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:20260330T111931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Power\, Purpose and the Color of Wealth: An Economic Vision that Centers People and the Environments in Which We Live” DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Darrick Hamilton​\, University and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School. Darrick will present\, “Power\, Purpose and the Color of Wealth: An Economic Vision that Centers People and the Environments in Which We Live.”\n\nAbstract: “This talk will set the stage with a brief presentation of the Color of Wealth series\, an exploration of wealth and economic well-being across seven metropolitan areas: Baltimore\, Boston\, Chicago\, Los Angeles\, Miami\, Tulsa\, Washington DC. disaggregated by race and ancestry.\n\nWith this backdrop\, the talk will explore the manner in which asymmetries in power and economic agency\, especially by race and other identity groupings\, link to political economic structures and more macro economic deprivations that plague our economy. Ultimately\, this talk will explore the concepts of purpose\, power\, paradigm and solidarity with a purpose of defining and determining an alternative economic vision for a human rights economy as the point and mechanism for a well-functioning economy and multiracial democracy.”\n\nDarrick Hamilton is the University Professor and Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School\, where he also founded and directs the Institute on Race\, Power & Political Economy. He additionally serves as Chief Economist at the AFL-CIO. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s foremost public intellectuals\, Professor Hamilton reimagines how an economy should work—identifying bold opportunities to invest in our human capacity and fostering collaborations that advance economic inclusion\, social equity\, and civic engagement in the United States and around the world.\n\nA pioneer in the economics subfield of identity group stratification\, Professor Hamilton’s research has been featured in The New York Times\, Mother Jones\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, and The Wall Street Journal. He has developed and advised on transformative policy proposals—such as baby bonds\, guaranteed income\, and a federal job guarantee—that have inspired legislation and shifted billions of dollars toward building a fair and inclusive economy.\n\nIn 2025\, Professor Hamilton was named the Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute and was recognized as a Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation in its 2020 inaugural class. He has advised national and global leaders on economic policy\, including the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and the Senate Banking Committee and also serves on the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).\n\nBorn and raised in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood\, Professor Hamilton earned his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\n\nPlease RSVP to save your seat. UID:147203-21900522@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Graduate Students,Race,Social Sciences,Tax,Wealth LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T164051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reimagining the Narrative DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Racial Justice for our 2025-2026 Visiting Fellows Spring Showcase. The Fellows will discuss their work challenging dominant narratives around race\, power\, and place\, with perspectives on suburban life\, policing\, and the role of art in social change. Lunch provided.\n\nThis event is free and open to U-M students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and community members.\n\nAccessibility note: the event will not be live-streamed\, but a captioned recording will be sent to all registrants afterwards. Presenters will use microphones.\n\nAbout the Visiting Fellows\n\nHolly Bass is an award-winning\, socially-engaged artist working across multiple disciplines including dance\, theater\, visual art and writing. She has collaborated with governmental agencies\, cultural institutions\, nonprofit organizations and academic communities to create innovative artistic experiences that foster connection among groups of strangers.\n\nAyesha Bell Hardaway\, JD\, is a Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University where she serves as Director of the Law School's Social Justice Law Center and its Criminal Defense Clinic. Professor Hardaway's research and scholarship interests include the intersection of race with constitutional law\, criminal law\, policing\, and civil litigation.\n\nR. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy (PhD '08) is a scholar whose work and activism center issues of race\, place\, education\, and opportunity. He is an Associate Professor at New York University in the Sociology of Education program in the School of Culture\, Education and Human Development. His larger research interests include race and racism\, gender justice\, and community mobilization. UID:147308-21900703@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147308 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,Anti-racism,Center For Racial Justice,community activism,Democracy,ford school of public policy,Performance Art,Policing,Suburbia LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T152001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | Powering Empire: Hydroelectricity and Highland Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall. It will not be livestreamed or recorded.\n \n As the Japanese Empire expanded in the 1930s and 40s\, it sought to use hydroelectricity to transform colonial Taiwan into an industrial hub. This\, in turn\, relied upon controlling natural and societal conditions in remote mountain valleys. By exploring the consequences of these efforts\, this talk argues for seeing the material basis of Japanese expansion not just in extracted resources but in re-engineered landscapes and communities.\n \n John Kanbayashi is assistant professor of history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania. His current book uses rivers and watersheds in Taiwan to understand how Japanese imperialism and its afterlives remade ecologies and societies. Other active research interests include climate science in Japan and agricultural colonization across the Japanese diaspora.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at sarachit@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142555-21891150@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Ecology,History,Japanese Studies,taiwan LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T125332 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Life's Work in Boxes: Poet Perspectives on Archival Collecting and Research DESCRIPTION:Poet and scholar Rebecca Kosick\, once a student of The Alternative Press co-founder Ken Mikolowski in the U-M Residential College\, recently completed a book about The Alternative Press and will discuss her experience working with the archive from a research perspective. Then\, Detroit poet Mïïgun will join to moderate a conversation between Kosick and Mikolowski\, illuminating their varied perspectives on the work of The Alternative Press and its subsequent life as archival material. \n\nIn 1969 poet and artist couple Ken and Ann Mikolowski began a humble operation called The Alternative Press that would later pull household names like Allen Ginsburg into its orbit. For thirty years they collected poetry and art from their friends and wider circle\, and distributed these creations in manila envelopes through the mail. The archive of their life's-work-worth of material is now held at the University of Michigan Library's Special Collections Research Center. UID:145592-21897565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145592 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T134254 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Anne Collins McLaughlin DESCRIPTION:Our senses and minds construct our reality. Both are inherently limited and we naturally seek tools to improve our experiences. Anyone who covers their ears as a siren roars past\, turns on closed captions\, or dons sunglasses on a bright day has altered ‘reality.’ As technology advances\, we can also control reality with cutting-edge extended reality (XR) technologies\, which add to\, subtract from\, and remap sounds and visuals in our world. A new and unexplored form of XR cognition aids involve “diminished reality\,” where visuals and sounds from the environment are eliminated to direct focal attention\, reduce distraction\, and relieve the operator of the need to exert selective attention. This presentation will cover the perceptual and mental processes underlying XR cognition aids\, with methods of testing the effectiveness of these aids\, current domains of inquiry\, and results from several laboratory experiments on how altering visual and auditory reality can affect performance\, experience\, and learning. UID:146860-21899718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146860 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T112118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:\"The Search for Habitable-Zone Planets around the Nearest Stars: Challenges\, Opportunities and Side Quests\"\n\nAbstract: In this talk I will discuss the challenges associated with the discovery of terrestrial mass planets orbiting in the Habitable Zones of the nearest stars\, and how these challenges have required us to develop extraordinarily stable and sensitive spectrometer in the optical and near-infrared to measure the subtle Doppler wobble introduced by these planets. These tools\, coupled with new analysis techniques are beginning to reveal such planets\, but highlighting also the challenges of stellar activity. I will discuss the development and evolution of some of these instruments (HPF & NEID) and the progress being made in tacking stellar activity. I will also highlight some of the discoveries made along the way\, like the most eccentric transiting planet\, a rare population of giant planets transiting M dwarfs\, the confirmation of GAIA’s first astrometric exoplanet discovery\, and systems which offer us unique insights into spots and activity. UID:147206-21900525@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147206 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251124T162439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CCPS Lecture. The Trauma of Serfdom: The Psychological Legacy of Unfree Labor in Poland DESCRIPTION:Coerced labor was a defining feature of the early modern world. While Atlantic slavery has received most scholarly attention\, Eastern European serfdom remains comparatively understudied. Twentieth-century historiography portrayed it as relatively meek system. In his book *Chamstwo*\, Kacper Pobłocki challenges this view by exposing the profound brutality of serfdom. As Adam Bućkiewicz observed in 1830\, Polish serfs “lived as if enveloped in a foggy\, heavy\, and putrid atmosphere.” Pobłocki argues that peasant culture emerged as a creative response to systemic class violence—for instance\, the ritual cultivation of matted hair\, the Polish plait\, functioned as a form of vernacular therapy.\n \n Around 19 percent of Poles today suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder—a rate exceeding the global average of 5 to 10 percent. This is typically attributed to World War II\, yet Pobłocki’s research suggests that its roots reach deeper. In the sequel to *Chamstwo*\, he examines how the first generation of peasants freed from serfdom coped with the psychological burden of their parents’ subjugation\, revealing how they developed strategies to free themselves from its legacy. Remarkably\, these strategies—devised by largely illiterate peasants at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—anticipate contemporary psychological insights into trauma recovery.\n \n Kacper Pobłocki is a social anthropologist\, writer\, and associate professor at the University of Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Central European University and a former fellow at the Center for Place\, Culture and Politics at CUNY (directed by David Harvey). He has published academic articles in journals such as the *International Journal of Urban and Regional Research* and has authored two books in Polish: *Spatial Origins of Capitalism* (2017)\, which received the “Economicus” Award for the best Polish economics book of the year\, and *Chamstwo* (2021)\, which was a finalist for the “Nike” —Poland’s most prestigious literary award. His current work intersects historical anthropology and psychology and deals with the experience of serfdom and its social\, political and psychological aftermath.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142174-21890158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142174 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:eastern europe,europe,poland LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T172722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:GISC Event. Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 9\, 2026\, 5:00 PM\n Location: 110 Weiser Hall (1st floor)\, 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI\n RSVP: http://myumi.ch/79WRE\n \n Join the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on Thursday\, April 9\, 2026\, in 110 Weiser Hall at 5:00 PM for a talk by Dr. Babak Rahimi (University of California\, San Diego) on his new book *Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shiʿi Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era* (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2026).\n \n Through a tactile\, affective\, and sensory lens\, this talk examines how devotional Moharram performances in Shiʿi Iran have changed over time. Dr. Rahimi analyzes Moharram in Iran through the five senses—sight\, sound\, touch\, smell\, and taste—highlighting how religious practices function as evolving embodied experiences. Senses of Mourning illuminates the changing embodied dimensions of religious practice and situates Moharram rituals within the broader sociopolitical and global transformations of Shiʿi Iran–an especially important site of study in the current time of conflict.\n \n \n Meet the speaker:\n \n Dr. Babak Rahimi is Professor of Culture\, Religion\, and Technology at the University of California\, San Diego. He is also Director of the Program for the Study of Religion and Director of the Middle East Studies Program. Rahimi’s first monograph\, *Theater-State and the Formation of the Early Modern Public Sphere in Iran: Studies on Safavid Muharram Rituals\, 1590–1641 C.E. *(Brill\, 2011)\, offers a historical-sociological exploration of the interplay between public rituals\, state power\, and social dynamics in the Safavid era.\n \n His latest book\, *Senses of Mourning: Moharram Performances in Shi‘i Iran from the Qajar to the Covid Era *(University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2026)\, examines the role of sensory religion in Iranian historical contexts. Rahimi is also the editor of *Theatre in the Middle East: Between Performance and Politics* (Anthem Press\, 2020) and *Performing Iran: Culture\, Performance\, Theatre *(I.B. Tauris\, 2021). In addition\, he co-edited *Social Media in Iran* (with David Faris\, SUNY Press\, 2015)\, *The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam* (with Armando Salvatore and Roberto Tottoli\, Wiley Blackwell\, 2018)\, and *Muslim Pilgrimage in the Modern World* (with Peyman Eshaghi\, University of North Carolina Press\, 2019).\n \n His research focuses on the intersections of culture\, religion\, and technology\, with particular attention to the historical and social contexts of early modern Islamicate societies and the Global South.\n\nThe University of Pennsylvania Press is offering a 30% press discount on Dr. Rahimi's book to our audience members and friends with the code PENN-RAHIMI30. Visit: https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828344/senses-of-mourning/ to purchase. \n \n This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center as part of our ongoing \"Qahwah & Authors\" series.\n \n For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.\n\n*Accommodation: If 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.\n Email: -- islamicstudies@umich.edu UID:147330-21900792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147330 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Global Islamic Studies,Islamic Studies,Lecture,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T121518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Lisa Hanawalt DESCRIPTION:\n\nLisa Hanawalt is an artist and writer\, best known for her work in animation. She’s the production designer and producer of BoJack Horseman\, the acclaimed animated series on Netflix. She’s the creator and executive producer of Tuca & Bertie\, a vibrant and surreal animated show on Netflix and Adult Swim. And most recently\, she’s the producer and production designer of Long Story Short\, an adult animated comedy about family\, spanning many decades. \n\nA graduate of UCLA\, Hanawalt grew up in Palo Alto\, California\, and works across comics\, animation\, and illustration. Her projects range from TV shows and books to apparel\, murals\, music videos\, and gallery exhibitions\, each marked by her playful humor\, emotional honesty\, and keen observation of the natural and human worlds. Her books with Drawn & Quarterly include My Dirty Dumb Eyes\, Hot Dog Taste Test\, and Coyote Doggirl\, which showcase her distinctive blend of wit\, surrealism\, and deeply personal storytelling.\n\nHanawalt’s art and writing have appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, Lucky Peach\, Vice\, Glamour\, and McSweeney’s. She lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Artists First and UTA. \n\nFor her Penny Stamps Speaker Series presentation\, Hanawalt will join comedian\, essayist\, blogger\, and television writer Samantha Irby in conversation on the stage of the Michigan Theater. Irby is the creator and author of the blog bitches gotta eat\, where she writes humorous observations about her own life and modern society more broadly. Her books We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Wow\, No Thank You. were both New York Times best-sellers. She is a recipient of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction. She has been a writer and/or co-producer for multiple television shows\, including HBO’s reboot of Sex and the City\, Work in Progress\, Shrill\, and Tuca & Bertie.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.\n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142735-21891313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260409T120119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION: \nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, April 9th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “ Does the Bible endorse slavery?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! \nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team \n\n UID:147310-21900719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MCSC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T150740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Living Line: Legacies of Islamic Calligraphy and Illumination DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation and collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts. Aisha Imam\, director of the Reed Society for the Sacred Arts\, will lead a panel discussion with: \n\n* Dr. Nihad Dukhan — a resident of Farmington Hills who received his icazet (ijāzah — calligraphy diploma) in sülüs and nesih (thuluth and naskh) styles from Istanbul grand master calligrapher Hasan Çelebi in 2009\, and in talik (taʿlīq) style in 2013 from master calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya\n\n* Khalid Casado — a Madrid-based calligrapher who received his icazet in sülüs and nesih styles under the masters Hasan Çelebi\, Ferhat Kurlu and Nuria García in 2014 \n\n* Behnaz Karjoo — a New York-based Iranian-American tazhib (illumination) artist who has been classically trained under a distinguished master of Turkish illumination\n\nFollowing the panel\, join the artists and curator Evyn Kropf for a guided viewing of pieces from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. This collection includes a significant number of works by well-known Ottoman masters of calligraphy and illumination to which contemporary calligraphers and illuminators trained in Ottoman traditional practices trace their artistic lineage.\n\nOrganized in partnership with Reed Society for the Sacred Arts and sponsored by the University of Michigan Library\, Global Islamic Studies Center\, and History of Art Department. UID:146095-21898359@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260329T155319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Power\, Consent\, Accountability: Understanding Assault in a Culture of Intoxication DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of guided discussion featuring speakers Dr. Samantha Leonard\, Dr. Katie Mercer\, and Dr. Lisa Scheiman. This panel is focused on bringing attention to the issue of drink spiking both on and off campus\, centered around topics such as the social contexts of consent\, campus culture\, why drug and alcohol-facilitated assault may happen\, what happens after assault\, and what survivor-centered care and support looks like.\n\nHosted by LSA Student Government's Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention Committee. Please RSVP in order to attend! UID:147185-21900502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147185 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,All Majors Welcome,Campus Resources,Civic Engagement,Community,community activism,Community Engagement,Community Organzing,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Free,Government,In Person,Information Session,Interdisciplinary,Intersectionality,Leadership,Lecture,lsa,lsa student government,Safety,Self Defense,Social Impact,social justice,Speaker,student government,student org,Student Organization,Undergrad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Women's Studies,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenburg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260408T122831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Incentivizing Lending to Women Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Vietnam DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/9p7D9\n\n In collaboration with a leading Vietnamese commercial bank\, we evaluate the impact of two types of incentives to loan officers for the recruitment of women-owned or -led small- and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) as new borrowing clients. The average loan size in this segment is about $20\,000 USD (5x GDP per capita). 50 bank branches employing 550 lending staff are randomly assigned to one of the following treatments: (1) a monthly multi-category contest\; (2) a piece-rate incentive per loan\; or (3) control. The multi-category contest is inclusive in that it rewards not just the very top performing agents\, but also top performers among new agents (“rookies”) and most improved performers. We find that\, overall\, both interventions cause an increase in WSME lending\, particularly in later periods\, at largely similar magnitudes. In terms of spillovers\, there may be moderate negative impacts on non-WSME lending early in the treatment period\, but over time there is a significant\, positive spillover on non-WSME lending. Our results have the potential to inform policies to promote (W)SME lending through optimizing loan officer incentives. More broadly\, they provide some of the first experimental evidence from a high-stakes\, real-world setting on whether competitive or piece rate incentives better improve the performance of high-skill workers completing uncertain tasks.\n\nMarkus Taussig’s research and teaching focus on international business and strategy\, with a focus on emerging economies—especially those in Southeast Asia. More specifically\, he studies how firm performance and behavior is influenced by weak market institutions. He also has extensive experience and expertise in the global private equity and manufacturing (especially apparel) industries and in survey design and implementation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142986-21891908@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,Diversity,Economics,Feminism,Gender,Vietnam LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T113226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Exploring Non-Linear Career Paths DESCRIPTION:CEW+ and WISE are pleased to host University of Michigan engineering alumna Lindsey Kilbride\, who will share valuable insight on navigating career uncertainty\, embracing change\, and finding meaningful work beyond traditional pathways. This session will explore how to make intentional career choices\, leverage transferable skills\, and build a professional life that evolves alongside personal interests and priorities. \n\nAfter earning her degree in industrial and operations engineering\, Lindsey began a career that took unexpected and rewarding turns\, ultimately leading her to work far outside her original field of study. Through multiple transitions\, she learned how to apply her analytics and data science skills across new fields and roles that better aligned with her values\, strengths\, and interests. Her journey underscores the importance of adaptability\, continuous learning\, and the confidence to pursue non-linear career paths. Alongside her professional growth\, Lindsey has navigated career change while raising a family\, offering an honest perspective on balancing competing priorities\, setting boundaries\, and redefining success over time. Her experience reflects the challenges many students will encounter and offers practical insight into building a fulfilling\, sustainable career in a changing workforce. UID:145657-21897642@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145657 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,career change,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Inclusion,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Lifelong Learning,Personal Development,Professional Development,Staff,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T144657 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI in Language Instruction: Faculty Experiences\, Ideas\, and Reflections DESCRIPTION:Join us for “AI in Language Instruction\,” a panel comprised of U-M instructors of Arabic\, Chinese\, Italian\, Spanish\, and Urdu\, who will share their approaches to integrating AI into language teaching and learning. Panelists will give brief presentations with practical strategies and course examples\, followed by discussion and a Q&A. Join us in the Gallery Lab or via Zoom. UID:147151-21900441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery Lab (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T120838 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Long-time behavior of optimal mixing in an advection--diffusion shell model* DESCRIPTION:Abstract: What is the long-time optimal mixing rate achievable under enstrophy-constrained flows when both advection and diffusion are active? To address this question\, we investigate the long-time behavior of optimal mixing in an advection--diffusion equation using a shell model framework\, a reduced model that captures the essential kinematics of advection and diffusion. Our focus is on quantifying the decay of scalar variance\, measured by the shell-model analogue of the $H^{-1}$ mix-norm\, under enstrophy-constrained stirring. We perform long-time computations using both local-in-time (maximizing the instantaneous mixing rate) and global-in-time (maximizing mixedness at a prescribed final time) optimization strategies. For mixing with diffusion ($\kappa>0$)\, the numerical results for both strategies show that the scalar length scale is eventually limited by a generalized Batchelor scale\, in close agreement with theoretical predictions. In this regime\, the shell-model analogue of the $H^{-1}$ mix-norm decays exponentially in time at a rate independent of the diffusivity $\kappa$. Compared with the purely advective case ($\kappa=0$)\, diffusion significantly enhances the long-time mixing rate\; moreover\, increasing diffusivity further improves mixing efficiency by reducing the prefactor. Guided by these numerical observations\, we derive new conditional lower bounds on the decay rate of the $H^{-1}$ norm that are strictly independent of the diffusivity parameter $\kappa$ when $\kappa>0$. The computed decay rates are consistent with our theoretical bounds.\n\nThis is joint work with Baole Wen\, Christian Seis\, and Charles R. Doering.\n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141683-21889181@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T114354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Continuing past the inner horizon using WKB DESCRIPTION:Features of the black hole interior can be extracted from the analytic structure of boundary correlation functions. Working in the geodesic approximation\, we find analytic continuations that probe the interior of rotating and charged black holes. These generate contributions from timelike geodesics that thread the interior and emerge in a future universe. We implement these continuations on the momentum space two-point function and exemplify this in several black hole backgrounds. We also identify position space analytic continuations achieving the same task that incorporate different continued momentum space correlators. These correspond to non-perturbative corrections to the WKB approximation. We demonstrate this explicitly in the rotating BTZ black hole by showing that the interior geodesics contribute to the continued position space correlator and motivate a picture for how these contributions arise in higher dimensions. For AdS Schwarzschild\, we identify the analytically continued solution that captures the bouncing geodesic. We discuss the possibility of using these continuations to probe the instability of inner horizons from the boundary. UID:145576-21897544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145576 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260326T104521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MGU Lecture: Amanda Oehlert DESCRIPTION:Microbialite deposits provide a long-standing archive recording the interactions of life and the environment through geological time. However\, the biogenicity of ancient\, laminated structures has remained a persistent subject of debate. Chemical biosignatures offer an additional and independent means of evaluating biogenicity\, but their interpretation requires careful parameterization in well-constrained\, actively accreting microbialite deposits. In this presentation\, I will present our new conceptual model for microbialite growth and accretion and demonstrate how it improves interpretation of the chemical composition of living microbialites from Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay\, Western Australia. Here\, four types of surface mats accrete microbialites with a range of morphologies including microbial sediments\, unlithified sheet mats\, and discrete microbial buildups. New measurements of microbialite elemental composition and stable carbon isotope ratios will be contextualized by complementary analyses of sediment and seawater from Hamelin Pool. Results demonstrate the important roles of microbialite accretion mechanism\, fabric\, and morphology in governing microbialite composition and chemistry\, providing a modern benchmark for interpreting chemical biosignatures in the ancient geological record. UID:147088-21900369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147088 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T121510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Visiting Critics Panel DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School of Art & Design has invited a select group of internationally renowned curators\, writers\, artists\, and arts professionals to lend their critical insights as they view and jury the program’s MFA Thesis Exhibition and First-Year Exhibition. This year\, we are honored to welcome internationally acclaimed cultural producers Alisha Wormsley\, Aruna D’Souza\, and Robin K. Williams as this year’s Visiting Critics for a three-day campus visit. On Saturday\, April 11\, they will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Srimoyee Mitra\, Director of Stamps Gallery. Joined by faculty\, graduate students\, and the broader Ann Arbor community\, our Visiting Critics will reflect on the MFA candidates’ work and its dialogue with the contemporary moment. \n\nFree and open to the public. Registration is requested. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nLearn More About the Visiting Critics:\n\nAruna D’Souza writes about modern and contemporary art\, intersectional feminisms\, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns\, The New York Times\, Hyperallergic\, and in numerous artist’s monographs and exhibition catalogues. Whitewalling: Art\, Race\, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. Recent editorial projects include Linda Nochlin’s Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now and Lorraine O’Grady’s Writing in Space 1973-2018\; she co-curated the retrospective Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And at the Brooklyn Museum in 2021. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022\, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art\, George Washington University\, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book\, Imperfect Solidarities\, was published in 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlisha Wormsley (Pittsburgh\, PA) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer whose work exists at the intersections of public art\, film\, craft and social practice. Her work transforms public space and collective imagination through projects rooted in liberated futures\, ritual\, and community care. She is the founder of Sibyls Shrine\, a residency for Black artists who M/other\; creator of There Are Black People in the Future\; and co-creator\, with artist Kite\, of Cosmologyscape\, exploring the power of collective dreaming. Her newest film-in-process\, Children of NAN: A Survival Guide—which presents tutorials and survival strategies for future Black femmes while exploring their relationship to ritual\, craft\, and the natural world—has been awarded the Anonymous Was A Woman/NYFA Award\, a Pittsburgh Foundation grant\, and the Sundance Interdisciplinary Grant. Wormsley is a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and is an Assistant Professor of Art in Social Practice at Carnegie Mellon University.\n\nRobin K. Williams is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)\, with curatorial and scholarly interests in visual\, performance\, sound\, and socially engaged artistic practices. At UMMA\, she leads initiatives such as the UMMA-Labadie artist research residency program\, supporting projects grounded in activism and archival inquiry. Previously\, as Curator at The Contemporary Austin\, she curated exhibitions including This Land (2023)\, Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers (2022)\, and Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams (2021)\, and commissions with artists including Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley\, Vivian Caccuri\, Celeste\, Raven Chacon\, Jenny Holzer\, Katarina Janečková Walshe\, and Clare Rojas. She was Ford Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit\, curating Danielle Dean: True Red Ruin (2018) and co-curating Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance (2017)\, and Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum of Art. Her scholarship on Joan Jonas appears in the international journals Stedelijk Studies and Sin Objeto. Williams holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Texas\, has taught at UT-Austin and Texas State University\, and has served on public art committees at both institutions. UID:145934-21898144@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145934 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Altar Keeper: Reading and Open Mic DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Stamps MFA student and artist Michaela Nichelle in reading work from her written thesis\, Altar Keeper. Altar Keeper explores the life of Loretta Mims\, neighborhood candy lady and late grandmother of Michaela Nichelle. Through poetry\, various artist statements\, archival photography\, and recipes\, the artist unpacks the communal impact of Black Candy Ladies as cornerstones of their community. This work explores themes of grief\, love\, joy\, and communal care. In the second half of programming the artist opens the floor to the audience to share poems related to the listed themes. UID:145915-21898093@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T141329 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Henry M. Loud Lecture DESCRIPTION:The next Henry M. Loud Lecture is almost here!\nOn Sunday\, April 12\, Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder will preach for worship at 10:00am\, followed by the Loud Lecture at 11:30am in the Sanctuary of First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor. Her theme is “Church Unusual.” We look forward to welcoming this remarkable preacher and advocate for justice and inclusion. UID:147503-21901130@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lgbt,Religious LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Sanctuary of First UMC. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T120112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260412T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Accessibility Case Competition DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, April 12th\, from 3-6 pm in the Michigan Union Room 2210 for a case competition where students will learn about inclusive design practices from our guest speaker\, Dr. Laura Murphy\, and compete for a $1\,000 prize while pitching solutions to an accessibility-themed case prompt. No prior experience is required\, and we encourage students from business\, pre-health\, engineering\, and humanities backgrounds to participate. Registration is open to U-M undergraduate and graduate students\, and dinner will be provided! Both pre-formed teams and individuals are welcome. Register here! UID:147409-21900985@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120418 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 13\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nJacy Wagnon\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Neuroscience\nThe Ohio State University College of Medicine\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Miriam Meisler\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nDevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are a genetically heterogeneous group of neurological disorders characterized by early-onset seizures along with cognitive\, motor\, and behavioral impairments. The Wagnon laboratory is interested in understanding genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying DEE and identifying new treatment strategies for these severe disorders. Our current studies focus on DEE caused by variants in the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN8A. We are developing mouse models of SCN8A encephalopathy to study pathogenesis of seizures and related comorbidities. A second focus of the lab is to investigate the role of regulation of gene expression in seizure pathology. Changes in mRNA and microRNA levels represent a general transcriptional response to seizures that may implicate new therapeutic targets. UID:143371-21892958@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T092358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Realigning Incentives for a More Secure Internet Ecosystem DESCRIPTION:Professor Mingyan Liu is receiving the T.C.Chang Professorship. Reception to immediately follow in the EECS Atrium.\n\nAbstract: \nMany of the cybersecurity issues facing the modern digital society can ultimately be traced to an array of misaligned incentives. For instance\, the vast majority of the cost of a data breach is not borne by the firm suffering the breach\, but by the users and consumers whose data were stolen\; similarly\, the harm caused by software problems is\, by and large\, shouldered by consumers\, not developers. Over the past decade\, an overarching goal of my research group has been to develop innovative data analytics methodologies and policy ideas to help realign these incentives. Within this context\, I will present our recent work in new approaches to quantifying cyber risk at an organizational level\, quantifying the social cost of data breaches\, and in developing mathematical models that capture the strategic interactions and decision making among parties driven by different incentives.\nBio: \nMingyan Liu is a leading expert in sequential decision and learning theory\, game theory and incentive mechanisms\, all within the context of large-scale networked systems and with applications to cybersecurity. Technologies she developed in this space have been successfully transitioned. She co-founded the start-up company\, QuadMetrics\, Inc.\, commercializing predictive data analytics her team developed for cyber risk quantification that resulted in the first global enterprise cybersecurity ratings system\; it was acquired by the analytics software company Fair Isaac (FICO) in 2016. This technology has been used for enterprise risk management\, vendor management\, cyber insurance underwriting\, and most recently\, in augmenting Environmental\, Social\, and Governance (ESG) ratings. For this she received the “Crossing the Valley of Death” PI Excellence Award from the Department of Homeland Security in 2016.\nProf. Liu joined the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, in September 2000\, as an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She was the Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of ECE from 2018 to 2023\, and has been the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since 2023. She is the recipient of the 2002 NSF CAREER Award\, the University of Michigan Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award in 2003 and 2014\, the 2010 EECS Department Outstanding Achievement Award\, the 2015 CoE Excellence in Education Award\, the 2017 CoE Excellence in Service Award\, and the 2018 Distinguished University Innovator Award. She has received a number of Best Paper Awards and has served on the editorial boards of IEEE and ACM Transaction. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the ACM.\nProf. Liu received an MS degree in Systems Engineering and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland\, College Park\, in 1997 and 2000\, respectively. UID:146961-21899848@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146961 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Computer Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,engineering,Lecture LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1311 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251124T163709 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CCPS Lecture. East of the Atlantic. Black and White (But Not Quite) DESCRIPTION:Oliwia Bosomtwe\, the author of *Jak biały człowiek* (2024) [Like a White Man]\, explores the stories of people of African descent who were born in Poland\, chose it as their homeland\, or passed through briefly\, and examines what it means to be Black in a predominantly white society\, surrounded by stereotypes\, fantasies\, and projections of Blackness.\n \n Oliwia Bosomtwe’s work focuses on the history of Polish engagements with Blackness and Sub-Saharan Africa. She writes\, moderates public discussions\, and occasionally curates exhibitions. A graduate of the Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities at the University of Warsaw\, she is currently pursuing a PhD in sociology at SWPS University. Bosomtwe is the former editor-in-chief of the portal Noizz.pl\, and she also collaborates with the magazine Znak\, among others.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142178-21890176@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,African Studies,poland LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T094322 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SAPAC MARS Masculinity Expert Panel DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the University of Michigan’s SAPAC office and its masculinity-focused program\, MARS (Masculinity\, Advocacy\, Reflection\, Solidarity)\, we’d like to invite you to join us in being in conversation with expert panelists on Monday\, April 13th from 5:30-7:00pm. This event will bring together a panel of expert practitioners\, educators\, and student advocates to explore the evolving landscape of masculinity work on college campuses. Panelists will share insights from their lived experiences and professional practice\, reflecting on the challenges\, breakthroughs\, and future directions of engaging masculine-identifying students in conversations around identity\, relationships\, and violence prevention. \n\nThis event is grounded in the broader campus-wide Unscripted campaign—an initiative that challenges gender norms and invites students to “ditch the script” of rigid expectations (more info can be found on the website here)—to offer a space for critical dialogue and reflection. The goal is for attendees to gain a deeper understanding of masculinity as a social force and its impact within campus communities. The event also offers an opportunity to engage directly with panelists and consider how this work can be applied within their communities via curated questions from both the MARS team and audience members. Participants will leave with ideas for fostering cultures of care\, accountability\, and connection in their own lives and communities.\n\nPre-Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/108990 UID:147608-21901335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147608 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,free,Health & Wellness,Masculinity,panel discussion,sapac,Sexual Assault Awareness Month,student org,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260408T094947 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Exploring the Mind | Defining Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents: The Critical Importance of Developmental and Environmental Contexts DESCRIPTION:How do we make judgments about the presence of psychopathology in children and adolescents? This is a foundational and controversial issue in clinical science that has strong implications for clinical practice and everyday life. I discuss current criteria that are used to define psychopathology in children and adolescents\, highlighting the importance of developmental issues and the child’s lived experiences in different environmental settings\, including diverse cultures. I give brief examples from my own research\, which has focused on early developmental contributions to psychopathology\, and more recently\, how parents in different cultural settings define\, explain\, and manage challenging behaviors in their young children. Finally\, I show how current practices fail to incorporate developmental and contextual issues into their diagnostic criteria\, with potentially adverse consequences for children\, families\, and their broader communities.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Sheryl Olson is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research has focused on the early childhood origins of disruptive behavior problems\, highlighting complex transactions between self-regulation and social-cognitive difficulties experienced by the child and adverse relationships among family and peers. She has a long history of conducting studies that trace children’s early behavioral development over time\, most notably a 19-year prospective study of the development of aggressive and impulsive behavior (the Michigan Longitudinal Study). Dr. Olson also has examined early emotion regulation difficulties in different cultural settings (U.S.\, China\, and Japan)\, integrating biological\, behavioral\, and social assessments of preschool-age children and their functioning. Her current studies feature assessments of parents’ beliefs about the nature\, causes\, and management of challenging behaviors in young children growing up in North America\, Spain\, China\, and Malaysia. UID:145457-21897373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145457 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adolescent Health,Child Development,Clinical Psychology,Psychology,Psychopathology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T143854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T125000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Effects of gestational phthalate exposure on age-specific DNA methylation DESCRIPTION:The Integrated Health Sciences Core's webinar series is an interdisciplinary forum for interested researchers to come together to learn and discuss wide-ranging issues in the field of environmental health. We hope you can join us for the final webinar of this academic year\, in the environmental research series. Organized by the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC) of the University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD).\n\nRegistration required http://myumi.ch/4m7JE UID:147365-21900903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147365 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biosciences,Chemistry,environmental,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Lifelong Learning,Medicine,Nursing,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Talk,Virtual,Women's Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T133317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Explaining the Sexual Empowerment of Married Women in China DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/pV41e\n\nThe transition of Chinese marriage from a patriarchal to a more egalitarian model is well known\, but the rise of women’s sexual empowerment within marriage is less so. Using survey data from the 1980s and 90s\, this talk examines a key aspect of a woman’s conjugal power\, her ability to decline to have sex with her husband.\n \n Bill Lavely is Professor Emeritus of international studies and sociology at the University of Washington. Trained at the University of Michigan Department of Sociology and the Population Studies Center\, he is a social demographer who has written on Chinese fertility\, marriage\, mortality\, sex ratios\, and historical demography. UID:143832-21894102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143832 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Gender,Sociology,Women's Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T085156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Black Girlhood Unfolded: Reclaiming Puberty Narratives in a Digital Archive DESCRIPTION:note: This event was rescheduled from its original date.\n\nWith the “Hear\, Here” series\, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.\n\nAbout this talk:\nThis talk explores Black Girlhood Unfolded\, a digital narrative platform that centers the lived experiences of Black girls navigating puberty. By elevating personal stories and community voices\, the platform challenges adultification bias and dominant media silences\, creating space for identity formation\, healing\, and resistance. In capturing voices too often left out of cultural memory\, this work reframes Black girlhood as central—not marginal—to our understanding of youth\, development\, and representation.\n\n*Rona Carter is a 2025-26 Digital Scholarship Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Associate Professor of Psychology.* UID:141262-21888486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141262 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Humanities,Psychology LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250919T094546 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IBL Lunch DESCRIPTION:Come talk about teaching with IBL\, interactive\, and other active teaching methods over lunch. Bring teaching anecdotes\, thoughts\, and your appetite. Lunch will be provided. UID:138237-21882657@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2075 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T135851 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Transport-Based Methods for Inference and Generation with Graphical Structure DESCRIPTION:Statistical learning posits a structured relationship between observed data and unobserved quantities — latent components underlying a mixture\, counterfactual outcomes unobserved under the realized treatment assignment\, or low-dimensional representations encoding complex generative factors — and makes inference over the parameters that govern this relationship. In each case\, a graphical model encodes the structural assumptions through conditional independence and factorization\, but inference over the resulting distributional objects demands tools that are stable under the geometric irregularities — limited overlap\, high dimensionality\, unknown model complexity — that arise in practice. This thesis develops a distributional framework that pairs graphical model structure with optimal transport geometry to address this need. We apply the framework to causal inference under limited overlap\, replacing density-ratio reweighting with geometrically stable transport maps and developing Wasserstein-based sensitivity analysis for partial identification\; to structured generative modeling\, introducing Structured Flow Autoencoders that combine conditional normalizing flows with latent graphical models via a novel flow matching objective\; and to mixture model estimation\, where Bayes fixed-point iteration and entropy-regularized semi-discrete optimal transport yield a geometry-driven approach to component recovery and model selection. Across all settings\, the thesis demonstrates that replacing pointwise inference procedures with distributional\, geometry-aware ones — anchored by graphical model structure — yields methods that are simultaneously more principled and more practically reliable. UID:147391-21900960@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147391 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T140204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Un/German in Context: Late Fascism and the Normalization of Authoritarianism. DESCRIPTION:As part of the Colloquium Series\, Fatima El-Tayeb will deliver a lecture titled \"Un/German in Context: Late Fascism and the Normalization of Authoritarianism.\"\n\nThe event will take place on Tuesday\, April 14\, at 3:00 PM in the MLB Conference Room (3308).\n\nThis colloquium is funded by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Cultural Studies RIW. UID:146421-21899063@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146421 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T104615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Total positivity: combinatorics\, geometry\, and representation theory DESCRIPTION:An invertible matrix is called totally positive if all of its minors are positive. Over the past several decades\, this classical notion has evolved into a rich and far-reaching theory. In a foundational 1994 work\, Lusztig extended total positivity to arbitrary split real reductive groups and their flag varieties\, uncovering remarkable connections with combinatorics\, geometry\, and representation theory. Since then\, total positivity has emerged in a wide range of contexts\, from cluster algebras and higher Teichmüller theory to the geometry\nunderlying the amplituhedron.\n\nIn this talk\, I will give an overview of the basic theory of total positivity and describe some recent developments. I will explain how the subject is intertwined with combinatorial structures such as Bruhat order and shellable posets\, with representation theory through Lusztig's canonical basis\, and with topology through the study of regular CW complexes and with an unexpected appearance of the Poincaré econjecture. I will also discuss recent progress on the conjectures of Björner\, of Fomin-Zelevinsky\, as well as further conjectures of Postnikov\, Galashin-Karp-Lam\, and Williams. This talk is based on my joint works with Huanchen Bao and with Kaitao Xie. UID:144881-21896089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T120509 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter/Spring 2026 Seminar Series: \"How life finds a way: resilience in mammalian embryogenesis\" DESCRIPTION:Sarah Bowling\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nDevelopmental Biology\nStanford University UID:145983-21898224@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145983 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T091817 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Is There a Path Forward? Two Views from the Gaza Border DESCRIPTION:Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute Director Jeffrey Veidlinger will moderate an exchange between Professor Jonathan Dekel-Chen\, whose son\, Sagui\, was taken hostage from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border on October 7\, 2023\, and Professor Mkhaimar Abusada\, who was evacuated from his home in Gaza during the ensuing war. They will discuss their own experiences during war and explore how neighbors across borders ravaged by conflict can seek a better future.\n\nPre-register to receive zoom link- https://myumi.ch/pVe9r UID:137007-21879406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137007 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Civic Engagement,Discussion,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,International,Jewish Studies,Middle East Studies,Open Inquiry,Philosophy,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T153631 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Welcoming the Stranger in an Unwelcoming World: Immigrants\, Refugees\, and Religion in Modern America DESCRIPTION:Is it possible to fulfill the biblical mandate to “welcome the stranger” while also supporting responsible policies on immigration? What do religiously-informed refugee support practices look like? This timely event will feature insights from a scholar of U.S. refugee resettlement policy\, reflections from a Christian social worker involved in local refugee support\, and ample audience participation. UID:147058-21900331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Immigration,Religious,Social Impact LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T131336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Fast Food for Thought: 5-minute lightning talk event with 10 UM faculty DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, Program in the Environment\, School for Environment & Sustainability\, and our Michigan-based community partners.\n\nOn April 14\, 2026 (6:30-8:00 PM)\, 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. This event will be livestreamed as a Zoom Webinar and held in person at the Dana Building (440 Church St\, Ann Arbor)\, room 1040. After the talks\, there will be a free reception in the Dana Commons (first floor) from 8:00-9:00 PM. \n\nIf you are joining us in-person\, please RSVP here: bit.ly/foodtalks2026 UID:142267-21890300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Climate Change,Culture,Environment,environmental justice,food,social justice,Talk LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Samuel T. Dana Building (440 Church St, Ann Arbor), room 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T181751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Amanda Raymond\, piano lecture recital DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate in collaborative piano Amanda Raymond presents a dissertation lecture recital. UID:146590-21899321@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146590 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T153740 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T223000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Deciphering the Mechanism of Tail Anchored Protein Targeting to the ER Membrane DESCRIPTION:2026 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series\n\nSpeaker: Hyojin (Kelly) Kim\, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Michigan State University\n\nHost: Melanie Ohi\, PhD\n\nThe venue is accessible via elevator and ramp. If you require any accommodations in order to fully participate in this activity\, please inform Brooke Lorigan-Bishar.\nT: 734-647-4835\nE: brloriga@med.umich.edu UID:146582-21899311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146582 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T122624 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. The Last Soviet Artist DESCRIPTION:The Last Soviet Artist (n+1\, 2025)\, finished by Victoria Lomasko three weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, is a collection of graphic reportages created during trips across the former Soviet republics. The first part describes society in Kyrgyzstan\, Armenia\, Georgia\, and the North Caucasus\, covering gender rights\, grassroots initiatives\, remnants of the Soviet heritage\, and emerging trends. The book's second part focuses on the Belarusian Revolution of 2022 and the last major protests in Russia on the eve of the invasion of Ukraine: what happens to the lives of ordinary people in times of historical change. The third part of the book was written in exile. All three parts are united by the main subject: generational conflict in the post-Soviet space. The book won the 2022 Free Voice award from PEN Catalan and Prix Couilles au Cul pour le Courage Artistique\, Festival de BD d’Angoulême.\n \n Victoria Lomasko’s practice of graphic reportage synthesizes image and text\, taking the form of novels\, journalism\, comics\, paintings\, and monumental murals. A renowned dissident voice in the highly censored environment of contemporary Russia\, Lomasko’s seminal graphic novels\, including Other Russias and Forbidden Art\, have an honest style exposing the country’s inequalities and injustices whilst amplifying and defending the plight of Russia’s many voiceless and unseen communities.\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:142423-21890939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142423 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,eastern europe,europe,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ASC/AHHI Event. Digitization\, Preservation and Performance of the Archive: How to Build a Library DESCRIPTION:Join the African Studies Center’s African Heritage and Humanities Initiative for a public event exploring the work of preserving\, digitizing\, and reimagining African archives. \n\nDigitization\, Preservation and Performance of the Archive: How to Build a Library\nWednesday\, April 15\n\n2:00 PM – Panel Discussion (1014 Tisch Hall)\nPanelists:\nDerek Peterson\, Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies\, U-M\nAngela Wachuka\, Co-founder and Publisher of Book Bunk\nLoyd Mbabu\, Librarian for African Studies\, U-M\nSauda Nabukenya\, Legal and Social Historian of Modern Africa\nMaia Lekow\, Filmmaker and Musician\nModerator: Alexis Antracoli\, Director of Bentley Historical Library\, U-M\n\n5:00 PM (UMMA Auditorium) – Film Screening and Q&A of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Official selection\, *How to Build a Library* \n\nTo register\, visit myumi.ch/kPMmz \n\n*Accommodation: If 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.\n Email: -- kwaidley@umich.edu UID:147331-21900800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,African Studies Center,Archives,Discussion,Film,Humanities,Lecture LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T132352 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Sustaining Feminist Ethos: Queer and Feminist Journals under Anti-Gender Epistemic Claims in Turkey DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I approach anti-genderism not only as a repressive policy and a backlash\, but as a pursuit of epistemic authority aimed at displacing and replacing critical gender studies in Turkish universities. Drawing on in-depth interviews with editors of four queer and feminist academic journals published in Turkey\, I focus on how feminist and queer epistemic ecologies are sustained and expanded within and beyond academia\, as well as on the challenges and vulnerabilities that shape these efforts.\n\nWomen’s and gender studies (WGS) in Turkey—rooted in the 1980s—has long been mutually reinforcing with feminist and queer movements. The political-academic ethos cultivated by WGS within universities constitutes a key dynamic behind its targeting by various anti-gender actors\, mechanisms\, and procedures. I begin by tracing the trajectory through which anti-genderism in Turkish universities has shifted from being framed as a repressive politics to claiming a “constructive” epistemology that nonetheless excludes queer and feminist knowledge. I then analyze how these journals sustain their feminist ethos and intellectual integrity through practices of scholarly community-building\, as well as through financial\, editorial\, and epistemic strategies that strengthen feminist knowledge production and dissemination. Finally\, I reflect on the prospects of gender studies in Turkish universities amid administrative\, epistemic\, and political landscapes reshaped by anti-genderism. UID:146690-21899478@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146690 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Humanities,International,Middle East,Women History,Women's Studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ASC/AHHI Event. Digitization\, Preservation and Performance of the Archive: How to Build a Library DESCRIPTION:Join the African Studies Center’s African Heritage and Humanities Initiative for a public event exploring the work of preserving\, digitizing\, and reimagining African archives. \n\nDigitization\, Preservation and Performance of the Archive: How to Build a Library\nWednesday\, April 15\n\n2:00 PM – Panel Discussion (1014 Tisch Hall)\nPanelists:\nDerek Peterson\, Ali Mazrui Collegiate Professor of History and African Studies\, U-M\nAngela Wachuka\, Co-founder and Publisher of Book Bunk\nLoyd Mbabu\, Librarian for African Studies\, U-M\nSauda Nabukenya\, Legal and Social Historian of Modern Africa\nMaia Lekow\, Filmmaker and Musician\nModerator: Alexis Antracoli\, Director of Bentley Historical Library\, U-M\n\n5:00 PM (UMMA Auditorium) – Film Screening and Q&A of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Official selection\, *How to Build a Library* \n\nTo register\, visit myumi.ch/kPMmz \n\n*Accommodation: If 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.\n Email: -- kwaidley@umich.edu UID:147331-21900801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African Studies,African Studies Center,Archives,Discussion,Film,Humanities,Lecture LOCATION:Museum of Art - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T152415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/W6ZPD.\n \n The talk explores the life and work of popular writer Yoshiya Nobuko (1896–1973)\, known for her serialized fiction\, modern fashion\, and lifelong relationship with a same-sex partner. The talk considers her work through the lens of the *shōjo* (girl) as a term of genre\, identity\, and perspective on 20th-century Japan.\n \n Sarah Frederick teaches Japanese literature and cinema at Boston University’s Department of World Languages and Literatures\, of which she is currently associate chair. She is the author of *Turning Pages: Reading and Writing Women’s Magazines in Interwar Japan* (University of Hawaiʻi Press\, 2006)\, and articles in *positions: East Asian Cultures Critique\, US Japan Women’s Journal\,* and *Japan Forum.* She has also published a translation of Yoshiya Nobuko’s short story *Yellow Rose* (Expanded editions\, 2016). She has also written on the travel writings of Yoshiya Nobuko\, Isabella Bird\, and Natsume Sōseki\, including a GIS-aided map of Natsume Sōseki’s trips to Kyoto.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142556-21891151@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142556 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Japanese Studies,LGBT,Literature LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251120T121105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Jenan Kharbush DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: “Nitrogen availability” refers to the amounts of biologically usable nitrogen forms relative to demand by the biological community. In cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) dominated by the non-diazotrophic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa\, nitrogen availability is critical for the production of the nitrogen-rich toxin microcystin\, and may also play a role in shaping M. aeruginosa strain composition and relative abundance of toxic and non-toxic strains. During the annual CyanoHAB in Western Lake Erie\, both the dominant form of nitrogen (organic vs. inorganic) and M. aeruginosa strain composition shift as the bloom progresses\, as does the heterotrophic bacterial community composition in M. aeruginosa colonies. Recent metagenomics and culture-based work suggests that some of these heterotrophs may be involved in nitrogen acquisition and cycling processes with Microcystis. In this talk I will discuss some of our recent efforts to understand the influence of nitrogen form on Microcystis bloom ecology\, via both strain-specific adaptations and interactions with other community members such as heterotrophic bacteria. This includes examining how nitrogen form influences exometabolite production in cultured M. aeruginosa strains\, as well as using nano-secondary ion mass spectrometry (nanoSIMS) to measure how cell-specific nitrogen uptake in field communities changes with bloom phase. \n\nAbout the speaker: Jenan is an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Michigan. She earned her PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography\, where she developed an appreciation for the complexity of microbial life and the outsized influence microbes have on their environment. At U-M\, her research group studies how aquatic microorganisms\, particularly phytoplankton\, acquire and use nitrogen\, including during CyanoHABs. They combine laboratory culture experiments with field-based environmental observations to link cellular-level nitrogen cycling processes to large-scale geochemical patterns in both modern and ancient environments. UID:141223-21888418@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Chemistry,Environment,Great Lakes,Lecture,Research,Science,seminar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T103846 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Imagining and Building a Better World for Black Families DESCRIPTION:This conversation with Dorothy Roberts and Joyce McMillan centers the lived experiences of families impacted by welfare systems and considers possibilities for building new systems of care. Moderated by social work educator and practitioner\, Rick Barinbaum\, attendees from a range of educational backgrounds (e.g.\, social work\, sociology\, law\, public policy\, medicine) will deepen their understandings and discover new perspectives—all while laughing together and learning from these incredible scholars\, educators\, and advocates.\n\nNo reservations necessary! UID:147086-21900367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty Solutions,Social Justice,Sociology LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T112823 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Modeling Structure in Unstructured Data: Statistical and Causal Perspectives DESCRIPTION:Modern machine learning systems are trained on massive amounts of unstructured data such as text\, images\, and sequences. Despite the apparent lack of explicit structure\, they exhibit remarkable abilities to learn patterns\, perform reasoning\, and support decision-making. This apparent paradox raises a central question: what structure do these models recover from unstructured data\, and how can we understand and use it?\n\nThis dissertation investigates how language models (i) represent structure through their architectures\, (ii) learn structure from unstructured data\, and (iii) enable us to leverage this learned structure for principled causal inference with unstructured data.\n\nThe first part develops a statistical perspective of attention mechanisms\, the core building block of modern language models. We show that attention can be interpreted as adaptive mixture-of-experts models. This interpretation enables us to extend attention to model general exponential family-distributed data\, making it capable of modeling complex\, heterogeneous data beyond text. In turn\, this perspective reframes attention as a statistical model\, explaining how it captures complex dependencies and latent structure\, with guarantees on identifiability and generalization.\n\nThe second part examines how such structure arises from unstructured training data. We show that many in-context learning behaviors can emerge directly from co-occurrence patterns in unstructured text\, linking modern models to classical co-occurrence modeling tools like latent factor modeling. At the same time\, we identify the limits of this mechanism: positional structure becomes essential for more complex reasoning tasks. We further demonstrate that training data composition plays a critical role in shaping model behavior and alignment\, with example difficulty acting as a key factor.\n\nThe final part studies how learned representations in language models can be leveraged for causal inference in high-dimensional\, unstructured settings. Our approach identifies causal variables directly within the representation space\, enabling well-defined estimation of causal effects when treatments or outcomes are themselves unstructured. In particular\, we isolate representation directions corresponding to the most causally influential treatment components and the most salient treatment-induced outcome variations.\n\nTogether\, these results provide a unified perspective on how modern machine learning systems extract structure from unstructured data\, and how that structure can be harnessed for rigorous statistical and causal analysis. UID:147382-21900950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147382 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 438 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T113817 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Kapil Chalil Madathil DESCRIPTION:As work\, healthcare\, and decision-making increasingly occur across distance\, physical separation is often assumed to degrade performance. Research in human-centered systems design reveals a more nuanced reality: performance often survives distance\, but the hidden costs shift to workload\, and coordination. This talk examines how the design of collaborative systems determines whether distance becomes manageable or dangerous. Drawing on two decades of research spanning remote collaboration\, immersive virtual environments\, telemedicine-enabled stroke care\, and human-AI teaming in high-risk settings\, the talk shows how redesigning systems\, rather than pushing people harder\, can dramatically improve outcomes. The talk argues that the future of distributed work and intelligent systems will be defined by seamlessly integrated\, intelligently designed human–machine partnerships. UID:147209-21900527@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147209 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T151548 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Information Sick: How Journalism’s Decline & Misinformation’s Rise Are Harming Our Health—& What We Can Do About It DESCRIPTION:An award-winning journalist and a public health expert discuss their book on the pollution of our information environment\, its implications for health\, and what can be done.\n\nJoanne Kenen is Editor-at-Large at Politico and Journalist-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health\n\nJoshua Sharfstein\, MD is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and Distinguished Professor of the Practice at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health\n\nPlease RSVP at https://myumi.ch/bVMg6 UID:145772-21897802@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Health,Journalism LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T121310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: A Pretense of Ownership: The Peremptory Enslavement of Rose Bazile (Port-au-Prince\, Santiago de Cuba\, New Orleans) DESCRIPTION:Almost a decade after the Haitian Revolution led to the abolition of slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue\, Napoleon Bonaparte sent an expeditionary force to try to crush the Revolution and reverse emancipation. Though he failed on both counts\, the destruction his assault unleashed turned thousands into refugees. Among those who fled in 1803 were a man born in southern France named Pierre Bazy\, an African-born woman named Gertrude\, and Gertrude’s child named Rose.\n\nUpon arrival in Cuba and later in Louisiana\, Pierre claimed to own Rose\, and thus to control her labor\, her behavior\, and access to her body. Rose nonetheless found ways to live according to her own contrary claim to free status\, and to document that freedom. Enraged\, Pierre reported her to the New Orleans police as marronne (a runaway from slavery)\, leading to her arrest and jailing. Soon judges\, lawyers\, and dozens of witnesses had to address in court variants of the question: What is evidence of ownership\, and what is evidence of freedom? Or\, as we might put it: What could keep the legal fiction of property in a person afloat\, and what might sink it?\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:142524-21891076@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142524 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Law LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T102627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Professors Jie (Jackie) Li\, Ralf J. Spatzier\, and Nicholas A. Valentino\, Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture DESCRIPTION:This event will take place both in person and virtually.\n\nProfessor Jie (Jackie) Li\nRodney C. Ewing Collegiate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences\n\nLecture Title: From Diamonds to Dynamo: How Earth Stays Magnetic? \n\nLecture Abstract: Beneath the dancing lights of the aurora lies a 4-billion-year survival story. By recreating the extreme pressures and temperatures of Earth’s core with gem-quality diamonds and tightly focused lasers\, we peer into our planet’s deepest engine. There\, we uncover how a cooling Earth overcame major energy crises by switching its fuel source\, thereby sustaining the magnetic shield that protects life.\n\nProfessor Ralf J. Spatzier\nGopal Prasad Collegiate Professor of Mathematics\n\nLecture Title: Symmetry In Geometry and Dynamics:\nThe Role of Intuition in Mathematics Research\n\nLecture Abstract: How does mathematics progress? And how do\nmathematicians actually make progress?\n\nWe are actually making lots of progress\, and I hope I can\nconvince you! But there are many ways we achieve this. Let\nme tell you about it in my own case.\nLeading Question: How do I make progress?\n1: By working hard long hours in my office with my computer?\n2: By doing difficult calculations with pen and paper?\n3: By going for a walk?\nI will try to illuminate how fundamental progress happened in my\nown limited experience. It involved grand ideas such as\n“symmetry” and how it limits possibilities. A classical example\nare the Platonic solids\, i.e. convex regular polyhedra with\ncongruent faces (symmetry). Turns out there are only five.\nWhen a few mild harmless assumptions greatly limit the possible\nobjects and even completely determine a system\, we speak of\n“RIGIDITY”\, just as in the case of the platonic solids.\nIn my own research\, symmetry is an overriding principle\, leading\nto rigidity in geometry. As it happened - and after many walks -\nthis also inspired ideas for rigidity in dynamical systems with\nsymmetry.\nSymmetry and extremal properties have played a major role in\nmathematics for a long time. While I will start to discuss this in\n\nthe context of some Riemannian geometry\, I will emphasize more\nrecent work on dynamical systems. Here symmetry expresses\nitself in terms of having non-trivially commuting maps or flows\,\nor an action of some group with complicated relations. Case in\npoint are actions of semisimple Lie groups\, especially ones of\nhigher rank\, e.g. SL(n\,R) with n at least 3. This is the so-called\nZimmer program. I will hint at some recent highlights.\n\nProfessor Nicholas A. Valentino\nDonald R. Kinder Collegiate Professor of Political Science\n\nLecture Title: The Big River: Explorations on the Role of Race in Politics\n\nLecture Abstract: My work owes most of its inspiration to the Symbolic Politics Theory proposed originally by David Sears at UCLA in the 1980s and further developed by Donald Kinder here at Michigan. The central claim of that theory is that symbolic predispositions- partisanship\, racial identity\, prejudice- and the deeply rooted emotions associated with these attachments drive many political choices and behavior much more powerfully than material self-interest. The theory originally focused on explaining policy opinions and behaviors with direct and explicit consequences for the distribution of rights and resources between racial groups in America\, and even more narrowly on the black-white divides over affirmative action and the election of African American candidates. One of my main goals has been to broaden this exploration to political domains explicitly unrelated to race\, such as crime\, immigration\, government surveillance\, electoral laws\, and so on. In general\, my collaborators and I find that deeply rooted racial attitudes\, identities\, and emotional processes profoundly impact nearly every domain of politics. \n\nIf you are unable to join us in person\, please click the link below to join the webinar.\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/95783933422\n\nPhone one-tap:\n+13092053325\,\,95783933422# US\n+13126266799\,\,95783933422# US (Chicago)\n\nJoin via audio:\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 780 666 0144 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\nWebinar ID: 957 8393 3422\nInternational numbers available: https://umich.zoom.us/u/azI9zGShx UID:145841-21897942@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145841 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Lecture LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T121643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Carrigan Lecture in Music Theory by Antares Boyle DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music Theory presents a talk by guest scholar Antares (Tara) Boyle as part of the Carrigan Lecture Series. Boyle's abstract:\n\nThe music of Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith (b. 1957) has garnered increasing critical acclaim and public recognition over the past few decades. Smith’s music is sometimes compared to that of Morton Feldman\, American minimalists\, or the Wandelweiser Collective\, but one feature distinguishing her style from these touchstones is her varied and often lush harmonic language. Smith writes that she is “drawn to an ambiguity of harmony and narrative.” Based on an extensive survey of her works\, I describe features of Smith’s pitch structuring practices that support this ambiguity and consider how they have informed reception of her works. I show that Smith’s compositions often feature stable or gradually shifting macroharmonies (Tymoczko 2011) of seven to nine pitch classes. Her preferred collections include not only the diatonic\, but modes of the acoustic scale and collections that add one or two pcs to these seven-note collections – macroharmonies that allow for quasi-diatonic chords and scale fragments without suggesting a typical major/minor tonality. I show how Smith often enhances the ambiguity of her novel tonalities by avoiding centricity\, clear bass lines\, or overtly tertian chords\, and demonstrate how subtle macroharmonic change structures larger form in certain works. At the local level\, Smith’s chords often relate by techniques of common-tone preservation\, fuzzy transposition/inversion (Quinn 2001)\, subset recombination\, or what I term “split transposition\,” while larger passages may be structured by strategic chord repetition. All of these techniques broadly allow for subtle exploratory variation without strong teleologic arcs or tension/release dynamics\, an “ambiguity of narrative” that may partially explain Smith’s reception as minimalism- or Wandelweiser-adjacent.\n\nGUEST BIO\n\nANTARES (TARA) BOYLE is Associate Professor of Music Theory at Portland State University. Her research on modernist\, experimental\, and improvised music has touched on European post-serial composers Salvatore Sciarrino and Harrison Birtwistle\, American jazz pioneers Wayne Shorter and Craig Taborn\, and contemporary multimedia performer Matana Roberts. Tara’s work has been published in the journals *Music Theory Spectrum*\, *Journal of Music Theory*\, *Perspectives of New Music*\, and *Music Theory Online*\, and is forthcoming in two edited volumes. Her scholarship has been awarded the Society for Music Theory’s Emerging Scholar Award\, the publication awards of the SMT Interest Groups in Jazz and Post-1945 Music Analysis\, and the SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship. UID:147441-21901028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T124108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LITP Public Lecture | What quantum physics teaches us about gravitational waves DESCRIPTION:The discovery of gravitational waves from merging black holes marked the beginning of a new way of exploring the Universe. I will start by describing this breakthrough. Planned next-generation gravitational-wave observatories will dramatically extend our reach\, enabling the detection of gravitational-wave signals from deep into the early cosmic history. The leap in experimental sensitivity demands a corresponding advance in theoretical precision. I will outline the main theoretical approaches underlying highly accurate waveform predictions\, which are essential for interpreting these observations. In the context of one of the standard approaches\, I will explain how powerful theoretical methods in quantum field theory\, used to understand elementary-particle collisions\, are being used to obtain state-of-the-art predictions of gravitational-wave emission in Einstein’s theory. Finally\, I will explain how this approach reveals a deep and unexpected unity between gravity and the other known forces. UID:146019-21898277@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:lecture,Litp Public Lecture,Physics,Talk LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th Floor Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260409T112122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nineteenth-Century Forum DESCRIPTION:The rise of grief tech\, chatbots trained on the words\, voices\, and memories of lost loved ones\, offers the alluring chance to continue a relationship beyond death. Grief tech is new\, but that allure is much older\, dating at least back to nineteenth-century Spiritualism. Today’s grief tech is connected to its Victorian predecessor by a shared culture of grief - one that seemed to have disappeared. While current psychological practices try to move the bereaved toward closure\, Victorian mourning lingered in yearning. Bringing together Alice Stringfellow\, a Victorian mother who corresponded her dead son every night\, and Joshua Barbeau\, a present-day aspiring actor who created a chatbot version of his girlfriend after her death\, this talk explores how contemporary technologies might reveal the value (and risks) of using technology to redress the innately human problem of death. \n\nMegan Ward is a faculty member in the School of Writing\, Literature\, and Film and Director of the OSU Center for the Humanities and the Center for Material Cultures Research in Archaeology\, Art\, and Indigenous Studies. Her first book\, \"Seeming Human: Victorian Realist Characters and Artificial Intelligence\" (Ohio State UP\, 2018) offers a new theory of realist character through the realist novel’s unexpected afterlife: the intelligent machine. She is currently writing a book of essays\, \"Chatbots in Love\,\" which explores how the human desire for intimacy has shaped the creation of AI - and why that desire has been left unfulfilled. Her work on technology and realism has appeared or is forthcoming in edited collections such as \"AI Narratives\" and \"The Routledge Guide to Politics and Literature\" as well as journals such as \"New Literary History\" and \"Public Humanities.\"\n\nRSVP here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/16399 UID:144324-21895167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144324 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Jonathan Adler DESCRIPTION:\n\nJonathan Adler’s brain is a cultural blender. His influences are vast. High\, low\, and everything in between\, from Isamu Noguchi’s organic Modern Sculptures to raunchy 1970s bumper stickers. The end result? A design brand—pottery\, furniture\, and more—which marries chic design with irreverent references. Adler has built an international reputation for his innovative approach to design\, which deftly combines humor\, impeccable style\, and skilled craftsmanship. In his talk\, Adler will shed light on how he synthesizes disparate inspirations into a varied yet distinctive voice and offer advice on how young designers and artists can develop their own signature styles in a chaotic visual landscape. \n\nAdler launched his namesake brand in 1993 when Barneys New York purchased his first pottery collection\, and by 1998 he had opened his flagship store in Soho. Since then\, Adler has expanded his studio into a global design company rooted in craftsmanship and playful luxury. Pottery remains at the heart of his work\, while the brand now encompasses furniture\, lighting\, décor\, and textiles—all united by his signature vision of “Modern American Glamour.” Through both his retail stores and collaborations worldwide\, Adler continues to champion bold design infused with wit\, optimism\, and artistry.\n\nAdler appeared as a judge for two seasons of Bravo’s Top Design and later served as a judge on HGTV’s Design Star: Next Gen. In 2019\, Adler received the Brand Heritage Award at The Fashion Group International’s annual Night of Stars gala in New York City and has received many accolades\, including the MAD Visionary Award from the Museum of Arts and Design in 2025.\n\nPresented in partnership with Design Core Detroit. \n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.\n UID:142736-21891314@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T155748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI and Detroit’s Census Challenge DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThis talk explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and geospatial data can support cities to better understand housing conditions and improve population estimates. In collaboration with the City of Detroit\, researchers at the University of Michigan are developing new tools that combine street-level imagery\, remote sensing data\, and AI models capable of interpreting visual information about buildings and neighborhoods. These tools can identify indicators such as roof damage\, structural decay\, or vegetation encroachment—signals that may suggest vacancy\, or blight.\n\nImportantly\, the goal is not simply to automate housing assessments. Instead\, the project adopts an approach in which municipal staff and communities guide\, interpret\, and validate AI-generated insights. By integrating technical innovation with existing city workflows\, the collaboration aims to support Detroit’s efforts to maintain accurate address records for the U.S. Census and improve housing data used for planning and investment decisions.\n\nThis work supports city efforts to improve housing and population data\, while also helping strengthen communities. When residents are undercounted\, cities risk losing tax revenue\, federal funding\, and even political representation. At the same time\, urban blight and rapidly changing housing conditions make it difficult to maintain accurate records of which homes are occupied. In cities with large numbers of vacant\, abandoned\, or deteriorating structures\, some inhabited homes may be mistakenly classified as vacant\, leading to inaccurate population estimates and challenges for housing policy and neighborhood revitalization efforts. More broadly\, this work highlights how partnerships between universities and local governments can support cities adopting AI tools responsibly while strengthening data-driven decision-making\n\nBiography:\nDr. Van Berkel is an assistant professor at The University of Michigan\, School for Environment and Sustainability. His research focuses on understanding land change at diverse scales\; the physical and psychological benefit of exposure to natural environments\; and how digital visualization of data can add new place-based knowledge in science and community decision-making. He has expertise in spatial statistics\, data science\, big data\, and machine learning. Van Berkel is currently a Co-PI on an NSF grant examining how online webtools can enable the public to co-create landscape designs for novel solutions to climate-change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas. He is also part of the NOAA funded GLISA project developing land change models to support knowledge discovery in municipalities throughout the Great Lake States. His work in AI focuses on deciphering complex sentiment from multimodal content\, such as understanding image content and analyzing captions and tags posted by users\, at scale. This research aims to provide objective measures of behavior and attitude for modeling diverse values and benefits of nature globally.\n\nJeffrey D. Morenoff is a professor of sociology\, a research professor at the Institute for Social Research (ISR)\, and a professor of public policy at the Ford School. He is also director of the ISR Population Studies Center. Professor Morenoff’s research interests include neighborhood environments\, inequality\, crime and criminal justice\, the social determinants of health\, racial/ethnic/immigrant disparities in health and antisocial behavior\, and methods for analyzing multilevel and spatial data. UID:145245-21896923@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145245 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai,Artificial Intelligence,Detroit,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Lecture,Literature Science And The Arts,Sociology LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T120115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, April 16th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “What are the biblical ethical implications of AI development?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! \nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team \n\n UID:147513-21901167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MCSC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260409T085238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Kelsey Book Club | *Where the Library Hides* DESCRIPTION:The second book in Isabel Ibañez’s Secrets of the Nile series\, *Where the Library Hides* is a YA historical fantasy set in late-1800s Egypt. The story follows the rivals-to-lovers romance—and marriage of convenience—between protagonist Inez Olivera and former nemesis\, Whitford Hayes\, as they navigate betrayal\, ancient magic\, and a dangerous quest for answers about her parents’ deaths. \n\nJoin us in Room 124 of Newberry Hall for an evening of community and conversation led by Laurel Fricker\, PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology. Light refreshments will be served. \n\nIf you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n\n*Note: Registration for this session is now closed. Visit our book club web page to learn about future meetings: https://myumi.ch/Drn1Q.* UID:146634-21899371@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146634 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Archaeology,Books,Discussion,egypt,Literature,Museum LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Newberry Hall, Room 124 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T121656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: University Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:00 pm before the 8:00 pm USO performance. (Please note the special starting time.)\n\nSpecial guest Joseph Horowitz presents a talk entitled \"Leonard Bernstein's Mahler: The Art of Advocacy.\"\n\nJoseph Horowitz is an award-winning author\, concert producer\, filmmaker\, and broadcaster. He is one of the most prominent and widely published writers on topics in American music. His most recent books include a novel\, *The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York*\, about which Clive Paget wrote in *Musical America*: “With his unparalleled knowledge of fin-de-siècle classical music in America\, Joseph Horowitz [has] brought us closer to Mahler and his wife Alma than any other author I have read.\" UID:142876-21891756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142876 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T113121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Words as Weapons: British Black Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in Indonesia\, 1963–66 DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/w9P17\n\nFollowing nearly a decade of failed covert operations targeting Indonesia\, the Central Intelligence Agency turned to allies across the Atlantic in the mid-1960s to assist with undermining the government in Jakarta. During this period\, the Information Research Department (IRD)\, the British covert propaganda department hidden deep within the Foreign Office\, established a special unit in Singapore innocuously named the Southeast Asia Monitoring Unit (SEAMU) to spearhead a disinformation campaign to destabilize Indonesia in hopes of ushering in a more friendly regime in Jakarta and putting a premature end to Konfronstasi – Indonesia’s low-level border war waged against Malaysia. With the collaboration of the American\, Australian\, and Malaysian governments\, the British psychological warfare campaign not only flooded the Indonesian market with black propaganda leaflets and radio broadcasts\, but deftly manipulated the international news circuit to spread Indonesian Army propaganda across the globe to help provide legitimacy to Army claims and help mollify international opinion of the mass murder of up to a million nominally leftist Indonesian citizens.\n \n Chris Hulshof is a historian of empire\, covert operations\, and international power projection in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century. His work explores how the post–World War II world order emerged not through unilateral Western design but through contested\, multilinear interactions among U.S. agents\, European interlocutors\, and Southeast Asian political elites\, with a focus on how furtive diplomacy\, militarism\, and trans-imperial entanglements shaped local independence movements and global structures of power. His work has been featured in both academic publications such as the Journal of Cold War Studies\, Diplomacy & Statecraft\, and Empire Competitions and public-facing outlets such as Floresa\, Passport\, and Justice in Translation. Additionally\, Chris serves as the Director of Community Engagement with the Graduate Education in Southeast Asia (GETSEA) consortium and a Council Member and Chair of the Graduate Student Committee of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142983-21891906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142983 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,History,indonesia,malaysia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T090144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T123000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Flash Talk | In His Majesty’s Secret Service DESCRIPTION:In addition to the renowned fictional archaeologist-spy Indiana Jones\, the connection between archaeology and espionage is well-founded throughout the 20th century in real figures like Gertrude Bell and John Caskey. But “the links between archaeology and espionage aren’t limited to the twentieth century\,” writes Jarrett Lobel in the November/December 2025 issue of *Archaeology* magazine. “The professions are also linked in the tablets of ancient Mesopotamia”—and especially in Old Babylonian-period examples detailing the art of spying\, extensive networks of intermediaries\, and clandestine exchanges. \n\nAt this Flash Talk\, hear from Sergio Alivernini\, an Assyriologist at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences\, as he discusses the politics\, intrigue\, and espionage found in tablets originating from the Mesopotamian Kingdom of Mari (ca. 2900–1762 BCE).\n\nTo register for this Flash Talk\, fill out the form at https://forms.gle/YLa4fXgc6redYExFA. Zoom log-in information will be provided upon registration. Please sign up by 9:30 AM the day of the event to ensure you receive a confirmation email containing the access code. UID:146635-21899372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146635 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Mesopotamia,Anthropology,Discussion,Free,History,Lecture,Museum,Research,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T163323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ginsberg Reads (Book Club) DESCRIPTION:Are you battling despair and paralysis? Do hope and a brighter future feel beyond reach? We invite U-M faculty\, staff and students to join us at the Ginsberg Center to reflect\, imagine and dream together in an expansive conversation that is not about making longer to-do lists. Another world is possible. \n\nBring your own lunch.\nPlease RVSP: light snacks & beverages will be provided.\n \nWe'll be discussing the following books over the semester: \n-Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin (2/13)\n-What it Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill (February 27th & March 27th)\n-We’ll pull exercises from Imaginable by Jane McGonigal (April 17th)\n\nBooks available via the Ann Arbor Disctrict Library\, and local bookstores Booksweet & Black Stone.\nIf accessing a book is a hardship\, please contact the Ginsberg Center at ginsberginfo@umich.edu.\nRead what you can\; join when you can. UID:144272-21895100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Faculty And Staff,Graduate And Professional Students,Leadership,Social Justice,Students LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning - Community Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260407T131408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CANCELED: Making Sense of the American South through Baking DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED\, but we plan to reschedule for Fall 2026.\n\nBiscuits\, cornbread\, hot rolls\, mile-high cakes\, steaming cobblers — southern baking holds a towering place in the realm of American cookery. Founded on Native American\, English\, and African traditions\, and raised in a hot\, humid climate\, southern baking developed in distinctive ways. We'll talk about how southerners over four centuries have shaped their baking around corn and flour and made it their own. Historian Rebecca Sharpless gives the first biennial Longone Memorial Lecture. Lemonade and light refreshments will be served. Join us in person or via Zoom (https://myumi.ch/P3P5z).\n\nRebecca Sharpless writes on the intersections of food\, women\, and work in the American South. Her most recent books are \"Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South\" and \"People of the Wheat: Culture and Cultivation in North Texas.\" She is professor of history at Texas Christian University. UID:146403-21899044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T103539 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Mean-Field Dynamics of Transformers: From Modeling to Clustering and Critical Scaling DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Self-attention is a central component of modern transformer architectures and is one of the key mechanisms behind the success of Large Language Models. Understanding its mathematical structure is therefore essential for explaining how these models process information and learn useful representations. In this talk\, I will describe an interacting-particle perspective on self-attention\, which has been developed in recent work by several authors as a fruitful framework for analyzing transformer dynamics. Unlike the classical mean-field theory for deep neural networks\, where the particles are neurons and the mean-field limit is tied to overparameterization\, here the particles are tokens whose representations evolve through attention interactions. This mean-field perspective leads to a new viewpoint on transformer dynamics\, with consequences for both theory and practice. In particular\, I will explain how it helps illuminate clustering behavior in deep transformers and the critical temperature scaling laws that arise in many frontier models.\n\nContact: Zhiyan Ding UID:141904-21889619@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T155928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Biological Anthropology Colloquium | “Birth as a Crossroads: Obstetric Variation and Early Life Health” DESCRIPTION:“Birth is a pivotal moment linking maternal and child health—but why birth outcomes vary so widely\, and what those differences mean for early development\, remain incompletely understood. In this talk\, I explore variation in obstetric complications\, interventions\, and modes of delivery through an evolutionary and biocultural lens\, drawing on my research in Mexico\, Peru\, and the United States. I examine how maternal biology\, experience\, and birth environments intersect to shape birth outcomes\, and how these processes influence breastfeeding\, infant growth\, and early health. This work highlights the value of integrating biological and social approaches to better understand reproduction\, development\, and health across human populations.”\n\nAmanda Veile is an Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology at Purdue University and Vice President of the Human Biology Association. Her research investigates human growth\, reproduction\, and behavior\, with an emphasis on maternal and child health in Latin America and the United States. Her work integrates evolutionary theory and biocultural perspectives using quantitative population studies and mixed-methods field-based research. UID:147237-21900577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147237 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Biology LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T110911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Abelian Instantons in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity DESCRIPTION:I will discuss field configurations of Abelian gauge fields that carry non-zero second Chern number\, generated by closed monopole worldlines in four-dimensional Euclidean space. These \"Abelian instantons\" render the electromagnetic vacuum angle physical. In the presence of gravity\, magnetic monopoles that are Reissner-Nordstrom black holes naturally realize these field configurations. Including these instantons in the gravitational path integral makes the electromagnetic theta-term a physical parameter of the Standard Model coupled to gravity\, UID:145156-21896742@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145156 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T120023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Zach Sharp DESCRIPTION:Life likely started in the Archean Ocean. What were the temperatures of these early oceans? Oxygen isotope compositions of different sediments have been used extensively to answer this question. The δ¹⁸O values of Archean sediments are strikingly lower than their younger equivalents\, but interpretations of these results are extremely varied. High ocean temperatures\, low δ¹⁸O values of the early oceans\, or simply massive diagenesis of the sediments over the billions of ensuing years have all been considered. There is no consensus between the different camps. Here we use a completely different approach\, using the triple oxygen isotope composition of mantle eclogites to define the δ¹⁸O value of the Archean ocean. Mantle eclogites are subducted and metamorphosed equivalents of oceanic crust. Unlike sediments\, which are subject to surficial alteration over billions of years\, subducted ocean crust becomes metamorphosed and then isolated – isotopically ‘frozen’ – for billions of years. We find that the range of triple oxygen isotope values of fresh altered oceanic crust and those of Archean eclogites are nearly identical. Given that the temperatures of hydrothermal alteration have not changed through time\, and the isotopic composition of the mantle has not changed through time\, then the similar triple isotope range of modern and Archean metamorphosed oceanic crust indicates an unchanging ocean isotope composition over the last 3 Ga. Eliminating the oxygen isotope composition of the Archean ocean as a variable allows for better estimates of Earth’s early surficial conditions. UID:146649-21899400@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146649 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T135122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Annual Thomas R. Trautmann Honorary Lecture 2026 | India’s War on the Mughal Empire DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and livestreamed on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/Qw4dD. Note\, this lecture will not be recorded and published at a later date.\n\nMuch has been written about the rise of Hindutva (Hindu-centric) ideology in contemporary India\, especially since the rise of Narendra Modi to power as India’s Prime Minister twelve years ago. This paper will explore the historical dimension to this movement\, and more particularly\, the ways in which the current government has attempted to erase memory of India’s most glorious empire – the Mughals – from the historical record. This paper will explore several dimensions to this effort\, including interventions in the school curricula\, the manipulation of the memory of Mughal architecture\, literary and linguistic tastes\, the erasure of Mughal space as reflected in new place names\, both implemented and proposed\, and through Bollywood depictions of figures associated with the Mughal empire.\n\n*Lecture followed by reception at Forum hall\, Palmer Commons 4th floor*\n \nA graduate of the universities of Virginia and Wisconsin\, Professor Eaton teaches South Asian history at the University of Arizona. His published works include *Sufis of Bijapur*(Princeton\, 1978)\, *The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier\, 1204-1760* (California\, 1993)\, *Essays on Islam and Indian History* (Oxford\, 2000)\, *India's Islamic Traditions\, 711-1750* (Oxford\, 2002)\, *Social History of the Deccan\, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives* (Cambridge\, 2005)\, *Slavery and South Asian History* (co-edited with Indrani Chatterjee\, Indiana\, 2006)\, *Power\, Memory\, Architecture: Contested Sites on India’s Deccan Plateau\, 1300-1600* (co-authored with Phillip Wagoner\, Oxford\, 2014)\, *India in the Persianate Age\, 1000-1765* (Penguin Books\, 2020)\, *The Lotus and the Lion: Essays on India’s Sanskritic and Persianate Worlds* (Primus Books\, 2022)\, and *The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World* (co-edited with Ramya Sreenivasan\, Oxford\, 2025). UID:144126-21894698@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144126 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Environment,India,Islam,South Asia LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall, 4th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T140535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Linguistics Graduate Student Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Join us for a graduate student colloquium presented by Csilla Tatár and Wyatt Barnes in NQ2435 on Friday\, April 17\, 2026\, from 4-5:30 PM! UID:144035-21894565@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Talk LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 20\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nAaron Ragsdale\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nIntegrative Biology\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Jeffrey Kidd\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nOur research aims to understand how evolutionary forces are expected to shape genetic diversity within populations\, and then uses this understanding to learn about demographic and selective histories and processes from genome sequencing data. One focus of our research is on developing population genetic theory that lets us predict patterns of diversity and genetic structure under varying models of demography and selection. Another focus is on turning that theory into computational tools to compare model predictions to observations from natural populations. Finally\, we have a strong interest in inferring (mostly) human evolutionary history from genetic data\, including both ancient history and population structure as well as more recent migrations\, movements\, and dynamics. UID:143372-21892957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Epidemiology,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260408T104927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:FoRMS: Heavenly Precision and Hidden Machines: Qi Yanhuai and the Clockwork Celestial Globes of Late Imperial China DESCRIPTION:Please join The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS) on Monday\, April 20th\, in 1014 Tisch for a presentation by Christopher DeCou. This presentation examines the production and pedagogical utility of clockwork celestial globes in late imperial China\, focusing on the work of Qi Yanhuai (1774-1841) to recenter these artifacts from marginal curiosities to scientific instruments. While many histories of Chinese science begin with texts\, this presentation employs a material culture approach—analyzing extant objects alongside contemporary accounts—to recover historical practices of those who built and used these globes.\n\nThese mechanical globes were significant artifacts for their time: they served as platforms for fashioning scholarly identities for both gentry and artisans\, acted as essential tools for disseminating new astronomical theories\, and provided conceptual models for self-organization and automation. By investigating the material traces and social and cultural contexts surrounding Qi’s instruments\, this talk offers two primary interventions. First\, it places Chinese clockwork globes within a global comparative framework of \"polite\" and \"practical\" astronomy\, challenging their status as a horological oddity. Second\, it demonstrates that popular movements were more engaged with imperial astronomy than current historiography would suggest. Ultimately\, this presentation asserts that celestial globes in China can inform us about the changing nature of astronomical knowledge and time measurement and the social value of technical and scientific practices.\n\nChristopher DeCou is a sixth year doctoral candidate in the History department. His dissertation \"The Stars in Their Eyes: Materials for Making Time in the Qing Empire\, 1700–1900\" explores the culture of timekeeping and instrument making in late imperial China. He completed his undergraduate training in Chinese as well as Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Michigan and did his masters at the University of Chicago. UID:144102-21894658@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144102 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Medieval,Medieval Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T181651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm UPO performance. UID:142877-21891757@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T114251 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Building a Small Hydropower Station in Mao-era China DESCRIPTION:In-Person Talk Only\n\nBy the end of the 1970s\, the Chinese claimed to have built just under 90\,000 small hydropower stations across the country. This talk\, based on a chapter from an in-progress book\, explores the micro-history of a single such hydropower station. From planning\, finance\, and construction\, to labor\, operation\, and maintenance\, Professor Ghosh’s goal is to explain the political economy that enabled the Chinese to mount small hydropower projects and connect them to local grids\, thereby contributing to our understanding of subnational governance and center-local relations in Mao-era China.\n \n Arunabh Ghosh (BA Haverford\; PhD Columbia) is a professor in the History Department at Harvard University. A historian of modern China\, his interests include social and economic history\, history of science and statecraft\, environmental history\, and transnational history. Ghosh is the author of *Making it Count: Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People’s Republic of China* (Princeton\, 2020). He is working on a book titled *The Significance of Small Things: Hydropower and Rural Energy in China* (under contract with Stanford University Press). UID:143887-21894213@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143887 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,Civil and Environmental Engineering LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T183929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Application workshop DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:140091-21886601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T153930 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T103000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dynamic neural ensembles support memory stability and flexibility across the lifetime DESCRIPTION:2026 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series\n\nSpeaker: Denise Cai\, PhD. Associate Professor. Co-Director\, Computational and Systems Neuroscience Center Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.\n\nHost: Changyang Linghu\, PhD\n\nThe venue is accessible via elevator and ramp. If you require any accommodations in order to fully participate in this activity\, please inform Brooke Lorigan-Bishar.\nT: 734-647-4835\nE: brloriga@med.umich.edu UID:146583-21899312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T085055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Regulatory\, Property\, and Human Rights-Based Strategies for Protecting American Waterways DESCRIPTION:Erin Ryan\, Associate Dean for Environmental Programs and Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor\, Florida State University College of Law\n\nThis analysis introduces a framework of three different strategies for protecting American waterways—the conventional regulatory approach\, an alternative property-based approach\, and a newer human rights-based approach—and reviews how the dynamic among them will be impacted by recent Supreme Court decisions impacting environmental law. The rights of nature movement has emerged as a human rights-based approach to environmental protection\, the public trust doctrine offers a public property-based approach\, and the Clean Water Act epitomizes the more traditional regulatory approach. \n\nIn recent years\, however\, the Court issued a series of decisions that have unwound nearly a half-century of accepted regulatory practice\, limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act as a tool for protecting waterways in Sackett v. EPA\, weakening the reach of the Clean Air Act in West Virginia v. EPA\, and weakening environmental agencies more generally in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. These cases will exact a cost for wise environmental governance under all three models reviewed here. UID:142887-21891766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142887 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biology,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Discussion,Ecology,Economics,Energy,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate School,Interdisciplinary,Law,Outdoors,Politics,Pre-Law,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Science,Social Impact,Social Justice,Sustainability LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T120445 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CHPS Inaugural Lecture | Planet formation and evolution: key processes to understand the diversity of planetary systems DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The discovery of a large number of extrasolar planets has demonstrated that our own system is not \"typical\". Exo-planetary systems can be very different from our own\, and diverse from each other. Understanding this diversity is a major goal of modern planetary science. The formation of planetary systems is not fully understood\, but major advances have been obtained in the last 10 years. New concepts have been proposed\, such as the streaming instability for the formation of planetesimals and pebble accretion for the formation of protoplanets. It is also now clear that planets forming in the proto-planetary disks have to migrate during their accretion\, if their mass exceeds a few times the mass of Mars. Accretion and dynamical evolution are therefore very coupled processes. This leads to complex evolutions\, very sensitive to initial conditions and fortuitous events\, that are the key to understand the observed diversity of planetary systems. The early formation of Jupiter and its limited migration due to the formation of Saturn are two fundamental ingredients that determined the basic structure of the Solar System. There is also evidence that the vast majority of planetary systems become unstable after the removal of the protoplanetary disk. The effects of this instability are very different depending on the masses of the planets involved. Our Solar System also experienced a global instability\, but fortuitously\, our giant planets did not develop large orbital eccentricities.\n\nBio: Dr. Morbidelli is one of the world's top experts in the dynamical history of the solar system (as one example\, the Nice model of giant planet instabilities as the origin of the late heavy bombardment). He is also an expert in the area of planet formation writ large\, with numerous contributions on the origins of planetary systems. He won the Urey Prize from the planetary science division of the American Astronomical Society in 2000\, the Grand Prix Mergier-Bourdeix from the Académie des Sciences in 2009\, the CNRS Silver Medal in 2019\, and is a member of the Collége de France.\n\nThe talk will be followed by refreshments and time for discussion until 5:00 p.m.\n\nThe Departments of Physics\, Astronomy\, CLASP\, and Earth & Environmental Science have jointly established a new initiative named the Center for Habitable Planetary Systems (CHPS). UID:147384-21900952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147384 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Free,Lecture,Physics LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Atrium 4, North CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T143715 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Momentary Landscape Artist Talk & Opening Reception DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening reception of Diane Lavoie’s debut Michigan exhibition *Momentary Landscapes*. Lavoie will be in conversation with curator Amanda Krugliak about her art practice. \n\nAbout the exhibition\nDiane Lavoie’s large-scale textile artworks are made entirely from up-cycled materials and are often placed in direct visual conversation with the natural landscape. Through the artist's choice of materials and visual subject matter\, the springtime installation *Momentary Landscape* is intended to emphasize important work surrounding sustainability\, climate change\, and environmental issues through the arts. The project is scheduled to unfold in the lobby of the South Thayer Building during exam week\, offering students and visitors a restorative\, reflective\, and joyful experience through public art installation.\n\nAbout the artist\nDiane Lavoie is a North American visual artist based in Berlin\, Germany. Her art represents a dialogue between the natural and artificial world\, and explores the boundaries between reality and perception. In her practice\, Lavoie creates large-scale\, textile representations of natural environments in contrast and connection with the actual environs surrounding them. Lavoie holds an MFA in painting from California State University Long Beach and a BFA in illustration from Massachusetts College of Art. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections in the US and Europe. UID:142905-21891795@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142905 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Environment,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260410T120116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, April 23rd\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “What is the true meaning and purpose of life?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! \nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team \n\n UID:147514-21901168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147514 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MCSC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T132535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260427T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Webinar: Groundwater Chronicles: Wet ‘N Lateral Stories from our Wetland WAI Project DESCRIPTION:Wai (freshwater) has been historically managed by Native Hawaiian communities to sustain food security on the most remote islands on Earth. In the past century\, land use and socio-economic change has transformed many of Hawaiʻi’s coastal landscapes\, leading to altered groundwater recharge\, storage\, and transport\, and reduced surface water flows. To better inform biocultural restoration and future groundwater management\, this collaborative research project performed an in-depth characterization of surface and groundwater flow throughout Heʻeia.\n\nSome of the most transformative aspects of this work were the collaborative process itself and the workshops\, which strengthened relationships between researchers\, resource managers\, and educators and fostered a more nuanced collective understanding of how wai is linked to biocultural restoration. In this webinar\, the team will share two major highlights of the study\, answering the questions: How does surface and groundwater flow in the Heʻeia watershed\; and what does water look like entering our coastal ecosystem? The webinar will provide perspectives linked to current and future biocultural restoration activities in the Heʻeia NERR. UID:147226-21900553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T120735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter/Spring 2026 Seminar Series: \"From stillness to motion: Spatiotemporal dynamics of lung stem cells in injury and repair” DESCRIPTION:Maurizio Chioccioli\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nGenetics & Comparative Medicine\nYale University UID:145984-21898225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145984 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T113219 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Northwest Ordinance with Gleaves Whitney DESCRIPTION:An A250 presentation that accompanies the Northwest Ordinance exhibit at the Ford Presidential Library from April 1-30. Gerald Ford Jr. grew up in a region of the nation heavily shaped by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Ford Presidential Foundation Executive Director Gleaves Whitney will unpack the significance of this jewel among America’s forgotten founding documents and discuss its impact on the civic and political culture in which our 38th President worked. Lecture will be followed by a free reception. UID:146253-21898725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American History,Northwest Ordinance,President Gerald Ford,United States History LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T113109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Principled Evaluation of Large Language Models: A Statistical Perspective DESCRIPTION:The rapid progress of large language models has outpaced the development of principled methodologies for their evaluation. This dissertation draws on ideas from psychometrics and statistics to build rigorous\, efficient\, and interpretable evaluation frameworks for modern AI systems. In this talk\, I focus on three contributions that address complementary challenges in LLM evaluation.\n\nFirst\, I present PromptEval\, a method that confronts the problem of prompt sensitivity — the phenomenon whereby minor rephrasing of benchmark questions can substantially alter measured model performance. By combining Item Response Theory with matrix completion\, PromptEval efficiently approximates the full distribution of model performance across hundreds of prompt variations while requiring less than 5% of the total evaluations\, replacing arbitrary single-prompt assessments with statistically robust characterizations of model behavior.\n\nSecond\, I introduce skill-based scaling laws that model LLM performance through latent capabilities such as reasoning and instruction-following. Inspired by factor analysis\, this approach exploits the correlation structure among benchmark tasks to produce scaling predictions that are both more accurate and more interpretable than existing laws\, which typically focus on aggregate validation loss and fail to generalize across model families.\n\nThird\, I present Bridge\, a unified statistical framework that explicitly connects LLM-as-a-Judge evaluations to human assessments. Bridge models the systematic discrepancies between human and LLM judgments through a latent preference score and a linear transformation of divergence-capturing covariates\, enabling principled recalibration of automated scores and formal statistical testing for human–LLM gaps.\n\nTogether\, these contributions advance a vision of AI evaluation as a scientific discipline in its own right — one that demands the same statistical care we expect from the systems being evaluated. UID:147383-21900951@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147383 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation LOCATION:West Hall - 470 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T092802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Café: Stem Cells–Bodies Under Construction DESCRIPTION:How does a single cell grow into the astonishing complexity of a human body? The secret lies in stem cells: the body’s ultimate shape-shifters. These blank-slate cells allow us to build\, repair\, and regenerate our tissues - they can form muscles\, brain tissue\, skin\, and more!\n\nDr. Idse Heemskerk\, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology\, uses pluripotent stem cells - stem cells that can make any cell type - to study the earliest steps of human development. By recreating these early “patterning” events in the lab\, scientists can investigate how cells decide what they will become—without creating structures capable of forming a complete embryo. This delicate boundary is a hot topic in science\, ethics\, and policy\, especially as some stem cell models can begin to assemble features resembling early organs. Dr. Nicole Edwards\, from the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology\, uses both frog embryos and human stem cell models to study early organ development and how genetic mutations lead to birth defects.\n\nJoin Dr. Heemskerk and Dr. Edwards to learn how stem cells help decode the rules of development\, what these new stem-cell-based embryo models can (and can’t) do\, and why this cutting-edge research is reshaping our understanding of what it means to build a human body.\n\nGrab a drink and join us as we explore how scientists are using stem cells to decode nature’s biggest construction project—no hard hat required.\n\nHors d’oeuvres will be served at 5:30 p.m.\, and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.\n\nSeating is limited—come early.\n\nUMMNH would like to thank Conor O’Neill’s for 15+ years of support for our Science Cafés. UID:146393-21898992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146393 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T091436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:FAST Lecture | Excavating Ancient Humayma\, Past and Present DESCRIPTION:The site of Humayma in southern Jordan has been under excavation since 1986. Those explorations uncovered a Nabataean village\, one of the earliest Roman forts in the Roman provenance of Arabia\, and several churches and mosques on the approximately 1-square-kilometer site. Yet much remains unknown about the daily life of Humayma’s Classical-period residents\, the funerary landscape\, and urban industry in a peripheral\, arid landscape. This lecture will discuss what 30 years of archaeological work has discovered about the site\, under the direction of John Oleson and M. Barbara Reeves\, and the recently renewed project\, directed by Craig Harvey (PhD\, University of Michigan)\, Sarah Wenner\, and Amanda Hardman. \n\nSarah Wenner\, Ph.D. (Classical Archaeology\, University of Cincinnati\, 2023)\, is the jointly appointed assistant professor of archaeology at the American Center of Research (Amman\, Jordan) and provenance researcher and object historian at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In Jordan\, where she has worked for well over a decade\, Wenner serves as the associate director of the Humayma Excavation Project and assistant director of the Petra Garden and Pool Project. Currently\, she is editing an exhibition catalogue on ancient queenship of the eastern Mediterranean and West Asia in the 1st millennium BCE and the final report for the Roman Street Project. Her work explores the making of Roman cities through the recycling of urban waste.\n\nFAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum’s Newberry Hall. Light refreshments and food will be provided at 5:30 PM\, with the lecture starting at 6:00 PM.\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:146638-21899376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146638 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,excavation,Free,History,Lecture,Museum,Research,Talk LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Newberry Hall, Room 125 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260504T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 4\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nAlex Pollen\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nNeurobiology\nDevelopmental & Stem Cell Biology\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Xander Nuttle\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nWe study how genetic changes that accumulated over the last 6 million years of human evolution influence specialized features of brain development using single cell genomics\, cerebral organoid models of ape brain development\, and genome engineering.\n\nOver the last six million years\, human cognition has changed in remarkable ways to support symbolic language\, long-term planning\, cooperation on vast scales\, and the rapid cultural accumulation of technology. During this time\, patterns of brain development and life history changed to triple the number of neurons produced prenatally\, extend synaptic plasticity through a prolonged phase of development\, and restructure connectivity between brain regions. At the same time tens of millions of mutations accumulated as fixed changes in the human genome through the processes of selection and drift. A portion of this new genomic information guides the development of uniquely human traits and contributes to disease vulnerabilities shared by all humans. However\, connecting human-specific mutations to recently evolved traits remains a major challenge because we lack experimental systems for comparative and functional studies of great ape cortical development. To identify genomic differences underlying unique features or vulnerabilities of the human brain\, we are incorporating advances in single cell genomics and genome engineering with great ape cerebral organoid models of brain development. We are enthusiastic for new graduate students to join the team\, and the lab is well suited for those with an interest in evolution\, neuropsychiatric disorders\, neuronal cell diversity\, stem cell models\, or bioinformatics. UID:143397-21893075@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Epidemiology,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T134529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Adam Reimer DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Achieving conservation aims in the Great Lakes region\, including protecting water quality\, enhancing wildlife habitat\, and building community resilience\, often relies on voluntary actions by farmers\, ranchers\, and rural landowners. Numerous agencies\, organizations\, and policies support farmer adoption of soil health practices\, improved nutrient management\, and managed tile drainage. Despite decades of effort\, adoption of key practices has lagged what is needed to reach larger conservation goals. National Wildlife Federation has worked with producers and conservation professionals for over a decade to improve outreach and conservation communications to reach new audiences and expand adoption of key practices. NWF programs apply insights from social and behavioral science to increase organizational capacity and identify novel strategies for increasing conservation adoption. This presentation will share key insights from NWF programs and outline research and extension needs to scale up adoption in the Great Lakes region.\n\nAbout the speaker: Adam Reimer is the outreach and evaluation scientist at the National Wildlife Federation. He has training in interdisciplinary social and agricultural science with a PhD from Purdue University. Adam has an extensive research background exploring farmer and landowner conservation decision making and the role of policy and social networks in conservation outcomes. At NWF\, he helps support local and farmer-led conservation outreach throughout the Midwest by leveraging social and behavioral sciences to develop effective engagement strategies. UID:142040-21889936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,Environmental Policy,Free,Great Lakes,Lecture,Public Policy,Research,seminar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T104938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Conversation about Maternal Mental Health with Dr. Kara Zivin DESCRIPTION:One in five women will experience a mental health condition during pregnancy or the first year postpartum. Blending personal narrative with research and policy insights\, this event explores maternal mental health challenges and the urgent steps needed to improve care for mothers and their families.\n\nJoin us as Kara Zivin speaks in conversation with Molly Spencer about Persevered: A Maternal Mental Health Memoir. Audience Q&A to follow discussion.\n\nThis event is open to the public but registration is appreciated.\n\nFor questions about this event\, please contact zivin.research@umich.edu.\n\nNote: This event will include discussion of serious mental health topics including suicide. We understand this material pose challenges for some people\, but discussing it is crucial to our understanding of maternal mental health. Our speakers will handle these topics with care and sensitivity. UID:145356-21897165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Depression,Discussion,Faculty,In Person,Mental Health,Mental Health Awareness Month,Public Health,Public Policy,Storytelling LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T135802 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:America at 250\, with Special Emphasis on the Proposition that All Men are Created Equal DESCRIPTION:Two-hundred and fifty years ago\, America famously proclaimed that “all men are created equal.” That same year\, Pennsylvanians led by Benjamin Franklin declared that “all men are born equally free and independent.” This year\, Americans are once again discussing issues of creational equality and birth equality—this time in the context of a great debate over the meaning of birthright citizenship. How will the Supreme Court decide this issue? How should it decide? What would Lincoln have thought about the current debate? Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar will examine these and related questions through the lens of his recent book\, Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution\, 1840–1920. UID:147300-21900655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American History,Americas Constitution,Author Talk,booksigning LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260511T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260511T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 11\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nTony Capra\, PhD\nProfessor\nBakar Computational Health Sciences Institute\nDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Xinjun Zhang\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nWe use the tools of computer science and statistics to address problems in genetics\, evolution\, and biomedicine. For a summary of our major research foci\, see Research.\n\nOur group is located in the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California\, San Francisco. Prior to coming to UCSF\, Tony spent 7 wonderful years at Vanderbilt University.\n\nHumans differ from one another and our closest living relatives\, the chimpanzees\, in a wide range of traits\, including our susceptibility to many diseases. We model the evolutionary processes that have produced these novel traits and develop algorithms that compare genomes to predict the functional relevance of specific genetic differences between individuals and species. UID:143393-21893074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143393 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Epidemiology,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T154044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260513T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260513T223000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CDB Seminar Series: Amy Ralston DESCRIPTION:2026 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series\n\nSpeaker: Amy Ralston\, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Michigan State University.\n\nHost: Ben Allen\, PhD\n\nThe venue is accessible via elevator and ramp. If you require any accommodations in order to fully participate in this activity\, please inform Brooke Lorigan-Bishar.\nT: 734-647-4835\nE: brloriga@med.umich.edu UID:146584-21899313@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146584 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T140906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260514T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260514T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:High Times: The Changing World of Cannabis DESCRIPTION:Legalization and commercialization of cannabis have led to rapid changes in cannabis consumption in the United States. Frank’s research focuses on interventions to expand access to evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders. He will share information on changing cannabis use patterns in Michigan and the risks and benefits of cannabis\, including the drug’s impact on seniors and others on cognitive function\, anxiety\, safe driving\, and chronic pain. Additionally\, he will describe harm reduction strategies to address high-risk use. Frank\, a Michigan alumnus and graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\, is an educator and clinical consultant for U-M’s Overdose Prevention and Engagement Network\, co-director of Training & Education for the U-M Opioid Research Institute\, and chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Health. UID:144793-21895910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144793 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Retirees LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260518T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 18\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nArneet Saltzman\, PhD\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Cell & Systems Biology\nUniversity of Toronto\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Stephanie Bielas\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nMost of the cells in an organism share the same genome sequence\, yet they are able to carry out many distinct functions. Along with other layers of gene regulation\, chromatin modification plays a key role in this cellular specialization. Our research focuses on histone modifications such as lysine methylation\, and the proteins that recognize these modifications\, which are often referred to as chromatin ‘readers’. Chromatin readers can recruit and act as part of diverse chromatin modifying protein complexes to mediate the silencing of many genes with important functions in cell proliferation and differentiation. We will use a combination of genetic\, biochemical and genome-wide sequencing approaches to investigate the striking regulatory complexity of chromatin readers. Our research will contribute to a better understanding of how cells acquire and maintain different fates during development\, how chromatin readers contribute to epigenetic inheritance\, and how aberrant regulation of histone methylation contributes to the pathogenesis of several human diseases\, including cancers. UID:143394-21893073@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143394 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T120939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260519T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260519T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter/Spring 2026 Seminar Series: \"Engineering next-generation intrabodies for monitoring the dynamics of proteins and their modifications in living cells\" DESCRIPTION:Timothy Stasevich\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor\nBiochemistry & Molecular Biology\nColorado State University UID:145985-21898226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145985 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T103356 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Nature in Pieces: Why Large\, Continuous\, Connected Forests Hold More Life” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Thiago Gonçalves-Souza will give a free\, public talk focused on a simple but important question: When forests are broken into pieces\, can biodiversity be maintained across the broader landscape? \n\nUsing data across six continents\, he challenges the idea of fragmentation in his talk titled\, “Nature in Pieces: Why Large\, Continuous\, Connected Forests Hold More Life.”\n\nThe postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan will explore why protecting large\, continuous\, and connected forests remains essential for conserving biodiversity. \n\nGonçalves-Souza\, a quantitative community ecologist\, teaches a General Ecology Lecture course at UMBS.\n\nHis current research centers around synthesizing the effects of human-mediated habitat loss and climate change on animals and plants. With a broad taxonomic scope ranging from arthropods to mammals\, Gonçalves-Souza uses quantitative tools to unravel the intricate dynamics of biodiversity change. He also investigates the utility of traits in predicting species redistributions across local and global scales.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147273-21900620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147273 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,biodiversity,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T104114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T100000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PhD Defense: Jaeshin Park DESCRIPTION:Join us for Jaeshin's defense!\nChair: Eunshin Byon UID:146165-21898610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2717 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T122837 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Lost Campus: The University of Michigan’s Vanished but not Forgotten Spaces DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan’s campus has a long and deep history and every generation has cherished particular places\, such as the campus zoo or the famous “Sleepy Hollow.” Many of these locations are now gone\, but not forgotten. Join us to hear from Professor Jim Tobin as he traces U-M’s “lost campus” and how the campus’ changing spaces reflect broader patterns in university history.\n\nPresented with support from the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.\n\nRefreshments will be provided. UID:142453-21890971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142453 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,free,history,lecture,Making Michigan,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T145845 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History DESCRIPTION:Queen Elizabeth II met with President Ford at the White House – not to mention with four of his predecessors and eight of his successors. Indeed\, she met with more U.S. presidents than any other person in history. What did she do with that unprecedented access? Quite a bit\, journalist Susan Page discovered in her new book\, being published at the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth’s birth. Her Majesty was more than a stoic figure in a colorful hat\, waving from a balcony. She was a deft diplomat\, a shrewd judge of character and\, by the way\, a skilled mimic. She was also the most effective force maintaining Great Britain’s voice in the world even as its empire declined. A look at how she did that during her long reign\, and at her sunny encounter with Jerry and Betty Ford during the Bicentennial celebration. UID:147457-21901066@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147457 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American History,Author Talk,booksigning,History,Queen Elizabeth Ii LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T162906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T223000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CDB Seminar Series: Junior West DESCRIPTION:2026 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series\n\nSpeaker: Junior West. Molecular\, Cellular\, and Developmental Biology. University of Michigan.\n\nHost: Chelsey C Spriggs\, PhD\n\nThe venue is accessible via elevator and ramp. If you require any accommodations in order to fully participate in this activity\, please inform Brooke Lorigan-Bishar.\nT: 734-647-4835\nE: brloriga@med.umich.edu UID:146707-21899512@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146707 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T105313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Using Science to Make a Difference: The Work to Reduce Global Mercury Pollution” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Linda Greer will give a free\, public talk titled\, “Using Science to Make a Difference: The Work to Reduce Global Mercury Pollution.”\n\nAlthough many study environmental science because they are concerned about the health of the planet\, most apply their training to research or teaching following their education. \n\nA UMBS alumna\, Greer earned a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology with a “hard science” dissertation but spent her career at the Natural Resources Defense Council working with lawyers and policy experts to promote improvements in environmental laws and regulations and to pressure corporations to reduce their pollution abroad.\n\nIn this talk\, Greer will describe the use of science in her advocacy\, illustrating this line of work with the story of reducing global mercury pollution.\n\nLinda Greer is an environmental toxicologist who worked on toxic chemical and industrial pollution with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for nearly 30 years. She capped her career overseeing green supply chain initiatives for four years with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs\, the leading environmental NGO in China and now works as an independent consultant.\n\nLinda spent most of her career on domestic environmental law and policy. As manufacturing moved abroad\, however\, she turned her attention to global pollution matters\, concentrating her work internationally.\n\nFocusing first on mercury pollution\, Linda was a founder and leader of the NGO’s community’s successful effort to pass the Minamata Convention in the United Nations\, a binding international treaty to reduce the use and release of this toxic metal around the globe.\n\nSubsequently\, Linda turned to China\, creating NRDC’s Clean by Design Program\, a highly successful green supply chain initiative that promotes improvements in apparel manufacturing.\n\nFor more than a decade\, Linda taught a popular summer intensive course\, “Scientific Fundamentals of Risk Assessment” at Vermont Law School\, and she has also taught short courses for the National Association of State Attorney Generals and the U.S. Department of Justice Department of Environmental Crimes.\n\nGreer served as the interim director of the University of Michigan Biological Station in 2016-2017 during a sabbatical break from advocacy.\n\nLinda has served on many expert panels and commissions\, including the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board. She currently serves on the board of the Cary Institute.\n\nLinda is the author of over a dozen technical and policy articles on environmental matters and has frequently testified before Congress. She has a Ph.D. in environmental toxicology (U of Maryland)\, a M.S.P.H. in environmental sciences and engineering (UNC School of Public Health\, Chapel Hill)\, and a B.S. in biology (Tufts University).\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147274-21900621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147274 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T110745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260603T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260603T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“The Tale of a Weevil” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron will give a free\, public talk titled\, “The Tale of a Weevil.”\n\nBoisseron is professor and chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan and an affiliate faculty in Romances Languages and Literature\, and Comparative Literature.\n\nHer interdisciplinary scholarship bridges Global Black Studies and the Environmental Humanities through literary\, historical\, and artistic perspectives.\n\nThis talk will use a magnifying glass to examine an environmental crisis of epic proportions in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.\n\nFrom 1972 to 1993\, a highly toxic pesticide was sprayed on weevil-infested banana plantations in the islands\, despite known health risks\, largely due to pressure from powerful white planter elites and the economic importance of the banana industry.\n\nThe resulting health impact on the population has come to symbolize how the colonial is often inextricable from the ecological. But what about the weevil?\n\nThis talk responds to environmental scholar Malcolm Ferdinand’s call to also look at the weevil in this dramatic story.\n\nBoisseron is the author of “Creole Renegades: Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora” (2014) and “Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question” (2018).\n\nHer current book project focuses on food repurposing and was supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship\, alongside additional funding for her broader work on repurposing practices.\n\nHer recent publications examine pesticide contamination on banana plantations in the French Antilles.\n\nIn Winter 2024\, Boisseron taught Food Literacy for All as a faculty instructor and is a Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Affiliate.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147276-21900623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,Environmental Humanities,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T143824 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260616T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Rare Failures\, Public Perception\, and Automated Driving: Why Exceptional Events Shape Trust in Emerging Safety Technologies DESCRIPTION:This lecture explores the “vaccine paradox” of automated driving: why rare\, highly publicized failures of self-driving vehicles provoke intense emotional and political reactions while the far more common harms of human driving remain normalized. Drawing on risk psychology\, public-health history\, and human-factors research\, Prof. McGehee examines how visibility imbalance\, trust\, and perceptions of control shape public acceptance of emerging vehicle automation. Using real-world examples from automated-vehicle deployments alongside lessons from vaccine adoption and safety communication\, the talk argues that societal expectations for perfection in automation may obscure meaningful population-level safety gains. The presentation concludes by discussing how transparency\, responsible system design\, and careful language around driver-assistance technologies can help align public perception with evidence as automated driving evolves toward broader deployment.\n---\nAbout the speaker: Daniel V. McGehee\, is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Iowa and Director of the Driving Safety Research Institute (DSRI) and the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS)\, one of the world’s largest and most advanced ground-vehicle simulation facilities. For more than three decades\, his work has focused on human factors\, driver behavior\, and the safe integration of advanced vehicle technologies\, including automated driving and driver-assistance systems. Dr. McGehee’s research spans engineering\, medicine\, public health\, and transportation policy\, with projects funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation\, National Institutes of Health\, and the automotive industry. He has led over $40 million in sponsored research and authored more than 160 scientific publications addressing driver attention\, crash avoidance\, vulnerable road users\, and the design of vehicle interfaces. His work combines naturalistic driving studies\, simulation\, and field research to better understand how humans interact with emerging mobility systems. At the University of Iowa\, he holds joint appointments in emergency medicine and public health\, reflecting his longstanding interest in traffic safety as a population-level health issue. UID:145812-21897843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145812 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Civil and Environmental Engineering,conference,Discussion,Education,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Faculty,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Information and Technology,Leadership,Lecture,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Professional Development,Research,seminar,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Webcast LOCATION:Transportation Research Institute - Room 139 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T112317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260617T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260617T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Hann Lecture in Ornithology: “Trait-based Insights into the Dynamics of Biodiversity” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Marta Jarzyna will give the Hann Lecture in Ornithology. The free\, public talk is titled\, “Trait-based Insights into the Dynamics of Biodiversity.”\n\nJarzyna is an associate professor in the Department of Evolution\, Ecology and Organismal Biology at Ohio State University.\n\nTrait-based ecology has long been heralded as a framework capable of providing mechanistic insight into biodiversity dynamics and thereby enabling predictions of future biodiversity states.\n\nYet despite decades of development\, the promise of trait-based ecology remains largely unrealized.\n\nIn this talk\, the macroecologist and biodiversity scientist will draw on examples from her own research to critically examine where this promise has and has not been fulfilled.\n\nUsing avian systems as a case study\, Jarzyna demonstrates how incorporating functional traits into biodiversity metrics can reveal patterns that traditional species richness measures obscure.\n\nIn particular\, she shows that trait-based approaches uncover seasonal dynamics in bird communities — shifts in functional composition across the year that species counts alone would miss entirely.\n\nThese findings illustrate both the potential of trait-based ecology and the persistent gap between its theoretical ambitions and empirical application.\nJarzyna’s research focuses on understanding the processes that drive biodiversity dynamics across spatial\, temporal\, and taxonomic scales.\n\nShe holds an M.S. in environmental science from Warsaw University of Life Sciences and a dual Ph.D. in fisheries and wildlife and ecology\, evolutionary biology\, and behavior from Michigan State University\, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147277-21900625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147277 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,biodiversity,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T114121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake” DESCRIPTION:Dr. John Verhoeven is a metallurgical engineer\, U-M alumnus and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Iowa State University who lives along Douglas Lake\, near the University of Michigan Biological Station.\n\nAs part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Verhoeven will give a free\, public talk titled\, “Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake.”\n\nSince retiring\, he has continued to do research with colleagues in northern Michigan. They recently found magnetic black sand on Douglas Lake\, reduced it to iron and made kitchen knives.\n\nTheir experiments measuring the composition of the sand in an electron microscope show that it comes from what geologists call OUI deposits of the Mid-Continental Rift. Verhoeven said the source rock from which the sand eroded — Fe-Ti oxide ultramafic intrusions (OUI) — was brought to the surface from magma in Earth’s core 1.1 billion years ago when tectonic plates separated. \n\nHere is a more detailed description of the lecture from Verhoeven: “Bladesmith Tim Zowada\, who lives near Petoskey\, smelts the magnetic black sand he collects on Lake Superior near White Fish Point into iron and makes knives. Working with Tim\, we discovered that the source rock from which the sand eroded contains Ti. This was a new discovery because geologists had assumed the source rock was the same as the iron ore used to make the Taconite which is shipped through the Soo Locks to supply US steel mills. It does not contain Ti. With the help of geologist Marcia Bjornerud\, we have shown that the source rock is what geologists call: Fe-Ti oxide ultramafic intrusions (OUIs). These rocks where brought to the surface from the magma in Earth’s core 1.1 billion years ago when tectonic plates separated and the mid-continental rift (MCR) formed. The rift runs through the Lake Superior region\, and our experiments show the Ti minerals of Tim’s sand matches the composition from OUI drillings collected near Lake Superior. With the help of my neighbor\, Mike Johnson\, we have recently found magnetic black sand on Douglas Lake and Tim has reduced it to iron and made a few small kitchen knives which will be passed around. Our experiments measuring the composition of the sand in an electron microscope in my shop show that it also comes from OUI deposits of the MCR. Douglas Lake also lies on the MCR. The implications of these results will be discussed.”\n\nVerhoeven grew up in Monroe\, Michigan\, and attended the University of Michigan\, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering as well as his master’s and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering.\n\nHe spent his professional career at Iowa State University\, doing research in the DOE lab and teaching in the Materials Science Department. \n\nVerhoeven has published two books on metallurgy\, 220 peer-reviewed journal papers and obtained 18 patents.\n\nHe built home and shop on Douglas Lake in 1991 and has continued doing research there since retirement in 2000.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147279-21900626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T115652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260701T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260701T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bennett Lecture in Mycology and Plant Biology: “Continent-Scale Aerial Dispersal of Fungi” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Bala Chaudhary will give the Bennett Lecture in Mycology and Plant Biology. The free\, public talk is titled\, “Continent-Scale Aerial Dispersal of Fungi.”\n\nChaudhary is an associate professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College who studies mycorrhizas (plant-fungal symbioses)\, macroecology (continent-scale ecology)\, and movement (microbial dispersal).\n\nDispersal is a fundamental ecological process driving the abundance and distribution of species from local to global scales.\n\nSignificant knowledge gaps exist regarding the mechanisms of fungal dispersal\, especially for species that live entirely belowground.\n\nChaudhary describes the results of multiple complimentary studies that combine macrosystems biology\, trait-based ecology\, eDNA metabarcoding\, and data synthesis approaches to address fundamental questions in fungal dispersal ecology.\n\nShe also shares new methods her lab is developing to apply AI and data synthesis to make inferences about the ecology and evolution of fungi.\n\nChaudhary earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University\, previously holding faculty appointments at DePaul University and Loyola University Chicago.\n\nIn her lab\, she uses trait-based approaches to develop predictive frameworks for microbial dispersal\, community assembly and biogeography\, and employs complementary approaches of macroecological field work\, controlled lab experiments and data synthesis to study multi-scale questions in ecology.\n\nChaudhary is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award and advises on continent-scale biology for the National Academy of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine.\n\nPrior to academia\, Chaudhary worked as an environmental consultant in Los Angeles restoring drastically disturbed urban areas to create habitat for endangered species.\n\nShe is an award-winning advocate for antiracist strategies in STEM and the founder of WOCinEEB\, an international organization for racial and gender minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147281-21900628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147281 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T121445 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260708T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260708T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Making a Migratory Monarch” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. André Green will give a free\, public talk titled\, “Making a Migratory Monarch.”\n\nGreen is an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan who studies the unique features of monarch butterfly migration.\n\nHe also teaches a course at UMBS titled “Eco-Evo-Devo: How Genome and Environment Affect Organismal Development\,” that has undergraduate students use cutting-edge molecular genetics techniques (including CRISPR) to illustrate fundamental concepts in eco-evo-devo while leveraging the remarkable biodiversity at UMBS.\n\nMonarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are renowned for their annual transcontinental migration where they fly thousands of miles each fall to overwinter at specific sites in central Mexico.\n\nHow did this phenotype evolve?\n\nThe mechanisms (behavioral\, genetic\, and molecular) required for migrants to perform this trip\, particularly to naïvely identify their overwintering sites with remarkably high fidelity\, are unknown.\n\nIn his talk at UMBS\, Green will discuss his lab’s efforts that aim to extend our understanding of how this occurs.\n\nHis team integrates development\, genomics\, behavior\, and physiology in both laboratory and natural settings.\n\nGreen earned a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University and a bachelor of science degree in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147283-21900631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T122918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260715T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260715T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Bennett Lecture in Mycology and Plant Biology: “Unravelling the Relationships of the Natural World with Biodiversity Genomics” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Jay Goldberg will give the Bennett Lecture in Mycology and Plant Biology. The free\, public talk is titled\, “Unravelling the Relationships of the Natural World with Biodiversity Genomics.”\n\nGoldberg is an Indigenous (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) evolutionary biologist who uses cutting-edge genetic tools to study interactions between chemically defended plants and their specialist herbivores in the Sonoran Desert.\n\nHe is now starting an independent lab as a presidential scholar at Arizona State University to uncover the (co)evolutionary processes that shape plant-insect interactions in the Sonoran Desert\, focusing primarily on the sacred Datura plant (Datura wrightii) and its community of highly specialized insect herbivores that can tolerate the myriad chemical defenses produced by this iconic native plant.\n\nCoevolution\, when interacting species exert selection upon one another\, has fascinated biologists for decades. Research on coevolution is historically limited to theoretical studies or controlled experimentation with tractable model systems\; now\, however\, modern genomics techniques have ushered in a new era of research that explores coevolutionary processes in naturally interacting populations of organisms. \n\nGoldberg’s fascination with plant-insect interactions began during a post-baccalaureate internship at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.\n\nHe went on to complete his Ph.D. at Indiana University before doing two postdocs: one in Judie Bronstein’s lab at the University of Arizona and another in Saskia Hogenhout’s lab at the John Innes Centre.\n\nWhen he’s not working\, Goldberg enjoys playing drums\, cooking fancy food for his friends\, and hiking with his dog.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147288-21900635@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T124430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260722T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260722T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Linking Pathogen Inactivation and Byproduct Formation: Nucleic Acid Fate During Drinking Water Disinfection” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Aleksandra Szczuka will give a free\, public talk about safe and sustainable drinking water and human health\, titled “Linking Pathogen Inactivation and Byproduct Formation: Nucleic Acid Fate During Drinking Water Disinfection.”\n\nSzczuka is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan whose research is motivated by broad access to affordable water.\n\nDrinking water treatment plants — originally designed to treat relatively clean surface waters — are now faced with increasing levels of biological and chemical contaminants. \n\nChlorination is a key process for controlling acute health risks. However\, disinfection byproducts (DBPs)\, which pose chronic health risks such as bladder cancer\, form as an unintended consequence of chlorination.\n\nSzczuka will examine nucleic acids as a missing link between pathogen control and byproduct formation. She also will discuss the roles of previously overlooked chlorine species in nucleic acid reactivity and viral inactivation\, and the potential for nucleic acid chlorination to form an emerging class of DBPs.\n\nCollaborating with practitioners\, Szczuka will talk about how utilities in Michigan are working to meet both biological and chemical contaminant treatment objectives in a changing climate.\n\nHer research uses fundamental chemistry and microbiology to inform treatment of non-traditional water sources to safeguard public health. Szczuka is especially interested in understanding the drivers of acute and chronic health risks in water and in advancing emerging treatment technologies.\n\nShe collaborates with researchers\, engineers\, and utility practitioners.\n\nSzczuka received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University\, and a B.S.E. degree in chemical and biological engineering from Princeton University.\n\nPrior to starting her lab\, Alex was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan. \n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147295-21900642@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T130019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260729T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260729T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pettingill Lecture in Natural History: “Beavers: Architects of Climate Resilience” DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Dr. Emily Fairfax will give the Pettingill Lecture in Natural History. The free\, public talk is titled “Beavers: Architects of Climate Resilience.”\n\nFairfax is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota and an affiliate faculty member at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory.\n\nShe uses a combination of remote sensing\, modeling\, and field work to understand how beaver ecosystem engineering can create drought and fire-resistant patches in the landscape under a changing climate. \n\nBeaver dams and beaver mimicry (e.g. Beaver Dam Analogs) are gaining popularity as a low‐cost\, nature-based strategy to build climate resiliency at the landscape scale.\n\nHere in the Great Lakes Region\, we are experiencing wetter winters\, hotter and drier summers\, flashier storms\, and a longer frost-free season.\n\nBeaver ecosystem engineering can help mitigate some of these impacts on local to watershed scales.\n\nBeavers slow and store water in their ponds\, canals\, and the surrounding soil during flood periods which can then be accessed by riparian vegetation during droughts.\n\nAs a result\, the well-watered vegetation in beaver-dammed riparian corridors is less flammable. \n\nFairfax’s research has shown that these beaver-influenced patches of the landscape stay green and can serve as climate refugia\, preserving intact\, mature riparian habitat\, even during extreme drought and fire.\n\nShe suggests that perhaps instead of relying solely on human engineering and management to create and maintain healthy waterways and riparian zones\, humans could benefit from partnering with beaver’s ecosystem engineering to achieve the same goals at a lower cost. \n\nFairfax double majored in chemistry and physics as an undergraduate at Carleton College\, then went on to earn a Ph.D. in geological sciences with an emphasis in hydrologic sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder.\n\nHer research has been featured internationally in National Geographic\, the New York Times\, the LA Times\, PBS\, NPR\, BBC\, and others. When Fairfax says she can talk about beavers all day\, she’s not kidding.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge. UID:147296-21900643@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147296 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T061642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260908T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260908T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: TBA DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:146386-21898980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146386 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260914T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 14\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nYang Shi\, PhD\nProfessor of Epigenetics\nLudwig Institute for Cancer Research\nOxford University\, Oxford\, England\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Shigeki Iwase\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nBefore joining Ludwig Oxford in 2020\, I was Professor of Cell Biology and C. H. Waddington Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. I received my PhD from New York University and postdoctoral training at Princeton University. I joined Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor in 1991 and was appointed a Professor of Pathology in 2004. In 2009 I joined the Newborn Medicine Division of Boston Children’s Hospital.\n\nI am interested in identifying key epigenetic regulators in cancer\, elucidating their mechanism of action and providing the conceptual basis for translating our basic findings to the clinic via the development of new therapeutic strategies. With the discovery of the first histone methyl eraser\, LSD1\, in 2004\, our group demonstrated that histone methylation is dynamically regulated\, which overturned the long-held dogma that such modifications were static and irreversible. We have also discovered many additional histone demethylases with different specificities\, and novel readers\, including those that specifically recognize unmodified lysine and arginine and suggest that the unmodified states are not simply a ground neutral state of epigenetic information but rather likely code for epigenetic information as modified states. Importantly\, many of these chromatin enzymes and readers have since been implicated in various types of human cancers\, indicating an important role of chromatin regulation in tumorigenesis.\n\nMore recently\, we have also been studying RNA modifications and how they impact gene expression regulation. In many ways this exciting field parallels the early days of chromatin biochemistry and biology\, i.e.\, the nature and the biological and pathological functions of RNA modifications\, as well as the enzymes responsible for writing\, erasing and reading them\, are just beginning to be understood.\n\nAt Ludwig Oxford\, my lab is focusing on two questions. First\, how to convert “cold tumors to “hot” and how to sustain durable responses to cancer immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Second\, how to induce therapeutic differentiation of cancers\, using acute myeloid leukemia and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma as models where chromatin/epigenetics have been shown to play a crucial role in the maintenance of a poorly differentiated state. UID:143395-21893072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Epidemiology,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120540 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260921T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 21\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nIra Hall\, PhD\nProfessor of Genetics\nDirector of the Yale Center for Genomic Health\nYale School of Medicine\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Ryan Mills\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nDr. Hall's research career spans the fields of genetics\, genomics\, bioinformatics and data science. He received a B.A. in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley (1998)\, and worked as a technician for 2 years in Sarah Hake's plant genetics group at the USDA/ARS Plant Gene Expression Center. He received his Ph.D. in genetics from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2003)\, where his work in Shiv Grewal's laboratory established the first direct link between RNA interference and chromatin-based epigenetic inheritance. As a postdoc with Michael Wigler (2004) and independent Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow (2004-2007)\, Dr. Hall used microarray technologies and mouse strain genealogies to conduct the first systematic study of DNA copy number variation hotspots. As a faculty member at the University of Virginia (2007-2014)\, Washington University (2014-2020) and Yale (2020-present)\, his work has sought to understand the causes and consequences of genome variation in mammals\, with an increasing focus on computational methods development and human genetics. His group has developed bioinformatics tools for variant detection\, variant interpretation\, sequence alignment\, data processing\, and data integration. He has led genome-wide studies of human genome variation\, heritable gene expression variation\, human genetic disorders\, tumor evolution\, mouse strain variation\, genome stability in reprogrammed stem cells\, and single-neuron somatic mosaicism in the human brain. Dr. Hall's work has been featured in Science Magazine's Breakthrough of the Year (2003 & 2007)\, the NIMH Director's \"Ten Best of 2013\" and The Scientist (2013)\, and he has received several prestigious awards including the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2003)\, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award (2006)\, the NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2009)\, and the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Research Award (2010). He has also served as an Associate Editor at Genome Research (2009-2014) and Genes\, Genomes and Genetics (2011-2018).\n\nMost recently\, Dr. Hall has played a leadership role in several large collaborative projects funded by NIH/NHGRI including the Centers for Common Disease Genomics\, the AnVIL cloud-based data repository and analysis platform\, and the Human Pangenome Project. His current work is focused on two broad goals: (1) mapping variants and genes that confer risk to human disease\, with ongoing projects focused on coronary artery disease and cardiometabolic traits in unique and underrepresented populations\, and (2) developing methods for the detection and interpretation of human genome variation\, with an emphasis on structural variation and other difficult-to-detect forms\, and on comprehensive trait association in human disease studies. UID:143396-21893071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,basic sciences,biolgical chemistry,biological chemistry,biological science,Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,cancer,Chemistry,Discussion,epilepsy,Faculty,Free,genetics,genome,genomics,human genetics,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Epidemiology,Human Genetics\, Genetics\, Neurogenetic Diseases,Information and Technology,lecture,Life Science,lifton,Medicine,Natural Sciences,neel,neurological disease,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Public Policy,Reception,research,Science,seminar,sodium channel,symposium LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T141613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T181500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Wallenberg Medal and Lecture 2026 DESCRIPTION:Event details to be announced Spring 2026. \n\nFree and open to the public. Wheelchair and handicap accessible. ASL interpreted. CART provided. UID:145865-21897966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145865 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:human rights,Wallenberg Lecture LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T120553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 12\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nLocation TBD\n\nMalia Fullerton\, DPhil\nAdjunct Professor\, Epidemiology\nProfessor\, Bioethics and Humanities\nAdjunct Professor\, Genome Sciences\nAdjunct Professor\, Medicine - Medical Genetics\nActing/Interim Center/Institute Director\, School of Public Health\nUniversity of Washington\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Wendy R. Uhlmann\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nStephanie Malia Fullerton\, DPhil\, is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is also Adjunct Professor in the UW Departments of Epidemiology\, Genome Sciences\, and Medicine (Medical Genetics)\, as well as an affiliate investigator with the Public Health Sciences division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She received a PhD in Human Population Genetics from the University of Oxford and later re-trained in Ethical\, Legal\, and Social Implications (ELSI) research with a fellowship from the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute.\n\nDr. Fullerton’s work focuses on the ethical and social implications of genomic research and its equitable and safe translation for clinical and public health benefit. She serves as the ELSI lead for the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2) Consortium coordinating center\, co-chairs the TOPMed Consortium ELSI Committee\, and chairs the Bioethics Advisory Board of the Kaiser Permanente national Research Bank. She contributes to a range of empirical projects focused on clinical genomics translation and precision medicine approaches to the treatment and prevention of cancer and kidney disease in diverse patient populations. 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