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DTSTAMP:20260518T091620
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Resistance is Fertile: Celebrating 30 Years of Cultivating Change
DESCRIPTION:Resistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of the Institute for Research on Women & Gender\, while speaking to the present. The institute was established because faculty members believed that research on women\, gender\, and sexuality required an institutional commitment to thrive. That belief was itself a form of resistance—to disciplinary silos\, to marginalization\, to the idea that such scholarship was peripheral.\n\nThis theme reminds us that resistance is not merely reactive\; it is constructive. When rooted in collaboration and sustained through infrastructure\, it produces knowledge that reshapes disciplines\, institutions\, and public life.\n\nThis exhibit celebrates 30 years of IRWG—its history\, its programs\, and the people whose vision and labor built it into what it is today. Through archival materials\, milestones\, and stories\, we trace the evolution of an institute that has continually expanded the boundaries of research in women\, gender\, and sexuality.\n\nThis exhibit centers growth\, collaboration\, and intellectual creativity—honoring the sustained efforts\, bold ideas\, and collective care that have shaped IRWG’s legacy and continue to guide its future.\n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. \n\nLocated on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street)\, the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public\, M-F\, 9am-4pm.
UID:148280-21903782@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148280
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,gender,Gender Based Violence,women,Women History,Women's And Gender Studies,women's studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260508T155502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The People’s Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC)\, which challenged the official\, corporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.\n\nItems on display are from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection\, which documents social protest movements and radical history.\n\nHOURS\nSunday 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday 9am-8pm\nFriday 9am-4pm\nSaturday 11am-5pm
UID:147925-21902513@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147925
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260803T145028
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Statistical Methods for Interpretable Representation in Complex Data
DESCRIPTION:This dissertation develops novel statistical methodologies that provide interpretable representations of complex forms of data --- such as sparsely observed functional data\, panel data\, and notably multivariate data. While flexible methods aiming to capture complex intrinsic structures with minimal assumptions have been previously developed\, they often lack explicit and interpretable representations. Here\, we develop methods that address this gap. \n\nThe first part of the dissertation develops a method that allows sparsely observed functional responses to be used in a sufficient dimension reduction (SDR) regression. An inverse SDR procedure requires conditional means of the predictors given the functional responses. To accommodate the sparsely observed functional responses\, we use local averaging of the predictors with weights inferred by an auxiliary Gaussian process model. As the procedure entails a nested moment estimation\, it becomes computationally expensive with a kernel approach that depends on pairwise distances between responses. We view the moment estimation as a numerical integration problem and achieve scalability via a coarsening approach using anchor points on the response space. \n\nThe second part of the dissertation provides a method for constructing an interpretable approximation to the joint distribution of two random vectors. The method first represents each marginal distribution in finitely quantized form. Next\, we use a transport-based optimization to probabilistically map jointly observed data to the Cartesian grid of marginal quantizations. Finally\, we marginalize over the data to attain a representation on the quantizations. The method ultimately yields an approximation that preserves the marginal distribution structures and provides an interpretable representation of the dependence structure. \n\nThe third part of the dissertation revolves around the analysis of multi-level and panel data via distance-based statistics. First\, we develop a framework for using energy distance on spaces of probability distributions to analyze multi-level data. We then extend this idea to the setting of multivariate dyadic panel data\, where vector-valued observations are serially observed within paired units. In such data\, we decompose the dependence structure into between- and within-pair components. Second\, we propose an infinitesimal perturbation framework with case- and variable-weights to elucidate the findings of complex statistical analyses that lack a directly interpretable representation. We use this framework to identify the cases and variables that most strongly contribute to the structures captured by  distance-based statistics.
UID:149774-21907171@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149774
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation
LOCATION:West Hall - 470
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DTSTAMP:20260724T085445
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Future Lab
DESCRIPTION:Join Student Life Sustainability from Sunday\, August 16 - Friday\, August 21 in the new Edward Ginsberg Center for a week-long training in visionary organizing. Experience and practice this approach to social change that equally values our material needs for survival and nonmaterial needs for well-being!
UID:149168-21905868@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149168
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Service,Culture,Leadership,Mindfulness,Nature,Social Impact,Sustainability,Training,Workshop
LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
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DTSTAMP:20260527T132136
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Exploring the Midlife Career Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Midcareer can bring a collision of success\, stagnation\, and shifting priorities\, often labeled a “midlife career crisis.” In this interactive webinar\, participants will use Scott Doyne’s four stages of career transition — Realize\, Explore\, Articulate\, Activate — to turn uncertainty into a structured reset. Each stage includes practical exercises and reflection\, so attendees leave with tangible outputs\, not just ideas.\n\nParticipants will be equipped to:\nRealize: Pinpoint key drivers of dissatisfaction and define what must change.\nExplore: Generate and prioritize realistic pathways and low-risk “test” options.\nArticulate: Craft a clear midcareer story for networking and interviews.\nActivate: Build a 30-60-day action plan with next steps\, accountability\, and resources.\n\nBonus: Don’t miss your chance to win a free one-hour coaching session with Scott. Join live and stay through the end to be eligible. Open to U‑M alumni only.
UID:148438-21904274@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148438
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Free,Virtual
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260521T112555
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Up\, Up\, And Away: A History of Ballooning in America
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit examines the history of balloon flight in the United States from Blanchard’s first ascension to the early twentieth century. In the age of bird’s-eye views\, which imagined a perspective on American cities and towns from high in the air\, balloonists were the only people who actually had the opportunity to see what the growing nation looked like from above. As the nineteenth century progressed\, ballooning became a lucrative (if dangerous) business\, as crowds gathered to watch balloons launch\, and to see aeronauts risk their lives high in the air. Over time\, the image of the hot air balloon proliferated in American print culture\, being used to sell goods ranging from thread to canned beef. We hope that this exhibit conveys some of the thrill that would have come from seeing people fly for the first time.\n\nOn view May 22-August 28\, weekdays from 12-4 pm.
UID:148371-21904118@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148371
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Exhibit,Exhibition,Free,Fun,history,Humanities,In Person,libraries
LOCATION:William Clements Library
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DTSTAMP:20260622T124926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260818T124500
SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Are Stars
DESCRIPTION:What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon\, and the molecules for life.
UID:124092-21905505@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124092
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium,Science
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
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