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DTSTAMP:20250905T143605
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Colloquium Series.  The Caribbean Qasida: Muslim Devotional Performance in Guyana and Trinidad
DESCRIPTION:This lecture explores the evolution of Guyanese and Trinidadian Muslim devotional songbook and music albums featuring pre-Partition\, Sufi-influenced\, nineteenth-century qasida poetic praise songs brought by Urdu-speaking indentured Indian Muslims to the Caribbean. Professor Aliyah will focus on the material Indo-Caribbean qasida songbook and its subcontinental antecedents\, including the popular Indo-Muslim text \"Milad-e-Akbar\,\" showing that the Caribbean qasida is a devotional song that propagates Indian Islam and preserves Urdu through performances of religious and cultural authenticity while engaging with global revivalist Islam. The qasida is simultaneously conserved and creolized in transliteration and translation\, becoming a cultural art form accessible to Afro-Caribbean people as part of Caribbean postcolonial nation-building.\n   \nAliyah Khan is Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC)\, and Associate Professor of English\, and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. She specializes in Islam in the Caribbean and the Americas. Dr. Khan has also presented and taught widely on Muslims in comics and graphic novels. Her award-winning book *Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean *(Rutgers UP and University of the West Indies Press 2020)\, is the first monograph on the comparative literature\, history\, and music of enslaved African Muslims and indentured Indian Muslims and their descendants in Guyana\, Trinidad\, and Jamaica. Dr. Khan’s academic work\, creative nonfiction\, and interviews have appeared in many journals\, anthologies\, and media venues including *I Will Not Go: Translations\, Transformations\, and Chutney Fractals *(Kaya Press 2024)\, *Guernica* magazine\, Caribbean Quarterly\, *Caribbean Review of Gender Studies*\, *Journal of West Indian Literature*\, *National Public Radio*\, *Times of India*\, *Washington Post*\, and *Sky TV* (U.K.)\n\nAccommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n   Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu
UID:138902-21884220@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138902
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Discussion,Cmenas Colloquium Series,center for middle eastern and north african studies
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555
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DTSTAMP:20251021T164031
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cosmo-Astro Seminar | Modified Gravity
DESCRIPTION:1. We look for evidence of the effects induced by seemingly different extensions to the standard cosmological model in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) primary and secondary anisotropies: modified gravity\, massive neutrinos and non-vanishing spatial curvature. By looking at their correlations and the differences in the impact they have on cosmological observables\, such as the CMB lensing potential spectrum\, we assess whether such additions can be told apart and identify the common root to their detection: the lensing anomaly.\n 2. In this talk\, I will briefly introduce two research topics I am working on—A Unifying Approach to the Morphology of Large-scale Structure & A Unifying Framework to Study Modified Gravity/Dark Energy.
UID:140973-21887905@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140973
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Astronomy
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3246 (Fishbowl)
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DTSTAMP:20251106T123129
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T150000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Port Authority of NY & NJ Engineering & Architecture Associates Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:About the Organization: Founded in 1921\, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds\, operates\, and maintains many of the most important transportation and infrastructure assets in the country through air\, land\, rail\, and sea.  About the Role:The Engineering &amp\; Architecture Associates Program is a two-year rotational program. During the first year\, Associates rotate through different Engineering/Architecture disciplines and also Port Authority facilities.In the second year\, Associates focus on the discipline they accepted an offer for. Examples of disciplines include: Design (Architecture\, Civil/Environmental\, Electrical\, Mechanical\, Structural/Geotechnical\, and Traffic)\; Construction Management\; Materials\; Operations\; Project Delivery\; Quality Assurance\; and Enterprise Asset Management.Employment Type: This is a full-time\, permanent position which includes a yearly salary and benefits. After successful completion of the program\, Associates remain permanent employees at Port Authority. As of 2025\, there are close to 200 program alumni working at the agency. Eligibility: Engineering and Architecture students who are receiving a bachelor’s or master’s degree between September 2025 and May 2026.Application Deadline: November 1\, 2025. How To Apply: To learn more and/or apply before the info session\, click here. 
UID:137965-21882338@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137965
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTSTAMP:20250930T182213
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T150000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Scary Cyber Tales: Don’t Let Your Data Go Bump in the Night
DESCRIPTION:This event is a spine-chilling journey into the real-life dangers of the digital world.  We'll share real-world stories of cyberattacks\, data breaches\, and online scams that will make you think twice about your digital security. Learn about the most common threats\, from phishing and ransomware to malware and social engineering\, and get practical tips on how to protect yourself. Join our team of cybersecurity experts for an hour of spooky tales and essential security lessons to ensure your digital life doesn't turn into a scary cyber tale! \n\nThis event is open to anyone affiliated with Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) member institutions.\n\nRegister here to participate: https://btaa.org/technology/cybersecurity/big-ten-cybersecurity-month
UID:140100-21886620@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140100
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sumit,Its,michigan it,information and technology,Virtual,Webinar,information technology,Free
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251022T132051
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Mid-Level Supervision Coaching Circles
DESCRIPTION:Coaching Circles are 1 hour dialogic sessions\, led by a facilitator\, around a specific topic\, and limited to no more than 10 individuals. These Coaching Circles are aimed at Mid-Level Supervisors (i.e. those who supervise Full Time Staff and sit in the middle of their Unit or Department. Three Mid-Level Supervision Coaching Circles will be piloted in the Fall. Participants can only attend 1\, as space is limited.
UID:138718-21883757@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138718
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:The Connector 1511
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DTSTAMP:20250904T153242
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T150000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weekly coffee chat hosted by INFORMS & HFES
DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Commons for some coffee and networking!
UID:138834-21884015@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138834
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Graduate,Graduate Students,Hfes,Human Factors And Ergonomics Society,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite Room 1700
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DTSTAMP:20250826T100527
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T155000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frontier Knowledge in College and Student Success
DESCRIPTION:This paper studies the teaching of frontier knowledge in higher education and its impact on students. Using text analysis on 2 million course syllabi and 20 million academic articles\, we develop a measure called “frontier knowledge proximity\,” capturing how closely course content aligns with current scholarly research. We document significant variation in frontier knowledge proximity across courses\, even within the same institution\, and demonstrate that these differences substantially affect student outcomes. Linking syllabi to individual student records from Texas and leveraging unexpected syllabus updates\, we show that increases in proximity improves both educational outcomes (graduation\, major retention\, and graduate school enrollment) and earnings. Educational gains are notably larger among median-ability and lower-income students\, whereas earnings benefits disproportionately accrue to higher-ability and higher-income students. These findings indicate that frontier knowledge exposure can narrow socioeconomic disparities in education but remains complementary to students’ existing resources. We conclude by showing that instructors\, particularly research-active faculty\, are the main drivers of differences in frontier knowledge proximity
UID:136584-21878882@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136584
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Labor
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
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DTSTAMP:20251018T123002
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251022T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: Tropical linear spaces and buildings
DESCRIPTION:In a previous lecture\, we learnt about tropical linear spaces in terms of valuated matroids\, or tropical Plucker vectors.  In this talk\, I'll give a quick overview of some other ways to think about tropical linear spaces: matroid decompositions of the hypersimplex\, Chow quotients of the Grassmannian\, and membranes.  I'll focus on the last of these.  A result of Keel and Tevelev states that tropical linear spaces can be identified with membranes\, certain subcomplexes of a (Bruhat-Tits) affine building.
UID:140869-21887753@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140869
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
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