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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents - Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be in community? This panel brings together activists\, scholars\, and writers to explore connections between critical social issues—health justice\, discrimination\, technofascism\, and surveillance—and the possibilities of grassroots response. Panelists will discuss tensions between collectivizing and collaborating: How do we negotiate care when our access to care hinges on being identified and enumerated by the state? What tactics for resistance might we use in digital communities that are subject to increased surveillance? How can we be there for and with each other?\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend. \n\nSandwiches from Potbelly will be provided to the first 100 attendees.\n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy a networking lunch with the panelists will be available. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended:\n\nRegister to attend in-person: https://myumi.ch/5kG6V\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/g3bqG \n\nMeet the Panelists\n\nVictoria Copeland is a disabled organizer and researcher based at the UCLA Center for Resilience and Digital Justice. She is interested in abolitionist approaches to addressing harm\, specifically that which is mediated by data and technology. Their research is often conducted in collaboration with grassroots organizations and explores the various ways that state violence permeates through our relationships with institutions\, ourselves\, and each other and how we can resist it. Victoria received her Ph.D and Masters in Social Welfare\, and was formerly a Senior Policy Analyst focused on technology and social policy.\n\nMegan Fereday is a nonbinary\, multiply-neurodivergent PhD student based at the University of Southampton. Their PhD project (funded AHRC) investigates the role of social media platforms in young people’s queer-neurodivergent resistance practices\, and explores the possibilities and potentials of digital neuroqueering among younger users. Megan is a member of the Narratives of Neurodiversity Network and the Queer Medical Humanities Network\, and is currently enrolled in the Neurodivergent Humanities Network’s mentorship scheme. Megan’s work has been recently published in the Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change.  \n\nKim Fernandes is an Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Brown University. They hold a joint PhD (with distinction) in Anthropology and Education from the University of Pennsylvania\, and recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information. Kim's ethnographic and historical research addresses questions of how the body is shaped through interactions with data and technology\, focusing particularly on the enumeration and identification of disability. Their work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council and the Taraknath Das Foundation. Kim is the Managing Editor of Platypus\, an interdisciplinary science studies blog. They are also an affiliate at Data & Society and the Center for Information\, Technology and Public Life.\n\nWells Lucas Santo (he/she/they) is a queer\, non-binary\, and disabled Indonesian and Taiwanese American PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information focusing on critical race and algorithmic justice\, in particular on how algorithmic technologies disparately impact marginalized communities across the interlocking axes of race\, gender\, sexuality\, and disability. Prior to his return to academia\, he worked in the non-profit education equity space\, where he built inclusive\, accessible\, and culturally responsive curriculum on artificial intelligence and social justice\, serving as the Director of Education at SMASH (Kapor Center)\, the original Education Manager at AI4ALL\, and an Advisory Board Member for the AI4K12 initiative. In these capacities\, he has spoken about the societal implications of AI at venues such as the United Nations Youth Assembly\, the Annual oSTEM Conference\, and top universities such as Columbia\, NYU\, and CMU. His current research focuses on the “Asian” racial classification and its formation and history in the United States\, specifically how state data\, diasporic community activism\, image datasets\, and facial analysis algorithms reify and essentialize a US-centric\, pan-Asian racial category\, which is then exported transnationally as a racial/colonial project.\n\nCheng-Hsiu (Shin) Yang is a digital governance strategist and interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of AI-integrated product design\, legal frameworks\, and community infrastructure. She holds an LL.M. in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies from National Chengchi University and is currently pursuing her LL.M. at UCLA School of Law (Class of 2026). With a hybrid background in law and product management\, Shin has led cross-functional teams in privacy-focused AI product development\, and separately\, in building open-source infrastructure for independent community platforms. Her work focuses on designing ethical governance frameworks for digital spaces that operate without identity verification\, public profiles\, or algorithmic enforcement—prioritizing anonymity\, relational trust\, and rhythm-based moderation. For a decade\, she has maintained a self-hosted digital community platform centered in Taiwan and serving primarily Mandarin-speaking gender and sexual minorities. The platform has grown into a pluralistic ecosystem with over 50\,000 monthly users\, governed by ethical\, and community-led practices. She has also contributed to global discussions on the governance of intimate and stigmatized content online\, especially in contexts where overregulation limits expression and safety. Her research explores plural digital publics\, platform ethics\, and post-verification governance models.\n\nMeet the Moderator \n\nM. Remi Yergeau (they/them/theirs) is an associate professor in Communication and Media Studies. Their scholarly interests include critical disability studies\, rhetoric\, digital studies\, trans and queer studies\, and neurodiversity. Yergeau is an autistic academic. Their knowledge of the autistic internet is informed by the scholarly and the personal: they once ran a neurodiversity blog\, led a student chapter of an autistic-led org\, and coordinated local protests. Their book\, Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Duke UP)\, is a winner of the 2017 Modern Language Association First Book Prize\, the 2019 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Book Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship\, and the 2019 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award.\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. ASL interpretation and CART captioning services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140496
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Digital Culture,digital humanities,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Disability
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260217T095254
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Is American Antisemitism Exceptional?
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues\, Deborah Dash Moore (Jonathan Freedman Distinguished University Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan) and Pamela Nadell (author of Antisemitism\, an American Tradition\; Chair in Women's and Gender History and director of the Jewish Studies Program at the American University) will discuss the uniqueness of American Antisemitism and its history\, as it relates to other minority groups and their experiences in the United States.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137006
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Discussion,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Open Inquiry,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheatre
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DTSTAMP:20260212T094511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Radical and Bioinspired Approaches in Main Group and Transition Metal Catalysis
DESCRIPTION:The advancement of non-precious metal catalysis depends critically on discovering new reaction pathways and harnessing unusual oxidation states of earth-abundant metals. In this seminar\, I will describe our recent work in two areas: (a) the rational design of molybdenum-based catalysts inspired by biological C–H hydroxylases\, and (b) the exploration of aluminum(II) chemistry for small molecule activation.\n\nIn the first part\, I will outline our efforts to develop structural and functional mimics of Mo-dependent hydroxylases such as xanthine oxidase and ethylbenzene dehydrogenase. These studies aim to generate catalysts that can hydroxylate C–H bonds in complex molecules with complementary site selectivity to existing technologies.\n\nIn the second part\, I will highlight our discovery of Al–Fe bond homolysis in heterobimetallic complexes as a route to Al-based radicals—formally Al(II) species—that exploit strain-induced biphilicity or redox non-innocence. These properties enable new pathways for small molecule activation. I will also discuss our use of data science tools to guide the development of catalytic C–O bond functionalization reactions involving radical mechanisms.
UID:138394-21882892@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138394
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
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DTSTAMP:20260203T095116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCEE Emerging Issues Lecture. Why Greenland Matters Now
DESCRIPTION:Greenland and the wider circumpolar Arctic are no longer peripheral concerns to observers of geopolitics\, but are now central sites of geopolitical\, economic\, and environmental contestation. Focusing on Greenland\, the lecture traces how debates over military basing\, mineral extraction\, Indigenous self-determination\, and environmental protection have become tightly intertwined. These overlapping pressures have produced new frictions between Washington\, Copenhagen\, Brussels\, and Nuuk\, revealing that Arctic security today is not only about hard security\, but also about trade\, governance\, and competing visions of identity and sovereignty. The lecture will situate the current drama on Greenland in the context of changes in Arctic security as a whole. The lecture will show that Greenland offers a critical lens through which to understand broader shifts in Arctic order: how alliances adapt\, how local actors navigate external pressures\, and how environmental change is transforming what “security” means in the twenty-first-century Arctic.\n\nDr. Gabriella Gricius is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz and a Fellow and the Media Coordinator with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). She is also a Senior Fellow at the Arctic Institute. At the University of Konstanz\, she is currently working on Nordic security community formation and hybrid threats in the European Arctic region.\n   \n   She received her PhD from Colorado State University's Political Science Department where her dissertation explored the prevalence of low-tension discourse in Greenland\, Svalbard\, the Northern Sea Route\, and the Northwest Passage. Her writing is published in Foreign Policy\, International Politics\, European Security\, amongst other outlets\, and she has also been interviewed by BBC\, the New York Times\, and other major news outlets.\n   \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144501
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Arctic,international,international policy,international relations
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260123T141036
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Something in the Woods Loves You Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Jarod Anderson is coming to the University of Michigan in March of 2026 to talk about his book\, Something in the Woods Loves You!\n\nProgram in the Environment (PitE) is hosting weekly book clubs to talk about each section of the book. We will provide a free e-book or hard copy of the book\, but you can also listen to the audiobook on Spotify Premium. Feel free to come to one\, some\, or all of our cozy conversations to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies! RSVP to reserve a copy of the book at the link in \"Related Links\".\n\nFebruary 10th - \"Winter\"\nFebruary 24th - \"Spring\"\nMarch 10th - \"Summer\"\nMarch 17th - \"Fall\"
UID:144396-21895286@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144396
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Books,climate,Climate Change,conservation,ecology,Environment,environmental,Environmental Humanities,food,Free,In Person,literary,Literature,nature,Pite,Planet Blue,Social Sciences,sustainability
LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources  Building - 1520
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DTSTAMP:20260311T094357
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:First Year Success Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming W26 topics include undergraduate research\, alumni panels on majors and careers\, graduate school pathways\, student panels on internships/co-op\, and more! If you have any questions\, please don't hesitate to contact the event organizer.\n\nUse the RSVP link to stay updated. \n\n💼 Internships & Co-ops: How Students Land Them + What They Learn\nThu\, March 26\, 2026\, 5–6pm\n📍2150 Dow\n\n• Wondering how engineering students get internships or co-ops — and what those experiences are really like?\n\n• This student panel brings together undergraduates from different engineering majors (CEE\, ME\, NERS) to talk about how they found their roles\, what skills they developed\, and how internships and co-ops shape career exploration and future opportunities.\n\n\nPizza provided*. 🍕  \n*To avoid food waste and ensure accurate food orders\, please RSVP to the Google calendar invite (you'll receive it after you RSVP) if you do plan to join us (we hope you do!).
UID:138671-21895602@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138671
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,First Year,free food,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan
LOCATION:BBB - 1690
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DTSTAMP:20260308T201913
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Geometric Flows of Hypersurfaces and Applications
DESCRIPTION:We will start by defining a general class of geometric flows in which there is local existence. We will then focus on specific flows to discuss global behavior and applications. This will serve as an overview meant to motivate the utility of these geometric flows.\n\nThis will include (with time-permitting) the following topics:\n\n- Mean curvature flow and the topological characterization of 2-convex closed hypersurfaces in Euclidean space. \n- Gauss curvature flow as a physical model for stone tumbling.\n- Inverse mean curvature flow and the Riemannian Penrose inequality in general relativity. \n\nSome knowledge of Riemannian geometry will be assumed.
UID:146320-21898876@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146320
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4096
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DTSTAMP:20260205T082225
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260310T183000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ultimate Financial Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Dinner provided! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nWe all know about the importance of self-care\, but have you ever thought about financial self-care? Financial self-care is any individual act that helps you feel better about your relationship with money\, including dealing with the emotions and feelings that come up when you interact with money. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. You’ll learn how to identify what uncomfortable feelings arise when you engage with money\, get curious about where they come from\, learn how to find more emotional resilience and brainstorm ways to practice financial self-care with your peers.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n    1 – Your Money Story\n    2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n    3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n    4 – Caring for Your$elf\n    5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq
UID:143769-21893990@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143769
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,graduate students,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor
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