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DTSTAMP:20250815T120914
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250829T133000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Disrupting the Information Order in Health Care: Institutions\, Policy Regimes\, and the Value of Data
DESCRIPTION:The 21st Century Cures Act API Rule seeks to increase the interoperability of patients’ electronic health information (EHI) – individually identifiable patient information related to medical treatment\, which can enable actors outside the institutional context and special data protections of health care to gain access to private data. We examine stakeholders’ comments during the Notice of Public Rulemaking on the Cures Act API Rule to show not only how institutional context shapes their views\, but also how the change to data flows may also disrupt established institutional meanings and mechanisms. The technical change of the API Rule leads insiders to defend\, while enabling outsiders to disrupt institutions in health care. We show how disruption to existing institutional logics\, relationships\, and the information order challenges professional control of information\, threatens provider-patient relationships\, and upsets the property rights and data protections of private data in ways that may threaten the existing institutional order of health care in the United States.
UID:137606-21880461@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137606
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1210
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DTSTAMP:20250813T114501
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250909T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250909T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Distinguished Lecture. Putin's Eternal War
DESCRIPTION:Vladimir Putin ignites the largest war in Europe by invading Ukraine\, claiming all the while he wants \"peace.\" He helps Iran develop its ballistic missile program\, expands military cooperation with North Korea\, floods Africa with weapons\, and turns Russia into an armed fortress. Putin seems to think war is working for him. Is it? Or could it imperil his country's welfare and his own political survival? Jill Dougherty\, author of *My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin*\, examines the evidence.\n   \n   Jill Dougherty served as CNN's Moscow Bureau Chief for almost a decade\, as well as covering the White House and U.S. State Department. She currently is CNN's on-air contributor on Russia issues and teaches at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Her areas of interest are disinformation and young people in Russia. She travels widely in the region\, with a special focus on the Baltic countries and Georgia.\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:136809-21879165@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136809
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20250827T124228
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Legislative Forum: Threats and Solutions to Clean and Affordable Drinking Water across our Great Lake State.
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a forum on Threats and Solutions to Clean and Affordable Drinking Water across our Great Lake State.\nPanelists will discuss:\nUrban water infrastructure\nWater-related climate threats and solutions\nGreat Lakes water management\nData centers and impacts on water\n*Who is Invited: Legislators\, staff and others concerned about understanding threats to clean and affordable water in Michigan. \n*When: Wednesday September 10th 12-1:30pm. \n\n*Where: 2nd Floor\, One Michigan Avenue Building\,\n1120 N Washington Sq.\, Lansing MI\nSponsored by: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (MLEEaD) Center\nLunch will be provided at 11:30!\n\nPanelists\n*Shawn McElmurry\, Ph.D.\, M.S.\, Wayne State University\n*Azizur Molla\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\, Grand Valley State University\n*Mike Shriberg\, Ph.D.\, M.S.\, University of Michigan\n*Ira Anwar\, PhD Student\, University of Michigan\n\nWe hope you can join us on the 10th at noon for this important conversation! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks
UID:138269-21882693@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138269
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250903T160500
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Where Granularity Matters: Calibrating Subdomain Inference for Binary Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series\n\nSeptember 3\, 2025\n12:00 - 1:00 pm EST\n\nIn person\, room 1070\, Institute for Social Research and via Zoom.\nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.\n\nWhere Granularity Matters: Calibrating Subdomain Inference for Binary Outcomes\nSmall area estimation (SAE) helps us make accurate estimates for local communities or groups\, such as counties\, neighborhoods\, or demographic subgroups\, when there are not enough data for each area. This is important for targeting local resources and policies\, especially when national-level or large-area data mask variation at a more granular level. Researchers often fit hierarchical Bayesian models to stabilize estimates when data are sparse. Ideally\, Bayesian procedures also exhibit good frequentist properties\, as demonstrated by calibrated Bayes techniques. However\, hierarchical Bayesian models tend to shrink subdomain estimates toward the overall mean and may produce credible intervals that do not maintain nominal coverage. Hoff et al. developed the Frequentist\, but Assisted by Bayes (FAB) intervals for subgroup estimates with normally distributed outcomes. However\, non-normally distributed data present new challenges\, and multiple types of intervals have been proposed for estimating proportions. We examine subdomain inference with binary outcomes and extend FAB intervals to improve nominal coverage and estimation efficiency. We describe how to numerically compute FAB intervals in the binary case and demonstrate their improvement through repeated simulation studies. Finally\, we apply the proposed methods to estimate COVID-19 infection rates in subgroups\, based on geography and demographic characteristics. This is joint work with Rayleigh Lei.\n\nYajuan Si is a Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Yajuan’s research lies in cutting-edge methodology development in streams of Bayesian statistics\, linking design- and model-based approaches to survey inference\, data integration\, missing data analysis\, confidentiality protection involving the creation and analysis of synthetic datasets\, and causal inference with observational data. She regularly teaches courses on statistics and sampling in the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology.
UID:138682-21883610@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138682
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250909T093740
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250910T204500
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mix & Mingle with Black Maternal Equity Collective
DESCRIPTION:Come get to know our club\, meet our amazing leaders\, and connect with community! Join us this Wednesday at 7:15PM!\n\nBlack Maternal Equity Collective is an organization that serves a community of members of diverse backgrounds passionate about protecting the lives of Black birth givers and children and who believe that becoming a mother should not be a life-or-death sentence. If you are interested in policy\, maternity\, health\, advocacy\, service\, or community\, this is the club for you!
UID:139034-21884665@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139034
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Trotter Large Meeting Room
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DTSTAMP:20250902T093051
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T143000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Turn Your Passion Into Action: Undergraduate Opportunities at the Ford School of Public Policy
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and ask questions about the application process. It's not too early to start planning ahead in your first year to ensure optimum eligibility for admission. Join a community of changemakers and make a positive impact on the world around you!\n\nFree and open to the public. Review the University of Michigan Student Life website for more information regarding Parents & Family Weekend events.
UID:138584-21883420@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138584
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Towsley Reading Room (3110)
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DTSTAMP:20250827T093620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statements of Value vs. Statements of Action: Exploring Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Race in 2020
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on a content analysis of statements from Fortune 500 companies\, US News and World Report’s top 100 universities\, and Forbes’ top 100 nonprofits\, this project captures and analyzes organizational responses to COVID and issues of racial inequality in the US. Both issues were central in US life in 2020. We explore two questions: How did organizations talk about COVID and race-related issues in 2020? Relatedly\, was there any variation in the presence and content of organizational statements about these two issues? Based on their statements\, COVID pushed organizations to produce tangible responses grounded in actions aimed at reducing the impact of the pandemic\, while race-related issues generated condemnations of racism attached to abstract reflections on the implication of racial inequality or calls for further discussion of the issue. As ubiquitous as both issues were in the US\, any talk of a “national conversation” around these topics misleadingly obscures important variation in how organizations talked about these concurrent social issues. Across organizational type\, the contrast in how companies talked about both issues suggests that robust organizational engagement with broader social issues can happen\, but organizations are selective in choosing which issues garner deep\, action-oriented engagement.
UID:138230-21882635@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138230
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1210
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DTSTAMP:20250902T103059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250915T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Europe and America: Where are we and where are we going?
DESCRIPTION:Since the end of World War II\, the United States and Europe have been closely tied together. American security ties with Europe were a fundamental part of overall US security during the Cold War. Europe is the United States’ largest trading partner. The development of Europe after the war has been\, and continues to be\, a key part of America's prosperity for 70 years. Are things changing now? What will the security relationship between the US and Europe look like going forward? What is Russia's place? How will the US balance its relations between Russia and Europe? The Ambassadors Forum will tackle some of the most central issues in this paradigm.\n\nThe US and NATO: \nNATO was essentially a US creation.  What is its status now in an era when Russia seems to threaten the West and alleges that it\, in turn\, is threatened by NATO expansion?  Can NATO survive whatever outcome there is from the Russo-Ukrainian war and the Trump Administration’s approach to funding the alliance?  The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller will reflect on this complex interplay of subjects.\n \nThe US and Europe: \nThe EU has expanded enormously since its hesitant first days in the coal and steel community. It is now a significant economic force\, somewhat weakened by Great Britain's departure. Yet while the European Union is more than a collection of states\, it remains less than a union. Changing American policies are straining ties with Europe just as they are straining those with NATO. The Honorable Catherine Novelli will discuss the size and importance of the US-EU relationship and reflect on where it may be going.\n \nThe US and Russia: \nThe US and Russia were enemies throughout the Cold War\, briefly cooperating colleagues for a short period afterward\, and then increasingly estranged. What shape is the relationship in now\, and where does it seem to go? Ambassador John Beyrle will reflect on the continuing evolution of US-Russian relations.\n\nEvent Speakers:\n\nAmbassador Rose Gottemoeller:\nRose Gottemoeller served as NATO's Deputy Secretary General from 2016 to 2019\, following nearly five years as the U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. In this role\, she advised the Secretary of State on arms control\, nonproliferation\, and political-military issues. She also concurrently served as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control\, Verification and Compliance (2009–2014)\, where she led negotiations for the New START treaty with Russia\, which took effect in 2011. Her work focused on international security cooperation\, peacekeeping policy\, and post-conflict weapons abatement\, especially in Europe and Asia.\n\nEarlier in her career\, Gottemoeller held key roles at the U.S. Department of Energy\, overseeing nuclear nonproliferation efforts with Russia and other former Soviet states. She also worked with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, including as Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. Her experience includes time on the National Security Council\, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London\, and as a social scientist at RAND. An expert in Russian security and fluent in Russian\, she has taught at Georgetown University. Born in Columbus\, Ohio\, she holds degrees from Georgetown and George Washington University and is married to retired diplomat Raymond Arnaudo.\n\nAmbassador Catherine A. Novelli:\nCatherine A. Novelli is a Senior Advisor at Shearwater Global and President of Listening for America\, a non-profit focused on reshaping U.S. international trade policy. She also teaches at Georgetown University and served as a Centennial Fellow there from 2018–2019. From 2014 to 2017\, she was Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth\, Energy\, and the Environment\, where she promoted open markets and led significant initiatives like the Our Ocean movement\, which secured $10 billion for ocean conservation\, and the Global Connect Initiative\, aimed at bringing internet access to 1.5 billion people.\n\nBefore her government role\, Novelli was Vice President of Worldwide Government Affairs at Apple Inc.\, managing global public policy. She also worked at the law firm Mayer Brown International and spent much of her earlier career at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. There\, she played a major role in trade agreements with countries in Europe\, the Middle East\, and North Africa\, including key deals with Jordan\, Morocco\, Bahrain\, and Oman. Novelli sits on the boards of the National Wildlife Federation and National Geographic’s Pristine Seas Initiative and has received multiple honors\, including the State Department Distinguished Service Award. She holds degrees from Tufts University\, the University of Michigan Law School\, and the University of London.\n\nAmbassador John R.Beyrle:\nAmbassador John Beyrle\, elected Chairman of the U.S. Russia Foundation in October 2018\, served over three decades as a U.S. diplomat with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe\, Russia\, and the former Soviet Union. He was appointed ambassador to Bulgaria (2005–2008) and Russia (2008–2012)\, where he played a key role in strengthening U.S.-Russia relations through the signing of the START treaty\, supporting Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization\, and easing visa restrictions. Beyrle also held senior diplomatic roles in Moscow\, Prague\, and Washington\, including as deputy chief of mission and director for Russian\, Ukrainian\, and Eurasian affairs on the National Security Council.\n\nIn addition to his diplomatic service\, Beyrle served as a special adviser to the Secretary of State\, participated in arms control negotiations\, and was a staff officer for Secretaries of State George Shultz and James Baker. He also advised Senator Paul Simon as a Pearson Fellow. His distinguished service earned him honors from both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama\, as well as Secretary Hillary Clinton. Beyrle retired from the Foreign Service in 2012 and now provides consulting services to nonprofit and corporate clients. A Michigan native\, he holds degrees from Grand Valley State University and the National War College\, where he also taught. He speaks five languages and is married to retired Foreign Service officer Jocelyn Greene. They have two daughters.\n\nAmbassador Ronald E. Neumann:\nAmbassador Ronald E. Neumann is President of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, an organization of former senior diplomats dedicated to strengthening American diplomacy. Formerly a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East\, Neumann served three times as Ambassador\; to Algeria\, Bahrain and finally to Afghanistan from July 2005 to April 2007. Much of his early career focused on the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula including service in Iraq (2004-05)\, working extensively with the military.\n\nSince his service in Afghanistan\, he has returned there frequently and writes and speaks extensively on the subject. He has authored a book on his time in Afghanistan titled The Other War: Winning and Losing in Afghanistan\, as well as wrote Three Embassies\, Four Wars\; A Personal Memoir. In earlier postings\, he served as Director of the Office for Iran and Iraq\, Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Arab Emirates\, and in Yemen\, and Principal Officer in Tabriz\, Iran. In 2018\, he received the American Foreign Service Association’s award for Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy. He holds a B.A. in history and an M.A. in political science and was an infantry officer in Vietnam (’69-70). He is married to the former M. Elaine Grimm. They have two children.
UID:138586-21883431@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138586
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
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DTSTAMP:20250812T175204
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250916T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250916T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Constitution and the Second Trump Administration's Assault on Immigrants' Rights
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a lecture commemorating Constitution Day. Lee Gelernt\, Deputy Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project\, will speak on \"The Constitution and the Second Trump Administration's Assault on Immigrants' Rights.\" Mr. Gelernt\, drawing on his three decades of experience doing civil rights work at the ACLU\, will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the Trump II policies and the ongoing high-profile litigation around immigrants’ rights.  There will be particular focus on the Trump Administration’s unprecedented – and in his view unconstitutional – use of the Alien Enemies Act.
UID:137426-21880229@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137426
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - 100
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DTSTAMP:20250828T171758
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250917T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250917T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The State of U.S. Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins award-winning journalist Kara Swisher for a discussion on the state of U.S. democracy\, politics\, and more\, at this live taping of the “On with Kara Swisher” podcast.\n\nSince leaving office\, Buttigieg has been using his voice to criticize many of the actions undertaken by President Donald Trump and his administration\, while reaching out and engaging with people who might disagree with him. Swisher will delve into topics like threats to U.S. democracy\, the state of political discourse\, and prospects for the 2026 and 2028 elections.\n\nSwisher is a Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence for Autumn 2025. Read about the appointment here.\"\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the School for Environment and Sustainability\, Wallace House Center for Journalists\, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\, and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
UID:138430-21882935@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138430
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250909T104222
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250917T220000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Constitution Day | What's at Stake Series:
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Constitution Day on September 17\, join U-M faculty experts for a discussion on some of the Constitution’s most important features: executive orders\, separation of powers and control over elections\, due process and habeas corpus\, the rule of law—its meaning\, importance\, and challenges.\n\nEven if you think you know the Constitution\, this event will give you new insights. Come with your curiosity\, questions\, and concerns.\n\nFree pizza + free pocket Constitutions (limited supply)!
UID:139043-21884677@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139043
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250827T082353
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250918T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Countering Gender Apartheid with International Law: A Strategic Convening
DESCRIPTION:This conference will focus on strategies for the codification and application of the emerging international legal concept of gender apartheid.\n\nThe gender apartheid framework is about developing a more effective response to the situation of Afghan women and girls under draconian Taliban rule\, as well as other situations of de jure subjugation of women\, such as in Iran.\n\nRegistration is required for virtual attendance. To register\, visit: https://tinyurl.com/bdze45ae.\n\nFor a complete schedule\, please visit https://tinyurl.com/4bw9atzb.
UID:138227-21882631@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138227
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1225
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DTSTAMP:20250902T103504
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250922T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250922T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Seminar Series in Human Genetics - Monday\, September 22\, 11:00 am
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the kickoff of our Fall Seminar Series in Human Genetics on Monday\, September 22nd in the Kahn Auditorium: “Variations on a theme of structure: leveraging recent relatedness and mixed-membership clustering to gain insights from high-dimensional genomics datasets” by Sohini Ramachandran\, PhD\, from Brown University.\n\nSeminar Series in Human Genetics\nMonday\, September 22\, 2025 \n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\n“Variations on a theme of structure: leveraging recent relatedness and mixed-membership clustering to gain insights from high-dimensional genomics datasets”\n\nSohini Ramachandran\, PhD \nHermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and of Data Science\, Brown University\n\nHosted By: \nJeff Kidd\, PhD & Michelle Kim\, PhD \nThe Department of Human Genetics\, University of Michigan Medical School
UID:138607-21883438@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138607
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium, BSRB
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DTSTAMP:20250910T135745
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250924T190000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Dinner for Democracy: LGBTQ+
DESCRIPTION:Note: this is an in-person event on the Ann Arbor campus.\nDinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about\, hosted by the student organization\, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). Free dinner is provided! Participants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss their thoughts\, information about how their vote in local offices can affect the issue\, and additional resources they can use to learn more.
UID:139183-21885016@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139183
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 3240
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DTSTAMP:20250902T111959
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250925T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Whither the Center-Right?\"
DESCRIPTION:Join Robert Doar\, the president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)\, one of the United States' premier public policy think tanks\, for a wide-ranging conversation with Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes. Topics discussed will include the place of the center-right in the American conservative movement amid the current populist moment\, the role of evidence-based policy institutions in American politics today\, and the broader importance of conversations across ideological differences.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nRobert Doar is the president of the American Enterprise Institute. Doar became AEI’s 12th president in July 2019\, leading one of the nation’s oldest and most respected public policy think tanks. Since becoming president of AEI\, Doar has recruited dozens of leading scholars and fellows across multiple issue areas and launched a new research division focused on Social\, Cultural\, and Constitutional Studies. He joined AEI in 2014 to lead the Institute’s opportunity and mobility studies program after serving for more than 20 years in leadership positions in the social service programs of New York state and New York City.
UID:138613-21883491@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138613
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
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DTSTAMP:20250829T130523
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250926T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Effect of a Monthly Unconditional Cash Transfer on Families and Children’s Development through Age 4: Findings from the Baby’s First Years Study
DESCRIPTION:The Effect of a Monthly Unconditional Cash Transfer on Families and Children’s Development through Age 4: Findings from the Baby’s First Years Study\nKatherine Magnuson\, Director\, Institute for Research on Poverty\; Professor\, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Social Work\nFriday\, September 26\, noon ET\nSSW ECC 1840\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.\n\nThis series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SWK 503\, Course #25751). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions or watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:138510-21883148@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138510
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC 1840
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DTSTAMP:20250829T132327
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:From Intersections to Action: Creating Equitable Climate Solutions Together
DESCRIPTION:From Intersections to Action: Creating Equitable Climate Solutions Together\nWawa Gatheru | Founder and Executive Director of Black Girl Environmentalist\nMonday\, September 29\, 10:30 a.m. at the Michigan Union in the Pendleton Room (2nd Floor)\nPlease RSVP for this talk: https://forms.gle/59U25HpR7GT2P5k66\n\nWawa Gatheru delves into the interconnectedness of climate and social justice\, unpacking how systemic failures across education\, housing\, and labor perpetuate poverty and environmental risk. Drawing upon the energy and vision of youth activism\, she urges the climate leaders of tomorrow to pursue intersectional\, systems-level approaches. Her message\, rooted in the values of justice and solidarity\, reflects U-M Climate Week’s momentum-building message: “Together for Tomorrow.”\n\nThis event is a part of U-M Climate Week 2025: Together for Tomorrow\, cosponsored by the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Office of Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action.\n\n#UMCW25\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.
UID:138512-21883154@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138512
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton Ballroom
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DTSTAMP:20250806T143853
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Fall 2025 Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:What is Michigan in Washington?\nMIW gives 20–25 students from any major the chance to spend a semester in Washington\, D.C.\, blending coursework (12-13 credits) with an internship tailored to their interests. While in D.C.\, you’ll:\nWork four days a week at your internship.\n\nAttend evening and Friday morning classes to deepen your academic and professional understanding.\n\nExplore the vibrant city of Washington\, D.C.\, on weekends!\n\nAs part of the program\, you’ll take a professional development course the semester before heading to D.C. You do not need to register for this course in advance. This class provides tools for:\n\nFinding and securing internships related to your interests.\n\nCrafting standout resumes and cover letters.\n\nBuilding confidence for networking and interviews.\n\nInternship Opportunities\nYou can choose internships based on your passions and career goals. Here’s just a sample of what past students have pursued:\n\nSPH: Alliance for Health Policy\, National Sleep Foundation\, Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security\, American Hearth Association\n\nSociology: National Women's Law Center\, Center for American Progress\, DC Public Schools\n\nRoss: GAO\, International Franchise Association\, Community Wealth Ventures\, House Committees\, CFPB\n\nFord: White House Hispanic Initiative\, Forbes Tate\, Brookings\, Partnership for Public Service\n\nEngineering: Department of Education\, DHHS\, Capitol Hill\n\nPolitical Science: House Judiciary Committee\, Department of Justice\, Capitol Hill\; Women’s Congressional Policy Institute\, Wilson Center\n\nPsychology: Children’s Defense Fund\, Atlantic Council\, American Psychological Association\n\nEnvironmental Science (PitE): Environment America\, Environmental Law Institute\, Environmental Protection Agency\n\nCommunications & Media: CNN\, C-SPAN\, ABC News\, DNC\, FCC\, CBS News\n\nEconomics: Federal Trade Commission\, Brookings Institute\, Treasury Department\n\nPICS: U.S. Trade Representative\, USGLC\, Truman Center\, National Defense University\, Washington Institute for Near East Policy\, \n\nWhether you’re majoring in Women and Gender Studies\, Afro-American and African Studies\, Anthropology\, or any other field\, there’s an internship for you in D.C.!\n\nWho Should Apply?\nIf you’re a 3rd or 4th-year undergraduate ready to learn outside a traditional classroom\, MIW could be perfect for you. We’re looking for motivated students eager to explore the real-world applications of their academic skills while immersing themselves in the dynamic culture of Washington\, D.C.\n\nFunding Opportunities\nEvery admitted student receives a $1\,500 scholarship. Additional funding is available based on financial need—no separate scholarship application is required!\n\nFunding is available for this living and learning program. Every student admitted to Michigan in Washington receives a $1500 scholarship. Funding above this amount is based on financial need.
UID:137143-21879810@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137143
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250923T145351
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Air to Action: Build a CO2-Capturing Machine
DESCRIPTION:Want to join the fight against climate change? Join Michigan Carbon Capture for one of our hands-on workshops where you'll build a device that pulls CO₂ straight from the air! Our experienced project team will guide you step-by-step as you explore the science behind carbon removal and discover the potential of this emerging industry. You'll leave informed\, inspired\, and empowered to create climate solutions of your own. No technical experience or knowledge of carbon capture required. We encourage people of all majors to participate. Pizza will be provided!\n\nBoth workshops are the same\, so come to the one that best suits your schedule.\n\nCentral Campus: Mon\, Sept. 29th. 4-5:30 pm. Graham North Conference Room\, 214 S State St\, Suite 200.\n\nNorth Campus: Fri\, Oct. 3rd. 5:30-7pm. DOW 1018.\n\nRegistration is appreciated: https://forms.gle/r84e66hvuQ1T6FWf8
UID:139749-21886002@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139749
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Graham North Conference Room,
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T113031
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250929T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Development and decarbonization: Competing energy futures
DESCRIPTION:The panel will examine several issues facing the country as two powerful forces seem to be at odds. How much power infrastructure do we need to build to decarbonize and meet growing data center and other power demand\, and can it be done? Do well-intended laws and processes enacted over the last 50 years even allow large scale infrastructure development anymore? Can the development be done consistent with societal environmental and labor standards?\n\nThis event is a part of U-M Climate Week 2025: Together for Tomorrow\, cosponsored by the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Office of Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action.\n\n#UMCW25\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nRob Gramlich is President of Grid Strategies LLC\, a Washington DC-based consultancy focused on transmission and power markets for a reliable\, affordable\, and sustainable power system.  He co-founded  Americans for a Clean Energy Grid\, Working for Advanced Transmission Technologies (WATT Coalition)\, Advancing Modern Powerlines\, the Macro Grid Initiative\, and the Future Power Markets Forum. Rob has been invited to testify by both parties before Congress\, FERC\, and state agencies. He has earned awards from FERC as Exemplar of Public Service\, the Energy Systems Integration Group for contributions to market design and transmission planning\, The Hill Magazine for lobbying\, and the American Wind Energy Association for Technical Achievement. Rob previously oversaw transmission and power market policy for the American Wind Energy Association as SVP and Interim CEO\, served as Economic Advisor to FERC Chairman Pat Wood III\, and was Senior Economist at PJM Interconnection. Rob has a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree from UC Berkeley and a BA with Honors in Economics from Colby College.\n\nCatherine H. Hausman is an associate professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research. Her work focuses on environmental and energy economics. Recent projects have looked at inequality and environmental quality\, the natural gas sector's role in methane leaks\, the impact of climate change on the electricity grid\, and the effects of nuclear power plant closures. Her research has appeared in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics\, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy\, the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity\, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Prior to her graduate studies\, Catherine studied in Peru under a Fulbright grant. She has taught statistics\, a policy seminar on energy and the environment\, and a course on government regulation of industry and the environment. She holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California\, Berkeley.\n\nKaitlin Raimi is an associate professor of public policy at the Ford School. As a social/environmental psychologist\, her interests center on how individuals can promote or prevent sustainable behaviors and policies. She has three broad areas of research: (1) how people compare their own beliefs and behaviors to others\, (2) how adopting one pro-environmental behavior affects later action\, and (3) how climate change communication affects people’s understanding\, behaviors\, and support for climate policies and technologies.\n\nAlexandra B. Klass is the James G. Degnan Professor of Law at Michigan Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of energy law\, environmental law\, natural resources law\, tort law\, and property law. From April 2022 to July 2023\, she served in the Biden-Harris administration as deputy general counsel for energy efficiency and clean energy demonstrations at the US Department of Energy. Klass’s recent scholarly work\, published in many of the nation’s leading law journals\, addresses regulatory challenges to integrating more renewable energy into the nation’s electric transmission grid\, siting and eminent domain issues surrounding interstate electric transmission lines and oil and gas pipelines\, and applications of the public trust doctrine to modern environmental law challenges.
UID:138620-21883499@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138620
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250717T133401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250930T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250930T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:NEA Global Forum Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences (NERS) will host several public events as part of the NEA Global Forum Symposium on Nuclear Education\, Science\, Technology\, and Policy. These sessions are open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, industry professionals\, and community members interested in the future of nuclear education and workforce development.\n\nThe NEA Global Forum is a collaborative platform for strengthening international cooperation on nuclear education. The Symposium brings together academic\, industry\, and policy leaders from around the world to share insights and shape strategies for educating the next generation of nuclear experts.\n\nPublic events will include:\n—Keynote presentations from global leaders in science\, engineering\, and policy\n—Panel discussions on workforce development\, broadening participation in STEM fields\, and curriculum innovation\n—Poster sessions featuring cutting-edge student research\n—Networking opportunities with international experts and university partners\n\nThese events are open to all—registration is required by September 12
UID:136525-21878781@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136525
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Fourth Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250717T133401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251001T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251001T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:NEA Global Forum Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences (NERS) will host several public events as part of the NEA Global Forum Symposium on Nuclear Education\, Science\, Technology\, and Policy. These sessions are open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, industry professionals\, and community members interested in the future of nuclear education and workforce development.\n\nThe NEA Global Forum is a collaborative platform for strengthening international cooperation on nuclear education. The Symposium brings together academic\, industry\, and policy leaders from around the world to share insights and shape strategies for educating the next generation of nuclear experts.\n\nPublic events will include:\n—Keynote presentations from global leaders in science\, engineering\, and policy\n—Panel discussions on workforce development\, broadening participation in STEM fields\, and curriculum innovation\n—Poster sessions featuring cutting-edge student research\n—Networking opportunities with international experts and university partners\n\nThese events are open to all—registration is required by September 12
UID:136525-21878782@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136525
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Fourth Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250717T133401
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:NEA Global Forum Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences (NERS) will host several public events as part of the NEA Global Forum Symposium on Nuclear Education\, Science\, Technology\, and Policy. These sessions are open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, industry professionals\, and community members interested in the future of nuclear education and workforce development.\n\nThe NEA Global Forum is a collaborative platform for strengthening international cooperation on nuclear education. The Symposium brings together academic\, industry\, and policy leaders from around the world to share insights and shape strategies for educating the next generation of nuclear experts.\n\nPublic events will include:\n—Keynote presentations from global leaders in science\, engineering\, and policy\n—Panel discussions on workforce development\, broadening participation in STEM fields\, and curriculum innovation\n—Poster sessions featuring cutting-edge student research\n—Networking opportunities with international experts and university partners\n\nThese events are open to all—registration is required by September 12
UID:136525-21878783@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136525
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Fourth Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250915T113311
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:London School of Economics Summer School Info Session
DESCRIPTION:LSE Summer School is the largest of its kind in Europe. It offers an exciting range of courses across the wide spectrum of LSE’s world-class teaching\, taught by leading scholars in their fields. You can choose to study for three\, six\, or nine weeks in one of the most well-renowned institutions in the world\, in one of the greatest cities in the world. Subject areas include Accounting\, Business and Management\, Economics\, Finance\, International Relations\, Government and Society\, Law\, and Research Methods - Data Science and Mathematics.\n\nLearn more about this incredible opportunity for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 directly from LSE representatives and program alum on Thursday\, October 2nd from 12-1pm in the School of Dentistry\, Room G378.
UID:139328-21885301@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139328
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250825T151923
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T170000
SUMMARY:Other:APPLICATIONS DUE: Real Estate Mentorship Program
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan Real Estate Mentorship Program unlocks unparalleled opportunities\, forging bonds between driven students and accomplished real estate leaders. Through hands-on\, real-world guidance\, students gain invaluable insights to launch standout careers\, while mentors empower and inspire the future of the industry. Join a transformative journey where mentorship isn’t just a connection—it’s a catalyst for lifelong achievement. \n\nBack this Fall\, the Weiser Center will pair students with industry leaders\, including board members and alumni\, who offer insights gained from their professional experience. With a vast alumni network and the recent formation of the Weiser Center Advisory Board\, professionals from across the country are flocking back to the University of Michigan to share their experience and knowledge.\n\nAs students face unique challenges through their academic career\, mentees will benefit greatly from the assistance of a career mentor who will counsel them on what it means and what it takes to be a real estate professional. Apply for the Mentorship Program today and don't miss this incredible chance to work individually with a Mentor this academic year! \n\nStudents: Apply now to become a Mentee and gain:\n-> 1:1 Mentorship – Meet at least once per semester with a dedicated real estate professional.\n-> Real-World Guidance – From resume review and interview prep to workplace readiness and career strategy.\n-> Industry Insight – Engage with Michigan alumni working in virtually every corner of real estate: development\, investment\, brokerage\, finance\, proptech\, and more.\n\nDon’t miss your chance to gain real-world insight\, build your network\, and take the next step in your real estate journey.
UID:138092-21881936@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138092
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250923T145351
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251003T190000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Air to Action: Build a CO2-Capturing Machine
DESCRIPTION:Want to join the fight against climate change? Join Michigan Carbon Capture for one of our hands-on workshops where you'll build a device that pulls CO₂ straight from the air! Our experienced project team will guide you step-by-step as you explore the science behind carbon removal and discover the potential of this emerging industry. You'll leave informed\, inspired\, and empowered to create climate solutions of your own. No technical experience or knowledge of carbon capture required. We encourage people of all majors to participate. Pizza will be provided!\n\nBoth workshops are the same\, so come to the one that best suits your schedule.\n\nCentral Campus: Mon\, Sept. 29th. 4-5:30 pm. Graham North Conference Room\, 214 S State St\, Suite 200.\n\nNorth Campus: Fri\, Oct. 3rd. 5:30-7pm. DOW 1018.\n\nRegistration is appreciated: https://forms.gle/r84e66hvuQ1T6FWf8
UID:139749-21886003@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139749
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Herbert H. Dow  Building - 1018
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T105216
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251006T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251006T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Seminar Series in Human Genetics - Monday\, October 6\, 11:00 am
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Series in Human Genetics\nMonday\, October 6\, 2025 \n11:00am - 12:00pm\nNLH\n\n“Harnessing my daughter’s diagnosis to drive novel ASO treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders”\n\nMadeleine J. Oudin\, PhD \nTiampo Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering\, Tufts University\n\nHosted By: \nMiriam Meisler\, PhD \nThe Department of Human Genetics\, University of Michigan Medical School
UID:138608-21883439@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138608
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall, MSII
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T155257
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251006T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Public Policy Major Info Session: Core Curriculum
DESCRIPTION:As a global community\, we continue to face unprecedented\, complex public challenges. Our world needs the efforts of an energetic\, committed\, creative generation that is prepared to lead.  Explore a degree that provides you with the skills to lead and ignites your passion for making a difference.\n\nJoin us for our Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy information session with a special focus on the core curriculum. \n\nThe application for the BA in public policy program will open in mid-October\, with a deadline of February 1.
UID:138683-21883608@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138683
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T100147
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2025 Michigan Gun Violence Intervention Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Institute is proud to partner with the Michigan State Police (MSP) Grants and Community Services Division and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for the upcoming 2025 Michigan Gun Violence Intervention Summit in Lansing\, Michigan.\n\nWho should attend?\nCommunity organizers\, intervention practitioners\, frontline workers\, employees in the areas of criminal justice\, social work\, public policy\, law enforcement\, education\, health care\, prevention and more.
UID:138596-21883427@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138596
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250930T144431
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T200000
SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:APSIA's Grad School Fair
DESCRIPTION:Are you a rising senior or junior considering graduate studies in international affairs\, public policy\, global development\, security\, or related fields? Join us at the APSIA Grad School Fair in Ann Arbor to meet representatives from 20 leading graduate programs and get a firsthand look at your options: October 7\, 2025 from 6-8:00pm in the Michigan League Ballroom!\n\nWhat You’ll Gain:\n\nOne-on-one conversations with admissions officers from top APSIA member schools\; Insight on curricula\, specializations\, joint degrees\, and interdisciplinary tracks\; Detailed info on application requirements\, financial aid\, and fellowship opportunities\; Advice on how to tailor your undergraduate experience and build a competitive graduate application\; A chance to ask direct questions\, compare programs side by side\, and gather application materials\n\nWho Should Attend?\n\nUndergraduates majoring (or considering majors) in political science\, economics\, international relations\, global studies\, public policy\, area studies\, or related fields\; Students curious about career paths in diplomacy\, NGOs\, public service\, think tanks\, development agencies\, or international business\; Anyone eager to explore how graduate training can sharpen your impact on global issues\n\nWhy It Matters!\n\nFinding the right graduate program can shape your academic path\, professional network\, and long-term opportunities. This fair gives you access to dozens of programs in one location — cutting through the noise\, helping you compare\, and enabling you to ask the questions that really matter.\n\nClick here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1628918953439?aff=oddtdtcreator
UID:140034-21886508@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140034
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T100147
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251008T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2025 Michigan Gun Violence Intervention Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Institute is proud to partner with the Michigan State Police (MSP) Grants and Community Services Division and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for the upcoming 2025 Michigan Gun Violence Intervention Summit in Lansing\, Michigan.\n\nWho should attend?\nCommunity organizers\, intervention practitioners\, frontline workers\, employees in the areas of criminal justice\, social work\, public policy\, law enforcement\, education\, health care\, prevention and more.
UID:138596-21883428@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138596
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250527T152221
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T160000
SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:CGIS Study Abroad Fair
DESCRIPTION:Curious about studying abroad as an undergraduate at U-M? Come explore everything the Center for Global and Intercultural Study has to offer and find the best program for you! No matter who you are\, where you come from\, or what you’re studying\, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.\n\nGet your questions answered! Come chat with: \n- CGIS Program Advisors\n- Recent U-M study abroad students\n- Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarships Office\n- Newnan Academic Advisors\n- Other on-campus offices\n\nWith over 120 CGIS programs in 40+ countries ranging from a few weeks to an academic year\, there are many options to choose from.If you want to learn more about how to satisfy your major/minor requirements abroad\, how to afford study abroad\, how to travel with other U-M students on a faculty-led trip\, or want to know what to expect\, be sure to add this event to your calendar and drop by!\n\nCGIS is part of the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA)\, but all U-M undergraduates are welcome to apply to our programs.
UID:134969-21875891@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134969
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251001T103434
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251010T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Detroit’s Rapid Rehousing Program Designed by Youth\, For Youth: A Panel on Meaningful Youth Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Detroit’s Rapid Rehousing Program Designed by Youth\, For Youth: A Panel on Meaningful Youth Engagement\nCourtney Smith\, Founder and CEO of Detroit Phoenix Center\nCaylene Rudd & Bobbi Simmons\, Detroit Phoenix Center Youth Action Board members\nFriday\, October 10\, noon ET\nSSW ECC 1840\n\nThe Detroit Phoenix Center provides critical resources\, wraparound support\, and a safe\, nurturing environment to youth. They partner with young people to break the generational cycle of homelessness and poverty.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.\n\nThis series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SWK 503\, Course #25751). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions or watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:138513-21883153@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138513
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC 1840
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250917T135852
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251016T200000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:True False Hot Cold Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Democracy on Screen — a film series presented as part of the Ford School’s Resilient Democracies initiative. This series celebrates the role of storytelling and creative expression in shaping\, challenging\, and expanding our understanding of democracy and civic empowerment. Through powerful films\, we’ll explore how everyday people and grassroots movements drive change\, amplify marginalized voices\, and reimagine what democracy can be.\n\nTrue False Hot Cold (2024) is a documentary TV series by filmmaker Ben Stillerman about climate\, beliefs and better conversations. Filmed in Emery County\, Utah\, a region with high levels of climate skepticism\, the series features short episodes with candid interviews and slice-of-life vignettes of local residents\, including farmers\, ranchers\, and coal miners\, to understand their perspectives and find common ground. The goal is not necessarily to achieve agreement\, but to practice empathy\, curiosity\, and dignity in conversations across divides.
UID:138684-21883609@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138684
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250829T133748
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The High Cost of Mass Deportation
DESCRIPTION:The High Cost of Mass Deportation\nWilliam D. Lopez\, Clinical Associate Professor\, University of Michigan School of Public Health\nFriday\, October 17\, noon ET\nSSW ECC 1840\n\nIn this talk\, William D. Lopez will discuss his latest book\, \"Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance\,\" and the research behind it. The book chronicles the devastating impacts of immigration raids—and the enduring resistance of immigrant communities in the aftermath.\n\nAcross the United States\, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upends small towns and rural communities by staging dramatic raids and rounding up hundreds of people in a single day. These worksite raids fracture families\, devastate local economies\, and spread fear and trauma that lingers for years. Yet in the wake of these devastating raids\, immigrant communities exhibit resistance\, resilience\, creativity\, and an extraordinary determination to rebuild.\n\nIn this powerful follow-up to his best-seller \"Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid\,\" Lopez brings us into the heart of communities targeted by large-scale ICE enforcement under the Trump administration. These are places where immigrant workers\, many of whom have lived in the United States for decades\, are suddenly torn from their families and livelihoods. Based on extensive fieldwork\, this book highlights the voices of those who have endured these raids: the teachers left to comfort traumatized children\, the faith leaders who opened their doors to families in crisis\, the organizers who mobilized relief efforts overnight\, and the workers and their families who fought for their right to remain.\n\nAs raids continue to increase across the country\, this book is an urgent and deeply human portrait of what these raids leave behind—and the fierce\, often unexpected ways communities come together across class\, race\, and immigration status in their aftermath.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.\n\nThis series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SWK 503\, Course #25751). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions or watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:138514-21883155@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138514
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC 1840
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251016T083644
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T113000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and other Language Quarks
DESCRIPTION:Good linguistic fun for science and word enthusiasts alike! Linguist Anne Curzan will talk about quirky etymologies\, the metaphors that abound in scientific language (and whether that’s a problem)\, as well as how human narratives (and the pronoun “I”) dropped out of scientific writing.\n\nLecture and Q&A\, live-streamed on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3jkjJBGnw
UID:138243-21882663@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138243
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182
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DTSTAMP:20250912T123303
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T123000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:16th Annual Diane Baker Alumni Award & Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Kate Emery\, MS\, CGC\, is a licensed and certified genetic counselor and the Senior Clinical Program Manager of Genomics at Providence Health\, one of the largest community hospital networks in the US. Kate graduated from the UMGCP in 2015\, having previously earned her B.A. in Biology from the University of San Diego in 2013. She began her genetic counseling career in pediatric genetics and newborn screening before transitioning to her longstanding interest in cancer genetics\, where she provided genetic counseling and participated in multidisciplinary care for patients in Southern California. While in direct patient care\, Kate had the opportunity to develop and oversee screening protocols to identify and refer patients eligible for germline genetic testing at multiple points of care\, including during mammography encounters and from tumor molecular pathology. In 2021\, she moved into a research role at Providence\, coordinating the Genomic Medicine For Everyone (Geno4ME) study\, a pilot project involving research-based whole genome sequencing with a clinical return of results panel. \n\nKate now manages a portfolio of population-scale genetics programs that serve the entire seven-state Providence health system. These programs include inherited cancer and cardiovascular disease screening\, pharmacogenomics\, population sequencing\, and precision oncology initiatives. As part of Providence's Institute for Clinical Innovation\, she and her colleagues are also actively engaged in outcomes and health services research to drive clinical program improvement and innovation.\n\nKate is passionate about community healthcare and utilizing novel service delivery methods to ensure that high-quality genetics services and research opportunities are accessible to all patients. She draws on her background as a genetic counselor and her patient care experiences to maintain a compassionate\, patient-centered approach in her work within population health genetics.
UID:139269-21885218@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139269
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall at Palmer Commons
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DTSTAMP:20251007T164025
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TDLS: Stories that Shape Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Weill Hall for a compelling lunchtime conversation with Michigan State Senator Stephanie Chang ('05\; '14)\, and Dr. William D. Lopez. Our speakers will examine the urgent significance of uplifting immigrant stories in today's complex political climate. The discussion will highlight how the sharing of lived experiences help to humanize policy debates\, shape social understanding\, and counter misinformation about immigrations. Lunch will be provided.
UID:139618-21885798@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139618
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T161928
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T124500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Systems of Secrecy: Journalism\, Power and the Policy Gaps that Enable Corruption
DESCRIPTION:From the Panama Papers to China Targets\, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gerard Ryle has overseen investigations that exposed how the powerful exploit opaque systems across borders — from tax havens and shell companies to international law enforcement mechanisms.\n\nRyle is one of the most influential investigative journalists working today. As executive director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists\, he has led the largest reporting collaborations in history\, producing work that has toppled heads of state\, sparked criminal probes and spurred legislative reforms around the world. A former University of Michigan Knight-Wallace fellow\, he brings deep experience at the intersection of accountability journalism\, power and systemic failures that enable cross-border corruption.\n\nThis talk examines what global investigative journalism reveals about the limits of public policy and regulation when laws fall short\, enforcement fails and bad actors innovate faster than the systems meant to stop them.\n\n \n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nGerard Ryle is executive director of the  International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. He led the worldwide teams of journalists working on the Panama Papers\, Paradise Papers and Pandora Papers investigations\, the biggest in journalism history. Under his leadership\, ICIJ has become one of the best-known journalism brands in the world.\n\nReporters Without Borders has described Ryle’s work with ICIJ as \"the future of investigative journalism worldwide\" when naming him as one of \"100 information heroes\" of worldwide significance.\n\nBefore joining as ICIJ’s first non-American director in September 2011\, Ryle spent more than 20 years working as an investigative reporter and editor in Australia. His work as a journalist began in his native Ireland. He was later a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan\, and in 2013 he accepted an honorary doctorate from the University of Liege\, on behalf of ICIJ.\n\nAmbassador Susan D. Page is a professor of practice in international diplomacy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School. She has deep expertise in international relations\, particularly in Africa. Her senior level roles have included Assistant Secretary General/Special Adviser on Rule of Law\, Global Focal Point Review Implementation\, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to the United Nations Mission for Justice Support to Haiti (MINUJUSTH)\, first U.S. Ambassador to newly independent South Sudan\, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to the African Union\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs\, key adviser to the peace process that resolved Africa’s longest-running civil war through international mediation\, head of rule of law programs for the UN\, and a foreign service regional legal advisor and political officer in East\, Central\, and Southern Africa.
UID:138685-21883611@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138685
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T162547
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Public Policy Major Info Session: Professional & Academic Support
DESCRIPTION:As a global community\, we continue to face unprecedented\, complex public challenges. Our world needs the efforts of an energetic\, committed\, creative generation that is prepared to lead.  Explore a degree that provides you with the skills to lead and ignites your passion for making a difference.\n\nJoin us for our Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy information session with a special focus on professional and academic support.\n\nThe application for the BA in public policy program will open in mid-October\, with a deadline of February 1.
UID:138686-21883616@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138686
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251007T104639
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251021T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251021T170000
SUMMARY:Other:The Michigan Real Estate Academy: South Florida Trek
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder what it’s like to work in real estate and are looking to take the first step? Are you curious about how to focus your UM education toward a career in real estate? If so\, apply today for the opportunity to kick off your spring break and join a cohort of your peers on the Real Estate Academy - South Florida Trek\, hosted by the UM Weiser Center for Real Estate\, and funded by our generous donors of the Weiser Center Gift Fund.\n\nWe’re selecting a group of undergrads to embark on a multi-day learning experience intended to introduce them to the real estate development ecosystem in South Florida. Students will have a chance to meet and learn from professionals working across the industry. This is also a great opportunity for you to grow your professional and U-M alumni network.\n\nThis is an exploratory opportunity\, so students at any class level with little to no experience are encouraged to submit an application.\n\nAll travel expenses\, including transportation\, food\, and lodging\, will be offered at no cost to students thanks to the generosity of our donors.\n\nThe program will take place March 1st - March 4th\, 2026\, in Miami & West Palm Beach\, Florida.\n\nApplications Due Tuesday\, October 21st at 5PM EST
UID:140380-21887005@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140380
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250902T165019
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Cascading Crises and Prospects for Peace - H.R. McMaster
DESCRIPTION:The Ford School is pleased to present former national security advisor H. R. McMaster for the 7th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture. \n\nMcMaster will give his overview of of the many conflicts around the world\, the role the U.S. is playing and can play in the future\, and the prospects for peace\, followed by a conversation with professor of practice Javed Ali of the Weiser Diplomacy Center.\n\nFrom the speaker's bio:\nH. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution\, Stanford University.  He is also the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.  Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1984\, McMaster served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army for thirty-four years.  He retired as a Lieutenant General in June 2018 after serving as the 25th assistant to the president for National Security Affairs. He holds a PhD in military history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  McMaster is the host of Battlegrounds: Vital Perspectives on Today’s Challenges and is a regular on GoodFellows\, both produced by the Hoover Institution. He is a Distinguished University Fellow at Arizona State University. \n\nAbout the Vandenberg Lecture:\nThe Meijer Family established the Vandenberg Fund in 2017 to honor U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg\, who served the State of Michigan in the U.S. Senate from 1928-1951. Senator Vandenberg forged bipartisan support for our country's most significant and enduring foreign policies of the twentieth century\, including the Truman Doctrine\, the Marshall Plan\, NATO and the creation of the United Nations. The Vandenberg Lecture Fund has since featured some of the world's leaders in foreign policy including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ambassador Samantha Power\, among others.
UID:138688-21883618@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138688
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251007T160949
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T190000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Dinner for Democracy: Food Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:Note: this is an in-person event on the Ann Arbor campus.\n\nDinners for Democracy are nonpartisan presentations and small group discussions on topics students care about\, hosted by the student organization\, Turn Up Turnout (TUT). This event is in collaboration with Central Student Government (CSG). Free food at in-person events!\n\nParticipants can expect to gain a deeper knowledge of the issue and an opportunity to discuss their thoughts\, information about how their vote in local offices can affect the issue\, and additional resources they can use to learn more.
UID:140398-21887034@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140398
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1230
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251017T144859
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T213000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 23 at 7:00 PM\nMichigan Theater - Screening Room\n603 E Liberty St\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48104. \n\nFilm | Documentary | NR | 1h 36m | 2025\n\nCracking the Code\, narrated by Mark Ruffalo\, is an inspiring story of vision\, perseverance\, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life-saving scientific revolution\, laying the foundation for an industry that has become a cornerstone of global innovation and economic growth – and transformed the health of billions of patients worldwide.\n\nFeaturing a post-film Q&A with a panel presented by the University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine and U-M Innovation Partnerships\n\nPanelists include:\n\nDr. Amanda Garner - Charles Walgreen Jr Professor\, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director\, Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry\, College of Pharmacy\n\nDr. Muneesh Tewari - Ray and Ruth Anderson-Laurence M Sprague Memorial Research Professor\, Professor of Internal Medicine\, Associate Division Chief\, Basic Research\, Medical School and Professor of Biomedical Engineering\, Medical School and College of Engineering\n\nDr. Nils Walter - Francis S Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry\, Biophysics and Biological Chemistry\, Professor of Chemistry\, Professor of Biophysics\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\, Program Associate\, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Professor of Biological Chemistry\, Medical School\n\nKate Remus\, Senior Associate Director & Business Development Group Lead\, University of Michigan Innovation Partnerships\n\nAdditional panelists TBD\n\nSpecial offer for current U-M students!\nUse the promo code UMRNA to unlock the Complimentary Ticket option. Good for one ticket\, while supplies last. Must show current U-M Student ID for entry.
UID:139238-21885177@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139238
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Michigan Theater Main Screening Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251015T105736
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T140000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Impacts of Climate Change on Water & Health (I)
DESCRIPTION:9:30 AM  \"Opportunities to Improve Water Quality through Urban + Architectural Design\"\nJen Maigret (Professor of Architecture\, Climate Futures Director\, University of Michigan)\nJen Maigret is a Professor of Architecture and a licensed architect with over two decades of professional practice experience and master's degrees in both architecture and ecology. Her research and creative practice reside at the intersection of architecture\, climate action and design excellence as tools toward improved ecological and human health. \n\n11:00 AM  \"Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater: The Important Role of Dissolved Oxygen\"\nKevin Rose (Associate Professor and Director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute\, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)\nDr. Kevin Rose leads a research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. His research spans ecology and biogeochemistry\, focusing predominantly on understanding broad-scale patterns and processes in freshwater ecosystems such as lakes and ponds. A goal of his group is to forecast the future state of aquatic ecosystems in a regional to global context\, with an emphasis on understanding how freshwater ecosystems are changing in response to factors such as land use and climate change.  This interdisciplinary research draws on diverse skills in biology\, ecology\, biogeochemistry\, advanced environmental sensors\, and computational modeling. Dr. Rose's research findings have been published in high-impact journals such as Science and Nature and featured in media outlets such as NPR\, the Washington Post\, Fox News\, and Popular Science magazine. \n\n1:00 PM  \"Tiny Carriers\, Big Impact: How Bacteria Drive Transmission of Virus and Antibiotic Resistance Gene in Water\"\nYun Shen (Assistant Professor\, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, George Washington University)\nDr. Yun Shen's research is addressing critical challenges in the nexus of environment and health. She is investigating the transmission and control of environmental pathogens in water and wastewater. Especially\, her work is focusing on pathogens not as isolated particles\, but in their clustered forms. Her work explores bacteria-virus complexities\, vesicle-associated viruses\, plastic-pathogen interactions\, in the complex environments. In addition\, she examines how bacterial pathogens respond to oxidative stresses and modulate host–pathogen interactions. The outcomes of her research advance the understanding of pathogen health risks and facilitate the sustainable strategies of public health protection.\n\n\nPlease register for this free symposium since lunch will be provided. Thank you!\n\n\nFor more information and registration for this hybrid event:\nwww.MAC-EPID.org\nAnna Cronenwett\, weaverd@umich.edu
UID:140688-21887538@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140688
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room
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DTSTAMP:20250922T140610
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251024T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Is the Gender Revolution Really Stalled?
DESCRIPTION:Progress toward gender equality in the U.S. labor market is often described as a \"stalled revolution\,\" with rapid progress in the 1980s and 1990s followed by slower change thereafter. This characterization emerges from period-based analyses. We introduce a new approach to studying occupational sex segregation\, distinguishing cohort and life-cycle changes in men’s\, women’s\, and labor-market patterns. We find that few cohorts of women stalled in entering male-dominated occupations relative to their predecessors\, and indeed the youngest cohorts show faster integration. Men’s cohort change is slower but still substantial. The combined effect is a monotonic inter-cohort decline in occupational segregation\, as measured by the index of dissimilarity. Over the life cycle\, women’s likelihood of entering male-dominated occupations increases steadily\, while men’s follows an inverted U-pattern. Cohort and life-cycle patterns vary by parental status and education. Our findings caution against a broad “stalled revolution” narrative and highlight the need for gender inequality theories to attend to the different “clocks” underpinning social change.
UID:138888-21884189@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138888
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1210
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250930T175016
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251027T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize and Blue Civics: Gun Violence Prevention
DESCRIPTION:Maize and Blue Civics are interactive discussion forums of panelists who are professionals/advocates in a particular policy-related area. There will be a dedicated Q&A session. Dinner will be provided! This event's topic will be gun violence prevention. Read about our featured panelists below.\n\nApril Zeoli\, PhD\, MPH: Director of Policy Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Zeoli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management Policy at the School of Public Health. \n\nCynthia Ewell Foster\, PhD: Director of Community Engagement Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Foster is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry.\n\nJustin Heinze\, PhD: Director of the School Safety Section and co-director of the Research and Scholarship Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Heinze is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the School of Public Health.\n\nMalinda Brunk: Senior at the Ford School of Public Policy with a focus on national security against domestic terrorism. Malinda is a survivor of the Michigan State University shooting.\n\nJosephine Stoffan: Junior at the Ross School of Business studying marketing with a focus on branding\, storytelling\, and creative strategy. Josie is a survivor of the Oxford High School shooting. \n\nJoshua Crook: Senior at the Ford School of Public Policy with a focus on economics and development. Josh is a research assistant at the National Center for School Safety.
UID:140090-21886604@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140090
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250829T135634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251031T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lessons from the Water Warrior on Community Coalition Building for Water Justice
DESCRIPTION:Lessons from the Water Warrior on Community Coalition Building for Water Justice\nMonica Lewis-Patrick\, Founder and CEO of We The People of Detroit\nFriday\, October 31\, noon ET\nSSW ECC 1840\n\nAs a community-based grassroots organization\, WPD aims to inform\, educate\, and empower Detroit residents on imperative issues surrounding civil rights\, land\, water\, education\, and the democratic process. In collaboration with community activists\, academics\, researchers\, and designers\, the WPD Community Research Collective (CRC) utilizes research in order to serve the sustainability of the Detroit community. The WPD CRC uses data to visually show the socio-economic consequences of austerity policies in Detroit\, which have worked toward the dismantling of Black and Brown Detroit neighborhoods. By presenting a critical counter narrative\, WPD CRC uses knowledge as a tool to empower Detroit citizens as they fight for an equitable and beloved community. WPD CRC's most recent project addresses the public health crisis in Detroit as a result of unsafe and inaccessible water services.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.\n\nThis series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SWK 503\, Course #25751). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions or watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:138517-21883157@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138517
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC 1840
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251010T080358
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Environmental Lawyer’s Role in Complex Site Cleanup Projects
DESCRIPTION:Completing cleanup and redevelopment of large or complex contaminated sites takes years\, even decades. It also requires extensive collaboration among many adverse parties\, each facing massive liability risks. Sara will discuss her role as an environmental attorney on these projects\, using case studies including a former Army ammunition plant in the Twin Cities\, a former wood treatment facility within the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation in northern Minnesota\, and a former industrial site in Chicago.\n\nSara Peterson has been advising and representing clients on environmental regulatory compliance issues and environmental and regulatory aspects of transactions for over fifteen years. After working in a large Minneapolis law firm for ten years\, Sara founded Parkway Law in 2011. Sara has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine in 2008\, 2009\, and 2014\, and as a “Super Lawyer” in 2015\, 2016\, 2017\, 2018 and 2019 for her environmental and regulatory law practice.
UID:140521-21887269@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140521
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
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DTSTAMP:20251021T112956
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251106T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251106T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Psychology Diversity Days Discussion Panel
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nDr. Ramaswami Mahalingam\, Barger Leadership Institute Professor\; Professor of Psychology \nDr. Odessa Gonzalez Benson\, Associate Professor of Social Work\; Associate Professor of Urban Planning\nDr. Julian Vasquez Heilig\, Professor of Educational Leadership\, Research\, and Technology\, Western Michigan University\; Distinguished Senior Advisor\, The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative\n\nModerator:\nDr. Zeinab Hachem\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Department of Psychology\n\nAttitudes surrounding immigration remain deeply divided in the country. While many view immigration as a strength and support pathways to citizenship\, others see immigration as a challenge to national security and economic stability. According to the Pew Research Center\, public opinion is evenly split over the use of state and local law enforcement in deportation efforts. However\, the majority of Americans disapprove of ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for many immigrants who came to the United States escaping war or other disasters at home. Additionally\, 54% of Americans disapprove of increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on workplaces where people who are in the U.S. illegally may be working. Immigration enforcement has been intensified\, including renewed efforts to roll back protections like DACA\, increase deportations and border security\, and reinstate travel bans and restrict asylum pathways. The political climate has led to increased fear and caution among immigrant communities. While the state of Michigan prohibits its law enforcement from stopping individuals based on immigration status\, some state legislators are pushing for increased state and federal cooperation.\n\nIn this panel\, participants will discuss the impact of intensified immigration enforcement on immigrant communities specifically\, and the University of Michigan community generally. Panelists will also answer questions such as “How can we support individuals from immigrant backgrounds?”
UID:140946-21887855@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140946
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Hall - 4448
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251106T140954
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, November 10th at 11am in ABC Seminar Rooms\, BSRB. Please distribute.\n--\n \nSeminar Series in Human Genetics\nMonday\, November 10\, 2025\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nABC Seminar Rooms\, BSRB\n \nRonald Wek\, PhD\nShowalter Professor of Biochemistry\, Molecular Biology\, and Pharmacology\; Indiana University School of Medicine \n“Integrated Stress Response in Health and Disease”\n \nHosted By: Noah Helton\, Department of Human Genetics
UID:141595-21889068@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141595
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251103T154209
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T163000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Veterans Week: Global War on Terror Veterans Panel
DESCRIPTION:The time period from the moment on Sept. 11\, 2001\, when the U.S. was attacked to the present day has been defined as a global war on terror. Unlike previous wars and conflicts\, and much like the Cold War of the last century\, this war’s boundaries\, objectives\, end\, and even enemies have been elusive to pin down. It has resulted in two wars\, many smaller conflicts\, and many lives lost. In this panel\, we hear from the men and women who have served during this era.
UID:114188-21832453@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/114188
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Kalamazoo Room
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DTSTAMP:20250904T102625
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251110T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Disability and the Return of Eugenics and the Poor Law
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the 20th Century and the first quarter of the 21st\, U.S. disability policy increasingly pursued the goals of equality\, inclusion\, integration\, and empowerment for people with disabilities.  Moving away from the eugenic principles that dominated the first part of this period\, policy increasingly treated disability as something to be accommodated rather than eliminated\, and disabled people as folks who should be supported to live full lives in the community.  \n\nBut recent events -- punitive responses to mental illness and homelessness at the state and federal levels\, the dramatic retrenchment of Medicaid and other support programs during the past few months\, and others -- threaten to return us to the world of the Eugenics Era and the English Poor Laws before that\, in which disability is treated as a drain on society and those with disabilities are to be highly regulated.  \n\nThis lecture will elaborate on these points.\n\nSince 2018\, Hal and Carol Kohn and the Kohn Charitable Trust have committed a total of $17 million to the Ford School to establish the Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy\, a hub that will catalyze interdisciplinary research and policy impact to promote social equity and inclusion for all U.S. residents. The collaborative consists of three pillars: Kohn Professors\, Kohn Scholars\, and policy impact. The Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy is one of five Kohn professorships\, specifically to support research that contributes to policies advancing the rights of disabled individuals in the United States. It was named in honor of Hal’s twin sister\, born with Down syndrome\, who passed away in 2016.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nSamuel Bagenstos is the Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy.  at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.\n\nFrom June 2022 to December 2024\, he served as General Counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services.  He played a key role in advancing and implementing policies across the Department\, including pursuing several initiatives on abortion and reproductive rights\; crafting and defending the first-ever Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program\; drafting and issuing major rules on civil rights\, health privacy\, Medicare and Medicaid\, drug advertising\, the regulation of \"lab-developed\" medical tests and of food safety\, the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in HHS care\, the treatment of LGBT kids in the foster care system\, and many other issues\; advancing marijuana rescheduling\; advising and defending the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco enforcement program\; and working with the Department of Justice on litigation involving HHS\, including significant abortion rights\, free speech\, and tobacco regulation cases in the Supreme Court.\n\nFrom Inauguration Day 2021 to June 2022\, he served as General Counsel to the Office of Management and Budget.  There\, he worked on President Biden's Day One executive orders\; helped respond to COVID\, including implementing several crucial aid programs\; responded to regulations adopted by the prior administration just before the inauguration and helped advance the new administration's regulations on labor\, health\, the environment\, and much else\; helped craft and implement the American Rescue Plan\, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\, and what became the Inflation Reduction Act\; and assisted in developing two annual budgets\, along with advising the entire Executive Branch on issues of appropriations law and administrative law.\n\nIn an earlier stint on leave from the University\, from 2009 to 2011\, Bagenstos was an appointee in the US Department of Justice\, where he served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights\, the number two official in the Civil Rights Division.  There\, he helped promulgate the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations—the first comprehensive update of those regulations since they were first issued in 1991—and led the reinvigoration of the Civil Rights Division’s enforcement of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C.\, which guarantees people with disabilities the right to live and receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate. He led the negotiations of significant Olmstead settlements with the states of Delaware and Georgia\, which guarantee appropriate\, community-based services to thousands of people with disabilities. He also personally argued major cases in federal district courts and courts of appeals.\n\nAs an academic\, Bagenstos has published articles in journals such as the Yale Law Journal\, the Stanford Law Review\, the Columbia Law Review\, the California Law Review\, the Virginia Law Review\, the Cornell Law Review\, the Georgetown Law Journal\, and many others. He also has published two books: Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement (Yale University Press\, 2009) and Disability Rights Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press\, originally published in 2010 but now working on the fourth edition)\, and he has written articles for nonacademic audiences in publications such as Democracy: A Journal of Ideas\, The American Prospect\, The Washington Monthly\, Slate\, and The New Republic.\n\nBagenstos is actively involved in public and community affairs\, both in Ann Arbor and statewide. Pursuant to an appointment by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\, he served as chair of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission\, the state agency that enforces the rights of public employees to unionize and collectively bargain. Pursuant to an appointment by Mayor Christopher Taylor\, he served as a member of the Ann Arbor Housing Commission. He has also been a frequent cooperating attorney with the ACLU of Michigan.
UID:138801-21883939@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138801
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251028T115727
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality\, 1990-2019
DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Laura Tach\, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology in the Brooks School of Public Policy\, Cornell University. Professor Tach will present\, \"The Cumulative Impact of Federal Place-Based Policies on Neighborhood Inequality\, 1990-2019.\"\n\nAbstract: “Concentrated neighborhood disadvantage remains a defining feature of the U.S. landscape\, sustained by legacies of racial exclusion and public disinvestment. In recent decades\, the federal government has increasingly invested in high-poverty neighborhoods via place-based policies—spatially targeted interventions designed to improve economic opportunity\, housing\, and local infrastructure. Although prior research has examined the effects of specific place-based programs\, we know less about the collective and cumulative impact of the place-based policy field as a whole. This study develops a novel framework for assessing policy impact at the field level to evaluate how an array of federal place-based housing and economic development initiatives have jointly reshaped disadvantaged neighborhoods. Using longitudinal data that link federal funding streams to specific neighborhoods from 1990 to 2019\, we find that federal economic development programs significantly improved local economic and housing indicators but also induced racialized patterns of residential displacement. By contrast\, place-based federal housing programs increased property values while preserving rental affordability and demographic stability. We assess the ecological significance of these changes and find that they were substantial enough to alter durable patterns of neighborhood stratification within metropolitan areas. This analysis highlights how examining the collective and cumulative influence of policy fields—rather than discrete interventions—illuminates the state’s evolving role in producing and potentially transforming urban inequality.”
UID:141228-21888427@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141228
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 BD
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251107T110531
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T125000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Learning and Living with Wildfire Smoke: Creating Clean Air Environments through Youth Participatory Action Research
DESCRIPTION:Registration required https://myumi.ch/A1eQZ\n\nPlease join us on Zoom for a Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks at 12' webinar on environment\, health and community\, organized by the Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core of M-LEEaD.\n\nSpeakers include: Savannah D’Evelyn\, PhD (University of Colorado Denver) and Callum Orr (Grand Junction High School\, Grand Junction\, CO).\nModerated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).
UID:141632-21889116@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141632
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251103T154930
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251112T140000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Veterans Week:  Women of the Military
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to bring back this highly popular panel during Veterans Week!\nSince WWI and before\, women have served vital supportive roles in the U.S. military.  Now women are serving along side their male counterparts in some of the most dangerous work in the military.  Often they have to overcome sexist stereotypes\, sexual harassment or worse all while serving their country.  Come and hear their stories of perseverance\, grit and courage when they honorably served in the U.S. military.\nHosted by Marine Corps Captain (Ret) Jennifer Lamb
UID:45833-21832244@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/45833
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Koessler
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250829T162002
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
DESCRIPTION:The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers\nJosh Cowen\, Professor of Education Policy\, Michigan State University College of Education\nFriday\, November 14\, noon ET\nSSW ECC 1840\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person and virtual lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.\n\nThis series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SWK 503\, Course #25751). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions or watch the livestream on YouTube.
UID:138520-21883162@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138520
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - ECC 1840
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251014T091835
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251114T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Real Utopias: The Theory and Practice of Healthcare System Transformation
DESCRIPTION:What does it take to achieve durable change in healthcare systems? Positioned as a model that will transform healthcare delivery\, the Learning Health System has been steadily adopted since 2007 as a method for aligning interest-holders\, integrating data from clinical research and the electronic health record\, and organizing healthcare improvement work. As the Learning Health System nears 20 years of implementation\, the field is moving from initial demonstrations of feasibility to a concerted focus on conceptual foundations\, including social science approaches to culture\, equity\, and policy. This presentation will provide a brief history of the Learning Health System and a critical consideration of the model’s potential for healthcare systems transformation. Working in the traditions of problem-solving sociology and the real utopias project\, I will draw from ethnographic research and practice-based work to extend the conceptual foundations of the Learning Health System model and discuss how these new foundations can facilitate transformative change.
UID:140678-21887488@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140678
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1210
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251010T110229
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T173000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:U-M Annual Data Science & AI Summit 2025
DESCRIPTION:The U-M Data Science and AI Summit is the largest annual data science and AI event on campus. This event brings together the U-M data science and AI research community and their external collaborators to build research vision and collaboration. It also showcases the breadth and depth of U-M data science and AI research\, from theory and methodology development to the transformative use of data and AI to address scientific and societal challenges in all domains. The event is free for all U-M faculty\, staff\, students and alumni.
UID:139512-21885676@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139512
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251106T140311
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251117T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, November 17th at 11am in North Lecture Hall\, MSII. Please distribute.\n--\n \nSeminar Series in Human Genetics\nMonday\, November 17\, 2025\n11:00am - 12:00pm\nNorth Lecture Hall\, MSII\n \nMatthew D. Simon\nAssociate Professor\nMolecular Biophysics & Biochemistry\nInstitute of Biomolecular Design & Discovery\nYale University \n\n“Using RNA chemistry to reveal regulation at the transcription start site by established (H3K27me3) and newly discovered (H4Kacme) chromatin modifications.”\n \nHosted By: Sundeep Kalantry\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics
UID:141594-21889067@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141594
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251010T110229
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T173000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:U-M Annual Data Science & AI Summit 2025
DESCRIPTION:The U-M Data Science and AI Summit is the largest annual data science and AI event on campus. This event brings together the U-M data science and AI research community and their external collaborators to build research vision and collaboration. It also showcases the breadth and depth of U-M data science and AI research\, from theory and methodology development to the transformative use of data and AI to address scientific and societal challenges in all domains. The event is free for all U-M faculty\, staff\, students and alumni.
UID:139512-21885677@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139512
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251031T125233
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T113000
SUMMARY:Other:Planet Blue Forum: Climate Justice and Careers
DESCRIPTION:Join the Planet Blue Forum: Climate Justice and Careers\, an interactive networking event designed for students to explore career pathways at the intersection of climate justice\, education\, law\, and public policy. Through a cross-disciplinary discussion with scholars\, practitioners\, and community leaders\, participants will gain insights into how justice-centered approaches can shape transformative policy\, environmental leadership\, and educational practice. The panel will feature Professors dr. shakara tyler\, Oday Salim\, and Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome\, who bring expertise across education\, law\, and public policy. The forum highlights how diverse careers can advance sustainability and equity\, inspiring students to envision futures where their professional work drives meaningful change.\n\nA networking brunch will follow the panel discussion. *RSVP is required– please register by November 12 to ensure you receive food that meets your dietary restrictions*. The event is free and open to the U-M community.
UID:140829-21887694@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140829
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson D
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251028T125453
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T200000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:U-M History Film Series: The Day After Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Join the History department on Tuesday\, November 18\, at the Michigan Theater (603 E Liberty St.)\, for a FREE screening of \"The Day After Tomorrow\" (2004).\n\nProfessors Perrin Selcer (History) and Naomi Levin (Earth and Environmental Sciences) will introduce the film and lead a brief discussion afterwards.\n\nWhat did the film get right? Where did it go wrong? What were the public fears surrounding climate change in the early aughts? How are the conversations different today?\n\nThis screening is FREE for all\, and guests are welcome!
UID:140503-21887246@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140503
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250904T104722
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T124500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Aspects of the Housing Crisis through the lens of Abundance
DESCRIPTION:A core argument in Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is that the U.S. Housing crisis is driven by policy choices that prioritize wealth preservation over access. Cities used to be engines of upward mobility\, but are now exclusionary because of costs. The panel will look at zoning\, environmental\, and construction regulation\, systemic factors\, and NIMBY-ism\, among other factors. Darienne Driver Hudson\, President and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan\, give insight based on its annual ALICE report.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nRoshana  Mehdipanah is Associate Professor\, Health Behavior & Health Equity in the School of Public Health. Her research focuses on urban health including urban renewal\, gentrification and their impacts on health inequities. She is particularly interested in examining the health impacts of housing policies. She specializes in innovative research methods including realist evaluations and concept mapping to develop conceptual frameworks linking complex interventions to health. Mehdipanah is the co-lead for the Public Health IDEAS for Creating Healthy and Equitable Cities and the Director of the Housing Solutions For Health Equity initiative.\n\nNoah Kazis is an assistant professor of law at Michigan Law. His research focuses on land use\, housing\, and local government law. He studies legal and policy mechanisms to make cities and suburbs more affordable\, equitable\, and integrated\, as well as the internal institutional structures of local governments.\n\nDarienne Driver Hudson is a nonprofit executive and life-long educator serving as President and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan\, located in Detroit and serving Macomb\, Oakland\, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. Before joining United Way in July 2018\, she spent four years as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. She began her career as an elementary school teacher in Detroit Public Schools\, a point of personal pride. Hudson co-chairs the Mayor’s Workforce Development Board\, and she serves on the boards of the Detroit Children’s Fund\, the Detroit Public Schools Foundation\, Connect313\, United Way Worldwide\, and recently completed her term on the Board of Overseers for Harvard University.
UID:138807-21883942@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138807
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251111T125155
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood
DESCRIPTION:What is the role of state contextual factors in shaping the well-documented relationship between childhood SES and health in later life? Join the Panel Study of Income Dynamics as they host\, Emily Dore\, postdoctoral research fellow at the Social Policies for Health Equity Research (SPHERE) Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Please RSVP by November 14 to receive lunch. \n\nAbstract: \"Research has repeatedly shown that individual-level measures of childhood socioeconomic status (SES)\, such as parental income and education\, are associated with health in later life. Less explored is the role of state contextual factors in shaping this relationship between childhood SES and adult health. Illuminating structural and political determinants of health along the life span can improve interventions by broadening their reach to the population level\, complimenting interventions that concentrate on individual behavioral changes. In this presentation\, Dr. Dore will present findings from two projects that explore these questions using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The first investigates how the relationship between childhood SES and health in adulthood varies across states\, and which state contexts may be driving observed differences. The second examines a specific policy intervention\, welfare reform in the mid-1990s\, to understand how exposure to different types of welfare programming in childhood shapes health years later.\"
UID:141761-21889334@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141761
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1450
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251020T111647
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Finding a Fair Approach to Clean Energy Siting
DESCRIPTION:Across the U.S.\, state policies for siting clean energy vary in terms of which level of government holds decision-making authority for projects. Amid the patchwork of policies\, one thing is increasingly clear: prevailing approaches to siting and permitting fall short. A fair share approach offers what existing policies lack: a path of shared responsibility\, balancing local and statewide interests and ensuring all communities contribute to meeting state goals.\n\nIn this webinar\, U-M's Center for EmPowering Communities and Clean Air Task Force will introduce a “fair-share” policy model\, put forward in our recent paper\, A Fair Share for Clean Energy. We’ll begin with an overview of current siting policies from Clean Tomorrow\, then explore how the core principles of a fair share approach could address existing challenges and where elements of this approach are already emerging in state policy. While there is unlikely to be one “off-the-shelf” model\, we will discuss strategies for adapting this framework to fit existing regulatory contexts.
UID:140895-21887778@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140895
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251118T121220
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251120T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize and Blue Civics: The State of Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Maize and Blue Civics are interactive discussion forums of panelists who are professionals/advocates in a particular policy-related area. There will be a dedicated Q&A session. Catered dinner provided! This event's topic will be the state of higher education. Read about our featured panelists below!\n\nKatherine Michelmore\, PhD: Associate Professor of Public Policy and core faculty of the Education Policy Initiative at the Ford School. Her research examines the intersection of education policy and economic demography.\n\nBecky Monroe\, J.D.: A Senior Director on the Education Team at the National Center for Youth Law. She has over 20 years of experience as a civil rights lawyer\, including 8 years as an Obama appointee working on civil rights with the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House Domestic Policy Council. \n\nJeremy Wright-Kim\, PhD: Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. His research focuses on the impact of public policy in addressing/perpetuating inequities in higher education.\n\nEric Veal Jr.: Senior studying Education and Political Science. Eric serves as the U-M Student Body President.\n\nAlyssa Tisch: Junior studying Political Science and Communications\, and a News Editor for the Michigan Daily\n\nQuinn Sacalis: Sophomore studying History with a minor in Advancing Equity through Education Policy. Quinn is a member of Central Student Government.
UID:141979-21889727@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141979
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251103T115640
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T153000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:14th Annual Thomas D. Gelehrter\, MD\, Lectureship in Medical Genetics
DESCRIPTION:14th Annual Thomas D. Gelehrter\, MD\, Lectureship in Medical Genetics\nFriday\, November 21\, 2025\n2:00pm - 3:30pm\nForum Hall\, Palmer Commons\n \nDavid Reich\, PhD\nProfessor of Genetics & Human Evolutionary Biology\, Harvard Medical School\nKeynote Address: “Pervasive findings of directional selection realize the promise of ancient DNA to elucidate human adaptation”. \n\nHosted By: Jacob L Mueller\, PhD\, and Ann Marie Lawson\nDepartment of Human Genetics
UID:141293-21888547@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141293
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251125T085657
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251201T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that Stephan Frangakis\, MD\, PhD\, will be joining our Department of Human Genetics in December as a secondary faculty member! We invite you to attend his seminar on Monday\, December 1st\, at 11:00 AM in the North Lecture Hall\, MSII.\n\n“The Michigan Genomics Initiative as a Platform for Complex Trait Genetics: Examples from Postsurgical Pain\, Fibromyalgia\, and Opioid Use Disorder.”
UID:142188-21890189@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142188
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251120T160517
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Midwest Blockchain Conference
DESCRIPTION:Midwest Blockchain Conference (MBC) 2025\nDecember 5–6\, 2025 · Ross School of Business\n\nJoin hundreds of students\, builders\, researchers\, and industry leaders at the second annual Midwest Blockchain Conference — the largest student-run crypto and blockchain event in the country. Hosted at Michigan Ross\, MBC 2025 features two days of keynotes\, panels\, workshops\, a career fair\, and interactive programming across the entire Web3 ecosystem.\n\nThis year’s conference includes:\n - A multi-track hackathon sponsored by Solana and Base\n - Research competition sponsored by Franklin Templeton\n - Student socials on Friday & Saturday night\n - A full career fair in the Winter Garden\n - Workshops and main-stage keynotes by industry leaders\n - Lunch provided on both days\n \nWhether you're a beginner curious about blockchain or a seasoned builder\, MBC is designed to help you learn\, build\, connect\, and explore the future of on-chain technology.\n\nTickets are paid\, but if cost is at all a barrier\, please reach out to us\, and we would be happy to provide subsidized tickets!\nuniblockchainconferences@gmail.com\nhttps://www.midwestblockchain.org/
UID:142064-21889960@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142064
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Winter Garden and Robertson Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251124T114738
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T130000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Publish with the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs: Info Session
DESCRIPTION:**For graduate and professional students plus post-graduate researchers/fellows only. This will be an in-person and virtual event.**\n\nThe Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is hosting an information session event for graduate and professional students interested in submitting to Volume 22 of its annual spring journal. MJPA accepts original and rigorously researched academic papers and articles on contemporary domestic and international public policy-related issues\; submissions are sought from a range of disciplines including\, but not limited to\, economics\, social and political sciences\, law\, international development\, business\, the applied sciences\, and more. The 2026 journal theme is Public Power and the Public Good\, which explores how governance\, institutions\, and communities can advance shared prosperity\, trust\, and democratic values\, particularly amid polarized political environments and eroding public institutions.\n\nThis info session is designed to learn more about the MJPA and our submission process ahead of the Saturday\, January 10th\, 2026 deadline. Broadly\, submissions should be no longer than 6\,000 words and feature thorough analysis and timely policy recommendations. We invite graduate and professional students\, academics\, and professionals working in policy-related fields to send their submissions to fsppmjpa@umich.edu. Full contribution guidelines can be found at mjpa.umich.edu/contribute/\n\nThe information session take place on Friday\, December 5 at noon in the Earl Lewis Room at Rackham. Please RSVP via Maize Pages. Enjoy light refreshments and networking after the presentation!
UID:142142-21890068@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142142
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - The Earl Lewis Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251120T160517
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251206T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Midwest Blockchain Conference
DESCRIPTION:Midwest Blockchain Conference (MBC) 2025\nDecember 5–6\, 2025 · Ross School of Business\n\nJoin hundreds of students\, builders\, researchers\, and industry leaders at the second annual Midwest Blockchain Conference — the largest student-run crypto and blockchain event in the country. Hosted at Michigan Ross\, MBC 2025 features two days of keynotes\, panels\, workshops\, a career fair\, and interactive programming across the entire Web3 ecosystem.\n\nThis year’s conference includes:\n - A multi-track hackathon sponsored by Solana and Base\n - Research competition sponsored by Franklin Templeton\n - Student socials on Friday & Saturday night\n - A full career fair in the Winter Garden\n - Workshops and main-stage keynotes by industry leaders\n - Lunch provided on both days\n \nWhether you're a beginner curious about blockchain or a seasoned builder\, MBC is designed to help you learn\, build\, connect\, and explore the future of on-chain technology.\n\nTickets are paid\, but if cost is at all a barrier\, please reach out to us\, and we would be happy to provide subsidized tickets!\nuniblockchainconferences@gmail.com\nhttps://www.midwestblockchain.org/
UID:142064-21889961@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142064
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Winter Garden and Robertson Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251208T112100
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251209T125000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Artificial Turf and Children's Environmental Health\, presented by Homero Harari\, ScD (Icahn School of Medicine\, Mount Sinai)
DESCRIPTION:Registration required https://myumi.ch/mRqd3\n\nPlease join us for the final webinar in the Fall 2025 series\, Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks at 12'\, which focus on environment\, health and community. \nNote: this webinar will not be recorded. Stay tuned for more seminars in 2026!
UID:142452-21890972@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142452
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251118T150935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251211T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Reactor Around the Corner: Understanding Advanced Nuclear Energy Futures
DESCRIPTION:Governments\, industries\, and publics have shown increasing interest in advanced nuclear energy technologies as central to solving the world’s energy and climate crisis. However\, the potential expansion of the global nuclear industry introduces—and in some cases reinforces—problems that technological solutions alone will not be able to fix. Our new research shows that the widespread adoption of advanced nuclear reactors is likely to entrench global disparities\, privilege markets over the public good\, overlook local and Indigenous knowledge\, intensify environmental injustices\, and abandon promises of local development and empowerment. Building on these insights\, we provide policy guidance to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the likely harms of adopting these new nuclear energy technologies.\n\nJoin us for a live conversation with the authors—Nora Lewis\, Txai Sibley\, Nicholas Stubblefield\, Michael Redmond\, Molly Kleinman\, Shobita Parthasarathy\, and Denia Djokić—to discuss research findings\, as well as policy recommendations for the governance of SMRs and the uranium supply chain.
UID:141989-21889785@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141989
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895054@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894977@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894978@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251215T161347
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished Faculty Seminar: Dr. Andrew Papachristos
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention in welcoming Dr. Andrew Papachristos to the University of Michigan for an in-person presentation titled: Community Violence Intervention at the Crossroads: Old Questions\, New Evidence and the Future of Place-Based Safety. The seminar will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Palmer Commons in Forum Hall. Registration is required.
UID:142763-21891346@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142763
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251210T113622
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T230000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260118T235900
SUMMARY:Meeting:APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 18TH: Up to $30\,000 Grant For Student Sustainability Projects
DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition is awarding up to $30\,000 for student driven projects that enhance sustainability or in some instances social sustainability for the University of Michigan's campus community. Attend grant office hours\, email\, or check out our webpage to learn more!\n\nLINK TO APPLY: https://forms.gle/k7ChrFbqbjkAnNjt8
UID:117733-21891124@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117733
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251211T131515
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T113000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:40th Annual MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture
DESCRIPTION:This year's MLK Memorial Keynote Lecture will feature two distinguished speakers: Donzaleigh Abernathy\, acclaimed actress\, author\, civil rights activist\, and goddaughter of Dr. King\; and Derrick Johnson\, 19th president and CEO of the NAACP\, a leading force in advancing civil rights nationally.\n\nDonzaleigh Abernathy brings firsthand experience as an eyewitness and participant in major civil rights moments\, including the Freedom Rides\, the March on Washington\, and the Selma to Montgomery March. Derrick Johnson’s transformational leadership of the NAACP represents a steadfast dedication to change\, advocacy\, and justice for all.\n\nThe keynote event is coordinated by the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives and co-sponsored by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Michigan Engineering.\n\nThe 2026 symposium theme\, \"Unbowed and Unbroken – The Enduring Struggle for Justice\,” draws from Dr. King’s legacy of perseverance and hope\, highlighting the courage to face injustice and the commitment to lasting change. \n\nFor more information\, visit mlk.umich.edu
UID:142578-21891188@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142578
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895055@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894983@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251222T160148
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T125000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:From Exposure Assessment to Community Intervention: Advancing Metabolic Health in Informal E-Waste Settings
DESCRIPTION:Registration required https://myumi.ch/9p7bd\n\nDr. Sylvia Akpene Takyi is a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Health and Equity\, University of Michigan. She has over a decade of experience in environmental epidemiology\, community-engaged research\, and public health interventions\, with a focus on vulnerable populations\, including women and children exposed to environmental hazards. Dr. Takyi leads research on the health impacts of informal e-waste recycling\, environmental exposures\, and metabolic health outcomes\, and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications.
UID:143072-21892017@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143072
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260108T161149
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:London School of Economics Summer School Info Session
DESCRIPTION:LSE Summer School is the largest of its kind in Europe. It offers an exciting range of courses across the wide spectrum of LSE’s world-class teaching\, taught by leading scholars in their fields. You can choose to study for three\, six\, or nine weeks in one of the most well-renowned institutions in the world\, in one of the greatest cities in the world. Subject areas include Accounting\, Business and Management\, Economics\, Finance\, International Relations\, Government and Society\, Law\, and Research Methods - Data Science and Mathematics.Learn more about this incredible opportunity for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2026 program.
UID:143386-21892975@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143386
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Weiser Hall, Room 255
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260123T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894986@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895056@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894989@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260106T145752
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T125000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
DESCRIPTION:Faculty sexual misconduct targeted at students is a widespread problem. The consequences of such incidents include direct harm to victims and may also entail a loss to science if students who encounter misconduct become discouraged from continuing their studies in their chosen field. This study links publicly available information on degree completion by institution\, academic field\, and gender to a database of faculty sexual misconduct incidents verified in the media or court cases. Then\, a stacked event study approach is taken to document the extent to which faculty sexual misconduct decreases in-field degree completion.
UID:143326-21892905@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143326
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260122T155258
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Virtual Teach-In: Venezuela and US Imperialism
DESCRIPTION:For this virtual teach-in\, experts on Venezuela will convene to discuss some basic yet urgent questions: What should everyone know to understand recent developments in Venezuela? What has mainstream media gotten right\, what has it gotten wrong\, and what has it left out in its coverage? How should we situate current events historically\, within Venezuela but also within the context of US imperialism in Latin America and beyond? What are some possible futures for Venezuela and who stands to benefit or lose if one future wins out over the rest?\n\n\n- - -\nNext Teach-In Event:\nU.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens (in person) - February 25\, 2026\, 12-1:30 PM\, 1010 Weiser Hall
UID:144321-21895162@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144321
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894991@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260116T163249
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy for Populations at Risk: Supporting Journalists Facing Attacks in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating International Data Privacy Day!\n\nElodie Vialle\, an international journalist and human rights activist\, will discuss how journalists—particularly women journalists and journalists from marginalized communities—are increasingly targeted in online spaces\, from coordinated harassment to surveillance and AI-amplified attacks. Drawing on real-world cases\, the session will explore practical responses to mitigate harm while safeguarding journalistic work and freedom of expression.\n\nLynette Clemetson\, Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House\, will facilitate Q&A time after the keynote presentation.\n\nJoin us on Zoom on the day of the event: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97875254127\n\nAdd this event to your Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/MmtxZHR1aW5raGw4bGZkOWg0N3E5NGNoamYgdW1pY2guZWR1X2ZkczI0Z2V2cGE0MnY5NTc2bG5wZTJjbWxrQGc
UID:143915-21894254@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143915
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894992@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894993@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260202T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895057@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260202T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894996@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260203T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894997@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894998@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260202T173810
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T184500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Wynton Marsalis in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Wynton Marsalis in a public conversation reflecting on America at 250\, the role of music in our culture and society\, and the ways that artists help shape our future. Register at ums.org/wynton250  for email reminders.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Ford School of Public Policy.\n\nIn October 2022\, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts\, a School Day Performance\, multiple residency activities on and off campus\, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line\, UMS is thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year featuring multiple performances and this talk.\n\nThis event will be livestreamed.
UID:142457-21890990@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142457
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T122507
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T184500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Wynton Marsalis in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and Wynton Marsalis in a public conversation reflecting on America at 250\, the role of music in our culture and society\, and the ways that artists help shape our future. \n\nPresented in partnership with the University Musical Society.\n\nIn October 2022\, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts\, a School Day Performance\, multiple residency activities on and off campus\, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line\, UMS is thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year featuring multiple performances and this talk.\n\nRegister at ums.org/wynton250 for email reminders.
UID:144186-21894826@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144186
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Horace H. Rackham School Of Graduate Studies Auditorium
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260202T140521
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260204T210000
SUMMARY:Community Service:Letter Writing Event - Michigan 'Momnibus'
DESCRIPTION:Join Black Maternal Equity Collective this Wednesday to make your voice heard and support the Michigan 'Momnibus' Bill. 💙\n	➤ This bill aims to lessen care disparities for Black moms and improve access to midwives and doulas for all.\n	➤ We will be letter writing to help get the “Momnibus” passed in Michigan. \n*NOTE: Please bring an electronic device to submit letters on!\n\n📍Wednesday February 4 | 7:15PM | Trotter Large Meeting Room\n\nBlack Maternal Equity Collective serves a community of members of diverse backgrounds passionate about protecting the lives of Black birth givers and children and who believe that becoming a mother should not be a life-or-death sentence. We welcome all to this event\, no matter how much previous knowledge or exposure you have!
UID:144933-21896165@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144933
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Trotter Large Meeting Room
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21894999@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260107T142054
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:18th Annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of her February 8 performance\, GRAMMY Award–winning violinist and director of the Edinburgh International Festival Nicola Benedetti will deliver this year’s keynote lecture at the 18th annual Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy.\n\nThis lecture is sponsored by the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center (CHEAR)—within the Department of Pediatrics. Each year\, CHEAR hosts the Susan B. Meister Lecture in Child Health Policy that highlights speakers from a variety of disciplines to explore important child health topics.\n\nPanelists\nStefan Dohr\, principal horn\, Berliner Philharmoniker \nKatrina Stroud\, master's student in violin performance\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\nRenata Rangel\, STMD alumna (percussion)\, and faculty member at Merit School of Music in Chicago
UID:142478-21890999@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142478
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260123T184225
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Free Speech and the Modern University: Research\, Teaching\, and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Free Speech and the Modern University brings together research\, faculty perspective\, and student dialogue to examine the state of free expression on college campuses. Hosted by the LSA Student Government in partnership with BridgeUmich\, this event will feature Sean Stevens\, Chief Research Advisor at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)\, alongside Professor Kenneth Lowande of the University of Michigan.\n\nThe conversation will explore FIRE’s research on free speech at the University of Michigan and across higher education\, rising polarization on campuses\, the boundaries of free expression inside and outside the classroom\, and how students\, faculty\, and institutions can navigate disagreement in a constructive way. The event will include opening remarks from each speaker\, a moderated discussion\, and an audience Q&A.\n\nAll students are welcome. The goal is not debate for debate’s sake\, but thoughtful dialogue across perspectives on an issue that affects campus life and academic inquiry. Please register to RSVP your seat using the link below!\n\nLocation: Rackham Amphitheatre\nTime: February 5th\, 6:00–8:00 PM\nRSVP: https://myumi.ch/w95dG
UID:144316-21895151@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144316
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260122T172712
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260205T200000
SUMMARY:Community Service:College of Pharmacy Sponsored Medication Safety Education Night
DESCRIPTION:Safe Meds. Safer Communities.\n\nEvent Information: Michigan vs. Penn State\nWhen: 2/5/2026 – Up to 60 minutes before the game starts through halftime\nWhere: Crisler Concourse\nEntry: Tickets to the men’s basketball game are required\n\nGo Blue!\n\n150 Acts of Service\nIn celebration of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s 150th Anniversary\, 150 Acts of Service is a Community Health and Engagement (CHE) campaign dedicated to strengthening our communities through meaningful\, hands-on service.
UID:144047-21894586@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144047
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Crisler Arena
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895000@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260209T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260209T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895058@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260209T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260209T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895003@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260210T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895004@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895005@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251218T084318
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Overcoming The Economic and Legal Barriers to Local Acceptance of Renewable Energy Projects
DESCRIPTION:David Adelman\, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law\, will present his paper entitled\, \"Overcoming the Economic and Legal Barriers to Local Acceptance of Renewable Energy Projects.\"
UID:142884-21891764@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142884
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260108T161340
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T170000
SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:2026 CEW+ Inspire Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here: cew.umich.edu/events/the-2026-cew-inspire-awards-ceremony\n\nPlease join us for the 2026 CEW+ Inspire Awards\, honoring the legacies of three important women in university history: Carol Hollenshead\, Sarah Goddard Power\, and Rhetaugh G. Dumas. These awards\, previously separated\, are now combined and called the CEW+ Inspire Awards. Recipients of the awards will embody the spirit and courage\, tenacity\, and innovation of these esteemed leaders.\n\n2026 Award Recipients:\n\n- Michelle Bellino\, Associate Professor\, U-M Marsal Family School of Education\, Carol Hollenshead Award\n- Vanessa K. Dalton\, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology\, Director of the Program on Women’s Health Care Effectiveness Research\, and co-Director of the Gynecology Division\, U-M Medical School\, Sarah Goddard Power Award\n- Shanna K. Kattari\, PhD\, MEd\, CSE\, Associate Professor\, U-M School of Social Work\, Women’s and Gender Studies\, and director of the [Sexuality|Relationships|Gender] Research Collective\, Sarah Goddard Power Award\n- Ellen Rowe\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation and the Earl V. Moore Professor of Music\, U-M School of Music\, Theatre and Dance\, Rhetaugh G. Dumas Award
UID:143516-21893321@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143516
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260112T133446
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260212T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods”
DESCRIPTION:Although data reveals significant disparities in quality-of-life indicators between Black and white Americans\, research also shows that a person’s neighborhood can profoundly influence their life outcomes.\n\nMichael C. Lens\, a professor of urban planning and public policy at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs\, will discuss Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods\, a comprehensive look at the evolution of Black neighborhoods over the past five decades that helps us better understand why some predominantly Black neighborhoods have flourished while others have not.\n\nPresented by the U-M Taubman College Urban and Regional Planning Program and co-sponsored by U-M Ford School of Public Policy and U-M Poverty Solutions.
UID:143752-21893741@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143752
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - room 2104
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895007@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895059@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260216T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895010@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895011@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260203T134930
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T125000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Right to Food\, Right to Grow in Washtenaw County
DESCRIPTION:Zoom registration required https://myumi.ch/Qw4E8\n\nThe Residents & Researchers 'Tuesday Talks' are webinars\, which focus on environment\, health and community. \nThis discussion features Julius Buzzard (Growing Hope) and Dr. Francesca Williamson (University of Michigan Medical School) with Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn) moderating.
UID:144986-21896241@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144986
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895012@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260219T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895013@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895014@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260122T155433
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T150000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Statistics and machine learning for studying air pollution using low-cost sensors (Environmental Statistics Day Symposium)
DESCRIPTION:Symposium Schedule\nAll events taking place in the School of Public Health (1415 Washington Heights)\n\n11:00 am -12:00 pm\nKeynote Lecture\n1655 SPH 1\n\n12:00-1:30 pm\nPosters and Lunch\n1680 SPH 1 (Cornely Community Room)\n\n1:30-2:30 pm\nLightning Talks and Q&A\n1680 SPH 1 (Cornely Community Room)\n\n2:45 pm\nAwards \nBest Oral Presentation and Best Poster
UID:144320-21895161@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144320
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1655
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895060@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895017@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T123511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Working across the aisle in the Michigan Senate - with Senators Chang and Damoose
DESCRIPTION:Michigan State Senators Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) and John Damoose (R-Harbor Spring) join the Ford School for a \"Conversation Across Differences\"\, which will bring together political leaders from across the aisle to an open forum that explores common ground. In these polarized days\, these conversations are more important than ever. \n\nThe senators have been examples of the ways in which the two sides of the Senate can cooperate and get things done – concerning water safety\, RXKids\, and other issues. The community will benefit from hearing about the ways in which they have been able to collaborate.\n\nOf course\, there are many issues on which they don't agree\, and a civil airing of views is equally important in the current hyperbolic communications environment.\n\nSpeaker bios:\n\nSenator Stephanie Chang is the first Asian American woman elected to the Michigan legislature. She worked as a community organizer in Detroit for nearly a decade before serving two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives and then as the Democratic Floor Leader for her first term in the Senate. She is currently serving her second term in the Michigan Senate and is the Senate Democratic Policy and Steering Chair.\n\nSen. Chang has led on air quality and environmental justice\, criminal justice reforms\, affordable\, safe drinking water\, and immigrants' rights issues. She has passed bipartisan legislation on a range of issues including sexual assault education and prevention\, an address confidentiality program for survivors of domestic violence\, the COVID-19 water shutoff moratorium\, female genital mutilation\, nitrous oxide \"whip-its\"\, reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals who were exonerated\, improving Michigan's maritime economy\, support of community crisis response to mental health emergencies\, and establishing Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. She is proud to have helped secure a historic community benefits agreement for Southwest Detroit residents near the Gordie Howe International Bridge and is active in her district advocating for the community's needs. She cofounded the Asian Pacific American Legislative Caucus in Michigan and served as the chair of the Progressive Women's Caucus in 2017-18.\n\nShe served as state director for NextGen Climate Michigan\, alumni engagement and evaluation coordinator for the Center for Progressive Leadership in Michigan\, deputy director for the Campaign for Justice and as an organizer for Michigan United/One United Michigan. She also worked as a community engagement coordinator for the James and Grace Lee Boggs School and assistant to Grace Lee Boggs\, an activist\, writer\, and speaker. The senator is a co-founder of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan and Rising Voices\; she also serves on the board of the Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center.\n\nChang earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degrees in public policy and social work from the University of Michigan. She lives in Detroit with her husband\, Sean Gray\, and two young daughters.\n\nSenator John Damoose graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in political science in 1994\,  and immediately secured a job at the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach\, Virginia. While there\, he learned his craft working on the 700 Club television program\, and ultimately wrote and produced a two-hour documentary on the story of America called \"Victory in Spite of All Terror.\" \n\nIn 1997\, John co-authored a book with Dr. Bill Bright\, the founder and president of Campus Crusade for Christ. The book explored the founding principles of the United States and was ultimately hand-delivered to every member of the U.S. Congress.\n\nAfter working with his family to launch several non-profit organizations and rekindle the Religious Heritage of America Foundation\, John and his father started 45 North Productions in the year 2000. Over the course of the next twenty years\, this pursuit would lead John to co-author and produce nine national television specials on themes like Arlington National Cemetery\, the Medal of Honor\, military families\, NASA\, and many others. John and his father were contracted by the Department of Defense to produce the official documentary celebrating the opening of the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. Both John and his father had been in the Pentagon when the plane struck seven years earlier. He also wrote\, directed and produced \"The New American Road.\" The three-part series was commissioned by Ford Motor Company and tells the powerful story of what many believe is the quintessential American industry.\n\nFor nearly 25 years\, John has been a close associate of the organization that runs the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington\, D.C. In recent years\, he has served as the executive director of Building America's Tomorrow — an organization that launched a series of initiatives dedicated to rebuilding America's manufacturing workforce and encouraging career and technical education programs.
UID:144191-21894827@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144191
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260209T124853
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize and Blue Civics: The U.S. Immigration System
DESCRIPTION:Maize and Blue Civics are interactive discussion forums of panelists who are professionals/advocates in a particular policy-related area. There will be a dedicated Q&A session. Free dinner provided! This event's topic will be the U.S. Immigration System. Read about our featured panelists below!\n\nJessica Lefort\, J.D.: Director of the Immigrant Justice Lab at the University of Michigan\, and a clinical Assistant Professor at the Michigan Law School. \n\nBecky Monroe\, J.D.: Senior Director on the Education and Civil Rights Team at the National Center for Youth Law. \n\nAmr Brown: Junior studying Public Policy\, and Chairman of the Conflict-Affected and Refugee Education Scholarship taskforce in the Central Student Government.
UID:145266-21896961@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145266
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1110
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895018@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260303T144954
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T143000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy@Michigan: Interrogating the Quiet Escalation of Tech Billionaire Influence on Detroit’s Future
DESCRIPTION:Join Chris Gilliard\, privacy researcher\, and Tawana Petty\, artist and organizer\, as they discuss the impact of big tech on the future of Detroit.\n\nAn eleven-foot Robocop statue stands prominently in Eastern Market. A defense contractor headquarters is moving to the riverfront. A drone conference is scheduled to take place on land\, in the air\, and on the water. A large billboard and an annual conference signal Palantir’s investment into Detroit as “America’s Future\,” a billion-dollar renovated “train” station and technology campus is building a drone highway\, and the World Economic Forum has its eyes on the city as a potential location for its global Davos summit.\n\nWhat does this trajectory mean for the future of a predominantly Black city that has led the country in misidentification cases by law enforcement using facial recognition\, has had a median household income hovering under $40\,000\, and has more than 50% of its youth living in poverty?\n\nDr. Chris Gilliard and Tawana Petty will interrogate these questions and more.
UID:145440-21897360@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145440
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room (3rd Floor)
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895019@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260219T210229
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:II Teach-In. The World at a Tipping Point: U.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens
DESCRIPTION:II Teach-In. The World at a Tipping Point: U.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens\nFebruary 25\, 2026 (Wednesday)\n12-1:30 PM\, 1010 Weiser Hall\n\nPlease register to attend in person or via Zoom to help us plan accordingly.: https://myumi.ch/Nrgwy\n\n- - - - -\n\nWhat is the global impact of the recent U.S. foreign-policy posture of aggression?\n\nA multidisciplinary roundtable of U-M experts on Africa\, East Asia\, Eurasia\, and Latin America offers regional and inter-regional perspectives on what is being dismantled and reordered in international relations\, and what our shared world might look like in the future\, near and far. \n\nPanelists:\nOmolade Adunbi\, Director\, African Studies Center\nElizabeth King\, Director\, Center for Russian\, East European and Eurasian Studies\nGavin Arnall\, Director\, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\nAnn Lin\, Director\, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\n\nModerator: Youngju Ryu\, Director\, International Institute\n\n*Part of a series of teach-ins that brings together U-M faculty and scholars\, and international experts to discuss and examine where we have been\, where we are\, and think together about our collective future.*\n\n- - - - -\nNext Event:\nWCEE Emerging Issues Lecture. Why Greenland Matters Now\nTuesday\, March 10\, 2026\n4:00-5:30 PM\nForum Hall Palmer Commons
UID:144861-21896054@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144861
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260206T161202
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Operatic Reimagining of The Handmaid’s Tale: Gender\, Power\, and Reproductive Justice
DESCRIPTION:In 1985\, Margaret Atwood\, The Handmaid’s Tale\, envisioned a theocratic regime that systematically stripped women and gender-diverse people of their reproductive freedom. Although Atwood’s narrative is fiction\, the realities of forced reproduction and restricted bodily autonomy have long impacted women of color\, low-income women\, disabled women\, and people of diverse gender identities\, making this story compelling and profoundly relevant today.  The novel’s evolution into a television show and now\, an opera reflects its sustained cultural and political resonance. This event\, co-hosted by the Detroit Opera and the University of Michigan’s Center for History\, Humanities\, Arts\, Social Sciences\, and Ethics in Medicine\, will feature a free\, moderated discussion about the operatic adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale. Together\, we will explore how artistic representations can stimulate important conversations about reproductive justice\, structural power\, and the ongoing struggles faced by women and people of marginalized genders. Through centering the role of art in social critique and activism\, this event aims to deepen understanding of gender and sexuality in the context of contemporary debates surrounding reproductive rights.
UID:145187-21896776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145187
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895020@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260227T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
UID:144249-21895021@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260212T194436
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260306T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:10th Annual RNA Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for RNA Biomedicine at the University of Michigan proudly invites you to the 2026 RNA Symposium\, convening thought leaders and pioneering researchers in the field of RNA science and biomedicine.\n\nFriday\, March 6\, 2026\nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026\n\nRNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to Medicine\n\nThis year’s symposium explores the dynamic world of RNA\, highlighting how fundamental mechanisms and molecular machines are shaping both our understanding of cellular processes and the development of next-generation medical innovations. Through cutting-edge scientific talks and a patient advocacy panel discussion\, we will explore a wide range of topics spanning epigenetics\, genome editing\, RNA structure\, and translational research\, and discover together how RNA is propelling biological discovery from molecular intricacy to real-world impact in medicine and beyond.\n\nScheduled Speakers:\n\nShelley Berger\, Ph.D.\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\n\nKarla Neugebauer\, Ph.D.\nYale School of Medicine\n\nMadeleine Oudin\, Ph.D.\nTufts University\n\nErik Sontheimer\, Ph.D.\nUMass Chan Medical School\n\nNils Walter\, Ph.D.\nUniversity of Michigan\n\nSarah Woodson\, Ph.D.\nJohns Hopkins University\n\nOnline registration ends Friday\, February 20! SPACE IS LIMITED - Register Today! \n\n➡️ Open call for U-M student volunteers who will receive complimentary registration. Email Center Manager Paul Avedisian at paulave@umich.edu for more details!
UID:136482-21878770@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136482
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260212T194436
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260307T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260307T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:10th Annual RNA Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Center for RNA Biomedicine at the University of Michigan proudly invites you to the 2026 RNA Symposium\, convening thought leaders and pioneering researchers in the field of RNA science and biomedicine.\n\nFriday\, March 6\, 2026\nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026\n\nRNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to Medicine\n\nThis year’s symposium explores the dynamic world of RNA\, highlighting how fundamental mechanisms and molecular machines are shaping both our understanding of cellular processes and the development of next-generation medical innovations. Through cutting-edge scientific talks and a patient advocacy panel discussion\, we will explore a wide range of topics spanning epigenetics\, genome editing\, RNA structure\, and translational research\, and discover together how RNA is propelling biological discovery from molecular intricacy to real-world impact in medicine and beyond.\n\nScheduled Speakers:\n\nShelley Berger\, Ph.D.\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\n\nKarla Neugebauer\, Ph.D.\nYale School of Medicine\n\nMadeleine Oudin\, Ph.D.\nTufts University\n\nErik Sontheimer\, Ph.D.\nUMass Chan Medical School\n\nNils Walter\, Ph.D.\nUniversity of Michigan\n\nSarah Woodson\, Ph.D.\nJohns Hopkins University\n\nOnline registration ends Friday\, February 20! SPACE IS LIMITED - Register Today! \n\n➡️ Open call for U-M student volunteers who will receive complimentary registration. Email Center Manager Paul Avedisian at paulave@umich.edu for more details!
UID:136482-21878771@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136482
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120659
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260309T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260309T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 9\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nDanesh Moazed\, PhD\nProfessor and HHMI Investigator in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Sue Hammoud\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n\n__\n\nDanesh Moazed\, Ph.D.\, is a Professor and HHMI Investigator in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.  He is a member of the Harvard Biophysics Program and the Harvard Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM). He received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California in Santa Cruz and performed postdoctoral studies at the University of California in San Francisco.\n\nThe Moazed lab studies how genes are silenced and how silencing is epigenetically inherited across generations.  The lab’s interests revolve around diverse pathways of heterochromatin-mediated gene silencing in yeast and mammalian cells.  Work in budding yeast focuses on the structure and function of a diverged and relatively simple form of heterochromatin\, which requires only three Silent information regulator (“Sir”) proteins that form a histone deacetylase and chromatin-binding complex.  Work in fission yeast focuses on a conserved example of heterochromatin that requires the nuclear RNA interference (RNAi) machinery\, other RNA processing pathways\, Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) homologs\, and histone-modifying enzymes.  In mammalian cells\, the work is focused on HP1-mediated and other heterochromatin formation pathways.  The lab uses approaches ranging from genetics and genomics\, biochemical purification and reconstitution\, and structural biology for their studies.  Ultimately\, the lab seeks to understand the conserved fundamental principles that govern the assembly\, function\, and epigenetic propagation of heterochromatin.
UID:143367-21892955@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143367
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium, BSRB
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260305T085329
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260309T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Michigan in Washington Application Deadline-Fall 2026 & Early Admission Winter 2027
DESCRIPTION:Next Deadline: March 9\, 2026\n\nApply on M-Compass\n\nInfo Sessions (6:30 PM ET)\nFebruary 3\, 2027 \n \nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94400680801\n\nWhat is Michigan in Washington?\nThe Michigan in Washington (MIW) program allows students to spend a full semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington\, D.C. while earning a full semester of Michigan credit at the same tuition rate as Ann Arbor (no transfer credits). If you are worried about your GPA\, please reach out to Amber to discuss (akblomqu). \nStudents work full-time internships four-five days a week that they secure on their own with guidance and support from the MIW program. Additionally\, they take evening elective courses\, leaving weekends free to explore the city. The semester before going to D.C.\, participants take a professional development course focused on internship search strategies\, resumes and cover letters\, and effective networking and interview techniques.\n\nInternship Opportunities\nBecause students choose and secure their own internships\, placements can reflect a wide range of interests. With MIW’s guidance and support\, students have recently interned at:\nCongress & Government: Offices of Rep. Haley Stevens\, Rep. Debbie Dingell\, Sen. Gary Peters\, Sen. Dick Durbin\, Sen. Josh Hawley\nPolicy & Research: Center for Strategic and International Studies\, Wilson Center\, Women’s Congressional Policy Institute\, Northeast-Midwest Institute\, Institute for the Study of War\, Brookings\, \nConsulting & Government Relations: Forbes Tate Partners\, SKDK\, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck\, Baker Donelson P.C.\, Ferox Strategies\, \nNonprofits & Advocacy: Rock the Vote\, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition\, Guatemala Human Rights Commission\, World Wildlife Fund\, United Nations IFAD\, Association of American Universities\nLaw & Public Service: Federal Public Defender Service (Maryland)\, DC Attorney General – Criminal Public Safety\, D.C. Public Defender Service\n\nWho Should Apply?\nThe MIW program is open to juniors and seniors from all majors. If you are eager to learn outside the classroom and immerse yourself in the vibrant city life of Washington\, D.C.\, this program is for you.\n\nFunding Information\nAll admitted students automatically receive a $1\,500 scholarship. Additional funding is available based on financial need.\n\nQuestions? Contact Amber Blomquist at akblomqu@umich.edu.
UID:144620-21895583@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144620
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260217T131504
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Threats to independent government oversight
DESCRIPTION:Paul Martin spent nearly 40 years in public service and can share reflections on the importance of government oversight to American democracy.\n\nHe was Inspector General at USAID until February\, 2025. Since then\, he has written and spoken in print and television interviews and documentaries regarding the closure of USAID and\, more broadly\, the damage to the almost half-century-old system of independent oversight by Inspectors General in light of the firing of 20 Presidentially appointed IGs since late January.\n\nIn addition to his time as Inspector General at USAID\, he served as the presidentially appointed/Senate confirmed IG at NASA for 14 years\, the Deputy IG at the Department of Justice\, and Vice Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee that coordinated oversight of $5 trillion in emergency federal pandemic spending.\n\nMartin holds a degree in journalism from Penn State. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in Greenville\, South Carolina\, and later attended Georgetown Law School after catching what he described as the \"law bug\" while covering courts for the newspaper.
UID:145629-21897608@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145629
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260204T152724
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Nonprofit Forum: Next-Gen Governance: Emerging Leaders and Innovations
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL.\nHow are next-gen leaders and emerging technologies transforming nonprofit governance? What new approaches will help nonprofits thrive?\n\nWe invite all local nonprofit professionals\, board members\, students\, alumni\, and community members to join us for the 2026 Annual Nonprofit Forum.\n\nAre you a student or early-career professional curious about how you might use your skills to contribute to nonprofit organizations?\nAre you a nonprofit staff or board member wanting to explore what engaging with emerging technologies\, leaders\, and governance approaches would look like at your organization?\nAre you interested in hearing directly from nonprofit leaders in our community who are implementing emerging approaches\, such as sociocratic governance\, in their work?\nJoin us for real-life insights from our speakers and the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussion with dozens of like-minded community members.\n\nIf you aren’t already convinced\, this event has:\n\nFree registration\nFree and easy parking\nDinner included\nQuestions? Email boardfellows@umich.edu.
UID:145074-21896620@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Tauber Colloquium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260129T123620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Ted Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Over 25% of the world’s surface fresh water is found in the seven African Great Lakes. These basins are of vital importance to hundreds of millions of people\, providing drinking water\, protein\, jobs\, and transportation\, and further supporting the Gross Domestic Product of each of the ten riparian countries. The lakes are the most species-rich freshwater systems on the planet\, harboring over a thousand fish species\, and hundreds of other aquatic and terrestrial species. The importance of these lakes is undermined\, however\, by myriad anthropogenic stressors\, including climate change\, overuse\, gas and oil exploration\, habitat loss and degradation\, agricultural runoff\, industrial and urban pollution\, invasive species\, and a host of other issues. The lack of attention to the health of these lakes is a modern-day tragedy\, with a dearth of research barely enough to provide information to make good policy and management decisions. The AGL are all multijurisdictional in nature\, suffering from tragedy-of-the-commons-type issues. Recognizing that no one organization or institution can address the challenges that our global freshwater resources face\, recent efforts by African\, North American\, and European experts are proactively seeking to build partnerships that leverage the combined skills\, assets\, technologies and resources of public\, private and nonprofit entities to deliver sustainable instruction and research. The major goal is to positively influence policy and management of freshwater resources in East Africa through sound science. The process is a long-term collaborative process by which the scientific\, academic\, policy and management\, and other interested community interact through a structured process to prioritize research and thus\, harness the resources and knowledge to conduct research that results in useful\, harmonized data\, and ideas to influence positive change. The full process\, described in this talk\, is to ensure that the ecological structure of the African Great Lakes\, and those who depend on them are preserved and enhanced.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Ted Lawrence is the Executive Director of the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE)—leading work to ensure scientists from North America and African collaborate and share knowledge to protect freshwater Great Lakes around the world.\n\nHe has been living\, working\, and researching in Africa for over 20 years. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan\, researching governance and management of large\, multi-jurisdictional freshwater resources\, specifically on Lake Victoria\, East Africa and conducted comparative analysis of management approaches between African and North American lake systems.\n\nBased on his background and research\, Ted and his colleagues formed ACARE\, a highly collaborative organization whose goals are to positively affect policy and management on Africa’s Great Lakes by executing a long-term network of freshwater experts to strengthen science in Africa. He also spent 15 years as the Communications and Policy Specialist at the bi-national Canadian-U.S. Great Lakes Fishery Commission where many of the building blocks for successful collaboration are used to inform the processes on the African Great Lakes.
UID:144775-21895836@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144775
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251218T084741
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Making Durable Environmental Progress
DESCRIPTION:Nancy Stoner\, senior attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center\; former president of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network\; as former Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at the EPA\n\nBased on her decades of experience working to protect the environment\, especially clean water\, Stoner will discuss how to make environmental progress that lasts and that is less vulnerable to governmental transition flip flops and political divisiveness.
UID:142886-21891765@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142886
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260210T154541
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T163000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about firearm injury prevention research happening at the University of Michigan? Join us on March 17\, 2026 to meet with faculty\, students and staff engaged in this field of work. Our leading experts will be available throughout the day to answer questions and chat with those interested in preventing firearm-related harms. Registration is required.
UID:145337-21897135@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145337
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260224T133245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Can We Speak Our Minds\, Change Our Minds AND be Civil?: Building Bridges Across the Political Divide with the Civility Project
DESCRIPTION:Americans are at their best when they can talk with another\, disagree\, even argue\, but agree to keep the dialogue going. Unfortunately\, too many people today feel like they can't do that\, and they have to avoid even speaking to people with whom they disagree. The Civility Project aims changing that. Co-founders of the Project\, journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson\, explain how to create an environment of respectful exchange. \n\nThey will also discuss their book\, The Civility Book\, which aims to be \"A Guide to Building Bridges Across the Political Divide.\" (Books will be available for purchase.)\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by: Talking Maize & Blue\, Wallace House Center for Journalists\, Access and Opportunity\, Life-Changing Education\n\nA reception will follow the discussion.\n\nThe How to Speak your Mind / How to Change Your Mind Speaker Series:\n\nThis speaker series is designed to encourage the campus community to think – and talk with one another – about what it means to develop an informed opinion and stand your ground when challenged\; and about changing your mind in light of new evidence\, different perspectives\, and serious reflection. Open inquiry and the thoughtful exchange of ideas can expand what you know (and how you know it)\, change your mind when warranted\, and help cultivate the courage of your convictions when necessary.\n\nSpeaker bios:\n\nNolan Finley began his newspaper career as a copy boy at The Detroit News while a senior in college. After a brief stint with the Jackson Citizen Patriot\, he returned to The News as a reporter\, covering the administration of Mayor Coleman A. Young. He's been the newspaper's City Editor\, Business Editor\, Politics Editor and Deputy Managing Editor. In 2000\, he was named Editorial Page Editor\, where he directs the expression of the newspaper's editorial position on various national and local issues and writes a column in the Sunday newspaper. His columns have appeared in the newspaper ever since. As he wrote in his introductory column\, Nolan is a product of The News and the Detroit community. He graduated from both Schoolcraft College and Wayne State University and in 2012 was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He is co-host of One Detroit on Detroit Public Television.\n\nStephen Henderson is an American journalist who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year Award while writing for the Detroit Free Press. A native of Detroit\, Stephen is a graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and the University of Michigan. Since 2015\, he has been the host of \"Detroit Today\" on WDET. In 2020\, he founded BridgeDetroit\, where he serves as Executive Editor. He has worked for the Baltimore Sun\, the Chicago Tribune\, the Lexington Herald-Leader and Knight Ridder. Henderson is co-host of One Detroit and host of American Black Journal on Detroit Public Television.\n\nNolan and Stephen have been longtime friends\, despite their different perspectives on pretty much everything. The one thing they agree on is the importance of their friendship—which includes a healthy dose of disagreement and mutual respect.
UID:145630-21897609@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145630
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260216T160030
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Scroll To Action: Crafting Environmental Communications with Content Creator Alex Haraus
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop with Alex Haraus\, a creator and impact strategist who knows how to captivate and lead global audiences to meaningful action through social media. His down-to-earth approach includes strategies that break beyond echo chambers and welcome new audiences\, leading over 15 million people to action over the last 6 years and being recognized by Forbes Under 30\, Grist 50 and SXSW.\n\nJoin us to learn how social media can move people from scrolling to real-world impact.\n\nSpace is limited\; reserve your seat now!
UID:145394-21897231@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145394
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260306T085822
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pro-Social Design with Pluralistic and Narrative AI Systems
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIn this talk\, I will present two complementary lines of work that explore how AI systems can be designed to serve pro-social outcomes not by collapsing social diversity into a single voice\, but instead surfacing pluralism and by making abstract societal issues more personally meaningful.\n\nFirst\, I will discuss Plurals\, a system that uses multi-agent deliberation to simulate socially diverse ensembles rather than a single neutral model output. Plurals provides a flexible framework for configuring agents\, interaction structures\, and moderation strategies inspired by deliberative democracy. Across multiple case studies and experiments\, we show that simulated social ensembles can produce outputs that better resonate with real audiences than standard single-model generation.\n\nSecond\, I will introduce an ongoing line of work that explores AI-assisted narrative autocompletion as a tool for reducing psychological distance to complex societal issues. This work uses interactive\, personalized narratives co-written with users to help people imagine how distant or abstract events could plausibly unfold in their own lives. \n\nTaken together\, these projects illustrate two complementary strategies for AI in society: one that emphasizes pluralistic deliberation across perspectives\, and another that leverages narrative imagination to connect individual experience with collective outcomes.
UID:146248-21898714@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146248
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Dana Building - 1040
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260312T170716
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20 (12-1:50 pm) in 1690 SPH 1 for a conversation on Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings with special guests Rafael Buralli\, PhD (University of São Paulo\, Brazil)\, Madeleine Scammell\, DSc (Boston University)\, and Alexis Handal\, PhD (University of Michigan). The panelists will discuss what is known and what can be done.
UID:146527-21899238@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146527
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1690
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260119T102942
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Social Capital by Balancing Voices in School Governance
DESCRIPTION:We propose that schools can build social capital through an explicit school governance framework called Balancing Voices that concerns decisions about implementing and evaluating new schoolwide policies or practices\, engaging community members\, and evaluating teachers and administrators.  In an RCT of role play simulations\, those assigned to a Balancing Voices approach versus business-as-usual reported higher levels of key precursors of social capital — procedural fairness and legitimacy of authority figures.  The estimated effects are especially positive for those who played roles other than administrator. Accordingly\, schools that more explicitly and formally balance the interests of different stakeholders in their decision making may be able to cultivate greater flows of social capital to improve instructional practices and student outcomes\, including equity.
UID:141751-21889312@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141751
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T132933
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:19th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work
DESCRIPTION:Each spring\, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean\, Ned Gramlich\, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local\, national\, and international policy challenges.\n\nFor students\, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges\, to respond to thought-provoking questions\, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests\, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems\, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!\n\nLearn more about Ned and his legacy at the Ford School and at the University of Michigan.
UID:144216-21894886@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144216
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:public policy
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - The Becky Blank Great Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T115954
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 23\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nHiten Madhani\, MD\, PhD\nProfessor\, Biochemistry and Biophysics\nStuart Lindsay Endowed Professor in Experimental Pathology VII\nUniversity of California\, San Francisco\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Sundeep Kalantry\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nThe Madhani lab investigates gene regulation in health and disease\n\nThis is what the banner says\, but in reality\, we work on anything we find cool.  Why?  Because our aspiration is to not only discover new knowledge but also new principles.  Accomplishing this higher goal requires intellectual curiosity\, adventurousness\, and nimbleness (and a sense of humor!).  The lab is best known for its work on regulation of chromatin\, RNA-based regulation\, and host-fungal pathogen interactions (see our publications here).  Depending on the question\, the lab exploits different model systems\, including the opportunistic pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans\, which the lab has developed as both a model organism and a model pathogen\, as well as mice and haploid human cells.
UID:143368-21892961@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143368
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260212T124527
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Institutional Global Health Summit
DESCRIPTION:You're invited to the Institutional Global Health Summit\, an afternoon showcasing cutting-edge research\, dynamic debate\, and global perspectives on health for all.\n\nHosted by the Center for Global Health Equity\, this event brings together U-M faculty\, staff\, trainees\, students\, and global health leaders to showcase innovations addressing health for all through the dynamic exchange of ideas between local and international contexts.\n\n📅 Monday\, March 23\, 2026 | 1:00-6:00 PM\n📍 Rackham Amphitheatre\, University of Michigan\n🎟 Registration required (limited to members of the University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine community)\n\nEvent Highlights\n🔬 Research Lightning Talks | 1:15-3:05 PM\nFast-paced presentations from CGHE-supported Impact Scholars\, students\, and faculty across career stages \n \n🤖 Debate: The Role of AI in Global Equity | 3:15-4:15 PM\nFarhana Alarakhiya (Chief Data Innovation Officer\, Aga Khan University) and Bilal Butt\, PhD (Professor\, SEAS\; Senior Advisor\, CGHE) examine whether AI advances or undermines health equity\, moderated by Lou Edje\, MD \n \n🌍 Panel: Global Health in Transition | 4:15-5:00 PM\nMembers of CGHE's External Advisory Board share insights on navigating funding landscapes\, building partnerships\, and career pathways \n \n🎨 Poster Reception | 5:00-6:00 PM\nEngage with fellow researchers\, explore innovative projects\, and network with colleagues \n \nView the full program at https://myumi.ch/y15d4
UID:145260-21896960@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145260
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260320T112105
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T125000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Investigating the Role of Gut Microbiota in Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity
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. Registration is required.  We hope you can join us! Registration required https://myumi.ch/e38AV
UID:146845-21899688@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146845
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260219T125326
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Truman Scholarship: Online Info Session
DESCRIPTION:The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30\,000 for graduate education and professional development for future leaders committed to public service careers. Only juniors or third-year seniors may apply\, but ONSF also welcomes freshmen and sophomores who want to know more about the program and potentially apply in a future year. \n\nThis session provides a great opportunity to meet with ONSF and learn about the Truman Scholarship. Bring any questions you have!
UID:145739-21897756@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260115T122400
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000
SUMMARY:Other:Event Launch - Future of Real Estate Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:In 2026\, the “Office Apocalypse” enters its next chapter—The Great Repurposing. Back for its fourth year\, the Future of Real Estate Competition launches on Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, challenging students to tackle this moment in the market with bold ideas and fresh perspectives. Tasked with reimagining an office property as a vibrant residential living space\, teams will draw on their knowledge\, creativity\, and ingenuity to deliver solutions that balance visionary design with real-world feasibility. \n\nDesigned to bridge architectural creativity with real-world financial feasibility\, teams of 3–5 multidisciplinary students will renovate a distressed asset and present their vision to a panel of esteemed industry judges. With $25\,000 in prize money on the line\, this year’s competition promises bold ideas\, thoughtful debate\, and meaningful connections with real estate leaders. \n\nRegister your team below\, and be sure to attend the FORE Competition Launch on March 25.\n\nImportant Dates & Things to Know:\n- Competition Launch: Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026 (virtual)\n- Applications Close: Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at 12:00 AM EST\n- Final Pitches: Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026 (in-person at the Ross School of Business)\n- Team Requirements:\n-> Teams of 3–5 University of Michigan students\n-> Undergraduate and graduate students welcome\n-> Your team CAN BE a mix of undergraduate students and graduate students\n-> Each team must include at least one member representing investment\, design & development\n- Prizes: $25\,000 total prize pool — register to win your share!\n\nInterested in participating but don’t yet have a team? No problem\, Weiser’s here to assist! Complete the Interest Form found on the Weiser website\, and the Weiser Center for Real Estate will help connect you with fellow students to ensure you find a team and are ready to compete.\n\nReady to register yourself and your teammates? Complete the Registration Form found on the Weiser website to let the Weiser Center know you’re in and officially join the competition.
UID:143961-21894326@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143961
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Zoom info to be distributed upon registration
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T200509
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Conflict in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:As the Middle East remains at the forefront of current events\, we’re creating space for thoughtful\, respectful conversation‼️\n📍 East Quad B810\n🗓️ March 25\n⏰ 8:15 PM
UID:147074-21900351@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260317T180020
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Conversation with Cindy Cohn
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Privacy@Michigan event with Cindy Cohn\, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In this session\, Cindy will talk about her recently published professional memoir. In \"Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance\" (MIT Press)\, Cindy weaves her own personal story with her role as a leading legal voice representing the rights and interests of technology users\, innovators\, whistleblowers\, and researchers during the Crypto Wars of the 1990s\, battles over NSA’s dragnet internet spying revealed in the 2000s\, and the fight against FBI gag orders. Along the way\, she’ll talk both about the history of the internet and EFF\, but also how those fights are increasingly relevant today.\n\nThis event will take place on Thursday\, March 26\, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Kuenzel Room on the first floor of the Michigan Union. If you are unable to attend\, the event will be livestreamed. Event information and access to the livestream can be found on the events webpage: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/privacy/cindy-cohn
UID:146448-21899107@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146448
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room - 1st Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260317T130011
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Souls of Organizations: Learning\, Grief\, and Why Higher Education Boards Change Without Changing
DESCRIPTION:How do governing boards make decisions about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) in contentious times\, and why does organizational learning at the governance level so often stall before producing lasting change? Drawing on a multi-year participatory action research collaboration with a governing board\, this talk traces how board members moved through cycles of intuiting\, interpreting\, and integrating as they developed a decision-making rubric for DEI\, yet never institutionalized it. The empirical case reveals a pattern this talk names as \"changing without changing\": boards can build tools\, develop shared language\, and demonstrate genuine learning while avoiding the deeper losses and possibilities that institutional transformation demands. Taking cues from the Du Boisian tradition of rendering visible the interiority that dominant frameworks suppress\, the talk explores what it might mean to take seriously the existential dimensions of institutional life that governance routinely flattens into strategic plans and performance metrics. When boards cannot name or grieve what is ending\, learning may circulate without landing. The talk opens a conversation about whether grief work belongs not at the margins of governance but at its foundation\, and whether attending to what organizations are losing is a precondition for organizational learning that actually transforms.
UID:146691-21899469@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146691
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120250
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260330T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260330T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 30\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nJean Gautier\, PhD\, Dr.Sc.\nChair\, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis\nThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Agnieszka Lukaszewicz\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nThe Gautier Laboratory at MD Anderson centers on how the 3D organization of the genome facilitates and coordinates DNA repair alongside other DNA-templated processes\, including DNA replication and transcription. We study this to better understand how dysregulation in these processes contributes to pathological genomic rearrangements and cancer development\, as well as the therapeutic implications of such rearrangements. The lab employs cutting edge technologies in microscopy\, genomics\, proteomics and computational biology to advance their research.
UID:143369-21892960@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143369
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260323T110542
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Rethinking Patriotism: Forging a New Civic Identity
DESCRIPTION:What does patriotism mean in today's America? Join Eric Liu\, founder of Citizen University\, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility. The program will feature a keynote address by Liu\, followed by a panel discussion on public service\, democracy\, and national identity. Throughout the evening\, a musical performance inspired by the national anthem will offer moments of reflection and underscore the evening's exploration of shared values and civic identity. The panel will include Jenna Bednar\, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Eric Veal\, Jr.\, President of the Central Student Government.
UID:146119-21898409@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146119
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheat
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T120142
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 06\, 2026\n11:00am - 12:00pm\n1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n\nStephan Züchner\, MD\, PhD\nProfessor of Human Genetics and Neurology\nThe Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics\nUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine\n“Seminar Title TBD”\n\nHosted By: Anthony Antonellis\, PhD\, Department of Human Genetics\n___\nDr. Zuchner is a trained neurologist and molecular geneticist with research interests in identifying genetic variation associated with disease. His lab has identified several genes for Mendelian neurodegenerative disorders and also evaluated risk factors for complex genetic conditions\, including Alzheimer disease\, Parkinson disease\, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. His lab is amongst the pioneering groups that have promoted genome sequencing methods for disease gene identification in humans\, mice\, and drosophilia. He is currently pursuing large-scale exome and genome analysis in multiple neurodegenerative disorders and develops innovative new software tools that allow real time shared analysis of large amounts of genomic data. Dr. Zuchner's scientific interests lie in mapping disease genes and genomic variation that is related to disease.
UID:143370-21892959@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143370
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260324T092214
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Health Concerns Shape Clean Energy Policy
DESCRIPTION:Clean energy is widely framed as a public health win. So why does it often trigger opposition\, and how should those conflicts be resolved? Using Michigan as a grounding case\, the panel explores what happens when health evidence\, local governance\, equity concerns and climate goals collide - and what we can do about it to meet urgent climate goals. This timely conversation will be moderated by Eliza Barclay\, climate opinion editor at The New York Times\, whose work explores how science\, climate policy and public trust collide. She will lead a lively discussion with University of Michigan faculty experts in energy systems\, public health\, equity and governance on how the U.S. can expand clean energy while building trust and protecting community health. \n\nPanelists: \nCarina Gronlund\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\nResearch Associate Professor\nInstitute for Social Research\, Survey Research Center\n\nSarah Mills\, Ph.D.\nDirector\, Center for EmPowering Communities\nClinical Associate Professor of Practice of Urban Planning\nTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\n\nParth Vaishnav\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\, School for Environment and Sustainability\n\nPresented by the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation's Sandy-Hassmiller Climate & Health Initiative\, in collaboration with the Graham Sustainability Institute.
UID:146960-21899844@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146960
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260330T121117
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T203000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Real Talk\, Real Practice: Reproductive Justice
DESCRIPTION:Black Maternal Health Week is almost upon us! To celebrate\, join us for a discussion on Black resistance and health\, and reproductive justice in the workforce! We welcome all students\, faculty\, staff\, and community members interested in reproductive justice from any discipline!
UID:147213-21900532@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147213
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Trotter Large Meeting Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T200509
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Conflict in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:As the Middle East remains at the forefront of current events\, we’re creating space for thoughtful\, respectful conversation‼️\n📍 East Quad B810\n🗓️ March 25\n⏰ 8:15 PM
UID:147074-21900352@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260405T223629
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T091500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Discussion: Abortion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open\, thoughtful discussion on abortion—exploring the issue\, the discourse around it\, and why it continues to shape public debate.\n🗓 Wednesday\, April 8\n📍 East Quad – Room B810\n⏰ 8:15 PM
UID:147084-21900363@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147084
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260209T103613
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T173000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Water@Michigan 2026: Water+Energy
DESCRIPTION:Water@Michigan 2026: Water + Energy will bring together researchers\, practitioners\, policymakers\, and community leaders to examine how water systems and the energy transition are reshaping Michigan\, the Great Lakes region\, and beyond.\n \nTheme: Water + Energy\n📅 Thursday\, April 9\, 2026\n🕑 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.\n📍Palmer Commons\, Ann Arbor\n \nThe symposium will highlight the growing connections between water and energy in infrastructure\, governance\, and community outcomes. Participants will explore how these links can be strengthened to create more resilient\, equitable\, and sustainable systems.\n\nThrough keynotes\, workshops\, lightning talks\, and student posters\, attendees will collaborate across disciplines to envision the future of water\, energy\, and the Great Lakes. Sessions will emphasize how research\, practice\, and policy can align to address urgent and emerging water challenges.\n\nWe are especially pleased to welcome a distinguished group of featured speakers\, including Whitney Gravelle\, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community\; Jeremy Rifkin\, bestselling author of Planet Aqua\; Shalanda Baker\, Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action\, University of Michigan\; and U.S. Senator Gary Peters.\n\nFull details are available on the registration page. The event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required.\n\nThis event is presented by Water@Michigan with support from the U-M Water Center\, the School for Environment and Sustainability\, the Graham Sustainability Institute\, the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research\, LSA Earth & Environmental Sciences\, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission\, and the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nYou can register for the event on the Water Center website: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/2026
UID:144676-21895678@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Great Lakes Rooms, Atrium and Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T085715
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T160000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Game Changers: cures for 21st century biological threats
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 10\, at 10:00 a.m. ET\, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council will host its latest meeting\, examining how biodefense technology innovators are achieving success and taking on challenges in an ever-changing threat environment. The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the School of Public Health are co-hosting the commission as it visits Ann Arbor for the first time. \n\nBiotechnology has accelerated at a rapid pace\, driven in part by federal investment and policy. Advances in biological sciences create new opportunities for addressing biological events\, and the public and private sectors at all levels have a role to play in bolstering these efforts. This meeting of the commission will discuss the biological threat to humans\, food and agriculture. The discussions will also touch upon the state of biotechnology innovation and federal regulation\, research\, and development activities.\n\nCommissioner Fred Upton\, former Michigan congressman\, will be part of the program along with Arthur Lupia\, vice president for research and innovation at U-M. The School of Public Health will be represented during the meeting by Chief Health Policy Officer Anand Parekh and adjunct faculty member Natasha Bagdasarian\, Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan. The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will be represented by Dean Celeste Waktins-Hayes.   \n\nIn-person attendees will be required to show photo ID upon arrival. We highly encourage pre-registration by 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday\, April 9\, but it is not required.
UID:147487-21901102@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147487
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Junge Champions Center
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260402T131614
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T150000
SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Lunch and Learn on Women's Huron Valley Prison
DESCRIPTION:The event will educate attendees about the current harmful conditions of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility and will feature the story of Krystal Clark. We will raise awareness\, foster informed dialogue\, and encourage collective action around conditions of confinement and justice system accountability. We hope to draw attention to persistent problems at Women’s Huron Valley\, including inadequate living conditions\, lack of transparency\, and the ways incarcerated women\, particularly those who are marginalized\, are disproportionately harmed by these systems.
UID:147358-21900896@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147358
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Central Campus Classroom Building - 0420
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260306T152403
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T140000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Impacts of Climate Change on Water & Health (II)
DESCRIPTION:Since 2003\, our semi-annual symposia series highlights current infectious disease topics selecting speakers who represent a range of disciplines and perspectives. All are invited to attend and participate in interdisciplinary discussions of the topic.\n\n\nTalks:\n\n\"Infectious Diseases in an Era of Global Change\" Ayesha Mahmud\, PhD (Associate Professor of Demography\, University of California\, Berkeley) https://ayeshamahmud.github.io/\n\n\"Sanitation\, health\, & climate in urban informal settlements\" Joe Brown\, PhD PE (Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) https://waterinstitute.unc.edu/team/brown-joe \n\n\"Warming Worlds\, Shifting Risk: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate\" Courtney Murdock\, PhD (Associate Professor of Entomology\, Cornell University) https://www.themurdocklab.com
UID:146270-21898814@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146270
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260319T144420
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T113000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:The Michigan Model for Siting Renewable Energy: Policy\, Implementation\, and Impact
DESCRIPTION:The Michigan Model for Siting Renewable Energy: Policy\, Implementation\, and Impacts will examine how renewable energy siting policy moves from concept to practice\, using Michigan’s experience as a case study with national relevance. The event will be emceed by Sarah Mills\, director of the University of Michigan’s Center for EmPowering Communities and associate professor of practice at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.\n\nThe symposium will open with Nelson Falkenburg from Clean Tomorrow providing a national perspective on renewable energy siting\, exploring why siting has become a central challenge in the clean energy transition\, and how state and local policies are shaping what gets built across the country. This session will situate Michigan’s experience within broader political\, regulatory\, and community dynamics influencing renewable energy deployment nationwide.\n\nThe focus will then shift to Michigan\, with Dan Scripps\, chair of the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC)\, taking us back to the Fall of 2023\, describing the origins of the Michigan model in Public Act 233 of 2023 (PA 233). He will talk about what prompted the move to reform the state’s siting laws\, and what priorities shaped the law that emerged.  \n\nMadeleine Krol from UM’s Center for EmPowering Communities will then outline in detail the mechanics of the Michigan model\, describing the three primary permitting pathways for large-scale projects in the state. She will also discuss how the Renewables Ready Communities Award\, which provides a financial incentive to local governments that permit projects locally\, is an integral part of the Michigan model. \n\nThe symposium will conclude with a panel discussion featuring Sarah Mullkoff (Michigan Public Service Commission)\, Laura Sherman (Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council)\, and Catherine Kaufman (Bauckham\, Thall\, Seeber\, Kaufman & Koches PC)\, leaders from varied viewpoints who were each influential in shaping the implementation of PA 233. Moderator Liesl Clark from UM’s School for Environment and Sustainability will ask the panel to reflect on how their expectations in the lead-up to the passage of PA 233 compare with their on-the-ground experiences in its implementation. Panelists will also consider lessons learned to date and what Michigan’s experience suggests for future renewable energy siting efforts.\n\nTogether\, the program is designed to inform discussion and support a clearer understanding of what effective renewable energy siting looks like in practice.\n\nThis event is presented by Taubman College Urban and Regional Planning\, the Center for EmPowering Communities\, and Taubman College Climate Futures.
UID:146775-21899607@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146775
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - Taubman Commons
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Jeffries Hall - 1020
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T200509
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Conflict in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:As the Middle East remains at the forefront of current events\, we’re creating space for thoughtful\, respectful conversation‼️\n📍 East Quad B810\n🗓️ March 25\n⏰ 8:15 PM
UID:147074-21900353@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147074
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - B810
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T110000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901259@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901260@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T091442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T150000
SUMMARY:Presentation:ONSF: End of Semester Info Sessions Day
DESCRIPTION:Before you head off for summer\, join ONSF for our end-of-semester info sessions day to learn about applying for:\n\nUK Scholarships: If you're going to be a senior or alum in Fall 2026 and are interested in fully-funded graduate education opportunities in the UK\, these scholarships are for you. The Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are due on August 23rd\, and there are several other scholarships you can learn about in this session.\n\nTruman Scholarship: $30\,000 scholarship for juniors interested in public service\, which you can put towards graduate school and professional development opportunities. Due November 29th!\n\nSTEM Research Career Award: Open to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue STEM research careers. When you apply for the STEM RCA\, you'll also automatically be considered for the prestigious national Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships if you are eligible. Due January 10th!\n\nYou'll want to think about these opportunities over the summer so you'll be prepared for the application deadlines in Fall!
UID:147557-21901261@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147557
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260406T172059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260508T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260508T144500
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Mini Symposium Series: Lessons from the Blue Zones
DESCRIPTION:Since the dawn of time\, humans have searched for the fountain of youth.  Globally\, people spend trillions of dollars on wellness and longevity.  We are endlessly searching for the secret to extending the quality and length of our lives.  \n\nBut what if some people had already found the secret? And\, what if they are living longer without even trying? \n\nThat is what Dan Buettner believes he has uncovered in the blue zones.  \n\nWe will be sitting down with the New York Times best-selling author and National Geographic fellow for the next installment of our Mini Symposium Series\, Lessons from the Blue Zones\, on Friday\, May 8\, at 2 p.m. via Zoom.  We will learn about what makes the blue zones so special and how we can incorporate their secrets into our everyday lives. \n\nFollowing her conversation with Dan Buettner\, Dr. Eva L. Feldman will be joined by Michigan Medicine’s own experts — Drs. David Conroy and Donovan Maust— for a live panel discussion\, during which they will also field audience questions.
UID:147465-21901075@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147465
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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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:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260107T102207
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T150000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:James V. Neel\, MD\, PhD Lecture in Human Genetics & Award
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Eric S. Lander\, PhD\, Professor of Biology & Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director Emeritus at the Broad Institute of MIT\, presents their research at The Department of Human Genetics 25th Annual James V. Neel Lecture.  We will have presentations from our student awardees\, a poster session\, and a light reception. \n\n12:00-2:00 Award Presentations & Keynote Seminar | 1020 Kahn Auditorium\, BSRB\n2:00-3:00 Reception & Poster Session | ABC Seminar Rooms\, BSRB\n\nReady to share your research? Present your poster at the 25th Annual Neel Lectureship. Submit your poster information no later than Friday\, May 8\, 2026 @midnight.\n\n12:00 – Lectureship Begins\n12:15 – Graduate Student Neel Award Presentation (PhD)\n12:30 – Graduate Student Neel Award Presentation (MS/GC)\n1:00 – Keynote Address\n2:00 – Reception Begins/ Poster Session Begins\n3:00 – Conclude
UID:143365-21892954@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143365
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Public Policy
LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - 1020 Kahn Auditorium, BSRB & ABC Seminar Rooms
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