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:20250402T112035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:dije Office and Office of Student Affairs (OSA) Programming DESCRIPTION:This track includes all programming that the dije and OSA office partner together on to serve the Marsal Community.  UID:132893-21872038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132893 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Pretcher Hall (Room 2202) Marsal School CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250303T063245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Discover McKinsey's Women's Community DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by McKinsey Women. This is just one ofour many worldwide initiatives aimed at helping individuals get to knowMcKinsey better. This is an informal (and nonevaluative!) session focusedon our Women's community.   UID:133234-21872626@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250326T163024 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T133000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Female Faculty-Student Mixer DESCRIPTION:Join GradSWE for our tri-annual Female Faculty-Student Mixer in the East Room of Pierpont Commons on Wednesday\, April 2nd\, from 12:00 - 2:00 pm!\n\nDuring this event\, we will have groups of faculty members and students mixing at multiple tables. Each table will have topics such as imposter syndrome\, career path\, dealing with failure\, PhD to professor\, and others. We will organize students and faculty to different tables according to their interests. Lunch will be provided. \n\nPLEASE CONTACT Jenevieve Surkin (jsurkin@umich.edu) or Nitya Mittal (mnyita@umich.edu) if you have any questions. UID:134299-21874142@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134299 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:College Of Engineering,Engineering,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - East Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21865136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241210T132616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses (asanas) to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. This class will be held at the School of Kinesiology on the 4th floor in room 4099. This class will be held each Wednesday from March 12 through April 16. UID:129888-21864745@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 4099 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T130940 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T160000 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:130748-21866792@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250226T162327 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Improve Survey Inference Using Bayesian Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series\nApril 2\, 2025\n12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT\n\nIn person\, room G300 Perry Building\, and via Zoom.\nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation. \n\nImprove Survey Inference Using Bayesian Machine Learning\n \nWe consider survey inference from nonrandom samples in data-rich settings where high-dimensional auxiliary information is available both in the sample and the target population. When we have access to the individual-level data of the auxiliary variables in the population\, we propose a regularized predictive inference approach that predicts the outcomes in the population based on the large number of auxiliary variables using Bayesian additive regression trees (BARTs) and its extensions. Our simulation studies reveal that the regularized predictions using BARTs yield valid inferences for the population means with coverage rates close to the nominal levels. We extend the method to accommodate two-phase designs\, scenarios involving population data with confidentiality constraints\, and cases where only the population margins of the auxiliary variables are available. We demonstrate the application of the proposed methods using health surveys. \n \nDr. Qixuan Chen is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Columbia University. She obtained her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan in 2009. Her research focuses on survey sampling\, missing data\, measurement error\, data integration\, and Bayesian modeling. She collaborates extensively with interdisciplinary researchers on the design and analysis of longitudinal and cross-sectional health surveys at local\, national\, and international levels. Since 2018\, Dr. Chen has served as Associate Editor for Biometrics. UID:133184-21872560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bias,brown bag,Causal Inference,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,Health Data,In Person,Lecture,Population Studies Center,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sociology,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Research,Virtual LOCATION:Perry Building - G300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250303T063205 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T124500 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Northern Trust 2025 Spring Learning Series: Part 4 - Redefining the FinTech Space DESCRIPTION:We will be hosting a set of 6 webinars/panels to learn moreabout Northern Trust called our Spring Learning Series. From this\, you can learn more about what different segments of our business do\, what potential career paths would look like\, hear from former interns who worked in these teams\, etc. \;Within this specific event\, Redefining the FinTech Space\, you will learn about our innovative technology solutions that enable businesses to drive growth\, improve client and employee experiences\, and protect confidential data. Additionally\, you will hear from current Northern Trust partners within our Technology business unit about what their career path has looked like and what skills they lookfor in early talent interested in a career in Technology. \;Please join via MS Teams for this event through the link provided\, and using the following:Meeting ID: 286 736 089 617 \;Passcode: MH767Gw2 \; \;If you experience issues with the MS Teams login\, below are the audio options to dial in:+1 312-319-1327Phone Conference ID: 524 007 855# \; \;Can't wait to see you there! \;We encourage you to signup for the full series! If interested\, please register for each session individually through the links below: \;Part 1: Achieving Greater TogetherWednesday\, March 12th\, 2025\, 12:00PM - 12:45PMCSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695603/share_preview \;Part 2: Blast from the Past Former Intern Panel (VIRTUAL)Wednesday\, March 19th\, 2025\, 12:00PM - 12:45PM CSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695607/share_preview \;Part 3:  \;Explore #LifeatNT \;Wednesday\, March 26th\, 2025\, 12:00PM - 12:45PM CSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695613/share_preview \;Part 4: Redefining the FinTech SpaceWednesday\, April 2nd\, 2025\, 12:00PM - 12:45PM CSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695209/share_preview \;Part 5: Insider Tips from a RecruiterWednesday\, April 9th\, 2025\, 12:00PM - 12:45PM CSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695599/share_preview \;Part 6: Blast from the Past Former Intern Panel (IN PERSON at one of our Chicago Offices)Wednesday\, April 16th\, 2025\, 2:00PM - 4:00PM CSThttps://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1695623/share_preview UID:132314-21870753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132314 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250303T063211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ServiceNow Early in Career Virtual Open House DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Virtual Open House on Wednesday\, April 2 at 12:00 PM PST! Meet our team\, discover our culture\, and explore exciting career opportunities! Learn how the world works with ServiceNow. RSVP now and save your spot - we can’t wait to connect with you!  UID:132483-21871032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250205T181812 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng 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:132396-21870880@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250402T121506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Warped Routes: 2025 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\nMichelle CieloszczykMike MartinRiver BerryMichael King\, Jr.Fiona HofferZoë Dong\nThe 2025 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 28 - April 19 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Friday\, March 28 from 6-8pm (no RSVP required).\nViewings March 29-April 19 are available by appointment only\; please contact Michael King\, Jr. to arrange a visit. UID:134133-21873905@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134133 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250325T162928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship: Fireside Chat with Jeff Lawson DESCRIPTION:Jeff Lawson is a lifelong builder. Starting at age 13\, he started a video production company so he could afford to play with cool video technology. In college\, he started Versity.com\, an online college notes company\, as an excuse to start building something on the Internet. He was the founding CTO Stubhub\, and one of the first product managers at AWS. This led to his founding of Twilio\, a company for builders… software developers. He led Twilio as its CEO from founding through 2024\, from zero to $4B in revenue and over 300\,000 customers globally. Most recently\, Jeff bought The Onion\, and is working to re-build it for the modern information age. Jeff believes in embracing curiosity and new challenges by just rolling up the sleeves and starting to build. UID:134348-21874233@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Startup,Startups,Twilio LOCATION:Ross School of Business - Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship - R2420 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250120T151032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:\"Let's Talk\": Informal\, Drop-In Mental Health Counseling DESCRIPTION:Trained mental health counselors are now available for drop-in conversations at different times and locations across campus\, including at Trotter\, the Spectrum Center\, South Quad\, the International Center\, and Bursley.\n\nThis informal\, confidential “office hours” style can be a great fit for students unsure about formal counseling\; for those with a specific\, time-limited concern they’d like to talk through\; or those seeking information on campus resources. Please note: this is not meant for crisis or emergency support.\n\n\"Let's Talk\" will run from January 20th 2025 to April 25th 2025. There will be no drop-ins the week of Spring Break (March 3rd - 7th). \n\nMonday: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm with Markie Silverman\, Ph.D.\, LP\, Room 2035 in Trotter Multicultural Center\nTuesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Marcella A. Beaumont\, Ph.D.\, Room 3032 in The Spectrum Center (Michigan Union)\nWednesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Emily Malinowski\, LMSW\, Room 1721A in South Quad Housing\nThursday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm with Ling Liu\, Ph.D. & Chunyu Xu\, M.Ed.\, M.S.Ed.\, Conference Room in the International Center\nFriday: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm with Kayla Douglas\, LMSW\, and Emily Powers\, LLMSW\, Room 2329B in Bursley Housing UID:131469-21868545@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessible,Casual,Confidential,Drop-in,free,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,health communication,Inclusion,mental health,Mindfulness,relationship,relationships,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,university health service,Well-being LOCATION:South Quad - 1721A CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250321T102233 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:A Celtic Harpist's Journey through the Collection of the William L. Clements Library DESCRIPTION:* Alex Ames will be in residency at the Clements from March 31-April 4\, 2025 with a pop-up exhibit of materials that inspired his repertoire\, along with other collection items that showcase the cultural resonances of the harp on view from Noon-4:00 pm daily. UID:134174-21873963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134174 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Ann Arbor,Books,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,history,history of art,libraries,Library,Music LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250321T181706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T142000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Composer Christopher Theofanidis and Librettist/Poet Melissa Studdard DESCRIPTION:This guest master class will feature composer Christopher Theofanidis and librettist/poet Melissa Studdard and students from the Chamber Choir and Voice & Opera department. In the class\, our students will work on selections from *Siddhartha\, She*\, with the composer and librettist team as part of their weeklong workshop residency. \n\nDr. Eugene Rogers’ Chamber Choir and OperaLab will present a musical workshop of the new opera in Stamps Auditorium on Friday\, April 4 at 8:00 pm. The class will be free and open to the public with support from the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund.\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS\n\nCHRISTOPHER THEOFANDIS' music has been performed by many of the world’s leading performing arts organizations\, from the London Symphony\, Chicago Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, and New York Philharmonic to the San Francisco Opera\, the Houston Grand Opera\, and the American Ballet Theatre. He is a two-time Grammy nominee for best composition\, and his Viola Concerto\, recorded with David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony with Richard O’Neill soloist\, won the 2021 Grammy for Best Instrumental Solo. Mr. Theofanidis’ work\, *Rainbow Body*\, is one of the most performed works in recent decades\, having been performed by over 200 orchestras worldwide. Mr. Theofanidis is currently on the faculties of Yale University and the Aspen Music Festival\, and has taught at the Juilliard School and the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.\n\nMELISSA STUDDARD is the author of five books\, including *Dear Selection Committee*\, her most recent poetry collection. Her work has been featured by PBS\, NPR\, *The New York Times*\, *Ms. Magazine*\, *The Guardian*\, the Best American Poetry blog\, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day and has garnered awards such as *The Penn Review* Poetry Prize\, the Poetry Society of America’s Lucille Medwick Award\, the Tom Howard Award\, and more. As a librettist/lyricist\, she has had works commissioned by Aspen Music Festival\, Wolf Trap\, Yale Institute of Sacred Music\, and the University of Michigan School of Music. With Kelli Russell Agodon\, she co-hosts the podcast *Poems You Need*. You can find her at www.melissastuddard.com and www.youtube.com/@PoemsYouNeed. UID:134221-21874003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Storytelling,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250205T181813 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T135000 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:132397-21870881@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132397 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250102T120705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Wednesday 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:117252-21865877@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Information and Technology,Machine Learning LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250317T084535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Psychology Diversity Week Discussion Panel DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nDr. Germine Awad\, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor\, Professor of Psychology\n\nDr. Matthew Countryman\, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies\, Past Chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Faculty Director of the OVPR Arts of Citizenship Program\n\nDr. Carla O’Connor\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Education\, Director of Wolverine Pathways\n\nDr. Alford Young\, Jr.\, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor\, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies\, and Public Policy\n\nModerator:\nDr. Kevin Cokley\, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor\, Professor of Psychology\, Associate Chair for Diversity Initiatives\n\nThe assault on diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) is one of several threats to higher education. These threats are part of what former U-M president Lee Bollinger has characterized as “an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government”. For years the University of Michigan has been a higher education leader in DEI initiatives\, operating one of the most comprehensive DEI operations in the country. This has made U-M a target\, resulting in a New York Times article critically evaluating DEI at U-M and concluding that students and faculty are more frustrated than ever. Instead of defending diversity as prior U-M leadership has done\, current leadership has engaged in “anticipatory compliance” by banning diversity statements and threatening to cut funding from a “DEI bureaucracy”. Diversity officers from across the country are closely watching what happens at U-M\, because successfully dismantling DEI at U-M would send shock waves throughout higher education and likely represent DEI’s last stand.\n \nIn this panel\, participants from different disciplinary backgrounds who are part of a DEI workgroup will discuss their efforts to defend DEI at U-M. They will discuss the strategies they have used and describe the successes as well as ongoing challenges of their efforts. UID:133888-21873672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133888 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Psychology,Psychology Departmental LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241209T121528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T150000 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. 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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:129829-21864621@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250327T101157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250402T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:What is Critical Now? Media Studies Between Crisis and Critique DESCRIPTION:Media today are our situation\; they constitute the fabric of living. But a number of new crises–and subjects–have profoundly shaped the field of media studies\, including an environmental turn in media studies\, elemental media\, ubiquitous computing\, distributed sensing\, and pervasive algorithms and artificial intelligence. Accordingly\, this conference revists and updates Mark B.N. Hansen and WJT Mitchell’s landmark Critical Terms for Media Studies (2010) by accounting for how these new ways of thinking impact the subjective\, aesthetic\, political\, material and economic registers of life and living in the twenty-first century. \n\nIn particular\, the conference will explore the many disciplinary and post-disciplinary transformations in the study of media since its publication (including the moment of “post-critique”). To that end\, the conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of emerging scholars external to the University of Michigan with UM graduate students and faculty to reconsider the project of media critique today.\n\nThe morning session (10:00 am-11:30 am\, Digital Studies Institute Lab Space) is reserved for a limited-capacity working session with the invited speakers for graduate students involved broadly in the critical study of media. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\nThe afternoon (2:00 pm- 5:00 pm\, Hatcher Graduate Library\, Hatcher Gallery\, Room 100) will consist of four 45-minute “Keyword Panel” sessions\, with a talk by each guest speaker followed by a dialogue with U-M faculty. The panel discussion is open to graduate students\, the Digital Studies Institute\, University of Michigan faculty and students\, and the general public to reflect on post-disciplinary or trans-disciplinary turns within the study of media technology and culture as well as new limits and possibilities for media critique. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/qZkRx\n\n2:00 - 2:05 pm: Opening Remarks\n\n2:05 - 2:40 pm: Dr. Thomas Pringle (USC)\, Keyword: “Environment\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ewing (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n2:40 - 3:15 pm: Dr. Hannah Zeavin (UC Berkeley)\, Keyword: “Mother\,” Respondent: Dr. Andreas Gailus (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)\n\n3:15 - 3:30 pm: Break \n\n3:30 - 4:05 pm: Dr. Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal (Basel)\, Keyword: “Concretion\,” Respondent: Dr. Justin Joque (Visualization Librarian\, Social Sciences and Clark Library)\n\n4:05 - 4:40 pm: Dr. Anna Shechtman (Cornell)\, Keyword: “Text\,” Respondent: Dr. Megan Ankerson (Communication & Media)\n\n4:40 - 4:55 pm: Faculty Lightning Presentations \n\n4:55 - 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nRanjodh Singh Dhaliwal is an Associate Professor of Digital Humanities\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Media Studies at the University of Basel\, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in English Literature\, with a designated emphasis in Science and Technology Studies\, from University of California\, Davis. Ranjodh’s research\, which traces the aesthetic and political entanglements of our technological cultures\, lies at the intersections of science fiction studies\, critical media theory\, and histories of science and technology.\n\nThomas Patrick Pringle is an Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. Pringle focuses on historical approaches to film and media\, with an emphasis on how media shape how environments are conceived in a given place and time and how technologies interact with physical environments.\n\n​​Anna Shechtman is an Assistant Professor of Literatures in English\, specializing in media studies and American literature. She is writing a two-volume history of the “media” and “data” concepts in the United States. The first examines the social formations and technologies of production that have allowed \"media\" to incorporate—and perhaps even supersede—the categories of \"art\,\" \"literature\,\" \"communication\,\" and \"culture\" in the second half of the 20th century.\n\nHannah Zeavin is a scholar\, writer\, and editor whose work centers on the history of human sciences (psychoanalysis\, psychology\, and psychiatry)\, the history of technology and media\, feminist science and technology studies\, and media theory. Zeavin is an Assistant Professor of History (Science / North America) in the Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley.\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 Rebecca Uliasz at ruliasz@umich.edu.\n\nWe would like to thank the following co-sponsors:\n\nCenter for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\nDepartment of American Culture\nDepartment of Comparative Literature \nDepartment of English Language & Literature\nDepartment of Film\, Television\, and Media\nDepartment of Communication and Media\nDigital Studies Institute\nInstitute for Humanities\nMedia Studies (Graduate Student) Interest Group UID:133706-21873424@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Information and Technology,Literature,Media,Media History,Media Studies,Technology,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher 100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR