BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T142311 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Optimal Contract\, Delegated Investment\, and Information Acquisition DESCRIPTION:We study a model of delegated investment within a noisy rational expectations equilibrium framework. Portfolio managers can acquire costly private information about asset payoffs but incur portfolio management costs\, and are compensated by investors to make investment decisions on their behalf. We show that the optimal contract features a benchmark component that mitigates the agency frictions arising from portfolio management costs. The precision of managers' private information is determined endogenously in market equilibrium\, with private and public information acting as substitutes. As portfolio management costs increase\, both the performance-based and benchmark components of the optimal contract become more sensitive to investment outcomes\, while fewer private signals are incorporated into prices\, reducing market informational efficiency. We further show that when a social planner places sufficient weight on the welfare of direct investors and liquidity providers\, the socially optimal equilibrium achieves greater price informational efficiency than the decentralized equilibrium. The talk will focus on the interaction between optimal contracting\, information acquisition\, and market efficiency\, together with the economic intuition underlying these results. UID:149582-21906724@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149582 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260810T155309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Shakespearean Studies Hodgdon Lecture DESCRIPTION:Details forthcoming\n\nAbout the speaker:\nAndrew James Hartley is Emeritus professor in UNC Charlotte’s Department of Theatre in which he served as the Russell Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare studies for 18 years\, specializing in performance theory and practice. In addition to working as a dramaturg and director\, he is the author of various scholarly books including The Shakespearean Dramaturg\, Shakespeare and Political Theatre\, a performance history of Julius Caesar\, essay collections on Shakespeare on the University stage\, Shakespeare in Millennial fiction\, and (with Peter Holland) Shakespeare and Geek Culture. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on staging Renaissance drama. He was the editor of the performance journal Shakespeare Bulletin for Johns Hopkins UP for a decade\, was resident dramaturg for Georgia Shakespeare\, and is an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire\, UK. Dr. Hartley is currently editing Julius Caesar for the Arden 4th series. In addition to teaching Shakespeare related classes\, he also taught creative writing courses for the English department. Under the pen names AJ Hartley and Andrew Hart he is the award winning\, New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels in a variety of genres\, including several books co-written with Tom DeLonge of Blink-182. Several of his books are currently in development for television and film\, and some have appeared in numerous languages overseas. As AJ Hartley he is a regular presenter at DragonCon and other regional conventions. His latest book series is Hideki Smith\, Demon Queller. UID:148155-21903163@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260617T092354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T183000 SUMMARY:Tours:Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Bentley Library DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insider's view of the incredible historical materials at the Bentley led by archives staff.\n\nPARKING:\nThere is free parking at the Bentley Historical Library on the south side of the building. The parking lot across from the library is also open to visitors after 5:00 p.m.\n\nTICKETS / CANCELLATIONS:\nRegistration is free\, but if for any reason you can't make it\, please let us know so we can open up your spot for someone else. Thank you! UID:148993-21905295@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148993 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:archives,bentley historical library,tour LOCATION:Bentley Historical Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T133239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dean Johnson DESCRIPTION:“Johnson draws from the same well as John Prine or Tom Waits\, filtering the light of daily life through the grimy windows of a barroom” –Paste Magazine\n\nWith I Hope We Can Still Be Friends\, his debut for Saddle Creek\, Dean Johnson makes a pact with the listener: He will sing you his truth in the most heartfelt and charming way possible\, if you promise to keep an open mind.\n\nJohnson spent years tending bar at Al’s Tavern in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. There\, he encountered folks of all stripes\; and regulars enthusiastically murmured about his budding musical greatness — There’s the best songwriter in town! Johnson was a kind of local lore\, a long-held family secret\, before the singer finally broke out in 2023 with his debut album\, Nothing For Me Please\, at age 50.\n\nI Hope We Can Still Be Friends is essentially an anthology that bridges Johnson’s earliest days as a songwriter with his present-day outlook and abilities. There are songs that have been in his setlists for years\, and others that will be new to fans. Each of its 11 tracks contains jocular social commentary or lovingly rendered affairs of the heart. \n\nLike John Prine or Kris Kristofferson’s country-adjacent sound\, devastating humor and economical profundity refracted through a barroom’s haze\, the album is filled with easygoing twang\, sad characters\, universal truths and the absurdity of everyday life. UID:148245-21903437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148245 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250918T100906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The Gothard Sisters DESCRIPTION:The Gothard Sisters are three sisters Greta\, Willow and Solana. They are contemporary Celtic folk multi-instrumentalists\, composers\, performers and songwriters. Blending Celtic\, folk\, world\, classical and new age musical influences\, the Gothard Sisters bring songs to life with violin\, acoustic guitar\, mandolin\, bodhran\, djembe\, whistle and vocal harmonies\, creating music that is “vivid\, inspirational and captivating.” (Tim Carroll\, Folk Words Review 2018)\n\nRaised and homeschooled by artists in the Pacific Northwest\, the Gothard Sisters grew up immersed in nature\, imaginative play and traditional folk and classical music. Their music takes inspiration from folk music traditions around the world\, timeless stories\, new age and classical records\, and nature itself. Writing and recording near their home in the Pacific Northwest\, USA\, the band has released 11 albums and performed over 2\,000 live shows over the course of their career. UID:139459-21885567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139459 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260807T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260917T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260917T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Second Year Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nAugust 24 - October 18\, 2026\nExhibition Reception: October 1\, 1-2:30 p.m.\n\nIn their second year\, Stamps students complete a major milestone: Second Year Studio (SYS). It’s a course where\, per the syllabus\, students \"develop the capacity to work independently by identifying\, exploring\, and pursuing a single independent project that involves multiple iterations.\" Each student takes their own path\, encountering questions that can shape the direction of their creative practice. At the end of the semester\, students formally report on their experience in a presentation called the Sophomore Review and receive direct feedback from a panel of Stamps faculty members. \n\nInstalled throughout the Art & Architecture Building\, the Second Year Studio Exhibition showcases the art and design work created in this pivotal course by our rising third-year and transfer students\, and invites first-year students and other newcomers to explore both the building and the creative possibilities ahead. The show features 50 students who have volunteered to participate\, yet it honors every Stamps major who reaches the SYS milestone. \n\nThe works in this year’s exhibition engage a wide range of questions and concerns. Students investigate memory\, identity\, materiality\, ecology\, technology\, labor\, social relationships\, and the built environment through equally diverse formal approaches. While these subjects recur across the exhibition\, what stands out most is not a dominant thematic direction\, but a shared commitment to sustained inquiry.\n\n–Sally Clegg\, Lecturer & Student Exhibitions Coordinator & Pedram Baldari\, Assistant Professor\n\nExhibiting Artists and Designers\n