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DTSTAMP:20260317T141241
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T143000
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SUMMARY:Other:From Flowers to Finals: Pollinator Craft Day
DESCRIPTION:The Planet Blue Ambassador Program is inviting U-M community members to craft pipe cleaner flowers while learning more about native wildflowers and the importance of pollinators on campus. Organizations including the Office of Campus Sustainability\, LSA Sustainability\, Nature Rx\, and the Seed Library will be tabling in the LSA Atrium\, allowing students to engage within initiatives that U-M is implementing to support native plants and pollinators. The Lab Reuse Program will also be providing gently-used lab flasks that participants can use to hold flowers. Take a break from finals and enjoy this opportunity to relax and get creative!\n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is strongly encouraged. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering.
UID:145931-21898110@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145931
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Workshop,bee,bees,biodiversity,botany,butterflies,butterfly,Crafting,Creative Reuse,Earth Month,Ecology,Environment,environmental,environmental education,flower,Free,honeybees,native bees,native plant,native plants,native seeds,native species,Natural Sciences,nature,planet blue,plants,pollinator,pollinators,Sustainability
LOCATION:LSA Building - LSA Atrium (first floor)
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DTSTAMP:20251216T152616
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Acolyte in the Bird-while
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Sheida Soleimani's exhibition *Flyways *at the Institute for the Humanities March 19 - May\, acclaimed poet\, writer\, and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing Keith Taylor will read from his collections of poems\, including selections from *The Bird-while* (Wayne State University Press\, 2017)\, a meditation on the nature―both human and non-human―that surrounds us daily.\n\nThis event includes a book signing. Copies of Taylor’s *The Bird-while*\, as well as *All the Time You Want: Selected Poems* (Dzanc Books\, 2024) and *What Can the Matter Be?* (Wayne State University Press\, 2024)\, will be available for purchase through Literati Bookstore.
UID:142819-21891712@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142819
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Birding,Humanities,Poetry,Reading
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022
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DTSTAMP:20260412T212055
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bounds of F-signature function via alpha invariant
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we will explore the upper bounds and the lower bounds of the F-signature function. In particular\, we will show that the F-signature function is compatible with the volume function. This is a joint work with Suchitra Pande (University of Utah)
UID:147658-21901476@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147658
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics,seminar
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
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DTSTAMP:20260324T161840
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T163000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Center for American Dialogue Preview Day Event
DESCRIPTION:Imagine coming together through difference\, and creating progress together. \n\nAt a moment when public debate too often collapses into noise\, the Center for American Dialogue is advancing a different proposition: that democracy depends not on consensus\, but on the ability to engage across difference with rigor\, evidence\, and trust. \n\nRooted in Look to Michigan’s vision of bold civic engagement\, Preview Day offers an early look at a pioneering model for discourse - one that bridges evidence-based research and public understanding\, and reclaims disagreement as a civic strength. \n\nwith\nDomenico Grasso\nPresident\, University of Michigan\n\nand\nArthur Lupia\nVice President for Research and Innovation\n\nInvite you to attend a conversation with:\n\nRepresentative Debbie Dingell\nU.S. House of Representatives\, D-Michigan’s 6th District\n\nRepresentative Lisa McClain\nU.S. House of Representatives\, R-Michigan’s 9th District\n\nAnd a keynote message from:\nDavid Brooks\nAuthor\, Political and Cultural Commentator\n\nMonday\, April 13\, 2026\n3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\nRemarks will begin promptly.\n\nTickets are sold out. \nWe invite you to watch the event online.
UID:146995-21900216@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146995
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Center For American Dialogue
LOCATION:Michigan League - Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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DTSTAMP:20260330T071437
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Cosmology with ACT and the Simons Observatory
DESCRIPTION:The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) encodes the history of our Universe\, spanning enormous ranges of time and physical scale—from conditions in its earliest moments to the distribution of matter on the largest scales. Precision measurements of the CMB provide constraints on a diverse set of phenomena\, including inflationary physics\, light relic particles\, dark matter\, dark energy\, and a broad range of astrophysical processes.\n\nIn this talk\, I present results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and discuss the progress that will be made with its recently commissioned successor\, the Simons Observatory.
UID:147196-21900515@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147196
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Science
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20260408T100351
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Master's Thesis Defense Seminar> Tissue Maturation and Wound Healing in the Drosophila Prostate-like Accessory Gland
DESCRIPTION:The Drosophila malagonaster (fruit fly) accessory gland (AG) is functionally and structurally analogous to the mammalian prostate and serves as a model for epithelial growth and tissue plasticity. Like the mammalian prostate\, the fly AG consists of two types of  secretory epithelial cells\, an extracellular matrix\, and a surrounding innervated muscle sheath. The secretory epithelium is composed of large\, postmitotic cells that are binucleated and polyploid\, revealing that the differentiation process for the development of this tissue involves extensive cell cycle remodeling\, such as skipping cytokinesis to result in bi-nucleation and skipping M-phases to result in polyploidy. Following eclosion\, the tissue goes through a pronounced growth phase during the first 10 days of adult life. However because this tissue remains post mitotic in the adult\, cell cycle activity during the first 4 hours after adult emergence\, drives growth through a further increase in cell ploidy (chromosome content) during organ maturation. We have also observed that damage to this tissue induces compensatory cellular enlargement through increases in polyploidy\, a response analogous to hypertrophic growth observed in the mammalian liver following a partial hepatectomy. In this study\, RNA sequencing was used to characterize transcriptional dynamics during the first five days post-eclosion to identify gene expression changes underlying early AG growth. In parallel\, tissue wound healing capabilities were assessed using a novel acute puncture model. Recovery following damage was evaluated through fluorescent staining and a damage responsive GFP reporter line\, enabling visualization of cellular responses and identification of candidate pathways in damage induced growth. Together\, these findings provide insight into the molecular mechanisms involved in growth and tissue plasticity in the AG and establish a framework for studying epithelial regeneration in a system that allows for direct genetic analysis.
UID:147150-21900442@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147150
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Thesis Defense
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260413T142038
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Social Gathering Guide Student Focus Groups
DESCRIPTION:UM students are encourage to sign up to attend a 1-hour focus group. The focus group will ask you to share your thoughts and perspectives on how Wolverine Wellness and the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Center (SAPAC) can improve the guide to social gatherings-- a free resource for students who are planning or attending events. You only need to register for one session. Participants will be rewarded a $25 gift card of their choice for their time. 
UID:147307-21900702@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147307
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Remote: Zoom
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