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SUMMARY:Performance:Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.
UID:132209-21870585@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132209
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
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DTSTAMP:20250325T154513
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Prelim Seminar Series - Understanding the flourish of the species-rich\, but overwhelmingly homogeneous Neotropical myrtles
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding the flourish of the species-rich\, but overwhelmingly homogeneous Neotropical myrtles\n\nAbstract:\nNeotropical ecosystems harbour immense biodiversity as a result of a series of historical\, climatic and geological factors. Neotropical plant lineages have traced diverse evolutionary histories\, ranging from species and ecologically poor lineages to adaptive radiations. While morphologically and ecologically diverse clades have been extensively used to understand Neotropical plant diversification in space over time\, lineages expressing little morphological disparity have been generally understudied. My research will focus on Neotropical myrtles (Myrtaceae)\, which have been a source of challenge to many field biologists\, herbarium botanists and horticulturists for centuries for being both species-rich and morphologically homogeneous. I will employ phylogenetic comparative methods and experiments to investigate the adaptive value of structures in the seemingly ‘monotonous’ myrtle flower\, testing the hypothesis of predator-induced fusion of the calyx. Using a newly produced molecular phylogeny\, I will investigate trait divergence and biogeography in early stages of species diversification using a sister-species approach\, as well as mechanisms of co-existence where species show high levels of sympatry.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. \nJoin remotely: \nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/99622972222\nMeeting ID: 996 2297 2222\nPasscode: 490332
UID:134346-21874228@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134346
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biological science,Biology,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20250320T150531
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T153000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Psychology Diversity Week: Gender/Sex/ual Diversity in Bioscience and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:How can we define\, measure\, and make sense of gender/sex and sexuality in ways that take lived experience and bioscience seriously? In this talk\, Dr. van Anders discusses methods\, theories\, and results from her interdisciplinary\, feminist and queer science research program\, focusing on gender/sex and sexual diversity\, as well as hormones and bioscience. Dr. van Anders highlights how these approaches can contribute to research in bioscience and beyond for understandings of gender/sex and sexual diversity that are dynamic and multifaceted\, as well as more accurate\, empirical\, and just.\n\nAbout the speaker: After a decade at the University of Michigan in Psychology and Women’s Studies\, Dr. Sari van Anders joined Queen’s University as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology\, Sexuality\, and Gender/Sex\, and Professor of Psychology\, Gender Studies\, and Neuroscience. Her work and lab has been recognized with over 80 awards\, including the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity\, the APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions\, as well as election to the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. van Anders is committed to progressive transformation efforts for academic spaces and beyond.\n\n* Note that due to unforeseen circumstances\, Dr. van Anders will no longer be presenting in person. The lecture will be held as a Zoom watch party in 4448 East Hall\, followed by an in-person presentation of awards. The event will not be recorded. To build community and support our Diversity Awards recipients\, in-person attendance is strongly preferred. But if you truly cannot make it to East Hall\, please reach out to psych.admin@umich.edu for the Zoom link. Light refreshments will be provided for those in attendance.
UID:133204-21872588@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133204
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biosciences,Diversity,Diversity Equity And Inclusion,Psychology,Psychology Departmental
LOCATION:East Hall - 4448
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DTSTAMP:20250328T145933
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T150000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Rackham Consultation Services: Virtual Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:If you have a quick question or have a time sensitive matter\, attend the Rackham Consultation Services open office hours weekly on Monday and Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. In the interest of providing students as much privacy as possible\, you may spend a brief time in a waiting room if the resolution officer is engaged with another student. They will be with you as quickly as possible.\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/99196090990\nMeeting ID: 991 9609 0990\nOne tap mobile\n+13092053325\,\,99196090990# US\n+13126266799\,\,99196090990# US (Chicago)\n—\nDial by your location\n\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 780 666 0144 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n\nMeeting ID: 991 9609 0990\nFind your local number: https://umich.zoom.us/u/aUy8Alk2\n—\nJoin by SIP\n\n99196090990@zoomcrc.com\n\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time\, preferably one week\, to arrange for your requested accommodations or an effective alternative.
UID:129828-21864620@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129828
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Rgse
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250511T155129
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Research-Based Strategies for Combating Impostor Syndrome
DESCRIPTION:\nHave you ever succeeded at an academic task even though you were convinced that you wouldn’t do well? Do you dread others evaluating your work or avoid opportunities for critical feedback? Do you have trouble accepting praise or acknowledging your accomplishments? Do you worry about being exposed as an academic fraud? Have you ever questioned whether you belong at Michigan? Thoughts such as these are hallmarks of impostor thinking and are more common among graduate students than you realize. However\, they don’t have to overshadow your academic and professional journey.\nJoin us for this interactive\, two-hour workshop\, during which we will share insights from impostorism scholarship and provide research-based strategies for combating your impostor thoughts and feelings.\nBy the end of this workshop\, you will be able to:\n\n\nDefine impostorism and highlight the variety of ways individuals and groups are most impacted.\n\n\nDiscuss individual\, system\, and institution level factors that contribute to impostorism.\n\n\nRecognize maladaptive thought patterns and coping strategies that exacerbate impostor experiences.\n\n\nAccess tools and strategies to help interrupt your impostor cycle (all participants will receive a digital strategies workbook).\n\n\n\nThis workshop is designed for University of Michigan master’s students\, doctoral students\, and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.\nRegistration is required at https://myumi.ch/3Q67V.\n\nWe want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time\, preferably one week\, to arrange for your requested accommodations or an effective alternative.
UID:133198-21872582@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133198
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Rgs-events
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250303T063236
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T150000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab
DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1713995Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.
UID:133033-21872302@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTSTAMP:20250320T084307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T170000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Design Gallery for the Well-being Pavilion on the North Campus Diag
DESCRIPTION:The Well-being Collective and the Arts Initiative are proposing to build a well-being pavilion at the Gerstacker Lawn on the North Campus Diag\, in partnership with the Digital Architecture Research and Technologies Laboratory (DART) at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Please join us in the Pierpont Commons Atrium to learn more about the project and provide feedback on the design options. This event is intended for U-M students\, faculty\, and staff. M-Cookies and Well-being Collective swag will be provided to participants!
UID:133627-21873322@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133627
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessible Design,All Majors Welcome,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Arts Initiative,Community,Community Engagement,Free,Health,Health & Wellness,north campus,Sessions,Well-being,Wellness
LOCATION:Atrium / Main Concourse
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DTSTAMP:20250326T063948
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Supernova Neutrinos: from 1987 to [insert date here]
DESCRIPTION:In Febuary 1987\, a supernova exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud.  The nearest supernova since 1604\, it arrived at the right time to trigger the newest generation of neutrino detectors underground\, a vast range of telescopes and cameras on Earth\, and a few pre-Hubble space telescopes.    Neutrino physicists are eager for another observation and have instruments ready and waiting---but there's nothing but luck to say whether the next Milky Way supernova will be in our lifetimes or not.  In this talk\, I will review some supernova neutrino physics and talk about a new result---the chance to get information about supernova neutrinos\, maybe in our lifetimes\, using an optical observable that reaches beyond the Milky Way.
UID:134354-21874251@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134354
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20250228T140019
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE Alumni Talk: “From depression to probation to PhD: a story of overcoming obstacles”
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to all Michigan Engineering undergraduate students.\n\nDescription:\nNicholas’ path towards a Ph.D. and carbon capture research is far from perfect. His lifelong battle with depression contributed towards him being on and off academic probation and mandatory leave several times from the University of Michigan. In 2015\, he gave college one last try and not only went onto earn his bachelor’s in chemical engineering\, but also a doctorate degree from Clemson University in 2023. Nicholas hopes to use his story as a means for inspiring other struggling students. It’s never too late to consciously decide you want to make a change and go down a different path.\n \nNicholas was born with sensorineural hearing loss and has navigated the lifelong challenge of hearing impairment. He hopes to use his experiences as a partially deaf person to inspire other hard of hearing people to pursue advanced STEM degrees.\n \nAbout Nicholas:\nNicholas received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2016\, then went on to complete a doctorate degree from Clemson University in 2023. He joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher in January 2024 in the Soft Materials and Membranes group. He is currently investigating advanced materials for energy-efficient carbon dioxide removal from power plant emissions and oceanic seawater. Outside of work\, he is an avid vinyl collector and enjoys attending concerts and music festivals with friends. He also enjoys cooking and spending time with his 17-pound cat\, Molson.
UID:133304-21872714@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133304
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:chemical engineering,Graduate,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Boulevard Room
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DTSTAMP:20250320T211459
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series and Katz-Newcomb Colloquium Series: Bill Chopik
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Bill Chopik  (he/his/him) joins us at the University of Michigan March 31\, 3025\, for a talk co-sponsored by the Research Center for Group Dynamics and the Katz-Newcomb Colloquium Series.\n\nDoes it always help to look on the bright side of life and a situation? Years of individual difference and lifespan development research have framed optimism—the tendency to expect positive things in the future—as an asset that protects against physical and cognitive decline. There is also an assumption that optimism is a purely individual resource\, originating from people alone\, irrespective of their environments. In this talk\, Chopik will revisit these approaches and provide some evidence that people are optimistic even when they shouldn’t be\, how the optimism of other people affects us\, and how where you live might alter how you think about the future. The goal of this session is to give you a crash course on optimism and where it comes from—topics that expand our understanding of health and resilience and should be of interest to everyone\, even if you’re a pessimist at heart.\n\nDr. Chopik is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. He studies how close relationships—and the people in them—change over time and across situations. Dr. Chopik’s work examines phenomena as broad as how relationships and social institutions shape development and as focused as the mechanisms that underlie the link between close relationships and health. In 2017\, Dr. Chopik was recognized as one of Forbes Magazine’s Top 30 Scientists Under 30 and has since been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.\n\nDavid Dunning\, organizer of the Katz-Newcomb speaker series in Psychology and an associate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics\, hosts. RCGD's winter 2025 seminar series covers a variety of topics in social science\, including social cognition\, structural racism\, romantic relationships\, and cognitive health. Check the schedule for updates to this series that will convene on select Mondays at 3:30 at the Institute for Social Research\, Room 1430.\n\nAs permissions allow\, seminars are later posted to the RCGD YouTube playlist.
UID:134094-21873854@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134094
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Psychology
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
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DTSTAMP:20250325T093029
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Empowering Bureaucrats to do Better\"
DESCRIPTION:Mission Driven Bureaucrats argues that the key to better government lies not in stricter controls and more rigorous oversight but in empowerment and trust. Mission Driven Bureaucrats offers a roadmap for how governments can break from the status quo and cultivate a workforce of dedicated\, empowered public servants. When bureaucrats are empowered to act on their mission-driven impulses\, the results can be extraordinary. Managing more for empowerment - allowing autonomy\, cultivating competence\, and creating connection to peers and purpose - is often the path to better public performance and citizens’ welfare.\n\nAuthor Dan Honig will be in conversation with the Ford School's Don Moynihan.
UID:134306-21874151@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134306
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American Culture,Discussion,ford school,ford school of public policy,gerald r. ford school of public policy,government
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
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DTSTAMP:20250327T144221
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents: TikTok\, DeepSeek and the Fear of Chinese Tech in Nationalist Times
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, two of the most popular apps in the world – TikTok and the A.I. chatbot DeepSeek – are Chinese. American legislative efforts to restrict or outright ban Chinese apps and other technologies on the grounds of national security have dominated recent headlines. During a time of political turmoil\, increasing hostility towards trade with other nations\, and the rush to maintain U.S. dominance over the tech industry\, anti-Chinese sentiment has (re)surfaced in ways that echo earlier American anxieties about Asian labor competition and racial difference. This panel will bring together Asian American media scholars and culture creators to analyze what this climate means for our shifting technological landscape\, Asian American communities\, and race relations in the U.S.\n\nFree boba will be provided to the first 100 in-person attendees. All are welcome and we strongly encourage undergraduate and graduate students to attend.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended.\n\nRegister to attend in person: https://myumi.ch/AZjJG\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/RmG6y\n\nMeet the Panelists\n\nTara Fickle is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. Her first book\, The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities\, (NYU Press\, 2019\, winner of Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award)\, explores how games have been used to establish and combat Asian and Asian American racial stereotypes. Fickle’s current research projects include the racialized dimensions of esports\, virtual currency harvesting in video games\, and a digital archive of the canonical Asian American anthology\, Aiiieeeee! She teaches courses on Asian American culture\, gaming\, comics\, and the digital humanities. \n\nIan Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan. He is a historian of the 19th- and 20th-century United States and is interested in how “culture\,” broadly defined\, reflects but also shapes the politics of its time. His research and teaching concentrate on U.S.-China relations\, U.S. empire\, immigration\, and the Asian American experience. His book manuscript—entitled Imperial Stewards: Chinese Art and the Cultural Origins of America's Pacific Century—examines Chinese art collecting in the U.S. in the early 20th century as a contested process of knowledge production that bolstered ideas of American exceptionalism\, even while it relied on transpacific circuits of labor and expertise.\n\nJeff Yang has been observing\, exploring\, and writing about the Asian American community for over thirty years. He launched one of the first Asian American national magazines\, A. Magazine\, in the late nineties and early 2000s\, and now writes frequently for CNN\, New York Times\, and elsewhere. He has authored three books—Jackie Chan’s New York Times bestselling memoir I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action\; Once Upon a Time in China\, a history of the cinemas of Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, and the Mainland\; and Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture\, and most recently coauthored the New York Times bestselling RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now. \n\nMeet The Moderator\n\nLisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Culture\, and the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Since 1994\, Nakamura has written books and articles on digital bodies\, race\, and gender in online environments\, on toxicity in video game culture\, and the many reasons that Internet research needs ethnic and gender studies. These books include\, Race After the Internet (co-edited with Peter Chow-White\, Routledge\, 2011)\; Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet (Minnesota\, 2007)\; Cybertypes: Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity on the Internet (Routledge\, 2002)\; and Race in Cyberspace (co-edited with Beth Kolko and Gil Rodman\, Routledge\, 2000). In November 2019\, Nakamura gave a TED NYC talk about her research called “The Internet is a Trash Fire. Here’s How to Fix It.\"\n\nWe would like to thank the following co-sponsors:\n\nU-M Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program\nU-M Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\nU-M Department of American Culture\nU-M Department of Comparative Literature\nU-M Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\nU-M Department of History\nU-M Department of Political Science\nU-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\nU-M Program in International and Comparative Studies\nU-M School of Information\nU-M Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program\nU-M Science\, Technology\, and Society Program\nBGSU Global Social Media Influencer Research Lab\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Giselle Mills at gimills@umich.edu.
UID:132520-21871075@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132520
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ai In Science And Engineering,american culture,Artificial Intelligence,Asia,Asian American Studies,big data,Big Tech,Chinese Studies,computing,cyber security,Digital Culture,Digital Media,digital technology,Food,Free Food,Humanities,Media
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20250331T152036
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents: TikTok\, DeepSeek and the Fear of Chinese Tech in Nationalist Times
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nFor the first time\, two of the most popular apps in the world – TikTok and the A.I. chatbot DeepSeek – are Chinese. American legislative efforts to restrict or outright ban Chinese apps and other technologies on the grounds of national security have dominated recent headlines. During a time of political turmoil\, increasing hostility towards trade with other nations\, and the rush to maintain U.S. dominance over the tech industry\, anti-Chinese sentiment has (re)surfaced in ways that echo earlier American anxieties about Asian labor competition and racial difference. This panel will bring together Asian American media scholars and culture creators to analyze what this climate means for our shifting technological landscape\, Asian American communities\, and race relations in the U.S.\nMeet The PanelistsTara Fickle is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. Her first book\, The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities\, (NYU Press\, 2019\, winner of Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award)\, explores how games have been used to establish and combat Asian and Asian American racial stereotypes. Fickle’s current research projects include the racialized dimensions of esports\, virtual currency harvesting in video games\, and a digital archive of the canonical Asian American anthology\, Aiiieeeee! She teaches courses on Asian American culture\, gaming\, comics\, and the digital humanities. More information can be found at tarafickle.com. \nIan Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan. He is a historian of the 19th- and 20th-century United States and is interested in how “culture\,” broadly defined\, reflects but also shapes the politics of its time. His research and teaching concentrate on U.S.-China relations\, U.S. empire\, immigration\, and the Asian American experience. His book manuscript—entitled Imperial Stewards: Chinese Art and the Cultural Origins of America's Pacific Century—examines Chinese art collecting in the U.S. in the early 20th century as a contested process of knowledge production that bolstered ideas of American exceptionalism\, even while it relied on transpacific circuits of labor and expertise.\nJeff Yang has been observing\, exploring\, and writing about the Asian American community for over thirty years. He launched one of the first Asian American national magazines\, A. Magazine\, in the late nineties and early 2000s\, and now writes frequently for CNN\, New York Times\, and elsewhere. He has authored three books—Jackie Chan’s New York Times bestselling memoir I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action\; Once Upon a Time in China\, a history of the cinemas of Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, and the Mainland\; and Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture\, and most recently coauthored the New York Times bestselling RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now. He lives in Los Angeles\, CA.\n\nMeet The Moderator\nLisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Culture\, and the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Since 1994\, Nakamura has written books and articles on digital bodies\, race\, and gender in online environments\, on toxicity in video game culture\, and the many reasons that Internet research needs ethnic and gender studies. These books include\, Race After the Internet (co-edited with Peter Chow-White\, Routledge\, 2011)\; Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet (Minnesota\, 2007)\; Cybertypes: Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity on the Internet (Routledge\, 2002)\; and Race in Cyberspace (co-edited with Beth Kolko and Gil Rodman\, Routledge\, 2000). In November 2019\, Nakamura gave a TED NYC talk about her research called “The Internet is a Trash Fire. Here’s How to Fix It.\"\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Giselle Mills at gimills@umich.edu.
UID:132522-21871077@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132522
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:10th Floor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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DTSTAMP:20250330T101847
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T170000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Discrete Morse Theory
DESCRIPTION:Discrete Morse Theory is a tool to study the homotopy type of a simplicial complex\, via \"nice\" functions on it. It gives an algorithm for collapsing certain simplices without changing the homotopy type\, thus simplifying the cell structure of the simplicial complex. This talk aims to give an overview of this technique\, covering several examples along the way.
UID:134484-21874404@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134484
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
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DTSTAMP:20250324T145701
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250331T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fractional Brownian motions and Kerov's CLT
DESCRIPTION:Nonlinear functionals of Gaussian fields are ubiquitous in probability theory and PDEs.  We introduce a family of random curves in the plane which encode the random values of certain nonlinear functionals of fractional Brownian motions on a circle with Hurst index s - 1/2.  For a special choice of Cameron-Martin shift\, the low variance limit of the fractional Brownian motion induces a LLN and CLT for the associated random curves that is nearly identical to the global behavior of Plancherel measures on large Young diagrams.  The limit shape is independent of s and is that of Vershik-Kerov-Logan-Shepp.  The global Gaussian fluctuations depend on s and coincide with the process in Kerov's CLT for s = -1/2.  We give a dynamical explanation of this relationship using results of Eliashberg and Dubrovin.  This is work in progress with Robert Chang (Rhodes College).
UID:134294-21874111@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134294
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics,seminar
LOCATION:East Hall - B745
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DTSTAMP:20250323T220750
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Maximal Integral Orthogonal Groups
DESCRIPTION:We work out the maximal arithmetic subgroups of every orthogonal group G over the rational numbers (indefinite with dimension at least 3). The final answer is quite clean\, but has some interesting exceptional cases. The local analysis has two main ingredients: first\, new building-like complexes on which p-adic orthogonal groups act\; second\, a very detailed analysis of how the stabilizer of each vertex permutes its neighbors. The strong approximation theorem isn't quite enough to pass to the global case: for some quadratic forms over Z we must also construct reflections in their orthogonal groups. Our paper\, giving all details\, is available at https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/allcock/research/omax12.pdf
UID:134261-21874063@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134261
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
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DTSTAMP:20250313T105519
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gomberg Lecture: Ruminations in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry by a Grumpy Old Man
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will be a potpourri of chemistry that reflects: 1) teachings that are either inaccurate or puzzling\; 2) attempts to broaden the redox capability of base metals\, and accompanying electronic structure evaluations\; 3) generally increasing confusion among students.
UID:125083-21854347@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/125083
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Gomberg Lecture
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
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DTSTAMP:20250115T164616
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lecture hosted by Marcello Hernandez Castillo
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Keene Theater for a reading and lecture by visiting poet and writer Marcello Hernandez Castillo. Free and open to the public.
UID:131225-21867997@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131225
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Poetry,Writing
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250321T120750
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Student Model Theory Seminar (Invited Address): Categoricity Survey
DESCRIPTION:I plan to discuss (without proofs) several topics in model theory more or less related to categoricity\, i.e.\, uniqueness (up to isomorphism) of certain models. These topics will include Ryll-Nardzewski’s theorem characterizing countable categoricity\, Morley’s theorem about uncountable categoricity\, and the Baldwin-Lachlan theorem bridging those two topics. Along the way\, I’ll present some related topics\, like types\, stability\, and (if time permits) indiscernibility.
UID:134177-21873975@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134177
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics,seminar,Talk,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
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DTSTAMP:20250331T112257
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SUMMARY:Other:TransForum: The Lived Experiences of Accessing Gender-Affirming Care
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about the lived experiences of receiving gender-affirming care (including by not limited to\, taking hormone therapy and/or undergoing gender-affirming surgery). Accessing gender-affirming health care can be confusing and may come with obstacles\, so come hear from a diverse panel of people have lived it. This event is open to all U-M students.\n\nPlease register to receive the Zoom link.
UID:133628-21873323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133628
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:LGBT,LGBTQ Health and Wellness Week,Well-being
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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