Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Trotter CommuniTEA (September 5, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111413 111413-21826997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Trotter Kitchen & Lobby
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Every Tuesday join the professional staff at Trotter Multicultural Center for tea & cocoa! Take some time out of your school day to hang out with staff and learn more about events and opportunities we have available to you!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:56:05 -0400 2023-09-05T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Trotter Kitchen & Lobby Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Getting Started with Canvas (Fall 2023 Prep) (September 5, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111356 111356-21826884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

This workshop provides a general overview for instructors who are new to Canvas. Participants will be provided with demos on how to begin setting up a Canvas course. There will also be an hands-on opportunity to set up a test course, create a page, make an assignment, set up modules, and publish the course.

We will also demo the CCM tool which helps instructors manage section merging, add non-UM guest users to the course, and format the gradebook for upload to the Faculty Center.

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:00:39 -0400 2023-09-05T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-05T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Getting Started with Canvas image
CM-AMO Seminar | What Can Batteries Teach Us About Microelectronics (And Vice Versa)? (September 5, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110957 110957-21825915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: CM-AMO Seminars

Batteries and advanced microelectronic devices are two of the most important technologies today. In this talk, I will share the common materials physics concepts shared among these two critical technologies. First, I will present our research on resistive random-access memory, a type of emerging memory cell that stores information using ions. Our work shows how composition phase separation among these ions enables such memory cells to retain information over time. Next, I will present our research on the use of microfabricated electrodes to measure lithium reaction and diffusion rates in individual Li-ion battery particles. Using these electrodes, we show that the microcracks in polycrystalline battery particles are necessary for the rapid charge and discharge of battery particles. Our work shows the crucial role of ion transport among these two important technologies.

Biography: Yiyang Li is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering at Olin College, a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, and was a Harry Truman Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. Prof. Li conducts research combining electrochemistry, microelectronics, and data science. He received the Intel Rising Star Faculty Award in 2022.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:15:33 -0400 2023-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall CM-AMO Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students (September 5, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108389 108389-21819516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Maize and Blue Auditorium - Student Activities Building / 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

As an incoming student, it can feel tricky to figure out how (and when) to get an internship and to understand what your career interests are. You might also have questions about how your major relates to potential job opportunities.

The University Career Center understands and we're here to help you feel confident and supported with your internship search and career exploration.

During this 50-minute workshop, we will...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate- Debunk the myths of what you can do with your major- Guide you on how to use our resources to gain experience- Navigate the challenges in finding internship opportunities

You should come if you…
- Are a first-year student or a transfer student- Aren't sure when and if you should apply for an internship- Want to know what experiences/skills employers look for and how to get them- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”- Aren’t totally sure on what the “University Career Center” does

*RSVP is required for this program.
For questions or more information contact: anschmi@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:33:31 -0400 2023-09-05T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-05T19:00:00-04:00 Maize and Blue Auditorium - Student Activities Building / 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar wall full of colorful sticky notes that have been tacked on during a brainstorming session
IPE Study Abroad Fair Fall 2023 (September 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110062 110062-21824236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Tishman Hall, BBB
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Learn more about studying abroad as an engineer at U-M! Speak with advisors about different programs, courses and funding opportunities. Play games, win prizes and enter to win a $1,000 travel grant towards studying abroad! 

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:20:39 -0400 2023-09-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T14:00:00-04:00 Tishman Hall, BBB Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
MCDB Seminar> Microtubules, mitochondria, and dynein in the axon terminal (September 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110865 110865-21825681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:32:22 -0400 2023-09-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
A mean-field version of Bank--El Karoui’s representation of stochastic processes (September 6, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110301 110301-21826998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

We investigate a mean-field version of Bank--El Karoui's representation theorem of stochastic processes. Under different technical conditions, we established some existence and uniqueness results. As motivation and first applications, the results of mean-field representation provide a unified approach for studying various mean-field games (MFGs) in the setting with common noise and multiple populations, including the MFG of timing and the MFG with singular control, etc. As a crucial technical step, a stability result was provided on the classical Bank--El Karoui’s representation theorem. It has its own interests and other applications, such as deriving the stability results of optimizers (in the strong sense) for a class of optimal stopping and singular control problems.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:57:47 -0400 2023-09-06T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T14:00:00-04:00 Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar
Setting Up Your Canvas Gradebook (September 6, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111358 111358-21826885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Setting Up Your Canvas Gradebook (Fall 2023 Prep)

This workshop will guide participants on how to manage their Canvas Gradebook and Speedgrader throughout the term, and how to finalize a Gradebook at the end of the term.

Overview

-Finalizing your gradebook
-Importing grades into Wolverine Access
-Using Speedgrader
-Rubrics
-Using the New Speedgrader’s Comment Library
-New Submissions Reassignment Feature
-Hiding Scores While Grading in New Quizzes

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:00:02 -0400 2023-09-06T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Setting up your gradebook
Overview of positive geometries and organization talk (September 6, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111346 111346-21826765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 2:30pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics

An introductory talk on positive geometries to give an overview of the subject.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:09:37 -0400 2023-09-06T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Adobe Creative Cloud Express (September 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110556 110556-21825068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Adobe Creative Cloud Express- Effortlessly create graphics (Fall 2023 Prep)

With Adobe Express you have everything you need to create social media graphics, flyers, logos, posters, advertisements, banners, business cards, and more. Projects can be created via the web and mobile apps so you can work anywhere.

This workshop is perfect if you are interested in learning how to quickly create visually appealing flyers, graphics, videos, et. al using templates or from scratch.

Overview

-What is Adobe Creative Cloud Express?
-How to navigate Adobe Express
-How to make a post, presentation and video

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Angela Marocco

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:47:36 -0400 2023-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Adobe Cloud image
Student CA Seminar: Planning Meeting (September 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110194 110194-21824476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Do you have topic suggestions that you want someone to speak about? Do you want to volunteer to give a talk? Are you just curious about what this student commutative algebra seminar is about? Come and plan with us!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:32:29 -0400 2023-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Culture, History, and Politics (CHiP) Workshop (September 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111354 111354-21826882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her book, Colonizing Palestine, traces social and political mechanisms by which forms of hierarchy, violence, and supremacy that endure into the present were gradually created.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:08:18 -0400 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T17:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar CHiP "Colonizing Palestine" flyer
Safety Switches: The Macroeconomic Implications of Time-Varying Asset Safety (September 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111578 111578-21827268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Safe assets are a cornerstone of the modern international financial system. I show the existence of a time-series dimension of safety: the perceived safety of an asset can oscillate over time, with relevant real implications. I construct a text-based index from newspaper mentions, the FLY, to measure global demand for safe assets and flight-to-safety episodes, and I estimate time-varying loadings on the index for a large dataset of sovereign bonds of all maturities from both advanced and emerging economies. I identify switches in a bond's safety through changes in the sign and statistical significance of its loading on the FLY. Safety switches are not uncommon, both in advanced and in emerging economies, they happen across credit rating classes, and are not fully captured by changes in ratings. Safety switches also have important real implications: while a positive switch (i.e. becoming safe) is not expansionary, a negative switch (i.e. becoming risky) depresses output by up to 0.7 percent for a year. Investment and government spending are particularly affected, falling by as much as 3 and 2 percent, respectively, in the first two years after the switch. Positive safety switches also lead to an increase in debt, as countries take advantage of their newly-gained safe status, while negative switches lead to a decrease in debt and a persistent shortening of its maturity structure, with long-term debt to GDP falling by 6 percentage points in the five years following the switch.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:15:36 -0400 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T17:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Safety Switches: The Macroeconomic Implications of Time-Varying Asset Safety
Student AIM Seminar: Planning Meeting (September 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111512 111512-21827202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics

During this meeting, you can suggest events, topics and volunteer to give talks. You'll also have a chance to meet everyone!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:52:14 -0400 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
ELI Workshop: Writing Effective Email (September 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111209 111209-21826244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your tone is right in your email messages? In academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective email messages is an essential skill to communicate your professional persona. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. You will learn how to write emails that are likely to be read, be easily understood, and create a good first impression. Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:20:18 -0400 2023-09-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
How to rock it at the career fair (September 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111391 111391-21826967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join a panel of recruiters and recent U-M IOE graduates for presentations and an interactive Q&A session. Food provided!

Guests: Sarah Costello from GM and Mira Rodney from PricewaterhouseCoopers

The average time with a recruiter at a career fair is only 10 minutes. If you are attending the Career Fair, this workshop is a must.

Before:
Set goals for the fair
What to bring
What to wear
Create business cards
How to make your resumé shine

During:
What to say and How to say it
How to behave (facial expressions, body language, professional etiquette, handshake)
Exchanging business cards

After:
Follow up
Reflect and summarize your key takeaways

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:33:14 -0400 2023-09-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T19:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
The Third-Country Effects and the Efficacy of U.S. Immigration Policy: Evidence from Canada (September 7, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111572 111572-21827260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

This paper studies the impact of U.S. restrictions on skilled immigration on the Canadian economy and on the welfare of American workers. We leverage a unique quasi-natural experiment given by an abrupt and significant policy change that occurred in 2017 within the H-1B program. We use visa application data for the U.S. and Canada, and a comprehensive collection of Canadian administrative databases to document novel facts. We show that increasing H-1B denial rates increased skilled immigration into Canada and increased the production and exports of Canadian firms and the employment of Canadian workers. Finally, we incorporate migration policy in a model of international trade and assess the aggregate effects of this U.S. immigration policy change. We also use the model to analytically show how immigration restrictions in the U.S. indirectly impact the welfare of natives by increasing immigration in other countries.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:57:47 -0400 2023-09-07T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-07T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar The Third-Country Effects and the Efficacy of U.S. Immigration Policy: Evidence from Canada
Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool – UDOIT (September 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110558 110558-21825072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool - UDOIT (Fall 2023 Prep)

The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT (pronounced, “You Do It”) enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas course content. It will scan a course, generate a report, and provide resources on how to address common accessibility issues.

Join us as we take a look at UDOIT to check your course for accessibility issues:
-Scan content for accessibility
-Demonstrate how to apply accessibility fixes
-Fix up your course

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Nargas Oskui

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:45:55 -0400 2023-09-07T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar UDOIT
ChE SEMINAR: “A Hitchhiker’s and Backpacker’s Guide to Drug Delivery" (September 7, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109409 109409-21821999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 1:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Join us for the ChE Student's Choice Seminar!

ChE faculty and graduate students are especially encouraged to attend this seminar from guest speaker Samir Mitragotri.

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems are widely explored to improve the biological outcome of chemo and immunotherapy. However, poor vascular circulation, limited targeting and the inability to negotiate many biological barriers are key hurdles in their clinical translation. Biology has provided many examples of successful “carriers” in the form of circulatory cells, which routinely overcome the hurdles faced by synthetic nanoparticle systems. We have explored “cellular hitchhiking and backpacking” approaches which involve combining synthetic particles with circulatory cells to drastically alter the in vivo fate of the particles as well as the cells. I will provide an overview of the principles and examples of hitchhiking and backpacking approaches for drug and cell therapy.

Samir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. His research is focused on drug delivery. His research has also led to new technologies for transdermal, oral, and targeted drug delivery systems. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Inventors. He is an author on over 400 publications and an inventor on over 225 patents/patent applications. He is also an elected fellow of AAAS, CRS, BMES, AIMBE, and AAPS. He received BS in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:10:12 -0400 2023-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-07T14:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Chemical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Alt text: U-M ChE logo and text that reads "Student's Choice Seminar"
Departmental Seminar (899): Mohit Singh (September 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110924 110924-21825859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Presenter Bio:
Mohit Singh is a Coca-Cola Foundation Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include discrete optimization, approximation algorithms, and convex optimization. His research is focused on optimization problems arising in cloud computing, logistics, network design, and machine learning. Previously, he has worked at Microsoft Research and McGill University and received his PhD in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO) program from Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University in 2008.

Abstract:
Representing data via vectors and matrices and optimizing spectral objectives such as determinants, and traces of naturally associated matrices is a standard paradigm that is utilized in multiple areas including machine learning, statistics, convex geometry, location problems, allocation problems, and network design problems. In this talk, we will look at many of these applications with a focus on the determinant objective. We will then give algorithms for these problems that build on classical matroid intersection algorithms.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Aug 2023 12:58:28 -0400 2023-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mohit Singh
Introduction to Gradescope Online Grading Platform (Fall 2023 Prep) (September 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110559 110559-21825074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Gradescope (Fall 2023 Prep)

Gradescope is an online grading platform used to grade paper-based, digital, and code assignments.

Join us as we take a look at how Gradescope's AI technology automates grading, and explore the various feedback options available, including comments, rubrics, and annotation tools.

Overview
-What is Gradescope?
-How do to enable Gradescope in Canvas
-The benefits to using Gradescope

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Dan Burgess

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:40:27 -0400 2023-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Gradescope
Science Success Series | Time Management (September 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109967 109967-21823484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

It’s time to get your semester organized! Come for a workshop style session to set a personal time management plan. Participants will receive paper copies of a full semester at a glance, as well as monthly, weekly, and daily schedule options. Bring your course syllabi and any tools you may already be using to manage your time (physical planners, phone apps, or virtual platforms) to design your time management plan for the fall semester.

Register on Sessions at: https://myumi.ch/DwQx8

Email ScienceSuccessSeries@umich.edu with any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:47:05 -0400 2023-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 Science Learning Center, 1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Space Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Image of a hand on a clock with the words "Time Management"
WISE Open House (September 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110921 110921-21825840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: 3236 Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

What is Women in Science and Engineering, and how can you get involved? Get everything you need to join WISE at our Open House! The WISE staff will be there at this drop in event to answer your questions and get you signed up for the WISE Hub, our online portal. We will have ice cream and popsicles to enjoy, as well as some fun WISE swag. We hope to see you there!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:10:22 -0400 2023-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 3236 Undergraduate Science Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar scoops of blue ice cream
[DEICP] Rackham Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professional Development Certificate Information Sessions (September 7, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110665 110665-21825229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Did you know Rackham offers a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professional Development Certificate Program (DEICP) designed to prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across all three University of Michigan campuses to work in a diverse environment while fostering a climate of inclusivity? Attend these information sessions 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 on our DEICP web page.
This information session is for U-M graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across all three campuses.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:20:41 -0400 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 Virtual via Zoom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Student DGT - Planning Meeting (September 7, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111351 111351-21826772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Dynamics/Geometry Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics

We will meet to decide on a talk schedule for the semester

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:16:14 -0400 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Dynamics/Geometry Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
WISE Open House (September 7, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110921 110921-21825841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 4:00pm
Location: 3236 Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

What is Women in Science and Engineering, and how can you get involved? Get everything you need to join WISE at our Open House! The WISE staff will be there at this drop in event to answer your questions and get you signed up for the WISE Hub, our online portal. We will have ice cream and popsicles to enjoy, as well as some fun WISE swag. We hope to see you there!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:10:22 -0400 2023-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 3236 Undergraduate Science Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar scoops of blue ice cream
Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series (September 7, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111217 111217-21826267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:
Drug-eluting stents (DES) revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease and became one of the fastest growing medical device markets in history. Beginning in the early 2000s, the next two decades brought rapid innovation, hyper-competition, and, eventually, market maturation. Via an interactive discussion, we’ll seek to understand the role of different stakeholders, drivers of market competitiveness, and evolving strategies as the market progressed.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:24:11 -0400 2023-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 2023-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar A speaker talking to a group of students in a classroom.
WISE Open House (September 7, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110921 110921-21825842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 5:00pm
Location: 3236 Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

What is Women in Science and Engineering, and how can you get involved? Get everything you need to join WISE at our Open House! The WISE staff will be there at this drop in event to answer your questions and get you signed up for the WISE Hub, our online portal. We will have ice cream and popsicles to enjoy, as well as some fun WISE swag. We hope to see you there!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:10:22 -0400 2023-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 3236 Undergraduate Science Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar scoops of blue ice cream
Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students (September 7, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108389 108389-21819517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

As an incoming student, it can feel tricky to figure out how (and when) to get an internship and to understand what your career interests are. You might also have questions about how your major relates to potential job opportunities.

The University Career Center understands and we're here to help you feel confident and supported with your internship search and career exploration.

During this 50-minute workshop, we will...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate- Debunk the myths of what you can do with your major- Guide you on how to use our resources to gain experience- Navigate the challenges in finding internship opportunities

You should come if you…
- Are a first-year student or a transfer student- Aren't sure when and if you should apply for an internship- Want to know what experiences/skills employers look for and how to get them- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”- Aren’t totally sure on what the “University Career Center” does

*RSVP is required for this program.
For questions or more information contact: anschmi@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:33:31 -0400 2023-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T19:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar wall full of colorful sticky notes that have been tacked on during a brainstorming session
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Jonathan Terhorst, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan (September 8, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109422 109422-21822010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 10:00am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics Graduate Seminar Series

Abstract: The phylogenetic birth-death model is widely used to study evolutionary processes like speciation and extinction, as well as the spread of pathogens. In this talk, I present some new theoretical and applied results concerning this model. Our first contribution is a scalable variational Bayesian method for inferring birth and death rates from very large quantities of serially-sampled genetic data. Our method produces results that are comparable to, or better than, existing MCMC-based approaches while being several orders of magnitude faster. We study the utility of our method for inferring present and historical epidemiological parameters for the COVID-19 pandemic. Our second contribution is theoretical, and consists of proving that the models we are inferring in the first part of the talk are in fact statistically identifiable. This result contrasts with (though does not contradict) recent nonidentifability theorems for phylogenetic birth-death models that have received significant attention. Finally, I will discuss some complementary hardness-of-estimation results which establish that, even in identifiable model classes, obtaining reliable inferences from finite amounts of data may be extremely challenging.

This is joint work with Brandon Legried and Caleb Ki.
https://jthlab.github.io/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:12:56 -0400 2023-09-08T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T11:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Graduate Seminar Series Workshop / Seminar Jonathan Terhorst
Alum Connection: Exploring Pathways to Healthcare with Dr. Tyler Barrett (September 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110531 110531-21825019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Are you interested in a career in medicine? LSA alum Dr. Tyler Barrett joins us to help you think about choosing a healthcare career and how to align personal interests and passions with different healthcare professions. He’ll also share his experience and insights on what it means to be a physician these days and how he finds long-term career enjoyment in the field. He will also share his tips for how best to translate your undergraduate experience onto paper for a future medical school application. If you’re looking for a medicine-adjacent career, Dr. Barrett will also offer expertise and learnings into the areas of administration, research, publishing, and private consulting.

About Dr. Tyler Barrett
Dr. Tyler W. Barrett serves as the executive medical director for emergency services and professor of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Barrett’s clinical goals are optimizing efficient and appropriate patient care, quality improvement, opioid stewardship, opioid dependence treatment, multidisciplinary patient care pathways, and reimbursement related issues. His research goals are to improve the emergency department (ED) treatment of patients with opioid use disorder, increase use of non-opioid analgesia, management of venous thromboembolism, and risk stratification of ED patients with atrial fibrillation.

He co-chairs the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Controlled Substances Quality Oversight Committee and chairs the Vanderbilt Committee on Opioid Monitoring and Stewardship. He was supported as principal investigator by a NHLBI K23 award. Dr. Barrett is currently funded through federal and state grants related to opioid use disorder treatment and educating prescribers on optimal opioid stewardship. Dr. Barrett serves as an Emergency Medicine Team Physician for the Nashville Predators, served on the Nashville Youth Hockey League Board of Directors from 2014-2022, and is actively involved in promoting education about the dangers of opioids among student-athletes. He authored the USA Hockey Player Safety Program “Opioid Fact Check” and “E-cigarette “Vaping” Fact Check” educational materials.

You should attend this session if you are:
An undergraduate U-M LSA student
Interested in white coat medicine, and sub-specialities like emergency medicine or opioid treatments
Thinking about applying to medical school after you graduate from LSA
Looking for other career paths within healthcare and medicine like medical consulting

What you’ll gain by attending:
Make a valuable connection with a successful LSA alum ready to help you navigate the medical school application process
Get ideas for how to build a career in medicine outside of traditional white coat medicine
Gain tips and tricks for building communities and networks past your LSA degree

RSVP now to be a part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:27:30 -0400 2023-09-08T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar Dr. Tyler Barrett
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Emily Lindblad, Grainger (September 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110376 110376-21824845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Bio: Emily Lindblad graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a certificate in Healthcare Systems Engineering from Lehigh University. As an undergraduate student, she began working for the Center of Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS) at the University of Michigan. Following her time at Lehigh, Emily received her Master's in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2022.

She started working at Grainger in January of 2023. At Grainger, Emily specializes in building optimization and machine learning models to improve inventory planning. During this seminar, Emily will discuss example workflows and the invaluable role her experiences at the University of Michigan have played in her success thus far in industry.

Abstract: Common IOE skills such as forecasting, linear programming, and simulation are essential to the improvement of supply chain. Emily will share how she uses these tools at Grainger as well as other key takeaways from the IOE program at the University of Michigan that aid in her work.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:41:52 -0400 2023-09-08T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T13:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Emily Lindblad
Grad School in the Biosciences - Before, During, and After PhD (September 8, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109719 109719-21822731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A panel of current and past biology grad students covering the application process, graduate research, and careers post-degree. The second half of the panel will be open to questions.

Friday, 9/8 at 1pm in 1010 BSB (hybrid)

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSbNU4TGCznDYBvb0Kep2ZcIVaD2iRXRWPhVCbWKbXku__qA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:07:25 -0400 2023-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
Alum Connection: Journey through a powerful career in Law with Alum Trish Refo (September 8, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110751 110751-21825407@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 1:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Are you interested in a career in the field of law? LSA Alum Trish Refo joins us to share her story - from graduating PoliSci (‘80) and earning her J.D. from U-M School of Law to serving as Past President of the American Bar Association. Trish will pull from her distinguished career to share insights about maximizing your time as an undergrad, preparing for the law school application process, and exploring the many types of careers available in the field. If you’re interested in a career in law, or if you’re still exploring career options, Trish will share advice on following your heart and pursuing your passion.


About Trish Refo
Trish Refo is the Past President of the American Bar Association. Her practice is concentrated in complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, with extensive experience in professional malpractice defense, commercial and business torts, financial institutions litigation, class actions and trade secret litigation. She chairs the firm's Professional Liability Litigation group. Trish is a sought-after speaker at international, national, state and local continuing legal education conferences. A thought leader on litigation and trial issues, Trish has been named one of the most influential women lawyers in the country. She has served as Chair of the ABA House of Delegates and the ABA Section of Litigation. Trish served on the Arizona Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence, and is a former member of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence of the United States Judicial Conference.
University of Michigan School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983)
University of Michigan (B.A., high honors and high distinction, 1980)


You should attend this session if you are:
An undergraduate U-M LSA student
Interested in the career paths available in law
Thinking about applying to law school after you graduate from LSA

What you’ll gain by attending:
Make a valuable connection with a successful LSA alum ready to help you navigate the law school application process
Get ideas for how to build and grow in a career the field of law
Gain tips and tricks for building communities and networks past your LSA degree

RSVP now to be a part of the conversation. The link to join this Alum Connection will be emailed to you after you RSVP.

The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair-accessible building, including wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor, places to sit or stand during the event, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. To request other accommodations, please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-764-4920 so we can make arrangements.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:16:16 -0400 2023-09-08T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-08T14:30:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar LSA Building
F.A.M Fridays 🥙 🎨 🎵 (September 8, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110220 110220-21824526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge & Outside Lawn
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

FAM Fridays is a series that will celebrate culture through Food, Art, & Music on one Friday of each month. We will explore the different foods our campus community and larger Ann Arbor community has to offer. The series will also showcase student creativity through art and music. This series is meant to amplify students from marginalized communities and build community through programming.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:21:23 -0400 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge & Outside Lawn Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar FAM Fridays Flyer with event details. 6 photos of BIPOC students at past FAM Friday events. One photo includes a group dancing. Second photo has a group of students smiling. Third photo has two student staff smiling. Fourth photo is of a group of student smiling. Fifth photo is of three students showing their painted canvases. Sixth photo is of students playing card games.
Political Theory Workshop (September 8, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
AIM seminar: Quasi-periodic water waves (September 8, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109217 109217-21821226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar - Department of Mathematics

We present a framework to compute and study two-dimensional water waves that are quasi-periodic in space and/or time. This means they can be represented as periodic functions on a higher-dimensional torus by evaluating along irrational directions. In the spatially quasi-periodic case, we consider both traveling waves and the general initial value problem. In both cases, the nonlocal Dirichlet-Neumann operator is computed using conformal mapping methods and a quasi-periodic variant of the Hilbert transform. We obtain traveling waves either as a generalization of the Wilton ripple problem or through bifurcation from large-amplitude periodic waves. In the temporally quasi-periodic case, we devise a shooting method to compute standing waves with 3 quasi-periods as well as hybrid traveling-standing waves that return to a spatial translation of their initial condition at a later time. Many examples will be given to illustrate the types of behavior that can occur.

[Contact: S. Alben]

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:30:50 -0400 2023-09-08T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar
Positivity of line bundles (September 8, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111448 111448-21827137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Positivity sounds like a very vague term (at least for me). During the talk, I will try to make this term more precise and hopefully convince the audience why this is an important concept. The talk will include positivity of line bundles (or divisors) in terms of intersection numbers, curvature, vanishing theorems, and maybe a few others.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 02 Sep 2023 20:36:12 -0400 2023-09-08T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Semialgebraic sets (September 8, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111426 111426-21827113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar - Department of Mathematics

TBA

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:09:42 -0400 2023-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T17:30:00-04:00 East Hall Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
NERS Colloquium: Creating the 21st Century National Laboratory (September 8, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108515 108515-21819882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

***Note: This Colloquium is in the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room 1109***

Abstract
The Department of Energy’s national laboratory system was created in the wake of the Manhattan Project to create institutions that would steward advanced science and technology in the national interest. Today this comprises a system of 17 national laboratories that range from single-purpose science and applied energy laboratories to multi-purpose science and national security laboratories. Together these institutions are a critical element of U.S. leadership in S&T and an essential bridge between academia and industry. This talk will draw on examples from LLNL to highlight how we are working today to shape the environment and culture at the labs to meet the challenges of the 21st century, from energy and climate to emerging and disruptive technology to national security.

Bio
Kimberly S. Budil is the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she leads a workforce of approximately 8,400 employees and manages an annual operating budget of $3 billion. As director, she sets the strategic vision for the Laboratory and is responsible for the successful execution of programs and operations to enhance national security through application of cutting edge science and technology and to maintain an outstanding and diverse workforce.

She leads the development and implementation of the Laboratory’s scientific vision, goals and objectives, and engages with the senior leadership of the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, and other federal agencies, as well as senior leaders across government, academia and the private sector. She serves on several boards and participates in numerous professional and community outreach activities.

Budil holds a Ph.D. in engineering and applied science from the University of California, Davis, and a B.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Budil holds a Ph.D. in engineering and applied science from the University of California, Davis, and a B.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:45:17 -0400 2023-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T17:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Kimberly S. Budil, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director
Game Day @Union (September 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111976 111976-21828085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Come join us for an afternoon of fun on your way to the football game. There will be snacks and plenty of prizes!

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:20:39 -0400 2023-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-09T15:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
DIY Typography Workshop (September 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109922 109922-21823233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Stamps Professor Endi Poskovic will discuss and demonstrate stencil as an alternative approach to printing fonts and creating DIY posters. Participants will be able to make their own hand-printed posters and prints. Printing paper, stencils, and inks will be provided.

This event is held in conjunction with Professor Poskovic’s ARTDES 348 Japanese Papermaking and Water-printing Course, Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Student Exhibition for Change, and the Arts & Resistance Theme Semester.

Spaces are limited. Registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:33:49 -0400 2023-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-10T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Workshop / Seminar Endi Poskovic, "14 Stars and 10 Clouds in Red and Deep Blue with Cadmium Red" Woodblock print.
CMENAS Fall 2023 Colloquium Series Lecture. Scoring Points: Sports and Politics in Iran (September 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110960 110960-21825918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

In the face of a worsening economy as well as a range of restrictions and pressures from the Iranian state, Iranian athletes–including many women–have managed significant achievements on the national and world stage. Yet what may otherwise be triumphant moments for the athletes and the nation are marred by Iran’s domestic and international troubles. More often than not, Iranian athletes find themselves increasingly caught between the rock of an authoritarian state and the hard place of diasporic and foreign agendas which compete to use Iranian sports to further their own interests. Drawing from several recent examples to illustrate these dynamics, this talk also considers why frameworks used for making sense of sports, media, and politics elsewhere in the region may not be as fruitful for understanding the case of Iran. In spite of the grim realities facing Iranian athletes, however, Iranian sports remains an important vehicle for individual expression and social change, and the talk includes a discussion of such positive potentials and accomplishments as well.

Niki Akhavan is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of *Electronic Iran: The Politics of an Online Evolution *(Rutgers, 2013) and has also published on Iranian narrative and documentary cinema, Iranian sports and media, as well as on state media productions and policies. In addition to her research, Akhavan is an avid translator, most recently of Mohsen Kadivar's *Human rights and reformist Islam *(Edinburgh University Press, 2021).

This event is part of the CMENAS Fall Colloquium 2023: “The MENA world after a MENA World Cup” 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor.

Colloquium questions: cmenas@umich.edu

This series is funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) grant.

To register, go to https://myumi.ch/8eA8n.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:01:51 -0400 2023-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Workshop / Seminar Niki Akhavan, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Media and Communication Studies, The Catholic University of America
IPE Funding Info Session (September 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110464 110464-21824949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us to learn more about how to fund your study abroad experience. We will cover scholarship opportunities, financial aid etc. 

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:20:43 -0400 2023-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T13:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Social Movements Workshop (September 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111828 111828-21827624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Social Movements Workshop, "Constructing Solidarity: Explaining Divergent Views on Migrant Legality and Convergent Policy Preferences," with Jesse Yeh.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:35:56 -0400 2023-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Social Movements - Jesse Yeh
ESO Workshop (September 11, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111829 111829-21827625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 12:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Economic Sociology and Organizations (ESO) Workshop, "Policing Innocent Victimhood in an Era of Mass Criminalization," with Jeremy Levine

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:46:14 -0400 2023-09-11T12:30:00-04:00 2023-09-11T13:50:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar ESO with Jeremy Levine
HEP-Astro Seminar | The Phantom Menace: Modified Gravity as an Alternative to the Planet Nine Hypothesis (September 11, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111632 111632-21827345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HEP - Astro Seminars

We study the dynamics of outer solar system bodies under the influence of the modified gravity theory MOND. We find that tidal forces due to the Galaxy (which are much stronger in MOND than in Newtonian gravity) tend to align the major axes of the orbits of outer Kuiper belt objects with the direction towards the center of the galaxy. Such an alignment is seen in the orbits of the handful of outer Kuiper belt objects that are known at present. The observed alignment has previously led to the Planet Nine hypothesis: that there is a large undiscovered planet in the outer solar system. It is expected that in the near future surveys dedicated to the outer solar system as well as Dark Energy Survey, the Vera Rubin Telescope and CMB-S4 will discover many more outer Kuiper belt objects and settle the question of whether the observed alignment is due to Planet Nine, modified gravity or merely due to an observational bias of the existing surveys. MOND gravity deviates from Newtonian gravity when the field is weak. It was originally developed to account for galaxy rotation curves without invoking dark matter. Thus the Kuiper belt, which is a subject of great intrinsic interest, may also prove a laboratory for studying fundamental physics.

Reference - Kate Brown and Harsh Mathur, arXiv:2304.00576; to be published in the Astronomical Journal

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:01:49 -0400 2023-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall HEP - Astro Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Psychological Diversity across the Globe (Shinobu Kitayama) (September 11, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109284 109284-21821345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

In the past three decades, cultural psychologists have shown how culture shapes cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes, making it a crucial factor in understanding human behavior. While much of this work has focused on comparing Western European and East Asian heritages, there is a growing need to empirically examine other cultures and uncover new insights into how culture influences the mind. In this talk, I will examine the influence of ecology and geography on human activity, leading to the formation of organized systems of cultural practices and meanings known as "ecocultural complexes." These complexes have given rise to diverse cultural zones we observe today. Outside of the modern West, most cultural zones emphasize an interdependent view of the self. Notably, however, non-Western cultural zones display significant variability. I will explore several non-Western cultural zones, such as Arab, East Asian, Latin American, and South Asian zones, and examine how these cultures may have played a substantial role in shaping the contemporary Western cultural zone. The Western cultural zone, in contrast to non-Western zones, prioritizes the self’s independence over interdependence. By going beyond the conventional Western-East Asian comparison, this talk aims to broaden our understanding of the impact of culture on cognition, emotions, motivation, and behavior. It highlights the significance of exploring diverse cultural zones to gain deeper insights into the intricate relationship between culture and the human mind.

Psychological Diversity across the Globe
Does culture influence our psychology and behavior — and if so, how? In this RCGD series, we delve into the socio-ecological, histo-cultural, and economic dynamics shaping the diversity of selfhood and its associated cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes. We go beyond the traditional East and West focus to include a wide range of cultural groups. This series will elucidate the implications of psychological diversity across the globe for policies in international relations, politics, economics, business, immigration, and other relevant domains.

Organized by Shinobu Kitayama and Catherine Thomas
In person: ISR Thompson 1430
As permissions allow, seminars are later posted to our YouTube playlist.

Group Dynamics Seminar Series
The Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent seminars have included discussions in “Law and Psychology,” “Racism and Discrimination,” “Social Media,” and “New Directions in Social Psychology.”

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:25:52 -0400 2023-09-11T15:30:00-04:00 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Diversity across the Globe
Algebraic Statistics and Brownian Motion Tree Models (September 11, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111982 111982-21828092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Algebraic statistics is an exciting area of math that studies statistical models using algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and combinatorics. In this talk I will introduce two classical objects in algebraic statistics: the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) and maximum likelihood degree (ML degree). We will explore these objects with an example from phylogenetics: Brownian motion tree models. This exploration will include a generalization of the Cayley-Prufer theorem that arises in computing the ML degree of Brownian motion tree models.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:23:14 -0400 2023-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
ISRMT Seminar: Global Rational Approximations of Functions with Factorially Divergent Asymptotic Series (September 11, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109649 109649-21822453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Rational approximations of functions offer a rich mathematical theory. Touching subjects such as orthogonal polynomials, potential theory and of course differential equations. In this talk we will discuss a specific type of rational approximant, factorial expansions. In recent work with O. Costin and R. Costin we have developed a theory of dyadic expansions which improve the domain and rate of convergence when compared to the classical methods found in the literature. These results provide a general method for producing rational approximations of Borel summable series with locally integrable branch points. Surprisingly, these expansions capture the asymptoticly important Stokes phenomena. Additionally, we find applications in operator theory on Hilbert spaces providing new representations for (bounded and unbounded) positive and self-adjoint operators in terms of the semigroups and unitary groups they generate. Finally, as an example of an important application we discuss representing the tritronquée solutions of Painlevé’s first equation.

A recording of the talk can be found at
https://youtu.be/1KC3Ah1fpFY

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:05:36 -0400 2023-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar Nick Castillo (Ohio State University)
RNA Innovation Seminar: Graham Erwin, Stanford University (September 11, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109668 109668-21822630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

HYBRID SEMINAR:
In-person: BSRB, ABC seminar rooms
Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iXCxSumHSdajmTSVHFT7oQ

Abstract: Expansion of a single repetitive DNA sequence, termed a tandem repeat (TR), is known to cause more than 50 diseases. However, repeat expansions are often not explored beyond neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Here, I will discuss efforts to identify and target repeat expansions in human disease, with a focus on neurodegenerative disease and cancer.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:53:57 -0400 2023-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Workshop / Seminar Graham Erwin, Stanford University
Commutative Algebra Seminar: Cartier algebras through the lens of p-families (September 11, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110195 110195-21824477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 5:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics

A Cartier subalgebra of a prime characteristic commutative ring R is an associated non-commutative ring of operators on R that play nicely with the Frobenius map.
When R is regular, its Cartier subalgebras correspond exactly with sequences of ideals called F-graded systems. One special subclass of F-graded system is called a p-family; these appear in numerical applications such as the Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity and the F-signature. In this talk, I will discuss how to characterize some properties of a Cartier subalgebra in terms of its F-graded system. I will further present a way to construct, for an arbitrary F-graded system, a closely related p-family with especially nice properties.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:30:02 -0400 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 East Hall Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
ELI Workshop: Making the Most of Office Hours (September 11, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111314 111314-21826659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Are you aware that interacting with professors outside of class can be a key to academic success in the US? Office hours are helpful if you have questions about course content or homework. They provide an opportunity for you to connect with your professor and to understand their expectations for the course. They also help you learn about U.S. academic culture. This workshop will provide information about what to expect during office hours and tips for communicating effectively with your professor. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group role plays.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:17:50 -0400 2023-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students (September 11, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108389 108389-21819518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

As an incoming student, it can feel tricky to figure out how (and when) to get an internship and to understand what your career interests are. You might also have questions about how your major relates to potential job opportunities.

The University Career Center understands and we're here to help you feel confident and supported with your internship search and career exploration.

During this 50-minute workshop, we will...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate- Debunk the myths of what you can do with your major- Guide you on how to use our resources to gain experience- Navigate the challenges in finding internship opportunities

You should come if you…
- Are a first-year student or a transfer student- Aren't sure when and if you should apply for an internship- Want to know what experiences/skills employers look for and how to get them- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”- Aren’t totally sure on what the “University Career Center” does

*RSVP is required for this program.
For questions or more information contact: anschmi@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:33:31 -0400 2023-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar wall full of colorful sticky notes that have been tacked on during a brainstorming session
SaferSelf - a free series of self-defense workshops for everyone! (September 11, 2023 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111445 111445-21827130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 7:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Engineering Student Government

Sign up for *a free series of self-defense workshops*!

Aiming to equip students, faculty and staff with the skills to increase their self-confidence and preparedness for the unexpected, the Engineering Student Government (ESG) in partnership with UofM Division of Public Safety & Security (DPSS) is bringing the SaferSelf project back for the 2nd time. Starting *on September 11th and running until October 2nd* a series of free empowerment self-defense workshops will be held *weekly on Mondays from 7:30pm to 9:00pm in Great Lakes North in Palmer Commons (changed location!).*

Empowerment self-defense sessions explore the culture of violence, and teach concrete but practical effective skills for personal safety and physical self defense in a wide variety of contexts ranging from harassment to sexual assault. Participants will be able to:
- understand how situational awareness can deter or prevent an attack.
use verbal skills for assertive communication.
- evade and set boundaries (verbal & physical).
- use practical options to make ourselves more comfortable when uncomfortable situations occur.
- recognize and interrupt unwanted behavior when in social situations, interpersonal/intimate relationships as well as interactions with strangers.

The series will be composed of the following workshops led by DPSS Empowerment Self Defense Program Manager Candace Dorsey:
1. Introduction to physical self-defense
2. Physical self-defense with strikes and kicks with pads
3. Physical self-defense with boxing element combination striking
4. Top-to-bottom pressure points

Face masks will be required regardless of vaccination status.

The space in the program is limited. To register, please fill out this form (https://forms.gle/Bg5j1gfUxvne1SAP7) by *11:59 pm on Friday September 8th*. The form will close sooner if capacity is reached before then.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:28:31 -0400 2023-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Engineering Student Government Workshop / Seminar SaferSelf 2023 - come join us!
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21828420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21828421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
LSA Workshop: Implicit Bias (September 12, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110118 110118-21824357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 10:00am
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

In this session, participants will learn to:
Examine your own background and identities and how these identities shape our experiences and perspectives
Discuss how the brain functions, and relate how unconscious bias is a natural function of the human mind
Identify patterns of unconscious bias that influence decision-making processes
Confront internal biases and practice conscious awareness
Review strategies to create transformational change in the workplace

You will benefit by:
Raising self-awareness, sparking conversation with others and initiating new actions
Enhancing your professional and personal effectiveness on and off the job
Positively influencing personal and organizational decisions
Creating stronger and more positive work relationships with others

Audience:
All LSA staff, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates currently employed in LSA are welcome to attend. It is recommended that participants complete this course before enrolling in the Microaggressions workshop. External guests may request to join as space allows.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:25:47 -0500 2023-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar People working together at a table
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - "Applied Community Ecology: The Case of Puerto Rican Ants in Coffee" (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111959 111959-21828063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Coffee farms in Puerto Rico offer a perfect setting for studying community ecology since they are small, similar to one another and abundant, effectively creating a natural experiment. The ant community of these farms is evidently organized along the lines of what has come to be known as a metacommunity. The study of a particular assemblage of ants on one of these farms reveals interesting patterns of community structure, some of which relates directly to practical issues such as pest control and carbon sequestration. Specifically, the role of intransitive loops and higher order effects are evident and provide a mechanistic interpretation of some aspects of community structure.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:01:12 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Human POT1 Caps the 5’ End of the Chromosome- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109681 109681-21822698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday September 12th, 2023 in 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:20:32 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Nandakumar
My Learning Analytics - MyLA (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110560 110560-21825075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

My Learning Analytics - MyLA (Fall 2023 Prep)

My Learning Analytics (MyLA) is a dashboard that provides students with information about their engagement with course materials and resources, assignments, and grades in a Canvas course.

Join us as we learn about the three MyLA data visualizations that students say transform their study habits, heighten their confidence, and improve their coursework planning. Add MyLA to Canvas courses to provide students with insights into their engagement, assignments, and grades. Empower your students with actionable information to enhance academic engagement and outcomes.

Overview
-What is My Learning Analytics (MyLA)?
-What do students get from MyLA?
-Why use MyLA in your Canvas course?
-Resources & support

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Jennifer Love

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:39:52 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar My Learning Analytics - MyLA
Power & Partnerships in Community Engagement: Strategizing with IRWG Affiliates (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109790 109790-21822817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

In partnership with IRWG, this special session of Ginsberg Center’s Power & Partnership in Community Engagement is designed with IRWG affiliates and grant applicants in mind. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to key principles of equity-focused community engagement and identify some ways that relationships of power shape: the structure and terms of partnership agreements between community organizations and university partners; participation dynamics in university-community research projects; grant proposal preparation, knowledge production & dissemination; and more. Participants will encounter and generate strategies for re-shaping inequitable power dynamics, and identify ways to apply key principles to their own community-engaged work. Lunch will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:35:42 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar IRWG and Ginsberg Center logos
Change it Up! (September 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110445 110445-21824932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:25:32 -0400 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
Law School Personal Statement Workshop (September 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110523 110523-21825011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Pre-Law

The Personal Statement Workshop is open to all interested University of Michigan students and alumni. The workshop will help students gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the law school personal statement. It is designed to give insight into the brainstorming, drafting, and editing phases of the process.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:24:01 -0400 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Pre-Law Workshop / Seminar Writing with a fountain pen
Law School Personal Statement Workshop (September 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110525 110525-21825014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall G 243 (Conference Room inside the Newnan Academic Advising Center)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

The Personal Statement Workshop is open to all interested University of Michigan students and alumni. The workshop will help students gain a better understanding of the mechanics of the law school personal statement. It is designed to give insight into the brainstorming, drafting, and editing phases of the process. 

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:20:45 -0400 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall G 243 (Conference Room inside the Newnan Academic Advising Center) Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
RTG Number Theory Seminar - Planning Meeting (September 12, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111498 111498-21827190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 2:30pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: RTG Seminar on Number Theory - Department of Mathematics

This is a planning meeting for this semester's RTG Number Theory seminar. We plan to have local speakers give 60-minute research talks followed by discussion. Speakers will be encouraged to share a problem or problems at the end of their talk that can serve as a starting point for discussions and collaborations among participants.

Please email Charlotte (charchan@umich.edu) if you would like to be on our mailing list.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:26:05 -0400 2023-09-12T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-12T15:45:00-04:00 East Hall RTG Seminar on Number Theory - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
CM-AMO Seminar | Extreme Light-Matter Interactions in Two-Dimensional Materials (September 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111504 111504-21827196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: CM-AMO Seminars

When the field strength of the light approaches the internal Coulomb force of materials, it can be used to control their electronic properties by inducing nonequilibrium quantum states. In this talk, the potential of such intense light-matter interactions in novel two dimensional materials will be discussed, with special emphasis on energy state control and extreme nonlinear optics. These experiments are enabled by the development of powerful mid-infrared light sources that can efficiently access internal resonance of electron-hole states, known as excitons, while avoiding sample damage that may result from direct photoabsorption. First part of the talk presents energy state control of two-dimensional materials beyond the perturbative regime, wherein a light-dressed replica and giant blue shift of excitonic states are characterized. The second part of the talk shows the unique application of artificially stacked materials to realize nonlinear optical processes of high-harmonic generation with enhanced efficiency. These findings demonstrate the exciting opportunities of harnessing quantum dynamics beyond perturbation in two-dimensional materials.

Yuki Kobayashi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. His research group at the U-M Chemistry is committed to developing new tools in spectroscopy, such as attosecond x-ray light sources, and using them to solve complex chemical/materials problems. Yuki graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in chemistry and from the University of Califoria, Berkeley in 2020 with a PhD in Chemistry with Stephen Leone and Daniel Neumark. He was a postdoctoral fellow with Tony Heinz, David Reis, and Shambhu Ghimire at Stanford/SLAC from 2020-2023, and joined the U-M faculty in 2023. Yuki was selected for UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellow at University of California, and also for Urbanek-Chorodow Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:54:34 -0400 2023-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall CM-AMO Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Colloquium Series Seminar: A constructive proof of nearly self-similar blowup of 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth data (September 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107687 107687-21816368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Colloquium Series - Department of Mathematics

Whether the 3D incompressible Euler equations can develop a finite time singularity from smooth initial data is one of the most challenging problems in nonlinear PDEs. In this talk, I will present a new result with Dr. Jiajie Chen in which we prove finite time blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth initial data. There are several essential difficulties in establishing such blowup result. We use the dynamic rescaling formulation and turn the problem of proving finite time singularity into a problem of proving stability of an approximate self-similar profile. A crucial step is to establish linear stability and control a number of nonlocal terms. We decompose the solution operator into a leading order operator that enjoys sharp stability estimates plus a finite rank perturbation operator that can be estimated by constructing space-time numerical solutions with rigorous error control. This enables us to establish nonlinear stability of the approximate self-similar profile and prove stable nearly self-similar blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth initial data and boundary. This provides the first rigorous justification of the Hou-Luo blowup scenario.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:16 -0400 2023-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Colloquium Series - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Groupwork and Equity (September 12, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111819 111819-21827607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Mathematics Pedagogy Course/Seminar - Department of Mathematics

The goal of this session is to give workshop participants an opportunity to reflect on some of the things that can go wrong when students work together in groups in the classroom. We’ll look at a (enacted) video of groupwork not going well, and then consider different ways instructors can support more equitable and productive groupwork.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:57:42 -0400 2023-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T18:15:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Mathematics Pedagogy Course/Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar students work together at tables at UM
Renew, Replenish, Restore 🪷 (September 12, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110221 110221-21824530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Renew, Replenish, & Restore programming at Trotter Multicultural Center is an opportunity for students to engage in racial healing, self-care, and mindfulness. We will work with campus resources to create experiences that let students feel joy and cultivate ways to heal from past racial experiences through the framework of the Tree of Contemplative Practices.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:38:03 -0400 2023-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar RRR flyer with event date, time, location. And a sillhouette of a Black woman and Black Man.
Assessing the Costs of Balancing College and Work Activities: The Gig Economy Meets Online Education (September 13, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112556 112556-21829111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 11:30am
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:23:44 -0400 2023-09-13T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-13T12:50:00-04:00 Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar
EARTH Geobiology Seminar - September (September 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109474 109474-21822071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Each month we will hear presentations from different faculty, post-docs and students. After, there will be time to ask questions, discuss the material, and connect with peers. This series is open to all members of the Michigan Earth community (faculty, students, postdocs, staff, etc). Free lunch will be provided at each gathering.

Second Wednesday of each month 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Room 2540, North University Building

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:59:29 -0400 2023-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Workshop / Seminar 1100 North University Building
Gender & Sexuality Workshop (September 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111830 111830-21827626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Gender & Sexuality Workshop, "Transnationalism and Gender among Immigrants: Economic, Political, and Social Challenges," with Silvia Pedraza

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:57:43 -0400 2023-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Silvia Pedraza G&S Workshop
ISD Workshop (September 13, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111833 111833-21827628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:30pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Inequality and Social Demography (ISD) Workshop, "Educational Upgrading and Black-White Wage Inequality Over the Life Course," with Jane Furey.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:10:52 -0400 2023-09-13T12:30:00-04:00 2023-09-13T14:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Jane Furey ISD
Anticolonial and Antiracist Approaches to Language Instruction (September 13, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110961 110961-21825919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Anticolonial and antiracist pedagogical frameworks allow us to intentionally confront and dismantle barriers to inclusive language learning. In this workshop, we will first examine how language education is connected to broader, societal-level antiracist and anticolonial movements and therefore uniquely situated to enact anticolonial and antiracist pedagogies. We will then engage in collective reflection and planning as we explore specific strategies for implementing such pedagogies while also supporting language proficiency goals. In addition to philosophical considerations, participants will leave with concrete ideas, activities, and frameworks that can be applied to a variety of languages and levels.

L. J. Randolph Jr., Ed.D., is an assistant professor of World Language Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Randolph’s teaching career has spanned 20 years, including a decade as a Spanish and ESL teacher at the secondary level. His research and teaching focus on various critical issues in language education, including teaching Spanish to heritage and native speakers, incorporating justice-centered/anti-racist/anti-colonial pedagogies, and centering Blackness and Indigenousness. Dr. Randolph is a co-editor of the book How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16 Classrooms. He is the president-elect of ACTFL and past president of FLANC and AATSP-NC.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:07:57 -0400 2023-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Workshop / Seminar Event Poster
Logic Seminar: Treeing Borel quasi-trees (September 13, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112056 112056-21828378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Logic Seminar - Department of Mathematics

We give an introduction to descriptive combinatorics: the study of "definable" graphs, colorings, set families, etc. on nice topological spaces such as the reals. We then present one concrete result in this area, showing that every definable graph whose components are "approximately tree-like" may be turned into a genuine forest with the same components in a definable manner. This is joint work with Antoine Poulin, Ran Tao, and Anush Tserunyan.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:25:03 -0400 2023-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T14:30:00-04:00 East Hall Logic Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
CoderSpaces - Wednesdays, Fall 2023 (September 13, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112130 112130-21828475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.

Tuesdays, 9:30-11 a.m. ET, via Zoom
Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET, via Zoom

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:15:00 -0500 2023-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces: weekly data science hubs via Zoom. Fall 2023 - Tuesdays 9:30-11 a.m. ET and Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET Details at datascience.isr.umich.edu
Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics -- Grassmann Polytopes (September 13, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110305 110305-21824756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 2:30pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics

The amplituhedron is an object introduced by physicists in 2013 arising from their study of scattering amplitudes which has garnered much recent attention from physicists and mathematicians alike. Mathematically, it is a linear projection of a nonnegative Grassmannian to a smaller Grassmannian, via a map induced by a totally positive matrix. A Grassmann polytope, or Grasstope, is a generalization of the amplituhedron, defined to be such a projection by any matrix, removing one of the positivity conditions. In this talk, I will discuss joint work with Dmitrii Pavlov and Lizzie Pratt in which we study these objects, with hope that we may gain new insights by broadening our horizons and studying all Grasstopes.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:24:19 -0400 2023-09-13T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
On the Design of Paid Sick Leave: A Structural Approach (September 13, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112108 112108-21828450@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

What is the optimal paid sick leave system? To answer this question, I combine individual-level data on paid sick leave claims with a model of sick pay insurance provision. I start by providing evidence that workers respond to the monetary incentives induced by the benefit scheme. I also document that workers behavior varies with the day of the week they fall sick. I use these patterns to inform a model of sick pay insurance. In the model, risk-averse workers face a health shock and decide how many days to be on leave. Workers are insured by a risk-neutral social planner who chooses the optimal contract to maximize social welfare, considering workers' behavioral responses. Social welfare is a function of workers'; utility and the potential production losses induced by sick pay provision. The main empirical challenge in estimating the model is to disentangle the underlying distribution of health from workers' preferences. To overcome this challenge, I combine the individual-level data on sick pay utilization with detailed medical assessments of recovery times associated with each health condition. This strategy allows me to construct the underlying distribution of health without imposing parametric assumptions. To estimate workers' preference parameters, I exploit the day of the week on which a sick leave claim is filed as a quasi-exogenous shifter of the temptation to extend a sick leave claim as the main source of variation. Finally, I use the estimated model to derive the optimal sick pay contract and estimate the welfare gains from its implementation. I find that, relative to the current system, the optimal system would provide more insurance for short-term sickness and less insurance, i.e., lower replacement rates, for longer sickness spells. I estimate that workers are willing to give up 1.53% of their earnings to be insured under the optimal policy.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:02:19 -0400 2023-09-13T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-13T15:50:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar On the Design of Paid Sick Leave: A Structural Approach
Department Colloquium | Studying Properties of the Higgs Boson with the High-Luminosity LHC (September 13, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111679 111679-21827409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department Colloquia

The discovery of the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has necessitated the development of a large-scale physics program measuring the properties of the Higgs mechanism and searching for new physics associated with it. Within the next decade, the LHC will undergo multiple upgrades to dramatically increase the luminosity of the LHC. The resulting data will be almost a factor of ten larger than our current collected data, allowing for precision measurements of the properties of the Higgs. In this talk, I will discuss some of the more exciting properties of the Higgs currently being explored with the ATLAS experiment, as well as future physics that may be accessible with the larger dataset.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:27:03 -0400 2023-09-13T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Student CA Seminar - Cohen-Macaulayness and determinantal ideals (September 13, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111725 111725-21827499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Cohen-Macaulay rings are a well-studied class of rings that have been used in many areas of math, including algebraic geometry and combinatorics. In this talk, we introduce Cohen-Macaulay rings and some of their properties. Along the way, we will see some examples, including rings defined via ideals generated by determinants of certain matrices. If time permits, we will outline how Cohen-Macaulayness and determinantal ideals can be applied in the field of algebraic statistics to study varieties defined by moments of statistical distributions.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:34:17 -0400 2023-09-13T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Algebraic geometry seminar: Nonexistence of exceptional bundles on P^3 with maximal possible ranks (September 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111316 111316-21826712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Vector bundles E with Hom*(E, E)=C are called exceptional, and they play an important role in the study of derived categories and stable sheaves. Unlike P^1 and P^2, classifying exceptional bundles on P^3 is a challenging problem. In this talk we introduce new techniques to approach this problem, by studying stable spherical bundles on quartic surfaces. We show the first nonexistence results: there is no exceptional bundle on P^3 with degree d and maximal possible rank 2d^2+1 when |d|>3. We will also discuss many future developments on this program.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 02 Sep 2023 18:20:02 -0400 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:30:00-04:00 East Hall Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Educational choices and lifetime hysteresis: Disparities in college enrollment and dropout behavior. (September 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112009 112009-21828324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Every young individual faces a pivotal decision upon graduating from high school: whether to enroll in college or enter the labor market. High unemployment rates during this sensitive period have opposing effects on this decision. On one hand, it imposes financial constraints, hindering individuals' ability to afford tuition costs, and on the other, it lowers the opportunity cost of college stemming from lower foregone wages. The relative importance of each of these mechanisms is contingent upon income levels. Specifically, periods marked by high unemployment rates elevate the likelihood of college dropouts among low-income individuals, while simultaneously suffering hysteresis effects of entering and staying in the labor force during wage stagnation. Conversely, high-income individuals are more likely to avoid these hysteresis effects by using college enrollment as a tool to strategically choose better labor market entry conditions. I built a dynamic model to quantify the lifetime effects of experiencing an economic recession during sensitive times such as high school graduation and while being enrolled in college. High-income individuals exhibit remarkable resilience to the influence of economic downturns, using college enrollment to mitigate the disruptive effects of business cycles. Conversely, low-income individuals, who would typically abstain from college enrollment, do experience some repercussions during recessions due to adverse conditions prevailing in the labor market. However, it is the cohort of middle-low income individuals that emerges as the most vulnerable to the sway of economic fluctuations. The state of the economy during these sensitive periods significantly shapes their lifetime trajectories, profoundly impacting their choices regarding college enrollment and the decision to persist or withdraw from educational pursuits, thus cementing the enduring hysteresis effects generated by recessions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:56:28 -0400 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:20:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Educational choices and lifetime hysteresis: Disparities in college enrollment and dropout behavior.
RTG TopGeoDyn: SOME OPEN PROBLEMS IN HOMOGENEOUS DYNAMICS (September 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111514 111514-21827203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: RTG Seminar on Geometry, Dynamics and Topology - Department of Mathematics

My research lies at the intersection of homogeneous dynamics, the study of group actions on homogeneous spaces, and number theory, more specifi- cally Diophantine approximation. The interplay between these two subjects has been playing a significant role in the wider mathematical landscape for several decades.
In this talk I aim to give a broad-brush picture of this area and and to describe a few of my on-going projects. By the end of the talk I will present to the audience some of the open questions and problems that motivate my future research, providing details if time permits.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:42:28 -0400 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:20:00-04:00 East Hall RTG Seminar on Geometry, Dynamics and Topology - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Set Valued HJB Equations (September 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109659 109659-21822570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

In this talk, we introduce a notion of set valued PDEs. The set values have been introduced for many applications, such as time inconsistent stochastic optimization problems, multivariate dynamic risk measures, and nonzero sum games with multiple equilibria. One crucial property they enjoy is the dynamic programming principle (DPP). Together with the set valued Itô formula, which is a key component, DPP induces the PDE. In the context of multivariate optimization problems, we introduce the set valued Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations and established its wellposedness. In the standard scalar case, our set valued PDE reduces back to the standard HJB equation.

Our approach is intrinsically connected to the existing theory of surface evolution equations, where a well-known example is mean curvature flows. Roughly speaking, those equations can be viewed as first order set valued ODEs, and we extend them to second order PDEs. Another difference is that, due to different applications, those equations are forward in time (with initial conditions), while we consider backward equations (with terminal conditions). The talk is based on a joint work with Prof. Jianfeng Zhang.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:25:03 -0400 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Student AIM Seminar: Student AIM Meet and Greet (September 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111987 111987-21828097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics

We are kicking off the semester with an informal meet and greet session for AIM students. New students are highly encouraged to attend and ask any questions that they have about the program. It would be a great opportunity to meet the other AIM cohorts and get advice on how to make the most of your first year. All AIM students are welcome to participate and socialize! We will have some cookies for the event as well.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:22:18 -0400 2023-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Cheer Workshop (September 13, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112205 112205-21828591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Indoor Training Center
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

UMich Cheer Workhop 9/13/2023

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:20:47 -0400 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T18:30:00-04:00 Indoor Training Center Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
How to Flourish Series 23-24🌸 (September 13, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110222 110222-21824537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

How to Flourish” is a series of workshops hosted by Trotter Multicultural Center to help incoming historically marginalized undergraduate and graduate students “flourish” by exploring the different dimensions of the Wolverine Wellness Wheel. Using the Wellness Wheel model developed by the University Health Service's Wolverine Wellness program, we discuss the importance of holistic well-being while acknowledging how a student’s identity, culture, and heritage can affect their wellness experience. Using interactive workshop-based modules with wellness experts from on and off-campus, students will have access to tools, resources, and knowledge that support their holistic well-being at the University of Michigan and beyond.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:01:58 -0400 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Flourish flyer with 4 events with date, location, and time. 1 picture of college students smiling. 1 picture of students blowing bubbles. 1 picture of a flower garden. 1 picture of 4 students sitting and talking.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program Fall 2023 Q&A Online Session (September 13, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110934 110934-21825880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join Prof. Emerita Kate Barald, Biomedical Engineering, and a panel of previous NSF-GRFP recipients for a virtual Q&A session on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program for the 2023-24 year. Open to both seniors intending to pursue graduate education and current postgraduate students.


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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:20:46 -0400 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T18:30:00-04:00 Online Zoom Meeting Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Dinner for Democracy: Gun Safety (September 13, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110351 110351-21824806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Turn Up Turnout

Sign up on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/manage/track/edit/6726/sessions

Join us for a discussion of Gun Safety policy and how it relates to voting! Learn the basics of how to maximize your vote for the issues you care about, and get FREE DINNER!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:45:23 -0400 2023-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Turn Up Turnout Workshop / Seminar Turn up Turnout Logo
Foundations of Community Engagement (September 13, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107595 107595-21820750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy, activism, policy, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships, center community-defined priorities, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.

**New for 2023-24, this workshop is an updated version of Ginsberg’s long-standing Entering, Engaging, and Exiting (E3) session. If you’ve attended that session in the past, you’ll gain additional knowledge from this session.**

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:29:41 -0500 2023-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community graphic (Buildings on top of "C")
SPH International Welcome Dinner Fall 2023 (September 13, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110213 110213-21824515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 6:00pm
Location: SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

All Public Health International Students are welcome to join. Meet our community, share a meal, and learn a little bit about the resources SPH has for you. 

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:20:46 -0400 2023-09-13T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T19:30:00-04:00 SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Transform Video Watching into Active Engagement Using Annoto (Fall 2023 Prep) (September 14, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110554 110554-21825066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Transform Video Watching into Active Engagement Using Annoto (Fall 2023 Prep)

Two dates: September 6 and September 14

Say goodbye to passive student video watching and hello to active video learning, empowering students to ask questions, share insights, and connect with course video content with Annoto, an in-video annotation tool for MiVideo/Kaltura in Canvas.

Join us for this hands-on training where we demonstrate how to quickly and easily shift your course videos to interactive and enriching learning experiences with Annoto

Overview

-Introducing Annoto
-Discussion of Use Cases
-How to Measure Engagement

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording). Once you register for the event a Zoom link for the session will be sent to you with your confirmation.

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Gili Cohen - Annoto

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:44:06 -0400 2023-09-14T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Transform Video Watching into Active Engagement Using Annoto (Fall 2023 Prep)
Setting the Stage for Peer Observations (September 14, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111826 111826-21827623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:30am
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching in Mathematics - Department of Mathematics

Take a look at the folder that Katie Waddle and Nina White have put together. Feel free to briefly skim many objects, or go deeply into one or two. Note that two of the resources in there actually came out of math department lunch teaching discussions in years past! It would be awesome to finally get to use one or both of those :)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VhMedhRhygnfAQt7JbYUjV4g5WgbCNiL

The first resource in that folder (Baldinger) isn't an observation protocol, but some examples of peer observations debriefs. "They illustrate three different modes you could do a peer observation in. One is "observer is here to give constructive feedback", one is "observer is here to learn", and the third is "we are learning together by having one person teach, the other observe, and then discussing" (Katie).

Our agenda for next week will be to share:
- what we want to get out of observations as an observer or observee
- what we noticed or learned looking through observations protocols or articles

Then, if we have time to start in real time, we can actually start to make some pairs (although this may happen asynchronously instead!)

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:34:20 -0400 2023-09-14T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching in Mathematics - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar two ideas make a better idea
ChE SEMINAR: "Probing the structures and reactions of molecules at catalytic solid-liquid interfaces" (September 14, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109410 109410-21822000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:30pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

The ChE Seminar Series features guest speakers from various research backgrounds throughout the year. ChE faculty and graduate students are especially encouraged to attend.

Abstract: Widespread adoption of renewable forms of energy and feedstocks is likely to require much more catalytic processing in the liquid phase. Adapting catalysts optimized for converting fossil-fuel-derived hydrocarbons to handle renewable and recycled carbon is a major challenge, due to vast differences in volatility and solubility. Solvent effects arising from covalent and non-covalent interactions alter behaviors at solid surfaces and in porous catalytic materials, where interactions are strongly influenced by partitioning of molecules between the bulk liquid phase and the surface or pore volume. Nanoscale structuring of solvent molecules near these surfaces alters mobility and promotes or prevents adsorption of reactive molecules near active sites. We probe these effects at a molecular level using operando magic-angle-spinning (MAS) NMR, which is beginning to reveal the origins of solvent-induced activity and selectivity trends in heterogeneous catalysis.

Bio: Susannah Scott is a Distinguished Professor in both Chemical Engineering and in Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Iowa State University, under the direction of Jim Espenson and Andreja Bakac, for her work on the activation of O2 and transition metal-catalyzed oxidation mechanisms. She was awarded a NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship for work with Jean-Marie Basset at the Institut de recherches sur la catalyse (CNRS) in Lyon, France. In 1994, she joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa (Canada), where she was named a Canada Research Chair. In 2003, she moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she currently holds the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Sustainable Catalysis and is Chair of the Santa Barbara Division of the University of California’s Academic Senate. She is an Executive Editor for ACS Catalysis, and a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science. Her research interests include the design of heterogeneous catalysts with well-defined active sites for the conversion of conventional and unconventional carbon-based feedstocks, as well as environmental catalysts to promote air and water quality.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:09:35 -0400 2023-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T14:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Chemical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Alt text: U-M ChE logo and text that reads "Seminar"
Poll Everywhere Workshop #training (September 14, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109723 109723-21822733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 2:00pm
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Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

We are so excited to introduce our newest vendor, Poll Everywhere! Poll Everywhere is a
polling software that integrates with popular slideware and multiple meeting apps. On August 28th the College of Engineering will have access to Poll Everywhere for all of your class meeting and presentation needs! With Poll Everywhere, presentations become a two way conversation rather than a one way conversation.
We are especially excited because Poll Everywhere integrates with PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Apple Keynote. These integrations will make it much easier for us to
engage more and collect valuable feedback.
Poll Everywhere allows you to:
● Collect feedback from students
● Check attendance
● Grade as well as integrate with Canvas.
● Increase overall engagement.
To sign up for a Poll Everywhere account please click here.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:20:45 -0400 2023-09-14T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
899 Seminar Series: Marcia Fampa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (September 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111912 111912-21827883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract:
We develop a branch-and-bound algorithm for the D-optimality problem (D-opt), a central problem in statistical design theory, based on two bounds derived from convex relaxations, the ``natural bound'' and the ``Γ-bound''. We describe a procedure to fix variables based on convex duality. We demonstrate that the Γ-bound for the binary version of D-opt with a particular variable fixing is precisely the ``complementary Γ-bound'' for the so-called ``Data-Fusion problem''. Further, we present theoretical results showing some relations between different bounds. We propose local-search heuristics for D-opt and analyze different strategies to compute search directions and step sizes for each iteration of them. Finally, we present numerical experiments concerning a B&B algorithm based on our results. This is a joint work with Jon Lee and Gabriel Ponte.

Bio:
Marcia Fampa is a Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where she has been since 1997. She is at the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), at UFRJ, where she has supervised more than 32 PhD and master's students. She was a board member of the Brazilian Society of Operations Research (SOBRAPO). Marcia did her undergraduate studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC/RJ), receiving an engineering degree in 1987. She received her PhD Degree in Systems and Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1996. In 1995 and in 2005 she was a visiting researcher at the University of Iowa. She is currently a research visitor at the University of Michigan. Her main research interest is Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP), with a focus on the development of convex relaxations for MINLP problems.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:01:12 -0400 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Marcia Fampa
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - "The causes and consequences of social interactions" (September 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111589 111589-21827281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Animal social behavior emerges from interactions among individuals, therefore, it is important to understand both the mechanisms that shape interactions and their consequences. Because most animals need to be in proximity to interact, individual differences in animal movements are especially important for determining who interacts with whom. Furthermore, the environment can shape the ways in which animals interact, for example by impacting their movement patterns. Social interactions in turn determine population-level processes, such as information flow and disease transmission, which can impact fitness and shape the evolution of sociality. In this talk, I will examine various causes and consequences of social interactions with examples from social insects and birds using lab experiments, field observations, models, and social network analysis. Uncovering the causes and consequences of social interactions is essential for understanding the emergence of social behavior.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:03:45 -0400 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Rackham Internship Connections: Doctoral Internships Overview (September 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109210 109210-21821219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Bring your questions about internships! During this informal, conversational session, University Career Center and Rackham staff will answer your questions about doing an internship as a doctoral student. Topics we will cover include:
How to talk to your advisor about making an internship a part of your graduate training
Answering questions about Rackham’s Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program
Strategies for looking for internships
The benefits of doing an internship as a doctoral student
How to make the most of an internship
Tips for writing cover letters and resumes for internships
Other questions you have about graduate internships
The second half of the session will include a panel of past Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellows to answer questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:20:45 -0400 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T16:30:00-04:00 Virtual via Zoom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Differential Equations Seminar: Floquet Hamiltonians - spectrum and dynamics (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109714 109714-21822727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Differential Equations Seminar - Department of Mathematics

The last decade has witnessed tremendous experimental progress in the study of "Floquet media," crystalline materials whose properties are altered by time-periodic parametric forcing. Theoretical advancements, however, have so far been achieved through discrete and approximate models. Understanding these materials from their underlying, first-principle PDE models, however, remains an open problem.

Specifically, semi-metals such as graphene are known to transform into insulators under periodic driving. While traditionally this phenomenon is modeled by a spectral gap, in PDE models no such gaps are conjectured to form. How do we reconcile these seemingly contradictory statements? We show that the driven Schrödinger equation possesses an “effective gap” – a novel and physically relevant relaxation of a spectral gap. Adopting a broader perspective, we study the influence of time-periodic forcing on a general band structure. A spectrally-local notion of stability is formulated and proven, using methods from periodic homogenization theory.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:40:01 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Differential Equations Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Interdisciplinary QC-CM Seminar | Multi-Gap Topological Physics: Geometrical Notions, Physical Phases and Novel Responses (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110515 110515-21825004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary QC/CM Seminars

I will review recent work on multi-gap topological states. These phases are characterized by topological structures that cannot be captured by advances in more conventional symmetry-based topological classifications schemes. Upon utilizing new insights into connections with general geometric identities I will elucidate the structure of these phases and highlight physical signatures in both equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium settings. These signatures are increasingly finding pathways to the laboratory in contexts that range from meta-materials and quantum simulators to electronic and phononic structures in real material candidates. As a highlight I will address how this understanding vice versa also relates to new takes on formulating novel quantum geometrical framework that can be probed by physical responses.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:59:14 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Interdisciplinary QC/CM Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Psychology research - From the lab to real life (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108559 108559-21819963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

What is involved in psychology research? Is it all white rats or investigating psychiatric disorders? How do we use it in “real life”? You might be surprised! We will talk about some of the many different topics and research methods used in psychology, as well as how it is applied in the real world to topics ranging from addiction to education to social injustice.

RSVP Required for Zoom link:https://myumi.ch/VMZ1N

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:45:53 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar STAR Scholar Virtual Seminar Series
Student DGT : Chern-Weil Theory (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111986 111986-21828096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Dynamics/Geometry Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics

In this talk, we will give a brief introduction to characteristic classes of vector bundles and define the Chern-Weil homomorphism. This provides a geometric way (using curvature) of constructing algebraic invariants of vector bundles. We will assume basic familiarity with manifolds and the notion of vector bundles.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 18:36:35 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Dynamics/Geometry Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Transform Video Watching into Active Engagement Using Annoto (Fall 2023 Prep) (September 14, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110553 110553-21827098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Transform Video Watching into Active Engagement Using Annoto (Fall 2023 Prep)

September 14*
*September 6 date has been cancelled.

Say goodbye to passive student video watching and hello to active video learning, empowering students to ask questions, share insights, and connect with course video content with Annoto, an in-video annotation tool for MiVideo/Kaltura in Canvas.

Join us for this hands-on training where we demonstrate how to quickly and easily shift your course videos to interactive and enriching learning experiences with Annoto

Overview

-Introducing Annoto
-Discussion of Use Cases
-How to Measure Engagement

This workshop, and all workshops in this Fall prep series, will take place online via Zoom. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants, as well as posted to ITS Teaching & Learning Workshops MiVideo channel.

To register: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93196857870 (Please register for this session to receive communications regarding the session and the follow-up materials (slides and session recording).

For a full Teaching & Learning/Canvas training schedule, visit: https://its.umich.edu/teaching-learning/workshops/training

Level: Beginner
Trainer: Gili Cohen - Annoto

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:44:33 -0400 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 Information and Technology Services (ITS) Workshop / Seminar Annoto image
Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series (September 14, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111280 111280-21826619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Abstract:
Our lab integrates biomolecular engineering, biomaterials, and bioanalytical chemistry approaches to address therapeutic and diagnostic challenges across cancer and other diseases. In the therapeutics arena, RNA is experiencing a renaissance since the recent clinical successes of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. By leveraging the sequence and structural versatilities of RNA, we engineer multifunctional RNA macromolecules as genetic tools, immunomodulatory materials, and generic building blocks. Towards overcoming analytical barriers in clinical diagnostics, I will highlight work in developing and translating ultrasensitive single-molecule detection technologies for measuring low abundance protein biomarkers.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:40:41 -0400 2023-09-14T16:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar A speaker talking to a group of students in a classroom.
Peace Corps Application Workshop (September 14, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111753 111753-21827539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building, Room 1804 (first floor, also called the Rogel Room)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Are you interested in applying to be a Peace Corps Volunteer? Come join us for an application workshop! During the workshop, you'll learn about the Peace Corps application process while also learning about how to strengthen your application. If you've already started the application process, or plan to do so this year, this event is for you!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:49:58 -0400 2023-09-14T17:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T18:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building, Room 1804 (first floor, also called the Rogel Room) Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar White graphic that reads Peace Corps Application Workshop. The imagine also includes the Peace Corps logo.
ELI Workshop: Writing in Academic Style (September 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111832 111832-21827629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:18:40 -0400 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Students at ELI workshop
SPH First-Gen Welcome Dinner Fall 2023 (September 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110214 110214-21824516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Come join us for our First-Generation student community welcome dinner. We will have food, activities, and more for you to start your year of right. 

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:20:51 -0400 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T19:30:00-04:00 SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
2023 IRWG/Rackham Community of Scholars Symposium (September 15, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109476 109476-21822065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 9:30am
Location: West Conference Room (4th Floor, Rackham Building)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

This symposium features interdisciplinary feminist scholarship from the 2023 IRWG/Rackham Community of Scholars fellows.The IRWG/Rackham Community of Scholars Fellowship is a highly competitive program for PhD candidates from across the Ann Arbor campus. In spring, the fellows participate in a weekly seminar designed to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and peer reviews of a dissertation chapter or article. Over the summer, the scholars continue their research and writing. They reconvene for the annual Community of Scholars Symposium to share the product of their summer’s work with each other and a broader audience.

Lunch will be provided for those who register by September 8.

The 2023 fellows are:
- Brittany Joyce, PhD Candidate, History, College of LSA
- Jessica Kiebler, PhD Candidate, Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies, College of LSA
- Sunhong Kim, PhD Candidate, Musicology, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
- Raya Naamneh, PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, College of LSA
- Sydney Tunstall, PhD Candidate, English and Women's & Gender Studies, College of LSA
- Raquel Vieira Parrine Sant'Ana, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of LSA
- Elizabeth Walz, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages & Literatures, College of LSA
- Kerry White, PhD Candidate, American Culture, College of LSA

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:07:53 -0400 2023-09-15T09:30:00-04:00 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 West Conference Room (4th Floor, Rackham Building) Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Group photo of the 2023 Community of Scholars fellows on the steps of Lane Hall.
Human POT1 protects the telomeric ds-ss DNA junction by capping the 5' end of the chromosome (September 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110927 110927-21825854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Research Specialist
Nandakumar Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 25 Aug 2023 12:14:24 -0400 2023-09-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Workshop / Seminar MA Seminar Flyer
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Kean Ming Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan (September 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109423 109423-21822011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics

Abstract: The expected shortfall is defined as the average over the tail below (or above) a certain quantile of a probability distribution. The expected shortfall regression provides powerful tools for learning the relationship between a response variable and a set of covariates while exploring the heterogeneous effects of the covariates. In the health disparity research, for example, the lower/upper tail of the conditional distribution of a health-related outcome, given covariates, is often of importance. Motivated by the idea of using Neyman-orthogonal scores to reduce sensitivity to nuisance parameters, we consider a computationally efficient two-step procedure for estimating the expected shortfall regression coefficients. We establish explicit non-asymptotic bounds on the resulting estimator that lay down the foundation for performing statistical inference under different scenarios: (i) classical setting with $p<n$; (ii) high-dimensional setting with $p>n$; and (iii) under heavy-tailed random noise.

http://www.keanmingtan.com/

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:38:14 -0400 2023-09-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Workshop / Seminar Kean Ming Tan
Engendering Respectful Communities - Ford School of Public Policy (September 15, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111584 111584-21827276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, (SAPAC) Graduate, Research, Outreach, Workshops, and Evaluation (GROWE) program provides incoming graduate students with peer-led in-person trainings on UM’s community expectations, policies, and practices as well as opportunities to develop and practice skills for addressing harmful behavior. This Bystander Intervention workshop, Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC): Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment for Graduate Students workshops has been tailed for the Ford School of Public Policy. This work includes facilitating peer-to-peer educational workshops, including the Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) program, in partnership with Rackham, LSA, and to other graduate students on U-M’s campus. The goal of the program is to provide a tailored bystander intervention workshop space that emphasizes the complexities of being a graduate student and creating a respectful community. ERC prioritizes creating an accessible, supportive, and student-driven space for graduate students to converse in authentic conversation where their identities and experiences are welcomed and valued.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:20:45 -0400 2023-09-15T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
NTRG: Automorphic Representations (September 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112236 112236-21828626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Number Theory Reading Group - Department of Mathematics

We will be discussing the second half of Chapter 1 of Getz-Hahn's "Introduction to Automorphic Representations."

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:55:27 -0400 2023-09-15T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Number Theory Reading Group - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 15, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21827820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Virtual
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 Virtual Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
Political Theory Workshop (September 15, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
U.S. Army War College policy simulation: Crisis in Cyprus (September 15, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111841 111841-21827637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Sep 15, 2023, 2:00-7:00 pm AND Sep 16, 2023, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Weiser Diplomacy Center is partnering with Colonel Chad Jagmin (Director), Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Halleaux (Operations Officer), and Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Davis (Observer) of the Department of Strategic Wargaming, and Mr. Ed "Cliffy" Zukowski (International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise Program Director from the Center for Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College) to host another policy simulation this fall. Through this simulation, students will learn about the crisis in Cyprus and be tasked with using diplomatic strategies to address a variety of urgent issues in this scenario.

Eligibility:
- Open to all University of Michigan students.
- Simulation capacity is limited to 50 students. Depending on interest, attendees may be selected at random, and those chosen will be notified via email to confirm their attendance.
- Participants are required to attend BOTH sessions.
- Register by EOD September 10, 2023.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:02:52 -0400 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Map of Cyprus
A Theory of Stable Market Segmentations (September 15, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110278 110278-21824717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

We study market segmentation as the outcome of a cooperative game between consumers who interact with a monopolistic seller in groups. We introduce two new solution concepts, the weakened core and stability, that coincide with the core whenever it is nonempty. We show that these concepts are equivalent and characterized by efficiency and saturation. A segmentation is saturated if shifting consumers from a segment with a higher price to a segment with a lower price leads the seller to optimally increase the lower price. We show that stable segmentations that maximizes average consumer surplus (across all segmentations) always exist.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:27:44 -0400 2023-09-15T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-15T15:50:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar A Theory of Stable Market Segmentations
AIM Seminar: Hydraulic structures and flood risk - applying fundamental equations for fluid and solid mechanics to reduce damage during storms and aid the energy transition (September 15, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109332 109332-21821417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Fluid and structural mechanics are the basis of understanding weather-related hazards, as well as designing infrastructure to protect people and property from these hazards. After presenting the equatlions governing stability of floodwalls and breakwaters subject to hydraulic forces, I introduce a case study of the 2011 Japan tsunami's impact on a bridge deck that failed. Next, I show the equations used to simulate tsunamis and storm surge, and apply these to a study of flooding in Florida due to Hurricane Irma in 2017. Finally, I introduce the hydropower equation and apply it to an investigation of Michigan's potential for expanding pumped hydro energy storage to aid the renewable energy transition.

[Contact: S. Alben]

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:30:17 -0400 2023-09-15T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Combinatorics Seminar -- Curves, degenerations, and Hirota Varieties (September 15, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110147 110147-21824403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation is a differential equation whose study yields interesting connections between integrable systems, algebraic geometry, and algebraic combinatorics. In this talk I will discuss solutions to the KP equation whose underlying algebraic curves undergo tropical degenerations. In these cases, Riemann's theta function becomes a finite exponential sum that is supported on a Delaunay polytope. I will introduce the Hirota variety which parametrizes all KP solutions arising from such a sum and has a nice combinatorial description based on the Delaunay polytope. I will then discuss a special case, studying the Hirota variety of a rational nodal curve. Of particular interest is an irreducible subvariety that is the image of a parameterization map. Proving that this is a component of the Hirota variety entails solving a weak Schottky problem for rational nodal curves. This talk is based on joint work with Daniele Agostini, Claudia Fevola, and Bernd Sturmfels.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:24:39 -0400 2023-09-15T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
What are stacks? (September 15, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111980 111980-21828089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Stacks arose in the 1950s-1960s out of a desire to construct solutions to seemingly unsolvable moduli problems. In this talk, I will try to give a bit of an idea as to what made these moduli problems unsolvable, before giving a loose definition for what stacks are and some examples. Some basic knowledge of schemes and functors will be helpful.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 10 Sep 2023 11:12:34 -0400 2023-09-15T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Cell decomposition in o-minimal geometry (September 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111427 111427-21827114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar - Department of Mathematics

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:11:44 -0400 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T17:30:00-04:00 Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar
GEOMETRY SEMINAR: Arithmeticity and 'Hidden' symmetries (September 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111593 111593-21827291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Margulis proved that a lattice Γ of a semisimple Lie group G without compact factor is arithmetic if and only if the commensurator of Γ is dense in G.
We investigate some possible generalizations of this result in a geometric group theory setting. We will give a conjecture about what we believe is true and also some evidence of it.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:57:04 -0400 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
NERS Colloquium: Departmental Welcome (September 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108516 108516-21819883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

NERS Chair Todd Allen gives an update on departmental happenings.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:07:22 -0400 2023-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar Todd Allen
UM EMS Club Mass Meeting 2023 (September 15, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111893 111893-21827725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 5:00pm
Location: 3697 W Lecture Hall
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:20:54 -0400 2023-09-15T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T18:00:00-04:00 3697 W Lecture Hall Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
UMix 9/15 (September 15, 2023 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112128 112128-21828470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 9:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

UMix 9/15

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:20:50 -0400 2023-09-15T21:00:00-04:00 2023-09-16T00:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
U.S. Army War College policy simulation: Crisis in Cyprus (September 16, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111841 111841-21827638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 16, 2023 9:00am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Sep 15, 2023, 2:00-7:00 pm AND Sep 16, 2023, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Weiser Diplomacy Center is partnering with Colonel Chad Jagmin (Director), Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Halleaux (Operations Officer), and Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Davis (Observer) of the Department of Strategic Wargaming, and Mr. Ed "Cliffy" Zukowski (International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise Program Director from the Center for Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College) to host another policy simulation this fall. Through this simulation, students will learn about the crisis in Cyprus and be tasked with using diplomatic strategies to address a variety of urgent issues in this scenario.

Eligibility:
- Open to all University of Michigan students.
- Simulation capacity is limited to 50 students. Depending on interest, attendees may be selected at random, and those chosen will be notified via email to confirm their attendance.
- Participants are required to attend BOTH sessions.
- Register by EOD September 10, 2023.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:02:52 -0400 2023-09-16T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar Map of Cyprus
Game Day at the Union (September 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112516 112516-21829056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union Front Lawn
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us for free food, a prize wheel to win some free merch,  lawn games, and tunes provided by DJ Zu. If you attend both this event and return after the game for Midnight Munchies (11-12:30), you'll be entered into a raffle for a premium giveaway from Athletics! 

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:20:47 -0400 2023-09-16T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-16T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Front Lawn Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Midnight Munchies (September 16, 2023 11:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112528 112528-21829082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 16, 2023 11:00pm
Location: Courtyard
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Come connect with friends after the game and enjoy a post-game snacks.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 16 Sep 2023 22:20:46 -0400 2023-09-16T23:00:00-04:00 2023-09-17T01:00:00-04:00 Courtyard Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
PSC Brownbag Series: PSC postdocs (September 18, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110851 110851-21825668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research kicks off its acclaimed Brown Bag series with postdoc introductions.

Meet Shane Burns, Matthew Pesner, Angubeen Khan, and Joshua Goode and learn about their projects, live or on Zoom.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:26:37 -0400 2023-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brownbag Series: PSC postdocs
Social Movements Workshop (September 18, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112102 112102-21828444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Social Movements Workshop, "Revolutions in Cuba and Venezuela," with Silvia Pedraza.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:32:44 -0400 2023-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Social Movement - Pedraza
CMENAS Fall 2023 Colloquium Series. Football Culture, Politics, and Economics in the Middle East and North Africa (September 18, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111681 111681-21827414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Football has been played in the MENA region since the 19th century and has been successively instrumentalized by colonialists, anti-colonialists, nationalists, internationalists, capitalists, socialists and authoritarians. Because the outside world is unfamiliar with the historical role of football in the region, it comes as a surprise that Qatar might feel competent to host a World Cup, or that Saudi Arabia might harbor the ambition to create a globally competitive national league. In this talk I aim to place these developments in their broader context, and to frame them using two theses. First, football interest is inherently local – stemming from rivalries which can often be traced back more than a century. Second, football economics is inherently global, since playing talent migrates to where it is most highly valued. This framing carries some implications for the future development of football in the MENA region, and the political tensions that this may create.

Stefan Szymanski is an economist who studies sports. He is currently a Professor of Sport Management in the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan. He has published widely on sports topics in peer-reviewed economics journals and has written a dozen books. The most well-known is *Soccernomics* (co-authored with Simon Kuper), which has been translated into 18 languages, though not Arabic or Hebrew.

This event is part of the CMENAS Fall Colloquium 2023: “The MENA world after a MENA World Cup” 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor.

Colloquium questions: cmenas@umich.edu

This series is funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) grant.

To register, go to https://myumi.ch/8eA8n.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:05:19 -0400 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Workshop / Seminar Stefan Szymanski, Stephen J. Galetti Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
LSA Workshop: Hired-In (September 18, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110106 110106-21824339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

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 workshop is required for all staff who are involved in the staff recruiting and selection process for LSA. All LSA staff, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates currently employed in LSA are welcome to attend. External guests may request to join as room allows.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:26:13 -0500 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 LSA Building Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar People working at a table together
Science Success Series | Mindful Mondays (September 18, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112241 112241-21828629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Give your brain some rejuvenation by taking a mindful study break! Come join us for an hour of connection and conversation with fellow students while coloring. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows. Light snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:18:48 -0400 2023-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T14:00:00-04:00 SLC, 1720 Chemistry, Flex Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Coloring page depicting a mountain, sky, and clouds with the phrase "Create Your Own Calm"
HEP-Astro Seminar | nEXO: Probing New Physics With Ultra-Rare Decays (September 18, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111580 111580-21827270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HEP - Astro Seminars

The discovery of non-zero neutrino masses is the only measurement to date that violates standard model predictions, and opens exciting new possibilities for explanations of fundamental questions like the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe and the origin of neutrino masses. Neutrinoless double beta decay, an ultra-rare decay that will occur if and only if the neutrino and antineutrino are the same particle, may be one of the best probes for these questions. But since the half-life is greater than 10^26 years (compared to the age of the universe at 10^10 years), experiments must look for incredibly rare interactions in the most radio-pure environment ever constructed. One of the leaders for the next generation in the field is nEXO, a 5 ton experiment that will probe half-lives beyond 10^28 years. This talk will describe how nEXO will tackle this gargantuan task.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:20:33 -0400 2023-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall HEP - Astro Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Affinity Community Resource Week—LGBTQ+ Students (September 18, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111693 111693-21827427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Grad School 101 invites you to attend our inaugural Affinity Community Resource Week!The University has so much to offer you! We want to make sure that you know about some of the resources that are available.Our Affinity Community Resource Week offers a week’s worth of panels devoted to resources here at the University of Michigan that exist for some of our affinity communities in Rackham. Each day, we will focus on a resource or resources related to a different affinity group within the Rackham community. The featured panelists will be individuals who work in the departments/organizations where this resource can be accessed.This resource panel will focus on the Spectrum Center—a campus resource center dedicated to serving and supporting members of the U-M LGBTQIA2S+ community. Representatives from the Spectrum Center will share resources, events, educational opportunities, and support services provided to all graduate students.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:20:53 -0400 2023-09-18T15:30:00-04:00 2023-09-18T16:15:00-04:00 Virtual via Zoom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Psychological Diversity across the Globe (Kevin Carney) (September 18, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109961 109961-21825856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The Psychology of Borrowing: Evidence from Kenyan Dairy Farmers

Kevin Carney of the University of Michigan presents.

Access to credit can be an important part of the economic development process: credit allows financially constrained firms to make productive investments and increase their output. Microfinance has been proposed as a vehicle for economic growth, yet recent evidence has shown that microfinance has not achieved the transformative effects that were initially hypothesized. Using a series of field experiments, we explore whether principles from psychology and economics can be employed to improve lending models for smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya. The first experiment studies the borrower side of the problem, focusing on how the endowment effect interacts with collateral requirements to influence demand for loans. The second experiment examines the lender side, exploring how to optimize financial contracts to increase take-up while managing default risk.

Kevin Carney is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's Department of Economics, studying development and behavioral economics. His research uses field experiments to answer policy questions in developing countries, spanning a broad range of topics including household finance, health economics, and political economy. Kevin received a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago.

Group Dynamics Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Psychological Diversity across the Globe
Do our cultural contexts influence our psychology and behavior — and if so, how? In this RCGD series, we delve into the socio-ecological, histo-cultural, and economic dynamics shaping the diversity of selfhood and its associated cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes. We go beyond the traditional East and West focus to include a wide range of cultural groups. This series will elucidate the implications of psychological diversity across the globe for policies in international relations, politics, economics, business, immigration, and other relevant domains.


Organized by Shinobu Kitayama and Catherine Thomas
In person: ISR Thompson 1430
As permissions allow, seminars from this series are later posted to ISR's YouTube playlist.


The series runs Mondays from 3:30 to 5.


About the Group Dynamics Seminar Series

The Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent seminars have included discussions in “Law and Psychology,” “Racism and Discrimination,” “Social Media,” and “Political Polarization.” The series is offered by the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD), at the Institute for Social Research.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:19:20 -0400 2023-09-18T15:30:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Psychological Diversity across the Globe
ISRMT Seminar: Random polynomials near the unit circle (September 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109547 109547-21822288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics

It is well known that a random polynomial with iid coefficients has most of its roots close to the unit circle. Recently, we found that both the minimum modulus of the polynomial on the unit circle itself, as well as the closest root to the unit circle has a limiting exponential distribution. In the talk I will explain the joint mechanism behind these results.

The talk is based on joint works with Nicholas Cook, Hoi Nguyen and Ofer Zeitouni.

Recording of the talk can be found at

https://youtu.be/bFT8TpUVmEw

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:11:28 -0400 2023-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar Oren Yakir (Tel Aviv University)
Quivers, Exits, and Forks (September 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112548 112548-21829103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

In this talk we will describe quiver mutation with several examples, and form the associated mutation graph (whose edges are mutations and vertices are quivers). We will learn about a particular kind of quiver called a fork, and use them to identify infinite rooted trees in the mutation graph, leading us to several results about the remaining 'forkless' part.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:22:02 -0400 2023-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Combinatorics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
GLNT: Generic character sheaves for parahoric subgroups (September 18, 2023 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112538 112538-21829092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:15pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Group, Lie and Number Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Abstract: Lusztig's theory of character sheaves for connected reductive groups is one of the most important developments in representation theory in the last few decades. In this talk, I will describe a construction which extends this "depth zero" picture to give positive-depth character sheaves associated to generic data. In the simplest nontrivial case, this resolves a conjecture of Lusztig and produces perverse sheaves associated to sufficiently generic multiplicative local systems whose trace-of-Frobenius function coincides with parahoric DeligneLusztig induction. This is joint work with R. Bezrukavnikov.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:13:12 -0400 2023-09-18T16:15:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 East Hall Group, Lie and Number Theory Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar Charlotte Chan
ELI Workshop: Tips for Effective Public Speaking (September 18, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111834 111834-21827630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you give a presentation, does your voice express confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? In this workshop we will explore techniques to gain confidence and comfort when public speaking in English. You will leave with tips and resources to improve your public speaking abilities. Everyone will give a short presentation on a topic of your choice: a self-introduction, overview of your field of study, or a quick story of an interesting experience.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:24:08 -0400 2023-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
IOE Career Workshop: Interviewing Skills to Get the Offer (September 18, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111443 111443-21827128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join a panel of recruiters and recent IOE graduates for presentations and an interactive Q&A session. Food provided!

Learn about the different kinds of interviews you will experience and how to prepare for them with confidence!

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:49:00 -0400 2023-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
**JCPenney Suit-Up Sept 23' (Virtual Week)- Sponsored by the University Career Center** (September 18, 2023 11:58pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108188 108188-21819094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 11:58pm
Location: VIRTUAL
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Date: Virtual: Sept. 18 – Sept. 22, 2023 (VIRTUAL)

Sponsored by the University Career Center: Shop online at JCPenney's special Suit Up website just for University of Michigan students, staff, faculty, and alumnx. Save an extra 30% off your online purchases of professional clothing now!

Please register for this event on Sessions. Once you register you will receive information about your coupon code. Once you have your code, shop online link here: www.jcpenney.com/m/suit-up

Please note that if you require any accommodations such as live captioning or interpretation to fully participate in this event, please contact careercenter@umich.edu. Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:19:58 -0400 2023-09-18T23:58:00-04:00 2023-09-18T23:59:00-04:00 VIRTUAL Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar colorful folded sweaters
Postdoc Appreciation Week: Donuts & Doodles (September 19, 2023 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110861 110861-21825678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 8:30am
Location: OGPS Lounge
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join OGPS Health & Wellness Team for peaceful break in the OGPS lounge. We'll have donuts, snacks, and mindful coloring pages. Have a treat and take a moment to relax.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:20:46 -0400 2023-09-19T08:30:00-04:00 2023-09-19T10:30:00-04:00 OGPS Lounge Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
CoderSpaces - Tuesdays, Fall 2023 (September 19, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112576 112576-21829135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.

Tuesdays, 9:30-11 a.m. ET, via Zoom
Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET, via Zoom

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:14:15 -0500 2023-09-19T09:30:00-04:00 2023-09-19T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces: weekly data science hubs via Zoom. Fall 2023 - Tuesdays 9:30-11 a.m. ET and Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET Details at datascience.isr.umich.edu
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar with Taslima Haque, EEB Postdoctoral Fellow, Wittkopp Lab (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111961 111961-21828064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Exploring how species thrive in different environments with a broad geographical distribution including the disparate ecological conditions provides valuable insights about the adaptive capacity of natural populations. Panicum hallii, a perennial grass known for its diverse habitats and substantial phenotypic variations among different ecotypes, presents the opportunity to investigate adaptive divergence. Our study of gene expression divergence and their underlying regulatory architecture suggest cis-regulatory divergence as a primary driver of expression variation in this population.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:28:26 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Evolutionary Trajectories and Genomic Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109684 109684-21822699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit I
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

The Department of Biological Chemistry presents the Fall 2023 Seminar Series. This event will be held on Tuesday September 19th, 2023 in 5330 MS I at 12:00 pm.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:07:15 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit I Biological Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Anupama Khare
Pre-Health 101: Getting Started On Your Pre-Health Journey (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109727 109727-21822739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Virtual
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us for "Pre-Health 101: Getting Started On Your Pre-Health Journey!" This informative presentation delves into the process of being a pre-health student and developing the core competencies essential for success in the healthcare field. Explore the abundance of departmental resources available to support your academic and professional growth. Learn how to leverage the Career Center for personalized career development, gaining insights into internships, networking opportunities, and the path to your dream healthcare profession. Whether you're just starting on your pre-health journey or looking to enhance your skills, this event offers invaluable guidance and connections to propel you forward in your healthcare career aspirations.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:36:57 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Virtual Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Undergrad - Grad Mentorship Match Day (September 19, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110386 110386-21824856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 1:00pm
Location: SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:20:52 -0400 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T15:00:00-04:00 SPH I 1680 Paul B. Cornely Community Room Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Affinity Community Resource Week—Master's Students (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111694 111694-21827428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

This resource panel will focus on the coaching and counseling services provided by the University Career Center on campus. Representatives from the center will discuss how their coaching and counseling services can help you with career exploration, feedback on your resumes and cover letters, job and internship searching, connecting to employers, use of LinkedIn, interview strategies and mock interviews, and evaluating and negotiating job offers.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:20:49 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Virtual via Zoom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
CM-AMO Seminar | New molecules and field sensors with Rydberg atoms (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112442 112442-21828928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: CM-AMO Seminars

This talk is focused on using neutral atoms in highly-excited (Rydberg) states for creating long-range molecular bonds and for sensing AC/DC electric fields. First, a new molecular ion formed through electric multipole interactions between a Rydberg atom and an ion is presented. Its vibrational spectra and stability against nonadiabatic effects will be discussed. In the second part, I will present our recent experimental investigations on whether Rydberg-atom-based sensing would be practical for electric microfields that occur in ion clouds and plasmas. The talk will be concluded with a discussion of the ongoing efforts to use high-angular-momentum Rydberg states for electric-field sensing in room-temperature vapor cells.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:12:33 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall CM-AMO Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Colloquium Seminar: Recent progress in completely integrable PDE (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107884 107884-21818338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Colloquium Series - Department of Mathematics

I will survey recent work on low regularity conservationlaws, equicontinuity, and optimal well-posedness for several completely integrable systems. I will describe the method of commuting flows and the increasingly sophisticated techniques that have been required in order to achieve sharp results across a spectrum of integrable models. This is based on joint work with B. Harrop-Griffiths, R. Killip, T. Laurens, and M. Ntekoume.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:45:18 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Colloquium Series - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
DAAS Africa Workshop (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111591 111591-21827292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Join the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
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AFRICA WORKSHOP
"Practicing Reparative History: Sites and Dilemmas in Rwanda"

Delia Wendel
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and International Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TUESDAY, SEPT. 19
4:00 PM
4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Delia Duong Ba Wendel is the Spaulding Career Development Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and International Development. Her research engages three main areas: 1) forms of community repair after conflict and disaster; African urbanism; and spatial politics. Her interdisciplinary work draws together Urban Studies, Architectural History, Cultural Geography, and Anthropology.

Current research builds from ten years of work in Rwanda and informs two book manuscripts in progress. Rwanda’s Genocide Heritage (forthcoming, Duke University Press) is an intimate history of early genocide memory curation that traces relationships to nascent human rights practice in the Global South. The Ethics of Stability explores post-genocide peacebuilding as a socio-spatial endeavor; one that is defined and challenged in the design of homes, settlements, and civic space. This research has been recognized by grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the American Council of Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council, Harvard Center for Ethics, and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

Delia received a PhD in Urban Planning from Harvard University. She also holds degrees in Architecture (BArch, Rice University), Cultural Geography (MSc, University College London) and Architectural History and Theory (MDes, Harvard GSD). In 2017-18 she was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Wolf Humanities Center. Delia previously taught in UPenn's African Studies department, the Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning departments at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and was an Assistant Professor in Architectural Studies at University of Edinburgh.

At MIT DUSP, Delia directs the Planning for Peace critical collective and the Mellon Foundation and CAST funded 'Memory Atlas for Repair' research project and exhibition.

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For questions about the event or to request accommodations, please email ecnirp@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:30:21 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Workshop / Seminar Promotional image for the DAAS Africa Workshop on September 19, 2023
Science of Thriving Accelerator (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110967 110967-21825925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

About the Thriving Accelerator Workshops:
A Thriving Accelerator is an immersive workshop from the Center for Positive Organizations about a topic in the science of thriving. After completing a workshop, students will be able to immediately implement their learnings to create lasting personal and organizational impact.

In the Science of Thriving Accelerator, you will:
- Understand the indicators of a thriving organization (and the indicators of the opposite).
- Learn how to unlock greater potential organizationally and individually through the science of thriving.
- Discover why the science of thriving matters to you as a student – and why it is one of the most important things you can understand and implement as a business leader.

Instructor:
Sarah Kurtz McKinnon, Senior Associate Director of Engaged Learning and Innovation at the Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Open to all University of Michigan students. Free registration required.

For information about all of the Thriving Accelerator workshops being offered, visit: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/learning-programs/thriving-accelerator/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:32:20 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Workshop / Seminar Science of Thriving Accelerator
Unconventional Approaches for Mediating Redox Reactions (September 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109251 109251-21821375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Chemistry

Reactions involving electron transfers are known as oxidation-reduction, or redox, processes, common and vital to our daily lives. Redox reactions lie at the heart of chemical, biological, environmental, and energy sciences and technologies. Here, we show how employing unconventional approaches and blueprints to a broad range of redox reactions taking place within homogeneous photocatalysts, protein scaffolds, and electrochemical systems provides an avenue for novel chemistries. Together, our studies showcase examples of redox processes proceeding under mild conditions, with some being driven by light or an external bias. Specifically, we investigate the photoactivation of metal-oxo bonds in coordination compounds, mechanism and function of a new class of copper enzymes, and novel electrolyte materials for use in organic redox flow batteries. Importantly, the diversity of molecular structures, functions, and mechanisms involved in these examples will highlight the versatility and modularity of the redox reactions and their vital role in realizing a sustainable future.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:21:43 -0400 2023-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:15:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
Foundations of Community Engagement (September 19, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107595 107595-21820751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy, activism, policy, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships, center community-defined priorities, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.

**New for 2023-24, this workshop is an updated version of Ginsberg’s long-standing Entering, Engaging, and Exiting (E3) session. If you’ve attended that session in the past, you’ll gain additional knowledge from this session.**

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:29:41 -0500 2023-09-19T16:30:00-04:00 2023-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Learning in Community graphic (Buildings on top of "C")
Pedagogy Seminar: Formative Feedback and Assessment (September 19, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112568 112568-21829126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching in Mathematics - Department of Mathematics

When planning and teaching a lesson, one critical step is taking stock of what students have actually learned. Formative assessment and feedback (as opposed to “summative assessment”) is regular, low-stakes opportunities for both the instructor and the students to measure current student understanding. We’ll spend some time discussing why this feedback process is so important as well as the many ways to get this information in the course of a normal class. We’ll discuss generic questions, as well as specific questions, using the concept of a derivative to ground our brainstorming.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:05:39 -0400 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T18:15:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching in Mathematics - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar two people speak with empty speech bubbles
SACNAS General Meeting (September 19, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111985 111985-21828095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:30pm
Location: BSB 1010
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:20:52 -0400 2023-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 2023-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 BSB 1010 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
+Tech Literacy Download: Adapting to the Rapid Shift of AI (September 19, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111459 111459-21827148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Business+Tech at Michigan Ross

In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting the rules, how can you stay ahead of the curve? Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring experts from Deloitte Consulting as they dissect the most impactful use cases in data analytics and AI.

Dive deep into the core capabilities that drive these revolutionary AI applications. What does it take to succeed in a landscape that's evolving at breakneck speed? Discover how these leaders have transformed their skill sets to thrive in the face of shifting tech trends and how you can adapt your own journey.

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to gain insights from the forefront of AI evolution. Secure your virtual seat now and journey with Deloitte Consulting into the heart of AI's rapid transformation.

Session Categories: Emerging Tech, Tech Careers, Tech Consulting

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:53:08 -0400 2023-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Business+Tech at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Virtual and in-person sessions run from 9/17 - 10/4
Latinx Heritage Month Opening Ceremony (September 19, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110965 110965-21825924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Rogel Ballroom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and the Latinx Heritage Month planning committee invite you to the Latinx Heritage Month 2023 Opening Ceremony. We're excited to kick off our month-long celebration and we hope to see you there! The event will include a keynote, food and more.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:20:53 -0400 2023-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Rogel Ballroom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Kickoff Event (in-person only) (September 20, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112557 112557-21829112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:30am
Location:
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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:25:45 -0400 2023-09-20T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T12:50:00-04:00 Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar
Gender & Sexuality Workshop (September 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112105 112105-21828445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Gender & Sexuality workshop, "NSF GRFP Research Statement: Institutional Constraints on Gender Identity Disclosure" with Xavier Fields.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:02:53 -0400 2023-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Fields G&S
Microlearning: Acing Your Interview (September 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112449 112449-21828933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:53:49 -0400 2023-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T12:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
Logic Seminar: Tensorial measures and omega-categorical theories (September 20, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112536 112536-21829090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Logic Seminar - Department of Mathematics

Last year, Andrew Snowden (UofM) and Nate Harman (UGA) introduced a new way of constructing tensor categories out of (really) large groups. What’s important for this talk is that these large groups are automorphism groups of omega-categorical theories.

I will give a friendly introduction to the topic and then focus on the known examples of omega-categorical theories and tensorial measures on them. Over the course of introducing the examples, I will demonstrate a beginner-friendly approach to the measures which follows the language of finite structures of the given theory. Hopefully, the audience can give me an idea of how to think about the measures from a model-theoretic point of view!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:22:59 -0400 2023-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 East Hall Logic Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Understanding Privilege (September 20, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110442 110442-21824915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:22:27 -0400 2023-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
CoderSpaces - Wednesdays, Fall 2023 (September 20, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112130 112130-21828476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

All members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.

Tuesdays, 9:30-11 a.m. ET, via Zoom
Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET, via Zoom

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:15:00 -0500 2023-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar CoderSpaces: weekly data science hubs via Zoom. Fall 2023 - Tuesdays 9:30-11 a.m. ET and Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET Details at datascience.isr.umich.edu
Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop (September 20, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112207 112207-21828593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 2:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the Race & Racial Ideologies Workshop, "How White Supremacy Persists," with Margo Mahan.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:36:47 -0400 2023-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T15:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar Race & Racial Ideology - Mahan
The Privilege Gallery Workshop (September 20, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112065 112065-21828391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Taubman Health Sciences Library, OGPS Lounge
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:20:45 -0400 2023-09-20T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T15:30:00-04:00 Taubman Health Sciences Library, OGPS Lounge Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Did decreasing residential segregation reduce the racial wealth inequality? (September 20, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112735 112735-21829479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Following the Fair Housing Act (FHA) in 1968, racial residential segregation declined rapidly in the United States. On the other hand, during the 1970s, the long-run convergence in Black—White wealth gap also halted. In this research I examine how changing segregation affected racial wealth inequality, which I connect through the housing market. First, I present evidence that the relocation of high-income Black families into higher income and previously more White neighborhoods accelerated after the FHA. I also show that this relocation likely had a negative effect on house price increase in neighborhoods with a high share of high-income Black families and the housing wealth differences increased among Black families. Then, I build and estimate a partial-equilibrium heterogeneous-agent overlapping-generation model with spatial equilibrium and endogenous housing prices. With this model I simulate how the relocation of high income Black families affected the Black wealth distribution and the Black-White wealth gap. In the model the end of residential segregation increased wealth inequality among Black households, but it also decreased overall racial wealth inequality. The policy’s positive effect on wealth concentrated among Black families who were previously constrained from moving into the model’s White neighborhood, while renters in the White and owners in the Black neighborhoods experienced modest losses in wealth.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:19:08 -0400 2023-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T15:50:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Zsigmond Pálvölgyi, University of Michigan
Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics -- Introduction to Positive Geometries (September 20, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112307 112307-21828774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 2:30pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics

I’ll explain the definition of a positive geometry and some motivation from the physics of scattering amplitudes.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:43:57 -0400 2023-09-20T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Learning Seminar in Algebraic Combinatorics - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Department Colloquium | Challenging the Standard Model with a new measurement of the muon magnetic moment anomaly g-2 (September 20, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111680 111680-21827412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department Colloquia

The muon magnetic moment anomaly is a contribution to the magnetic moment that arises from interactions with the particles that briefly emerge from the quantum vacuum to affect the muon's interaction with a magnetic field. The muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab has collected six years of data, and on August 7, 2023, the collaboration announced the result from analyzing year two and three and the combined precision of 200 parts per-billion. In the Standard Model of particles and interactions, the muon g-2 is a radiative correction that can be calculated, in principle, with high precision. Our challenge to the Standard Model is the comparison of experiment and the theory. In this address, I will describe the experiment and the challenges overcome to achieve its precision with some emphasis on the University of Michigan contributions, and I will put the challenge to the Standard Model in context including the challenges of the Standard Model Calculation.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:34:47 -0400 2023-09-20T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department Colloquia Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Student CA Seminar: Quasilength, Content, and Q-sequences (September 20, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111726 111726-21827500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics

In this talk, I will introduce the content of a ring with respect to a sequence of elements, a real number invariant first defined by Mel Hochster and Craig Huneke. A Q-sequence is a sequence of elements for which the content of the ring is equal to 1; after introducing definitions and looking at some basic examples and properties, we will focus on the conjecture that every system of parameters is a Q-sequence. This talk is a preview of the talk that will be given in the Commutative Algebra seminar on 9/25.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:00:46 -0400 2023-09-20T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student Commutative Algebra Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Additive Growth (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110361 110361-21824815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Economics

Growth theory is based on the assumption of exponential total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Across countries and time periods I find that TFP growth is additive. There is no evidence that TFP increments increase with the level of TFP as predicted by the exponential model. Even starting from low priors, Bayesian estimation selects the additive model over the exponential one. The additive growth model, unlike the exponential one, provides useful long-term forecasts for TFP. For the distant past the model suggests piecewise linear evolutions with infrequent changes: the size of TFP increments increases around 1650, 1830 and 1930. For the distant future the model predicts ever increasing increments in standards of living but with falling real interest rates and growth rates that converge to zero.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:19:56 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Additive Growth
Affinity Community Resource Week—First Generation Students (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111695 111695-21827429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Grad School 101 invites you to attend our inaugural Affinity Community Resource Week!The University has so much to offer you! We want to make sure that you know about some of the resources that are available.Our Affinity Community Resource Week offers a week’s worth of panels devoted to resources here at UofM that exist for some of our affinity communities in Rackham. Each day, we will focus on a resource (or resources) related to a different affinity group within the Rackham community. The featured panelists will be individuals who work in the departments/organizations where this resource can be accessed.Did you know that creating an action plan can help you achieve your goals and engage in conversations with mentors to get the resources and support you need?



Join us for this interactive session to develop or refine your own action plan—often referred to as an individual development plan (IDP). We will use the free ImaginePhD platform to map out your program, professional development, and career goals. Participants will create a time-based action plan using the “SMART” planning method and leave with specific ideas about how to hold themselves accountable and how to share their goals to get the maximum benefit from this planning. This workshop is suitable for all disciplines—STEM, humanities, social sciences, etc.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:20:48 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Virtual via Zoom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Algebraic geometry seminar: The period-index problem (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111318 111318-21826713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics

The period-index problem asks for a bound on one measure of complexity of a Brauer class (its index) in terms of another (its period). I will discuss some recent progress on this problem which relies on a mixture of ideas from Hodge theory, noncommutative/derived algebraic geometry, and enumerative geometry. This is based on joint works with James Hotchkiss and with Johan de Jong.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:33:41 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 East Hall Algebraic Geometry Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
Student AIM Seminar: Introduction to Persistent Barcodes (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112540 112540-21829094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics

This expository talk will give an accessible introduction to the concept of persistence barcodes from topological data analysis in a way that only requires linear algebra as a prerequisite. We will start with an intuitive sketch of simplicial homology and then discuss persistent intervals in a concrete, example-driven way. We will finish by developing an efficient computational method, as well as some optimization tricks (as time permits), for persistent barcodes. The appropriate references or further readings will be provided during the talk. Note that I will be giving a similar talk, but assuming more knowledge of topology, in the Student DGT Seminar this week.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 17 Sep 2023 14:38:30 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 East Hall Student AIM Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
The graduate school application process: Start now! (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108560 108560-21819964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Psychology Undergraduates

Just as being a graduate student is very different from being an undergraduate so are the ways in which you figure out which programs are the best fit for you, and successfully apply for them. This session will be especially relevant to juniors and seniors in the process of researching and applying to graduate school: How to find the right programs, how to structure your personal statement and get strong recommendation letters, do you have to take the GRE – and what if you don’t score as well as you’d like? However, we’ll also talk about what you should be doing to prepare as early as your sophomore or even freshman year. We’ll have both a short presentation and a panel of graduate students, including those who have recently served on admissions committees.

RSVP for Zoom link: https://myumi.ch/VMZ1N

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:55:33 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Psychology Undergraduates Workshop / Seminar STAR Scholars Virtual Seminar Series
Wenjing Wang Promotion Seminar (September 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109252 109252-21821312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Chemistry

Talk Title: Protein-based tools for studying brain signaling and neurodegenerative diseases

Abstract: One major challenge in neuroscience is capturing and manipulating neuronal signaling and modulation with high spatiotemporal resolution and across a large brain volume. To address this gap, my research group takes a chemical biology approach to design novel classes of protein-based sensors and tools. For example, we have designed new classes of fluorescence-integrators which generate permanent marks upon detection of specific neuromodulators. These fluorescence-integrators will enable whole-brain mapping of opioids, epinephrine, dopamine, and other neuromodulators with high spatial resolution. We have also designed light- and chemical-activated protein switches for controlling the activity of peptide agonists for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which will enable the activation of GPCRs in selective neuronal circuits to study their causal-effect on various physiological processes and behaviors. These protein-based sensors and tools will significantly facilitate the study of brain signaling and neuromodulation. Another significant hurdle in neuroscience is the lack of reagents to target misfolded a-synuclein (a-syn) protein aggregates, a hallmark of synucleinopathies. We have designed a-syn fibril-selective nanobodies which show efficacy in inhibiting pathology development in cultured neurons and mouse models. The a-syn fibril-selective nanobodies will provide valuable tools for studying synucleinopathies.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:47:29 -0400 2023-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:15:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Department of Chemistry Workshop / Seminar Chemistry Dow Lab
How to Flourish Series 23-24🌸 (September 20, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110222 110222-21824538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Nichols Arboretum (1610 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48104)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

How to Flourish” is a series of workshops hosted by Trotter Multicultural Center to help incoming historically marginalized undergraduate and graduate students “flourish” by exploring the different dimensions of the Wolverine Wellness Wheel. Using the Wellness Wheel model developed by the University Health Service's Wolverine Wellness program, we discuss the importance of holistic well-being while acknowledging how a student’s identity, culture, and heritage can affect their wellness experience. Using interactive workshop-based modules with wellness experts from on and off-campus, students will have access to tools, resources, and knowledge that support their holistic well-being at the University of Michigan and beyond.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:01:58 -0400 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum (1610 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48104) Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Flourish flyer with 4 events with date, location, and time. 1 picture of college students smiling. 1 picture of students blowing bubbles. 1 picture of a flower garden. 1 picture of 4 students sitting and talking.
Optimal Contract Design via Relaxation: Application to the Problem of Brokerage Fees. (September 20, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109657 109657-21822568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 5:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics

I will present a new approach to show the existence of optimal contracts based on the relaxation of the agent's optimal control problem. Introducing the notion of "relaxed" controls of the agent we prove the existence of optimal contracts in models where the state is given by a diffusion process with linearly controlled drift. Under concavity assumptions we show that the "relaxed" optimal contracts solve their associated strong optimal contract problem. The main advantage of our model is that it allows us to (i) write an optimal contract as a limit of epsilon-optimal contracts, ii) show the existence of optimal contracts for non-standard Principal-Agent problems (state constraints or difference in flirtations between Principal and Agent). These advantages make this approach well suited for the problem of optimal brokerage fees, in which a client of a broker has access to a larger filtration (representing the client's trading signal). I will show how the latter problem can be solved using the relaxed control approach. This is a joint work with Sergey Nadtochiy.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:37:26 -0400 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 East Hall Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar - Department of Mathematics Workshop / Seminar East Hall
+Tech Literacy Download: Figma Bootcamp (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111460 111460-21827149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Tech at Michigan Ross

Are you ready to unleash your creative genius? Join U-M School of Public Health and School of Information (UMSI) alum and now UMSI primary UX Lecturer Jim Rampton as he shares the use of design principles in action.

Jim Rampton has spent the past five years as a lead product designer for General Motors, crafting 3-D interactions in vehicles like the Cadillac Lyriq and bringing design principles to life. Now, he's here to share his insights on using design thinking principles and guide you through an exciting hands-on experience.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from a seasoned industry expert and elevate your design capabilities. Whether you're a design enthusiast or a tech-savvy individual, this Figma Bootcamp will take your creative journey to the next level.

Session Categories: Tech Tools, Design Thinking

<<Dinner Provided | Bring Your Laptop | Download Figma>>

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:53:30 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Tech at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Virtual and in-person sessions run from 9/17 - 10/4
Community Conversations #1 (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112246 112246-21828648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Mosher-Jordan Hall: Living Learning Classroom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us for a catered dinner and dialogue! Share about your journey to the University of Michigan, and learn about other MoJo community members!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:20:48 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Mosher-Jordan Hall: Living Learning Classroom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Community Conversations #1 (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112246 112246-21828649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Mosher-Jordan Hall: Living Learning Classroom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us for a catered dinner and dialogue! Share about your journey to the University of Michigan, and learn about other MoJo community members!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:20:48 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Mosher-Jordan Hall: Living Learning Classroom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
CORE Weekly Meeting (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112544 112544-21829098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

The attendance link for CORE's weekly volunteer meeting.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:20:49 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
M-Pals Personal Safety Orientation for International Students (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112751 112751-21829505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: M-Pals

This Wednesday, *September 20 from 6pm to 7pm* M-Pals - a student-run mentorship org for international students - is holding its unprecedented Personal Safety Orientation seminar in *the Forum Hall at Palmer Commons*. Candace Dorsey, who has a long-standing relationship with the Division of Public Safety and Security, will be leading the session, and she has created the 1-hour program on request specifically with international students in mind.

By the end of the workshop, we hope that everyone feels like they have a better idea of what to expect and look out for in order to keep themselves safe after moving to the US and not knowing yet in what ways the country varies from their place of origin.

The event is open to all, and M-Pals hopes that everyone who wants can attend to make use of this opportunity and feel more reassured in their experience of studying abroad.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:46:01 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons M-Pals Workshop / Seminar Join M-Pals for the Personal Safety Orientation for International Students. Come learn and get to know fellow international students!
Ready, Set, Intern! for First-Year Students (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108389 108389-21819519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Program Room (3003) - University Career Center, Student Activities Building / 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

As an incoming student, it can feel tricky to figure out how (and when) to get an internship and to understand what your career interests are. You might also have questions about how your major relates to potential job opportunities.

The University Career Center understands and we're here to help you feel confident and supported with your internship search and career exploration.

During this 50-minute workshop, we will...
- Walk you through what employers look for in interns- Help you set goals to prepare yourself to be a GREAT candidate- Debunk the myths of what you can do with your major- Guide you on how to use our resources to gain experience- Navigate the challenges in finding internship opportunities

You should come if you…
- Are a first-year student or a transfer student- Aren't sure when and if you should apply for an internship- Want to know what experiences/skills employers look for and how to get them- Have been asked at least 50 times already, “what’s your major?”- Aren’t totally sure on what the “University Career Center” does

*RSVP is required for this program.
For questions or more information contact: anschmi@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:33:31 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Program Room (3003) - University Career Center, Student Activities Building / 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar wall full of colorful sticky notes that have been tacked on during a brainstorming session
Leadership and Culture: Strategies to Prevent Workplace Issues and Retaliation (Campus Faculty/Staff ONLY) (September 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112451 112451-21828946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:03:39 -0400 2023-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112153 112153-21828515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Rackham Professional Development and Engagement

Every individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, or country of origin deserves the opportunity to pursue an education or career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) in a welcoming, supportive, and antiracist environment. Yet, despite considerable investments to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEMM organizations, substantial barriers continue to produce systematically inequitable opportunities and outcomes. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee, and developed a newly released consensus report titled Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation, which synthesizes the existing body of research on antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in STEMM organizations and provides guidance and a set of recommendations for stakeholders across the STEMM enterprise to build ADEI into existing systems. This upcoming event at the University of Michigan will provide an overview of the entire report as well as the set of recommendations within it. This event will be followed by a smaller discussion session of the report over lunch between the speaker and students.

Please find the registration link here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/9625

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:51:29 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Rackham Professional Development and Engagement Workshop / Seminar
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110480 110480-21824970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School


Every individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, or country of origin deserves the opportunity to pursue an education or career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) in a welcoming, supportive, and antiracist environment. Yet, despite considerable investments to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEMM organizations, substantial barriers continue to produce systematically inequitable opportunities and outcomes.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee and developed a newly released consensus report titled Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation, which synthesizes the existing body of research on antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in STEMM organizations and provides guidance and a set of recommendations for stakeholders across the STEMM enterprise to build ADEI into existing systems. This upcoming event at the University of Michigan will provide an overview of the entire report as well as the set of recommendations within it. This event will be followed by a smaller discussion session of the report over lunch between the speaker and students.
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/352q3.
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, preferably one week, to arrange for your requested accommodations or an effective alternative.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:15:28 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Rackham Graduate School Workshop / Seminar
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110476 110476-21824966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan League: 2nd Floor Ballroom
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Rackham is hosting the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine for a discussion of their recent report on Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM. This event is open to all students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and community members. 
Every individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, or country of origin deserves the opportunity to pursue an education or career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) in a welcoming, supportive, and antiracist environment. Yet, despite considerable investments to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEMM organizations, substantial barriers continue to produce systematically inequitable opportunities and outcomes. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee. They developed a newly released consensus report titled Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation, which synthesizes the existing body of research on antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) in STEMM organizations and provides guidance and a set of recommendations for stakeholders across the STEMM enterprise to build ADEI into existing systems. Join Rackham and NASEM to learn more about the entire report and the recommendations within it. 
A smaller discussion session of the report over lunch between the speaker and students will follow this event. Separate registration is required for lunch. Email maggieev@umich.edu if interested in attending.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:20:47 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 Michigan League: 2nd Floor Ballroom Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Business Administration 101: Introduction to Procurement (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112452 112452-21828952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course registration and details are available on the Organizational Learning website.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:16:51 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Organizational Learning Workshop / Seminar
Culture, History, and Politics (CHiP) Workshop (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112106 112106-21828448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Join us for the CHiP workshop, "From Perception to Polarization: Emotion and Group Comparison in the Articulation of Partisan Boundaries," with Ethan Johnston.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:39:41 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T11:30:00-04:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Workshop / Seminar CHIP - Ethan Johnston
Ginsberg Center’s Community Engagement @ Michigan Series 2023-2024 (September 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109724 109724-21822734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Ginsberg Center’s Community Engagement @ Michigan Series for faculty & staff addresses critical topics in community-engaged teaching and learning, research, scholarship, and program/project development. Through seminars and events, this faculty and professional development series supports faculty, staff, administrators, post-docs, and graduate students at U-M who are interested in learning about or further developing community-driven practice. Participants engage with strategies and approaches to develop and sustain community partnerships for research & teaching, prepare students to work with communities, emphasize civic learning across disciplines, develop and refine course-based and program curriculum, and more. Offered in Fall and Winter terms. Open to Faculty, Admin/Staff, and Postdocs. Some sessions open to Graduate Students.

See workshop descriptions for details & registration: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/13803

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:29:59 -0400 2023-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T10:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Community Engagement @ Michigan Graphic
Co-Designed Quantum Error Correction (September 21, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112089 112089-21828417@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Quantum Research Institute

Dr. Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, will be presenting as part of the U-M Quantum Research Institute's fall seminar series.

Seminar Description:
Our goal is to design quantum error correction schemes that suppress hardware-specific errors while meeting diverse application needs. This presentation covers the design of error-correcting codes that effectively handle practical errors, including custom schemes for AMO and solid-state platforms, as well as applications in quantum computing, communication, and sensing.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:00:33 -0400 2023-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Quantum Research Institute Workshop / Seminar Seminar flyer
SciML Webinar: Clifford Group Equivariant Neural Networks (September 21, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112103 112103-21828438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Scientific Machine Learning Webinar

In this talk, I will present Clifford Group Equivariant Neural Networks, an innovative method for building E(n)-equivariant networks based on Clifford (geometric) algebras. First, I will give an introduction to the Clifford algebra and its geometric applications. Then, I will introduce the Clifford group and how it always acts through the orthogonal group. As such, a parameterization that is equivariant to the Clifford group will automatically be equivariant to the orthogonal group of, e.g., rotations and reflections. We show that any polynomial (under the algebra’s geometric product) is such a parameterization. We propose several layers from these insights and conduct experiments in three-, four-, and five-dimensional spaces. One of these experiments even includes equivariance to the nondefinite O(1,3) Lorentz group from the same code implementation. Finally, I will provide guidance on how to utilize our codebase for implementing these algorithms.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:14:46 -0400 2023-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Scientific Machine Learning Webinar Workshop / Seminar
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111023 111023-21826009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

1. Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

2. Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

3. Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:21:08 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc appreciation Seminars Sept 21
Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111638 111638-21827355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute
Organized By: Office of Research School of Dentistry

Yvonne Xinyi Lim, BSc, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: "HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer: A Tale of Two Diseases"
Mentor: Dr. Nisha D’Silva

Dr. Lena Batoon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: Macrophage efferocytosis promotes bone formation by increasing osteoprogenitors
Mentors: Provost Laurie McCauley and Dr. Hernan Roca

Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin
DDS, Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Seminar Title: NEURAL PATHWAYS MEDIATING THE COORDINATION OF JAW MOVEMENTS
Mentor: Dr. Peng Li

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:39:07 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 Dental & W.K. Kellogg Institute Office of Research School of Dentistry Workshop / Seminar Postdoc Appreciation Week – Special Presentations
College of Engineering and the Center for Academic Innovation Workshop #training (September 21, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109403 109403-21821982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us as we explore all of the software offerings that The Center for Academic Innovation has to offer for instructional use.


Titles include:
Ecoach
Gamut
Gradecraft
Lettersmith
Problem Roulette
Spire
Tandem
Viewpoint

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:20:47 -0400 2023-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 2023-09-21T13:30:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar
Engineering Education Research Seminar (September 21, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112519 112519-21829073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Science and engineering are increasingly multidisciplinary. Many researchers encounter career challenges when adopting methods from fields outside their formal training. For example, faculty who shift disciplines need to acquire new skills while fulfilling their mentoring responsibilities to students who join them in the new field. We used collaborative autoethnography to study a tripartite mentoring relationship between an experienced engineering education researcher and two novice education researchers who have backgrounds in engineering—a biomedical engineering faculty member and graduate student. Using data from written reflections and interviews, we explored the role of instrumental and psychosocial supports in our mentoring relationship. We noted how elements of cognitive apprenticeship such as scaffolding and gradual fading of instrumental supports helped novices learn qualitative research skills that differed drastically from their biomedical engineering research expertise. While our mentoring relationship was overall very positive, it has included many moments of miscommunication and misunderstanding. We draw on Lent and Lopez’s idea of relation-inferred self-efficacy to explain some of these missed opportunities for communication and understanding. Our initial mentoring model failed to consider how challenging it is for mentees to make the paradigm shift from technical engineering to social science research and how that would affect a faculty member’s ability to mentor students in a new field. Our experiences have implications for expanding research capacity because they raise practical and conceptual issues for experienced and novice researchers to consider as they form mentoring relationships.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Dr. Paul Jensen an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, where he mentors students in systems microbiology, artificial intelligence, and automated science. Paul trained as an engineer and microbiologist at the University of Minnesota, the University of Virginia, and Boston College. He is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and co-founder of the biotech company Cerillo, Inc. In 2020, Paul received the Stanley H. Pierce Faculty Award for developing empathetic student-faculty relationships.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 16 Sep 2023 14:59:32 -0400 2023-09-21T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-21T15:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Duderstadt Center
Mentoring From a Blank Slate: A Challenge for Multidisciplinarity (September 21, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112726 112726-21829468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

This seminar is Hybrid (Presentation Room 1180, Duderstadt Center and via Zoom).

Abstract: Science and engineering are increasingly multidisciplinary. Many researchers encounter career challenges when adopting methods from fields outside their formal training. For example, faculty who shift disciplines need to acquire new skills while fulfilling their mentoring responsibilities to students who join them in the new field. We used collaborative autoethnography to study a tripartite mentoring relationship between an experienced engineering education researcher and two novice education researchers who have backgrounds in engineering—a biomedical engineering faculty member and graduate student. Using data from written reflections and interviews, we explored the role of instrumental and psychosocial supports in our mentoring relationship. We noted how elements of cognitive apprenticeship such as scaffolding and gradual fading of instrumental supports helped novices learn qualitative research skills that differed drastically from their biomedical engineering research expertise. While our mentoring relationship was overall very positive, it has included many moments of miscommunication and misunderstanding. We draw on Lent and Lopez’s idea of relation-inferred self-efficacy to explain some of these missed opportunities for communication and understanding. Our initial mentoring model failed to consider how challenging it is for mentees to make the paradigm shift from technical engineering to social science research and how that would affect a faculty member’s ability to mentor students in a new field. Our experiences have implications for expanding research capacity because they raise practical and conceptual issues for experienced and novice researchers to consider as they form mentoring relationships.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:56:54 -0400 2023-09-21T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-21T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Paul Jensen
Mentoring From a Blank Slate: A Challenge for Multidisciplinarity (September 21, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112726 112726-21829469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

This seminar is Hybrid (Presentation Room 1180, Duderstadt Center and via Zoom).

Abstract: Science and engineering are increasingly multidisciplinary. Many researchers encounter career challenges when adopting methods from fields outside their formal training. For example, faculty who shift disciplines need to acquire new skills while fulfilling their mentoring responsibilities to students who join them in the new field. We used collaborative autoethnography to study a tripartite mentoring relationship between an experienced engineering education researcher and two novice education researchers who have backgrounds in engineering—a biomedical engineering faculty member and graduate student. Using data from written reflections and interviews, we explored the role of instrumental and psychosocial supports in our mentoring relationship. We noted how elements of cognitive apprenticeship such as scaffolding and gradual fading of instrumental supports helped novices learn qualitative research skills that differed drastically from their biomedical engineering research expertise. While our mentoring relationship was overall very positive, it has included many moments of miscommunication and misunderstanding. We draw on Lent and Lopez’s idea of relation-inferred self-efficacy to explain some of these missed opportunities for communication and understanding. Our initial mentoring model failed to consider how challenging it is for mentees to make the paradigm shift from technical engineering to social science research and how that would affect a faculty member’s ability to mentor students in a new field. Our experiences have implications for expanding research capacity because they raise practical and conceptual issues for experienced and novice researchers to consider as they form mentoring relationships.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:56:54 -0400 2023-09-21T14:30:00-04:00 2023-09-21T15:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Paul Jensen