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Medical Science Research Building 2 - 3699 S. Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250410T142827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Prelim Seminar Series - A Feeling for the Organism: Understanding Trait Evolution in Polypore Mushrooms DESCRIPTION:Talk Title: A Feeling for the Organism: Understanding Trait Evolution in Polypore Mushrooms\n\nSummary: My project proposal broadly investigates macrofungal evolution through a specific focus on sporocarp traits. For this\, I use two different species of wood-inhabiting fungi that produce fruiting bodies having a poroid hymenophore (porous spore producing layer on the underside of the mushroom)\, commonly referred to as polypores. Polypores\, which form a polyphyletic group within Basidiomycota\, are unique in harboring species that produce annual and perennial hardy\, poroid fruiting bodies which can remain exposed to the external environment and maintain functionality for long periods of time. Unlike the fruiting bodies of a majority of macrofungal species\, given the persistence of certain polypore fruiting bodies on their wood-substrate over extended time periods\, species within Polyporaceae are suitable for investigating the evolution of life history traits and adaptation in macrofungi. My PhD project will focus on two established traits- colour polymorphism and longevity\; and will further use population genetics to identify traits that may be important for local adaptation. The first two chapters will be focussing on Trametes versicolor (aka Turkey Tail) which is a highly colour polymorphic\, globally distributed\, hardwood decay fungus found growing on a wide range of hardwood species. Using T. versicolor\, I firstly aim to uncover if colour polymorphism in the species is linked to the wood species it grows on or if it is a heritable trait\; and secondly\, aim to determine whether it has population structuring across its geographic distribution\, and local adaptation to each habitat of occurrence. In my third chapter\, I propose to use Ganoderma applanatum (aka Artist’s conk) which has a perennial fruiting body that remains functional and fertile for several years to investigate senescence and the evolution of this alternate life history strategy. UID:134872-21875494@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,developmental biology,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students,In Person,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology,Talk LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250205T181834 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jessi Grieser\, carillon DESCRIPTION:LSA faculty member Jessi Grieser performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:132413-21870897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132413 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T165200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Of Calendars and Cinnabar: The When and What of Dreaming in Late Ming China DESCRIPTION:Attend in person or via Zoom: https://myumi.ch/W5X1W\n\nThrough the lens of a seventeenth-century Chinese dream encyclopedia among other sources\, Brigid Vance explores the way in which late Ming literati negotiated the relationship between when they dreamed and what tools they could use to understand and transform their dreams.\n \n Brigid E. Vance is associate professor of history at Lawrence University. Her research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China. She also has teaching interests in the history of science\, Tokugawa Japan\, material culture\, and the Silk Roads. In addition to her history PhD from Princeton\, Brigid also earned a certificate in Further Education in Analytical Psychology from the CG Jung Institute in Zürich\, Switzerland. She has published on dreams and inclusive pedagogy. Her article on student podcasts won the 2022 American Historical Association William and Edwyna Gilbert award for the best article on teaching history. In 2020\, Brigid was awarded Lawrence University’s Award for Excellent Teaching by an Early Career Faculty Member.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:130940-21867424@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130940 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250228T133358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE Ph.D. in Scientific Computing Student Seminar DESCRIPTION:The MICDE PhD Student Seminar Series showcases the research of students in the Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. These events are open to the public\, but we request that all who plan to attend register in advance.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email micde-phd@umich.edu. UID:131072-21867692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131072 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Ai In Science And Engineering,Artificial Intelligence,Chemical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computation,Computational Modeling,Computational Science,computing,Engineering,Generative Ai,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,high performance computing,Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Micde,Michigan Engineering,Phd Seminar,Prospective Graduate Students,Rackham,Science,Scientific Computing,seminar LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 4th floor conference room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250325T093423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Rethinking Procrastination: How High Achievers Get Unstuck DESCRIPTION:Everyone procrastinates. Yet\, when you’re accustomed to accomplishing your goals\, feeling stuck in your career or personal life can feel even more frustrating. Beating yourself up or avoiding the situation can make things worse. Moreover\, conventional advice doesn’t always help the smart and caring. Depending on how you’re stuck\, you need different tactics.\n\nHaving worked with hundreds of high achievers\, research scientist-turned-life coach Dr. Stacy Kim shares common pitfalls that talented individuals need to avoid and how to rethink roadblocks. Walk away with practical strategies and easy tweaks to help you move forward in finding more rewarding and meaningful work and deepening important relationships. UID:133681-21873399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Free,Professional Development,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250318T121801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Understanding Spiritual Wellness DESCRIPTION:This session will offer an understanding of spirituality and how to screen for spiritual wellness/spiritual distress in individuals as well as in communities. Discuss common misunderstandings around spiritual care and its role in a public university setting. Obtain resources for supporting individuals and communities to promote spiritual wellbeing. UID:134017-21873793@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134017 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Religious,Student Affairs,Support,Undergraduate Students,Wellness LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T121506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Warped Routes: 2025 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\nMichelle CieloszczykMike MartinRiver BerryMichael King\, Jr.Fiona HofferZoë Dong\nThe 2025 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 28 - April 19 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Friday\, March 28 from 6-8pm (no RSVP required).\nViewings March 29-April 19 are available by appointment only\; please contact Michael King\, Jr. to arrange a visit. UID:134133-21873918@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134133 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250120T151032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:\"Let's Talk\": Informal\, Drop-In Mental Health Counseling DESCRIPTION:Trained mental health counselors are now available for drop-in conversations at different times and locations across campus\, including at Trotter\, the Spectrum Center\, South Quad\, the International Center\, and Bursley.\n\nThis informal\, confidential “office hours” style can be a great fit for students unsure about formal counseling\; for those with a specific\, time-limited concern they’d like to talk through\; or those seeking information on campus resources. Please note: this is not meant for crisis or emergency support.\n\n\"Let's Talk\" will run from January 20th 2025 to April 25th 2025. There will be no drop-ins the week of Spring Break (March 3rd - 7th). \n\nMonday: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm with Markie Silverman\, Ph.D.\, LP\, Room 2035 in Trotter Multicultural Center\nTuesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Marcella A. Beaumont\, Ph.D.\, Room 3032 in The Spectrum Center (Michigan Union)\nWednesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Emily Malinowski\, LMSW\, Room 1721A in South Quad Housing\nThursday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm with Ling Liu\, Ph.D. & Chunyu Xu\, M.Ed.\, M.S.Ed.\, Conference Room in the International Center\nFriday: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm with Kayla Douglas\, LMSW\, and Emily Powers\, LLMSW\, Room 2329B in Bursley Housing UID:131469-21868533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessible,Casual,Confidential,Drop-in,free,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,health communication,Inclusion,mental health,Mindfulness,relationship,relationships,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,university health service,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union - The Spectrum Center: Room 3032 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T150221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Contributions to Distributed Learning and Selective Inference DESCRIPTION:The rapid growth and distributed nature of modern datasets pose significant challenges in statistical learning and inference. Privacy concerns often prohibit direct data sharing across sites\, while distributional heterogeneity complicates accurate modeling and inference. Moreover\, high-dimensional data and model selection procedures necessitate statistical methods for valid inference post-selection. This dissertation addresses these challenges by developing methodologies in distributed statistical learning\, inference with heterogeneous data\, and selective inference.\n\nIn the first part of the dissertation\, we propose a novel one-shot distributed learning algorithm via refitting bootstrap samples. We demonstrate that the proposed estimator achieves full-sample statistical rates with only one round of communication of subsample-based statistics in generalized linear models and noisy phase retrieval. We further extend this approach to an iterative algorithm and apply it to convolutional neural networks (CNNs)\, which exhibits superior performances over existing methods in simulation studies.\n\nIn the second part of the dissertation\, we develop a novel one-shot distributed learning algorithm to address cross-site heterogeneity. The proposed method effectively accommodates heterogeneity by allowing nuisance parameters to vary across sites. We show that the proposed estimator attains the full-sample statistical error rate and efficiency with only a single round of communication of local estimators. Our simulation studies support these theoretical findings.\n\nIn the third part of the dissertation\, we introduce an asymptotic pivot to infer about the effects of selected variables on conditional quantile functions. Utilizing estimators from smoothed quantile regression\, our proposed pivot is easy to compute and yields asymptotically-exact selective inference without making strict distributional assumptions about the response variable. By employing external randomization\, our approach fully utilizes the data for both selection and inference\, outperforming traditional methods like data splitting by consistently delivering shorter and more reliable confidence intervals. Simulation studies and an empirical application analyzing risk factors for low birth weight validate the practical efficacy of our method. UID:135019-21875963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 470 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250310T173745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T133000 SUMMARY:Presentation:ICPSR Webinar: Death and Taxes: We Can't Help You Avoid Either\, But We've Got Data! DESCRIPTION:This 30-minute ICPSR webinar will add some levity to your Tax Day as we highlight data about death and taxes that you probably never knew we had! We've got data about taxes from the early days of America to the present\, taxes on soda and hazardous wastes\, even data about the people who do our taxes. And you don't have to be at death's door to be curious about causes of death or attitudes about aid-in-dying and life after death. We'll also include a brief introduction to applying for restricted death and tax data from the federal government. The topics may be heavy\, but the mood will be light!\n\nThis webinar is free and open to the public. This webinar will be recorded and the recording will be sent to all registrants. Zoom FAQ for Attendees: http://myumi.ch/kx2oo UID:133674-21873376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133674 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Curation,Data Management,Data Science,Discussion,Economics,Free,Research,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Research,Virtual,Webinar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250303T063136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Mayo Clinic Laboratory Virtual Careers Webinar (April) DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to extend a warm invitation to you for our upcoming Mayo Clinic Laboratory Careers Webinar!Join us for an enlightening session where you will gain valuable insights into the dynamic and rewarding world of laboratory careers at Mayo Clinic. Discover exciting opportunities\, learn about cutting-edge technologies\, and hear firsthand from professionals who have made significant contributions to thefield. Don't miss this chance to explore the diverse paths within the Mayo Clinic laboratories and chart your course towards a fulfilling career. Secure your spot now and embark on a journey of discovery with us! UID:129907-21864869@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129907 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250308T174020 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> Biting back: How insect herbivores overcome toxic plant defenses DESCRIPTION:Host: Eran Pichersky UID:133589-21873279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133589 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,Natural Sciences,Research,Science LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250205T181835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Eva Albalghiti & Jessi Grieser\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Eva Albalghiti & LSA faculty member Jessi Grieser perform on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:132414-21870898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132414 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250317T091039 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CAV Pilot Development and Deployment in Midwest Winter DESCRIPTION:Research from Purdue University presents a novel approach for deploying Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) in challenging Midwest winter environments through the integration of Vision Language Models (VLMs). The system addresses the critical safety and mobility challenges posed by winter conditions through a VLM capable of interpreting complex visual scenes and natural language instructions to generate personalized control strategies. The framework incorporates a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) memory module that enables continuous adaptation to individual preferences through human feedback. Real-world experiments conducted on professional test tracks demonstrate that our approach reduces takeover rates by up to 76.9% compared to baseline systems\, particularly when processing indirect user instructions. The system successfully interprets diverse winter driving scenarios\, maintaining high safety standards while adapting control parameters to both environmental conditions and user preferences. A comprehensive benchmark dataset\, focused specifically on winter driving conditions\, provides a foundation for future CAV development in extreme weather. This work represents a significant step in autonomous vehicle technology for winter operations and builds a framework for safer\, more reliable transportation systems in extreme weather conditions in the Midwest.\n---\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Ziran Wang is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Prior to joining Purdue\, Dr. Wang worked for Toyota R&D in Silicon Valley as a Principal Researcher of Digital Twin. He also serves as Founding Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Internet of Things in Intelligent Transportation Systems\, and Associate Editor of four academic journals. His achievements were demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas\, and acknowledged by five best paper awards\, the First Prize in IEEE Shape the Future of ITS Competition\, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Dissertation Award. Dr. Wang is an author of 60+ refereed publications and 50+ patent applications\, and his research interests are digital twins\, autonomous driving\, and embodied AI. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California\, Riverside. UID:133511-21873187@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,Energy,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Environment,Faculty,Free,Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Research,Talk,Virtual,Webcast LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250305T154054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stress Reduction: Therapy Dogs DESCRIPTION:Shake off stress by visiting with adorable furry friends from Therapaws of Michigan. All are invited\, and they're sure to make you smile!\n\nJoin us in the lobby of the Shapiro Library:\n\nThursday\, April 10\, 6:00-8:00 pm\nTuesday\, April 15\, 2:00-4:00 pm\n\nTherapaws of Michigan volunteer animals bring their therapeutic effects to hospitals\, schools\, and living facilities all around Michigan\, and to our U-M students at the library each finals season. UID:133462-21873132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250410T103402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T155000 SUMMARY:Meeting:LexING Panel on Careers in Linguistics DESCRIPTION:Join us for the LexING Panel on April 15 at 2:30 PM via Zoom. This event features three U-M Ph.D. Linguistics graduates who are currently making an impact in industry. The 80-minute session includes a 40-minute panel discussion and a 40-minute open Q&A. All grad and undergrad students are welcome!\n\nOur Panelists:\nHayley Heaton: Assistant Director of Assessment\, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching\, University of Michigan\nJoseph Tyler: Senior Content Designer\, Uber\nEmily Rae Sabo: Senior Data Analyst\, OptiBrandRx UID:134857-21875487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134857 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni Panel,Free,Linguistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T144253 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2025 ERMINE COWLES CASE MEMORIAL LECTURE DESCRIPTION:Exploring Earth’s Dynamic Atmosphere and Ecosystems with Fossil Plants UID:132836-21871944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132836 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences,Museum Of Paleontology LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250411T115802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Prelim Seminar Series - Life in Plastic\, It’s Fantastic: The microbial metabolisms of polyethylene and the implications for social phenotypes DESCRIPTION:Talk title: Life in Plastic\, It’s Fantastic: The microbial metabolisms of polyethylene and the implications for social phenotypes\n\nSummary: Microbes are responsible for breaking down recalcitrant organic matter like lignin and chitin and thus reintroducing those molecules back into nutrient cycles. To do so\, these microbes invest lots of energy into creating powerful arsenals of enzymes. These microbes are now challenged globally with novel recalcitrant polymers known collectively as plastic. Studies have found that there is little to no correlation of plastic degrading enzymes and the amount of plastic in the environment- leading to the conclusion that in general\, microbes are not evolving to specialize on plastic degradation. However there is yet to be a satisfactory explanation as to why environmental degradation is so limited.\n\nWhile many microbial enzymes have been tested or hypothesized to degrade plastic\, research on plastic biodegradation has primarily focused on one species at a time\, and very few have been proven to work with polyethylene\, the most widely used and hardest to degrade plastic. My dissertation will focus on characterizing microbial metabolisms of PE and its degradation products\, and using these characteristics to predict the ecological relationship between members of a small modular community. This research will connect microbial metabolisms and ecology to investigate why environmental degradation is limited\, and how metabolisms impact the function of plastic degrading synthetic consortia. UID:134870-21875491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biological science,Biology,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students,Herbarium,lecture,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology,Museum Of Zoology,seminar LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 737 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250303T111934 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Steffy lecture: Cristina D. Pomales DESCRIPTION:The Wilbert Steffy Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor one of Industrial and Operations Engineering’s early distinguished faculty\, Wilbert Steffy. \n\nThis year's honoree is Cristina D. Pomales\, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico\, Mayagüez (UPRM). During her talk titled \"A Journey Through Transformation and Leadership in Academia\,\" she will share her personal life journey\, reflections and lessons learned through her path as U-M IOE alumna to becoming Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez.\n\nAbout Dr. Pomales\nDr. Cristina Pomales was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She had an unusual undergraduate academic path at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) that led to IOE. She earned her PhD in IOE in 2006\, focusing on Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE)\, working in Cognitive and Aesthetic HFE with Professor Yili Liu as advisor. Upon graduation\, she returned to UPRM as faculty\, where she started her journey that required continuously redefining and positioning herself to effect institutional transformation. UID:133352-21872801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133352 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Hfes,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Talk LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson rooms (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T142025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Winter 2025 Birthday Celebrations DESCRIPTION: UID:130397-21865948@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T075511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Recent advances in optical nanoscopy with quantum materials DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will introduce two emerging optical nanoscopy techniques and the new science they enable. These techniques\, namely magneto-scanning near-field optical microscopy (m-SNOM) and BOlometric Superconducting Optical Nanoscopy (BOSON)\, can dramatically expand our ability to probe quantum materials at the nanoscale. Using m-SNOM\, we demonstrate Landau-level nanoscopy that directly visualizes Landau quantization and magneto-polariton formation. A waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) framework reveals spatially resolved hybridization between magnetic excitations and phonon polaritons\, yielding universal scaling behaviors and design principles for cavity metastructures with tunable light–matter coupling. With BOSON\, we integrate superconducting transition-edge sensors with near-field optics to achieve ultra-sensitive detection of nano-light at nanowatt power levels. This platform enables nanoscale imaging of Cooper pair dynamics and confined bosonic modes in low-dimensional systems\, offering a new pathway toward quantum-limited spectroscopy and single-polariton detection. I will conclude by discussing future directions\, including the integration of these techniques for exploring THz quantum optics\, polaritonic circuitry\, and strongly correlated quantum phases in complex materials. \n\nMengkun Liu (Ph.D. 2012 Boston University) is a professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Stony Brook University (since Jan. 2015). His postdoc research was at UC San Diego from 2012-2014. His research interests include the physics of correlated electron systems\, low-dimensional materials\, infrared and terahertz nano-optics\, and ultrafast time-domain spectroscopy. Prizes include the Moore EPI award (2023)\, SBU Discovery award finalist (2024)\, NSF career award (2021)\, and Seaborg Institute Research Fellowships at Los Alamos National Lab (2009\, 2010). UID:130097-21865312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250312T151441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHAP Lecture Series: Lab Mice in Naturalistic Environments: A New Model for Understanding Causal Social Impacts on Individuality\, Physiology\, and Fitness DESCRIPTION:Social factors have long been associated with individual variation in behavior\, physiology\, health\, and survival in non-human animals and humans. Yet\, establishing the causality of these social influences and the mechanisms by which they act has been challenging. Among wild animals\, uncontrollable genetic and environmental variation frustrates causal conclusions. And lab environments are unable to replicate the dynamic\, complex social behaviors of natural populations. In this talk\, I describe a solution to this problem: studying genetically identical laboratory mice in controlled\, naturalistic outdoor enclosures. In such environments\, mice navigate complex\, dynamic physical and social environments that better match those that they evolved to exploit. I will describe work in which I have established the impact of social competition and luck on the development of individuality\, causal links between social status and behavior and fitness outcomes in males\, and the causal impact of social status on molecular physiology. The combination of behavioral ecological methods and theory with the scientific power of the lab mouse has opened up exciting new doors to answer questions that have been previously unanswerable either in the lab or in wild populations. UID:133778-21873549@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133778 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Ecology,Psychology,Psychology Departmental LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250320T143910 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Helicases to CRISPR: How RNA Stability and Specificity Shape Biology DESCRIPTION:The fundamental properties of the RNA double helix—high structural stability and strict base-pairing specificity—have profoundly influenced biological systems throughout evolutionary history and up to today. While the stability allows helices to serve as rigid scaffolds within structured RNAs\, it also creates significant energetic barriers to rearrangement\, necessitating RNA helicases as chaperones in RNA folding and remodeling. At the same time\, the high specificity of Watson-Crick base pairing enables RNA-guided mechanisms\, exemplified by CRISPR-Cas enzymes that leverage this specificity for DNA targeting. This talk will explore how these core biophysical properties have shaped RNA’s biological roles\, driven evolution of protein families\, and enabled modern genome-editing tools. UID:125102-21854410@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/125102 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemical Biology,Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250121T100030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:German Convo on the Go DESCRIPTION:Members of the U-M community can walk and talk in German with Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, German language instructor. Meet at Burton Tower\, 'rain or shine'\, for a 1-hour walk. If the temperature is dangerously low\, this event will meet in room 3110 Modern Languages Building. Please contact Mary if you have questions. Note that the group leaves at 4pm sharp. UID:131291-21868121@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241211T161203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Newnan Info Session for LSA + School of Information Multiple Dependent Degree Program (MDDP) DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about earning a dual undergraduate degree between LSA and the School of Information (SI)? This session is for you\, whether you are currently an SI student or a Newnan-advised LSA student.\n\nStudents interested in exploring or declaring a dual degree between LSA and SI should attend one of these group info sessions to get started. This session will also cover instructions on how to schedule an advising appointment for more individualized support.\n\nPlease note: students arriving more than 5 minutes after the session start time will not be admitted. UID:98429-21864889@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/98429 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Information and Technology,Newnan LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250127T090445 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Psycholinguistics DESCRIPTION:The psycholinguistics discussion group is a meeting of several lab groups from Linguistics\, Psychology\, and other departments that all share common interests in language processing\, including comprehension\, production\, and acquisition. The discussion group is an informal venue for presenting research findings\, for developing new ideas\, and for connecting with the many language scientists across the University who are interested in the psychology and neuroscience of human language. UID:131899-21869377@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131899 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion Group,Language Processing,Psychology LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 403 Lorch CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250321T082539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ziwet Colloquium Lecture: From Phase Separation in Heterogeneous Media to Learning Training Schemes for Image Denoising DESCRIPTION:What do these two themes have in common? Both are treated variationally\, both deal with energies of different dimensionalities\, concepts of geometric measure theory prevail in both\, and higher order penalizations are considered. Will learning training schemes for choosing these penalizations in imaging may be of use in phase transitions?\n\nPhase Separation in Heterogeneous Media: Modern technologies and biological systems\, such as temperature-responsive polymers and lipid rafts\, take advantage of engineered inclusions\, or natural heterogeneities of the medium\, to obtain novel composite materials with specific physical properties. To model such situations using a variational approach based on the gradient theory of phase transitions\, the potential and the wells may have to depend on the spatial position\, even in a discontinuous way\, and different regimes should be considered.\n\nIn the critical case where the scale of the small heterogeneities is of the same order of the scale governing the phase transition and the wells are fixed\, the interaction between homogenization and the phase transitions process leads to an anisotropic interfacial energy. The supercritical case for fixed wells is also addressed\, now leading to an isotropic interfacial energy. In the subcritical case with moving wells\, where the heterogeneities of the material are of a larger scale than that of the diffuse interface between different phases\, it is observed that there is no macroscopic phase separation and that thermal fluctuations play a role in the formation of nanodomains.\n\nLearning Training Schemes for Image Denoising: Due to their ability to handle discontinuous images while having a well-understood behavior\, regularizations with total variation (TV) and total generalized variation (TGV) are some of the best known methods in image denoising. However\, like other variational models including a fidelity term\, they crucially depend on the choice of their tuning parameters. A remedy is to choose these automatically through multilevel approaches\, for example by optimizing performance on noisy/clean image training pairs. Such methods with space-dependent parameters which are piecewise constant on dyadic grids are considered\, with the grid itself being part of the minimization. Existence of minimizers for discontinuous parameters is established\, and it is shown that box constraints for the values of the parameters lead to existence of finite optimal partitions. Improved performance on some representative test images when compared with constant optimized parameters is demonstrated. UID:123915-21852177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/123915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Mathematics,seminar LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T162026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Org Basics 2024-25 DESCRIPTION: UID:125167-21858861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/125167 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2210 ABC (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T150725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Visions for a Just Future DESCRIPTION:Join the Ford School's Center for Racial Justice for a rich conversation with three esteemed scholars and CRJ Visiting Fellows - whose art\, scholarship\, and activism expand our political imagination for transformative social change. The Fellows will be in conversation with Ford School Dean\, Celeste Watkins-Hayes.\n\nAccessibility\nCART and sign language interpretation will be provided during the in-person event. Presenters will use microphones.\n\nAbout the panelists and moderator\nDr. Amanda Alexander\, the founding Executive Director of the Detroit Justice Center\, is a racial justice lawyer and historian who works alongside community-based movements to end mass incarceration and build thriving and inclusive cities. Originally from Michigan\, Amanda has worked at the intersection of racial justice and community development in Detroit\, New York\, and South Africa for more than 15 years. For her catalyst project\, Dr. Alexander will discuss movement lawyering and the importance of radical imagination in these times.\n\nCharlene Carruthers is a writer\, filmmaker\, community organizer\, and Black Studies PhD Candidate at Northwestern University. A practitioner of telling more complete stories\, her work interrogates historical conjunctures of Black freedom-making post-emancipation and decolonial revolution\, Black/Native/Indigenous relationalities\, Black governance\, and Black feminist abolitionist geographies. For her catalyst project\, Carruthers will present behind the scenes photos\, stills\, and select clips from her short film PLENUM\, which follows the journey of two siblings as they navigate the AIDS crisis at a historical Black LGBT conference.\n\nBianca D.M. Wilson\, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Welfare at the Luskin School of Public Affairs and an affiliate faculty member of the California Center for Population Research at UCLA. Her research explores the relationships between culture\, oppression\, and health. For her catalyst project\, Dr. Wilson will discuss components of her book and article project on LGBT poverty\, with an emphasis on the implications of learning about different factors and pathways to poverty for LGBT subgroups.\n\nCeleste Watkins-Hayes is the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. She is an internationally-recognized scholar and expert widely credited for her research at the intersection of inequality\, public policy\, and human service institutions\, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS\; poverty\; and race\, class\, and gender studies. UID:134514-21874453@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Racial Justice,community activism,ford school of public policy,LGBT,Race LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenber Auditorium Room 1120 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250120T101602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:April WISE Nights In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE mentors and ambassadors for dinner! WISE Nights in are specifically designed to allow STEM students to meet other students in STEM\, foster connections\, and build their support network. UID:130746-21866622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130746 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:WISE Office CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250413T215146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Physical and geometric isoperimetric inequalities on Riemannian manifolds DESCRIPTION:I will be discussing some fun facts and ideas regarding physical and geometric isoperimetric inequalities on Riemannian manifolds. The former regards the first eigenvalue of Laplacian (equivalently the Rayleigh quotient\, or Poincaré inequality) and the latter regards the perimeter of domain. Classical theories follow from first variation and comparison with model spaces with constant curvature etc. UID:134957-21875730@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134957 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250409T104258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Take Care: Student Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Experience the 2025 Take Care Student Art Exhibition\, a heartfelt showcase of creativity\, resilience\, and healing.\n\nThrough visual art\, video\, performance\, and literary works\, students will share their unique perspectives on caring for oneself and others\, healing as a community\, and imagining a world where self-expression nurtures collective well-being.\n\nRiverbank Arts: January 10–February 14\nClosing Reception: February 14\, 6–9 p.m.\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery: April 15–May 9\nOpening Reception: April 15\, 5–8 p.m. UID:130900-21867263@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130900 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Exhibition,Reception,Take Care,Well-being LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T181652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:University of Michigan Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble DESCRIPTION:The U-M Euphonium & Tuba Ensemble\, featuring students from the studio of Professor David Zerkel\, performs a recital. UID:134631-21874638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250327T105559 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T183000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Campus Policy Tour on Medicare DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in public policy? Are you pre-med and interested in learning about how policy might impact your career? Then join us for a free policy talk on Medicare presented by Free the Facts. Free the Facts is a non-partisan\, non-profit organization\, intending to educate young-adult Americans with credible\, non-partisan information on current policy. Free the Facts is visiting our campus to have policy expert Thomas Fodor present on Medicare policy and how it will impact college students post-grad. If you are interested in expanding your knowledge in public policy and getting involved with Free the Facts campus ambassadors\, then join us Tuesday\, April 15th for the Medicare policy tour and free dinner catered from Chipotle. UID:134424-21874342@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Food,Free,Leadership,Networking,Pre Med,Public Policy,Student Org LOCATION:Ross School of Business - 2210 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250408T092802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:loG(M) Poster Presentation DESCRIPTION:loG(M) will present a poster session Tuesday\, April 15th\, in the East Hall lower atrium from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. UID:134777-21875095@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134777 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Mathematics,Research,Talk LOCATION:East Hall - Lower Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250210T143419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mindful Movement: Workshop for Adults DESCRIPTION:Today’s world is fast-paced\, with pressures to always be on the go and up-to-date\, which can be exhausting\, overwhelming\, and lead to feeling out of balance with our own mind-body connection. Once we feel off-balance\, it can be hard to find your way back to being in alignment.\n\nThe Psychological Clinic is offering a new 8-week virtual workshop with the goal of helping people re-establish their mind-body connection and learn to manage difficult feelings and situations through the daily cultivation and practice of mindful movement.\n\nThe group will start on on March 11\, 2025 and include psychoeducation\, group discussions\, and experiential exercises.\n\nMultiple strategies will be utilized\, such as mindfulness\, diaphragmatic breathing\, yoga\, and dance movement. Activities will occur during group to help build these skills\, and tasks to practice at home between group sessions will be also provided.\n\nWorkshop Details\n+ Who is this for: Individuals 18+ that would benefit from enhancing mindful movement skills. This includes adults who may already have a mindfulness practice\, and/or those who struggle with anxiety\, depression\, and being grounded in the present moment.\n+ When: 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesdays\, beginning on March 11.\n+ How long: Each weekly session lasts 90 minutes\, for 8 weeks.\n+ Where: Virtually\, on Zoom.\n+ How to Register: Each participant must complete a 30-minute screening appointment to ensure the group is a good fit for their needs. Contact the MARI Call Center at (734) 615-7853 or complete our secure\, online registration form to get started. \n+ Cost: Each weekly session is billed at $45\, plus a one-time cost for the screening session ($20). UID:132593-21871328@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132593 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,mental health,Mindfulness,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MSI Connect: Spring Into Zumba DESCRIPTION:Take a break\, get moving\, and connect with fellow students at a Zumba session hosted by the Rackham MSI Connect Team.\nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 15 at 5:30 PM in the Rackham Common Room (lower level\, west side of the building).\nNo experience needed — just come ready to move\, sweat a little\, and enjoy some good energy as we ease into spring. UID:134766-21874980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Common Room (Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Organization Send-Off DESCRIPTION:All SPH student organization leaders are welcome to the 2024-2025 Student Organization Send-Off! Come enjoy food and light refreshments\, mingle with other student org leaders\, and reflect on all our student orgs accomplished this year. The Student Life office will be going over officer transitions\, will be available to answer any questions\, and will be listening to what could be improved or expanded for next school year. There will also be opportunities to create buttons for your student organization and win prizes!In order to attend this event\, you must be a member of a SPH student organization and must RSVP by March 26th.  UID:133252-21872653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Cornely Community Room (Room 1680 SPH I) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Conversations: The Attention Economy DESCRIPTION:MRADS/WISE RP Community Conversations #4Open to all Mojo Residents. Snacks provided\, registration required.\n UID:134522-21874456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134522 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Conversations: The Attention Economy DESCRIPTION:MRADS/WISE RP Community Conversations #4Open to all Mojo Residents. Snacks provided\, registration required.\n UID:134522-21874457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134522 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Conversations: The Attention Economy DESCRIPTION:MRADS/WISE RP Community Conversations #4Open to all Mojo Residents. Snacks provided\, registration required.\n UID:134522-21874686@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134522 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250327T093839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Monthly Craft Corner: Blackout Poetics DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Institute for Humanities's last craft night of the semester! This celebration of National Poetry month will be hosted by our very own Public Humanities Interns. There will be visual art\, blackout poetry\, spoken word poetry\, as well as special guests Amanda Krugliak and Jennifer Steinorth. It's unlike anything on campus and what's even better\, snacks will be provided! Please register and we hope to see you there! UID:134293-21874110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250415T172026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OrgLead 24-25 DESCRIPTION: UID:124886-21869273@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124886 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250407T085050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:What if we were all United? DESCRIPTION:Join the Trotter Multicultural Center's signature Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series program with a Table Talk on Unity. What does it mean for students\, staff\, faculty\, and the greater campus community to be united? Come take a seat at the Table in the Sankofa Lounge and join in the discussion with students and staff on how we can move forward as a community and unite with each other. UID:134511-21874450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Sessions,Trotter Multicultural Center LOCATION:Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250410T230625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Fast Food for Thought: 5-minute lightning talk event with 10 UM faculty DESCRIPTION:Since 2017\, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative (SFSI) has hosted a unique community-academic partnership course titled Food Literacy for All each winter semester. Structured as a virtual lecture series\, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-8pm EST) to address diverse challenges and opportunities of both domestic and global food systems. The course aims to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable\, health-promoting\, and ecologically sustainable food systems.\n\nOn April 15\, join Food Literacy for All's 10th annual \"Fast Food for Thought\" where 10 interdisciplinary UM faculty and staff give 5-minute talks related to food and agriculture. Speakers include: \n- Dr. Alexis J. Handal (School of Public Health)\n- Abigail Merolle (SEAS)\n- Dr. Allan Hruska (SEAS) \n- Amber Bal (LSA\, Romance Languages & Literature) \n- Allyson Pérez (LSA\, American Culture) \n- Caylen Cole-Hazel (Hatcher Graduate Library) \n- Dr. Rebecca Hasson (Kinesiology) \n- Clara Gamalski (Student Life Sustainability) \n- Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (LSA\, Anthropology) \n- Dr. Miranda Brown (LSA\, Chinese Studies)\n\nAfter the talks\, join us for a casual reception with bites prepared by Red Tail Catering. Chef SouFy and Chef Angus Bush bring culinary creativity and skills in classical French techniques\, traditional Anishinaabe food ways\, and indigenous fusion.\n\nRegister for the Zoom Webinar sessions at this link: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/ UID:134258-21874060@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134258 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Agroecology,Environment,Food,Nutrition,Public Health,Sustainability LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250403T151446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T213000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Breakfast of Champions DESCRIPTION:Watch the 1999 movie Breakfast of Champions (1hr 40min)\, and stay for a post-screening Q&A with Director Alan Rudolph. Purchase tickets from the Michigan Theater (https://myumi.ch/G21x4).\n\nTwenty-five years after its initial release\, Kurt Vonnegut’s biting portrayal of America’s mad chaos returns in a restored 4K version. Directed by the brilliant Alan Rudolph and starring Bruce Willis\, Nick Nolte\, and Albert Finney\, this zany and incisive film has been overlooked for far too long.\n\n\"Breakfast of Champions\" tells the story of Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis)\, a famous car dealer and the most respected man in Midland City. The American success formula has left Dwayne rich and famous but also empty and suicidal. He suspects dark motives emanating from his wife (Barbara Hershey)\, his sales manager (Nick Nolte)\, and his lover/secretary (Glenne Headly). When Dwayne has a volatile\, astonishing encounter with outrageous science fiction writer Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney) at the Midland City Fine Arts Festival\, neither they nor the city is ever the same.\n\nPresented by the Michigan Theater\; the University of Michigan Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; and the University of Michigan Library. UID:134658-21874670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Library LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250103T153126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Connector Tuesday Game and Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:Join the Connector Community Assistants for game and trivia night on Tuesday in the Connector. UID:129995-21865009@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129995 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Games,Social,West Quad LOCATION:West Quadrangle - The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T121647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Baroque Chamber Orchestra DESCRIPTION:The SMTD Baroque Chamber Orchestra is excited to offer a world premiere performance of the first ever concerto for five-string cello by SMTD alum Nicola Canzano (MM 2018)\; another world premiere performance of a new arrangement of a double concerto by J.S. Bach\; and other works featuring voice\, trumpets\, viols\, and Baroque guitar.\n\nJoseph Gascho\, director\nwith special guest Eva Lymenstull\, viola da gamba\n\n*Performing on instruments from the Stearns Collection*\n\nPROGRAM\n\nJ.S. BACH (arr. J. Gascho): Concerto for harpsichord and violin\nJordan Bartel\, violin & Joseph Gascho\, harpsichord\n\nN. CANZANO: Concerto for five-string violoncello (premiere)\nRaymond Tsai\, cello\n\nJ. DOWLAND: Lachrimæ\, or Sevean Teares\nJuliet Schlefer\, soprano\n\nJ.C.F. FISCHER: Le Journal du Printemps\, Op.1/8\nOliver Barron & Thomas Bonasera\, Baroque trumpets\n\nM. UCCELINI: Bergamasca\nSophia Heaton & Naomi Fan\, violins UID:134596-21874576@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134596 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Concert,Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250331T181708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Chamber Music Recital DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:133087-21872372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133087 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250411T181623 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Campus Band Chamber Concert DESCRIPTION:Small chamber ensembles comprised of wind and percussion players present a performance. Campus Band Chamber Winds is a course offered in the winter semester with weekly rehearsals and coaching by Campus Band conductor Richard Frey. UID:122698-21849544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/122698 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250409T181634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Daniel Millan\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Daniel Millan performs a final master's degree recital. UID:134114-21873874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134114 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250225T164733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gruff Rhys (Solo) DESCRIPTION:Gruff Rhys is a songwriter\, producer and award-winning storyteller from Bethesda in Wales who has consistently sought a variety of outlets for the spectrum of muses behind his creative flights. Formerly most well known as the frontman of Super Furry Animals – a band that has been able to achieve that rarest of mixes\, artistic adventure with popular devotion – he blended fuzz-filed rock\, pure harmonies and cutting edge electronics\, while with his other band\, Neon Neon\, Rhys has documented the lives of maverick car maker John DeLorean and Italian activist and publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in widescreen style. \n\nWith their blissful melodies\, his solo records have explored untapped areas lyrically too. His first\, 2005's Yr Atal Genhedlaeth\, revelled in Welsh puns\; 2014’s American Interior celebrated the unlikely yet influential 18th century explorer John Evans\; Babelsberg offered a baroque take on the modern world in 2018\; while a year later Pang! created a multi-lingual mash-up\, driven by folkish bleeps crafted in collaboration with South African artist-producer Muzi.\n\nHowever\, while all those records certainly explored fresh territory\, the Top Ten charting Seeking New Gods climbed lyrically and musically on to totally new terrain - for his seventh solo record Gruff Rhys created a conceptual record about his own mountain and became his most critically and commercially successful solo album yet. 2024 saw the release of it’s follow up\, ‘Sadness Sets Me Free’ garnering rave reviews and acclaimed to be amongst his finest work. UID:131696-21869051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131696 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250418T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250415T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Gymnastics vs NCAA Qualifier DESCRIPTION:Men's Gymnastics vs NCAA Qualifier UID:134998-21875903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134998 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Gymnastics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250509T114403 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250827T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Pierre Bensusan - One Guitar\, One Voice - 50th Anniversary DESCRIPTION:\"Pierre Bensusan is one of the truly gifted musicians of our time - he plays the guitar as if it was the very soul of himself.” –George Winston\n\nFrench-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso\, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan\, surnamed “Mister DADGAD”\, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album \"Encore\"\, voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll\, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album\, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century.\n\nWhen Michael Hedges titles one of his compositions “Bensusan”\, you know that the inspiration behind it must be special and Pierre Bensusan certainly is. Guitarists from Leo Kottke to Larry Corryel\, to Tuck Andress\, Tommy Emmanuel\, Mark Knopfler\, Andrew York\, Andy Timmons\, to Steve Lukather… have sung his praises\, and Steve Vai released three Bensusan albums on his label Favored Nations. And it's not just guitarists who are so inspired by Pierre's music\, as a recent studio collaboration with him on Donny Osmond’s latest album “Start Again” goes to show.\n\nIf World Music means the fusion of traditional\, contemporary\, jazz\, classical and pop music\, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time. A pianist in his beginnings then self-taught on the guitar\, the originality of his style makes him one of today’s greatest guitarists and composers for the instrument. \n\nBorn in French Algeria\, Pierre Bensusan is an adventurer of unusual lands. His almost “sacred” music is an intimate and orchestral hymn\, a solo crossing on a multi-shell Lowden guitar subjected to the natural elements with sound molecules and finger pulp on an ebony fingerboard for open tuning - an unique and transparent technique\, under the fingers of an adventurous pilgrim. Big emotion guaranteed. UID:135023-21875977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135023 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250509T114454 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250828T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Anya Hinkle DESCRIPTION:\"...a burgeoning force behind the Appalachian roots revival...\" --PopMatters \n\nBorn in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia\, Anya Hinkle’s music is steeped in the tones of folk and bluegrass and seasoned by travels across the world with vivid storytelling\, vibrant musicianship\, and arresting honesty. \n\nAnya won the Merlefest Chris Austin song contest and was a finalist in the Hazel Dickens songwriting competition in 2019 for her song “Ballad of Zona Abston\,” and was runner-up in the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2022 for “Hills of Swannanoa.” \n\nAnya tours nationally in the US as well as extensively in Japan and Europe. She has played stages at Merlefest\, Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival\, La Roche Bluegrass Festival (France)\, and Bristol Rhythm & Roots. She has recorded some 10 albums in various collaborations both in the US and Japan. Her most recent album OCEANIA was recorded at Citizen Vinyl in Asheville\, NC with storied producer Kevin Moloney (U2\, Sinéad O’Connor)\, featuring legendary Irish guitarist John Doyle and slide guitar master Billy Cardine. UID:135024-21875978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250509T114546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:S.G. Goodman DESCRIPTION:“tender\, poignant lyricism and vocals with explosive flourishes” –Glide Magazine\n\nS.G. Goodman returns from the Western Kentucky bottomland with her latest full-length album\, Planting by the Signs\, Available June 20\, 2025 on her very own Slough Water Records via Thirty Tigers. Composed of songs inspired by love\, loss\, reconciliation\, and the aforementioned ancient practice. Eleven tracks highlighted by the critically-acclaimed and award-winning artist’s singular voice and her penchant for juxtaposing vulnerable folk music with punchy rock ‘n roll\, replete with chiming guitars\, ethereal atmospherics\, and her DIY ethos. Goodman provides a timely reminder that the only way forward is together\, and that we must always take into account humanity’s dependence on and responsibility to the natural world. UID:135025-21875979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135025 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR