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DTSTAMP:20260108T095119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T100000
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SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde
DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143465
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,Language
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3110
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DTSTAMP:20260126T121934
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation”
DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host Ségal Le Guern Herry\, Assistant Professor at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics and senior economist at the EU Tax Observatory. He is a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley during Spring 2026. Ségal will present\, “Wealth Taxation and Portfolio Allocation.”\n\nAbstract: “Should governments tax different assets at different rates? The answer depends crucially on the cross-elasticities between asset classes\, of which few estimates exist. This paper estimates the cross-elasticity between the two main components of household wealth: financial and real estate assets. In 2017\, France transformed its wealth tax into a real estate tax\, thereby eliminating wealth taxation on financial assets. Using comprehensive linked administrative income and wealth data from France\, I study the effect of this unique reform by contrasting the responses of French residents to non-residents\, who remained subject to the wealth tax but were unaffected by the reform. Five years after the reform\, French taxpayers have reallocated on average 5% of their real estate holdings toward financial assets. These responses translate into a quite modest cross-elasticity: a one percentage point differential increase in the tax rate on real estate causes taxpayers to reallocate 4.7% of their real estate assets to financial assets. This reallocation is driven by reduced ownership in investment properties rather than owner-occupied housing\, and coincides with a surge in dividend incomes. Overall\, I estimate that behavioral responses account for approximately 7% of the revenue loss due the reform\, indicating that the mechanical impact dominates. These findings have two key implications. First\, from an equity perspective\, exempting financial assets from wealth taxation primarily served as a tax cut for wealthy households in France. Second\, the efficiency cost of taxing real estate more heavily than other assets appears limited.”
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144504
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Inequality,Social Sciences,Sociology,Tax,Tax Policy,Taxation And Policy
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DTSTAMP:20251125T080546
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
DESCRIPTION:This practical presentation guides the audience through tips and tools for making PowerPoint accessible\, including content such as using the Accessibility Checker and appropriate recommendations for color contrast\, font style\, size\, and spacing. We will also have an interactive remediation activity for all attendees to gain hands-on knowledge of accessible presentation creation.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142187
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Neurodiversity,Virtual,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260211T102201
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000)
DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260127T113531
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T160000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mardi Gras
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Mardi Gras with bold flavors and lively dishes inspired by the spirit of New Orleans. From classic favorites to festive bites\, let the good times roll as you dine with us.\nThis event is included with your residential meal plan. Those with block plans can use a meal swipe to enter. All other guests will pay the door rate to dine in the dining halls.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144618
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Food
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DTSTAMP:20260123T083225
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T125000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A Theory of Endogenous Degrowth and Environmental Sustainability (with Philippe Aghion\,  Timo Boppart\,  Michael Peters\, and Matthew Schwartzman)
DESCRIPTION:We develop and quantify a novel growth theory in which economic activity endogenously shifts from material production to quality improvements. Consumers derive utility from goods with differing environmental footprints: necessities are material-intensive and polluting\, while luxuries are more service-based and emit less. Innovation can be directed toward either material productivity or product~quality. Because demand for luxuries is more sensitive to quality\, the economy gradually becomes “weightless”: growth is driven by quality improvements\, services become the dominant employment sector\, and material production stabilizes at a finite level. This structural transformation enables rising living standards with declining environmental intensity\, providing an endogenous path to degrowth in material output without compromising economic progress. Policy can accelerate the transition\, but its burden is uneven\, falling more heavily on the poor than on the rich.
UID:143292-21892649@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143292
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
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DTSTAMP:20260205T094716
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CEW+ Fellowship Applicant Workshop
DESCRIPTION:RSVP for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CEWFellowships\n\nLearn more about our fellowship funding on our website: cew.umich.edu/funding/fellowships\n\nGraduate students applying for research and travel funding are invited to this virtual workshop to learn more about the CEW+ Fellowship application. Workshop topics include: application components\, review timeline\, selection criteria\, and lessons from successful past applications. Join for the CEW+ Fellowship presentation\, stay to ask questions with generous time for Q&A.\n\nPresenter: Erin Lane\, Scholarship Program Manager
UID:145103-21896672@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145103
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Fellowship Funding,Financial Aid,Funding,graduate students,Grants,Life-changing Education
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260217T112056
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260217T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommuniTEA: Lunar New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Weekly gathering for students\, staff\, and faculty to build community with the Trotter Team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation\, food and fun!
UID:143864-21894138@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143864
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
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