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DTSTAMP:20260518T091620
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T090000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Resistance is Fertile: Celebrating 30 Years of Cultivating Change
DESCRIPTION:Resistance Is Fertile honors the founding moment of the Institute for Research on Women & Gender\, while speaking to the present. The institute was established because faculty members believed that research on women\, gender\, and sexuality required an institutional commitment to thrive. That belief was itself a form of resistance—to disciplinary silos\, to marginalization\, to the idea that such scholarship was peripheral.\n\nThis theme reminds us that resistance is not merely reactive\; it is constructive. When rooted in collaboration and sustained through infrastructure\, it produces knowledge that reshapes disciplines\, institutions\, and public life.\n\nThis exhibit celebrates 30 years of IRWG—its history\, its programs\, and the people whose vision and labor built it into what it is today. Through archival materials\, milestones\, and stories\, we trace the evolution of an institute that has continually expanded the boundaries of research in women\, gender\, and sexuality.\n\nThis exhibit centers growth\, collaboration\, and intellectual creativity—honoring the sustained efforts\, bold ideas\, and collective care that have shaped IRWG’s legacy and continue to guide its future.\n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. \n\nLocated on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street)\, the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public\, M-F\, 9am-4pm.
UID:148280-21903694@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148280
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,gender,Gender Based Violence,women,Women History,Women's And Gender Studies,women's studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260508T155502
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:The People’s Bicentennial
DESCRIPTION:This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC)\, which challenged the official\, corporate-sponsored commemoration of the 1976 bicentennial. This year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.\n\nItems on display are from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection\, which documents social protest movements and radical history.\n\nHOURS\nSunday 2-8pm\nMonday-Thursday 9am-8pm\nFriday 9am-4pm\nSaturday 11am-5pm
UID:147925-21902425@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147925
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,History,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (1st floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260506T154022
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Summer school and workshop: Foliations and Birational Geometry
DESCRIPTION:The program will begin with a Summer school\, consisting of 4 lecture series\, of 4 lectures each. It will start on Monday\, in the morning\, and end on Friday\, at noon. This will be followed by a workshop\, starting Friday afternoon and ending on Sunday at noon.\n\nConference site and schedule: https://simonsmoduli.com/events/ann-arbor/
UID:148100-21902952@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148100
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Mathematics
LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1544
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DTSTAMP:20260512T115037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Student Dissertation Defense - Defining the molecular mechanisms of migration in monarch butterfly
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Each year during the fall a naïve generation of monarch butterflies engages in a trans-continental migration\, despite never having migrated before\, which crosses over 4000km and spans 6-8 months. The fall migrant generation is in stark contrast to the preceding summer generation of butterflies who do not engage in such a feat but breed locally. Fall migration requires the coordinated expression of seasonally plastic traits such as oriented flight behavior and reproductive diapause (delayed reproduction during migration). The amalgamation of these component traits is dubbed the migratory syndrome. Yet\, how these component phenotypes are integrated to form the migratory syndrome remains a largely open question. In my dissertation I studied how environmental and developmental factors interact to influence phenotypic plasticity of component migratory traits by combining field experiments with multi-omics (genomic\, transcriptomic\, and epigenomic) techniques. In Chapter 2 I uncover that reproductive diapause imparts a lasting transcriptional state which I hypothesize assists in the robustness of monarch butterflies during their return migration. In Chapter 3 I demonstrate that reproductive diapause and oriented flight are distinctly induced throughout the season\, and each is regulated by tissue-specific transcriptional modules. Further\, I also find that the unique oriented flight behavior during the seasonal transition from summer to fall is controlled by substantial cryptic genetic variation\, which I hypothesize helps maintain behavioral diversity amidst seasonal unpredictability. Lastly\, in Chapter 4 I present research which combines RNA- and ATAC-seq data to suggest that seasonal transcriptional plasticity is controlled by unique sets of seasonally regulated transcription factors. Overall\, these works demonstrate the importance of environmental variation in defining the genetic architecture of the migratory syndrome and the regulatory mechanisms that control seasonal transcriptional plasticity. Defining these mechanisms helps us understand the evolution of migration as they define the substrates by which natural selection can operate.
UID:148237-21903428@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148237
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:biological science,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Dissertation,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate School,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260429T153606
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T120000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Hidden Relics: The Past and Present Lives of Satellites Around Milky Way-mass Galaxies
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Galaxies don’t reside in isolation. Their outskirts contain a hidden ecosystem of faint stars and stellar systems that trace the history of their hierarchical growth through mergers --- one of the most important drivers of galaxy evolution. This dissertation aims to uncover this historical record and constrain the processes that govern galaxy formation and evolution across a wide range of mass scales\, from Milky Way (MW)–like systems to their ultra-faint dwarf companions. Although mergers can strongly influence the diversity of structural properties seen in galaxies\, the resulting dynamical response often erases the observational markers needed to infer the characteristics of the merger. However\, simulations show that material accreted into a galaxy is retained by its stellar halo\, preserving a \"fossil record\" that we can trace with resolved-star observations. I present the deepest stellar halo map of the nearby galaxy M94\, revealing that it has one of the smallest and most metal-poor stellar halos among MW-mass galaxies (M*=2.8x10^10 M☉\, [M/H] ~-1.4) and indicating that its dominant merger was with a galaxy less massive than the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). M94 also hosts the largest pseudobulge in the Local Universe\, but this work suggests that it was shaped primarily by secular processes rather than by this dominant merger. I also illuminate the structural diversity of faint satellite galaxies around M81\, finding among them the most compact (DWJ0954+6821)\, most concentrated (D1006+69\, n ~ 5)\, and one of the most elliptical (D1009+68\,  ϵ ~ 0.57) dwarfs known in the Local Volume. This work improves on ground-based characterizations of these systems and reveals that all four satellites are metal-poor and quenched\, with no evidence for tidal stripping despite their varied ellipticities. Lastly\, I successfully demonstrate the feasibility of wide-field\, multi-object fiber-fed spectroscopy in a low signal-to-noise regime for probing halo kinematics beyond the Local Group\, presenting the first measurement of the line-of-sight (LOS) velocity and velocity dispersion of NGC 253's stellar halo. I find that the stellar halo exhibits prograde angular momentum and detect kinematic substructure coincident with its known southwestern shell\, consistent with a recent accretion event. This work lays the foundation for conducting resolved stellar population science with next-generation observing facilities such as the Rubin Observatory\, Roman Space Telescope\, and the Extremely Large Telescope.
UID:148013-21902844@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148013
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Defense
LOCATION:Detroit Observatory
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DTSTAMP:20260513T130858
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SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:June 1-10\, 2026  MWF Course - Data Collection Using Wearables\, Sensors\, and Apps in the Social\, Behavioral\, and Health Sciences
DESCRIPTION:June 1-10\, 2026  MWF\n10:00am - 1:00pm\nA live course via Zoom. Registration and payment are required a minimum of two weeks prior to the start of the course. \n\nFounded in 1948\, the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques is designed specifically to meet the needs of professionals and graduate students seeking to deepen their expertise in survey methodology and data collection. Offered through the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan\, the program provides a rigorous and flexible curriculum that blends theoretical foundations with practical application — entirely online.\n\nData Collection Using Wearables\, Sensors\, and Apps in the Social\, Behavioral\, and Health Sciences\n\nThe recent proliferation of mobile technology allows researchers to collect objective health and behavioral data at increased intervals\, in real time\, and may also reduce participant burden. In this course\, we will provide examples of the utility of and integration of wearables\, sensors\, and apps in research settings. Examples will include the use of wearable health devices to measure activity\, apps for ecological momentary assessment\, and smartphone sensors to measure sound and movement\, among others. Additionally\, this course will consider the integration of these new technologies into existing surveys and the quality of the data collected from the total survey error perspective. We will discuss considerations for assessing coverage\, participation\, and measurement error when integrating wearables\, sensors\, and apps in a research setting as well as the costs and privacy considerations when collecting these types of data. Participants will work in groups to discuss a research study design using new technology and have the opportunity for hands-on practice with sensor data.\n\nHeidi Guyer is Senior Public Health Research Scientist at RTI International. Before joining RTI\, she was a Senior Survey Director and oversaw data collection on large national and international health research projects at the University of Michigan. She received a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Public Health from the University of Texas. She has extensive experience in population-based data collection\, cross-sectional and longitudinal health surveys\, and adapting clinical measures and new technology in health research. Her substantive areas of research have focused on the association between health behaviors\, such as sleep and diet quality\, and the development of chronic health conditions.
UID:148256-21903492@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148256
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Professional Development,Research,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260513T131309
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T150000
SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:June 1-5\, 2026 Course - Introduction to the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:June 1-5\, 2026 M-F\n10:00am - $3:00pm\nA live course via Zoom. Registration and payment are required a minimum of two weeks prior to the start of the course. \n\nIntroduction to the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Workshop\n\nThe Health and Retirement Study (hrs.isr.umich.edu) workshop is intended to give participants an introduction to the study that will enable them to get started using the data for research. HRS is a large-scale longitudinal study with more than 20 years of data on the labor force participation and health transitions that individuals undergo toward the end of their work lives and in the years that follow. This online workshop is intended for users who have little to no experience using HRS data.\n\nContent lectures delivered by HRS co-investigators and content area experts on basic survey content\, sample design\, weighting\, and restricted data files will be available on the course website for viewing ahead of time. During the week of the workshop\, each content lecturer will participate in a Zoom meeting with the class to answer questions about their lecture. The majority of each day will be devoted to data labs in which participants will gain experience using the data\, with a strong focus on introductory data management and simple data analysis.\n\nAmanda Sonnega\, PhD\, is a Research Scientist in the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan (UM)\, where she is responsible for integrating communication\, outreach\, and education efforts for the Health and Retirement Study. She received her doctorate through the Department of Health\, Behavior\, and Society at the Johns Hopkins University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship within the ISR program in Social Environment and Health. Dr. Sonnega has lectured in the UM School of Public Health on psychosocial factors in health-related behavior. Her research focuses on life course trajectories of physical and mental health\; institutional and personal factors associated with vulnerability and resilience in aging individuals\; and work transitions and their broad effects on health and well-being.
UID:148257-21903473@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148257
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Health,Health And Retirement Study,Professional Development,Research,Science,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260514T171126
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260522T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Checkpoint 2 Seminar> Identifying the Molecular and Mechanical Mechanisms of PDGFRA+ Mesenchymal Cells in Villus Architectural Regeneration
DESCRIPTION:Jingyun (Irene) Jin Checkpoint 2 Seminar\nMentor: Tyler Huycke\, Assistant Professor MCDB
UID:148287-21903811@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148287
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 5150
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