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DTSTAMP:20251015T132041
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T162000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents:
DESCRIPTION:\"JWST Views of Cluster Brightest Cluster Galaxy Nebulae: Dusty Molecular Hydrogen\"\n\nI will discuss preliminary analyses of a sample of 7 brightest cluster galaxies observed with the JWST Mid Infrared Imager and IFU Spectrograph. BCGs often host bright optical emission line filaments. These filaments are strongly associated with the presence of xray emitting intracluster gas with a short cooling time and with active AGN feedback. The filaments are multiphase\, multi temperature\; the spectra allow the measurement of speeds and velocity widths to a few kpc/sec at scales of 0.2”. I will discuss some surprising features and next steps in the work.
UID:140738-21887552@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140738
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:astrophysics,astronomy
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250924T103451
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T173000
SUMMARY:Performance:ARIA Showcase: A Celebration of Arts Research/Creative Practice at U-M
DESCRIPTION:The ARIA Showcase celebrates the breadth and depth of arts research/creative practice at U-M\, by recognizing work from the 25+ projects funded through the Arts Research: Incubation and Acceleration (ARIA) grantmaking program over the last two years. A joint effort by the Office of the Vice President of Research and the U-M Arts Initiative\, ARIA seeks to elevate and expand arts research and creative practice across the University of Michigan’s campuses and schools by supporting projects centered in the arts that ask creative questions and move toward new ideas and knowledges\; invite new forms of collaboration and interaction both within and beyond the arts\; and that imagine new approaches to problems and ideas in the arts and society. \n\nRSVP here: https://forms.gle/BwYMsvBSocyD5es37\nIn addition to celebrating all ARIA projects\, the panel\, moderated by Clare Croft\, Faculty Director of Arts Research/Creative Practice\, will feature presentations and performances from four ARIA projects: \nA book\, gallery exhibition\, and digital archive\, The Heirloom Project (Principal Investigator: Benedicte Boisseron\, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Chair\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts)\; \nPublic sculpture/water management system\, Hygroscopic Envelope: Building enclosures for climate adaptation\, Nevada (Principal Investigators: Tszyan Ng\, Associate Professor of Architecture\, A Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning\, Wes McGee\, Associate Professor of Architecture\, A Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, College of Engineering)\nNew musical production\, Perpetual Sunshine & The Ghost Girls (Principal investigator: Lynne Shankel\, Carole Caplan Lonner Professor of Musical Theatre Composition and clinical assistant professor of music\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance)\nSculpture exhibition re-thinking the role of caregivers\, Tethered (Principal investigator: Anne Mondro\, associate professor of art and design\, Stamps School)
UID:139231-21885160@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139231
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Arts Festival,Art
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom
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DTSTAMP:20250911T122412
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Understanding the fitness effects of mutations and implications for small populations
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Many mutations that occur in genomes are deleterious\, resulting in a decrease in reproductive fitness. While such mutations are important for evolution and complex traits\, much remains to be discovered. In this talk\, I will discuss our work on estimating fitness effects of deleterious mutations using genetic variation data from natural populations. First\, I will describe our computational approach\, FitDadi\, to estimate the distribution of fitness effects (DFE) for amino acid changing mutations in humans and other species. Analysis of how the DFE differs across species provides insights about how the DFE itself evolves. I also will describe our work inferring the DFE of mutations in noncoding regions of the human genome. Next\, I provide a strategy to validate population genetic models of selection and dominance by testing whether they predict observed levels of inbreeding load and match observed genetic data. Lastly\, I will discuss how insights gained from studying deleterious mutations may help identify small populations at risk of inbreeding depression.
UID:137280-21880020@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137280
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Biology,developmental biology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20251015T124301
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Exploring Well-Being in Graduate Education: A Rackham Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join faculty\, staff\, and students for a transformative event dedicated to advancing mental health and well-being in graduate education. Together\, we'll explore research\, share strategies\, and build supportive academic communities.
UID:137757-21880705@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137757
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions
LOCATION:Rackham Amphitheater
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DTSTAMP:20250808T001614
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GEOMETRY SEMINAR: Non-negative curvature on vector bundles over homotopy spheres.
DESCRIPTION:The seminal theorem of Cheeger and Gromoll characterizes open manifolds of non-negative sectional curvature by showing that any such manifold\, $M^n$\, is diffeomorphic to the normal bundle of a totally convex\, closed submanifold $\Sigma^k$\, a \textit{soul} of $M$.  This brings up a far-reaching open problem: given a closed manifold $\Sigma^k$ with non-negative sectional curvature\, which vector bundles over $\Sigma$ admit complete metrics with non-negative curvature?  In this talk we will talk about the history of this problem and answer a longstanding question of Grove-Ziller.  We show that every vector bundle over every homotopy 7-sphere admits non-negative curvature.  This is joint work with David Duncan and Rebecca Field.
UID:137313-21880124@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137313
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251021T090919
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T190000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Gourd Times in the Grove
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the North Campus Grove for free\, family-friendly Fall fun! Enjoy an inflatable obstacle course\, a petting zoo\, a caramel apple bar\, and more! Stop by with friends or family to enjoy the beautiful North Campus Grove and make cozy Autumn memories.
UID:140524-21887272@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140524
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:CCI,go blue,getinvolved,Student Caregivers,outdoors,north campus,goblue,get involved,fun,Campus Involvement,freefood,cci programs,center for campus involvement,family friendly,food,free,free food,Free Stuff,freecandy
LOCATION:The Grove
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DTSTAMP:20251001T122323
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Industrial Ecology Perspectives on the Electric Vehicle Transition – October 23\, 2025 — Co-organized with the Center for Sustainable Systems
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Greg Keoliean\n\nAbstract:\nThe field of industrial ecology has long sought to understand the flows of resources and waste through our human-made systems and technologies\, often with some intention of anticipating and avoiding unintended consequences. This perspective is particularly relevant to decarbonization strategies\, where we have great urgency to change the technologies and operations of our energy and transport systems to meet climate targets\, but which require a life cycle perspective to understand their true capacity to reduce emissions and to understand their other environmental\, social or governance issues. In this talk I will discuss the use of life cycle assessment and material flow analysis for improving the transition to a decarbonized future with particular focus on electric vehicles and their batteries as a key\, but not complete\, solution for decarbonization of the transport sector.\n\nBiography:\nProf. Alissa Kendall holds a degree in Environmental Engineering from Duke University (B.S.E. 2000)\, and a PhD jointly conferred in Environmental Engineering and Natural Resource Policy from University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2007) for work conducted at the Center for Sustainable Systems. Prior to pursuing her graduate education\, she worked as an automotive product development engineer focusing on hybrid and electric vehicles. She joined UC Davis as an assistant professor in 2007 and is now the Ray B. Krone Endowed Professor of Environmental Engineering in the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is the Director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. During her time at UC Davis\, she co-founded and chaired the Energy Graduate Group\, an interdisciplinary Energy Systems degree program\, and created the graduate certificate in Industrial Ecology.\nAs an industrial ecology scholar\, her research focuses on understanding and reducing the environmental effects of many the key systems our modern world relies on including transport\, civil infrastructure\, and agriculture. She has authored and co-authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles\, and her research has been honored with several awards including the Laudis Medal from the International Society of Industrial Ecology\, UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow award\, and the UC Davis College of Engineering’s Mid-Career Research Award (2023).
UID:138903-21884219@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138903
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Sciences,CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Sustainability
LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources  Building - 2315
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DTSTAMP:20251017T085642
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T172000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Immigration\, Identity Choices\, and Cultural Diversity
DESCRIPTION:Does immigration challenge the identities and cultural diversity of receiving societies? This paper investigates this question by analyzing the impact of immigration on cultural diversity in Europe between 2004 and 2018. It combines regional cultural diversity indices derived from the European Social Survey with immigration shares from the European Labor Force Survey. The findings indicate that immigration increases the salience of birthplace along cultural lines and fosters a shift toward nativist identities and nationalism among the population. In response to the perceived challenge of cultural diversity\, natives increasingly align their norms and values with those of the broader native-identified population.
UID:138325-21882774@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138325
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar,Development,Economics
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 201
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