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DTSTAMP:20260106T104411
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to the Linux Command Line
DESCRIPTION:This remote course will familiarize students with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell\, also generically referred to as “the command line”.\n\nTopics include:\n- a brief overview of Linux\n- the Bash shell\n- navigating the file system\n- basic commands\n- shell redirection\n- permissions\n- processes\n- the command environment.\n\nThe workshop will also provide a quick introduction to nano a simple text editor that will be used in subsequent workshops to edit files.\n\nPrerequisites: none.\n\nFor more information about the instructors and course preparation materials\, please visit: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/introduction-to-the-linux-command-line-60-2/
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126737
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Information and Technology,Free,Generative Ai,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Hpc,Academic Technology At Michigan,interdisciplinary,Research,Virtual,Workshop,Faculty,Applications,Arc,Arc-ts,Computational Science,computer science,engineering,Data Science,computing
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260120T121438
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Foundations of Modern Physics (FOMP) | Can a scientific field survive on pursuit-worthiness alone?
DESCRIPTION:Most recent theories in fundamental physics have remained without empirical confirmation of their core characteristic predictions for very long periods of time. Examples range from theories of quantum gravity such as string theory\, over cosmological theories such as inflation\, to BSM theories such as low energy supersymmetry. In some cases\, high hopes of discovery were not fulfilled or announcements of discovery turned out ill-founded. One response to this series of disappointments\, both in physics and the philosophy of physics\, has been an endorsement of scientific agnosticism. In experimental physics\, this position amounts to emphasizing experimental strategies that are as little theory driven as possible. In theoretical physics\, it amounts to avoiding any open declaration of trust in their theory by those working on theories that have not found conclusive empirical testing. In the philosophy of science\, it amounts to focusing on reasons for a theory’s pursuit-worthiness rather than arguments for its viability.\n\nIn this talk\, I aim to show that the described tendency is based on a misreading of the recent history of physics\, is conceptually unsatisfactory\, and may\, in the long run\, carry serious risks for fundamental physics. Based on the presented reasoning\, I propose an alternative perspective on the current situation in fundamental physics.\n\nContact: Francisco Calderón\, fcalder@umich.edu
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144183
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students,Graduate Students,Faculty
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 2271
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260128T181644
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T135000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Carillon Lesson\, open to public observation
DESCRIPTION:In place of a regular recital\, the public is welcome to visit and observe as students take a lesson on the carillon led by Prof. Tiffany Ng.\n\nThe Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon is an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143727
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:North Campus,Music,Free
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251201T162504
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE - Mechanical Engineering Seminar - Elif Ertekin\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Predictive materials simulation has long been rooted in first-principles descriptions of physical mechanisms\, grounded in quantum mechanics but limited by tractable length scales\, sampling challenges\, and the accuracy-cost tradeoff. Today\, machine-learning methods seek to transform materials science by revealing patterns in data extending beyond conventional modeling. My talk will explore how these two paradigms\, mechanistic simulation and data-driven learning\, can act synergistically to accelerate materials discovery and understanding. I will begin by outlining what first-principles simulations can currently achieve and where their limitations arise\, using examples from our work in thermoelectrics\, wide-band-gap semiconductors\, ion-transport materials\, and structural alloys. Building on this foundation\, I will show how machine-learning approaches\, when designed with materials-specific considerations such as symmetries and invariances\, can enhance traditional methods. Examples include symmetry-aware generative models for inorganic crystalline solids and machine-learning solutions to the many-body electronic-structure problem that rival high-accuracy quantum methods. Together\, these examples highlight how integrating mechanisms and patterns can help advance predictive materials simulations.\n\n\nBio: Elif Ertekin is an Andersen Faculty Scholar\, Associate Professor\, and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a faculty affiliate of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). Her research interests center on the theory and modeling of materials\, with an emphasis on probabilistic and stochastic methods. She focuses on developing a microscopic understanding of atomic and electronic-scale processes in materials\, with applications in thermal transport\, energy conversion\, and defect chemistry. She received BS degrees in Mathematics and in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State\, a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley\, and she carried out post-doctoral work at the Berkeley Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Physics and a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142220
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering,Engineering,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,seminar,Science,Research,Micde Seminar
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - 3213ABC
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DTSTAMP:20260112T141237
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vision Board Night at West Quad
DESCRIPTION:Prepare for the year ahead with the South and West Quad Diversity Peer Educators by designing your own vision boards! Get creative\, enjoy free snacks\, and chat with others.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142929
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social,Crafts,Community Engagement,Community,Art
LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260108T142409
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Climate Change Advocacy and Engagement
DESCRIPTION:In response to environmental challenges\, advocacy organizations are seeking optimal ways to increase public engagement. In this talk\, Prof. Hart will discuss how different message strategies may amplify or attenuate public engagement. Prof. Hart will first present findings from recent studies investigating how positive and negative sentiments in advocacy messages\, delivered via email and Facebook\, relate to public engagement. The studies reveal that for low-effort engagement\, positive sentiment is associated with more engagement. However\, for high-effort engagement\, negative sentiment is associated with more engagement\, whereas positive sentiment is associated with less. Prof. Hart will also share results from an experiment examining how news articles discussing climate change's unequal impacts\, based on race versus class\, affect beliefs and support for action. Overall\, White participants and those with high levels of symbolic racism had lower levels of belief and support when exposed to the race-focused condition. The results suggest that highlighting class-based climate disparities may be less prone to causing backfire effects.
UID:143503-21893298@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143503
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Climate,Climate Change
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room
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DTSTAMP:20260111T114049
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP)
DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD
UID:143661-21893601@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Student
LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147
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DTSTAMP:20260112T103427
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Real Analysis Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The Student Real Analysis Reading Group facilitated by Siwei Wang will meet every Thursday from 2:30–4:30 PM in East Hall 5822 from Thursday\, January 15 - April 16\, 2026.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143702
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:East Hall - 5822
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