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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:inSPIRE
DESCRIPTION: InSPIRE brings together graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the University of Michigan to engage with the intersection of science\, technology\, and public policy. 
UID:151808-21912202@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151808
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Ford School Courtyard (weather permitting) Weill Hall, Room 3240 if needed
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DTSTAMP:20260923T094557
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vineyard Vines Campaign Search
DESCRIPTION:Vineyard Vines is coming to campus and looking for Michigan students to feature in their spring campaign. Stop by the South Lounge in the Michigan Union to get your photo taken\, receive exclusive giveaways\, and meet the Vineyard Vines team!
UID:152712-21914412@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152712
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Audition,Modeling,Photography,Vineyard Vines
LOCATION:Michigan Union - South Lounge
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DTSTAMP:20260923T192115
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Wisdom and Discernment in Research:  American Culture Consortium Welcome Session
DESCRIPTION:Please join the  American Culture Consortium Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop for our Welcome Session on Thursday Sept.\n24\, 2026 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am in Angel Hall\, room 3241. We will discuss this year’s ACC workshop\, meet fellow graduate students\,\nand partake in Panera coffee and pastries.\n\n For the 2026-27 year\, the ACC\nworkshop theme is Wisdom and Discernment in Research\, centering Christopher\nJ. Pexa's Translated Nation: Rewriting the Dakhota Oyate\, which\nexplores how the Dakhota [Dakota/Lakota/Nakota Sioux] people and culture have\nbeen (mis)translated into the English language and US cultural meanings.\nPexa \"rewrites\" those translations by analyzing Dakota literature published\nsince the Dakota War of 1862 through an interpretive method guided by thióšpaye ethics.\n\nPexa’s literary and historical analysis inspires questions of\nhow \"knowing\" and \"truths\" in US research are communicated\, translated\, and\ninfluenced by ideas of wisdom and discernment. Specific questions we might discuss are: How does culture influence what it means to be discerning and wise? How does research influence what it means to be discerning and wise?\nHow is discernment determined\, and what constitutes wise discernment in US\nculture and other\, non-US cultures within the US academy? How does our own\nresearch reflect our personal ideas of discernment and wisdom?
UID:151936-21912484@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151936
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Angel Hall, RM 3241
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DTSTAMP:20260923T192113
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T123000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 National Postdoc Appreciation Week
DESCRIPTION:National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) 2026 is an annual event sponsored by the National Postdoctoral Association. The week honors the research\, innovation\, and vital contributions of postdoctoral fellows. This year’s theme is celebrating 150 years of the U.S. postdoc position. 
UID:149939-21907416@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149939
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Room, 2nd floor
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DTSTAMP:20260922T083438
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T103000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Long-horizon and Multimodal Reasoning for Contact-rich Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:Committee chair: Dmitry Berenson\n\nAbstract: \nContact-rich manipulation is central to many everyday robotic tasks\, from assembly and tool use to cable routing and threading. Unlike free-space motion\, these tasks require robots to deliberately make and maintain contact with objects and the environment\, where small errors can cause large changes in forces\, motion\, and task outcome. Successful manipulation therefore requires reasoning about both how contact interactions evolve over time and how those interactions can be inferred from incomplete sensory observations.\nThis dissertation addresses two complementary challenges in contact-rich manipulation: long-horizon reasoning and multimodal reasoning. Long-horizon tasks such as cable routing require planning over extended sequences of contact interactions\, where locally reasonable actions may lead to globally incorrect outcomes. Meanwhile\, precise assembly and threading are often only partially observable from vision\, motivating the integration of force and tactile sensing.\n\nThe first thrust develops diffusion-based subgoal generation methods that provide long-horizon guidance to model predictive control\, including contact-aware representations that capture object–environment relationships. The second thrust develops multimodal generative models that jointly reason about actions\, vision\, force\, touch\, and proprioception\, and investigates how control-relevant representations can be learned within world-action models. Together\, these methods aim to enable robots to perform contact-rich manipulation with greater robustness\, adaptability\, and long-horizon reasoning capability.
UID:152617-21914185@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152617
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 4000
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DTSTAMP:20260923T192115
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T114500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Arts Initiative Graduate Student Arts Research Opportunities - Info Session and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Sign up here for one of our info sessions about grad student arts research opportunities
UID:150231-21908428@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150231
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
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DTSTAMP:20260825T131550
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T110000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Arts Research Funding + Collaboration for Graduate Students Info Session (GSARG and FEAST)
DESCRIPTION:Thinking about getting involved in arts research at the University of Michigan? Join the University of Michigan Arts Initiative for a virtual open house to learn about two opportunities for students across campus: the Graduate Student Arts Research Grant (GSARG) and FEAST (Faculty Engineering/Arts Student Teams).\n\nGSARG provides grants of up to $3\,000 to support graduate student-led research projects that incorporate artistic practices\, methods\, or approaches. Open to graduate students across U-M\, the program supports innovative and interdisciplinary research that integrates the arts into scholarship and inquiry. \n\nLearn more about the program and past awarded projects here: https://arts.umich.edu/gsarg\n\nFEAST brings together faculty and students from different disciplines to collaborate on faculty-led arts research projects. Undergraduate and graduate students join interdisciplinary research teams\, contribute their own skills and perspectives to an ongoing project\, and earn course credit for their participation. FEAST is designed to create opportunities for students to engage directly in collaborative arts research while working across disciplinary boundaries. \n\nLearn more about the program and current projects recruiting here: https://arts.umich.edu/feast\n\nDuring this informal session\, we’ll introduce both programs\, explain eligibility and how to apply or get involved\, review key deadlines\, and share examples of the kinds of projects each program supports. You’ll also have plenty of time to ask questions and determine which opportunity might be the right fit for your interests.
UID:150872-21910380@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150872
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Arts Initiative,Funding Opportunities,Graduate Student
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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