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DTSTAMP:20260908T150343
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T133000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt
DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. \n\nContact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions.
UID:151749-21912095@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151749
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts,Germanic Languages And Literatures,German Studies,German,Discussion,Art
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Conference Room, 3308
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DTSTAMP:20261020T192105
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fall 2026 - Empowering Your Teaching: Tech\, Accessibility\, and AI in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Ready to enhance your courses and simplify your teaching workflow? This comprehensive workshop series equips U-M faculty with the practical tech skills needed for the modern semester. Across this track\, you will dive into interactive classroom tools (Poll Everywhere\, Ed Discussions)\, advanced grading and lab platforms (PrairieLearn\, Vocareum)\, and critical digital accessibility strategies (Grackle\, Siteimprove).Additionally\, a dedicated GenAI pathway will guide you from AI basics to advanced prompt engineering using U-M’s custom tools\, including U-M GPT\, Maizey\, and NotebookLM. Join us for individual sessions or the entire series to build a more engaging\, inclusive\, and tech-forward classroom.
UID:149156-21914984@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTAMP:20260821T104852
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T143000
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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).
UID:150689-21909907@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150689
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Games,Discussion,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Language,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,French,Free,Food,Culture,Community,Coffee,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20261016T134728
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Cin-zs: an entry of the DESC Photo-z Data Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Accurate photometric redshifts are necessary for mapping the three-dimensional structure of the universe\, allowing us to test models of cosmology and galaxy evolution. To prepare for the beginning of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time\, the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) launched a photometric redshift (photo-z) estimation challenge in spring 2026. At that time\, all existing photo-z estimation methods had a redshift uncertainty larger than limits outlined in the official DESC Science Requirements. In this talk\, I present Cin-zs\, a machine learning-based approach for photo-z estimation submitted by our group as part of this challenge. I report on the performance of our algorithm when applied to Tasksets 1 and 2 and outline possible avenues for improvement when extending to Tasksets 3 and 4.
UID:153778-21916314@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153778
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20261014T151211
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IOE Makerspace Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Come to IOE G690 to learn about the IOE Makerspace and how to get involved.
UID:153712-21916213@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153712
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students,Undergraduate,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Graduate Students,Graduate
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G690
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DTSTAMP:20260825T082058
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T153000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\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.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149694-21906960@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149694
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Science,Culture,Research,Social Science Research
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050
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DTSTAMP:20261016T084700
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 David Noel Freedman Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2026 David Noel Freedman Lecture with Dr. Susanne Paulus\, Associate Professor of Assyriology and Curator of the Tablet Collection at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago.\n\nMichigan League\, Vandenberg Room\, 2nd Floor\nMonday\, October 26th\, 4 - 6pm\n\nAbstract:\n\nWriting history is telling stories. The stories we tell about ancient economies\, including that of Late Bronze Age Babylonia\, are often shaped by preconceptions about commodities\, credit\, and debt. Drawing on tablets excavated in cities such as Babylon\, Nippur\, and Ur in modern Iraq\, this lecture follows barley through a series of transactions involving taxes\, loans\, investments\, and even two piglets. Barley was both a major food source and an economic staple\, but the documents reveal much more than subsistence. They offer alternative ways of understanding credit\, debt\, and investment in Late Bronze Age Babylonia.\n \nBiography:\n\nSusanne Paulus is an Associate Professor of Assyriology and Curator of the Tablet Collection at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the social\, legal\, and economic history of Late Bronze Age Babylonia. Her current book project\, Banking with Barley\, supported by the American Council of Learned Societies\, explores credit\, debt\, and economic life in Kassite Babylonia. She is also an epigraphist for the Nippur excavations and is involved in the publication of cuneiform texts from the city of Babylon.
UID:153265-21915550@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Babylonia,Middle East Studies,Bronze Age
LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room (2nd Floor)
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