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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Wolverines at Work: A Series of Workshops for Life Post-Michigan
DESCRIPTION:The University Career Center (UCC) is proud to present Wolverines at Work\, a series of workshops and events designed to help you launch into life post-Michigan — tailored to wherever you are in your career journey. Whether you’ve secured a job or are still actively searching\, we’ve got you covered:\n\nIf you've accepted an offer and are preparing for your first role\, check out:\n• The Real Cost of a Job | Th\, 4/16\, 1-2pm (Sponsored by Financial Education) - Understand your paycheck\, benefits\, and cost of living\n• Operation Graduation Winter 2026 | F\, 4/10\, 12-4pm and M\, 4/13\, 12-4pm (Sponsored by CSG) - Graduation gown rentals\n• From Offer to Impact | T\, 4/14\, 4-5pm - Strategies for success in your first year on the job\n\nIf you're on the hunt for a job\, join us for:\n• Strategic Resume and Cover Letter Lab | W\, 4/15\, 4-5pm - Work with a coach to tailor your application materials\n• Beyond the 'Go Blue' | Th 4/16\, 4-5pm - Connect with alumni and tap into the power of the U-M network\n• Fast Track to Job Offers | F\, 4/17\, 2-3pm - Learn an effective strategy to accelerate your job search\n\nFor everyone:\n• UCC Clothes Closet Pop-Up @ the Diag | F\, 4/17\, 11:30am-12:30pm - Free business casual and business professional attire\n• Cap and Gown Drop-Ins | F\, 4/17\, 12-4pm - Take a cap and gown picture in our photo booth — solo or with friends!
UID:147549-21901246@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147549
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
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DTSTAMP:20260331T111638
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T143000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A positive combinatorial formula for the double Edelman–Greene coefficients (Combinatorics seminar)
DESCRIPTION:Lam\, Lee\, and Shimozono introduced the double Stanley symmetric functions in their study of the equivariant geometry of the affine Grassmannian. They proved that the associated double Edelman– Greene coefficients\, the double Schur expansion of these functions\, are positive\, a result later refined by Anderson. They further asked for a combinatorial proof of this positivity. We provide the first such proof\, together with a combinatorial formula that manifests the finer positivity established by Anderson. Our formula is built from two combinatorial models: bumpless pipedreams and increasing chains in the Bruhat order. The proof relies on three key ingredients: a correspondence between these two models\, a natural subdivision of bumpless pipedreams\, and a symmetry property of increasing chains. This talk is based on joint work with Jack Chou.
UID:143962-21894327@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143962
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
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DTSTAMP:20260409T092232
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T143000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Incentive Compatibility and Belief Restrictions (with A. Penta)
DESCRIPTION:We study a framework for robust mechanism design with multiple agents that accommodates various degrees of robustness with respect to agents' beliefs\, and encompasses both the belief-free and Bayesian robustness criteria. For general \emph{belief restrictions}\, we characterize the set of incentive compatible direct transfer mechanisms in general environments with interdependent values. Based on a \emph{first-order approach}\, we obtain a design principle to attain incentive compatibility via `belief-based' terms. In environments that satisfy a property of \emph{generalized independence}\, our results imply a \emph{robust} version of \emph{revenue equivalence}. Extending the notion of correlated information\, we introduce a notion of \emph{comovement} between types and beliefs\, defined based on a moment condition. Under comovement\, we characterize the full set of `belief-based' terms. Based on this\, we show that from Bayesian settings the following result extends to this fairly mild restriction on beliefs: any allocation rule can be implemented\, even in environments without single-crossing or monotonicity. However\, full rent extraction need not follow. Information rents typically remain\, and they decrease monotonically as the robustness requirement is weakened.
UID:143384-21892974@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143384
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory
LOCATION:North Quad - 4300
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DTSTAMP:20260417T142029
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY25 - 26
DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROPWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources.
UID:136610-21893495@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136610
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:LSA 3254; 500 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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DTSTAMP:20260417T142031
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:[Race\, Gender\, and Feminist Philosophy RIW] April 17: Public Lecture (Rowan Bell)
DESCRIPTION:Hi all! \nWe're excited to announce that the final RGFP meeting of this semester will feature an external speaker. Professor Rowan Bell (University of Guelph) will give a talk titled \"Making Good Tea: Gossip as Practical Social Wisdom\" on Friday\, April 17\, from 3:00–5:00 PM in Angel Hall 2271. The abstract for the talk is available here. \nIf you'd like to attend via Zoom\, the link is here. We hope to see many of you there! \n\nBest\, Yixuan & Valerie
UID:147407-21900981@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147407
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Angell Hall 2271
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DTSTAMP:20260330T103539
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar:  Mean-Field Dynamics of Transformers: From Modeling to Clustering and Critical Scaling
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:  Self-attention is a central component of modern transformer architectures and is one of the key mechanisms behind the success of Large Language Models. Understanding its mathematical structure is therefore essential for explaining how these models process information and learn useful representations. In this talk\, I will describe an interacting-particle perspective on self-attention\, which has been developed in recent work by several authors as a fruitful framework for analyzing transformer dynamics. Unlike the classical mean-field theory for deep neural networks\, where the particles are neurons and the mean-field limit is tied to overparameterization\, here the particles are tokens whose representations evolve through attention interactions. This mean-field perspective leads to a new viewpoint on transformer dynamics\, with consequences for both theory and practice. In particular\, I will explain how it helps illuminate clustering behavior in deep transformers and the critical temperature scaling laws that arise in many frontier models.\n\nContact:  Zhiyan Ding
UID:141904-21889619@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141904
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1084
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DTSTAMP:20260306T133125
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours
DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \n\nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing
UID:146268-21898812@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Impact,Free,planet blue,Graduate and Professional Students,Activism,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students,Student Org,Climate Change,Community Service,Biking,Environment,Cycling,Education
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground  (B430-Lower Level)
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DTSTAMP:20260330T155928
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Biological Anthropology Colloquium | “Birth as a Crossroads: Obstetric Variation and Early Life Health”
DESCRIPTION:“Birth is a pivotal moment linking maternal and child health—but why birth outcomes vary so widely\, and what those differences mean for early development\, remain incompletely understood. In this talk\, I explore variation in obstetric complications\, interventions\, and modes of delivery through an evolutionary and biocultural lens\, drawing on my research in Mexico\, Peru\, and the United States. I examine how maternal biology\, experience\, and birth environments intersect to shape birth outcomes\, and how these processes influence breastfeeding\, infant growth\, and early health. This work highlights the value of integrating biological and social approaches to better understand reproduction\, development\, and health across human populations.”\n\nAmanda Veile is an Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology at Purdue University and Vice President of the Human Biology Association. Her research investigates human growth\, reproduction\, and behavior\, with an emphasis on maternal and child health in Latin America and the United States. Her work integrates evolutionary theory and biocultural perspectives using quantitative population studies and mixed-methods field-based research.
UID:147237-21900577@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147237
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Biology
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
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