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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture: \"Elements of Ecopoetry\" by Dr. Craig Santos Perez
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (Michigan Union\, Anderson ABCDE). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nDr. Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from Guam. He is the co-editor of nine anthologies and the author of seven books of poetry and the academic monograph\, *Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity\, Aesthetics\, and Decolonization*. He has received the National Book Award for Poetry\, American Book Award\, Pen Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize\, Hawaiʻi Literary Arts Council Award\, Nautilus Book Award\, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs.\n\nRegarding his craft lecture\, titled \"Elements of Ecopoetry\,\" Dr. Craig Santos Perez says\, \"This lecture will highlight craft elements of writing poetry about nature\, ecology\, environmental justice\, climate change\, and animals. I will share examples from my book\, Habitat Threshold\, to engage with such topics as sensory description\, personal narratives\, local/global connections\, incorporating data\, communicating science\, and creating ecologically-inspired forms.\"\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:136977-21879388@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136977
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,Craft Lecture,Ecopoetry,English Department,Graduate,Literary,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Poetry,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE
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DTSTAMP:20260105T093408
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T110000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu).
UID:143170-21892366@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB
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DTSTAMP:20260219T150451
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Maggie Makar\, Assistant Professor\, Computer Science and Engineering\, University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Machine learning models are often deployed in settings where typical assumptions fail: agents strategically manipulate inputs\, distributions shift\, and sequential decisions are prohibitively high-dimensional. I argue that causal structure provides a principled way to address these challenges. By viewing causal assumptions as structural constraints that restrict the space of plausible data-generating processes\, we can leverage them to obtain more robust and efficient estimators.\nFirst\, I will show how causal reasoning can be used to detect strategic misreporting and gaming in predictive models. The key insight is that\, unlike genuine behavioral adaptation\, misreporting does not causally influence downstream variables. By leveraging this asymmetry\, we obtain identification strategies that distinguish manipulation from legitimate change.\nSecond\, I will demonstrate how exploiting causal structure in reinforcement learning can reduce effective dimensionality and improve statistical efficiency. Structural assumptions induce conditional independencies that constrain the data-generating process\, enabling more stable estimation and sharper sample complexity guarantees.\nFinally\, I will introduce minimally orthogonal causal inference. While classical orthogonalization removes first-order sensitivity to nuisance estimation\, we show that weaker\, targeted orthogonality conditions are often sufficient for valid inference. This perspective leads to simpler estimators and improved finite-sample behavior without sacrificing asymptotic guarantees.
UID:145746-21897773@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145746
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
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DTSTAMP:20260218T150743
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T100000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UM Structure Seminar: Structural and functional characterization of bacterial and mammalian protein-only RNase P
DESCRIPTION:Postdoctorial Fellow\nKoutmos Lab
UID:145679-21897691@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145679
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Structural Biology
LOCATION:Life Sciences Institute - LSI Library
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DTSTAMP:20250821T100218
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T100000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME!
DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm
UID:137880-21880972@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing
LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636
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DTSTAMP:20260115T181512
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram
UID:138032-21881309@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260328T063145
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T120000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1916090Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145700
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DTSTAMP:20260305T160152
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260313T163000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Queer & Trans Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Queer and Trans Research Symposium is a half-day academic conference focusing on queer and trans student research and queer and trans student researchers at the University of Michigan.\n\nThe symposium will feature the work of U-M graduate and professional students\, and will also include undergraduate researchers.\n\nFULL SYMPOSIUM DETAILS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/qt-research-symposium\n\nSPONSORS\nSpectrum Center\nLife-Changing Education\nStudent Life Research\nCenter for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education\nFLOURISH (School of Social Work)\nGinsberg Center\nRackham Graduate School\nThe Program on Intergroup Relations\nUniversity Library\n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events
UID:136286-21878395@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136286
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Civic Learning Week 26,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Professional Development,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC,Rackham,Research
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Assembly Hall
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