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DTSTAMP:20260222T184028
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG NT: Meromorphic cocycle of weight 2
DESCRIPTION:1.4-1.5 of Darmon-Vonk
UID:145485-21897400@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145485
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Number Theory
LOCATION:East Hall - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260216T114101
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents:
DESCRIPTION:\"Companions as Clues: Understanding Hot Jupiter Formation\"\n\nHot Jupiters were long thought to be lonely planets. This correctly describes the majority of the population and strongly motivates high-eccentricity tidal migration as the most common method of taking a hot Jupiter to its final short-period orbit. However\, a growing number of systems now reveal nearby planetary companions. In this talk\, I will discuss recent theoretical and observational results exploring the origin and evolution of hot Jupiters\, with a particular focus on those with adjacent companion planets. I show that high-eccentricity tidal migration is generally incompatible with the survival of close-in companions except in very particular scenarios. I further demonstrate that while inner companions are dynamically robust\, outer companions can be driven out of the transiting plane through secular interactions\, stellar evolution\, and stellar obliquity\, potentially explaining their apparent absence in some systems. With this in mind\, I present the discovery and characterization of the TOI-4468 system as a case study\, highlighting how its unique architecture (an outer companion planet\, but no inner companion) constrains its dynamical history. The full observational evidence suggests that while most isolated hot Jupiters likely formed through tidal migration\, systems with nearby companions preferentially assembled in dynamically cold\, disk-mediated ways\, revealing multiple formation pathways for close-in giant planets.
UID:144973-21896218@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144973
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 182
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DTSTAMP:20260120T102309
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Zwitterionic Interfaces for Implantable Biomaterials
DESCRIPTION:A primary challenge in implantable biomaterials is the host response at the tissue-material interface. Protein adsorption\, immune activation\, and fibrotic encapsulation gradually isolate implants from surrounding tissues and restrict transport\, often leading to failure of both drug-delivery devices and cell therapies. In this talk\, I will describe our work using zwitterionic polymer materials to engineer this interface and how it improves tissue compatibility and functional integration of implanted systems in the subcutaneous space. I will present results showing enhanced durability and performance of both encapsulated islet grafts and insulin-delivery catheters. I will also discuss mechanistic studies on how zwitterionic interfaces influence inflammatory and fibrotic pathways while preserving molecular transport. Finally\, I will briefly introduce zwitterionic formulations developed for anti-adhesion applications.
UID:138414-21882919@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138414
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Materials Science,Science,Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
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DTSTAMP:20260209T181631
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Carrigan Lecture in Music Theory: Professor Olivia Lucas
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music Theory hosts a presentation by guest scholar Olivia R. Lucas as part of the Carrigan Lecture Series in Music Theory. Free and open to the public. \n\nABSTRACT\n\nWhat does it mean to love a song that expresses the brutality of intimate partner violence? And further\, what does it mean to analyze such a song—to discover its deep structure? \n\nIn this paper\, I examine the experience of listening to and analyzing the music of the experimental musician Lingua Ignota. Taking her project name from Hildegard von Bingen’s mystical constructed language\, her music explores the intersections of Christianity\, trauma\, and intimate partner abuse. Sonically\, her music traverses deconstructed elements of metal and noise music\, vocal techniques that range from extended screams to classical mezzo-soprano\, and extensively researched references to Catholic\, Pentecostal\, Mennonite\, and Western art musical traditions. The resulting complexly layered musical texts deploy the subjectivity of Christian faith as a metaphor for intimate partner abuse. I trace how the timbral\, textual\, and vocal-expressive layers of Lingua Ignota’s music shape deeply uncomfortable sonic experiences in which a victim’s struggle to make her abuser love her is given the apocalyptic scale of a sinner struggling to avoid eternal hellfire. Building on recent work in critical music theory\, I use these uncomfortable emotional experiences to explore moments when analytical writing seems to fail.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nOLIVIA R. LUCAS is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at Louisiana State University. Her work on metal music has been published in *Music Theory Online*\, *Popular Music*\, *The Journal of Sonic Studies*\, and several edited volumes. Her article “Performing Analysis\, Performing Metal” won the 2023 SMT Emerging Scholar (Article) award. She also co-edited the volume *Teaching Difficult Topics: Reflections from the Undergraduate Music Classroom* (University of Michigan Press\, 2024). In her free time she enjoys dancing with her Mardi Gras Krewe\, the Ogden Park Coven. 
UID:145285-21897006@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145285
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Music,North Campus,Talk,Scholarship,Research,Culture
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260224T121620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Lauren Chipman: “Designing your Career”
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Chipman\, CEO of Chipman Design Architecture and award-winning Violist\, leads a discussion and workshop with SMTD students that explores the professional potential of their creativity and talent. \n\nFree and open to the public. Event sponsored by EXCEL – the Excellence in Entrepreneurship\, Career Empowerment & Leadership (EXCEL) Lab is SMTD’s home base for performing arts entrepreneurship\, leadership\, and career services.\n\nSPEAKER BIO\n\nLAUREN CHIPMAN\, a true multi-disciplinary designer and performing artist\, brings a distinct sense of creative leadership to her position as Chief Executive Officer at Chipman Design Architecture. Prior to her work at Chipman\, Lauren performed professionally as a string instrumentalist with a resume that includes recording for television\, film\, and top Billboard artists.\n\nToday\, Lauren is proud to be part of the third generation to carry on her family’s legacy. Lauren’s unconventional background and innate sense of innovation allow her to bring a fresh perspective to the impact of hospitality\, retail\, and restaurant spaces. Despite helming a well-established firm that supports national clients like Chick-fil-A\, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams\, Ulta Beauty\, Marriott\, Peet’s Coffee and CVS\, Lauren’s entrepreneurial vision often goes beyond traditional industry approaches. From pioneering integration of new technology in the conceptual design process to almost exclusively recruiting multi-hyphenate talent\, Lauren directs the company with the future in mind.\n\nA holistic leader\, Lauren leverages her own experience as an industry outsider to cultivate a unique\, forward-thinking environment composed of a team with diverse backgrounds. She pushes the firm to not only solve for present design challenges\, but also develop foresight into cultural and behavioral changes. This high level of adaptable strategy allows the firm to keep clients ahead of the curve\, and nimble in response industry shifts. Lauren has spoken at numerous conferences\, including Globalshop\, Google Zeitgeist\, design:retail Forum\, MUFES\, MUFSO and Bitac Luxury. A Professional Affiliate of the AIA\, Lauren also holds memberships in such industry organizations as NOMA and RDI and was recently recognized with vmsd’s “40 under 40 award.”
UID:140518-21887266@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140518
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Free,Lecture,North Campus,Talk
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260226T120328
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T170000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Rare Disease Awareness & Trivia
DESCRIPTION:Join Wolverines for Donation for our February Rare Disease Awareness event! We will have games and trivia\, with lots of fun giveaways and prizes (including but not limited to canes gift basket\, rally house gift cards\, Wolverines for Donation merch). We will be providing dinner for everyone\, even those with dietary restrictions! \nFeel free to bring a friend to learn more about rare diseases and win some amazing prizes!\nEvent RSVP: https://forms.gle/gx1o7CVfU3j5deLM9
UID:145842-21897945@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145842
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:Mason Hall
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DTSTAMP:20250825T101253
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T173000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Jamil Jan Kochai
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nJamil Jan Kochai is the author of The Haunting of *Hajji Hotak and Other Stories*\, a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award and a winner of the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize and the 2023 Clark Fiction Prize. His debut novel *99 Nights in Logar* won John C. Zacharis First Book Award. Kochai was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar\, Pakistan\, but his family originally hails from Logar\, Afghanistan. His short stories have appeared in *The New Yorker*\, *Ploughshares*\, *The O. Henry Prize Stories*\, and *The Best American Short Stories*. Kochai was a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University\, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, and a Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He teaches creative writing at Princeton University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:136385-21878601@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136385
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Literature,Writing,Literati Bookstore,Literary,Graduate,Free,Fiction,Culture,Creative Writing,Contemporary Literature,Books,Ann Arbor
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260226T120321
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260226T180000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday.
DESCRIPTION:\nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, Feb 26th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nOur current series\, Challenge Your Thinking and Explore Truth\, features this week’s big question:: “Hasn't the church been historically associated with violence\, the Crusades\, and oppression?\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n
UID:145638-21897622@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145638
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:MCSC
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