[ { "id":"144396-21895287", "datetime_modified":"20260123T141036", "datetime_start":"20260317T163000", "datetime_end":"20260317T173000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-03-17", "date_end":"2026-03-17", "time_start":"16:30:00", "time_end":"17:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Something in the Woods Loves You Book Club", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Something in the Woods Loves You Book Club: Jarod Anderson", "event_subtitle":"Jarod Anderson", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "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\"", "occurrence_notes":"Conference Room", "guid":"144396-21895287@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/144396", "building_id":"1000189", "building_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "building_official_id":1000189, "campus_maps_id":"45", "campus_maps_link_path":"dana-samuel-trask-building", "campus_maps_link":"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/dana-samuel-trask-building", "room":"1520", "location_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["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"], "website":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd83AWIg1Tqk6g8hbAC_GsC0EAT1-hIMdLplnU-AxPyNAZIbw\/viewform", "links":[ { "type":"registration", "url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd83AWIg1Tqk6g8hbAC_GsC0EAT1-hIMdLplnU-AxPyNAZIbw\/viewform", "title":"RSVP Form" }, { "type":"other", "url":"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/pite", "title":"PitE Website" } ], "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Program in the Environment (PitE)", "group_id":"2418", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "image_description":"Book cover for Something in the Woods Loves You featuring art of a heron.", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_144396_original-3.jpg" }, "qr_code_url":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/144396\/qrcode.png", "occurrence_count":4, "first_occurrence":21895282 } , { "id":"145765-21897792", "datetime_modified":"20260304T095707", "datetime_start":"20260324T173000", "datetime_end":"20260324T190000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-03-24", "date_end":"2026-03-24", "time_start":"17:30:00", "time_end":"19:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Author Event: \"Something in the Woods Loves You\", by Jarod K. Anderson", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Author Event: \"Something in the Woods Loves You\", by Jarod K. Anderson: Reading+Q&A+Book Signing", "event_subtitle":"Reading+Q&A+Book Signing", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Program in the Environment is bringing author Jarod K. Anderson to campus March 24th for an author chat on his memoir, \"Something in the Woods Loves You\". This book chronicles his journey through mental health struggles and finding solace, strength, and healing through engagement in the natural world. PitE will be hosting Jarod for an evening book chat, where he'll complete a reading of an excerpt of his book. We will then host a Q&A session with him about his experiences writing this memoir and delve a bit deeper into the relationship between nature and mental health. Immediately following the Q&A we will host a book sale (with Schuler's Books) and signing with Jarod.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"145765-21897792@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/145765", "building_id":"1000189", "building_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "building_official_id":1000189, "campus_maps_id":"45", "campus_maps_link_path":"dana-samuel-trask-building", "campus_maps_link":"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/dana-samuel-trask-building", "room":"1040 Dana Bldg", "location_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Books","Climate Change","Environment","Environmental Humanities","Health & Wellness","Humanities","In Person","Literature","Nature","Pite","Storytelling","sustainability","Well-being"], "website":"https:\/\/www.jarodkanderson.com\/bio", "links":[ { "type":"other", "url":"https:\/\/www.jarodkanderson.com\/bio", "title":"Bio" }, { "type":"other", "url":"https:\/\/www.cryptonaturalist.com\/", "title":"Podcast" }, { "type":"instagram", "url":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cryptonaturalist", "title":null } ], "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Program in the Environment (PitE)", "group_id":"2418", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"School for Environment and Sustainability SEAS", "group_id":"1199", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "image_description":"Photo of visiting author Jarod K. Anderson, with a background of his memoir's book cover for \"Something in the Woods Loves You\"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_145765_original-2.png" }, "qr_code_url":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/145765\/qrcode.png", "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21897792 } , { "id":"147104-21900383", "datetime_modified":"20260327T113214", "datetime_start":"20260407T130000", "datetime_end":"20260407T140000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-04-07", "date_end":"2026-04-07", "time_start":"13:00:00", "time_end":"14:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"EEB Student Thesis Defense - The Effects of Land-Use History and Hurricane Disturbance on Soil Microbial Function in a Tropical Forest", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"EEB Student Thesis Defense - The Effects of Land-Use History and Hurricane Disturbance on Soil Microbial Function in a Tropical Forest: Manar Talab", "event_subtitle":"Manar Talab", "event_type":"Workshop \/ Seminar", "event_type_id":"21", "description":"Advisor: Natalia Uma\u00f1a\n\nDefense summary: Soil microbes drive essential ecosystem processes like decomposition and nutrient cycling, but how they respond to different types of disturbance remains unclear\u2014especially in tropical forests facing both historical land use and increasing storm intensity. In this talk, I explore how long-term land-use legacies (\u201cpress\u201d disturbances) compare to hurricane impacts (\u201cpulse\u201d disturbances) in shaping soil microbial functioning in Puerto Rico. I show that land-use legacies have stronger and more persistent effects on soil conditions, enzyme activity, and nutrient cycling than more recent hurricane disturbance. In contrast, microbial functioning was largely similar between hurricane-disturbed and undisturbed soils, suggesting resilience to episodic events. These results highlight the lasting impact of human land use and suggest that legacy effects may play a larger role than natural disturbances in shaping ecosystem responses to global change.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"147104-21900383@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/147104", "building_id":"1000189", "building_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "building_official_id":1000189, "campus_maps_id":"45", "campus_maps_link_path":"dana-samuel-trask-building", "campus_maps_link":"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/dana-samuel-trask-building", "room":"1024M", "location_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Biology","Bsbsigns","Discussion","Dissertation","ecology","Ecology & Biology","Ecology And Evolutionary Biology","eeb","Graduate Students","Thesis Defense"], "website":"", "links":[ ], "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "group_id":"1190", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"EEB Defenses", "group_id":"3821", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "image_description":"Event poster", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_147104_original-1.jpg" }, "qr_code_url":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/147104\/qrcode.png", "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21900383 } , { "id":"147742-21901778", "datetime_modified":"20260414T151724", "datetime_start":"20260420T130000", "datetime_end":"20260420T140000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-04-20", "date_end":"2026-04-20", "time_start":"13:00:00", "time_end":"14:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"EEB Student Thesis Defense - Drier leaves, more mites: atmospheric moisture shapes investment in a plant\u2013mite mutualism trait in Vitis riparia at the local but not regional scale", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"EEB Student Thesis Defense - Drier leaves, more mites: atmospheric moisture shapes investment in a plant\u2013mite mutualism trait in Vitis riparia at the local but not regional scale: Kaira Schaefer, Frontiers MS Student", "event_subtitle":"Kaira Schaefer, Frontiers MS Student", "event_type":"Workshop \/ Seminar", "event_type_id":"21", "description":"Abstract: \nThe stress gradient hypothesis predicts that organisms will invest more in mutualistic interactions under increasing abiotic stress. Here, we examine whether stress associated with reduced atmospheric moisture impacts plant investment in mite domatia, small structures on leaves that mediate a mutualism between plants and defensive mites using riverbank grape (Vitis riparia). We tested prediction of the stress gradient hypothesis at two scales: a local scale using a humidity gradient created by distance from an island lake, and a region scale spanning a precipitation gradient across Michigan\u2019s lower peninsula. At each scale, we measured domatia size, density, and abundance, as well as mite abundance and leaf fungal hyphal load. At the local scale, domatia trichome density was significantly higher in less humid environments, consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis, and mite abundance increased with both humidity and domatia density. At the regional scale, mite abundance increased significantly with precipitation, but no relationship was detected between precipitation and any measure of domatia investment or fungal load. Together, these results suggest that the stress gradient hypothesis partially applies to the plant\u2013mite mutualism in this system, but that its expression depends on scale and the range of moisture conditions experienced.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"147742-21901778@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/147742", "building_id":"1000189", "building_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "building_official_id":1000189, "campus_maps_id":"45", "campus_maps_link_path":"dana-samuel-trask-building", "campus_maps_link":"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/dana-samuel-trask-building", "room":"1024", "location_name":"Dana Natural Resources Building", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Biology","Bsbsigns","department of ecology and evolutionary biology","ecology","Ecology & Biology","Ecology And Evolutionary Biology","eeb","Thesis Defense"], "website":"", "links":[ ], "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "group_id":"1190", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"EEB Defenses", "group_id":"3821", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "image_description":"Event poster", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/04\/event_147742_original-1.jpg" }, "qr_code_url":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/147742\/qrcode.png", "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21901778 } ]