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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UM-AMDP Info Session: Fall 2027 Admissions Cycle
DESCRIPTION:Are you a current University of Michigan undergraduate student interested in earning a master’s degree from the U-M School of Information on an accelerated timeline?\nThe U-M Accelerated Master’s Degree Program (UM-AMDP) offers eligible U-M students a reduced-credit pathway to a UMSI master’s degree. Rather than completing the standard 48 credits\, UM-AMDP students complete 39 credits\, which may allow them to graduate in as little as 1.5 years—or three semesters.\nJoin one of our virtual UM-AMDP Information Sessions to learn how you can continue your education at Michigan and deepen your expertise in the information field.\nEach session includes:\n\nAn introduction to the UM-AMDP and an overview of the curriculum  \nInformation about eligibility\, application requirements\, and deadlines  \nDetails about the reduced-credit pathway and expected timeline  \nLive Q&A with a member of the UMSI admissions team\n\nWhether you’re beginning to explore your options or preparing to apply\, this session will help you understand the program and determine whether the UM-AMDP is the right next step for you.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150830
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTAMP:20260821T104852
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T143000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause Café: French Conversation Hour
DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and snacks while improving your French skills!\n\n-Chat for 10 minutes or the entire hour. All language levels are welcome.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Alan Ames at (alanames@umich.edu).
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150689
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Talk,Social,Romance Languages And Literatures,Networking,Language,Interactive,In Person,Humanities,Global,Games,French,Free,Food,Discussion,Culture,Community,Coffee,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20260922T064641
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar |  Mapping the Dark Matter in the Milky Way with Stars: The Signal We Already Have
DESCRIPTION:Dark matter has so far revealed itself in exactly one way: through gravity. In this talk\, I will argue that this makes the distribution of dark matter our only positive signal — and that mapping it precisely may be our most direct route to understanding what dark matter is. Galactic dynamics is no longer data-limited but model-limited\, and the assumption most in need of revision\, underlying nearly all of our models\, is that galaxies are in equilibrium. I will present recent work leveraging Gaia DR3 that reveals a declining stellar rotation curve\, show how underestimated errors in Jeans modeling bias these results\, and how simulations let us build a more robust treatment that avoids tensions with other probes of the density profile. I will then turn to dwarf galaxies\, where the kinematic data will not substantially improve and only better inference can extract the physics: I will present GraphNPE\, a graph neural network method that recovers dark matter density profiles from sparse stellar kinematics\, revealing a hint of a core in Boötes I\, consistent with self-interacting dark matter. Finally\, I will turn to the local velocity distribution\, where the Milky Way's merger history imprints substructure that the Standard Halo Model does not capture\, and use mutual information to show that this history is itself progressively erased from stellar dynamics — setting a fundamental limit on what the Galaxy can ever tell us. Together\, these results outline a program of inference that assumes no more than the data supports and extracts no less than it contains\, arriving just as Gaia DR4 and the next generation of spectroscopic surveys come online.
UID:150108-21908018@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150108
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20260921T143302
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar: Bessel Functions? More like Besssssel Functions\, amirite?
DESCRIPTION:What do ssssslithering snakes and spilling coffee have in common? A lot more than you might think! Earlier this month\, the Ig Nobel Prize honored quirky research results that “first make people laugh\, and then make them think.” In this talk\, we will explore how special functions known as Bessel functions unexpectedly appear in research done by Ig Nobel laureates. We will center our mathematical analysis around the problems of limbless locomotion and walking while holding a cup of coffee. The talk will also highlight the Ig Nobel prizes of this year as well as other Ig Nobel oddities of mathematical interest!
UID:152574-21913935@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152574
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
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DTSTAMP:20260911T142906
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T170000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Climate & Space (CLaSP) Open House - Reserve Your Tour!
DESCRIPTION:Meet CLaSP faculty\, staff\, and students\, tour our labs\, explore our programs\, and enjoy free food and swag!\n\n*** RSVP now for details\, to reserve your tour spot\, and help us plan for food: Google Form Link Here:  https://forms.gle/NSF8zYgPTo3UPyXy9 ***                                                   \n\nOpen to new\, undecided\, and curious undergraduates—and ANYONE interested in our graduate programs\, climate science\, or space exploration!\n\nQuestions? Contact Heather at **hlwolf@umich.edu**. We hope to see you there!
UID:152026-21912745@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152026
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:climate,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,climate change,College Of Engineering,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Majors,Space,Sustainability,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Climate and Space Research Building - Leinweber Innovation Lab (CSRB 1236A)
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