Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series (September 16, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66532 66532-16831257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Part of the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series

Spencer H. Bryngelson
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar
California Institute of Technology
Working with Tim Colonius

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
4:00 p.m.
2147 GG Brown

Abstract
Multi-component flows play a central role in engineering problems ranging from the design of biomedical devices for therapy to naval and aircraft development. I will consider cellular, cavitating, and droplet flows as canonical examples of such flows. Each case is treated using novel computational techniques for simulation. This includes a sub-grid disperse flow model that is based upon particle population moments and improved via recurrent neural networks. The high-fidelity spectral and discretely-conservative interface-capturing methods used to solve for the flow will be discussed, including a presentation of our new open-source solver, MFC, that implements them. These large-scale simulations are complemented by novel analyses based-upon non-modal stability theory, chaotic dynamical systems, and stochastic and data-driven techniques. These are interpreted as they apply to microfluidics, rheometry, and even feeding humpback whales.

Bio
Dr. Spencer Bryngelson is a Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology, working with Professor Tim Colonius. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion (XPACC), a PSAAP II center. He received his PhD and MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2017 and 2015, respectively, working with Professor Jonathan Freund. In 2013, he obtained BS degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mathematics from the University of Michigan–Dearborn. His research lives at the intersection of fluid dynamics and computational physics, with a focus on biomedical, defense, and environmental applications. In pursuit of this, he develops high-performance software, physical models, numerical methods, and techniques for physics-based and data-driven analysis

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:07:48 -0400 2019-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 Mechanical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Computational Methods for Multi-Component Flows: From the Microcirculation to Feeding Humpback Whales
HEP-Astro Seminar | A Deep Learning Approach to Galaxy Cluster X-ray Masses (September 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64708 64708-16428919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

I will present a machine-learning approach for estimating galaxy cluster masses from Chandra x-ray mock observations. I will describe how a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) -- a deep machine learning tool commonly used in image recognition tasks -- can be used to infer cluster masses from these images, reducing scatter in the mass estimates by up to 50%. I will also show an interpretation tool, inspired by Google DeepDream, that can be used to gain some physical insight into what the CNN sees.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:16:47 -0400 2019-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Public Finance: Third-party Audit and Tax Compliance -- Evidence from a Notched Policy in India (September 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66599 66599-16767938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

Can resource-constrained tax administrations rely on third-party auditors to increase compliance? We investigate the reaction of firms to a notched policy where they must hire private auditors after crossing a revenue threshold as specified in the Indian tax law. We develop a novel framework to assess the impact of a notched-policy on variables other than the running variable, where static bunching analysis may be biased. Our difference-in-differences estimates suggest that firms remit 15 percent higher taxes and report 12 percent higher taxable income once they are subject to third-party audit. The effect is heterogeneous, with firms reporting higher tax if they generate a substantial paper-trail and have lower labor costs. Finally, extending the policy to smaller firms can result in higher aggregate welfare.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:28:17 -0400 2019-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T17:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
What is Research? (September 16, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64424 64424-16349017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Explore the basics of research, ways to find research experience, and what to expect from an undergraduate research experience. Free pizza! RSVP at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4361

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:14:21 -0400 2019-09-16T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T18:00:00-04:00 East Hall Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar Event flyer
ELI Fall 2019 Workshop Series: Writing Effective Email (September 16, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67147 67147-16805220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your email messages reflect the professional persona you wish to project? Given the importance of email in academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective e-mail messages is an essential skill. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. We will discuss the aspects of email that make it likely to be read, to be easily understood, and to create a good impression. Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze.

Sign up here:
https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4661

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:51:37 -0400 2019-09-16T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Event Image
Copyright and Coffee: Copyright Essentials (September 17, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65436 65436-16597570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:00am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Have you ever wondered whether you are allowed to use someone else’s work? Or whether you have a copyright in a work that you have created? If you are not entirely sure how copyright works, this is the workshop for you. Sip some coffee as we discuss the basics of copyright law in the US. This 90-minute workshop from Yuanxiao Xu of the U-M Library Copyright Office will cover copyright concepts from the public domain to fair use. All are welcome.

Please register via TeachTech or by contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:04:19 -0400 2019-09-17T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T11:00:00-04:00 Shapiro Library University Library Workshop / Seminar copyright symbol
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (September 17, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-09-17T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Design principles for organization and self-assembly far from equilibrium (September 17, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66305 66305-16727932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics provides a useful set of tools to analyze and constrain the behavior of far from equilibrium systems. However, these tools have not yet been broadly applied to aid in the control of many body systems and materials assembled far from equilibrium. In this talk, I will report an application of ideas from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to the problems related to morphological changes in membranes, non-equilibrium self-assembly and more broadly control of material properties far from equilibrium. In many of these contexts, I will show how the material properties can be substantially constrained (and even predicted) using tools from non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:34:54 -0400 2019-09-17T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar S. Vaikuntanathan
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Complex forms of spatial patterning: self-organization from ecological complexity (September 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64995 64995-16501294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us at our weekly EEB brown bag lunch seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:20:02 -0400 2019-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Extinction graph with images showing various members of the ecological community he studies. Text on graph includes: bifurcation and chaos zone, basin boundary collision, hysteresis zones, saddle/node bifurcation and extinction graph shows upward trend
Three Key Elements to Make a Positive Professional Impression (September 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65351 65351-16573553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

If you communicate effectively, you can have anything in this world you want, including your dream job. This workshop is designed to teach professionals how to communicate more effectively on paper, online, and in-person. The three key elements to an effective job search includes a well-written resume/CV, an updated LinkedIn profile, and polished interviewing skills. In addition to learning strategies, tips, and techniques on how to update their resume/CV, participants will understand what employers are looking for in a LinkedIn profile, and how to prepare for and conduct interviews that are sure to make them stand out in a crowd of competitive candidates.
Speaker: James Logan is the founder and CEO of Hire Level Coaching, a high-performance career-coaching firm. He shares his expertise by working with diverse individuals from a wide variety of industries and sectors, sitting on panels, delivering keynote speeches, and running monthly workshops. So far, Hire Level Coaching has helped more than 500 people advance their careers through one-on-one and group coaching. He currently serves as a Program Coordinator in the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) at the University of Michigan. Prior to running his company full-time, Logan worked for the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he helped students from underrepresented backgrounds gain access to business education and careers. Prior to Ross, James served as the International Recruitment Coordinator for the University of Michigan-Flint where he traveled to more than 25 countries to recruit international students and build global partnerships.
James graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan in 2008. While a student at Michigan, James walked-on to the football team, winning a Big Ten Championship during his freshman season. Because of his community service efforts, he won multiple campus and statewide leadership awards. The community has recognized his work with Hire Level Coaching as well. Recently, James won the Emerging Leader Award from the University of Michigan-Detroit Center, Michigan Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 Award, and the 5 Under 10 Award from the University of Michigan Black Alumni Association, awarded to five high achieving alumni who graduated within the last ten years.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/pddEO.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:15:54 -0400 2019-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2019 Summer Programs Reflection (September 17, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66608 66608-16767949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Galleria
Organized By: Center for Educational Outreach

Join the CEO team to reflect on Summer 2019 programs

> Wins and challenges of this year's summer programs
> Ideas for 2020 applications and recruitment strategies
> Program managers share key insights from around campus

Feel free to invite your colleagues and campus partners

September 17, 2019
CEO Galleria - RM 259
12:30 - 2:00 PM

Lunch will be provided

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:53:01 -0400 2019-09-17T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 Galleria Center for Educational Outreach Workshop / Seminar Summer programs reflection logo
NSF Fellowship Application Workshop (September 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67228 67228-16828979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Wilson Center
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Join Professor Kevin Pipe (Director of Engineering Graduate Programs) and a panel of current NSF Grad Fellows on 9/17/19, at 2:00-3:30 PM, in the College of Engineering Gorguze Family Lab 107 (Wilson Student Team Project Center), to learn more about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $32,000, along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education they choose. Register at https://forms.gle/Moo7ypU4sDZc2dnt9.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:44:17 -0400 2019-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T15:30:00-04:00 Wilson Center Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Wilson Center
CM-AMO Seminar | Controlling Light Matter Interactions in Layered Materials with Conventional and Topological Band Structures (September 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66791 66791-16778979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Strongly confined electrical, optical and thermal excitations drastically modify material's properties and break local symmetries that can enable precisely tunable responses and new functionalities. We will discuss the effect of engineered plasmonic lattice on light matter interactions in 2D excitonic crystals to produce novel responses such as enhanced and tunable emission, Fano resonances and strong exciton-plasmon polaritons, which can be precisely controlled by geometry and applied fields to produce new device concepts. Our recent work on collective polaritonic modes and the formation of a complete polaritonic bandgap in few-layered excitonic semiconductors coupled to plasmons will also be presented along with our ability to control them via externally applied electric fields.

We will also discuss our efforts to explore the optoelectronic properties of Mo_x W_{1-x} Te_2, which are type-II Weyl semimetals, i.e., gapless topological states of matter with broken inversion and/or time reversal symmetry, which exhibit unconventional responses to externally applied fields. We have observed spatially dispersive circular photogalvanic effect (s-CPGE) over a wide spectral region (0.2 - 2.0 eV range) in these materials. This effect shows exclusively in the Weyl phase and vanishes upon temperature induced topological phase change. Since the photon energy leads to interband transitions between different electronic bands, we use the density matrix formalism to describe the photocurrent response under chiral optical excitation with a spatially inhomogeneous beam. We will discuss how spatially inhomogeneous optical excitation and unique symmetry and band structure of Weyl semimetals produces CPGE in these systems. The effect of band inversion, Berry curvature and asymmetric carrier relaxation in this material system on the s-CPGE signal will also be discussed along with the implications for designing new and unconventional optoelectronic devices.

Short Biography:
Ritesh Agarwal is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1996, and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. He received his PhD in physical chemistry from University of California at Berkeley in 2001 researching liquid and protein solvation and photosynthesis via nonlinear optical techniques. After completing his PhD., Ritesh was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard where he studied the photonic properties of semiconductor nanowires. His current research interests include structural, chemical, optical and electronic properties of low-dimensional systems. Ritesh is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2007, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2010 and the SPIE Nanoengineering Pioneer Award in 2014. In 2017 he became the director of a Multi-University Research Initiative on Phase Change Materials for Photonics, leading a team of six PIs from five universities.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:17:16 -0400 2019-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Cover Letter Writing Workshop (September 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67136 67136-16805201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Cover letters are an essential part of the job search process. However, crafting them is often very difficult for people to do. The University Career Center and Graduate Rackham International (GRIN) will host an educational and practical workshop that introduces graduate students to the purpose of the cover letter, and shows how to effectively describe yourself and highlight your international experiences within cover letters. Food will be provided.
Registration is required at myumi.ch/ZQZrR.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:16:47 -0400 2019-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series (September 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66532 66532-16744980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Mechanical Engineering

Part of the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series

Spencer H. Bryngelson
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar
California Institute of Technology
Working with Tim Colonius

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
4:00 p.m.
2147 GG Brown

Abstract
Multi-component flows play a central role in engineering problems ranging from the design of biomedical devices for therapy to naval and aircraft development. I will consider cellular, cavitating, and droplet flows as canonical examples of such flows. Each case is treated using novel computational techniques for simulation. This includes a sub-grid disperse flow model that is based upon particle population moments and improved via recurrent neural networks. The high-fidelity spectral and discretely-conservative interface-capturing methods used to solve for the flow will be discussed, including a presentation of our new open-source solver, MFC, that implements them. These large-scale simulations are complemented by novel analyses based-upon non-modal stability theory, chaotic dynamical systems, and stochastic and data-driven techniques. These are interpreted as they apply to microfluidics, rheometry, and even feeding humpback whales.

Bio
Dr. Spencer Bryngelson is a Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology, working with Professor Tim Colonius. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-Coupled Combustion (XPACC), a PSAAP II center. He received his PhD and MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2017 and 2015, respectively, working with Professor Jonathan Freund. In 2013, he obtained BS degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mathematics from the University of Michigan–Dearborn. His research lives at the intersection of fluid dynamics and computational physics, with a focus on biomedical, defense, and environmental applications. In pursuit of this, he develops high-performance software, physical models, numerical methods, and techniques for physics-based and data-driven analysis

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:07:48 -0400 2019-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Computational Methods for Multi-Component Flows: From the Microcirculation to Feeding Humpback Whales
Reconstituting Eukaryotic Cytokinesis (September 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65873 65873-16662157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Hosts: Allen Liu (Mechanical Engineering), Ann Miller (MCDB), and Puck Ohi (CDB)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:40:41 -0400 2019-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar pombe cytokinesis
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Mohamad Kazem Shirani Faradonbeh, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida (September 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66172 66172-16751227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Abstract:
Vector Auto-Regressive (VAR) models are widely used in different applications ranged from econometrics to engineering. The problem of learning the unstable transition matrix of the model is of interest, e.g. for forecasting hyperinflation episodes and stock market bubbles. Especially, a non-asymptotic analysis is required for specifying the roles of sample size, problem dimension, innovation (noise) distribution, and key characteristics of the underlying data generation mechanisms.

In this setting, the Gram matrix of the observed variables randomly diverges, wildly explodes, and is dramatically ill-conditioned. So, the existing approaches based on concentration or mixing time-series are inapplicable. Also importantly, recent studies discovered a new condition for explosive processes that is necessary for accurate learning; being called "regularity" of the transition matrix. In this talk, we present the first set of finite-sample results for the least-squares estimates of the unstable time series with heavy-tailed innovations, and fully quantify the regularity. We also mention novel approaches for studying the "anti-concentration" properties of the underlying random matrices, being used to obtain the presented results.

Further discussions consist of learning the unknown model for planning purposes. That is, designing data-driven input signals which can stabilize the time series, while matrices encoding the evolution of the process and the influence of the input signals, are unknown. The first algorithm for fast stabilization under uncertainty is introduced, with theoretical performance guarantees being established. In order to ensure consistency of estimation, the proposed procedure utilizes two methods of employing random matrices in the design of the exogenous inputs; (i) stochastic feedback, and (ii) stochastic parameter. Numerical examples indicating the effects of both the magnitude and the frequency of the randomizations are provided.

Bio:
Mohamad Kazem Shirani Faradonbeh
is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Informatics Institute and the Department of Statistics
at the University of Florida. He received the Ph.D. degree in Statistics from the University of Michigan in 2017, under the supervision of Ambuj Tewari and George Michailidis. Before that, he was an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology. His research interests include sequential statistical analysis, reinforcement learning, data-driven intelligent tutoring, and control of network systems.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 07 Sep 2019 09:49:06 -0400 2019-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Mohamad Kazem Shirani Faradonbeh
Peace Corps Application Workshop (September 17, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66687 66687-16770201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:30pm
Location: International Center
Organized By: International Center

We'd like to invite you to join us for an upcoming application workshop. This event is intended for those who are hoping to depart within the next year. At this workshop, you will:
-Meet with Peace Corps Recruiters
-Learn more about the application process
-Understand how to make yourself a stronger applicant

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:04:27 -0400 2019-09-17T19:30:00-04:00 2019-09-17T20:30:00-04:00 International Center International Center Workshop / Seminar
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): Attrition from administrative data: Problems and solutions with an application to higher education (September 18, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67158 67158-16805233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:58:16 -0400 2019-09-18T08:30:00-04:00 2019-09-18T10:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Professional Development DEI Certificate Information Session (September 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67019 67019-16796446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Did you know that Rackham offers a Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate Program? It was designed to prepare graduate students to work in a diverse environment while fostering an inclusive climate on campus. Help us spread the word! Each year we have many students miss the application deadline. There is still time to apply! Applications for the program are open now and close on September 20, 2019. For more information or apply, please visit our website: Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate.
Still have questions?? Join us for this information session to learn about the requirements of the program and discover how this certificate can prepare you to enter a diverse and global job market.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/r8Xw4.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:16:49 -0400 2019-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Transfer Student Talks: Go-To Goal Setting and Getting on Board with the Hub (September 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65824 65824-16660087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Join this interactive session to learn how the Hub can set you up for professional success! Enjoy lunch and leverage your time to set fall goals and find out ways to engage with the Hub. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:07:37 -0400 2019-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T12:45:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar There is no substitute for hard work.― Thomas A. Edison
Construction Seminar (September 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66402 66402-16734194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Ci-Jyun (Polar) is currently a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan. He is working with Prof. Vineet R. Kamat in the Laboratory for Interactive Visualization in Engineering (LIVE Robotics group). His research interests include autonomous construction robot, scene understanding, computer vision, and machine learning. Polar also holds a M.S. in Robotics from University of Michigan, and M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:50:59 -0400 2019-09-18T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-18T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Department Colloquium (September 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67172 67172-16805254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Undergrad Physics Events

Department Colloquium

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:21:49 -0400 2019-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Undergrad Physics Events Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Department Colloquium | Advancing CMB Cosmology: ACTPol, Simons Observatory, and CMB-S4 (September 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65279 65279-16565498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are a powerful probe of the origin, contents, and evolution of our Universe. CMB measurements continue to improve according to a Moore’s law under which the mapping speed of experiments improves by an order of magnitude roughly every five years. This rapid progression in our ability to measure the CMB has translated into a series of scientific advances including showing our universe to be spatially flat, constraining inflationary and alternative theories of the primordial universe, and providing a cornerstone for our precision knowledge of the Lambda-CDM model. Observations with the current generation of experiments, including Advanced ACTPol, will soon produce improved cosmological constraints. Building on this work, in the coming decade Simons Observatory and ultimately CMB-S4 will: pass critical thresholds in constraints on inflation and light relativistic species; provide improved measurements of dark energy, dark matter, neutrino masses, and a variety of astrophysical phenomena; and enable searches for new surprises.

In this talk I present the design and status of measurements with Advanced ACTPol and how we are building on this work to realize the next generations of experiments including Simons Observatory and CMB-S4. I will highlight the technological advances that underlie the rapid progress in measurements including: polarization sensitive detectors which simultaneously observe in multiple colors; metamaterial antireflection coated lenses and polarization modulators; and overall advances in experimental design. I will present preliminary new results from ACTPol and conclude with science forecasts for the coming decade.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:17:13 -0400 2019-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Climate Change Action Poster Making (September 18, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66566 66566-16753299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

What are your thoughts about climate change? Join the youth-led Washtenaw Climate Strikers to make posters and t-shirts for the Global Climate Strike and Rally on September 20th.  

We will have some sign making materials and the printing materials, but please bring: - any extra posters, cardboard, markers, and poster-making materials you may have - a plain, light-colored t-shirt to be printed on - fun and creative slogans and poster ideas

This event is open to any and all so, bring friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and more.  

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:17:04 -0400 2019-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Workshop / Seminar Museum of Art
Make It Stick: Research-Based Learning Strategies You Need to Know (September 18, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65980 65980-16678383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Science Learning Center

The study and learning strategies students often bring to college are often insufficient to help them succeed at the university level. Particularly in challenging STEM courses, students can't simply memorize or cram their way to a good grade. This workshop will focus on the popular learning strategies to avoid, as well as the top three strategies you don't know but are shown by research to be the most effective for long-term learning.

Registration Link: http://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/sessions/make-it-stick-research-based-learning-strategies-you-need-to-know-science-success-series/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:39:54 -0400 2019-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Science Learning Center Workshop / Seminar
Labor Economics (September 19, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66525 66525-16744970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:13:59 -0400 2019-09-19T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Negotiating Skills—Exploring What to Do Before, During, and After Your Academic Job Offer (September 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65596 65596-16621790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Long before you are on the faculty job market, it is important to prepare for the offer. Negotiating an academic position should never be an afterthought. In fact, wise negotiating requires education, planning, and practice. This interactive seminar will provide you with strategies to determine what to ask for and how to ask for what you need and want. You will also leave with recommendations concerning what you should do before, during, and after the academic job offer.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/Pll9z.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:16:22 -0400 2019-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Library Basics in Chinese (September 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66611 66611-16767951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: International Center

This workshop is for international students and scholars who speak Chinese. Gain insight into the resources and services available at the library and learn strategies for efficiently finding information for your research projects. Join our Chinese Studies Librarian as the questions below are explored:
-Where do I find a good book to read at U-M?
-What kind of technology help can I get at the library?
-How can I find scholarly books and articles?
-What are some of the research tools the library provides that may help me with my research?

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:19:27 -0400 2019-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T15:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center International Center Workshop / Seminar Library Basics in Chinese
Connectivity and Automation: Opportunities and Challenges for Transportation Engineering (September 19, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67279 67279-16831251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

In the last decade, the rapid development of communication technology, coupled with artificial intelligence with big data, had significantly impacted and will continue to transform people’s daily travel. This creates significant opportunities for innovation in the field of transportation engineering. Such opportunities are manifested by the availability of massive mobility service data that is not seen before and the rapid development of autonomous vehicle technologies. In this talk, Dr. Liu will discuss the future trends for transportation engineering, drawing his experience as a seasoned transportation researcher and in the last two years as a business executive in a mobility service company. He will also discuss his research work on connected vehicle based traffic signal control and the process of transferring the research results into a commercial product, which is currently being offered as software as a service on the market. It is his hope that this talk can shed some light on opportunities and challenges for future transportation research and education.

Dr. Henry Liu is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also a Research Professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and the Director for the Center for
Connected and Automated Transportation (USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:27:09 -0400 2019-09-19T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Departmental Seminar (899): Lewis Ntaimo, Texas A&M University — *Stochastic Decomposition for Risk-Averse Multistage Stochastic Programming* (September 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65937 65937-16676298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be followed by a reception in the IOE Commons (Room 1709) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Title:
Stochastic Decomposition for Risk-Averse Multistage Stochastic Programming

Abstract:
Mean-risk multistage stochastic programming (MR-MSP) provides a framework for modeling sequential decision-making problems under uncertainty and risk. However, MR-MSP problems are difficult to solve due to their large-scale nature and the incorporation of risk measures in the objective. This work derives multistage stochastic decomposition (MSD) for solving large-scale MR-MSP instances with deviation and quantile risk measures. We show that risk-averse MSD converges asymptotically to an optimal solution and report on a computational study on the application of MSD to long-term hydrothermal scheduling. The study provides several insights into how optimal solutions vary across different risk levels as well as across different risk measures. In particular, the results reveal that conditional value at-risk exhibits desirable control over extreme scenarios than other risk measures.

Keywords:
Multistage stochastic programming, stochastic decomposition, interior sampling, mean-risk measures.

Bio:
Lewis Ntaimo is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University and has been with the university since 2004. He obtained his Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering in 2004, his M.S. in Mining and Geological Engineering in 2000, and B.S. in Mining Engineering, all from the University of Arizona. Dr. Ntaimo’s research interests are in models and algorithms for large-scale stochastic optimization, systems modeling and process optimization, and computer simulation. Recent applications include patient and resource management in healthcare, wildfire response planning, aircraft assembly line production optimization, energy reduction in data centers, and wind farm operations and maintenance. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, and industry. Dr. Ntaimo is a member of INFORMS and IISE, and he is the 2018-2019 President of the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. He currently serves as associate editor for INFORMS Journal on Computing, IISE Transactions, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Global Optimization.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:42:07 -0400 2019-09-19T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Photo of Lewis Ntaimo and IOE logo
Rackham North: Communicating and Engaging Across Disciplines (September 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65307 65307-16567519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School


Workshop: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., East Room, Pierpont Commons
Research Remix: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Gallery, Duderstadt Center (Exhibit: Costumes)

Develop tools and skills to effectively communicate your passions, work, and research in a way that is accessible and meaningful to a broad audience. In this highly interactive session, join RELATE and Rackham North for a series of activities to explore communication skills with instruction and feedback from communications experts. Learn how to translate the value and relevance of work across disciplines to communicate your work in an elevator pitch style.
Following the workshop, ArtsEngine invites you to attend Research Remix for an opportunity to meet and mingle with grad students and postdoctoral fellows from the North Campus schools and colleges in the Duderstadt Center Gallery and to hear some of these communication/pitch techniques in action during short presentations from students about their projects and research. Participants are highly encouraged to attend both the workshop and the Research Remix session, but this is not required.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/dOOkr.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:16:45 -0400 2019-09-19T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Pierpont Commons
CM Theory Seminar | Fracton Phase of Matter: From Fantasy to Reality (September 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65861 65861-16662139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Fracton phase of matter shares many features of topological order, including long-range entangled ground states and non-trivial braiding statistics. At the same time, fracton phase contains subextensive ground-state degeneracy and the restricted mobility of quasiparticle which exclude itself from the TQFT paradigm. In this talk, I will present a theoretical framework on higher rank Chern-Simons theory in 3D as the low energy effective theory for Fracton phases. In addition, I will mention the emergent fractonic phenomenon in plaquette paramagnetic crystal which prompts an algebraic quantum liquid phase with a 'bose Fermi surface'.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:17:13 -0400 2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
EEB Thursday Seminar: Charting the spatiotemporal landscape of species’ responses to climate change (September 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65040 65040-16507310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Carolina Parakeet, the Heath Hen, the Passenger Pigeon—when we contemplate how bird diversity has changed, we often focus on the handful of species we have lost entirely. But while we have yet to lose a single bird species to our rapidly changing climate, birds and other creatures are currently adapting and responding. Studying changing bird communities over decades to centuries, Dr. Tingley’s work demonstrates the complex ways that species are responding to climate change, often by shifting in space and traveling in time.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:31:18 -0400 2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Thursday Seminar Tingley
Transfer Talks (September 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66773 66773-16776788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Come meet other transfer students, ask questions, and learn more about CSP & resources in the CSP Office. Refreshments provided.

RSVP HERE >> https://forms.gle/2xedhzGDYKhBmxdY7

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:51:51 -0400 2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP Transfer Talks 2019
Write-Together (September 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66011 66011-16680435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. Write-Together sessions bring graduate writers into a common quiet space to work. We will periodically offer helpful handouts on a range of writing and work productivity topics, and a Sweetland representative will also be on-site to answer any brief writing questions you may have. Breakfast refreshments will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:54:08 -0400 2019-09-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar North Quad
Applied Microeconomics/IO Seminar: Quantifying the Benefits to Consumers of Subscription-based Streaming Video Service (September 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67157 67157-16805232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

This paper builds a structural model of the demand for television subscription services in the United States in order to quantify the benefits from the new product---streaming video services. A new dataset on the television services prices and characteristics is used to estimate the model. The paper then calculates the compensating variation for the counterfactual simulation which removes streaming services from the consumer's choice set.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:20:02 -0400 2019-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Applying for Psychology PhD Programs (September 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64445 64445-16349030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Learn the process and timeline for applying to PhD programs from current Psychology Department graduate students. Please RSVP at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4361

Panelists include:
Crystal Carr - biopsychology
Ka Ip - clinical, developmental
Maira Areguin - gender & feminist psychology; personality & social contexts
Dalia Khammash - cognition & cognitive neuroscience
Nick Michalak - social
Xin Sun - combined program in education & psychology

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:20:40 -0400 2019-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 East Hall Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Biophysics Talk Title: "Emerging methods in solution NMR and applications to illuminate blind spots in human biology” (September 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64267 64267-16274479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: TBD

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:42:29 -0400 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
EIHS Graduate Student Workshop: Envisioning Race (September 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63598 63598-15808597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Images are intimate. They are reflections of historical subjects that simultaneously reveal traces of their creators and gain new meanings when archived and revisited. This workshop features graduate student research on Afro-Brazilian community magazines and racialized political scandals in Brazil, jazz photography in the Jim Crow United States, and Jewish refugees from Europe in British India. Panelists will explore how images have been used to test or challenge racial categories, empower communities, and capture or instrumentalize intimate spaces and moments. We invite the speakers and the audience to share reflections on their own methodologies and experiences of interrogating visual sources.

Featuring:
Lucas Koutsoukos Chalhoub, Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan
Marisol Fila, Graduate Student, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
Pragya Kaul, Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan
Traci Lombre, Graduate Student, American Culture, University of Michigan
Eve Troutt Powell, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Frank Espinosa (chair), Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:48:26 -0400 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Human Performance Seminar (836): John Gosbee, University of Michigan (September 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66826 66826-16779021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Human Performance Seminar Series (836) from the Center for Ergonomics is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

Title:
Teaching HFE To BME Undergraduate and Graduate Students: Lessons & Tips

Abstract:
Dr. Gosbee will present some short examples of how he teaches the basics of human factors engineering (HFE) to the biomedical engineering (BME) learners. For instance, one interactive group exercise is applying the Stroop Effect to design of labeling for medical gas cylinders. He will show how usability testing and HFE aspects of risk management fit into BME senior and graduate design courses (as co-instructor). The focus is on methods and structure required by FDA and international standards (e.g., IEC 62366). Additionally, a short overview of how he also injects some HFE into other BME courses like “Needs Finding” (BME 499, Dr. Rachael Schmedlen, lead) and Regulatory science (BME 588, Dr Joan Greve, lead) will be presented.

Bio:
John Gosbee, MD, MS teaches human factors engineering (HFE) and patient safety at the University of Michigan Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. He leads development of patient safety curriculum for several medical and surgical residencies. He teaches HFE for several BME design courses, including capstone design courses, observation course, and regulatory science. He also provides HFE consultation to UM research projects that involve new device design (e.g., teleophthalmology). He has been visiting professor at dozens of universities, including Penn, Johns Hopkins, and Yale University. He has received two national awards for patient safety design (ISMP’s “Cheers Award” and AAMI’s “Career Achievement Award”. Among dozens of other publications, he edited and co-wrote the book, Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety. Previously, Dr Gosbee worked at Department of Veterans Affairs - National Center for Patient Safety, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, and NASA on development of space-based medical facilities.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:54:34 -0400 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T12:50:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar "Human Performance Seminar" text
IOE Lunch & Learn Seminar Series: John Ling, CEO, MacKenzie-Childs, LLC (September 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66522 66522-16744956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all IOE faculty, PhD students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Lunch will be provided. In order to get an accurate count for food, please RSVP by Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Space is limited to 20 participants.

Title:
Career Management with The Foundational Strength of a Michigan I.O.E. Degree

Abstract:
John’s seminar will focus on career management- built on the outstanding reputation and knowledge of a University of Michigan IOE degree. He will give meaningful advice on how to make the most of your degree and opportunities moving forward, while detailing his own career journey.

Bio:
John Ling has been the CEO of MacKenzie-Childs since September 2015. John spent much of his career (15 years) at Crate and Barrel, a leading home furnishings retailer with a retail, catalog and e-commerce presence. During his time at Crate and Barrel, it grew from a regional tabletop housewares retailer to a global, multi-billion dollar, Omni-channel retailer - adding furniture, e-commerce and international retail along the way. John provided leadership for Crate and Barrel’s e-commerce platform, international retail operations, global sourcing, vendor management and end-to-end supply chain operations. Prior to MacKenzie-Childs John was CEO for Artissimo Designs, the leading provider of fashion-forward and licensed wall-art to retailers. Early in his career, John was at Frito-Lay for 10 years with roles in plant management, industrial engineering, distribution, transportation & manufacturing engineering and subsequently spent 4 years with Merck-Medco Managed Care in general management, customer service, and engineering roles.

John has an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

John is married to Robin, his high-school sweetheart and has three children; Erin, Drew and Evan and two English Springer Spaniels; Tucker and Gunner and enjoys doing anything he can do outdoors to stay fit.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:36:52 -0400 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar IOE Lunch & Learn Seminar Series: John Ling, CEO, MacKenzie-Childs, LLC
MCDB Seminar: Developmental Origins of Neural Circuits in Drosophila (September 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64082 64082-16115266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:12:34 -0400 2019-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Confocal image of multicolor stained intact Drosophila larva
ASCE Seminar Series: Turner Construction (September 20, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66228 66228-16719608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Turner is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse market segments. The company has earned recognition for undertaking large, complex projects, fostering innovation, embracing emerging technologies, and making a difference for their clients, employees and community.

With a staff of 10,000 employees, the company completes $12 billion of construction on 1,500 projects each year. Turner offers clients the accessibility and support of a local firm with the stability and resources of a multi-national organization.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:16:10 -0400 2019-09-20T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Economics at Work (September 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65823 65823-16660086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Vikram is the Senior Director of Marketing at the Clorox Company. In this role, he leads an organization focused on brand building, insights & innovation across a $2B portfolio. Vikram started at the Clorox Company as the Director of Shopper & Retail Insight, leading the development of Retail Insight & Analytic capability.

Vikram has extensive experience in marketing and market research. In his 10 years at Procter & Gamble, he managed corporate, brand and retail parts of a Consumer Packaged Goods firm, including global brands and a top retail team. Vikram is a proven innovator: He has led identification and successful launches of Bounty Basic, Target’s Baby Registry, Virtual Beauty Advisory Capability, Sam’s Member Tailgate Awards, Kroger Home Care (Redesign) and Clorox Scentiva.

In addition, while out of the office, Vikram is an avid golfer and Michigan sports fanatic.



Economics@Work (Econ 208) is an invited alumni speaker series that allows students to discover the wide array of career paths available to economics majors and the role economics could play in their careers. In Economics@Work, undergraduates are offered a regular opportunity to network and interact with alumni from the Department of Economics. You’ll discover that economists are engaged in a wide array of professions from investment banking, finance and government, to legislation, advocacy, and online sales and marketing, among many others. This one-credit (credit/no credit) course meets eight (possibly nine) times during the semester. Sessions include a presentation and time for questions. They are followed by a reception in the Foster Library, allowing time to network with speakers.

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:45:04 -0400 2019-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Rocking Your Senior Year: Plan On! (September 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66774 66774-16776789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

"What are you doing after graduation?" is the question most seniors hate! Let CSP help you answer by creating a post-grad plan that works for YOU! Lunch provided. Part 1 of 2 part series.

RSVP HERE >> https://forms.gle/kFq722Y9Vsfci3xT6

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:58:44 -0400 2019-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP Rock Your Senior Year 2019
Resume Basics (September 20, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65859 65859-16662137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

How do you best fit who you are and what you're capable of into one page, and craft a resume that will catch an employer’s eye? During this virtual workshop, you'll dive into the stages of crafting a resume that highlights your strengths! If you have a current resume, feel free to have it available to reference. After RSVPing, you will receive an email with instructions to join on the day of the workshop. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:13:17 -0400 2019-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Cover Letter
Into the Dataverse Hackathon (September 20, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66543 66543-16744996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

For their 2019 Hackathon, the National Security Innovation Network Challenges students to create an AI-enabling user interface that can intuitively capture both structured and non-structured maintenance data, and associated maintainer actions, in an efficient and user-friendly manner to produce more accurate maintenance logs.

There are two focus areas embedded in this challenge:
Data Collection - How do you recognize, classify, and quantify maintainer action? How do you associate those actions with required maintenance data fields?
User Interface - What are the most intuitive and user-friendly interfaces? How can you minimize the burden on the technician?

Ideal solutions will create more accurate maintenance logs while taking into consideration a wide spectrum of Intelligent User Interfaces - from traditional User Interfaces to more advanced modalities such as Natural Language Processing, Gesture Recognition and Augmented Reality.
 
Who should be interested? New ideas from students, academics, entrepreneurs, and early stage startups with skills including, but not limited to: design, hardware and software engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, UI/UX, electrical, mechanical and industrial engineering, physics, business, communications, social media, and information technology.

NSIN will provide up to three $15K awards, for a total of $45K, to three winning teams to further develop their concepts!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:00:47 -0400 2019-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T23:59:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Workshop / Seminar Into the Dataverse
Economic Theory (September 20, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65828 65828-16660091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:22:45 -0400 2019-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Dr. Kevin Wood Tenure Talk (September 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67138 67138-16805204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: TBD

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:28:49 -0400 2019-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Into the Dataverse Hackathon (September 21, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66543 66543-16744997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

For their 2019 Hackathon, the National Security Innovation Network Challenges students to create an AI-enabling user interface that can intuitively capture both structured and non-structured maintenance data, and associated maintainer actions, in an efficient and user-friendly manner to produce more accurate maintenance logs.

There are two focus areas embedded in this challenge:
Data Collection - How do you recognize, classify, and quantify maintainer action? How do you associate those actions with required maintenance data fields?
User Interface - What are the most intuitive and user-friendly interfaces? How can you minimize the burden on the technician?

Ideal solutions will create more accurate maintenance logs while taking into consideration a wide spectrum of Intelligent User Interfaces - from traditional User Interfaces to more advanced modalities such as Natural Language Processing, Gesture Recognition and Augmented Reality.
 
Who should be interested? New ideas from students, academics, entrepreneurs, and early stage startups with skills including, but not limited to: design, hardware and software engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, UI/UX, electrical, mechanical and industrial engineering, physics, business, communications, social media, and information technology.

NSIN will provide up to three $15K awards, for a total of $45K, to three winning teams to further develop their concepts!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:00:47 -0400 2019-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2019-09-21T23:59:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Workshop / Seminar Into the Dataverse
IOE Graduate School Workshop (September 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64245 64245-16260528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join us in Ann Arbor for a one-day interactive workshop and learn how to launch your career and change the world with a graduate degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering.

WHO: This workshop is designed for undergraduate students and others who are within 1–2 years of applying to graduate programs. You do not need an engineering background to apply.

NOTE: This is an invitation-only event. Application details are included below.

LEARN about our latest research and student life directly from faculty and current students.

EXPLORE professional opportunities beyond graduation and tour our department and campus.

FIND OUT about graduate school applications, the admissions process, and funding.

ATTEND mixers and panel discussions with other prospective students and PhD students, faculty, and staff from our department.

All applicants selected to attend will have their travel and lodging costs covered.

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 7, 2019.
Click the link above to apply.

Applications close August 7, 2019, 11:59 pm EST. All applications will be reviewed, and invitations to selected participants will be sent in early August 2019.

QUESTIONS?
Email: ioe-workshop@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:23:21 -0400 2019-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar U-M IOE Graduate School Workshop text and decorative graphic
Into the Dataverse Hackathon (September 22, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66543 66543-16744998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 22, 2019 12:00am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

For their 2019 Hackathon, the National Security Innovation Network Challenges students to create an AI-enabling user interface that can intuitively capture both structured and non-structured maintenance data, and associated maintainer actions, in an efficient and user-friendly manner to produce more accurate maintenance logs.

There are two focus areas embedded in this challenge:
Data Collection - How do you recognize, classify, and quantify maintainer action? How do you associate those actions with required maintenance data fields?
User Interface - What are the most intuitive and user-friendly interfaces? How can you minimize the burden on the technician?

Ideal solutions will create more accurate maintenance logs while taking into consideration a wide spectrum of Intelligent User Interfaces - from traditional User Interfaces to more advanced modalities such as Natural Language Processing, Gesture Recognition and Augmented Reality.
 
Who should be interested? New ideas from students, academics, entrepreneurs, and early stage startups with skills including, but not limited to: design, hardware and software engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, UI/UX, electrical, mechanical and industrial engineering, physics, business, communications, social media, and information technology.

NSIN will provide up to three $15K awards, for a total of $45K, to three winning teams to further develop their concepts!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:00:47 -0400 2019-09-22T00:00:00-04:00 2019-09-22T09:59:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Workshop / Seminar Into the Dataverse
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Persistent Overconfidence and Biased Memory: Evidence from Managers (September 23, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65829 65829-16660093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 11:45am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

A long-standing puzzle is whether and how overconfidence can persist in field settings characterized by repeated feedback. This paper studies managers who participate repeatedly in a high-powered tournament incentive system, learning relative performance each time. Using both reduced form and structural methods we find that: (i) managers make overconfident predictions about future performance; (ii) managers have overly-positive memories of past performance; (iii) the two phenomenon are linked at an individual level in a way consistent with models of motivated beliefs.

with David Huffman and Julia Shvet

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:29:16 -0400 2019-09-23T11:45:00-04:00 2019-09-23T12:45:00-04:00 North Quad Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Special AMO Seminar | Quantum Optics with Molecules (September 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66867 66867-16781211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Recent experimental progress in the collective strong coupling regime of organic molecules with optical cavity or plasmonic modes has shown light-induced modifications of material properties. Experimental and theoretical endeavors go in the direction of charge and energy transport, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) enhancement, modified chemical reactivity etc. Oftentimes experiments rely on theoretical models developed for standard cavity quantum electrodynamics with two-level quantum emitters. Molecular systems however have an increased complexity as molecular vibrations and level disorder play a crucial role. We provide a theoretical formalism to tackle the light-electronic-vibrations dynamics modeled via the Holstein-Tavis-Cummings Hamiltonian [1]. We analytically describe aspects such as: polariton asymmetry, molecular branching ratio modification in the Purcell regime and cavity-mediated donor-acceptor FRET processes.

[1] M. Reitz, C. Sommer and C. Genes, Langevin approach to quantum optics with molecules, Phys. Rev. Letts 122, 203602 (2019)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:04 -0400 2019-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
HEP-Astro Seminar | Doping Xenon - Performance Enhanced Dark Matter Detectors (September 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65417 65417-16597551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

After a series of null results from the LHC and large direct detection experiments, dark matter remains frustratingly mysterious, and much of the canonical heavy WIMP parameter space is now ruled out. In this talk, I will summarize the current state of the field of dark matter direct detection, and discuss an idea to expand the parameter space that can be probed by large liquid xenon TPCs like the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector by a adding hydrogen to the target, opening up sensitivity to WIMP masses well below 1 GeV.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:04 -0400 2019-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Public Finance: Tax Reform and the Valuation of Super-star Firms (September 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66600 66600-16767939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

Upon a reduction in corporate tax rates, theory tells us that the absolute increase in the value of a firm's equity is increasing in its productivity, while the excess return is related ambiguously to productivity. Using data on the U.S. stock market, I show that the excess returns due news on the latest U.S. tax reform are strongly related to traditional measures of firm profitability and market power. Compared to a firm in perfect competition, my model predicts that a monopolist would see its excess return increased by between 5 and 105 percentage points more upon news of the tax cut. I use this fact to construct a new measure of firm profitability based on its stock market reaction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. My results show that profitability across U.S. firms is distributed with a long right tail, confirming results from a growing literature documenting an increase in mark-ups and a concentration of market power in the U.S. economy.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:54:19 -0400 2019-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T17:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Exploring Your Career Interests (September 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65826 65826-16660090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Wondering what industries and career roles are available for you based on your skills and interests? Come to this workshop to explore your options, reflect on your experiences, and identify career paths that align with your values and unique skill set! This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:28:25 -0400 2019-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T18:30:00-04:00 North Quad LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Weather vane atop the former Coast Guard building in Cleveland, Ohio.
Legacy Lab (September 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64731 64731-16436926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops for any U-M student is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading. Ultimately, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.

To register, please go to our website. Registration fills quickly. Dinner is provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:17:55 -0400 2019-09-23T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T19:00:00-04:00 Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar Students reflecting and writing on paper
ELI Fall 2019 Workshop Series: What is Academic Style? (September 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67148 67148-16805222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, proposal, conference abstract or dissertation, it is important to pay attention to style. Academic style is not so much a matter of following rules, but more a matter of making choices. Even if you are aware of the stylistic conventions of your field and of academic writing in general, you may also seek ways to more strongly position yourself and create your scholarly identity. In this workshop we will discuss some common features of academic style and how to make effective stylistic choices. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis.

Sign up here:
https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4661

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:59:09 -0400 2019-09-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Event Image
Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data (September 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66470 66470-16736454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Please join instructor Brady T. West of the University Of Michigan's Program in Survey Methodology, as he conducts a half-day workshop titled "Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data". This workshop is designed for survey data analysts of all skill levels, and will present theoretically appropriate methods of analyzing survey data collected from complex sample designs. Dr. West will also present the implications of incorrect analyses based on his research findings from a meta-analysis of analytic error, while also providing examples of proper design-based data analysis techniques using SAS and Stata. As always, this workshop is free and open to the public.

Topics include:

• Overview of theoretically appropriate design-based analysis of survey data collected from complex samples

• Case studies in analytic error (including findings from a meta-analysis of recent scientific publications), and the implications of using incorrect analysis methods

• Appropriate use of survey weights and design-based methods of variance estimation for population inference related to descriptive parameters and regression models

• Examples of proper design-based data analysis techniques using SAS and Stata (attendees are also welcome to ask about similar methods in other software packages)

BIO:

Dr. West's current research interests include the implications of measurement error in auxiliary variables and survey paradata for survey estimation, survey nonresponse, interviewer variance, and multilevel regression models for clustered and longitudinal data. He is the lead author of the book Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide Using Statistical Software and co-author of the book Applied Survey Data Analysis.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:09:44 -0400 2019-09-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar poster for Design-Based Analysis of Survey Data
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (September 24, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
It’s Time for Action: Generating an Active Learning Plan (September 24, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65240 65240-16557464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

Creating a plan to engage students in active learning can be challenging. In this workshop, you will learn about a variety of active learning techniques then begin to formulate a plan for implementing active learning in your own course.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:10:13 -0400 2019-09-24T10:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Complex Systems Seminar | Statistical Mechanics of Microbiomes (September 24, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63981 63981-16051364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract: Next-generation sequencing, high-throughput metabolomics and other measurement technologies have opened vast new horizons for collecting data on the structure and function of microbial communities. But it remains unclear how to leverage this data for effective intervention in medical and agricultural applications. We do not know which quantities can be reliably predicted, which are hopelessly contingent, and what the predictors are for the former. In this talk, I will draw on conceptual tools from Statistical Physics, which were designed to answer precisely these sorts of questions. In particular, I will argue that the key features of community structure are encoded in a susceptibility matrix, which contain the response of species population sizes to small changes in growth rates. I will show how to estimate this matrix in different scenarios from existing data sets, and then explain how it can be used to cluster species into functionally redundant groups for enhanced predictability of community composition.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:55:41 -0400 2019-09-24T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Robert Marsland Photo
Careers for Humanities PhDs: Publishing (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65992 65992-16678395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In this workshop, Nick Geller (U-M PhD Classical Studies, 2015) of Yale University Press discusses his own career trajectory, his current position in publishing, how skills acquired as part of a PhD are transferable to positions outside the academy, and how graduate students can tap into academic networking resources related to careers in publishing, editing, and freelance writing.

RSVP Required: https://forms.gle/T5HAoa8xsMJQ8n8o7

About Nick Geller:

Nick Geller, publishing assistant at Yale University Press, manages approximately 100 distributed titles a year from acquisition to publication and serves as the primary liaison to the press’s many museum partners, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Geller also serves as the editorial assistant for The Art Bulletin and is a freelance editor for a variety of academic presses and journals.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:47:37 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Workshop / Seminar books
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Fantastic fishes and where to find them - using historical natural history data and robots to explore deep sea fish biodiversity (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64996 64996-16501295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The deep ocean is frequently assumed to be a homogeneous system lacking the same diverse natural history found in shallower waters. However, as our methods for exploring the deep ocean improve, common assumptions about dispersal, reproduction and behavior are constantly being challenged. With the immense amount of data collected and stored in natural history collections to highlight historical distributions of fishes we can now use these data in concert with modern sampling methods like remote operated vehicles (ROVs) and precision netting to learn more about one of the planets most extreme systems. Join Randy as he takes you on a journey from the highest shelves of museum collections to the extreme depths of the ocean in a quest to learn more about fishes, and where to find them.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:50:00 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Museum fish specimen on display
GCC Info Session (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66777 66777-16776792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Looking to study abroad? GCC (Global Course Connections) programs focus on a theme and consist of an on-campus course duringthe winter term and a 3-4 week off-campus field experience in the summer. All LSA Pell Grant recipients who paticipate in GCC can receive the GCC Grant. Lunch provided.

RSVP HERE >> https://forms.gle/HzcBg1B8CVx51GKd9

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:56:25 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP GCC Info Session 2019
Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation (September 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65308 65308-16567520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Did you know Rackham offers a DEI Professional Development Certificate designed to prepare graduate students to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity? Attend this introduction session to learn about the requirements of the program and discover how this certificate can prepare you to enter a diverse and global job market. Find out more about the program.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/r88EP.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:16 -0400 2019-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Alumni Connections: WORKING/STUDYING ABROAD EXPERT AMANDA HARVEY (September 24, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65863 65863-16662145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 2:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Learn how to navigate the process of finding internships abroad, and learn tips for making the most of an internship experience from Amanda harvey, an MBA candidate of Cardiff University in Wales. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:39:12 -0400 2019-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T15:30:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Amanda Harvey
CM-AMO Seminar | From Floquet Real to Imaginary Time Crystal (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64762 64762-16444919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Quantum time crystal has been an intriguing many-body “time” state that has received much attention and debate since its early prediction. In this talk, first, I will construct a class of concrete “clean” Floquet models to answer the open question on the role of disorder and many-body localization. Second, by observing the equivalent role of the space and imaginary time in the path integral formalism, I will present the finding that hard-core bosons coupled to a thermal bath may exhibit the order of “imaginary spacetime crystal”.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:17:03 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Personal Statement Workshop (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67545 67545-16892227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Students in the midst of working on law school personal statements and application essays, or those simply wishing to better understand the mechanics of the law school personal statement are encouraged to attend.

Tuesday, September 24th, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 15th, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Wednesday, November 13th, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:49:05 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar Pre-Law at U-M
UROP Intro to Spreadsheet Workshop (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66508 66508-16744942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is intended to support UROP students in addressing skills needed in Excel and Google Sheets to meet the needs of their UROP Project.

Students must register as space is limited

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Microsoft Excel 2016 to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

In this introductory workshop, we'll use Google Sheets to explore the basic functionality of spreadsheets. Topics covered will include navigation & terminology, formatting, basic formulas and functions, sorting, filtering, and basic data visualization.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:44:27 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Excel Registration QR Code
UROP Working with Google Scholar Workshop (September 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66538 66538-16744987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Did you know that Google is by far the most popular and search engine but most people are not aware of all the search features Google offers? This workshop will improve your understanding of different search features and make you a much faster and effective researcher. Come learn how to use Google Scholar for literature searches, connect Google with the U-M Library, fully utilize Google Images, and how to evaluate different types of sources.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:18:07 -0400 2019-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar UROP Google Scholar Workshop Registration QR Code
Ace the Interview! Interview Preparation Workshop - Hosted by ECRC and Rockwell Automation (September 24, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65393 65393-16575586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

In career services, there is a saying: the resume gets you the interview, and the interview gets you the job. Developing excellent interview skills is essential to conducting a successful job search. This workshop will provide an overview of several different types of interviews and how to best prepare for each, including behavioral, technical, case, and phone/Skype interviews. We will review strategies for answering interview questions, such as the STAR format, and discuss what to emphasize when answering interview questions. Preparing for common interview questions is only one part of the process - learn what to wear and bring to an interview and how to follow up with an employer after the interview. Come learn how to ace the interview!

This is a College of Engineering event.

NOTE: Space at this workshop is available on a first to arrive basis. Please plan to arrive early to ensure a seat.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:12:19 -0400 2019-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2019-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Career Resource Center Workshop / Seminar Duderstadt Center
Transfer Talks (September 24, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66776 66776-16776791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Come meet other transfer students, ask questions, and learn more about CSP & resources in the CSP Office. Refreshments provided.

RSVP HERE >> https://forms.gle/LAuRQn6uFkD9pwso8

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:05:31 -0400 2019-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP Transfer Talks 2019
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS): Scheduling conflict: Effects of overlap in the school and farming calendars on education (September 25, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67159 67159-16805234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Department of Economics

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:57:49 -0400 2019-09-25T08:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T10:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Budgeting Workshop (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66778 66778-16776793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Let us help you prepare for getting through college, living on your own, and learning how to budget. Lunch provided.

RSVP HERE >> https://forms.gle/4Mm7Sz1k7umcqSpD6

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:18:06 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP Budgeting Workshop 2019
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66679 66679-16770194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Improving Data Quality for Web Surveys in Real Time through Predictive Modeling Using Paradata

Paradata are a rich source of data that are collected through little additional effort by researchers. However, paradata are often underutilized. This study suggests a novel approach to use paradata to alter the survey itself in real time in order to improve data quality.

Through a predictive model, paradata about the responses will be utilized to alter the presentation of the survey questions themselves. First, if respondents straight-line through a grid section of the survey, following grids could be changed to single item questions in order to discourage straight-lining. Second, if respondents display multiple indicators of poor data quality, key questions could be moved forward in the survey to present earlier. This second option reduces survey length, lowers cognitive burden for respondents that are taking short cuts, and prevents drop-offs. Both of these techniques could help to improve data quality.

Though programming a survey to adapt in real time may involve a large effort in the beginning, once employed it could be used across projects for little additional cost. Improving data quality should be a goal of everyone in the survey research community. As web surveys continue to increase in frequency of implementation, the focus on data quality of this mode should be a priority.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:22:32 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Ph.D. Pathways: Training for the Marathon—How YOU Can Engage in Proactive Career Planning (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65352 65352-16573554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

During this workshop, you will learn important steps you can take to jumpstart your career development as a first-year student at Rackham. This session will also expose you to the multiple resources you can take advantage of through the University Career Center and Rackham Graduate School. At the end of this session, you will have tangible steps that you can take to understand and advance your career goals.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/kxxQW.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:16 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-16787733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

**Fall 2019 KICK-OFF WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 23RD**

Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations marks the third run of the professional development event hosted by Tau Beta Pi aimed at providing Michigan Engineering graduate students the opportunity to enhance their scientific communication skills. The series will be co-hosted/sponsored by TBP and the graduate societies of MSE, ECE, ChE, and MACRO and also sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs! As "learning-by-practice" event, it aims to help students learn how to effectively convey the "big picture" value of their research to a diverse audience, while also engaging a dialog of science and engineering research among graduate students across the entire College of Engineering. The event is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take their candidacy exam, but anyone is welcome to participate! We will host 7-10 events each term, and event dates/times will be announced on a rolling basis.

Each session is structured to have student speakers (2-3 per session) make a timed (15-20 min) presentation on their graduate research to a broad engineering audience and a communications expert panel (3-4 panelists). Our expert panelists will provide constructive feedback to the speakers (and the audience), highlighting the positive aspects of each presentation and also indicating opportunities for improvement. This structure will allow for the speakers to receive specific feedback on their communication skills, while also providing the audience with generalized guidelines for good scientific communication.

If you would like to participate as a speaker/audience, please fill out the links below. We will follow-up with you with scheduling details. NOTE: The event is open to ALL CoE students, regardless of TBP membership status.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Student-Veteran Lunch: A Chat With the V.A. (September 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67330 67330-16839868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This lunchtime chat will provide you the opportunity to sit and ask questions with representatives from them Veterans Affairs (V.A.) as well as the Veterans and Military Services at the University of Michigan. Lunch will be provided.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/nbO3n.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:16 -0400 2019-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Construction Seminar (September 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66404 66404-16734196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Maurice Traylor is the Career Services Manager at the Engineering Career Resource Center. Catherine Lund is the Senior Career Services Manager with focus on Corporate Partner Companies at the Engineering Career Resource Center.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:54:42 -0400 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Precision Health Seminar: Sept. 2019 (September 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65102 65102-16517518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Precision Health

Presenters:
Amy Bohnert, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, and Co-PI of Precision Health mental health research project

Corey Lester, MS, PhD, PharmD, Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacy

Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Associate Chair for Research and Research Faculty Development; Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences; and Co-PI of Precision Health mental health research project

More than any other advancement that has emerged in the past four decades, mobile technology has the potential to address the dual problems of limited clinical capacity and inadequate and untimely data in mental health care. As part of Precision Health at the University of Michigan, this project will test wearable and mobile technology as a means to reduce mental health symptoms among patients waiting for mental health care. Furthermore, data derived from mobile technology, genomics, and patient reports will be used to predict response to clinic-based treatments.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:40:16 -0400 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 University Hospitals Precision Health Workshop / Seminar Precision Health Seminar Series
H. Metin Aktulga: Towards Fast, Scalable and High Fidelity Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations (September 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66787 66787-16778991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Abstract: Reactive molecular dynamics (RMD) models bridge quantum-scale and classical MD approaches by explicitly modeling bond activity and redistribution of charges. As such they enable the study of important phenomena which otherwise is impractical using classical or quantum techniques. However, RMD models have a significantly complex formulation, making fast, scalable and high fidelity RMD simulations extremely challenging to achieve. In this talk, I will present our work towards addressing both the scalability and fidelity challenges. I will start by describing the parallel algorithms and numerical techniques that we developed for a fast implementation of the Reax Force Field (ReaxFF), which is used by hundreds of researchers worldwide. Particular emphasis will be on novel solvers we recently developed for the dynamic charge distribution problem that constitutes the most important scalability bottleneck in large RMD simulations. I will conclude the talk by outlining our efforts towards addressing the fidelity challenge, i) through an automated force field framework for RMD models, ii) by developing a novel hybrid ReaxFF/AMBER simulation software in the spirit of QM/MM techniques.

Bio: H. Metin Aktulga received his B.S. degree from Bilkent University in 2004, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in 2009 and 2010, respectively; all in Computer Science. Before joining the Michigan State University (MSU) in 2014, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:59:27 -0400 2019-09-25T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar H. Metin Aktulga
Department Colloquium (September 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67173 67173-16805255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Undergrad Physics Events

Department Colloquium

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:25:04 -0400 2019-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Undergrad Physics Events Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Department Colloquium | New Realms in Coherent Light-Matter Interactions (September 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65280 65280-16565499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Light-matter interactions are at the heart of quantum electrodynamics and underpin modern photonic technologies. As we develop means to control the properties of light, matter and their interactions, intriguing new phenomena emerge. Using a designer polariton platform we have developed, we reveal a long sought after Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer like phase in a particle-hole-photon strongly-coupled system. Coupling two trapped polariton condensates through both coherent tunneling and incoherent dissipation, we form a model system of rich nonlinear dynamics where new, equidistant frequency lines emerge via the limit cycles at Hopft bifurcation. Using two-dimensional monolayer crystals with exceptionally strong light-matter interactions, we control the exciton-photon interactions from the incoherent limit to the coherent limit with simple mirrors and laser pulses, showing the promise of the system for photonic applications based on coherent light-matter interactions. Combining different monolayers to form atomically-thin heterostructures, we obtain a platform that allows versatile control over both the photon modes and matter excitations, where we create long-lived valley excitons, ultra-thin lasers, and moire-lattice induced hybrid dipolar excitons and polaritons.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:17:20 -0400 2019-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Financial Wellness Seminar (September 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66876 66876-16781220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: BBB
Organized By: Graduate Society of Black Engineers and Scientists

This workshop will provide resources to help you be in control of your day-to-day finances as well as make sure you have the financial freedom to make choices that allow you to enjoy life. If you have ever felt unsure about managing money please attend this open session. Dinner provided on a first come first served basis. All are welcome!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 19:14:05 -0400 2019-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 BBB Graduate Society of Black Engineers and Scientists Workshop / Seminar Business newspaper
Law School Admissions 101 Panel (September 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67547 67547-16892232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Join the law school admission deans from The University of Chicago Law School, The University of Michigan Law School, The University of Pennsylvania Law School, and The University of Texas at Austin School of Law for a realistic look at the process of admissions at selective law schools. With about three-quarters of a century of combined experience, these admissions deans will provide invaluable insight into factors to take into account in applying to and choosing among law schools, as well as how to best present your experience in your application materials.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:55:03 -0400 2019-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-25T19:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar Pre-Law at U-M
BME Seminar: Ajit Joglekar, Ph.D. (September 26, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67648 67648-16909320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Synthetic chromosomes have the potential to revolutionize gene therapy, because they can deliver entire genetic programs. However, this strategy can succeed only if the synthetic chromosomes are faithfully transmitted to each daughter cell upon cell division. Eukaryotic cells use the kinetochore, an immensely complex protein machine, to segregate their native chromosome during cell division. We are initiating an effort to engineer a synthetic kinetochore to faithfully segregate synthetic chromosomes. This ambitious goal encompasses three aims. First, we will use bottom-up reverse engineering to yield deep insight into function and regulation of the kinetochore, potentially exposing unexpected gaps in our understanding. Second, we will identify functionally necessary kinetochore components from those that are its ‘evolutionary legacy’. This is necessary to reveal strategies for simplifying the design of the synthetic kinetochore. Third, we will establish the blueprint for designing a synthetic, orthogonal segregation machine that specifically controls the inheritance of synthetic chromosomes.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:15:22 -0400 2019-09-26T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar BME Logo
Labor Economics: Less is More: Family Size, Early Childhood Environment, and Life-time Human Capital (September 26, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67498 67498-16866602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:40:53 -0400 2019-09-26T11:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T12:50:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Bouchet Fall Panel: So You’re a Professor, Now What? (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67020 67020-16796447@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join our panel of distinguished faculty members from the University of Michigan and peer institutions, who will discuss the challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities that come with navigating the tenure process as faculty members from traditionally marginalized communities. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Bouchet Honor Society.
Panelists:

Durga Singer, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine
Bart Bartlett, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Sandra M. Gonzales, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Bilingual/Bicultutral Education, Wayne State University
Pero Dagbovie, Ph.D., Professor of History, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Michigan State University

Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/v281P.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:17 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Graduate Student Life Panel Session (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65053 65053-16509313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

This event features a panel of current CoE graduate students. These students will answer the questions you have about acclimating to the College of Engineering, finding resources, and establishing a healthy work/life balance. This is a good opportunity for you to ask about graduate student life!

Registration is required by 9/19/19, at https://forms.gle/mSQqxnauKor6Tcuv8.

Sponsored by the CoE Office of Student Affairs. Please direct questions to ajrose@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:31:44 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
New Grad Student Orientation 2:0: Graduate Student Panel (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66598 66598-16767940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

September 26, 2019
12:00-1:00
Johnson Rooms, 3rd floor, Lurie Engineering Center
Lunch will be provided!

Now that you’ve been here for a while, we’re sure that you have some questions. This session will provide you with an opportunity to ask current graduate students for advice, resources, and other graduate student life issues. This will be a very relaxed and fun environment, allowing you to meet new people from across departments.

Panelists:
• Gary Collins, Aero PhD student
• Erin Evke, MS&E PhD student
• Chenwu Liao, ECE master’s student
• Trevor Smith, NERS master’s student

Please register at https://forms.gle/33Be959n31gNgYCh7, by 9/23.
Sponsored by the CoE Office of Student Affairs. For more information, email ajrose@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:34:47 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Deep Learning for Construction Management (September 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67469 67469-16857945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Deep Learning for Construction Management: Earthmoving Productivity Analysis, Bridge Damage Prediction, and Construction Specifications Review

This presentation introduces three representative deep learning research studies that have been conducted by the Construction Innovation Laboratory at Seoul National University for the past five years: site video analysis for automated earthmoving productivity estimation, bridge damage prediction for preventive bridge maintenance, and text mining for automated construction specifications review.

Dr. Seokho Chi is an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. After obtaining B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Korea University, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). Before joining Seoul National University in 2013, Dr. Chi worked at Center for Transportation Research in UT Austin, and Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:30:44 -0400 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Bridge
HIRED-IN (Hiring Involvement in Recruiting for Equity, Diversity and INclusion) (September 26, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64626 64626-16397014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

If you have any questions or if accommodations are needed to access the facility or the content of the presentation, please contact Britney Underwood (britneyu@umich.edu) as soon as possible.

In this session, participants will:

Increase awareness of how implicit bias can show up during the hiring process
Gain an awareness of the importance of consistent guidelines, evaluation and candidate experience
Discuss equitable hiring conventions
Increase knowledge regarding affirmative action goals
Learn about resources that exist in LSA and on campus

Audience:
This course is required for all staff who are involved in the staff recruiting and selection process for LSA.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:03:05 -0400 2019-09-26T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T15:30:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop / Seminar LSA Building
Toward Reliable Design of Facility Location: Addressing the Threat of Probabilistic Disruptions (September 26, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67554 67554-16892239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Yanfeng Ouyang, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be giving a talk titled "Toward Reliable Design of Facility Location: Addressing the Threat of Probabilistic Disruptions".

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:31:16 -0400 2019-09-26T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Departmental Seminar (899): Shima Nassiri, University of Michigan (September 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65957 65957-16676320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be followed by a reception in the IOE Commons (Room 1709) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Title:
Reference Pricing for Healthcare Services

Abstract:
The traditional payment system between an insurer and providers does not incentivize providers to limit their prices nor patients to choose less expensive providers, hence contributing to high insurer expenditures. Reference pricing has been proposed as a way to better align incentives and control the rising costs of healthcare. In this payment system, the insurer determines the maximum amount that can be reimbursed for a procedure (reference price). If a patient selects a provider charging more than the reference price, the patient is responsible for the entire portion above it. We propose a model to analyze the reference pricing payment scheme. Our model incorporates an insurer who chooses the reference price, multiple competing price-setting providers, and heterogeneous patients who select a provider based on a multinomial logit choice model. Our goal is to understand how reference pricing compares with payment systems where patients pay a fixed or a variable amount. We find that the highest-priced providers under a fixed payment system cut their prices under reference pricing. Moreover, reference pricing often outperforms the fixed and the variable payment system both in terms of expected patient utility and insurer cost, unless the procedure cost is high in relation to the reference price (i.e., the reference price is low). The entire system also benefits from reference pricing despite a loss in provider profit due to lower prices. Furthermore, reference pricing with a variable portion below the reference price tends to perform worse than reference pricing with a fixed payment below the reference price.

Bio:
Dr. Shima Nassiri is an assistant professor of technology and operations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Her research interests involve (a) designing coordination mechanisms in supply chain and its applications in healthcare and public health policy using game theory and optimization techniques, and (b) studying the behavioral aspects of healthcare operations using econometrics and data-driven methods. She is particularly interested in studying the healthcare policies that are aiming to reduce healthcare expenditure by moving towards performance-based care. She received her Ph.D. from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:45:21 -0400 2019-09-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Photo of Shima Nassiri and IOE logo
Rackham North: Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation (September 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65353 65353-16573555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Did you know Rackham offers a DEI Professional Development Certificate designed to prepare graduate students to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity? Attend this introduction session to learn about the requirements of the program and discover how this certificate can prepare you to enter a diverse and global job market. Find out more about the program.
This session is for people who have been accepted into the Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Program. This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/bvvgZ.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:17:29 -0400 2019-09-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Pierpont Commons
EEB Thursday Seminar: The evolution of mammalian pregnancy: the path from pathology to physiology (September 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65469 65469-16603596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

There is a broadly recognized ambiguity in the relationship between mammalian (eutherian) pregnancy and inflammation. During implantation, inflammatory pathways are activated and important for successful implantation, but during the second trimester, intrauterine inflammation is a grave threat to the continuation of pregnancy. An investigation of the gene expression changes during opossum pregnancy led us to propose and test a model for the origin of eutherian implantation and pregnancy. In brief: if we take the opossum gestation as a model of the situation at the most recent common ancestor of marsupials and placental mammals, the evidence suggests that an acute inflammation is the result of the attachment of the trophoblast to the uterine epithelium. The difference between opossum and the eutherians is the outcome: In opossum the inflammation directly leads to parturition, while in eutherians inflammation never leads to neutrophil infiltration and soon is turned off. I will present evidence suggesting that one key innovation to achieve sustainable implantation was the origin of the decidual cell, which prevents the recruitment of neutrophils and thus prevents the development of an acute inflammation during implantation.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/cec0A_iwmLI

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Apr 2020 20:07:56 -0400 2019-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Dr. Wagner EEB Seminar
Hub Studio - Career Fair Prep (September 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65830 65830-16660092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Planning to attend a career fair this fall? Wondering why you would? Stop by the Hub’s Career Fair Prep studio anytime between 4 and 6 pm, held at the new Trotter on State, to prepare for and make the most of the upcoming career fair. Hub coaches will be on hand to help you identify organizations to connect with, develop your elevator pitch, tailor your resume or answer any other questions you may have. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:30:37 -0400 2019-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar networking
Pre-med Information session (September 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64950 64950-16493254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Hello LSA Honors Program students!

Are you considering a career in medicine or in another health care profession and wondering where to get started? If so, then we invite you to participate in an information session to learn about:

• Pre-health resources.
• Medical school course requirements.
• Timing and strategies for the long and short term.
• Choosing a major. Does it have to be in science?
• Explorations in patient and clinical exposure.
• Research opportunities.

The same session will be repeated on the following dates in 2019:

• Thursday, Sept. 26 (4-5:30 pm)
• Monday, Oct. 7 (4-5:30 pm)

Sessions held in the Honors Lounge, 1306 Mason Hall and are led by Stephanie Chervin, Academic Advisor and Pre-Health Advisor.

For LSA Honors Program students only.

Questions? Contact Stephanie at schervin@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:39:35 -0400 2019-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T17:30:00-04:00 Mason Hall LSA Honors Program Workshop / Seminar Mason Hall
Career Convos: What is sales? (September 26, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67482 67482-16864381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Connect with sales leaders from across industries to explore what sales looks like through the lens of a variety of industries and organizations, including Google (technology), LinkedIn (consulting and people development), and Stryker (health and medicine). Register for the What is Sales Career Convo by Wednesday, September 25 at 11:59p in the LSA Opportunity Network. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:39:52 -0400 2019-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T19:30:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Contract
Applied Microeconomics/IO Seminar: Quantifying sources of persistent prescription behavior: Evidence from Belgium (September 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66706 66706-16770293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract

Health care policymakers often find it challenging to change physician behavior, as it is highly persistent. Drivers of this persistence are not well understood, but physicians and patients both play a role. I study the importance of both in the prescribing behavior of primary care physicians (PCPs) in Belgium. I exploit a mandate introduced in 2006 that required PCPs to prescribe a minimum percentage of cheap or generic drugs, and analyze the change in PCP prescription habits using administrative data linking 26 million dispensed prescription drugs to 150,000 patients and 45,000 physicians. I find that PCPs exhibit a bias towards prescribing a brand name drug when an equally effective generic is available, and adjust this behavior in response to the mandate without compromising the quality of drugs they prescribe. I show that the type of patient to whom a drug is prescribed matters as well. Compared to patients prescribed medication for the first time, PCPs switch long-time users from branded to generic versions of the same drug at much lower rates, especially when these patients are older or use multiple prescription drugs. This suggests that there is a cost to switching between drugs and that it varies by patient characteristics. Using an instrumental variables framework, I estimate that switching a patient from a brand name to generic version of the same drug indeed comes at a cost, measured with decreased medication adherence. I develop a structural model of prescription behavior to quantify the relative importance of physician bias and patient considerations in PCP prescribing behavior, and find they are about equally important. Using this model, I show that the introduction of a Mandatory Generic Substitution policy may decrease overall welfare as a result of patient considerations. This suggests that policy efforts aimed at changing physician behavior should also consider potentially negative health impacts on patients.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:59:35 -0400 2019-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T11:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Michael Woodroofe Lecture Series: Cun-Hui Zhang, Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers University (September 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63882 63882-15977784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics

We consider several problems in areas where Michael Woodroofe has made seminal contributions to. In higher criticism, we develop a one-sided sequential probability ratio test based on the ordered p-values to achieve optimal detection of rare and weak signals. This makes an interesting connection to the test of power one and nonlinear renewal theorem. In multiple isotonic regression, a block estimator is developed to attain minimax rate for a wide range of signal-to-noise ratio, to achieve adaptation to the parametric root-n rate up to a logarithmic factor in the case where the unknown mean is piecewise constant, and to achieve adaptation in variable selection. In uncertainty quantification, we develop second order Stein formulas for statistical inference in nonparametric and high-dimensional problems. Applications of the second order Stein method include exact formulas and upper bounds for the variance of risk estimators and risk bounds for regularized or shape constrained estimators and related degrees of freedom adjustments and confidence regions.

*Hors d'oeuvres immediately following in 337 West Hall (Don Meyer Commons)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:54:20 -0400 2019-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Zhang,Cun-Hui
Patricia Akhimie Workshop (September 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64715 64715-16430948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Patricia Akhimie (Rutgers University) will present a workshop for graduate students on writing habits.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:15:54 -0400 2019-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Patricia's faculty photo.
Rackham North: Designing Your Life Series (September 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65354 65354-16573556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

What is a well-designed life? How do you find a career where you can thrive? Inspired by Stanford’s Designing Your Life curriculum, this interactive, six-week seminar will teach graduate students principles for designing a fulfilling career. Participants must commit to attending all six sessions of the seminar, and will receive a copy of Designing Your Life. The seminar includes brief reading assignments, discussions, role-plays, short writing assignments, and out-of-class application activities. Participation will be capped at 33.
Friday, September 27, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1180 Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
Friday, October 4, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1180 Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
Friday, October 11, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1180 Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
Friday, October 18, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Center Room, Pierpont Commons (North Campus)
Friday, October 25, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1180 Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
Friday, November 1, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1180 Duderstadt Center (North Campus)
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required. You must complete the two steps below for your registration to be complete.

Register for the series.
Make a one-time $10 payment. Click the “Pay Now” button and use “DYL2019” for the invoice number.

Please note: Your registration will stay “pending” until your payment is confirmed. If your payment is not received within 48 hours of your registration, you will be de-registered from the seminar series.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:17 -0400 2019-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Duderstadt Center
Biophysics Talk Title: "Mapping the Ligand Binding Landscape" (September 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64270 64270-16274480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstract: TBD

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:43:16 -0400 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Life In Graduate School | Computational Resources at Michigan (September 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67234 67234-16828994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Life in Graduate School Seminars

Computational Resources at Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:21:06 -0400 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 West Hall Life in Graduate School Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
MCDB Seminar: Tumor Initiation and Progression in a Simple Model (September 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64085 64085-16115269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Laura Buttitta

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:53:29 -0400 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar transition zone model. showing Drosophila tissue stained blue
Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation (September 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65355 65355-16573557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Did you know Rackham offers a DEI Professional Development Certificate designed to prepare graduate students to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity? Attend this introduction session to learn about the requirements of the program and discover how this certificate can prepare you to enter a diverse and global job market. Find out more about the program.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/K442o.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:17 -0400 2019-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASCE Seminar Series: HDR (September 27, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66232 66232-16719610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

HBR specializes in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. They are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, they provide much more than that. HBR creates an unshakable foundation for progress because their multidisciplinary teams which also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:25:23 -0400 2019-09-27T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Career Fair Prep Session (September 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66779 66779-16776794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Student Activities Building
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Nervous about attending the job and internship fair next week?
Not sure how to prepare or what to bring?
Want to practice your elevator pitch and talking to employers?

THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU!

Join us in the Maize and Blue Auditorium as we go over everything you need to know to feel ready to have a positive and valuable experience at the Career Fair! All students are welcome to attend!

RSVP HERE >> https://umich.joinhandshake.com/login

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:23:18 -0400 2019-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T14:00:00-04:00 Student Activities Building Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP Career Fair Prep
Economics at Work (September 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65833 65833-16660095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Jodi Schenck manages Citi’s North American Corporate Foreign Exchange Sales and Solutions business. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of Citi’s Corporate FX business in North America, including Sales, Risk Management Solutions, Electronic Solutions, and the supervision over these activities. Jodi’s teams are responsible for advising multinational corporations on foreign exchange risk management and solutioning.

For 5 years prior to this role, Jodi ran the Global Corporate FX eSolutions business which embeds Citi’s electronic solutions into client FX processes. Prior to that, Jodi was responsible for all M&A and episodic currency risk advisory for Citi’s Corporate and Private Equity clients.

Jodi represents Citi and the FXLM business on the board of the Federal Reserve’s Foreign Exchange Committee (FXC). In addition, she is heavily involved in recruiting and diversity efforts at Citi.



Economics@Work (Econ 208) is an invited alumni speaker series that allows students to discover the wide array of career paths available to economics majors and the role economics could play in their careers. In Economics@Work, undergraduates are offered a regular opportunity to network and interact with alumni from the Department of Economics. You’ll discover that economists are engaged in a wide array of professions from investment banking, finance and government, to legislation, advocacy, and online sales and marketing, among many others. This one-credit (credit/no credit) course meets eight (possibly nine) times during the semester. Sessions include a presentation and time for questions. They are followed by a reception in the Foster Library, allowing time to network with speakers.

Economics@Work is intended for any student who is interested in learning about a variety of career opportunities for economics majors. Early students of economics may use this class to explore whether an economics major best suits their interests and goals. Advanced students in economics will benefit from the information and networking opportunities.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:15:10 -0400 2019-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T14:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Economic Theory (September 27, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65832 65832-16660094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:43:50 -0400 2019-09-27T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
The Science of Yogic Breathing - workshop for student wellness (September 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65926 65926-16670254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Breathing regulation is one of the key practices within the Yoga discipline. Often called Pranayama or Yogic breathing this practice is gaining increasing importance in the Western world. The availability of ancient literature and modern scientific evidence is sparse on this subtopic of Yoga. Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian is a pioneer in the area of salivary biomarkers combining Pranayama practice. He has been researching techniques related to Pranayama from the ancient and unique Siddha tradition. He has published scientific research papers and book on Thirumanthiram, written by Saint Thirumoolar. This workshop consisting of both theoretical and practical components is unique in combining ancient wisdom with modern science based on the teacher’s first-hand experience and research. The attendees will be able to,

1. Get acquainted with the ancient literary excerpts on Yogic breathing
2. Get to practice key breathing exercises from an ancient tradition
3. Understand the physiological, emotional and biological mechanisms of Pranayama based on the research work done by the presenter
4. Learn the clinical and social applications of Pranayama

This program is designed for students of all levels. Participants can learn easy exercises to relieve day-to-day stress, and to improve overall wellness. No need for Yoga mats or Yoga attire. Participants can practice seated on chairs with campus/office attire. No large meal within 2 hours prior to the session. Drink adequate fluid.

Session timings: Lecture - First 30 minutes; Q/A-10 minutes; Practice-50 minutes (questions allowed if they are about the exercises being practiced).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:06:41 -0400 2019-09-27T15:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 North Quad Barger Leadership Institute Workshop / Seminar Yogic Breathing
ASCE Seminar Series: Navy (September 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67009 67009-16796436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:15:37 -0400 2019-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
The Premodern Colloquium. Reading Storied Ground in Medieval Rome (September 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65741 65741-16651984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

This paper argues that medieval Romans read elements in the city-scape to discover the evidence of sacred history. I use three case studies linked to saints Peter and Paul: divots in the Forum’s paving, an ancient Roman votive offering, and some springs at the church of Tre Fontane. The divots in the Forum’s pavement were damage, which Romans read as as signs of Christian history, claiming them as the knee prints left by Peter and Paul when they prayed for Simon Magus’ defeat. The votive offering is a pair of sculpted footprints. By the thirteenth century, ignoring this origin, Romans read them as Jesus’s footprints, left on the spot where he greeted Peter at the walls of Rome. Both cases display a dominant factor in medieval people’s material imagination: the ability to read the stories they knew in the things they saw. The springs at Tre Fontane are a third kind of thing, a natural phenomenon, and they add a new kind of reading. Tre Fontane was taken as the site of Paul’s decapitation, after which his head bounced three times, each bounce creating a spring. This story differs from the preceding cases in that it was the product of reading both the landscape and images of Paul’s martyrdom, which together suggested information absent from text. Taken together, the three cases indicate that medieval Romans read their city’s urban and natural features in creative, sophisticated and contingent ways.

For more information, please email willette@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:00:51 -0400 2019-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-29T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar The Origins of Tre Fontane
Jason MacLean: Recurrent Interactions can Explain the Variance in Single Trial Responses (September 30, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67122 67122-16803026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 11:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Abstract: To develop a complete description of sensory encoding, it is necessary to account for trial-to-trial variability in cortical neurons. Using a generalized linear model with terms corresponding to the visual stimulus, mouse running speed, and experimentally measured neuronal correlations, we modeled short term dynamics of L2/3 murine visual cortical neurons to evaluate the relative importance of each factor to neuronal variability within single trials. We find single trial predictions improve most when conditioning on the experimentally measured local correlations in comparison to predictions based on the stimulus or running speed. Specifically, accurate predictions are driven by positively co-varying and synchronously active functional groups of neurons. Including functional groups in the model enhances decoding accuracy of sensory information compared to a model that assumes neuronal independence. Functional groups, in encoding and decoding frameworks, provide an operational definition of Hebbian assemblies in which local correlations largely explain neuronal responses on individual trials.

Bio: Jason MacLean is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and director of undergraduate studies in neuroscience at the University of Chicago. His research aims to define how information is encoded in the brain by large groups of synaptically interconnected neurons using a range of analytical approaches.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:58:34 -0400 2019-09-30T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jason MacLean
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Motivated Errors (September 30, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65834 65834-16660106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 11:45am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

In three sets of experiments involving over 3300 individuals, we show that agents motivated to be selfish or to hold egoistic beliefs make systematic errors that appear to be driven by cognitive limitations. We further show that that these errors are eliminated (or dramatically reduced) when self-serving motives are removed. Put differently, we find that individuals make “motivated errors” — they act as if they are cognitively limited, but only when it is self-serving to do so.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:50:23 -0400 2019-09-30T11:45:00-04:00 2019-09-30T12:45:00-04:00 North Quad Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Starting the Internship Search (September 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65836 65836-16660097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Start or continue your internship search by determining your goals for an internship, learn about the search process, and explore a variety of platforms to identify opportunities! This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:13:37 -0400 2019-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T12:45:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar LSA Building
HEP-Astro Seminar | Status of Belle II (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66186 66186-16719559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Belle II and SuperKEKB are the upgrades to the very successful Belle and KEKB B-factory. The goal of this new effort is to increase the data set by a factor of 50 enabling the search for physics beyond the standard model at the intensity frontier. Data taking started in early 2019, and I will describe the new detector and accelerator, give its present status, show some preliminary results, and estimate future prospects.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:17:18 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Public Finance: The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67502 67502-16866608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:

Restrictions on abortion are pervasive, yet relatively little is known about the effect of being denied an abortion on women who seek one while pregnant. This paper evaluates the economic consequences of being denied an abortion on the basis of gestational age of the pregnancy. Our analysis relies on new linkages to administrative data on ten years of credit reports for participants in the Turnaway Study, the first study to collect high-quality, longitudinal data on women receiving or being denied a wanted abortion. The study recruited women seeking an abortion at 30 health providers located in 21 states who fell in to one of two groups: the first group included women with pregnancies close to the facility's gestational age limit who received a wanted abortion (Near Limit Abortion Group), while the second group was women with pregnancies just over the facility's gestational age limit who were turned away without receiving an abortion (Turnaway Group). Our analysis compares differences in credit report outcomes for these two groups for 3 years prior and up to 5 years following the intended abortion using an event study design. We find that the trajectories for these outcomes are similar for the two groups of women during the pre-period. However, following their visit to the abortion provider, we find evidence of a large and persistent increase in financial distress for the women who were denied an abortion that is sustained for the 6 years following the intended abortion.

With Diana G. Foster (UCSF) and Laura R. Wherry (UCLA)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:10:19 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
STS Workshop. Reflections on Modeling (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66602 66602-16767942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

We will host a conversation on the tensions between observers and modelers in the environmental sciences.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:54:43 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
What's your hurry? Take time before you sign! (September 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66780 66780-16776796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Join Beyond the Diag for tips on navigating your off-campus housing search, the lease signing process, and living in Ann Arbor. Refreshments provided.

RSVP HERE>> https://forms.gle/TBmce3TRdtUA1K1W8

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:34:40 -0400 2019-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar CSP What's your hurry? Take time before you sign! 2019
Legacy Lab (September 30, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64731 64731-16436927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 5:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops for any U-M student is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading. Ultimately, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.

To register, please go to our website. Registration fills quickly. Dinner is provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:17:55 -0400 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T19:00:00-04:00 Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar Students reflecting and writing on paper
Navigating: The Intersection of Social & Professional Identities (September 30, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65837 65837-16660098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

The first workshop of a three-part series focused on navigating professional spaces. Social identities make up who we are as unique individuals and influence us on a daily basis. Come to reflect on the intersection of our social and professional identities and the impact they have on how we navigate workplaces. You are welcome to attend any or all workshops in the series as you see fit. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:33:05 -0400 2019-09-30T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T18:30:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar laptop
ELI Fall 2019 Workshop Series: Using TED Talks to Enhance Speaking, Listening, and Pronunciation (September 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67151 67151-16805225@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

TED Talks are everywhere. The most popular ones attract millions of viewers, and they are impacting the way public speakers present their ideas and themselves in and outside academia. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore a range of strategies for exploiting the rich array of ways you can use TED Talks to take your advanced English to the next level. We will look at resources for improving speaking, listening, and pronunciation. Bring your laptop, tablet, or phone to try things out on your own device during the workshop.

Sign up here:
https://myumi.ch/ovvln

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:04:04 -0400 2019-09-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Event Image
Active Learning Practice (October 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Cinema, Race, & Gender Within the Context of Puerto Rico & The Caribbean (October 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67232 67232-16828987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Puerto Rican filmmaker Marisol Gómez Mouakad will lead a student workshop discussing cinema, race and gender in the context of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The workshop will be held in English with space for comments and questions in Spanish. Optional readings and audiovisual materials will be circulated in advance to registered students, that will help to frame the topics from the workshop. Open to all University of Michigan Students. Light refreshments will be served.

Pre-registration is encouraged. Sign up at: https://forms.gle/AFYG6UWWwNrSCb9a9

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:35:02 -0400 2019-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Arts at Michigan Workshop / Seminar Cinema, Race, & Gender Within the Context of Puerto Rico & The Caribbean
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-01T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Active Learning Practice (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T14:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Cellular Lipid Homeostasis: From Lipid Droplets to Lipotoxicity- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67253 67253-16829027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry is hosting a seminar given by Dr. James Olzmann, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, UC Berkeley on Tuesday October 1, 2019. The seminar will take place at 12:00 noon in North Lecture Hall, MS II

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:24:45 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar James Olzmann
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar: Imperiled plants of tropical rivers: Phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Podostemaceae (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64998 64998-16501296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Please join us for our weekly brown bag lunch seminar

Abstract
The riverweed family (Podostemaceae) is the largest strictly aquatic family of flowering plants and provides important habitats and food sources for many fishes and aquatic invertebrates. Highly unusual for flowering plants, species grow directly attached to rocks in river-rapids and waterfalls. Podostemaceae species exhibit high phenotypic plasticity and have highly modified growth forms, both of which contribute to taxonomic confusion. Many of the estimated 300 riverweed species are narrowly distributed and incompletely known, and evolutionary relationships within the family are uncertain. Unfortunately, many species are of conservation concern and risk extinction due to the expansion of hydroelectric dams and massive reservoirs. This talk will detail the progress on a collaborative project to better understand the phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Podostemaceae. In particular, we aim to better understand the biogeographical history of neotropical riverine organisms and the role that major river capture events during the Cenozoic have played in their distribution. The project includes significant fieldwork, monographic work, and an investigation of the structural organization of the family’s plastid genome. Finally, we are also developing a new online resource designed to broadly disseminate information on the family as well as a new tool for the systematics community to more easily manage monographic data for publication.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:24:34 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Riverweed
Resume Lab (October 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64098 64098-16147466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Get real time, personalized support by checking out the Resume Lab. It's designed as a drop-in hour, so come when you can during this time. It's a place for you to learn the basics to get your resume started and get feedback to take your resume from good to great!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:03:33 -0400 2019-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
Active Learning Practice (October 1, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-01T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Physics & Astronomy Special Joint Colloquium | Sexual Harassment in STEM: A View from the National Academies (October 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66763 66763-16776776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department Colloquia

Persistent sexual harassment of women in science has remained a challenge for decades. It jeopardizes progress in closing the gender gap, damages research integrity, and results in a costly loss of talent. In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine assembled a committee to conduct a study on this problem. The committee published a comprehensive report in 2018 titled, "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine." The report identifies key findings on the causes and consequences of sexual harassment, and lays out recommendations for institutional policies, strategies, and practices to address and prevent it. U-M Professors Lilia Cortina and Anna Kirkland were two members of that committee. In this talk they will review key findings from the report and discuss implications at the department level.

Please note: Should you require any accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event please contact Stacy Tiburzi at 734-764-3440 or stibu@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:07:37 -0400 2019-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar West Hall
CM-AMO Seminar | Shedding New Light on Dirac Materials with Nonlinear Optics (October 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67592 67592-16900780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

Nonlinear optics has recently emerged as an attractive approach for both probing topological properties and driving Dirac materials into new states. Here, I will describe our use of ultrafast nonlinear optics, especially at terahertz (THz) frequencies, to study three representative Dirac materials: graphene micro-ribbons, topological insulators, and Weyl semimetals. We used THz magneto-optical spectroscopy to examine periodic arrays of graphene micro-ribbons, enabling us to control the transmission and Faraday rotation spectra of THz pulses via coupling to discretized magnetoplasmon modes. In the Weyl semimetal TaAs, time-resolved second harmonic generation enabled us to reveal a new photoinduced phase, and THz emission spectroscopy was used to provide new insight into the circular photogalvanic effect. Finally, we used intense THz pulses to drive and coherently control structural dynamics in the topological insulator Bi2Se3. Overall, our studies demonstrate the utility of nonlinear optics in shedding new light on both static and dynamic properties of topological materials.

Biography: Dr. Rohit P. Prasankumar received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1999 and 2003, respectively. His thesis work, completed in 2003, concentrated on developing novel approaches for self-starting mode-locking in solid state lasers. Dr. Prasankumar subsequently performed his postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), focusing on ultrafast mid-to-far-infrared dynamics in semiconductor nanostructures and strongly correlated compounds. He has been a technical staff member at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) at LANL since 2006, with research interests principally directed towards the measurement of dynamics in complex materials, such as multiferroics, semiconductor nanowires, and topological materials, with high temporal and spatial resolution over a broad spectral range. He is also a research associate professor at the University of New Mexico.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:17:13 -0400 2019-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Designing Dynamic Programming for Diverse K-12 Youth (October 1, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66616 66616-16767958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Center for Educational Outreach

October 1, 2019
6:00 - 7:45 PM
Trotter Multicultural Center

The Center for Educational Outreach, the Ginsberg Center, and the School of Education are launching a new collaborative training series to support and deepen the educational outreach and service of the University of Michigan student organizations working in K-12 school environments. We invite student organizations involved in educational outreach and service to join us at any or all of these sessions to learn about the opportunities and challenges involved in this important work!

Designing Dynamic Programming for Diverse K-12 Youth - Hosted by CEO
> Connect current practices to create dynamic and engaging outreach programming
> Develop skills for adapting and responding during times of program uncertainty
> Explore strategies on how to create a respectful and inclusive learning environment

Learn more at ceo.umich.edu/project-inspire

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:54:17 -0400 2019-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T19:45:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Center for Educational Outreach Workshop / Seminar Learning Together Flyer
Writing a Competitive Research Grant Proposal (October 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66542 66542-16744994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: OVPR Office of Research Development

This workshop discusses writing grant proposals for various sponsors, including federal agencies (e.g., NIH, NSF) and foundation funders.
Topics include:
-Resources at U-M to help you find funding opportunities and develop proposals
-Self-assessment
-Analyzing sponsors
-How the review process works
-How to write various proposals sections
-General writing tips

Email Jill Jividen at jjgoff@umich.edu with questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:52:54 -0400 2019-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research OVPR Office of Research Development Workshop / Seminar
Change It Up! (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65418 65418-16597552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive, respectful, and safe communities. It is based on a nationally recognized four-stage bystander intervention model that helps individuals intervene in situations that negatively impact individuals, organizations, and the campus community.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact RackhamEvents@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/E33m8.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:18 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology Seminar Series (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66680 66680-16770195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Switching away from web surveys: what can we learn from JavaScript "OnBlur" functions about response behavior?

The increase in web surveys allows researchers to collect a variety of paradata alongside traditional survey responses. Some paradata, such as response times, enjoy a long tradition in survey research, but others, such as window/tab switching, are only rarely used in survey research. In this talk, I focus on the usefulness and usability of JavaScript "OnBlur" functions informing about how often and for how long respondents switch away from web surveys. For this purpose, I present the results of two empirical studies: the first study explores the impact of on-device multitasking, such as switching away to check social media notifications, on response behavior. The second study, in contrast, focuses on the consequences of looking up answers online for measuring political knowledge. The talk ends with a discussion of further fields of application for JavaScript "OnBlur" functions in survey research.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:29:55 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
OVERCOMING THE SCHEDULING CONUNDRUM (October 2, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66406 66406-16734197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Gui started his career in 1969 and has served as contractor chief scheduler, program manager, construction manager, forensic scheduler, and expert witness. He has pioneered innovations in project management throughout his 50-year career. He holds four US patents and has numerous patents pending on his graphical path method. Dr. Gui pursued MS studies at Vanderbilt University in 1966-1967 and obtained his PhD in civil engineering from Michigan in 1972. From 1973-1989, Dr. Gui taught two graduate courses in network-based project scheduling in the College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, at Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:29:25 -0400 2019-10-02T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Active Learning Practice (October 2, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Study Abroad for Transfer Students (October 2, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67809 67809-16952004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 3:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Wednesday, October 2 from 3:30-4:30pm in G243 AH

Meet with an Intercultural Programs Advisor from the Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS), to discuss study abroad opportunities for transfer students. This session will highlight short-term study abroad programs that might be easier to fit into your time at Michigan, as well as to answer any questions or concerns you might have about how these credits can work toward your UM degree. This presentation can be a great way to determine which programs you might wish to learn more about at the Study Abroad Fair.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:23:19 -0400 2019-10-02T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T16:30:00-04:00 Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Workshop / Seminar
Active Learning Practice (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Department Colloquium | Towards a Better Understanding of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Mechanism (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67174 67174-16805256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Undergrad Physics Events

In the Standard Model of particle physics, the massless Goldstone bosons resulting from spontaneous symmetry breaking of the Higgs field became longitudinal components of the W and Z bosons and thus make these vector bosons massive. It is critical to study longitudinal-longitudinal scattering of W and Z bosons at the LHC to validate this electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism and to search for other alternative mechanisms. I will present a few studies that are related to vector boson scattering using data collected by the ATLAS detector. In addition, I will discuss Phase-I and Phase-II upgrade activities of the ATLAS muon spectrometer that my research group has been involved in.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:57:14 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Undergrad Physics Events Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Department Colloquium | Towards a Better Understanding of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Mechanism (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65281 65281-16565500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

In the Standard Model of particle physics, the massless Goldstone bosons resulting from spontaneous symmetry breaking of the Higgs field became longitudinal components of the W and Z bosons and thus make these vector bosons massive. It is critical to study longitudinal-longitudinal scattering of W and Z bosons at the LHC to validate this electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism and to search for other alternative mechanisms. I will present a few studies that are related to vector boson scattering using data collected by the ATLAS detector. In addition, I will discuss Phase-I and Phase-II upgrade activities of the ATLAS muon spectrometer that my research group has been involved in.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:17:18 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Networking 101 (October 2, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65394 65394-16575587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Are you curious about how to interact with employers and recruiters at networking events such as conferences, Career Days, and the Career Fair? This workshop will provide you information on the basics of navigating a networking event in addition to resources you can use to network virtually! We will also cover different approaches to networking that you can utilize.

This is a College of Engineering event.

NOTE: Space at this workshop is available on a first to arrive basis. Please plan to arrive early to ensure a seat.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:20:44 -0400 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Career Resource Center Workshop / Seminar Duderstadt Center
Active Learning Practice (October 2, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Writing Proposals in STEM: Personal and Research Statements (October 3, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67396 67396-16846593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 10:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop will focus on two important elements of most research proposals in STEM disciplines - the personal statement and research statement. We will consider the criteria that review committees use in evaluating these statements and will critique examples of successful submissions in order to consider what makes for effective content, structure, and language. The workshop will conclude by sharing tips for writing, revising, and editing these statements. Bagels will be provided.

Registration required at https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bNu96MNZ9K3HKpT

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:44:04 -0400 2019-10-03T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T11:30:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar Event flyer
Active Learning Practice (October 3, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-03T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Copyright and Coffee: The Open Access Publishing Trap Game (October 3, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65437 65437-16597571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

Play a game over coffee and learn about Open Access! The Publishing Trap is a game about research dissemination and scholarly communication in higher education. The game follows the academic career of four characters who, at each stage in their career, from dissertation to tenure, are presented with a series of decisions. The game will be led by Raven Lanier. All are welcome. Please register via TeachTech or by contacting Yuanxiao at xuyu@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:11:04 -0400 2019-10-03T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T15:30:00-04:00 Shapiro Library University Library Workshop / Seminar copyright symbol
ISR CoderSpace with Jule Krüger (October 3, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67432 67432-16849217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Dr. Krüger is the ISR program manager for big data and data science, based within the Center for Political Studies. She has more than 10 years of experience in processing, analyzing and interpreting data for social science research. An expert on data generating processes, triangulating multiple databases, and expanding methodology for researching difficult to observe populations, Dr. Krüger has proficient knowledge in computer programming, statistical analysis and scientific methodology. Using a combination of R, Python, Markdown, Make, bash, LaTeX and version control, she is experienced in automating research workflows for scalable, auditable and reproducible analysis. In this CoderSpace, the primary focus is on the Python programming language, but coders working in other languages are equally welcome to attend.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:46:34 -0500 2019-10-03T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Departmental Seminar (899): Eunhye Song, Pennsylvania State University (October 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66534 66534-16744983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be followed by a reception in the IOE Commons (Room 1709) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Title: Sequential Bayesian risk set estimation for robust simulation optimization under input model uncertainty

Abstract:
This talk discusses a new way of approaching a discrete simulation optimization
problem when the input distributions of the simulation model are estimated with error from real-world observations. This problem is known as ‘simulation optimization under input uncertainty’ and has been studied actively in recent years. Most approaches provide either asymptotic guarantee that the selected solution is the real-world optimum as the real-world sample size increases or find the optimum to an alternative formulation such as the distributionally robust optimum. This work focuses on finite-sample inference on the relative performances of the solutions while uncertainty about the input models are captured by their Bayesian posteriors. A user-specified smallest optimality gap of interest is reflected to control conservativeness of the procedure, so that two solutions whose expected performances are within is considered practically indistinguishable. The -level risk set of solution is defined as the set of solutions whose expected performance is practically better () than with significant probability () under the posterior on the input models. The size of the risk set shows robustness of solution; an empty risk set implies that there is no practically better solution than even with input uncertainty. For efficient estimation of the risk set, the expected performance is modeled
as a Gaussian process (GP) that takes a solution and a collection of input distributions generated from their posterior as inputs. A one-step look-ahead sampling rule is proposed to choose which solution-distributions pair to simulate in the next iteration to minimize the estimation error of the risk set.

Bio:
Eunhye Song is the Harold and Inge Marcus Early Career Assistant Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. She earned her PhD degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University in 2017 and MS and BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Her research interests include design of simulation experiments, large-scale discrete simulation optimization, input uncertainty quantification, and simulation optimization in the presence of model risk. She has collaborated
with Simio, a leading discrete-event simulation software company, on developing a statistical tool to quantify input uncertainty for a Simio model, which is now a standard part of Simio’s software product. She also worked with General Motors’ R&D group on global sensitivity analysis of Vehicle Content Optimization simulator, which GM uses to find the optimal vehicle content portfolios of their major vehicle lines to maximize GM’s market share and profit. She is an active member of INFORMS Simulation Society (I-Sim) and currently serving on the I-Sim Diversity Committee chair.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:50:51 -0400 2019-10-03T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Departmental Seminar (899): Eunhye Song, Pennsylvania State University
Rackham North: It’s in the Syllabus and Other First-Generation College Student Experiences (October 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65419 65419-16597553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

An immersive, playfully disorienting encounter, It’s in the Syllabus and Other First Generation College Student (FGCS) Experiences offers participants a complex view of a heterogenous identity group: students who are the first generation in their family to attend college. Because this session focuses on interventions instructors can make in the classroom, it is appropriate for faculty, graduate student instructors, and staff who have an instructional role. Participants witness several different intersecting stories about FGCS experiences and challenges, which confront stereotypes about who FGCS are and what they bring to the classroom. Through facilitated activities and discussion, instructors strategize about ways to make their classrooms more inclusive and foster belonging for FGCS.
**The theatrical portion of this session contains strong language.
In this session, participants will:

Discuss barriers that create challenges for FGCS.
Identify specific classroom strategies to better support FGCS.
Consider how to deploy resources on campus relevant to FGCS.

**Early departures can be disruptive to the performance and other participants. Please only register if you are able to attend the entire workshop.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/qgg3e.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:18 -0400 2019-10-03T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Pierpont Commons
Active Learning Practice (October 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
EEB Thursday Seminar: Locating and learning from bright spots among the world’s coral reefs (October 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65470 65470-16660096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The continuing and rapid global decline of coral reefs calls for new approaches to sustain reefs and the millions of people who depend on them. In this talk, I present ongoing work by my research group aimed at rethinking reef conservation along two lines. First is directly confronting the drivers of change. In addition to environmental factors, there are socioeconomic drivers that influence the condition of coral reef ecosystems, though reef governance rarely focus on explicitly managing these. My colleagues and I analyzed data from >1800 tropical reef sites worldwide to quantify how key socioeconomic and environmental drivers are related to reef fish biomass, a key indicator of ecosystem condition and resource availability. Our global analysis reveals that the strongest driver of reef fish biomass is our metric of potential interactions with urban centres (market gravity), with important, but smaller, roles of local management, human demographics, socioeconomic development, and environmental conditions. These results highlight multiple underutilized policy levers that could help to sustain coral reefs, such as dampening the negative impact of markets. Second, drawing on theory and practice in human health and rural development, we use a positive deviance (bright spots) analysis to systematically identify coral reefs that have substantially higher biomass than expected, given their socioeconomic and environmental conditions. Importantly, bright spots were not simply comprised of remote areas with low fishing pressure- they include localities where human populations and use of ecosystems resources is high, potentially providing novel insights into how communities have successfully confronted strong drivers of change. Uncovering the mechanisms that underpin the ability of bright spots to confront high pressures may form a basis for novel policy approaches.

View YouTube video of seminar: https://youtu.be/qVywZwcWMiY

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:52:07 -0400 2019-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Cinner photo
Transfer Student Talks:Liberal Arts Beyond the Classroom (October 3, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66098 66098-16686721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Discover the possibilities you can pursue through your liberal arts education! Together we will explore how the liberal arts translate to a variety of career possibilities by reflecting on the important work you have already accomplished and begin goal setting for your next steps. This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:48:00 -0400 2019-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar group talking with computers
Guest Master Class: Justin Benavidez, tuba and euphonium (October 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65518 65518-16607703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Florida State University professor of tuba and euphonium, Justin Benavidez, this year’s SMTD Paul Boylan Award winner, presents a tuba and euphonium master class.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:15:38 -0400 2019-10-03T17:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Justin Benavidez
Active Learning Practice (October 3, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Cognitive Science Community (October 3, 2019 6:40pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67802 67802-16951996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:40pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Join the Cognitive Science Community student group for a Reinforcement Learning (RL) workshop. Topic: Monte Carlo Method. No previous knowlege/coding experience required.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:24:39 -0400 2019-10-03T18:40:00-04:00 2019-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Workshop / Seminar CogSci Community logo
Write-Together (October 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66012 66012-16680436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Write-Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on writing at any stage, from papers to theses to journal articles to dissertations and more. Write-Together sessions bring graduate writers into a common quiet space to work. We will periodically offer helpful handouts on a range of writing and work productivity topics, and a Sweetland representative will also be on-site to answer any brief writing questions you may have. Breakfast refreshments will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:54:09 -0400 2019-10-04T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar North Quad
Active Learning Practice (October 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-04T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
P&PW Talk / Workshop (October 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67782 67782-16949875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Part of the Poetry & Poetics Workshop roundtable series. Please email Zoey Dorman (zdorman@umich.edu) to receive a copy of the paper. Coffee and bagels will be served.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:08:36 -0400 2019-10-04T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Long Nguyen, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan (October 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63883 63883-15977785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics

We study posterior contraction behaviors for parameters of interest in the context of Bayesian mixture modeling, where the number of mixing components is unknown while the model itself may or may not be correctly specified. Posterior contraction rates are given under optimal transport distances for two popular types of prior specification: one requires explicitly a prior distribution on the number of mixture components, and a nonparametric Bayesian approach which places a prior on the space of mixing distributions. Paraphrasing George Box, all mixture models are misspecified, but some may be more interpretable than others — it will be shown that the modeling choice of kernel density functions plays perhaps the most impactful roles in determining the posterior contraction rates in the misspecified situations. Drawing on concrete parameter estimation rates I will highlight some aspects about the interesting tradeoffs between model expressiveness and interpretability that a statistical modeler must negotiate in the rich world of mixture modeling.
This work is joint with Aritra Guha and Nhat Ho.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:21:24 -0400 2019-10-04T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Nguyen,Long
Alumni Connections: Madrid-Based Professor Isabel Ng (October 4, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67650 67650-16909321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:30am
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Isabel Ng is a 2007 PhD graduate of LSA's psychology department. She is a globe-trotter in both her academic and professional life: she spent her undergraduate years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong before coming to Michigan, then went on to do a postdoctoral research fellowship at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business before accepting an assistant professorship at the prestigious Fudan University School of Management in Shanghai. Today, she's in Madrid, helping oversee international admissions to the MBA program at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) and teaching MBA classes. She is currently exploring how digital natives can access an MBA education remotely, what she calls "MBA 2.0."

Ng will join us for an Alumni Connections on Friday, Oct. 4 to meet with LSA undergrads during one-on-one virtual sessions, where she'll share her experiences in:

*Navigating academia (in the U.S. and China)
*Psychology/business (and how they intersect)
*Living and working abroad
*Finding a mentor (including recruiting her as a virtual mentor)
*Opportunities to intern and study in a gap year MBA program at UNIR

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:42:50 -0400 2019-10-04T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T11:30:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Isabel Ng
Drone-based Timely Humanitarian Delivery of Perishable Items (October 4, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67812 67812-16952009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This talk argues that drones can efficiently address problems of emergency delivery of medicine and other items to patients that are not easily accessible via disaster-impacted roads, where items may be perishable over time, may have deadlines for delivery, and may have possible substitutions from the available inventories.

Pitu Mirchandani is a professor Professor for the IE & CSE departments at Arizona State University and is also AVNET Chair for Supply Chain Networks.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:54:24 -0400 2019-10-04T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T12:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
1, 2, 3 Drawing to Think (workshop) (October 4, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66569 66569-16753302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 11:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Council for Disability Concerns

Leah Misemer says: “I am writing a book about how marginalized groups--such as women, LGBT folks, and people with disabilities--have used comics to form communities of solidarity, and yes, that means I research and teach comics. As a former student of cartoonist Lynda Barry, I believe strongly in drawing to think through ideas, a principle that guides the Research Drawing Jam workshop I teach.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:52:14 -0400 2019-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Council for Disability Concerns Workshop / Seminar Hatcher Graduate Library
Active Learning Practice (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Alumni Connections: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain with Ron Will (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67483 67483-16864382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Explore the intersection of finance and technology (fintech) Ron Will, CFO of Ripple. Ron is an industry expert on blockchain and cryptocurrency and will share his expertise on start-up culture in San Francisco and the fintech industry.This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:40:22 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Ron Will
Biophysics Talk Title: TBD (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64281 64281-16274492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: LSA Biophysics

Abstracts: TBD

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:27:51 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab LSA Biophysics Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Guest Master Class: Leah Ives, dance (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65514 65514-16607698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dance Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Leah Ives, a 2019 SMTD Emerging Artist Alumni Award-winner, is a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Since joining in 2014, Ives has performed a total of 20 pieces of repertory in more than 15 countries. She worked with filmmaker Thierry De Mey on his installation Solid Traces, which transformed Brown’s Set and Reset into a solid sculpture. Other work has included the character-driven explorations of Sarah A.O. Rosner’s Barrishand Etle and the Anders; she also appears in the film Frances Ha, choreographed by The Median Movement. Ives has worked with Elizabeth Dishman, Megan Chu, The Leopold Group, and Peter Sparling Dance Company. Between 2008 and 2016, she helped lead several creative workshops with Avodah Dance for incarcerated women. Most recently, Ives worked with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and director Ivo van Hove on their development lab of West Side Story. She is currently guest choreographer at Manhattanville College.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:15:28 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 Dance Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Workshop / Seminar Leah Ives
MCDB Seminar: RNA Binding Proteins, Cancer-Induced Cachexia--Potential Therapy (October 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67346 67346-16839903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Mohammed Akaaboune

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:29:02 -0400 2019-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar collage of micrographs with MCDB letters
ASCE Seminar Series: Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. (October 4, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66233 66233-16719611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stacy and Witbeck has gained a reputation of being an ethical and trustworthy partner on building complicated projects. They are one of the country’s largest heavy civil contractors and a top builder of light rail, commuter rail, and streetcar systems. Stacy and Witbeck are recognized throughout the construction industry for their ability to manage complex urban projects while creating a cooperative relationship with owners, stakeholders, subcontractors, and the communities in which they work.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:28:55 -0400 2019-10-04T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
2019 CEE Alumni Reception Seminar (October 4, 2019 1:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67671 67671-16915700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 1:45pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

As co-founder of Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, a multi-family housing developer based in Northern California, Mr. Dorfman manages the company’s development and financing. Prior to founding TDP, he was a senior vice president with Irvine Apartment Communities, and directed site acquisition and development activities for the apartment REIT’s California Division. Aside from his established career in real estate development, Mr. Dorfman serves on the boards of a number of local non-profits. He is also the 2007 recipient of the College of Engineering’s Alumni Merit Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:05:01 -0400 2019-10-04T13:45:00-04:00 2019-10-04T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEE
Active Learning Practice (October 4, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65241 65241-16557476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: CRLT-Engin

For GSIs, IAs, and Postdoctoral Fellows.
Practice teaching sessions will be in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (home of CRLT-Engin). Fifteen minutes before your session begins, you should report to 211 Gorguze Family Laboratory, where you will be directed to your Practice Teaching room.

Select one of 12 sessions:
- Tuesday, October 1, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Tuesday, October 1, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 2:00-4:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 4:00-6:00 pm
- Thursday, October 3, 6:00-8:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 12:00-2:00 pm
- Friday, October 4, 2:00-4:00 pm

This session offers an opportunity to practice active learning techniques by presenting a lesson to a small peer group. In advance, participants review short online videos about active learning. Then, participants plan and deliver a 10-minute lesson containing an active learning technique. Finally, participants reflect on their experience and exchange supportive feedback.

Participants who have attended Engineering IA or GSI Teaching Orientation will recognize the format of Active Learning Practice as similar to that of the practice teaching session held at the orientation. Although the format of this event is similar, the content (active learning techniques) is new.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:34 -0400 2019-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory CRLT-Engin Workshop / Seminar
Alumni Connections: Eric Berman of Small Arms Survey (October 4, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67651 67651-16909322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 3:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Eric Berman (B.A. 1986) is the director of Small Arms Survey, a global center of excellence whose mandate is to generate evidence-based, impartial, and policy-relevant knowledge on all aspects of small arms and armed violence. Previously, he has worked at the United Nations, The UN Transitional Authority of Cambodia, the UN Office at Geneva, and the UN International Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda).

The political science grad will join us for an Alumni Connections session where he will talk about his career journey, as well as the Making Peace Operations More Effective (MPOME) project and how it will deepen the understanding of lost materials from peace operations and develop mechanisms to improve security and administrative oversight.

Small Arms Survey is offering a virtual internship reserved for one LSA student for the academic year, which you can find here: https://umichlsa-csm.symplicity.com/students/?mode=form&s=jobs&ss=jobs&id=c2698e01e9413c50801e40a2da682cc3

Berman will be happy to discuss his experiences in:

*His career journey from LSA to the UN and beyond

*What it takes to succeed in the arena of international relations, specifically policy-relevant research

*Virtual internships with his organization

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:32:31 -0400 2019-10-04T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Eric Berman
African Violets, Gesneriads, Terrarium and Fairy Garden Plants Display and Sale (October 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64761 64761-16444925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Free leaf propagation workshop.

Presented by Michigan State African Violet Society.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:10:15 -0400 2019-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-05T15:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Workshop / Seminar
Open Workshop for Pre-Med Students (October 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67768 67768-16941436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Pre-Med Hub

Calling all pre-meds: wondering how to find and contact University of Michigan physicians and professors that would allow you to research or shadow with them? Meet us Sunday, Oct 6 (5-7 PM) at Mason Hall Room 2448 for our Research and Resume Workshop, run by peer advisors of the organization Pre-Med Hub.

In this first workshop of the year, we will be covering how to write a basic cover letter to introduce yourself to faculty conducting research or clinical practice that you may be interested in working with or shadowing. Shadowing is crucial before applying to medical school, and it can be difficult to find physicians that allow undergraduates to shadow. Research, although not required, is one of the most common pre-med extracurricular especially at such a big research university, and there are many different types of labs that you will be able to get involved with.

We hope to see you all at the workshop! To learn more about our organization, visit premedhubumich.edu and post on our open forum or email premedhub@umich.edu with questions or concerns.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:27:50 -0400 2019-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T19:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Pre-Med Hub Workshop / Seminar Mason Hall
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Lying and Deception in Games (October 7, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66212 66212-16719592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 11:45am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract

This article proposes definitions of lying, deception, and damage in strategic settings. Lying depends on the existence of accepted meanings for messages, but does not require a model of how the audience responds to messages. Deception does require a model of how the audience interprets messages, but does not directly refer to consequences. Damage requires consideration of the consequences of messages. Lies need not be deceptive. Deception does not require lying. Lying and deception are compatible with equilibrium. I give conditions under which deception must be damaging.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:59:27 -0400 2019-10-07T11:45:00-04:00 2019-10-07T12:45:00-04:00 North Quad Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Brown Bag: "Environmental History and Military Metabolism in the War of Independence" (October 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65581 65581-16619782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this Brown Bag lunch talk, Dr. David Hsiung will discuss his current research at the Clements Library as recipient of the Faith and Stephen Brown Fellowship. A U-M grad (PhD in History 1991), he is now the Charles and Shirley Knox Professor of History at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hsiung is working on a book tentatively titled “One If By Land: An Environmental History of the Birth of American Independence and Its Consequences.”

Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:37:24 -0400 2019-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Workshop / Seminar Seat of war in the environs of Philadelphia (1777)
GIEU Writing Workshop (October 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68094 68094-17009829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Comprehensive Studies Program

Decided to apply to a GIEU Program through CGIS? Come learn more about the process and get tips about writing your application. Lunch provided.

RSVP >> https://forms.gle/dTrW7htUs4GGp8yg8

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:59:28 -0400 2019-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Comprehensive Studies Program Workshop / Seminar GIEU Writing Workshop
Rackham LGBTQ Out in the Grad School (October 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65631 65631-16623837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Celebrate National Coming Out Day with our panel of graduate students who will discuss what the complexities of being out and/or not being out mean to them. Co-sponsored by the Spectrum Center.
This workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Space is limited. For faculty and staff, please contact

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:17:18 -0400 2019-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LGBTQ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (October 7, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65489 65489-16605649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

(Psst, there's a training event for folks new to editing to Wikipedia on October 2nd! Learn more and register for that session here: http://bit.ly/2KtnOuK)

Wikipedia is the largest, most popular online reference work, covering all areas of history and contemporary life. However, both the topics it covers and the people who edit its articles don’t reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community. In honor of LGBTQ History Month, join us for an LGBTQ Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! Together we’ll improve representation of LGBTQ people, events, and topics in Wikipedia.

Why:
Most Wikipedia editors are straight, cis, white men. Let's change that.
Most Wikipedia articles are about straight, cis, white men. Let's change that.

Who should attend:
LGBTQ folx and allies; anyone interested in improving LGBTQ representation in Wikipedia

Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. If you're new to editing or have no ideas in mind, we can help get you started!

Gender-inclusive restrooms are on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th floors of Hatcher South

RSVP through Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/2H4Ewye

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:35:57 -0400 2019-10-07T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Workshop / Seminar "Pride on the Streets"
2019 Community Launch and Faculty Workshop (October 7, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66275 66275-16725800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Concussion Center

You’re invited to attend the launch of the Michigan Concussion Center to hear an overview of the Center’s mission and vision and participate in a workshop to prioritize the Center’s research agendas.

When: Monday, October 7, 2019
Where: East Conference Room at Rackham Graduate School
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Overview and Workshop
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Reception
Who: Anyone who is interested in concussion research, clinical care, and outreach & education.

Please complete the linked survey by Friday, September 17th prior to attending the workshop. Your responses will help us prioritize research topics and set the workshop’s agenda.

Questions? Contact Michigan Concussion Center Deputy Director Carrie Morton at (734) 647-3958 or email cemorton@umich.edu.

For more information about the Michigan Concussion Center, visit concussion.umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:51:20 -0400 2019-10-07T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Concussion Center Workshop / Seminar Steve sitting with student at a table studying a laptop next to a lacrosse helmet.
Hub Studio - LinkedIn (October 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66099 66099-16686722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Want to get started on creating a LinkedIn account or have one but not sure how to maximize its functions? Stop by the Hub anytime between 3 and 5pm for open work time to build your LinkedIn profile and network! Hub staff will be available to share tips on LinkedIn networking and answer related questions on professional branding! This event is intended for undergraduate LSA Students.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:24:19 -0400 2019-10-07T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar group around table
Seminar: Jean-luc Doumont, Founding Partner, Principiae (October 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67596 67596-16900785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all graduate (masters and PhD) students, faculty, staff, lecturers and affiliates.

Title:
Making the Most of your Presentation

Abstract:
Strong presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and others, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively or haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. In this talk, Dr. Doumont proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver an oral presentation: he covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.

Bio:
An engineer from the Louvain School of Engineering and PhD in applied physics from Stanford University, Jean-luc Doumont now devotes his time and energy to training engineers, scientists, business people, and other rational minds in effective communication, pedagogy, statistical thinking, and related themes. With his rational background, he approaches communication in an original, engineering- like way that contrasts sharply with the tradition of the field, rooted in the humanities. He is thus well received by students and professionals in search of a method they can apply with the same rigor they have come to value in every other aspect of their occupations. Articulate, entertaining, and thought-provoking, he is a popular invited speaker worldwide, in particular at international scientific conferences, research laboratories, and top-ranked universities. He is happy to deliver his lectures in English, Spanish, French, or Dutch.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:24:24 -0400 2019-10-07T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Seminar: Jean-luc Doumont, Founding Partner, Principiae
HEP-Astro Seminar | Exploring QCD with Jet Substructure at the LHC (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67013 67013-16796440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

The inner structure of jets is sensitive to QCD across a wide range of scales, from the perturbative parton shower down to non-perturbative hadronization effects. This information has been used in many searches for distinguishing between different types of jets, but it has been challenging to produce theoretical predictions for these substructure observables due to the presence of non-global logarithms. Recent advances in jet grooming algorithms have made it possible to produce calculations beyond leading logarithmic accuracy for jet substructure observables for the first time at a hadron collider. I will discuss the measurement of the Soft Drop jet mass using data from the ATLAS experiment, which was the first measurement of a substructure observable which could be compared to theoretical predictions beyond leading logarithmic accuracy. I will then discuss the implications of this work, including the possibilities for Monte Carlo tuning as well as measurements of Standard Model parameters.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:17:20 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Mechanics of earthquakes: extreme location, frictional instability, and fluid effects (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67679 67679-16915708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Many seismological studies interpret earthquake sources as shear cracks and use concepts of fracture mechanics to shed light on earthquake source processes. This approach is partially justified by extreme localization of shear deformation on mature faults in the earth’s crust, with kilometers of relative plate motion sometimes accommodated by millimeter-wide shear layers filled with micrometer-sized rock particles. The presentation will discuss recent progress in using laboratory-derived shear resistance laws in the presence of pore fluids for numerical elastodynamic simulations of earthquake source processes and the associated insights, including similarities and differences with the traditional fracture mechanics interpretations

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:20:10 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar earthquakes
Pre-med Information Session (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64952 64952-16493255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Hello LSA Honors Program students!

Are you considering a career in medicine or in another health care profession and wondering where to get started? If so, then we invite you to participate in an information session to learn about:

• Pre-health resources.
• Medical school course requirements.
• Timing and strategies for the long and short term.
• Choosing a major. Does it have to be in science?
• Explorations in patient and clinical exposure.
• Research opportunities.

The same session will be repeated on the following dates in 2019:

• Thursday, Sept. 26 (4-5:30 pm)
• Monday, Oct. 7 (4-5:30 pm)

Sessions held in the Honors Lounge, 1306 Mason Hall and are led by Stephanie Chervin, Academic Advisor and Pre-Health Advisor.

For LSA Honors Program students only.

Questions? Contact Stephanie at schervin@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:44:02 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Mason Hall LSA Honors Program Workshop / Seminar Mason Hall
Public Finance: Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Method For Causal Attribution (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65844 65844-16660107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Details to come

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:38:55 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar economics
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute at the University of Michigan Mass Meeting (October 7, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67673 67673-16915703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Please join the EERI for their first mass meeting of the semester on October 7th from 4:30pm - 5:30pm in 1024 FXB. They will be discussing seismic design competitions, outreach activities, leadership opportunities, and more! Food and refreshments will be provided!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:22:01 -0400 2019-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEE
ELI Fall 2019 Workshop Series: Finding Your Voice - Confidence and Clarify for Public Speaking (October 7, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67154 67154-16805227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you speak in front of an audience, does your voice project confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? Come to this workshop to explore voice and pronunciation techniques to make your presentations shine. You will receive hands-on practice presenting for one minute on a topic of your choice such as a self-introduction, an overview of your broad area of research, a new development in your field, or a quick story of something interesting you’ve experienced. Bring a script or outline for a brief talk to work on during the workshop.

Sign up here:
https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/4661

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:18:48 -0400 2019-10-07T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Event Image
Creating Positive Change through Working with K-12 Youth (October 7, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65064 65064-16509325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 6:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Are you in planning to work with K-12 youth this year? Whether you are tutoring, mentoring or supporting after school programs, this session will help you develop skills to support participant learning and meet program goals. You will also reflect on your own motivations and learning through these experiences.

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with youth, including classroom management, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:34:15 -0400 2019-10-07T18:30:00-04:00 2019-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 North Quad Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community logo
ISR CoderSpace with Paul Schulz (October 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67427 67427-16849189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Paul Schulz is a senior consulting statistician and data scientist for ISR's Population Dynamics and Health Program. He specializes in statistical methods and computing, including hypothesis testing, data analysis and modelling, sampling (including weight creation and adjustment), and power calculation), as well as the use of secure computing enclaves (SRCVDI, Likert cluster, and Flux/Great Lakes). Paul writes code in Stata and SAS for general purpose desktop computing, and R and Python for selected applications, such as data visualization and web scraping/automation, among other uses.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 -0400 2019-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces at ISR
Great Lakes Seminar - Dr. Joannes Westerink - Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am (October 8, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67919 67919-16966899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)

Please join us for a Great Lakes Seminar!
Tuesday, October 8, 10:30-11:30 am

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
4840 S State Rd, Ann Arbor

Remote participation via webinar is available: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5551628124438203405

Presenter: Joannes Westerink, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Title: Towards Heterogeneous Process, Scale, and Model Coupling in Simulating the Hydrodynamics of the Coastal Ocean

About the speaker:
Joannes Westerink is the Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor of Computational Science and Engineering and the Henry J. Massman Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He obtained his B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) degrees in Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Ph.D. (1984) degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Westerink develops high resolution heterogeneous unstructured mesh, multi-physics, multi-scale hydrodynamic codes and models for the hydrodynamics of the coastal ocean and has successfully transitioned these to practitioners for a wide range of applications including the analysis and design of major flood control projects and coastal ocean water level forecasting systems. Westerink has pioneered the successful use of global to channel scale highly heterogeneous unstructured mesh coastal ocean models with mesh resolution varying by up to four orders of magnitude. This encompasses the optimization of algorithms; development of high performance codes in vector and parallel computing environments; the linkages of circulation models to weather and short wind wave models; model verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification; and the application of codes to oceans, continental shelf regions, estuaries, rivers, and coastal flood plains. Westerink is the co-developer, with Rick Luettich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Clint Dawson of the University of Texas at Austin, of the widely used ADCIRC finite element based shallow water equation code. ADCIRC has evolved into a community based coastal hydrodynamics code with wide ranging applications within academia, government, and the private sector worldwide. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration all use ADCIRC in support of coastal water level and flooding analyses and forecasts.

Westerink was a team co-lead in the U.S. Army’s Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) investigation of the Hurricane Katrina (2005) flooding failures in Louisiana. He led ADCIRC storm surge model development for the USACE’s New Orleans and vicinity Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System. He also led the ADCIRC model development for the FEMA Flood Insurance Studies in coastal Louisiana and Texas. He served as a commissioner on the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority and has served as an advisor for the UNESCO Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology on Enhancing Forecasting Capabilities for North Indian Ocean Storm Surges. He currently serves as an International Advisory Board Member of CIGIDEN, Chile’s National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management.

Westerink’s current research includes: the development of high order h-p adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin based coastal circulation codes; incorporating phase resolving wave processes including run-up directly into circulation codes; understanding resonant basin and shelf modes and shelf dissipation processes; incorporating local rainfall and small scale channel routing capabilities into shallow water based codes; sea ice interaction with wind waves and circulation; and downscaling global ocean models into global high resolution coastal models to account for baroclinicity and sea level fluctuations. Current applications regions include developing the next generation of ESTOFS water level forecast models for NOAA focusing on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, and Alaska.

About the presentation:
Hurricane wind wave, storm surge, and current environments in the coastal ocean and adjacent coastal floodplain are characterized by their high energy and by their spatial variability. These processes impact offshore energy assets, navigation, ports and harbors, deltas, wetlands, and coastal communities. The potential for an enormous catastrophic impact in terms of loss of life and economic losses is substantial.

Computational models for wind waves and storm driven currents and surge must provide a high level of grid resolution, fully couple the wind wave and long wave processes, and perform quickly for risk assessment, flood mitigation system design, and forecasting purposes. In order to accomplish this, high performance scalable codes are essential. To this end, we have developed an MPI based domain decomposed unstructured grid framework that minimizes global communications, efficiently handles localized sub-domain to sub-domain communication, applies a local inter-model paradigm with all model to model communications being kept on identical cores for sub-domains, and carefully manages output by assigning specialized cores for this purpose. Continuous Galerkin (CG) and Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) implementations are examined. Performance of explicit and implicit implementations of the wave-current coupled system on up to 32,000 cores for various platforms is evaluated.

The system has been extensively validated with an ever increasing amount of wave, water level and current data that has being collected for recent storms including Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008), and Sandy (2012). The modeling system helps understand the physics of hurricane storm surges including processes such as geostrophically driven forerunner, shelf waves that propagate far away from the storm, wind wave – surge interaction, surge capture and propagation by protruding deltaic river systems, the influence of storm size and forward speed, and frictionally controlled inland penetration.

These models are being applied by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the development of the recently completed hurricane risk reduction system in Southern Louisiana as well as for the development of FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf and Atlantic coast states. NOAA applies the models in extra-tropical and tropical storm surge forecasting.

Current development is focused on incorporating a wider range of physics affecting coastal and inland water levels as well as forces on infrastructure including large scale baroclinically driven processes, rainfall runoff in upland areas and on the coastal floodplain, and wave run-up. This is accomplished with an interleafing framework in which heterogeneous models focused on a select range of processes are coupled over the same domain and/or specific targeted equations that are dynamically assigned to changing portions of the domain as appropriate to the prevailing flow conditions. This is all done in a dynamically load balanced framework. Algorithmic development is focused on DG solvers, ideally suited for the associated strongly advective flows, allow super-parametric elements for p=1 and p=2 and iso-parametric elements for p=3 in order to achieve improved convergence rates and overall runtime efficiency, and allow for the selection of localized physics on the elemental level.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:43:17 -0400 2019-10-08T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
Complex Systems Seminar | Modeling Human-Technology Interactions and their Implications for Environmental Sustainability (October 8, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67603 67603-16900793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

ABSTRACT
If we could go back to the early 1900s when mass production of the Model T was just beginning to shape our transportation system and society, what would we do differently? What would have happened if we had perfect foresight and understanding of the complex interactions between automotive technology and human behavior, including changes to transportation infrastructure, urban and suburban design, energy use, and American culture?

While we cannot go back in time, we do have the opportunity to explore these types of questions for current emerging technologies that promise to be similarly transformative to society. Estimating human-technology interactions and their associated environmental impacts at an early design stage provides insights into the overall impact of a new technology and offers the greatest opportunities for improvement.

This talk will present methods to integrate concepts from life cycle assessment, diffusion of innovations, and system dynamics to construct future scenarios that identify plausible options for new technology design or policy development. A case study will be explored that evaluates the food-energy-water effects of refrigerated food supply chains (a.k.a. “the cold chain”) introduced within developing countries. The cold chain presents an excellent example to explore sustainable development from a holistic perspective, including advances in technical innovation, changes to underlying infrastructure, and shifts in human behavior and diets.

Dr. Miller’s research interests center around the life cycle impacts of emerging energy systems. Recent work focuses on the non-carbon aspects of biofuels, such as disruptions to the nitrogen cycle and changes in land use. Interests also include advancing Life Cycle Assessment methods to analyze dynamic and emerging systems, such as hydraulic fracturing in the US and electricity grids in developing countries.

Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor in Sustainable Systems
Director, Program in the Environment
Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:37:36 -0400 2019-10-08T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Shelie Miller
Alumni Panel on Consulting Careers (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67581 67581-16898648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Lunch provided!

Panelists:
Gregory Kernosek, Principal Engineer, EnviroSolutions, Inc.
Rianna Kosmalski, Consultant, PCUBED
Michael Woon, CEO & Co-founder, Retrospect

Description:
Are you considering a career as a consultant? Meet three of our graduate-level alumni who have experience in the consulting field. The panelists will briefly introduce themselves, discuss their transition into consulting, and describe their current firm. Most of the event then will be an open Q&A session for the audience. Panelists will discuss their current work, give tips on integrating into their sector, and share job search insights. This is an informal question-and-answer session, where you can feel comfortable asking questions.

Topics:
 How do you get into the profession and what is the typical career path?
 What are the myths versus the realities?
 What are the characteristics of people who tend to do well and are happy in the profession?
 What types of people tend not to do well or end up unhappy and why?
 Where is the profession heading (good and bad)?
 If you don’t stay in the profession until retirement, what are the exit routes to other professions?

Registration is required by 10/3, at https://forms.gle/Sz1RcQ1QuoU9YXya9. Please direct questions to ajrose@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:45:26 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Biocatalysis of Paclitaxel Analogs and Hydroxy Amino Acids- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67256 67256-16829030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Kevin Walker, Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University, will give the Department of Biological Chemistry seminar on Tuesday October 8th at 12 noon in North Lecture Hall, MS II

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:24:15 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar
Consulting Career Panel for CoE Graduate Students (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65045 65045-16509305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

10/8/19
12:00-1:30
Johnson Rooms, 3rd floor, Lurie Engineering Center

Lunch provided!

Panelists:
Gregory Kernosek, Principal Engineer, EnviroSolutions, Inc.
Rianna Kosmalski, Consultant, PCUBED
Michael Woon,

Description:
Are you considering a career as a consultant? Meet three of our graduate-level alumni who have experience in the consulting field. The panelists will briefly introduce themselves, discuss their transition into consulting, and describe their current firm. Most of the event then will be an open Q&A session for the audience. Panelists will discuss their current work, give tips on integrating into their sector, and share job search insights. This is an informal question-and-answer session, where you can feel comfortable asking questions.

Possible Topics:
 How do you get into the profession and what is the typical career path?
 What are the myths versus the realities?
 What are the characteristics of people who tend to do well and are happy in the profession?
 What types of people tend not to do well or end up unhappy and why?
 Where is the profession heading (good and bad)?
 If you don’t stay in the profession until retirement, what are the exit routes to other professions?

Registration is required by 10/3, at https://forms.gle/Sz1RcQ1QuoU9YXya9. This event is sponsored by the CoE Office of Student Affairs. Please direct questions to ajrose@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:37:08 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr