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DTSTAMP:20260901T042150
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Hong Kong Short Term Group Interview
DESCRIPTION:All students interested in attending the Hong Kong Short-Term program with Global Initiatives must attend a group interview. Students who do not attend will not be eligible for consideration. Interview blocks are limited to 10 participants each. This interview must be completed before the application due date on September 30 at Noon EST. \nLate arrival to your group interview will not be permitted\, and you will be turned away. You may not leave early from your group interview. If you are unavailable to stay for the entirety of the 30 minute block\, please drop the session and register for a different time.\nPlease note: Thanks to the generosity of our donors\, this trip may include additional travel outside of Hong Kong. If you hold a passport from a country that is outside of the United States\, please be aware that you will be responsible for obtaining any tourist visa(s) you may need. HKUST will NOT sponsor you as a student and you will be ineligible for any type of student visa.
UID:149382-21906492@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149382
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Blau 4584
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260727T104702
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Buying Time: Optimal Service Purchase and Retirement Timing in Defined Benefit Plans
DESCRIPTION:We study retirement timing decisions in a defined benefit (DB) pension plan with a service-purchase\noption. An employee who would otherwise retire at a fixed time T may elect to purchase L additional\nyears of service and retire early. Earlier retirement provides additional leisure but requires an upfront\npayment and typically results in a reduced post-retirement income stream. We model this trade-off in\na continuous-time retirement framework by allowing the employee to choose L to maximize the value\nof wealth and leisure at retirement in both deterministic and life-contingent settings. Our model\ncaptures a common feature of public pension systems: early retirement is often accompanied by both\nan upfront cost and a permanent reduction in benefits. We show that this structure yields tractable\nand intuitive results in several benchmark cases\, including settings without mortality risk and settings\nwith mortality risk under simplifying assumptions. In more general cases\, we characterize optimal\nbehavior through comparative statics and numerical examples. A key insight is that the interaction\nbetween the finite-horizon value of leisure and the lifetime cost embedded in pension pricing can\ngenerate a range of behaviors\, including monotone strategies and interior optima. While many results\nalign with economic intuition\, others require more careful interpretation. We also extend the model to\nallow for dynamic decision-making via a multi-period service-purchase option\, solved by backward\ninduction. The results provide insight into optimal retirement timing and the role of plan design in\nshaping participant behavior. This is joint work with David Kausch and Virginia Young.
UID:149578-21906720@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149578
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1360
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260813T150121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CCMB/DCMB Weekly Bioinformatics Seminar Series featuring Feng Yue\, PhD (Director\, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - Center for Advanced Molecular Analysis at Northwestern Medicine)
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Yue is the founding director of the Center for Cancer Genomics at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University\, director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Analysis at Northwestern Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine\, the Duane and Susan Burnham Professor of Molecular Medicine\, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics\, and Professor of Pathology. He serves in the editorial board of Genome Research and Science Advances.
UID:150239-21908439@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150239
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,cancer,Computational Science,Life Science
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 4B700
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DTSTAMP:20260825T115442
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire\, Chinamaxxing\, & the “American Century of Humiliation”
DESCRIPTION:\"You've met me at a very Chinese time in my life.\" American social media users and influencers like Hasan Piker\, I Show Speed\, and Kris Jenner have become newly interested in China as a source of cultural and technological inspiration. This panel of experts in technology policy\, Chinese techno-culture\, and the interplay between the U.S. and Asia will discuss the roots of \"Chinamaxxing\" in U.S. China relations. The panelists are members of the A\,I.eeeee Collective and co-authors of a new book project called \"Feeling the Future: Asian American Takes on Techno-Empire\" which discusses Asian semiconductors\, A.I.\, robots\, and electric vehicles as sources of both envy and of resentment.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend.\n\nRefreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy a free networking lunch with the panelists will be available. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/22866\n\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DDCtopKmSYalc0nf9BadMg\n\nMeet the Panelists:\n\nBrian J. Chen is Data & Society’s policy director\, leading the organization’s work to shape tech policy. With a background in movement lawyering and legislative and regulatory advocacy\, he has worked extensively on issues of economic justice\, political economy\, and tech governance. Previously\, Brian was a senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project\, where he led campaigns to strengthen the labor and employment rights of digital platform workers and others in precarious industries. His writing has appeared in The Baffler\, Phenomenal World\, Boston Review\, and other magazines. He holds a JD from New York University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.\n\nJulie Y. Chu is a sociocultural anthropologist with interests in mobility and migration\, economy and value\, ritual life\, material culture\, media and technology\, and state regulatory regimes. Her book\, Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China (Duke University Press\, 2010)\, received the 2011 Sharon Stephens Prize from the American Ethnological Society and the 2012 Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. It was also shortlisted for the 2011 Gregory Bateson Prize from the Society of Cultural Anthropology.  Her current writing project is entitled The Hinge of Time: Infrastructure and Chronopolitics at China's Global Edge. Based on three years of fieldwork largely among Chinese customs inspectors and transnational migrant couriers\, this work will analyze the various infrastructures in place (legal-rational\, financial\, cosmic\, piratical) for managing the temporal intensities and rhythms of people and things on the move between Southern China and the United States. \n\nJasmine Ehrhardt is a PhD Candidate in American Culture and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan. Their research engages in critical prison studies\, digital media studies\, and Asian American studies. Their dissertation \"Making the High-Tech Prison: Media\, Infrastructure\, and Counter-Narratives of the Digital\,” explores the knowledge production\, analysis\, and media practices of imprisoned radicals and abolitionists\, and their relationships to digital technology. Analyzing the archives of abolitionist intellectual and political work from the 1970s to the 2010s—in print and digital forms such as zines\, essays\, personal correspondence\, podcasts\, TikToks\, and other social media ephemera—this work shows how surveillance\, security\, and digital communications technologies have structured political organizing and repression inside US prisons. Jasmine's writing has appeared in AfterImage\, Journal of Visual Culture\, and Amerasia Journal. \n\nPaul Kim is a PhD candidate in the Film and Media Studies department at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). His work lies at the intersection of critical AI studies\, critical race studies\, and visual studies. His dissertation titled “Recommending Race” investigates racial subjectivity within the contemporary recommender system. His work has been supported by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UCSB (IHC) and the Asian/Pacific American Caucus of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)\, among others. He has co-organized the 9th iteration of the Media Fields conference\, “Witnessing\,” and is on the editing team for the ensuant special issue of Media Fields. His work has been published in AI & Society. In his free time\, Paul ravenously watches cinema of the 2020s (TikTok and\, recently and excitingly\, Instagram Reels).\n\nMeet the Moderator:\n\nLisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. She is the lead Principal Investigator of the DISCO (Digital Inquiry\, Speculation\, Collaboration\, and Optimism) Network along with Rayvon Fouché\, Catherine Knight Steele\, and M. Remi Yergeau. Nakamura is also the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan and has been writing about digital media\, race\, and gender since 1994. She 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. She is the author of The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet (University of Minnesota\, 2026)\, Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet (University of Minnesota\, 2007) and Cybertypes: Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity on the Internet (Routledge\, 2002). \n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:149356-21906269@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149356
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Asian American Studies,Big Tech,Culture,Digital Culture,Digital Media,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Information and Technology
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260901T042200
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents - Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire\, Chinamaxxing\, & the “American Century of Humiliation”
DESCRIPTION:We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided for the panel conversation. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
UID:149357-21906271@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149357
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Weiser Hall 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042150
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Hong Kong Short Term Group Interview
DESCRIPTION:All students interested in attending the Hong Kong Short-Term program with Global Initiatives must attend a group interview. Students who do not attend will not be eligible for consideration. Interview blocks are limited to 10 participants each. This interview must be completed before the application due date on September 30 at Noon EST. \nLate arrival to your group interview will not be permitted\, and you will be turned away. You may not leave early from your group interview. If you are unavailable to stay for the entirety of the 30 minute block\, please drop the session and register for a different time.\nPlease note: Thanks to the generosity of our donors\, this trip may include additional travel outside of Hong Kong. If you hold a passport from a country that is outside of the United States\, please be aware that you will be responsible for obtaining any tourist visa(s) you may need. HKUST will NOT sponsor you as a student and you will be ineligible for any type of student visa.
UID:149382-21906493@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149382
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Blau 4584
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T042201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MiSciComm (Michigan Science Communicators)
DESCRIPTION:Join MiSciComm (formerly MiSciWriters) for in-person and virtual workshops designed to develop science communication skills!\nNo science communication experience required. We are always welcoming new writers\, editors\, translators\, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciComm\, fill out our membership form here. Our onboarding workshops are held once per semester and can be registered for below. Please reach out if you have any comments\, questions\, or concerns. 
UID:129265-21910167@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:THSL 5000
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260830T165053
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probability and Analysis Seminar: TBA
DESCRIPTION:TBA
UID:151182-21911041@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151182
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260813T140612
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T172000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG SEMINAR GEOMETRY\, TOPOLOGY\, DYNAMICS: Global Rigidity of Codimenson 1 Actions
DESCRIPTION:TBA
UID:150235-21908433@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150235
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042150
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Hong Kong Short Term Group Interview
DESCRIPTION:All students interested in attending the Hong Kong Short-Term program with Global Initiatives must attend a group interview. Students who do not attend will not be eligible for consideration. Interview blocks are limited to 10 participants each. This interview must be completed before the application due date on September 30 at Noon EST. \nLate arrival to your group interview will not be permitted\, and you will be turned away. You may not leave early from your group interview. If you are unavailable to stay for the entirety of the 30 minute block\, please drop the session and register for a different time.\nPlease note: Thanks to the generosity of our donors\, this trip may include additional travel outside of Hong Kong. If you hold a passport from a country that is outside of the United States\, please be aware that you will be responsible for obtaining any tourist visa(s) you may need. HKUST will NOT sponsor you as a student and you will be ineligible for any type of student visa.
UID:149382-21906494@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149382
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Blau 4584
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260827T122734
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Law School Personal Statement Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Personal Statement Workshop is open to all interested University of Michigan students and alumni. The workshop will help students gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the law school personal statement. It is designed to give insight into the brainstorming\, drafting\, and editing phases of the process.\n\nPlease register on Sessions@Michigan.\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/17625
UID:150335-21909014@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150335
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Law,Law School,Law School Application Preparation,Pre Law
LOCATION:Angell Hall - G243
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T042201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Law School Personal Statement Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Personal Statement Workshop is open to all interested University of Michigan students and alumni. The workshop will help students gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the law school personal statement. It is designed to give insight into the brainstorming\, drafting\, and editing phases of the process.
UID:150337-21909018@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150337
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:G243
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042140
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T183000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27
DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources.
UID:150694-21909942@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:TBD
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260609T181635
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T183000
SUMMARY:Performance:Voice & Opera Studio Recital
DESCRIPTION:Students from the Department of Voice & Opera perform a recital.
UID:148716-21904658@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148716
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042202
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T181500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Vivian R. Shaw Lecture Featuring Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
DESCRIPTION:Established in 1997 by Ellen Agress\, the Vivian R. Shaw Lecture is presented biennially by IRWG and Women’s and Gender Studies. The lecture was created to address “real world issues” related to women and gender and has brought distinguished scholars\, writers\, and public intellectuals to the University of Michigan for nearly three decades.\n
UID:149940-21907402@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149940
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize & Blue Cupboard Volunteering
DESCRIPTION:Come help us during normal operating hours\; as well as\, unload our weekly Food Gatherers deliveries and stock our shelves! If you are outside the U-M community\, please reach out to maize.blue.cupboard@umich.edu to sign up.
UID:102102-21910771@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/102102
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Maize and Blue Cupboard inside Betsy Barbour
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260727T121530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Me\, Myself and AI: Where Human Creativity and Algorithms Intersect. An Evening with Etgar Keret.
DESCRIPTION:Etgar Keret is a celebrated Israeli author and filmmaker known for his unique\, surreal\, and darkly comedic short stories. Keret spent time engaging with AI models to test the limits of what a machine could generate about stories and narratives. In his talk \"Me\, Myself and AI\" Keret notably explores the intersection of human creativity and algorithms. \n\nKERET BIO \nBorn in Ramat Gan in 1967\, Etgar Keret is a leading voice in Israeli literature and film. His books have been published in over four dozen languages and his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Le Monde\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, The Paris Review and Zoetrope\, among others. Over a hundred short films and several feature films have been based on his stories. He has received the Book Publishers Association of Israel's Platinum Prize several times\, and the Newman Prize for Literature (2012). In 2010\, Keret was honored in France with the decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2007\, Keret and Shira Geffen won the Cannes Film Festival's \"Caméra d'Or\" award for their movie Jellyfish\, and Best Director Award from the French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers. The two also co-wrote and directed \"The Middleman\" (2019)\, a French mini-series for ARTE\, which won the best screenplay award at Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle. Keret was awarded the 2016 Charles Bronfman Prize. His latest collection\, \"Fly Already\,\" won Israel’s most prestigious literary award\, the Sapir Prize (2018) and a National Jewish Book Award (2019). Since 2021\, he has been publishing the weekly newsletter \"Alphabet Soup\" on Substack. In 2022\, Keret presented an exhibition about his mother at the Jewish Museum Berlin. His newest short-story collection is Autocorrect.
UID:148338-21903955@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148338
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Film,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Middle East Studies,Poetry,Storytelling,Writing
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheater
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T042202
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T183000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Me\, Myself\, and AI: Where Human Creativity and Algorithms Intersect. An Evening with Etgar Keret
DESCRIPTION:Etgar Keret is a celebrated Israeli author and filmmaker known for his unique\, surreal\, and darkly comedic short stories. Keret spent time engaging with AI models to test the limits of what a machine could generate about stories and narratives. In his talk \"Me\, Myself and AI\,\" Keret notably explores the intersection of human creativity and algorithms\nKERET BIO Born in Ramat Gan in 1967\, Etgar Keret is a leading voice in Israeli literature and film. His books have been published in over four dozen languages and his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Le Monde\, The New Yorker\, The Guardian\, The Paris Review and Zoetrope\, among others. Over a hundred short films and several feature films have been based on his stories. He has received the Book Publishers Association of Israel's Platinum Prize several times\, and the Newman Prize for Literature (2012). In 2010\, Keret was honored in France with the decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2007\, Keret and Shira Geffen won the Cannes Film Festival's \"Caméra d'Or\" award for their movie Jellyfish\, and Best Director Award from the French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers. The two also co-wrote and directed The Middleman (2019)\, a French mini-series for ARTE\, which won the best screenplay award at Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle. Keret was awarded the 2016 Charles Bronfman Prize. His latest collection\, Fly Already\, won Israel’s most prestigious literary award\, the Sapir Prize (2018) and a National Jewish Book Award (2019). Since 2021\, he has been publishing the weekly newsletter \"Alphabet Soup\" on Substack. In 2022\, Keret presented an exhibition about his mother at the Jewish Museum Berlin. His newest short-story collection is Autocorrect.
UID:147949-21902583@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147949
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Amphitheater (4th Floor)
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T042201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MiSciComm (Michigan Science Communicators)
DESCRIPTION:Join MiSciComm (formerly MiSciWriters) for in-person and virtual workshops designed to develop science communication skills!\nNo science communication experience required. We are always welcoming new writers\, editors\, translators\, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciComm\, fill out our membership form here. Our onboarding workshops are held once per semester and can be registered for below. Please reach out if you have any comments\, questions\, or concerns. 
UID:129265-21910168@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:THSL 5000
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260820T155302
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260923T170000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Vivian R. Shaw Lecture Featuring Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan are pleased to welcome acclaimed author\, poet\, and scholar Honorée Fanonne Jeffers as the featured speaker for the Vivian R. Shaw Lecture.\nEstablished in 1997 by Ellen Agress\, the Vivian R. Shaw Lecture is presented biennially by IRWG and Women’s and Gender Studies. The lecture was created to address “real world issues” related to women and gender and has brought distinguished scholars\, writers\, and public intellectuals to the University of Michigan for nearly three decades.\n\nHonorée Fanonne Jeffers is an essayist\, novelist\, poet\, and student of United States history whose work illuminates the intersections of race\, gender\, memory\, and social justice. She is the author of seven books spanning poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction. Her debut novel\, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois\, was an instant New York Times bestseller\, an Oprah’s Book Club selection\, and a recipient of numerous honors\, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The novel has been celebrated as one of the most significant works of contemporary American literature\, earning recognition from The Atlantic\, Time\, NPR\, and The New York Times.\n\nAn award-winning poet\, Jeffers is also the author of The Age of Phillis\, a groundbreaking collection based on fifteen years of archival research into the life and legacy of Phillis Wheatley Peters\, the first Africana woman to publish a book in the Americas. The collection received the NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Lenore Marshall Prize and has become a widely taught text in classrooms across the United States.\n\nJeffers serves as Editor-at-Large for The Kenyon Review and has received fellowships from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the American Antiquarian Society\, and the Library of Congress. Her contributions to literature and scholarship have been recognized with the Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction and induction into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.\n\nJoin us for an engaging evening with one of the nation’s most celebrated literary voices as she reflects on history\, storytelling\, identity\, and the enduring significance of women and gender in shaping our understanding of the world.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150653
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:institute for research on women and gender,Women's And Gender Studies,women's studies
LOCATION:Michigan League
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