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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Science Success Series- Mindful Mondays
DESCRIPTION:Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break. Come join us for an hour of connection\, conversation\, and crafts with fellow students. The WISE Mentors will be available to answer any questions you may have. Need a resume review\, advice for picking classes\, help making a study schedule? We've got you covered!\nThis is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.
UID:129722-21864458@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129722
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions,Well-being,Women In Engineering,Women In Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Building, Science Learning Center Flex Space
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250318T121736
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T135000
SUMMARY:Performance:Christine El-Hage Walters\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:SMTD doctoral alumna Christine El-Hage Walters 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:132403-21870887@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132403
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250110T151643
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T150000
SUMMARY:Meeting:Chiacchiere e Caffè: Italian Speaking Hour
DESCRIPTION:All Language Levels Welcome!\n\nPractice your Italian speaking skills with fellow students and instructors in a welcoming and relaxed environment. Get advice on courses and discuss study abroad programs. Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, and baked goods.\n\nParliamo italiano!\n\nFor more information\, please contact Valerio Rossi at rossiv@umich.edu
UID:130922-21867369@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130922
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Engaged Learning,Food,Free,Games,Global,In Person,Inclusion,Interactive,intercultural,Interdisciplinary,International,italian,Language,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Social Sciences,Talk,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons (MLB 4314)
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DTSTAMP:20250331T202944
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Student Dissertation Defense - The role of dominant plants\, insects\, and climate in shaping communities and ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:Dissertation abstract: \nPlant communities are structured by multiple potentially interacting factors\, including interactions between plant species\, herbivores\, and climate. Critically\, the independent and potentially interactive effects of plant-plant interactions\, insect herbivory\, and precipitation on plant community structure and ecosystem function are rarely investigated. My dissertation addresses this research gap through a set of three separate field studies in old fields across Michigan. First\, I investigated the role of a dominant plant species in shaping plant species richness\, productivity\, and the community structure of associated arthropods. Specifically\, I found that the dominant plant species Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) indirectly reduced arthropod abundance by reducing the biomass of all of the other plant species in the community\, in part by reducing light availability. With this work\, I demonstrate that the effects of a dominant plant on communities spans across multiple trophic levels. Next\, at the same field site\, I implemented a field experiment to study the independent and combined effects of S. canadensis and insects on plant diversity\, biomass\, subdominant species abundance\, microclimate\, plant functional traits\, and decomposition. Insect presence mediated the effect of S. canadensis removal on plant biomass and richness. Furthermore\, the effects of S. canadensis and insects extended belowground and determined the temporal variability of plant biomass. Overall\, these results emphasize the importance of considering the effect of insects when trying to understand the role of dominant plants in structuring plant communities and shaping ecosystem function above- and below-ground\, as well as overtime. Finally\, I examined the combined effects of a generalist insect herbivore and altered precipitation on plant biomass\, richness\, functional diversity\, and the community averaged trends of a suite of plant traits. Altered summer precipitation and the presence of the generalist insect Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged grasshopper) had interactive effects on the plant biomass and on community averaged plant traits\, in particular. These results suggest that the traits of the most common species in the community are the most sensitive to altered precipitation and grasshopper herbivory. Taken together\, my dissertation comprehensively examines the factors that structure plant communities\, and in particular enhances our understanding of the interactive effects of dominant plants\, insects\, and climate on communities and ecosystems.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/94424914774\nMeeting ID: 944 2491 4774
UID:134309-21874155@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134309
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biological science,Biology,climate,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Dissertation,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,evolution,evolutionary biology,Free,Graduate,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Museum - Herbarium,Museum - Zoology,Museum Of Zoology,zoology
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20241209T121528
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T150000
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:129830-21864622@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129830
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250406T201546
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Anticyclotomic Euler systems for CM fields
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The idea of constructing cohomology classes using congruences between modular forms dates back to the proof of the converse part of the Herbrand-Ribet theorem. We begin by reviewing Ribet's method and its application to the classical Hida family of Eisenstein series. Next\, we discuss how applying this method to the Coleman family that is perpendicular to the Hida family suggests the existence of an Euler system. This phenomenon can be further generalized using insights from the p-adic local Langlands correspondence. Finally\, we present our work on the construction of an anticyclotomic Euler system for CM fields and its application to the Iwasawa main conjecture.
UID:134743-21874867@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134743
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
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DTSTAMP:20250402T100508
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Multi-messenger Hunt for Galactic PeVatrons
DESCRIPTION:Cosmic rays with energies up to a few PeV are believed to originate from our own galaxy. However\, thir origin has remained a mystery for over a century since the discovery. Recent discoveries in neutrino and gamma-ray astronomy have provided strong evidence for the existence of PeV particle accelerators\, or PeVatrons\, within the Milky Way galaxy. Among them\, the H.E.S.S. observatory discovered a PeVatron within 10 parsecs of the center of our galaxy\, suggesting that the supermassive black hole Sgr A* may be responsible. Despite being one of the least active supermassive black holes\, Sgr A* may have acted as a potential particle accelerator during its active stage. In this talk\, I will describe our attempts to find observational evidence that Sgr A* could serve as a PeVatron\, as well as how we can reconstruct Sgr A* activity history. In the second half of the talk\, I will introduce our ongoing multi-messenger efforts to identify other Galactic PeVatron candidates discovered by the LHAASO observatory and to test whether they bear the nature of supernova remnants\, pulsar wind nebula\, young stellar clusters or black hole systems.
UID:134587-21874565@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134587
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250406T201317
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG: Geometric Siegel-Weil and Rallis
DESCRIPTION:In this talk we first introduce the geometric Siegel-Weil formula\, which relates the geometric theta series to Eisenstein series. We then give a geometric analogue of the Petersson inner product. By combining the geometric Siegel-Weil formula and the Rallis inner product formula we obtain the geometric inner product formula.
UID:134742-21874866@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134742
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
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DTSTAMP:20250404T082334
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Student Dissertation Defense - Microbial Diversity and Dynamics in Lake Food Webs: Species Interactions\, Life History Strategies\, and Community Reassembly
DESCRIPTION:Dissertation Abstract: \nUnderstanding the processes involved in biodiversity maintenance and species coexistence is a central goal of community ecology. Lakes have long served as focal systems for exploring this puzzle\, as they harbor high microbial diversity despite their relatively stable and homogeneous appearance—a paradox that challenges classical formulations in ecological theory. A significant body of work suggests that steady states are exceptions rather than the norm in natural lakes. This dissertation engages with this theme by investigating microbial community diversity and dynamics in the context of cross-scale species interactions\, microbial life-history strategies\, and ecological memory. Together\, the chapters explore how general ecological principles play out in particular contexts—especially under heterogeneous environmental conditions and shifts in food web structures.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. \nJoin remotely: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99854884233\nMeeting ID: 998 5488 4233\n \nIn Chapter 2\, I examine the direct impacts of predation by introduced Dreissenid mussels on bacterial abundance\, diversity\, and composition in two regions of the Laurentian Great Lakes—Lake Erie’s western basin and Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron. While these mussels are known to exert strong top-down controls in lakes\, including microbial communities\, through filter-feeding\, I find their impacts to be variable. In some cases\, mussels significantly reduced microbial diversity\; in others\, their impacts were minimal or absent. Moreover\, I find that resistance to predation was structured at a shallower phylogenetic depth than previously reported in the low-nutrient Lake Michigan. These results highlight the role of context dependency and natural history in shaping animal-microbe interactions beyond host-microbiome systems.\n\nChapter 3 explores whether the observed shifts in microbial community structure and diversity can be explained through growth-defense theory. This canonical theory in ecology assumes that organisms face fundamental trade-offs due to differences in allocation strategies under resource-limited conditions. Using metagenomic methods\, I compare microbial populations resistant to mussel predation with those that are susceptible. I find no evidence for the emergence of resistance at the cost of growth. Instead\, resistance emerges as a complex trait\, shaped by varying patterns across phylogenetic\, molecular\, and broad functional levels. These results suggest that heterogenous environmental conditions in natural lakes may relax trade-off constraints in bacterial trait evolution\, as trade-off frameworks often rely on a priori assumptions about the tendency of ecosystems to move toward steady-state conditions.\n\nChapter 4 turns toward ecological memory. Using a common garden mesocosm setup\, which controls for the environmental differences between treatments by exposing them to the same background\, I test whether the historical presence of mussels alters microbial community reassembly following environmental perturbation. I sampled six temperate lakes from southeast Michigan\, three lakes with a history of mussel presence and three without. Microbial communities from lakes with and without mussels followed distinct reassembly trajectories. Moreover\, shifts in community structure translated into shifts in function\, indicating that the ecological memory of food web interactions leaves historical imprints with implications for broader ecosystem functioning.\n\nAcross chapters\, my findings raise questions about the universality of equilibrium-based theories in ecology. These studies show that microbial diversity emerges from the dynamic interplay between context-dependency\, functional traits\, and historical imprints of species interactions. While grounded in experimental and genomic methods\, this dissertation also critically engages with some foundational concepts in ecological theory (Chapters 1 and 5). In doing so\, it gestures toward a broader philosophical tension in ecological thought: the inherent complexity of biodiversity and the challenges associated with its abstraction (Chapter 6).
UID:134393-21874305@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134393
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biological science,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Dissertation,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260402T194210
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T163000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:LSA Scholarship Q&A for Admitted High School Students
DESCRIPTION:The LSA Scholarships Q&A is a virtual one-hour session to allow admitted first-year applicants to learn more about the available scholarships at the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) and ask any questions they may have. We encourage you to bring your parents or family members who may be interested or want to learn more. Please be aware we are not the Office of Financial Aid. If you have questions about the FAFSA\, CSS Profile\, or unique financial circumstances\, please direct those questions to OFA: https://finaid.umich.edu/contact-us.\n\nEmail lsarecruit@umich.edu if you have any additional questions.
UID:117162-21873117@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117162
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Prospective Undergraduate Students,Scholarships,Undergraduate Students,Virtual
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250401T115004
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series: Courtney Thomas Tobin
DESCRIPTION:Courtney Thomas Tobin joins us April 7\, 2025 to present emerging work from the M.O.S.A.I.C. (Multimorbidity Outcomes & Solutions for African/Black Americans In California) Initiative\, a community-engaged research collaborative aimed at advancing equity-centered multimorbidity research and solutions.\n\nMultimorbidity—the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions—represents a major contributor to racial health disparities in the United States. Yet\, research on multimorbidity among Black Americans remains limited and inconsistent\, particularly with regard to measurement approaches\, inclusion of mental health conditions\, and age-specific patterns. This gap undermines our ability to accurately estimate burden\, identify at-risk groups\, and design effective\, culturally relevant interventions. \n\nIn this talk\, Dr. Courtney S. Thomas Tobin will focus on Phase II of the Initiative—P.R².I.S.M. (Pinpointing Risks and Resources and Identifying Specific Multimorbidities). This presentation draws on data from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) to examine national patterns of multimorbidity among Black Americans. \n\nDr. Thomas Tobin will explore how definitions and measurement strategies (e.g.\, counts vs. categories\, inclusion of mental health conditions) shape estimates of prevalence\, associated correlates\, and subgroup differences across the adult life course. Findings offer critical insights for improving the measurement\, monitoring\, and mitigation of multimorbidity in Black communities.\n\nThe Winter 2025 RCGD Seminar Series features speakers invited and hosted by faculty affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics. These multidisciplinary talks will cover 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.\n\nThese events are held Mondays from 3:30 to 5.\nIn person: ISR Thompson 1430\, unless otherwise specified.\nAs permissions allow\, seminars are later posted to our YouTube playlist.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.
UID:131607-21868810@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/131607
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Psychology,Public Health,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1440
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250326T164817
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials Cluster
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, April 7th from 4 to 5:00 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Student Presenter:* Malavika Ramkumar\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. McNeil\n*Title of Presentation:* Quantifying microplastics in Delhi Charter Township's groundwater\n\n*Student Presenter:* Safron Milne\n*Research Advisor:* Prof. Shultz\n*Title of Presentation:* Capturing students' identification of the relevance of organic chemistry in writing
UID:134410-21874328@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134410
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
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DTSTAMP:20241220T094319
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Banned\, Bold\, and Brave: 2025 Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a conversation with author and Loudmouth Books bookstore owner Leah Johnson. Johnson will sit down with U-M's Ebony Elizabeth Thomas\, author and Associate Professor of Education. They'll talk about censorship\, public education\, entrepreneurship\, and Black Girl Magic. Expect questions like: \n \n-Why was Johnson's debut novel banned? \n-What was the inspiration behind the name Loudmouth Books? \n-What's next on the horizon for Johnson's readers?\n\nBook sale and signing immediately following the Q&A courtesy of Black Stone Bookstore.\n\nLeah Johnson is an eternal midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel\, *You Should See Me in a Crown*\, was a Stonewall Honor Book\, and the inaugural Reese's Book Club YA pick. In 2021\, *TIME *named it one of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Her debut middle grade book\, *Ellie Engle Saves Herself* was published by Disney-Hyperion in May 2023. When she’s not writing\, you can find her at Loudmouth Books\, her Indianapolis independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books.\n\nEbony Elizabeth Thomas\, PhD is Chair of the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan’s Marsal Family School of Education\, as well as Associate Professor of Education. She is the author of *The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games* (NYU Press\, 2019)\, which won the World Fantasy Award\, the British Fantasy Award\, and the Children’s Literature Association Book Award\, among other accolades. Her most recent books are *Harry Potter and the Other: Race\, Justice\, and Difference in the Wizarding World *(University Press of Mississippi\, 2022) co-edited with Sarah Park Dahlen\, and* Restorying Young Adult Literature: Expanding Students’ Perspectives with Digital Texts* (NCTE\, 2023) co-authored with James Joshua Coleman and Autumn A. Griffin.\n\nThe Jill S. Harris Memorial Endowment was established in 1985 by Roger and Meredith Harris\, Jill’s parents\, her grandparents Allan and Norma Harris\, and friends. The fund was established in memory of Jill\, a resident of Chicago and undergraduate student at U-M who passed away due to injuries from an auto accident. The fund brings a distinguished visitor to campus each year who will appeal to undergraduates interested in the humanities and the arts. The visitor may either be a fellow of the institute for an extended period of time or invited for a few days to present the annual lecture. The visiting fellow will usually interact with undergraduates\, informally and through visits to classes or by other means by which exchanges with undergraduates may be promoted.
UID:130225-21865618@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130225
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Books,Humanities,Writing
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Lobby and Osterman Common Room, first floor
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DTSTAMP:20250324T141243
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Beyond the Bench: Science Education as a Career
DESCRIPTION:Explore diverse career pathways in science education and discover how a strong foundation in science education opens doors to impactful opportunities that drive positive change.\n\nPizza will be provided.
UID:134292-21874084@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134292
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Basic Science,Biosciences,Career,Central Campus,chemistry,Education,Food,Free,Majors,Natural Sciences,Open To All Majors,Pre-Health,science learning center,slc,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Women In Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - Science Learning Center Flex Room, 1720 Chemistry
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DTSTAMP:20250403T144644
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MHV gravity amplitudes and their combinatorics
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we investigate MHV tree-level gravity amplitudes as defined on the spinor-helicity variety. Unlike their gluon counterparts\, gravity amplitudes do not admit logarithmic singularities nor Amplituhedron-like construction. While their singularity structure is more complicated (e.g.\, they exhibit non-trivial zeros)\, these amplitudes often remain remarkably simple. In joint work with Joris Koefler\, Umut Oktem\, Shruti Paranjape\, and Jara Trnka\, we make a conjecture pertaining to the uniqueness of the numerator of MHV gravity amplitudes and develop this feature from a combinatorial perspective\, which suggests a new method for examining adjoint hypersurfaces.
UID:134657-21874669@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134657
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250320T101041
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:STeMS Speaker Series | Is the Pixel Political? What Chinese Computing Teaches Us About the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:The pixel is the quintessential building block of the digital age—a visual manifestation of the binary logic of zeros and ones. In its seeming universalism\, it spans text and image\, and operates seamlessly across languages\, scripts\, and cultures. Or does it?\nDrawing upon the first-ever history of Chinese-language computing—a now trillion-dollar industry that\, just fifty years ago\, was widely considered unimaginable—this lecture interrogates the politics of the seemingly universal pixel.\nHow did engineers\, linguists\, and technologists overcome the complexities of digitizing the world’s largest non-alphabetic script\, with its 100\,000+ characters? And what does this history reveal about the deeper\, often invisible\, structures of power and exclusion embedded within digital infrastructures?
\nProfessor Thomas S. Mullaney of Stanford University—recipient of Stanford’s highest award in teaching and Kluge Chair of Technology and Society—explores these questions through insights from his award-winning two-book series\, The Chinese Typewriter and The Chinese Computer (MIT Press). Based on research spanning over 80 archives across 15 countries\, this lecture offers a global history of the information age—one that challenges the Euro-American assumptions that have long shaped both corporate technology and academic scholarship.\n\nThomas S. Mullaney is Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University\, a Guggenheim Fellow\, and the recipient of Stanford’s highest award for excellence in teaching\, the Gores Award. He is the author of The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age (MIT)\, co-author of Where Research Begins (University of Chicago Press\, with Christopher Rea)\, The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT\, winner of the Fairbank Prize)\, and Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China (UC Press)\, among other works. His writings have appeared in Fast Company\, MIT Technology Review\, Quartz\, the South China Morning Post\, TechCrunch\, the Journal of Asian\nStudies\, Technology & Culture\, Foreign Affairs\, and Foreign Policy. His work has been featured in RadioLab\, The Atlantic\, the BBC\, and in invited lectures at Google\, Microsoft\, Adobe\, and more. He earned his BA and MA from the Johns Hopkins University\, and his PhD from Columbia University.
UID:134123-21873890@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134123
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014
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DTSTAMP:20250321T120307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Student Model Theory Seminar
DESCRIPTION:In the Winter 2025 term\, the student logic seminar will be a Model Theory reading seminar. Details can be found here: https://shorturl.at/sldTZ
UID:133083-21872367@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/133083
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics,seminar,Talk,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
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DTSTAMP:20250319T121234
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Anywhere but Here: Art History and the Presumption of Escape
DESCRIPTION:Darby English\, Carl Darling Buck Professor\, Dept. of Art History\, University of Chicago\n\nMany of the mechanisms that make art history work involve incorporating external material into the body of an analysis\, theory\, or argument—a terrific way to circumvent problems of difference and otherness our rapidly diversifying discipline remains ill-equipped to address satisfactorily. Could this incapacity\, which heralds a terminal failure to ‘meet the moment\,' be intentional\, a matter of disciplinary design?\n\nDarby English teaches modern and contemporary art and cultural studies at the University of Chicago. His most recent book is Charles Ray: Adam and Eve (New York: Gregory Miller\, 2024).
UID:134072-21873837@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134072
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,history of art
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton Room
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DTSTAMP:20250328T181657
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T180000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Songwriters / Producers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
DESCRIPTION:In this master class\, Benj and Justin will work with several Musical Theatre students on their performances of Pasek & Paul songs. \n\nFree and open to the public with support from the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund. *Seating is available on a first-come first served basis.*\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS\n\nBENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL are Oscar\, Grammy\, Tony\, Emmy\, and Olivier Award-winning songwriter and producers best known for their Oscar\, Grammy\, and Tony-winning work on *La La Land*\, *The Greatest Showman* and *Dear Evan Hansen*\, each of which spawned albums that landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200\, including multiple weeks at #1 for *The Greatest Showman*\, which in 2018 was the world’s best-selling album. In 2024\, they won their first Emmy Award as songwriters of *Only Murders in the Building* and\, as a result\, achieved EGOT status\, joining a rarified list of artists who have won all four major showbiz prizes. Additional film and television credits include Apple’s *Spirited*\, Sony’s *Lyle\, Lyle Crocodile*\, Disney’s live-action *Aladdin* and *Snow White*\, Dreamworks Animation’s *Trolls*\, Amazon’s *Harlem*\, Apple’s *Dear Edward*\, NBC’s *Smash*\, The CW’s *The Flash*\, Amazon’s *Pink: All I Know So Far* (Grammy nomination)\, and FX’s *Welcome to Wrexham*. Amongst their varied stage credits\, they made their Broadway debut with the musical *A Christmas Story* (Tony nomination)\, further adapted into a live telecast for Fox (Emmy nomination)\; and won their second Tonys for co-producing Best Musical winner *A Strange Loop*. Among their countless honors\, they became the youngest winners ever of the Jonathan Larson Award and the first writers for stage or screen to be honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award. In total\, Benj and Justin have each won two Tonys\, two Grammys\, two Emmys and an Oscar across six distinct projects\, including their most recent 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Award for writing *Sesame Street*’s heartwarming anthem “That’s Why We Love Nature\,” performed by Brandi Carlile.
UID:134467-21874390@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134467
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,Storytelling,Talk,Workshop
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20241215T110641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250407T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCEE Distinguished Lecture on Europe. Civil Society in an Era of Global Change
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Matviichuk will delve into the evolving role of civil society\, particularly in times of conflict and crisis. She will highlight the critical work of Ukraine's civil society\, which has expanded its traditional advocacy and watchdog functions to actively participate in national resistance and defense. Ordinary people are doing extraordinary things to foster citizen-state unity\, improve local political engagement\, and maintain social resilience despite the war's challenges.\n\n   Oleksandra Matviichuk leads the human rights NGO Center for Civil Liberties\, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. The organization promotes human rights and democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. It works on legislative reforms\, conducts public oversight of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary\, organizes educational initiatives\, and implements international solidarity programs.\n   \n   Matviichuk also coordinates the activities of the initiative group Euromaidan SOS\, which was established in response to the violent suppression of a peaceful student protest in Kyiv on November 30\, 2013. Throughout the three-month mass protests known as the Revolution of Dignity\, thousands of volunteers provided round-the-clock legal and humanitarian assistance to persecuted individuals nationwide.\n\n   Since the onset of Russian aggression in Ukraine in 2014\, the initiative has monitored political persecution in occupied Crimea\, documented war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Donbas region\, and spearheaded international campaigns like *#LetMyPeopleGo* and *#SaveOlegSentsov* to secure the release of political prisoners held by Russian authorities.\n\n   In response to the full-scale war beginning in February 2022\, Matviichuk and other partners launched the Tribunal for Putin initiative to document international crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in all regions of Ukraine targeted by Russian attacks.\n\n   Matviichuk has authored numerous reports submitted to various UN bodies\, the Council of Europe\, the European Union\, the OSCE\, and the International Criminal Court.\n\n   Awards:\n   ● Democracy Defender Award for \"Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights\" from OSCE missions (2016)\n   ● Right Livelihood Award (2022)\n   ● Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament (2022)\n   ● Named one of the 25 most influential women in the world by Financial Times (2022)\n   ● Global Civic Leadership Award (2024)\n   ● Pahl Peace Prize (2024)\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:130013-21865055@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/130013
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:europe,ukraine
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
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