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DTSTAMP:20250328T143739
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Talent Acquisition Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website.
UID:133543-21873223@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133543
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Human Resources,Leadership,Self Development
LOCATION:Wolverine Tower - Suite 18 G048
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20241203T104657
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Bibliophile and the Library: Private-Press Books from the Collection of Bill Heidrich
DESCRIPTION:View beautifully illustrated books that stand as remarkable testaments to the work of twentieth-century small private presses\, which\, in contrast to the trend of mass commercialization\, produced limited editions that celebrated the uniqueness of manual craftsmanship. Features such as exquisite typeface design\, letterpress printing\, handmade paper\, traditional illustration techniques like woodcut and engraving\, and the inclusion of original art by renowned artists highlight the presses' dedication to artistry and detail.\n\nThe display opens with an edition of \"The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer\,\" published in 1896 by William Morris at his Kelmscott Press\, a pivotal press that greatly influenced the development of the private press movement as a means of preserving and revitalizing the fine printing and art traditions of the past. Additionally\, the exhibit includes some examples of artist’s proofs\, offering a glimpse into the intricate creative process behind these exceptional works.\n\nThese books are on loan from the collection of Bill Heidrich\, a long-time supporter of the University of Michigan Library.
UID:129585-21863773@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129585
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Exhibition,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250513T122307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID:94181215786)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98659357324)
UID:117253-21865823@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117253
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250320T110004
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons
DESCRIPTION:The *29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons* showcases the life-affirming creative work of artists from 26 Michigan prisons.\n \nHundreds of original\, handmade works by incarcerated artists in Michigan will be displayed in the Duderstadt Center Gallery from March 18th through April 1st\, 2025. A variety of visual arts media will be featured\, including paintings\, portraits\, tattoo imagery\, landscapes\, sculpture\, fiber arts\, and more.\n\nThe *Annual Exhibition* is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the world. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the life-giving power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls.\n\nWe invite you to enjoy these unparalleled works of art and\, if you like\, make a purchase. All proceeds\, minus necessary taxes and fees\, go directly to the artists. Original pieces are available at a wide variety of price points for all budgets.\n\nThe exhibition opens March 18th:\n5 PM Gallery opens and sales begin\n6:30PM Reception & light refreshments\n7PM Celebration program begins\n9PM Gallery closes\n\nFree accessible shuttle service available on opening night:\n4:30 - 8:30 PM\, running every half-hour\nLoops to the exhibit from the Plymouth Rd. Park & Ride (3700 Plymouth Rd.\, right off of US-23)\n\nAfter opening night\, the gallery hours will be:\nSunday–Monday: 12:00 PM–6:00 PM\nTuesday–Saturday: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM\n\nOn April 1st\, the gallery is open until 5:00 PM. Art pick-up also begins at 5:00 PM.\n\nPresented with support from U-M Residential College and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.\n\nThe Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) brings those impacted by the justice system together with the University of Michigan community for artistic collaboration\, mutual learning\, and growth. Founded in 1990 with a single theatre workshop\, PCAP has grown to include undergraduate courses\, exhibitions\, publications\, a prison reentry arts program\, and events that reach thousands of individuals each year.\n\n*The University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Mattie Levy at mglevy@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*
UID:131997-21869631@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131997
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,artists,arts,Culture,Exhibition,Incarceration,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250110T170530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T163000
SUMMARY:Other:Leaves Under the Lens
DESCRIPTION:The leaf surface is a dynamic landscape where tiny\, specialized structures help plants interact with the world around them. Let’s bring this world into view! Join us for an exhibit that highlights the complex and often beautiful anatomy of leaves from the Matthaei collection. Plants throughout the conservatory will be paired with microscope photographs and micro-CT scans that illustrate the otherwise invisible structures that protect leaves from chewing insects\, absorb (or repel!) water\, and even recruit “bodyguards”. You won’t look at leaves the same way again! \n\nThis project is a collaboration between MBGNA and the Weber and Vasconcelos labs in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, led by PhD student Rosemary Glos.
UID:130943-21867479@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130943
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,eeb,Family,Free,In Person,science
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250319T123249
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Optimization-based Robot Control on Matrix Lie Groups
DESCRIPTION:Co-chairs: Maani Ghaffari\, Ram Vasudevan\n\nAbstract:\nLie groups serve as a powerful mathematical framework for modeling the kinematics and dynamics of robotic systems composed of 3D rigid bodies. However\, the nonlinear nature of rigid body motion introduces significant challenges\, making problems such as motion planning\, feedback control\, and state estimation inherently nonconvex and difficult to solve.\n \nIn this thesis\, I first present a unified modeling framework based on matrix Lie groups\, which captures the rich algebraic and geometric structures of rigid body systems to enable systematic analysis and computation. Building on this foundation\, I exploit the underlying polynomial structures of matrix Lie groups to develop globally optimal and certifiable solutions to these robotics problems via convex optimization. Notably\, I address the kinodynamic motion planning problem — ensuring both kinematic and dynamic feasibility — for 3D rigid body systems with global optimality guarantees. I then introduce the Generalized Moment Kalman Filter\, a novel extension of Kalman filtering theory from linear Gaussian systems to nonlinear polynomial systems with arbitrary noise distributions. This generalization enables more robust and accurate state estimation in complex robotic systems. Finally\, I leverage the geometric properties of matrix Lie groups to design efficient local gradient-based solvers tailored for rigid body systems. In particular\, I present the Riemannian Direct Trajectory Optimization framework\, which ensures geometric compatibility while enabling fast and efficient motion planning.\n \nTogether\, these contributions provide a comprehensive set of tools for certifiable\, efficient\, and geometrically consistent motion planning and state estimation in rigid body robotic systems.\n\n1000 Robotics Atrium\,\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/98764011774 \nMeeting ID: 987 6401 1774 \nPasscode: 83112
UID:134078-21873839@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134078
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 1000
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250319T181658
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SMTD Alumni Award Lecture & Reception with Alexandra Beller (BFA ’94\, dance)
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Department of Dance honors special guest artist and dance alum Alexandra Beller as she is presented with the 2024 Professional Achievement in Dance Award from the SMTD Alumni Board.\n\n10–11am - Presentation / Lecture -\nDance Performance Studio Theatre (Studio 1\, Room 1040)\n\n11am–12pm - Lunch Reception with Informal Talk - \nPerry K. Granoff Studio (Studio 4\, Room 1060)\n\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST\n\nALEXANDRA BELLER (BFA ’94\, dance) has been the artistic director of Alexandra Beller/Dances since 2002. She was a Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company member (1995–2001). Beller has created over 50 original dance theatre works and has presented at theatres and universities throughout the United States and with companies in Korea\, Hong Kong\, Oslo\, and Cyprus.\n\nBeller currently choreographs predominantly for theatre. Her Off-Broadway credits include *Sense and Sensibility* (Sheen Center\, the Gym at Judson\; received the Helen Hayes Award\, Lucille Lortel Award nomination\, and IRNE Best Choreography award)\, *The Mad Ones* (59E59 Theaters)\, Bedlam’s *Peter Pan* (the Duke on 42nd Street)\, and *How to Transcend a Happy Marriage* (Lincoln Center Theater). Her regional credits include *Two Gentlemen of Verona* (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival)\, *As You Like It* (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Folger Shakespeare Library)\, Taylor Mac’s *The Young Ladies of…*\, and *Chang(e)* (HERE Arts Center). Beller’s current projects include choreographing *Antonio’s Song* (Contemporary American Theater Festival and Milwaukee Rep) and *Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes)* (La MaMa and touring) and directing/choreographing *Macbeth* (Theatre Row). She wrote and directed an adaptation of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* for 92NY.\n\nBeller was on faculty at Princeton University\, 2015–22\, and she teaches at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies\, HB Studio\, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate program. In addition to a BFA in dance\, she has an MFA in choreography and is a CMA (Certified Movement Analyst).
UID:134099-21873859@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134099
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Dance,Free,Lecture,North Campus,Talk
LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre
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DTSTAMP:20250318T145455
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:“Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies”
DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as Elizabeth Ananat\, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics\, Barnard College\, presents\, “Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies.”\n \nAbstract: In the U.S.\, work opportunities for those with lower levels of formal education have moved in recent years toward service employment\, and this concentration is especially strong among households with children. Even compared to other jobs for those without college degrees\, service work is characterized by shorter tenure and less access to full-time hours\, patterns that are visible in national data and are more pronounced for those with children. In novel data collected through daily text-message reports from hourly service workers with young children\, we document additional patterns of volatility that have not previously been visible: in particular\, daily and weekly volatility in work hours. We show that this volatility requires workers aiming to maximize their earnings to set aside many more hours for work than they are actually paid for–on average\, twice as many.  We develop novel statistics to capture these forms of volatility and to describe their sources. Finally\, we discuss the implications of these findings for both means-tested programs and earnings-linked tax credits\, the two major forms of income support provided by the federal government to families with children.
UID:134032-21873796@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134032
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Inequality,Social Sciences,Sociology
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 2030
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20240130T121550
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Welcome. Make Yourself At Home.\n \nA Gathering brings together the newest works of art to enter UMMA’s collection — many on display here for the first time. \n \nAs a free\, public museum\, UMMA staff takes care of art for the benefit of the community and society at large. The works on view in this exhibition\, all brought into the Museum between 2019 and the present\, shows how institutions like UMMA are becoming more permeable to societal challenges\, and more nimble in responding to them in service to all in their communities. In this exhibition you will find works that reflect on how global migrations\, race\, gender\, and ecological change shape the way we engage with the world and inform our visions for the future.\n \nThis collection of artistic engagements with issues give us tools to envision who we want to be as individuals\, as a museum\, and as a society\, connected to one another across space and experience.\n \nSo gather here to take in these latest works of art brought here for you. Gather here to be engulfed in their forms and meanings\, to discuss their takes\, to learn\, to disagree. Gather to relax\, make a friend\, drink a coffee\, finish the daily Wordle. Gather to feel full\, to be moved and inspired by all the possible imaginations of what is yet to come.\n \nCurated by Félix Zamora Gómez Irving Stenn\, Jr. Fellow in Public Humanities & Museum Pedagogy\n\nLead support for this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch\, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment\, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.\n 
UID:107870-21818073@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/107870
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,Museum,Staff,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
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DTSTAMP:20260210T143205
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T114500
SUMMARY:Presentation:Larry Cat In Space
DESCRIPTION:Intended for young children\, Larry Cat In Space is a playful\, imaginative cartoon presentation about an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the Moon. Through Larry's eyes\, we observe his human family\, and his owner Diana. Larry hides in Diana’s suitcase as she travels to her job on the Moon and experiences weightlessness. Once on the Moon\, Larry observes how the Earth looks a lot like the Moon did from his porch back home.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store.
UID:103229-21871197@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/103229
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,Natural Sciences
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250211T160646
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T110000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ukrainian Literature and Culture Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting international collaboration between the University of Michigan's Slavic Department and the Ukrainian Catholic University of Lviv!\n\nThis seminar series brings together both UofM and UCU students\, creating a unique platform for international interaction and academic exchange. Featuring three speakers—Ostap Slyvynsky (UCU)\, Oleksandr Pronkevych (UCU)\, and Alex Averbuch (UofM)—the series will explore literature in times of war\, multiculturalism and multilingualism\, and gender and sexuality in Ukrainian culture.\n\nA one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to engage in critical discussions\, broaden perspectives\, and connect across borders.\n\nFebruary 18\, 11 AM\nMarch 25\, 11 AM\nApril 8\, 11 AM\n\nRegistration required: alexaver@umich.edu
UID:132640-21871488@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132640
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:international relations,Literature,Multicultural,Multilingual,Slavic,Slavic Featured,Slavic Studies,Ukraine,Ukrainian
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20240130T121551
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism
DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n 
UID:84303-21621552@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,European,Exhibition,History,Museum,UMMA
LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250312T110013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T125000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How Do Consumers Finance Increased Retirement Savings?
DESCRIPTION:Higher retirement savings might not translate into net wealth accumulation if\, rather than cutting spending\, individuals reduce their non-retirement savings or take on more debt. We use newly merged deposit-\, credit-\, and pension-account data from a large UK financial institution to examine a national policy that gradually increased retirement contributions from 2% to 8% of salary between March 2018 and April 2019. For every £1 reduction in take-home pay due to higher employee contributions\, employees cut their spending by £0.34\, especially in the restaurant and leisure categories\, and financed the remainder with lower deposit balances and higher debt. Those with lower initial deposit balances cut their spending the most\, while those with significant liquid savings first draw down their deposits. We use a lifecycle model calibrated to match the observed short-term responses to predict that long-run spending responses are larger but feature similar heterogeneity. Finally\, we examine the welfare consequences of potential policy reforms using a sufficient statistics approach. A social planner concerned about undersaving for retirement due to heterogeneous present bias would avoid targeting retirement interventions at high-liquidity individuals\, who are both less likely to cut their spending and less likely to be present-biased.
UID:130226-21865613@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130226
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250114T090051
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series: Regulation and Function of RNA Modifications in RNA Processing
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar at 12 noon in 3330 MS I.
UID:131116-21867760@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131116
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences,Life Science
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 3330
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DTSTAMP:20250311T163235
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Student Dissertation Defense - Standing armies and crystal swords: Defense evolution across wild grape
DESCRIPTION:Carolyn Graham\, EEB PhD student\, presents their dissertation defense.\n\nSummary: The diversity of adaptations that plants demonstrate to defend themselves from herbivory has fascinated biologists for decades. To explain this wealth of defense traits\, researchers have developed a body of theory that uses patterns of ecological pressures in the environment to predict investment in defense\, but the importance of biological and geographic scale in determining which selective pressures dominate is only beginning to be tested. In this dissertation\, I explore the patterns and processes of defense trait evolution in plants\, examining whether defense investment across scales matches up with plant defense theory. Using the wild grape genus Vitis as my primary study system\, I synthesize comparative trait and occurrence data with mechanistic investigations of the processes that shape trait investment. In my first two chapters\, I use a phylogenetic framework to compare and contrast how patterns of trait evolution match up to plant defense theory depending on whether they are evaluated at the intraspecific or interspecific scale\, while considering a large body of traits associated with defense. I found that trait-trait correlations are rare across Vitis species compared to trait-environment correlations\, but that both types of interactions are scale-dependent. These results suggest that defenses in grape largely evolve independent of each other\, but that features of the environment thought to correlate with herbivory pressure are relatively better predictors of defense trait evolution. My third and fourth chapters center on calcium oxalate crystals in plant leaves\, an understudied trait that I use as a model to understand the mechanisms of plant defense evolution. As long as we have known about calcium oxalate crystal presence in plants\, researchers have believed that these structures are defensive against herbivory\, but recent literature has challenged that assumption. Through a systematic literature survey\, I find that crystal morphologies correlate differentially with geographic parameters\, suggesting that this morphological variation evolved in response to different ecological pressures. Additionally\, through experimental diet manipulations using a generalist herbivore\, I find that Vitis riparia-derived crystals do not operate as a defense against chewing arthropods\, but do seem to serve as a dynamic storage system for calcium in grape. By linking phylogenetic comparative and experimental approaches in tests of theory\, my dissertation provides us with a broader understanding of plant defense evolution in wild grape and beyond.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. \nJoin remotely: Join Remotely: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94285293918\nMeeting ID: 942 8529 3918\nPasscode: tuesem
UID:133720-21873484@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133720
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biological science,Biology,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Dissertation,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Herbarium,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology,Museum Of Zoology,science,zoology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20250313T134409
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE Faculty-Student Lunch: Prof. Julie Ivy
DESCRIPTION:Please fill out the form to the right if you would like to attend the faculty-student lunch with Prof. Julie Ivy on Tuesday\, March 25th from 12:00 - 1:00pm! Space is limited\, so please only sign up for this event if you are sure you will be able to attend. Spots for this lunch will be filled on a first come\, first served basis\, and a waitlist will be formed after all spots have been filled.
UID:133842-21873611@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133842
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Luncheon,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2869
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250131T181748
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T123000
SUMMARY:Performance:Kathy Beck\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:Kathy Beck performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon.
UID:132200-21870576@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132200
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,Talk
LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250110T153839
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Mediating Feuds and Making Minorities on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands of Late Republican and Early Maoist China
DESCRIPTION:*This event is in-person only*\n\nThis talk examines efforts by the late-Republican and early-PRC states to mediate grassland disputes among Tibetan chiefdoms as key components in state-making processes designed to territorially and epistemologically discipline the Sino-Tibetan frontier according to the demands of progressively more powerful and interventionist state formations. It also suggests that the state’s inability to eliminate these types of disputes is an avenue through which to measure the incomplete nature of these transformations.\n   \n   Benno Weiner is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. He is author of the *Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier* and co-editor of *Contested Memories: Tibetan History under Mao Retold*. He is currently working on a manuscript with the working title: *“Imperial Borderland to Socialist State: Disintegration\, Territorialization\, and Minoritization on the Ethnic Margins of Modern China\,”* and a public facing book tentatively titled\, *“Making Minorities in Modern China.”*\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:130929-21867408@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130929
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,Tibet
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20250110T130940
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:More than Gray: Reimagining Early America in Full Color
DESCRIPTION:The American past was lived in full color\, but this vibrant history can be easily missed in surviving evidence. You can’t deny that there’s something about a black-and-white photograph that feels… stuffy. With portraits showing people with their shirts buttoned right to the neck and everything in shades of gray and brown\, our imaginations can incline to thinking of the past as a bit staid\, if not downright dull. But look a little closer\, and you’ll see signs that the fashion choices available to those who came before us were more colorful than you might first think. From the fabrics they wore\, to the games they played\, or the books they read\, their world was alive with bright hues. This exhibit invites you to reimagine history with a fuller color palette and picture the vibrancy and joy that just might be hidden behind the unsmiling photographs.\n\nExhibition opening weekdays from 12-4.
UID:130748-21866784@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130748
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,libraries,Library
LOCATION:William Clements Library
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DTSTAMP:20251008T110106
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250325T120000
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SUMMARY:Other:Pop Up Opportunity Hub Coaching
DESCRIPTION:Pop up coaching allows you to meet with an Opportunity Hub coach in a space that is convenient to you! This semester\, the Opportunity Hub and LSA Psychology are partnering to bring you pop up coaching in the East Hall Psychology Atrium. Pop up coaching is a great opportunity to make meaningful progress toward your professional goals within a shorter period of time\; especially if you are a little pressed for time and are looking for on-the-spot support. For example\, if you have a grad school\, internship\, or job application due in a week\, drop-in coaching may be ideal. Pop up coaching is also great for students who are looking to try coaching for the first time.\n\nThis event is open to ALL students!
UID:117244-21873640@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117244
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience (Bcn),Career,Graduate School,Psychology
LOCATION:East Hall - Psychology Atrium
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