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DTSTAMP:20260323T122053
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS)
DESCRIPTION:The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS)\, first formed as a\nRackham Interdisciplinary Workshop (RIW) in Fall 2010\, serves as a structure\nfor the Medieval Lunch series and a reading group for graduate students. In its geographical\, historical\, and disciplinary scope\, FoRMS aims to\nprovide an important forum for graduate students and faculty to discuss their\nwork as contributions to the broad field of “medieval studies.” At FoRMS\nsponsored lunches throughout the semester\, graduate students can present their\nongoing research and receive feedback from other members of the FoRMS\ncommunity. FoRMS also sponsors interdisciplinary reading groups and other\nsocial events\, which are organized on a more ad-hoc basis.\n
UID:139197-21899389@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139197
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Tisch 1014
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260323T181633
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T135000
SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Tiffany Ng\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
UID:144534-21895465@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144534
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:North Campus,Music,Free,Faculty
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
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DTSTAMP:20260323T160659
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T143000
SUMMARY:Other:ONSF UK and Truman Scholarships: Double Feature
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in public service or going to the UK for graduate school and tired of having to sit through long info sessions?\n\nJoin ONSF on Monday\, March 30th for a combination High Tea/Public Service Party kickoff event: get the information you need while having tea and snacks. You can drop in any time between 11:30 and 1:00pm OR 1:30 and 2:30pm and ONSF will be available to answer any questions you have about our UK programs or the Truman Scholarship.
UID:146934-21899810@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146934
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Scholarships,Graduate School
LOCATION:LSA Building - LSA 2001
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DTSTAMP:20251211T091436
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T153000
SUMMARY:Other:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education is a monthly\, cross-campus Community of Practice (CoP) for instructors and instructional staff who are navigating the evolving role of AI in their teaching. This community offers space to explore\, question\, and learn alongside colleagues across U-M—helping educators stay grounded in their pedagogical values while adapting to new technological realities.\n\nThe phrase “critical conversations” reflects our balanced approach—rooted in critical pedagogy and intergroup dialogue—that encourages open\, evidence-based exploration of AI’s implications for higher education.\n\nThrough engagement and reflection\, participants share diverse perspectives\, embrace productive tension\, and connect questions of technology to the core values of teaching and learning. Each conversation invites inquiry and shared meaning-making to support reflective innovation.
UID:142494-21891027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142494
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Center For Research On Learning And Teaching,Staff,Information and Technology,Genai,Flint,Faculty,Community Of Practice,Academic Technology At Michigan
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260323T132053
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MADS Application Tips Webinar
DESCRIPTION:We want you to have all the information you need to make informed decisions about your education and your future.\nMADS Admissions & Recruitment coordinator Meryl Baker leads an application tips webinar with a live Q&A. Attendees will hear about the MADS program\, the skills-based admission process\, what's required as part of the application\, and how the assessment process works. Please join us to get your questions answered\, and benefit from the curiosity of like-minded peers!
UID:144393-21895296@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144393
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:https://umich.zoom.us/j/95932717290
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DTSTAMP:20260309T163648
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Statistical and Practical Study of Deploying Fair\, Safe\, and Productive AI
DESCRIPTION:This thesis presents a series of results that study the deployment of fair\, safe\, and productive AI. We begin in Chapter one by both motivating and introducing the three topics of study: algorithmic fairness in performative prediction\, weak-to-strong generalization\, and benchmarking AI adoption and capability across the economy. Additionally\, a brief synopsis of the results we will present in subsequent chapters is included.\n\nIn Chapter 2\, we study the problem of enforcing fairness under distribution shift caused by human behavior. This distribution shift is known as performativity and is often caused by the reactions of individuals with vested interests in the outcome of the predictive model. While performativity is generally problematic\, as it leads to changes in the data at test time\,  we develop algorithmic fairness practices that leverage performativity to achieve stronger group fairness guaranties in social classification problems (compared to what is achievable in non-performative settings). In particular\, we show that it is possible to enforce traditionally conflicting group fairness definitions if performativity is present. \n\nIn Chapter 3\, we study the problem of superalignment through the analogy of weak to strong generalization\; or using weaker (less capable) feedback to train a stronger (more capable) model. We prove that weak-to-strong generalization is possible by eliciting latent knowledge from pre-trained LLMs. In particular\, we cast the weak-to-strong generalization problem as a transfer learning problem in which we wish to transfer a latent concept from a weak model to a strong pre-trained model. We prove that a naive fine-tuning approach suffers from fundamental limitations\, but an alternative refinement-based approach suggested by the problem structure provably overcomes the limitations of fine-tuning. Finally\, we demonstrate the practical applicability of the refinement approach in multiple LLM alignment tasks.\n\nFinally\, in Chapter 4\, we work towards measuring both AI adoption and the capability of AI to perform discrete labor tasks across various occupations. To  measure adoption\, we develop an open-source economic index that uses publicly available user-LLM chat data and O*NET tasks to replicate studies produced by leading AI labs. To measure capabilities\, we build a system that generates benchmark scenarios grounded in O*NET occupations\, tasks\, and model-context-protocol (MCP) servers. We test Kimi-K2-Thinking with an OpenAI harness on scenarios across 13 occupations appearing frequently in our index\, finding that there is ample room for improvement across tool calling\, workflow completion\, and hallucination rates.
UID:146359-21898954@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146359
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dissertation
LOCATION:West Hall - 470
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DTSTAMP:20260318T150131
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T163000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Curating Human Remains with Respect: A Collaborative Case Study
DESCRIPTION:Because many anthropological collections were established during the 19th and early 20th centuries\, attempts to trace their origins can become a research topic with its own history. Join the U-M Department of Anthropology and guests from the Hungarian National Museum for a collaborative presentation on how researchers from multiple countries can support each other’s work to identify the provenience of human remains collections with respect and expertise. These collaborators will explain how their research traced the origins of human remains in U-M Anthropology’s collection\, establishing connections to the work of Austrian anthropologist Felix von Luschan (1854–1924) and early-1900s Hungarian antiquities dealer József Lichtneckert.
UID:146673-21899441@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146673
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum,AEM Featured,Anthropology,Archaeology
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
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DTSTAMP:20260309T095634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HEP-Astro Seminar | Realizing a Polarized 3He++ Ion Source at Brookhaven National Lab with Metastability Exchange Optical Pumping
DESCRIPTION:A high intensity (2 x 10ˆ11 ions per pulse) polarized 3He++ ion source is being developed at BNL for use at the future Electron Ion Collider (EIC). The helium gas will be polarized using a novel technique based on metastability-exchange optical pumping (MEOP) in the 5T field of the existing Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS)\, where it can be ionized and prepared for injection into the Booster. An infrared laser system has been developed for optical pumping and measuring the polarization of the gas inside of the EBIS field. Previous results in a test setup have shown up to 80% polarization for ultra-pure 3He in an “open” cell configuration\, with isolation valve and refilling tubes closed. Now\, the setup has been moved into an exact copy of the EBIS magnet to prepare for final integration and injection into the Booster. An absolute nuclear polarimeter and spin-rotator has been constructed to measure the 3He polarization near 6 MeV in the EBIS to Booster transit line. The ion source will be an essential component of future polarized neutron studies at the planned Electron Ion Collider (EIC). \n\nIn this seminar\, I will provide a brief introduction to the theory behind the MEOP process and a discussion of relevant technical challenges in implementing the source at BNL. The status of the project and plans for integration and polarization measurements inside of EBIS during the 2026 RHIC shutdown will be presented.
UID:145459-21897374@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145459
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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