April 14th, 2019

April 15th, 2019

The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It

Christoph Vandreier, author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany”

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching...

April 16th, 2019

April 17th, 2019

Michelle's Meme Machine

A student-lead interactive discussion

How do we define memes? How have they come to define us? How can we critically analyze these ubiquitous pools of relief from near-constant...

April 18th, 2019

PhD Defense: Haining Zhou

Sparse Functional Expansion Based Method for Solving High-dimensional Uncertainty Quantification Problems and Its Application to the Nuclear Transient Test Reactor (TREAT)

Title: Sparse Functional Expansion Based Method for Solving High-dimensional Uncertainty Quantification Problems and Its Application to the...

PhD Defense: Jipu Wang

Application of the Method of Manufactured Solutions to Verify the Method of Characteristics for Reactor Analysis

Title: Application of the Method of Manufactured Solutions to Verify the Method of Characteristics for Reactor Analysis...

April 19th, 2019

Robotics PhD Defense: Josh Mangelson

Robust Multi-Agent Autonomous Underwater Inspection with Consistency and Global Optimality Guarantees

In manufacturing, teams of robotics systems, working in coordination with one another, have led to dramatic increases in safety, efficiency,...

TBA

Lance Westerhoff, President and General Manager QuantumBio Inc.

Conventional macromolecular crystallographic refinement relies on stereochemistry restraints and a rudimentary energy functional to ensure...

The Drag Show

A Basement Arts LateNight

Get ready for the gayest night of the year as the Newman Studio transforms into the hottest nightclub in southeast Michigan baby!...

April 20th, 2019

Expedition Reef

Planetarium & Dome Theater

New planetarium shows and live Star Talks will take visitors beyond space to explore the oceans' reefs, Earth’s geology, weather, and...