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DTSTAMP:20260913T221408
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ClariTEA: Informal Undergraduate Advising Event
DESCRIPTION:ClariTEA is a weekly informal\, drop-in advising event where Robotics and Interested Undergraduate students meet with Robotics Undergraduate Academic Advisors. Refreshments and TEA are offered at each meeting.\n\nJoin us in having a conversation with the Robotics Undergraduate community.
UID:152068-21912787@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152068
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Robotics,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium
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DTSTAMP:20260916T101552
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Implementation Research for Brain-Computer Interface to Access Commercial Software\nAbstract:\nWearable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are a promising option to provide access to technology for those with severe disabilities without requiring physical movement. However\, BCIs are not yet available as a commercial assistive technology. Dr. Huggins' University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Laboratory focuses on making BCIs practical for people who need them.  This involves identifying and solving usability issues that others have overlooked. Our BCI includes expanding capabilities to access commercial software and provides usability features designed for real-world\, user-paced communication. Our in-home clinical trials and laboratory testing of BCI with real-world tasks have identified additional challenges that must be overcome to expand BCI availability and usability so that BCI can become a standard of care for those with the most profound physical disabilities.     \n\nBio:\nDr. Huggins is trained in Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering with degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed a clinical Rehabilitation Engineering Internship. She co-founded the University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Laboratory and has led it since 2007. Her current focus is making EEG-based brain-computer interfaces practical for people who need them. Outside the lab\, Dr. Huggins enjoys knitting\, birdwatching\, genealogy\, cooking for her husband\, and being Mom to her college-age children.\n\nDr. Huggins was a founding member of the board of directors of the Brain-Computer Interface Society. She has a patent on the BCI hold-release algorithm and BCI use for multiple choice tests.  Dr. Huggins’ research has received grant funding from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation\, the Mildred E. Swanson Foundation\, the National Institute on Disability\, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research\, the National Science Foundation\, the National Institutes of Health\, the Prentke Romich Company\, and funding from General Motors.
UID:152255-21913442@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152255
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130
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DTSTAMP:20260917T151354
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T150000
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SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants!
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES).
UID:138848-21913642@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/my/meetingjunem
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DTSTAMP:20260910T134907
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T170000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148903
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room)
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DTSTAMP:20260909T145134
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Prioritization of technology development and scale-up pathways for sustainable (bio)energy systems
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe pursuit of clean\, equitable\, renewable fuels has become a catalyst for research and development. Yet a critical challenge in transitioning fuel supply chains is the vast landscape of possible technology development pathways and the lack of transparent\, consistent frameworks to target research and investment. This presentation will introduce quantitative sustainable design (QSD)\, a framework for prioritizing research\, development\, and deployment pathways for emerging technologies. QSD integrates process design and simulation\, techno-economic analysis\, and life cycle assessment under uncertainty to identify the factors governing sustainability\, quantify performance gaps\, establish actionable research targets\, and guide technology and system design. Examples from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation will illustrate how QSD can inform the conversion of perennial grasses (including Miscanthus\, switchgrass\, and sugarcane) and agricultural residues into biofuels and bioproducts\, with particular attention to sustainable aviation fuel. By connecting process-scale analyses with broader infrastructure and spatial models\, we also evaluate where and how these technologies could be deployed\, including opportunities to integrate low-carbon fuel production with existing infrastructure and strategically site bioenergy facilities. Together\, these examples demonstrate how transparent\, systems-level analysis can direct innovation and investment toward energy solutions that are technically feasible\, financially viable\, environmentally beneficial\, and responsive to broader societal goals.\n\nBiography:\nDr. Jeremy Guest is the Department Head and David C. Crawford Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also holds an appointment (by courtesy) as a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The core goal of Professor Guest’s research group is to advance circular bioeconomies for a more sustainable and just future. His team supports this vision by developing computational models to prioritize research\, development\, and deployment pathways for new technologies that achieve resource recovery from wastewaters and the conversion of plants to products\, food\, and fuels. Professor Guest’s formal training includes a B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from Bucknell University and Virginia Tech\, respectively\, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan.\n\nFor the most up to date information on the location\, please check the related link the week of this event
UID:147944-21902579@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147944
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability
LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - FXB1012
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DTSTAMP:20260908T113003
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Enhancing biological datasets using artificial intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Seminar summary - Biological data have expanded in breadth and depth over the last decade\, leading to larger datasets that hold the potential to answer questions at greater resolution. Despite this growth\, some datasets remain inherently limited\; including many derived from specimens from natural history collections. In this talk\, Bryan Carstens will discuss the potential of Artificial Intelligence approaches to improve biological datasets. One example describes the application of transfer learning to improve the genomic data collected from specimens where the sampling is inherently limited\, such as from extinct species. A second describes the use of neutral networks to automate pseudo-landmarks in three dimensional geometric morphometrics. Taken together\, this work suggests that AI has the potential to enhance biological data\, leading to increased inferential capabilities.
UID:151542-21911709@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151542
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Environment,Lecture,Research,seminar,Workshop
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260908T125403
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: Imagine Lagos: Rethinking the Histories of West African Cities in the Nineteenth Century
DESCRIPTION:Urban questions have taken on a new urgency\, as cities like Lagos grow faster and more intensely\, seemingly every day. But how should we understand the ways the past shaped and produced this present? And how can\, or should we\, write and map the histories of people rooted in oral cultures? This presentation explores the premise that reading Lagos’s streets shapes the ways to ask\, analyze and frame nineteenth-century narratives of the city. By drawing new maps of Lagos and the lagoon\, I transcribe the answers to these questions as they were understood and framed in the city’s social geography.\n\nTrained as both historian and computer engineer\, Ademide’s research into the history of West African cities combines a set of interdisciplinary interests in maps\, mapmaking\, and digital humanities. Her first book\, Imagine Lagos\, explores the city’s 19th-century history. It was awarded the Best Book Prize in 2024 by the African Studies Association and is a finalist for the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora’s Outstanding First Book award. She a founding member of the Lagos Studies Association\, and is Associate Professor of History at Howard University (where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Black Data Lab).\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.
UID:150715-21909992@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150715
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Anthropology,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,International,Social Sciences,Sociology
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014
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DTSTAMP:20260923T172124
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027
DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.
UID:149176-21905905@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Wolverine (Union, 3rd Floor)
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