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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight
DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you.
UID:141325-21892207@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
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DTSTAMP:20260114T104637
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Sociocultural Anthropology Colloquium | “Hopesick: Care and Community in America’s Opioid Crisis”
DESCRIPTION:“For many Christians\, the belief that God can and does act directly in the world can be a tremendous source of hope. Against seemingly insurmountable challenges\, there is a sense that the miraculous may truly be possible. And yet\, things don’t always work out. In this talk\, I explore these dynamics of hope and disappointment through the life of a young woman living with opioid use disorder in Central Appalachia. Drawing on five years of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in non-denominational churches and clinics providing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)\, this talk considers the theological and interpersonal stakes of hope and despair in Appalachian communities living through the on-going opioid crisis. In it\, I explore the vernacular use of the term ‘hopesick’ as a possible alternative to concepts of co-dependent resentment\, compassion fatigue\, and abandonment. Moving beyond moments of hopesick rage and grief\, the later sections of the talk explore what we might learn from recovering ‘hopefiends’ who have found less risky ways to engage with the euphoric highs of hope so that they may continue on with greater compassion for themselves and others.”\n\nChina Scherz is the Kristin Yudt Collegiate Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to arriving at Notre Dame\, Scherz was an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia. She earned a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the Universities of California at San Francisco and Berkeley and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. Scherz’s work examines how health and well-being are fostered through care\, connection\, and community. Across a series of projects\, she has also explored how people decide who they should care for and how they ought to care for them and the ways in which spiritual experiences intersect with processes of ethical transformation.
UID:143772-21893993@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143772
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,american culture,Anthropology,colloquium,Global Health,Health,Health & Wellness,Sociology
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
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DTSTAMP:20260125T223925
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Variation of GIT
DESCRIPTION:Let G be a reductive group acting on a quasi-projective variety X. The construction of the geometric invariant theory (GIT) quotient of X by G depends on the choice of an ample line bundle on X with a compatible action of G. Changing this line bundle often results in a birational map of GIT quotients (a flip)\, which aids in understanding the birational geometry of these spaces. I’ll give an introduction to these ideas\, focusing on the case where G is a torus and X is affine space\, which corresponds to the case of toric varieties.
UID:144463-21895389@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144463
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 2866
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DTSTAMP:20260105T110419
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T150000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation!
DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us!  Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p
UID:138091-21891105@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe
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DTSTAMP:20260105T105619
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T153000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Tammo Reichgelt
DESCRIPTION:Global greening refers to expansion of the terrestrial biosphere as a result of changes in atmospheric chemistry. There are three main ways that global greening can happen. 1: Increased temperatures and/or rainfall will allow plants to grow where they previously could not. 2: Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enhances photosynthetic activity and thus should result in increased biomass. 3: Increased atmospheric carbon leads to less transpiration due to reduced stomatal conductance\, making them effectively more drought resistant. Add those three mechanisms together and we should expect the future to be much greener than today. Unfortunately\, that does not seem to be the case. Anthropogenic changes appear to be too fast for many of these key mechanisms to function as they would in an idealized scenario. However\, during the warmer world and elevated CO2 levels of the Miocene\, the biosphere may indeed have expanded due to these global greening mechanisms. In this talk\, we'll explore how Miocene fossil plants reveal a globally greener world\, and what may have contributed to this expanded terrestrial biomass.
UID:143178-21892394@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143178
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences
LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528
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DTSTAMP:20260105T083630
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T160000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Board Games & Pockets Night
DESCRIPTION:Game on—and grab a bite! Board Games & Pockets Night pairs classic games and friendly competition with delicious “pocket foods” like dumplings and other handheld favorites stuffed with flavor. It’s a laid-back night to play\, snack\, and hang out with friends in the dining halls. Come for the games\, stay for the pockets! 🥟🎲\n\nThis event is included with your residential meal plan. Those with block plans can use a meal swipe to enter. All other guests will pay the door rate to dine in the dining halls.
UID:143167-21892348@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143167
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dinner,Food,Games,In Person,Night Game,North Campus
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DTSTAMP:20250903T140100
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260130T180000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus
DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ)
UID:138768-21883837@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade
LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ)
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