Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Introductory Techniques Seminars presented by The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization (December 11, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50185 50185-11656580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization

This continuing series of seminars is designed to introduce potential users of our center to a range of the techniques that are employed with our instruments. For more detail on the instrumentation in the center and the topics covered by our seminars, visit http://mc2.engin.umich.edu. Questions may on the seminar series may be directed to John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 08:08:33 -0400 2018-12-11T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Materials Characterization Workshop / Seminar Instruments & Techniques in (MC)2
End of the Term Lunch, Recharge & Study Space (December 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56380 56380-13894481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

It’s the end of the semester and CEW+ is providing space (and food!) to help you finish the year off strong. On Wednesday, December 12th from 10am-3pm, students are invited to drop in and take advantage of our study spaces, self-care activities, and healthy snacks. There will also be a social hour with lunch from 12:30-1:30 PM. Feel free to drop in and socialize with other students or stay all day to get some work done. Either way, CEW+ is here to support you!

Bring friends to study together in our quiet spaces, or just hang out and meet other students from different departments in relaxing and welcoming spaces throughout the Center. Children are welcome with a designated child-friendly study space.

If you would like to attend the lunch, please RSVP. No registration is otherwise needed to drop in.

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Reception / Open House Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:12:52 -0400 2018-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T15:00:00-05:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Reception / Open House CEW+ Logo
Finals Survival Breakfast (December 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58404 58404-14494072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Get fueled for finals at the Finals Survival Breakfast! On December 12th, grab a quick bite to eat with FSB To-Go from 10am-1pm at the Pierpont Commons Atrium. Hungry again in the evening? Fill up on a late night meal on the same day at the League Ballroom from 10pm-1am!

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:08:22 -0500 2018-12-12T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T13:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Center for Campus Involvement Other FSB
Introductory Techniques Seminars presented by The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization (December 12, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50185 50185-11656624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization

This continuing series of seminars is designed to introduce potential users of our center to a range of the techniques that are employed with our instruments. For more detail on the instrumentation in the center and the topics covered by our seminars, visit http://mc2.engin.umich.edu. Questions may on the seminar series may be directed to John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 08:08:33 -0400 2018-12-12T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Materials Characterization Workshop / Seminar Instruments & Techniques in (MC)2
International Institute Student Fellowships Info Session (December 12, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53837 53837-13467970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad.

An IISF advisor will detail the available awards and opportunities, review eligibility criteria, and provide tips on completing an application.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:35:08 -0400 2018-12-12T16:30:00-05:00 2018-12-12T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Finals Survival Breakfast (December 12, 2018 10:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58404 58404-14494073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 10:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Get fueled for finals at the Finals Survival Breakfast! On December 12th, grab a quick bite to eat with FSB To-Go from 10am-1pm at the Pierpont Commons Atrium. Hungry again in the evening? Fill up on a late night meal on the same day at the League Ballroom from 10pm-1am!

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:08:22 -0500 2018-12-12T22:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T01:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Other FSB
The War on Poverty Project: Evaluating the lasting, economic effects of the War on Poverty (December 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58180 58180-14435497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Friday, December 14

9:00-9:20am Martha Bailey: Welcome and introductions
9:20-10:00am Chloe Gibbs: “Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood” (with Andrew Barr)
10:00-10:40am Douglas Miller: “Selection into Identification in Fixed Effects Models, with Application to Head Start”

10:40am Break

10:50-11:30am Martha Bailey: “Prep School for Poor Kids’: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Human Capital and Productivity” (with Shuqiao Sun and Brenden Timpe)

11:30am-1:10pm Lunch Break

1:10-2:00pm Hilary Hoynes: “Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program,” a joint presentation of Economic History and Labor Economics Seminars
2:00-2:40pm Valentina Duque: “The Long-Term Health and Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers” (with Martha Bailey and Andrew Goodman-Bacon)

2:40pm Break

2:50-3:30pm Olga Malkova: “Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X” (with Martha Bailey and Zoe McLaren)
3:30-5:00pm
Short talks (~15 min each):

Jacob Bastian: “The Rise of Working Mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit”
Andrew Goodman-Bacon: “A Strong Start: Short- and Long-Run Effects from Medicaid’s Introduction”
Jamein Cunningham: “Legal Services and the Civilian Perspective”
Rob Gillezeau: “The Community Action Program and the 1960s Uprisings”
Nic Duquette: “Beethoven, Baumol and Bloat: The Establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Professionalization of American Orchestras” (with Mirae Kim)
Bryan Stuart: “The Economic Impact of a High National Minimum Wage: Evidence from the 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act” (with Martha Bailey and John DiNardo)

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:37:00 -0500 2018-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium Event flyer
Early Modern Colloquium Write-o-thon (December 15, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55059 55059-13680571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 15, 2018 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Join the Early Modern Colloquium a day or writing, snacks, and more writing in the company of your fellow graduate students. Researchers and faculty are also welcome.

To rsvp or for more information, please contact Laurel Billings (laurelnb@umich.edu)

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Well-being Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:53:08 -0400 2018-12-15T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-15T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Well-being
Introductory Techniques Seminars presented by The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization (December 17, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50185 50185-11656670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 17, 2018 2:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization

This continuing series of seminars is designed to introduce potential users of our center to a range of the techniques that are employed with our instruments. For more detail on the instrumentation in the center and the topics covered by our seminars, visit http://mc2.engin.umich.edu. Questions may on the seminar series may be directed to John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 08:08:33 -0400 2018-12-17T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-17T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Materials Characterization Workshop / Seminar Instruments & Techniques in (MC)2
Introductory Techniques Seminars presented by The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization (December 18, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50185 50185-11656581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 2:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization

This continuing series of seminars is designed to introduce potential users of our center to a range of the techniques that are employed with our instruments. For more detail on the instrumentation in the center and the topics covered by our seminars, visit http://mc2.engin.umich.edu. Questions may on the seminar series may be directed to John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 08:08:33 -0400 2018-12-18T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-18T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Materials Characterization Workshop / Seminar Instruments & Techniques in (MC)2
Introductory Techniques Seminars presented by The Michigan Center for Materials Characterization (December 19, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50185 50185-11656625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 2:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Michigan Center for Materials Characterization

This continuing series of seminars is designed to introduce potential users of our center to a range of the techniques that are employed with our instruments. For more detail on the instrumentation in the center and the topics covered by our seminars, visit http://mc2.engin.umich.edu. Questions may on the seminar series may be directed to John Mansfield (jfmjfm@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 May 2018 08:08:33 -0400 2018-12-19T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-19T16:00:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Michigan Center for Materials Characterization Workshop / Seminar Instruments & Techniques in (MC)2
UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics (January 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58505 58505-14510827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Art, Ideas & Politics Book Club is a partnership between UMMA and Literati Bookstore in connection with UMMA's exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s. Surrounded by the large-scale artworks by Sam Gilliam, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson, we will read and discuss bold and critical voices—both fiction and nonfiction—guided by Literati Bookstore's Creative Programs Manager, Gina Balibrera Amyx. Books will explore visions and critiques relevant to abstract art as well as the immense social changes of the period, and include Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (Jan 10), Art on My Mind, Visual Politics by bell hooks (March 14), Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel (May 9), Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (July 11), and How We Get Free, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Sept 12).

Gina Balibrera Amyx is the Creative Program Manager at Literati Bookstore, and a graduate of Zell MFA Program. Her writing has been featured in the Boston Review, Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Wandering Song, an anthology of the Central American diaspora.

The Art, Ideas & Politics Book Club will meet on the second Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m. in the exhibition gallery. Pick and choose or come to all of them. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.  

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
ELI Winter Workshop Series: Writing Effective Email (January 10, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59177 59177-14694663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:05:08 -0500 2019-01-10T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshop Series
Write Togethers (for grad students) (January 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-01-14T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-14T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Winterfest (January 14, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58864 58864-14567904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 14, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Winterfest is a great place to find your home at Michigan. Over 120 different organizations each day will be available to inform you about what they do and how you can join their team. Sound overwhelming? We got you covered! Meet with an involvement specialist to expertly select which groups to check out. Org performances, bag decorating, and other crafts will also be available along with hot chocolate and cookies!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:02:32 -0500 2019-01-14T16:30:00-05:00 2019-01-14T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Fair / Festival winterfest
Practice Job Talk (January 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58679 58679-14542715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Sex Lives of the Early Moderns
In this talk I offer a new conceptual and methodological approach to the history of sexuality: the sex life. Colloquial use of the term “sex life” usually takes the form of a value judgment: one’s sex life is either “good” or “bad.” I argue that these seemingly simple value judgments actually signal a host of assumptions about the ways that sex weaves itself—mentally, physically, emotionally, and politically—through everyday life, and that these assumptions can provide scholars with a useful guide for approaching sex in the past. Such a focus on the lived experience of sexuality can also, I argue, help us reconceptualize the lived experience of other, intersecting vectors of social differentiation and hierarchiziation. Focusing on one such intersection, the phenomenological imbrication of race and sex, I analyze the affective scripts that interracial romances like John Fletcher's The Island Princess (1621) offered to early modern playgoers—some of whom, I show, may we have been in interracial relationships themselves. Ultimately, I argue that reading for the sex lives of the early moderns reveals some of the inner workings of racism in a period before "race" emerged as an identity category.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:05:20 -0500 2019-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Careers / Jobs
HET Brown Bag | CWoLa Hunting -- Machine Learning for Model-Agnostic Bump Hunts (January 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59652 59652-14777839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

New physics at the LHC would typically manifest as an anomalous overdensity of events in some phase space region of the high-dimensional feature space of LHC data. The traditional way to search for new physics is to make some theory-motivated guess as to what it will look like, and then make a phase space selection which is optimized using simulated data and then look in that region for an excess in the real LHC data. Higher sensitivity is often achieved at the expense of introducing stronger assumptions about the underlying signal model, which are used to make more optimised multivariate cuts using more event features. I will discuss a case study of an alternate paradigm, in which sensitive multivariate selections can be be found while maintaining few signal-model assumptions and without the need for potentially unreliable signal simulations. The key ingredient is a machine learning algorithm which searches for event over-densities on an otherwise smooth background, as is often the case in bump hunts for particle resonances. In this 'CWoLa-hunting' (Classification Without Labels) strategy, the selection cuts are not determined in advance but are rather dictated by the distribution of the actual measured LHC data. I will also provide a summary of some of the other ideas for using machine learning for model-agnostic searches that have been proposed in 2018.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:38:46 -0500 2019-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Winterfest (January 16, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58864 58864-14567906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Winterfest is a great place to find your home at Michigan. Over 120 different organizations each day will be available to inform you about what they do and how you can join their team. Sound overwhelming? We got you covered! Meet with an involvement specialist to expertly select which groups to check out. Org performances, bag decorating, and other crafts will also be available along with hot chocolate and cookies!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:02:32 -0500 2019-01-16T16:30:00-05:00 2019-01-16T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Fair / Festival winterfest
U.S. Job Search for International Students (January 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59905 59905-14797338@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

International students have a lot to offer employers, including cross-cultural skills, diversity, a global perspective, and language skills. However, conducting a job search in the U.S. can be quite challenging. This workshop is designed to give international students the knowledge and resources they need to conduct an effective job search. At this workshop, you will learn the possible differences between your home country and the U.S. with respect to resumes and interviews. You will also hear tips on how to find companies who are open to sponsoring visas. Finally, a representative from the International Center will discuss the various work visas available to international students, as well as give guidance on how to answer the work authorization questions on Engineering Careers, by Symplicity.

This is a College of Engineering event.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:17:42 -0500 2019-01-16T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-16T19:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Center
ELI Winter Workshop Series: FINDING YOUR VOICE: CONFIDENCE AND CLARITY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING (January 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59705 59705-14780088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
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? Come to this workshop to explore voice and pronunciation techniques to make your presentations shine. You will receive hands-on practice presenting for one minute on a topic of your choice such as a self-introduction, an overview of your broad area of research, a new development in your field, or a quick story of something interesting you’ve experienced. Bring a script or outline with you to explore together.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:45:44 -0500 2019-01-17T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshop Series
Submitting a Strong CEW+ Scholarship Application (January 18, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59076 59076-14677953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: CEW+

Join the CEW+ Scholarship Team for an overview of CEW+ Scholarship application components, tips on crafting a strong application, and answers to your questions about eligibility, the review process, award types, and more. The CEW+ Scholarship application is open now and closes on March 12, 2019 for funding available during the 2019-20 academic year. This workshop will be offered twice - once on Central Campus and once on North Campus.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:17:13 -0500 2019-01-18T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall CEW+ Workshop / Seminar CEW+ Logo
HET Seminars | An Attractor Mechanism for nAdS(2)/nCFT(1) (January 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59653 59653-14777840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:32:18 -0500 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
New Year New YoUMix (January 18, 2019 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59155 59155-14692573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 9:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

UMix Late Night is back with New Year New YoUMix! Don’t miss out on 2019’s first UMix where you can enjoy free food from La Cocina, watch First Man, make personalized Clearly You Crystal keychains and keepsake boxes, take some selfies in our photo booth, and more! The fun begins Friday, January 18th at 9pm in the Michigan League. We'll see you there!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:25:07 -0500 2019-01-18T21:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T01:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering New Year New YoUMix
MFA Graduate Student Symposium: Site, Non-Site, Website (January 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58510 58510-14510832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join the next generation of artists at their studio site as they explore theory and practice in the age of the internet. Keynote presentation at 11 a.m.: "The Body as a Cyberfeminist Non-Web Site" by Yvette Granata, followed by demos, interactive workshops, and an opportunity to tour the Graduate studios.     Yvette is a multi-media artist, writer, film designer, and sometimes curator. Her work explores the socio-politics of technology through feminist art practice, cyber feminism, and techno-philosophy. Her work takes the shape of various forms and intersects video, sound, performance, computational media, and theoretical installations. Her media artwork has been exhibited at the Harvard Carpenter Center for the Arts, The Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, The Kunsthalle in Detroit, Papy Gyro Nights in Norway and Hong Kong, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center in Buffalo. www.yvettegranata.com

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecelia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:16:26 -0500 2019-01-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
UNRAVEL with Interfaith: MLK Symposium (January 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59620 59620-14754590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Dr. King believed that religion could be both "intellectually respectful and emotionally satisfying." Join us for some food, discussion and reflection on shaping a more inclusive campus climate through the lens of Religious, Spiritual and Secular identities.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:02:47 -0500 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 School of Education Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering Interfaith
UNRAVEL with Interfaith: MLK Symposium (January 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59620 59620-14756652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Dr. King believed that religion could be both "intellectually respectful and emotionally satisfying." Join us for some food, discussion and reflection on shaping a more inclusive campus climate through the lens of Religious, Spiritual and Secular identities.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:02:47 -0500 2019-01-22T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering Interfaith
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (January 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58198 58198-14441905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Discourses of White nationalism & racism today" by Alexandra Stern, Professor & Chair
Dept of American Culture, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:37:59 -0500 2019-01-23T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Animal Studies & Environmental Humanities RIW: Welcome Back Mingle (January 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59971 59971-14806090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Refreshments and snacks provided.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:35:09 -0500 2019-01-23T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Social / Informal Gathering
HET Brown Bag | Analytic Approach to EIgenstate Thermalization (ETH) in the SYK Model and Schwarzian Theory (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60107 60107-14838290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

The SYK model provides an uncommon example of a theory where Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH) can be verified in analytically. In this talk I will discuss this model in the deep infrared limit where the theory has an emergent conformal (reparametrization) symmetry that is broken both spontaneously and explicitly. To study the validity of ETH, we compute the heavy- light correlation functions of operators in the conformal spectrum of the theory. We compute these correlation functions with and without the contribution of the low energy (Schwarzian) modes, which are known to be the origin of the chaotic behaviour in this theory. In considering the contributions of the Schwarzian modes we find a weaker form of ETH: while the heavy operator insertions increase the effective temperature perceived by the light insertions, this effective temperature is proportional to the background temperature and goes to zero with the background temperature. In the case where Schwarzian modes aren’t considered, we find ETH in limit in which the weight of the heavy operators approach infinity. I will also discuss implications of these results for the states in AdS2 gravity dual.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:41:55 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Michigan Business Challenge Workshop: Impact Assessment for Social Entrepreneurs (January 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59286 59286-14728139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

As part of the co-sponsored Seigle Impact Track of the Michigan Business Challenge, this workshop offers approaches to and tools for social impact assessment. Students competing in Round 2 of the Impact Track need to attend so they can learn how to prepare this deliverable as part of the campus-wide Michigan Business Challenge competition. The Seigle Impact Track is offered by Business Impact in partnership with the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute. The top prize is awarded to the most compelling business plan that delivers social impact.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:58:22 -0500 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Impact Assessment Workshop
Submitting a Strong CEW+ Scholarship Application (January 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59076 59076-14677954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: CEW+

Join the CEW+ Scholarship Team for an overview of CEW+ Scholarship application components, tips on crafting a strong application, and answers to your questions about eligibility, the review process, award types, and more. The CEW+ Scholarship application is open now and closes on March 12, 2019 for funding available during the 2019-20 academic year. This workshop will be offered twice - once on Central Campus and once on North Campus.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:17:13 -0500 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:30:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons CEW+ Workshop / Seminar CEW+ Logo
ELI Winter Workshop Series: WHAT IS ACADEMIC STYLE? (January 24, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59807 59807-14788687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:35:12 -0500 2019-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshop
Social Event with Climate Blue (January 24, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60080 60080-14816988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Come for free food and friendly conversation with Climate Blue members and delegates to COP24, this year's UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland.

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Social / Informal Gathering Sun, 20 Jan 2019 07:13:09 -0500 2019-01-24T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location ClimateBlue Social / Informal Gathering
Better Assemblies Through Geometric Frustration (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60291 60291-14857788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Department of Physics

In hard materials, geometric frustration (GF) is most often associated with the disruption of long-range order in the bulk and proliferation of defects in the ground state. Soft and self-assembled materials, on the other hand, are composed of intrinsically flexible building blocks held together deformable and non-covalent forces. As such, soft assemblies systems are able to tolerate some measure of local misfit due to frustration, allowing imperfect order to extend over at least some
finite range.

This talk will overview an emerging paradigm for self-organized soft materials, geometrically-frustrated assemblies (GFAs), where interactions between self-assembling elements (e.g. particles, macromolecules, proteins) favor local packing motifs that are incompatible with uniform global order in the assembly. This classification applies to a broad range of material assemblies including self-twisting
protein filament bundles, amyloid fibers, chiral smectics and membranes, particle-coated droplets, curved protein shells and phase-separated lipid vesicles. In assemblies, GF leads to a host of anomalous structural and thermodynamic
properties, including heterogeneous and internally-stressed equilibrium structures, self-limiting assembly and topological defects in the equilibrium assembly structures.

I will highlight the some of the basic principles and common outcomes of GF in soft matter assemblies, as well as, outstanding questions not yet addressed about the unique properties and behaviors of this broad class of systems. Finally, I will describe opportunities and challenges to exploit the scale-dependent thermodynamics of GFA to engineer new classes of intentionally ill-fitting assemblies that target equilibrium architectures with well-defined dimensions on length scales that extend far beyond the size of the building blocks or their interactions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:44:48 -0500 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar GG Brown Laboratory
HET Seminar | Dark Matter Production: Finite Temperature Effects in the Early Universe (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60108 60108-14838294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Seminars

In the early universe, the Standard Model particles formed a hot thermal bath. We highlight the importance of finite temperature corrections in these conditions on various production mechanisms of dark matter, primarily through temperature dependent masses and scalar vevs. We first consider a variation on standard freeze-out, where kinematic thresholds determine the relic abundance. We then consider a freeze-in model where the production rate is dramatically increased when a kinematic threshold opens. Finally, we present a qualitatively new production mechanism for dark matter, where dark matter decay is allowed for a limited amount of time just before the electroweak phase transition.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:48:48 -0500 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
SMTD@UMMA Performance: Press A-flat to Play (January 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58518 58518-14510840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In response to the Virtual Worlds considered in the exhibition Art in the Age of the Internet, SMTD professor and video game music specialist Matthew Thompson explores the dichotomy of real/unreal in a live performance of new analog transcriptions of favorite video game soundtracks, joined by undergraduate and graduate piano students from his studio. 

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecelia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

The SMTD@UMMA performance series is generously supported by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund and the Greg Hodes and Heidi Hertel Hodes—Partners in the Arts Endowment Fund.

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Performance Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:16:38 -0500 2019-01-27T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Write Togethers (for grad students) (January 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-01-28T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Privacy@Michigan (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59816 59816-14788715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join us in celebrating International Data Privacy Day!
Privacy@Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information and U-M Information Assurance, brings together faculty, researchers, students and staff from different colleges, schools and units across campus and aims to spark ongoing, multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society—here at U-M and worldwide.

Keynote Speaker: Sarah St.Vincent, Researcher/Advocate on National Security, Surveillance, and Domestic Law Enforcement, Human Rights Watch

This event is free, but please RSVP to reserve a spot.

https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/data-privacy-day

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:44:36 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Privacy At Michigan Ad
Mental Health Awareness Workshop (January 28, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60143 60143-14840457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: STEM in Color

STEM in Color is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to our mental health awareness workshop: “How to Save a Life: Strategies for Addressing Mental Health Challenges in STEM and a Call for Cultural Change”. For this occasion, we have specifically partnered with the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) to develop a workshop that will not only raise awareness surrounding the mental health challenges faced by our community, but one that will equip participants with research based strategies for promoting mental well-being through prevention, intervention, and coping mechanisms.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:09:38 -0500 2019-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons STEM in Color Workshop / Seminar Mental Health Workshop
Marvell Corporate Info Session (January 28, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60161 60161-14840478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

At Marvell we are looking for smart, diverse talent to help create the semiconductor solutions that make cloud computing, autonomous driving, and connected homes possible. Our customers rely on our ability to see -- and design -- what’s coming next.

Majors: CE, CS, and EE
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: None
Collecting Resume's? Yes


Food will be provided by Cottage Inn

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:39:40 -0500 2019-01-28T17:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
Anecdotes from COP24: Bringing International Climate Negotiations Home to Ann Arbor (January 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60071 60071-14816984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Maanya is a second year master’s student at the University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability. As part of her master’s thesis, Maanya is looking at understanding various factors that influence farmers’ decisions in deciding sowing dates of rice in India and to what extent climate variability impacts these decisions. Prior to joining SEAS, Maanya studied the impact of climate change on the Himalayan glaciers. Broadly, she is interested in the field of climate change impacts on natural resources and their adaptive capacities. At COP24, she followed climate adaptation communication with respect to developing countries.

Tim is a senior in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts where he studies in the Program in the Environment (PitE) and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). He is also pursuing minors in Energy Science and Policy and Urban Studies. Tim is particularly interested in understanding political barriers to developed countries’ adoption of market-based climate change mitigation strategies--including emissions trading and carbon pricing policies--at sub-national and national levels. He is currently preparing his undergraduate thesis on the role of environmental NGOs and pressure groups in advancing the mitigation efforts of European Union member states. At COP24, Tim followed talks on carbon markets and examined NGO influence strategies.

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
In a joint presentation, Tim and Maanya will discuss anecdotes from COP24, tying their experiences and take-aways to the current US climate policy landscape and opportunities/challenges for future progress. Specifically, they will draw lessons from the negotiations on economic diversification, the just transition, and science-inclusive policy and direct suggestions towards US stakeholders which may be applied in local climate work.

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Presentation Sun, 20 Jan 2019 07:13:58 -0500 2019-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location ClimateBlue Presentation
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-14777837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Dynetics Corporate Info Session (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60162 60162-14840479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Dynetics, a 100% employee owned engineering firm headquartered in the Rocket City (Huntsville, AL) will host an information session to share information regarding exciting full time and internship opportunities. Positions are available for electrical, computer, aerospace, and mechanical engineers, as well as physics, computer science, and physics students. Opportunities are available in the Huntsville, AL area, as well as Charlottesville, VA, Detroit, MI, and Dayton, OH, just to name a few! Whether your interests are in radar, embedded systems, reverse engineering, software development, mechanical design, stress analysis, model & simulation, unmanned aircraft, missile systems, or space hardware, there is an opportunity for you within Dynetics, and we look forward to meeting with you!

Majors: AERO, CE, CS, EE, and ME
Degrees: Master's and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship
Collecting Resume's?: Yes

Food will be provided by Cottage Inn.

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:41:14 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
KLA-Tencor Corporate Info Session (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60163 60163-14840480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

It's our belief at KLA that innovators are true optimists. We take on complex technical challenges that often take years to solve. We work on the edges of deep science, exploring electron and photon optics, sensors, machine learning and data analytics. We help create the ideas and devices that transform the future.

Catering will be provided by Zingermann's

Majors: ChE, CE, CS, DS, EE, IOE, MSE, and ME
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time and Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resume's?: Yes

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:39:03 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs Company Icon
HET Brown Bag Seminars | Testing Models of Dark Matter and Modifications to Gravity using Local Milky Way Observables (January 30, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60479 60479-14899147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

Galactic rotation curves are often considered the first robust evidence for the existence of dark matter. However, even in the presence of a dark matter halo, other galactic-scale observations, such as the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation and the Radial Acceleration Relation, remain challenging to explain. This has motivated various models of dark matter as well as long-distance, infrared (IR) modifications to gravity as an alternative to the dark matter hypothesis. We present a framework to test a general class of such models using local Milky Way observables, including the vertical acceleration field, the rotation curve, the baryonic surface density, and the stellar disk profile. In this talk I will focus on models that predict scalar amplifications of gravity, i.e., models that increase the magnitude but do not change the direction of the gravitational acceleration. MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) as well as superfluid dark matter are examples. We find that models of this type are in tension with observations of the Milky Way scale radius and bulge mass and that cold non-interacting dark matter provides a better fit to the data. We conclude that models that result in a MOND-like force struggle to simultaneously explain both the rotational velocity and vertical motion of nearby stars in the Milky Way. A future publication will extend this analysis to include other models such as Strongly Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:02:39 -0500 2019-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Chair's Distinguished Lecture Series - Programmable metamaterials for redirecting stress waves on the fly (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60541 60541-14908097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Osama R. Bilal, ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Mechanical metamaterials are material systems with tailored, architected geometry, designed to retain static and dynamic properties that do not exist or rare in nature. This class of materials usually features a structural pattern that repeats spatially (i.e., unit cell). Most of the metamaterials properties are inscribed in the unit cell’s frequency dispersion spectrum, ranging form its stiffness at zero frequency to its wave attenuation capacity at finite frequencies. These metamaterials are well suited to provide new materials-based advances (through geometry rather than chemical composition) to both structural and acoustical engineering of aerospace vehicles and structures. These advances, for example, can range from sound and vibration insulation to flow control. A major challenge in metamaterials design is to engineer unit cells that have the ability to change their mechanical properties in a predetermined manner, within practical time frames. As a demonstration of principle, we harness geometric and magnetic nonlinearities to tune the metamaterials’ dispersion characteristics. We program our nonlinear metamaterial to redirect stress waves, on the fly, in a reversible and element-wise fashion.

About the speaker...
Osama R. Bilal received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Before relocating to Caltech, he was an ETH postdoctoral fellow in the department of mechanical engineering in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research interest spans the realization of advanced material and structures by design, autonomous deployment of material systems, topology optimization, flow control, and multifunctional metamaterials. Osama is the recipient of several awards, including the ARL postdoctoral fellowship (Army), ETH postdoctoral fellowship (ETH), the Graduate Student Service Award (CU-Boulder), the International Student Award (CU-Boulder), the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (CU-Boulder) and the Phononics 2011 Fellowship (National Science Foundation), among others. More info at http://www.orbilal.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:18:08 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Bilal Photo
EnginTalks: Student Climate Survey (January 31, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58681 58681-14544812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO)

The College of Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory Board (DEI SAB) are infusing dialogue and data about inclusivity and diversity in their upcoming EnginTalks. Thursday, January 31st from 5:00-6:30 pm in the Pierpont Commons Fireside Cafe, Robert Scott, Director of Diversity of Initiatives and members of the DEI SAB will present key findings of our recent Student Climate Survey and facilitate small group dialogues around the results. This will be an interactive and high impact event that will actualize Michigan Engineering’s goal of creating a framework within the university that will engage with all members of the community to ensure our campus is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

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Meeting Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:46:33 -0500 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T18:30:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO) Meeting Description of the EnginTalks on January 31, 2019 with Michigan Engineering's DEI Student Advisory Board with RSVP link.
EIHS Symposium: Confronting a Climate of Despair: Transformative Pedagogies in the Anthropocene (February 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57332 57332-14157741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The arc of history is long and trending hotter, but at the moment it is hard to claim it bends towards justice. This symposium engages widely shared anxieties and aspirations regarding the role of the humanities in the midst of crisis. The challenge of integrating climate change and environmental justice into teaching is only partly a matter of disciplinary expertise. Georgetown University climate historian Dagomar Degroot will discuss his successes and failures in teaching about climate change. The symposium concludes by grappling with dystopian visions in order to ask how humans live with climate change and how critical pedagogies can avoid exacerbating a “climate of despair.”

Moderated by Perrin Selcer (University of Michigan), facilitated by Anne Berg (University of Michigan).

Dagomar Degroot is an assistant professor of environmental history at Georgetown University. His recent work focuses on the resilience of different societies to pre-industrial climate change; the history of animal cultures in the Arctic, and the social impacts, on Earth, of environmental changes in outer space. His first book, The Frigid Golden Age: Climate Change, the Little Ice Age, and the Dutch Republic, 1560-1720, was recently published by Cambridge University Press. His second book, Civilization and the Cosmos: An Environmental History of Humanity's Place in the Solar System, is under contract with Harvard University Press and Penguin Random House. He is the co-founder of the Climate History Network, an organization of more than 200 climate scholars, and the founder of HistoricalClimatology.com, a website that receives roughly 500,000 hits per year.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Presented with support from Environmental History Interest Group; Institute for the Humanities; Program in the Environment; and Science, Technology, and Society.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:17:16 -0500 2019-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T14:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium degroot headshot
HET Seminars | From Seiberg-Witten Theory to Adjoint QCD (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60482 60482-14899149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:07:52 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58199 58199-14441906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Perpetuation of cultural racism through social & mass media" by Travis Dixon, Professor, Dept of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:42:58 -0500 2019-02-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Write Togethers (for grad students) (February 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-02-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Chair's Distinguished Lecture Series - Programmable metamaterials for redirecting stress waves on the fly (February 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60541 60541-14937146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Osama R. Bilal, ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Mechanical metamaterials are material systems with tailored, architected geometry, designed to retain static and dynamic properties that do not exist or rare in nature. This class of materials usually features a structural pattern that repeats spatially (i.e., unit cell). Most of the metamaterials properties are inscribed in the unit cell’s frequency dispersion spectrum, ranging form its stiffness at zero frequency to its wave attenuation capacity at finite frequencies. These metamaterials are well suited to provide new materials-based advances (through geometry rather than chemical composition) to both structural and acoustical engineering of aerospace vehicles and structures. These advances, for example, can range from sound and vibration insulation to flow control. A major challenge in metamaterials design is to engineer unit cells that have the ability to change their mechanical properties in a predetermined manner, within practical time frames. As a demonstration of principle, we harness geometric and magnetic nonlinearities to tune the metamaterials’ dispersion characteristics. We program our nonlinear metamaterial to redirect stress waves, on the fly, in a reversible and element-wise fashion.

About the speaker...
Osama R. Bilal received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Before relocating to Caltech, he was an ETH postdoctoral fellow in the department of mechanical engineering in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research interest spans the realization of advanced material and structures by design, autonomous deployment of material systems, topology optimization, flow control, and multifunctional metamaterials. Osama is the recipient of several awards, including the ARL postdoctoral fellowship (Army), ETH postdoctoral fellowship (ETH), the Graduate Student Service Award (CU-Boulder), the International Student Award (CU-Boulder), the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (CU-Boulder) and the Phononics 2011 Fellowship (National Science Foundation), among others. More info at http://www.orbilal.com/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:18:08 -0500 2019-02-05T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T16:30:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Bilal Photo
HET Brown Bag | Hamiltonian Truncation and the S^3 Partition Function (February 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60738 60738-14961638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

In this talk I discuss Hamiltonian truncation, a toolkit to construct quantum field theories. Hamiltonian truncation is in many ways orthogonal to the more familiar lattice regularization, and it can be used to systematically compute QFT observables with little computational effort. In the first part of this talk I will review the basic ideas behind this method, as well as some examples from the literature in d=2 and d>2 dimensions. In the second part I will discuss recent work involving strongly-coupled scalar theories on the three-dimensional sphere. Based on hep-th/1811.00528.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:21:07 -0500 2019-02-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
State of the Union 2019 Debrief (February 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60189 60189-14917072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Join us for lunch and discussion focused on the 2019 State of the Union, and reflections on this year in science policy. RSVP so we can order enough food: https://goo.gl/forms/wwJeexu2J4nsoRls1

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Meeting Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:50:30 -0500 2019-02-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Meeting SOTU 2019 flyer
How to Start a Blockchain Company w/ David Bleznak, CEO of Totle (February 6, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60803 60803-14966209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Blockchain@Michigan

It's easy to get excited about new technology's high growth potential these days, but gaining traction for a brand new company is not a simple task; especially when the space is brand new too! Join us to hear from David Bleznak, CEO of Totle, a fast-growing crypto trading company, as he shares his founders' story of launching an emerging technology venture. David will talk about the ups and downs in the early stages of building Totle, and deliver key insights about what can sink or catapult your company in the first six months of its existence. There will be a keynote, Q&A session, and opportunities for 1-on-1 conversation toward the end of the event!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:26:40 -0500 2019-02-06T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-06T20:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Blockchain@Michigan Workshop / Seminar Shapiro Library
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop (February 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57652 57652-14937158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

The day before the Hopwood Graduate + Undergraduate Awards deadline, come by to finalize your submission!

This informal chance to get together, ask questions about the submissions tool, troubleshoot anything that might go wrong, and poke around the different categories. (And if you want to stick around, our weekly Hopwood Tea starts at 4:00.) Open to all!

For details on the Hopwood Awards that are open to you, visit http://bit.ly/Feb-8-2019

HOPWOOD ROOM SCHEDULE ON FEBRUARY 7 (all open to the public!):

12:00-2:00 Submissions Drop-In Workshop (part 1)
2:00-3:00 Q&A with ZVWS poet Ada Limón
3:00-4:00 Submissions Drop-In Workshop (part 2)
4:00-5:30 Hopwood Tea

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:21:36 -0500 2019-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Workshop / Seminar Bound manuscripts in the Hopwood Room
Hopwood Award Submissions Drop-in Workshop (February 7, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57652 57652-14937159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

The day before the Hopwood Graduate + Undergraduate Awards deadline, come by to finalize your submission!

This informal chance to get together, ask questions about the submissions tool, troubleshoot anything that might go wrong, and poke around the different categories. (And if you want to stick around, our weekly Hopwood Tea starts at 4:00.) Open to all!

For details on the Hopwood Awards that are open to you, visit http://bit.ly/Feb-8-2019

HOPWOOD ROOM SCHEDULE ON FEBRUARY 7 (all open to the public!):

12:00-2:00 Submissions Drop-In Workshop (part 1)
2:00-3:00 Q&A with ZVWS poet Ada Limón
3:00-4:00 Submissions Drop-In Workshop (part 2)
4:00-5:30 Hopwood Tea

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:21:36 -0500 2019-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Workshop / Seminar Bound manuscripts in the Hopwood Room
MUSE Workshop: What can environmental literary studies teach us about infrastructure? (February 7, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60212 60212-14917075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:55:48 -0500 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Spaceflight Industries Info Session (February 7, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60722 60722-14954968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Please join the Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratories (S3FL) and Tau Beta Pi for a corporate info session with Spaceflight Industries.

Traditionally, access to space has been limited to government entities due to high cost. Sending satellites into orbit once required purchasing an entire rocket; however, with the growing industry of smallsats, the demand for routine, cost-effective access to space has increased exponentially. Demand, coupled with the growing number of launch vehicle providers, created an opportunity for Spaceflight to assist in identifying, booking and managing rideshare launches.

With a straightforward and cost-effective suite of products and services including state-of-the-art satellite infrastructure, rideshare launch offerings, payload integration and global communications networks, Spaceflight enables commercial, non-profit organizations and government entities to achieve their mission goals – on time and on budget.

Food will be provided.

Majors: AERO, ME, CS, CE, and anyone else interested in the field.
Positions: Full-time, Co-op, Interns
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizen
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:42:11 -0500 2019-02-07T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs logo
ELI Winter Workshop Series: EDITING YOUR OWN ACADEMIC WRITING (February 7, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59852 59852-14795154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you’re trying to figure out just how you want to express a point in your writing, what digital resources can you turn to, in addition to your human collaborators? Sure, dictionaries can be useful, but what if you’re trying to avoid repeating the same word over and over, or trying to see if two words sound right together? In this workshop, we will look how to ask one’s questions about word choices in a range of free language “corpora,” large databases of language as it is actually used. We will focus on corpora that include academic writing in English, but if you also write in other languages, you can apply these strategies to corpora featuring other languages too. If possible, bring a laptop to try out resources on your own device during the workshop.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:28:30 -0500 2019-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshops
2019 D+B Conference (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60582 60582-14910396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Design + Business

Join the Ross Design+Business Club for our annual conference on Friday, February 8th - you'll meet some of the nation's top innovators and learn how they are using design thinking to improve the products and services we use every day. All graduate-level students are welcome to attend.

This year's conference includes:
--Opening Keynote from SalesForce Ignite, who will talk about Ignite's process for engaging customers in developing digital transformations.
-- Industry Panel with Under Armour, Skidmore Studios, McKinsey Digital, and Root
-- Prototyping Workshop with Menlo Innovations, where you’ll learn how to create prototypes, identify patterns in end user feedback, and revise designs based on user feedback
-- Closing Keynote from Ford Labs

Additional details can be found on our website.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:11:51 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Design + Business Conference / Symposium D+B Conference
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
Michigan Business Challenge - Seigle Impact Track Round Two (February 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59288 59288-14728212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Watch teams advance from this round to finals. Nine competing teams give a seven-minute presentation that describes their company's solution to a pressing market need or pain, an estimation of the market size, and their financial assumptions. This is followed by ten minutes of questions from the judges. Four teams will be chosen to compete in the Seigle Impact Finals, where they will have a chance to win the $15000 prize.

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Other Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:06:38 -0500 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other Student Social Entrepreneurs
HET Seminars | The Search for Axion Dark Matter (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60740 60740-14961641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

Dark matter is the dominant source of matter in our Universe. However, while dark matter dictates the evolution of large-scale astrophysical systems through its gravitational effects, the particle nature of dark matter is unknown. This is despite the significant effort that has gone into the search for particle dark matter over the past decades. In this talk I will review the current status of the search for particle dark matter. I will focus specifically on a dark matter particle candidate called the axion, which is both well-motivated theoretically and also relatively unexplored experimentally. I will outline the near-term program for searching for axion dark matter and show that if this theory is correct, then we will probably know soon.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:20:37 -0500 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops: Résumé Writing Toolkit (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60151 60151-14840467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

This workshop provides graduate participants with useful information and skills for creating successful résumés. Students will take part in activities evaluating résumés and work with their peers to improve their own. Please bring a Résumé (or partially written Résumé or Curriculum Vita) with you to the workshop. Pizza and salad will be provided.

Register at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:18:35 -0500 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:50:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-09T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
Saturday Morning Physics | Constructing an Earth: Just Add Water (February 9, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59475 59475-14745541@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

In this talk we will explore how a life-bearing world such as our own originates by following the necessary materials from their origins in space.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:40:02 -0500 2019-02-09T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-09T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar NASA image of Earth viewed from space
Write Togethers (for grad students) (February 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-02-11T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58201 58201-14441908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Structural racism & residential segregation" by Joe T. Darden, Professor, Dept of Geography, Michigan State University

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:44:09 -0500 2019-02-13T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Latina/o Studies Graduate Student Outreach (February 13, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60940 60940-14990929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:30am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

The Latina/o Studies Program will be having an outreach event for graduate students interested in the Latina/o Studies Graduate Certificate. Lunch will be served.

The Latina/o Studies Program offers a 12-credit hour Graduate Certificate focusing on the study of Latina/o experience within the U.S. and in a transnational perspective. The goal of the Certificate in Latina/o Studies is to provide a structured program of study for graduate students in programs such as American Culture, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Screen Arts and Cultures, Sociology, Spanish, and Women's Studies and in the Professional Schools (Business, Education, Law, Medicine, Natural Resources and the Environment, Nursing, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Work, etc.) with in-depth interdisciplinary understanding of the field. The Certificate Program is particularly useful to graduate students whose academic and career trajectories require area-focused knowledge and training. Application deadline is March 15. For more information visit our website here: https://lsa.umich.edu/latina/graduates/graduate-certificate.html

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Reception / Open House Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:23:33 -0500 2019-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Reception / Open House Picture
MLK, Jr. Luncheon I (February 13, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61028 61028-15022672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon series seeks to promote a culture of inclusion, while helping encourage attendees to continue their development as a "whole person" rather than simply as an "engineer". This luncheon will have speakers from a student organization called WeListen to talk about bridging the political divide through conversation and an EECS professor, Fred Terry, to talk about the importance of DEI in engineering education.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:25:04 -0500 2019-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Tau Beta Pi Social / Informal Gathering Luncheon
HET Brown Bag | Learning New Physics from a Machine (February 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61034 61034-15024920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

I will discuss how to use neural networks to detect data departures from a given reference model, with no prior bias on the nature of the new physics responsible for the discrepancy. The algorithm that I will describe returns a global p-value that quantifies the tension between the data and the reference model. It also allows to compare directly what the network has learned with the data, giving a fully transparent account of the nature of possible signals. The potential applications are broad, from LHC physics searches to cosmology and beyond.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:28:05 -0500 2019-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Critical Conversations: Media Studies at the Intersection of Theory and Practice (February 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60258 60258-14855601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of Film, Television, and Media

Established in Fall 2017, the Department of Film, Television, and Media’s speaker series creates a space for film and media scholars and artists/practitioners to engage in dialogues about past and contemporary topics that influence media industries, audiences, and society at large. Umayyah Cable, Assistant Professor of English at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York and Aaron Dennis, producer, editor, videographer, and founder of Stone Hut Studios will be our presenters. Cable and Dennis will explore how educational filmstrip and documentary filmmaking become sites of political and social activism that disrupt mainstream media production practices, content, and forms of distribution.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:23:09 -0500 2019-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of Film, Television, and Media Lecture / Discussion Poster
MUSE Workshop: Exploring the Regulatory Maze: Siting Restrictions and the Expansion of Utility-scale Wind Power in the United States (February 14, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60214 60214-14849115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:09:33 -0500 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
ELI Winter Workshop Series: POSTER PRESENTATIONS: INTERACTING FLUENTLY WITH YOUR AUDIENCE (February 14, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59853 59853-14795156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

We often frame poster presentations at academic conferences and symposia as “easier” and less high-stakes than presenting a paper or participating in a panel, but poster presentations are about 10% presenting and 90% interacting with one’s “audience” of a few people crowded around the poster in a busy, noisy conference space. So much Q & A can feel daunting, but can also be fun and interesting to prepare for with other graduate students. In this workshop, we will not be working on poster design: instead, we’ll work on strategies for fluent communication with visitors to your poster. If you have a poster presentation coming up, bring a sketch or draft of your poster so that you can practice taking questions from others at the workshop. Otherwise, come ready to practice formulating and responding to typical question types in poster presentations.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:30:51 -0500 2019-02-14T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshops
Complex Spaces: Navigating Text & Territory (February 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61032 61032-15024918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please see the program below (under "Web and Social") for complete event details.

The 2019 Charles F. Fraker Conference at the University of Michigan will take as its point of departure the complicated interactions of space, place, and mapping, in all of their contexts. This conference hopes to both clarify and complicate the notion of spatiality which arose during what Foucault referred to as the “epoch of space” and has continued to develop after the “spatial turn” in the humanities at the end of the 20th century. Further, we hope with this conference to place a focus on geocriticism, a term developed in part by Robert Tally, Jr., whom we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker.

The broad understandings and implications of space do not permit a facile definition nor do they warrant one. Instead of conceptualizing space as a backdrop for historicism, modern critics choose to regard space as an actor with significant agency. The goal of this conference is not to effect a common definition of the complexities of space, but rather to embrace these intricacies through dialogue. As we know, physical space is ubiquitous and, at times, unremarkable or invisible. It can welcome us or alienate us; place us at the center, in the margins, in between, or beyond; facilitate or hinder our movement, choices, and behavior; and influence our very thoughts. It follows that our work is similarly affected by spatial concerns. What can we learn from the spaces created by cultural production?​ ​How does space affect the production of knowledge? How does space relate to power, or to memory, or to narrative?
This year, we welcome panelists from Brown, Concordia (Montréal), CUNY, Emory, Purdue, Rutgers, SUNY–Buffalo, Texas State, UCSB, UAlberta, UChicago, UVirginia, UW–Madison, and UT–Austin, as well as our own University of Michigan. In recent years, papers have been given in different Romance languages as well as in English; 2019 will be no exception as our program includes panelists from across languages and disciplines.

The conference will take place on the 15-16th February 2019 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. On Friday, 15th February, it will be held in the Michigan League, and on Saturday, 16th February, it will be held in the Rackham Graduate School; both buildings are near Ingalls Mall on UM’s Central Campus.

The keynote address will be delivered on Saturday at 5PM in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:44:44 -0500 2019-02-15T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Event Poster
CSAS Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on South Asia 2019 (February 15, 2019 10:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53578 53578-13410070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 10:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

For complete details and the conference schedule, please see the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/conferences/graduate-interdisciplinary-conference-on-south-asia---February-2019.html

This one-day conference will be held on Friday, February 15th in the 10th Floor event space at Weiser Hall. The aim of the conference is to showcase the work of graduate students at the University of Michigan who are working on any aspect of South Asia: past, present, or future. The conference features graduate students from several disciplines and at different stages of their career. The participants at the conference may expect a sustained discussion of each of the presentations by an interdisciplinary audience of faculty and students. Professor Indrani Chatterjee, Professor — PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, has kindly agreed to serve as keynote speaker for the conference.

10:45 am-11:00 am Introductory remarks

11:00 am-12:20 pm Panel 1: Institutions, Citizens, and Cultures of Dissent
Steven Mace "Voices on Walls: The Public Political Artwork of JNU Delhi"
Farida Begum "The Revolutionary Impact of Female Friendships"
Janaki Phillips "Dislocations of Ghostly Affect: Paranormal Investigation of the Burari Case"

1:30 pm-3:00 pm Panel 2: Infrastructures, Platforms, and Politics
Padma Chirumamilla "The Cinematic Roots of Cable Television in South India"
Vaishnav Kameswaran "‘We can go anywhere’: Understanding Independence through a Case Study of Ride-hailing Use by People with Visual Impairments in Metropolitan India"
Zehra Hashmi "Coding Kinship in Pakistan: The Register Inside the Database"

4:00 pm Keynote Lecture "Pastoral Power, the Premodern and Pluralist Asian Pasts" by Professor Indrani Chatterjee, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin

The keynote revisits the place of hegemonic households in the exercise of specific aspects of governmentality that are missing from Foucault's discussion of the term.

Professor Chatterjee writes: "I have taught young people in three continents, and over two decades. My teaching interests have evolved to keep pace with my own travels in time. So the courses I have taught include Slavery and South Asian History, the Gender of South Asian pasts, Early Modernity in the subcontinent, and The Power of Performance.

Recently, I find myself drawn simultaneously to both intellectual and economic histories of the subcontinent. In particular, I am interested in the ways in which wealth travelled between and within monastic lineages in the past. Having worked on the ways in which monastic governmentality was forgotten in Indian historiography by the early decades of the twentieth century, I am currently revisiting the costs of such forgetting to women's wealth in eastern India. In brief, I am interested in excavating a new history of wealth."

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:56 -0500 2019-02-15T10:45:00-05:00 2019-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
"Ice Bar" Short Story Collection Reading Group (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59973 59973-14806091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Hosted by the Animal Studies & Environmental Humanities RIW.

Please RSVP to lageiger@umich.edu or cvfair@umich.edu to receive a copy of Ice Bar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:45:57 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Early Modern Colloquium Graduate Conference (February 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60782 60782-14963964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This is an annual interdisciplinary graduate conference featuring graduate student panels, faculty respondents, and keynote lectures.
The Friday keynote will be given by Christine Chism, Professor of English at UCLA, at 4pm. The Saturday keynote will be given by Bernadette Andrea, Professor English at UCSB, at 4pm.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Hixon (rjhixon@umich.edu).
https://michiganemc.com/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:25:43 -0500 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Startup Career Fair (February 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60363 60363-14866463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MPowered Entrepreneurship

Interested in getting a job or internship at a startup? Come to Startup Career Fair to meet some of today's most exciting startups! All majors and years are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be a variety of internship and full-time opportunities available.

Sign up here! https://tinyurl.com/yddgpnu9

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:13:47 -0500 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MPowered Entrepreneurship Careers / Jobs Flyer
HET Seminars | Building Bulk Observables in AdS/CFT (February 15, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61036 61036-15024922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Physics

The AdS/CFT correspondence relates a theory of gravity in anti-de Sitter space to a CFT on the boundary. A natural question is how local fields in AdS can be expressed in terms of the CFT. In the 1/N expansion this can be done by (i) identifying suitable building blocks - free bulk fields - in the CFT, (ii) assembling the building blocks to make interacting bulk fields. I'll present an approach where the first step is carried out using modular flow in the CFT and the second step is driven by requiring bulk causality.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:28:30 -0500 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 West Hall Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Career Guidance Workshop with Dinkar Jain (February 15, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61154 61154-15038551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Please join TBP for an informal career guidance workshop with U of M alum Dinkar Jain. Dinkar is a 2006 Michigan alumnus, and has worked with BCG, Google, Twitter and Amazon -- and currently is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Facebook Ads. He lives in Silicon Valley (LinkedIn for more details) and went to HBS for graduate school after Michigan. He's spoken at various global conferences like South by South West. On campus, Dinkar studied at Ross, LS&A and the College of Engineering (EECS).

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:36:15 -0500 2019-02-15T19:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T20:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs almn.jpg
I Love UMix (February 15, 2019 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61017 61017-15002376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 9:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Fall in love with UMix all over again at I Love UMix on February 15th! Take a self-defense class, make an emoji pillow, or practice speed networking. Hungry? Grab food at the buffet or munch on some chocolate strawberries. The fun begins at 9pm in the Michigan League!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:12:30 -0500 2019-02-15T21:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T01:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Social / Informal Gathering I Love UMix
Complex Spaces: Navigating Text & Territory (February 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61032 61032-15024919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please see the program below (under "Web and Social") for complete event details.

The 2019 Charles F. Fraker Conference at the University of Michigan will take as its point of departure the complicated interactions of space, place, and mapping, in all of their contexts. This conference hopes to both clarify and complicate the notion of spatiality which arose during what Foucault referred to as the “epoch of space” and has continued to develop after the “spatial turn” in the humanities at the end of the 20th century. Further, we hope with this conference to place a focus on geocriticism, a term developed in part by Robert Tally, Jr., whom we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker.

The broad understandings and implications of space do not permit a facile definition nor do they warrant one. Instead of conceptualizing space as a backdrop for historicism, modern critics choose to regard space as an actor with significant agency. The goal of this conference is not to effect a common definition of the complexities of space, but rather to embrace these intricacies through dialogue. As we know, physical space is ubiquitous and, at times, unremarkable or invisible. It can welcome us or alienate us; place us at the center, in the margins, in between, or beyond; facilitate or hinder our movement, choices, and behavior; and influence our very thoughts. It follows that our work is similarly affected by spatial concerns. What can we learn from the spaces created by cultural production?​ ​How does space affect the production of knowledge? How does space relate to power, or to memory, or to narrative?
This year, we welcome panelists from Brown, Concordia (Montréal), CUNY, Emory, Purdue, Rutgers, SUNY–Buffalo, Texas State, UCSB, UAlberta, UChicago, UVirginia, UW–Madison, and UT–Austin, as well as our own University of Michigan. In recent years, papers have been given in different Romance languages as well as in English; 2019 will be no exception as our program includes panelists from across languages and disciplines.

The conference will take place on the 15-16th February 2019 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. On Friday, 15th February, it will be held in the Michigan League, and on Saturday, 16th February, it will be held in the Rackham Graduate School; both buildings are near Ingalls Mall on UM’s Central Campus.

The keynote address will be delivered on Saturday at 5PM in the Rackham Amphitheatre.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:44:44 -0500 2019-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium Event Poster
Early Modern Colloquium Graduate Conference (February 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60782 60782-14963965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This is an annual interdisciplinary graduate conference featuring graduate student panels, faculty respondents, and keynote lectures.
The Friday keynote will be given by Christine Chism, Professor of English at UCLA, at 4pm. The Saturday keynote will be given by Bernadette Andrea, Professor English at UCSB, at 4pm.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Hixon (rjhixon@umich.edu).
https://michiganemc.com/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:25:43 -0500 2019-02-16T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Mock UNFCCC Climate Negotiations (February 16, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60909 60909-14988668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Join Climate Blue for an exciting event to learn about how global climate negotiations actually take place. Participants will walk through the negotiation process of the international climate talks (UNFCCC Conference of Parties), represent individual countries, and discuss climate policy with party groupings as well as all conference members. This year's event will focus on climate finance. No prior knowledge or experience necessary.

Also, free food!

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZhTSL7Ol9-aJqORcap7f_rr4K1DfbfBHQixDYSxniWouk5Q/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:54:29 -0500 2019-02-16T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T16:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building ClimateBlue Conference / Symposium Last year's mock negotiations
Saturday Morning Physics | Are Concussions the Downfall of Football? (February 16, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59479 59479-14745550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

With the potential for long term effects, the media has placed significant attention on concussions in football. But is all of it accurate?

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:41:04 -0500 2019-02-16T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-16T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Ohio-Michigan Helmet Impact
Write Togethers (for grad students) (February 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-02-18T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Automated Driving Tech Talk hosted by Aptiv (February 18, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61126 61126-15036280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Michigan Applied Robotics Group

Come meet with Aptiv engineers at the Automated Driving Tech Talk hosted by Aptiv and the Michigan Applied Robotics Group! Starting at 4PM, Aptiv will be showcasing their autonomous vehicle next to the wave field behind FXB. At 5PM, Aptiv CTO Glen De Vos will be speaking on their development of autonomous technologies. Afterward, Aptiv team members will be around to collect resumes, network and talk more about the exciting opportunities at Aptiv. Food will be provided!

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Presentation Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:31:35 -0500 2019-02-18T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-18T18:00:00-05:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Michigan Applied Robotics Group Presentation Aptiv CTO Glen De Vos
The 2nd Annual Data for Public Good Symposium (February 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60915 60915-14988672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Do you have experience in working alongside community partners in data analysis or program evaluation? Do you want to connect with others who are using their skills for public good? National efforts from organizations such as DataKind, Data Science for Social Good, and Statistics without Borders have been expanding in recent years as more individuals recognize their potential to impact social change. Great things can happen when individuals are empowered to dedicate time, resources, and knowledge to the pursuit of public good. Whether we work in the foreground or the background, we can all contribute to improving the lives of those around us.

Statistics in the Community (STATCOM), in collaboration with the Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER) and the Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC), invite you to attend the 2nd Annual Data for Public Good Symposium hosted by the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS). The symposium showcase the many research efforts and community-based partnerships at U-M that focus on improving humanity by using data for public good. If you are interested in attending, please register in the link below.

Presenters:
- Partners for Preschool: The Added Value of Learning Activities at Home During the Preschool Year, Amanda Ketner, School of Education
- University-Community Partnership to Support Ambitious STEM Teaching: Leveraging University of Michigan expertise in education, research, and evaluation to support innovative, interactive teaching across the S.E. Michigan region and beyond, C. S. Hearn, Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER)
- Open Data Flint, Stage II, Kaneesha Wallace, MICHR
- Research-Practice Partnerships at the Youth Policy Lab, A Foster, ISR Youth Policy Lab and School of Education
- The LOOP Estimator: Adjusting for Covariates in Randomized Experiments, Edward Wu, Statistics
- Barrier Busters: Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Strategy to Promote Economic Self-Sufficiency, Elise Gahan, School of Public Health
- Implementing Trauma-Informed Care at University Libraries, Monte-Angel Richardson, School of Social Work
- Why did the global crude oil price start to rise again after 2016?, Shin Heuk Kang, Economics
Poverty and economic hardship in Michigan communities: Data from the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), Natalie Fitzpatrick, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy
Understanding Networks of Influence on U.S. Congressional Members’ Public Personae on Twitter, Angela Schopke, Chris Bredernitz, Caroline Hodge, School of Information

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:52:27 -0500 2019-02-19T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T16:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium 2nd Annual Data for
HET Brown Bag | Energy Condition, Modular Flow, and AdS/CFT (February 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61328 61328-15088049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

In recent years, substantial progresses has been made in understanding and proving a number of energy conditions in quantum field theories (QFTs), which played very important roles for constraining quantum corrections to black hole dynamics in general relativity. In this talk, I will discuss proof of the quantum null energy condition (QNEC), both in holographic CFTs based on AdS/CFT, and in generic CFTs using techniques related to the entanglement structure. Furthermore, I will discuss the connection between the two approaches, and in doing this, deep relations between boundary modular flow and bulk RT surface dynamics will be revealed.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:39:43 -0500 2019-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Building a Movement: Climate Action on Campus (February 20, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60720 60720-14948315@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: ClimateBlue

The University of Michigan and the City of Ann Arbor must work together in the pursuit of a clean energy future. This is where we start. Come join the conversation about the future of University of Michigan climate action!

This event is intended to yield specific and direct climate actions items that individuals, groups, and the whole community can take together. This event is taking the place of back-room event planning and allows the entire community to have a voice in dictating the future of climate action on campus and in the city!

The first half an hour of the consists of an expert panel consisting of 3 panelists talking about Ann Arbor Climate Policy, UM Climate Policy, and Environmental Justice. These speakers will talk about their opinions on the direction of climate action and climate policy on the UM campus and in the city of Ann Arbor.

Next, there will be a small group breakout session to allow for individual and small group brainstorming on the direction for AA/UM climate action.

Finally, there will be a whole group/community-wide brain storming session to map everyone's suggestions on the direction of future climate action. This should culminate in specific action items we would all like to get behind and take together as the next step in building the campus climate movement!

Join Us!! Food provided!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1196147480543811/?active_tab=about

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Meeting Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:35:05 -0500 2019-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T20:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) ClimateBlue Meeting
HET Seminars | *To Be Confirmed* (February 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61331 61331-15088051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

*To Be Confirmed*

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:39:40 -0500 2019-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 West Hall HET Seminars Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (February 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-14981917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
LCTP Second Annual Public Lecture (February 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59239 59239-14719624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Physics

We now know that the overwhelming majority of matter throughout our galaxy and the universe is something other than what we are made of. All ordinary matter - gas, dust, stars, planets - is a small fraction of the mass of the universe. We remain profoundly ignorant of what this missing universe is. In this talk, we will describe the range of ideas that have arisen as to what this mysterious stuff might be, where it came from, and how to look for it. We will detail the progress made in the search to understand the nature of dark matter, and what questions this era hopes to answer, including perhaps the central one: what does the dark universe have to do with the one we can see?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:08:09 -0500 2019-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Physics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Advance Micro Devices Info Session (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60607 60607-14912639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Majors: CE, CS, and ME.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internships, and Co-op's.
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:04:03 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs amdLogo
Advanced Micro Devices Info Session (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60826 60826-15038552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

AMD is a major manufacturer of semiconductor devices, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips.

Food will be provided.

Majors: CE, CS, and ME.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D.'s
Positions: Full-time, Internships, and Co-op's.
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
Collecting Resumes? Yes

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:39:47 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs amd
Biomedical Ph.D. Career Seminar and Dinner (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60990 60990-15000017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Discover a non-academic career that will allow you to take full advantage of your engineering, scientific, and analytical background. Exponent is an engineering and scientific consulting firm that hires doctoral students in a variety of engineering disciplines. The Biomedical Engineering Practice engages with clients to address multidisciplinary problems through all phases of the total product lifecycle of medical devices. During this talk, we will discuss how your background can fit into the world of engineering & scientific consulting, as well as provide project examples.

Please bring your CV. All levels of PhD students are invited. Please contact Patricia Mafioletti at pmafioletti@exponent.com if you have any questions.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:40:12 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Workshop / Seminar Biomedical Engineering
ELI Winter Workshop Series: MAKING CONVERSATION WITH POWERFUL PEOPLE (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59850 59850-15063354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Making conversation can be one of the most challenging types of speaking to master in a second language. This can be particularly true with people in a position of authority, such as one’s research advisor, work supervisor, or future employer. In this workshop, we will explore conversation topics, turn-taking strategies, active listening, and sources for sample conversations. We will consider different types of conversations, such as seeming friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:37:44 -0500 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshops
EIHS Symposium: Public Engagements, Digital Tools, Global Contexts: A Roundtable and Discussion (February 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57333 57333-14157742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Public scholarship takes on different forms depending on the tools, communities, topics, and time periods with which we engage. During this roundtable discussion, a group of scholar-practitioners will cover a variety of approaches: digital projects looking at mobility in twentieth-century Accra, Ghana; explorations of the legacies of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment; oral histories with Iranian Americans; and museum collaborations aiming to build local community and dispel stereotypes about Arab Americans. Using their own public and digital work as a starting point, the goal of the session is to spark conversations regarding the best principles, challenges, and rewards of doing publicly engaged scholarship within a global frame and across time periods. Presented in partnership with the Rackham Program in Public Scholarship.

Featuring:
Camron Amin (University of Michigan Dearborn)
Valentina Denzel (Michigan State University)
Jennifer Hart (Wayne State University)
Matthew Stiffler (Arab American National Museum)
Matthew Villeneuve (chair; University of Michigan)

Camron Michael Amin joined the faculty at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1997. He currently serves as the history discipline representative, coordinator of the Middle East Studies Certificate Program, CASL representative to the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Governing Board, principal investigator for the Michigan Iranian American Oral History Project, and program chair for the 2018 Association for Iranian Studies Conference. He is currently president of the Association for Iranian Studies.

Valentina Denzel received her doctoral degree at Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) in comparative literature. Her primary field of research is seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French literature. In her book Les mille et un visages de la virago. Marfisa et Bradamante entre continuation et variation, Garnier Classique 2016, she analyzes the evolution of the representation of the woman warrior in French and Italian literatures from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment by taking into consideration the political and historical context of this evolution and the symbolic value of the woman warrior in each specific time period. Her interest in gender identities, sexual orientation, and transgression of gender roles led her to study more in detail the philosophical and literary movement of eighteenth-century French libertinism that challenged intellectually and morally the normative thinking propagated by the Church. The work of the Marquis de Sade is a case in point, since he promotes gender identities that do not inscribe themselves into the binary system of female and male, but complicate concepts of sex, gender, and sexual orientation that are linked to transgressive power relations between his protagonists. Valentina’s second book project analyzes the representation of violence, gender, and pornography in Sade’s oeuvres, and its link to his own time period, as well as his legacy in popular cultures. More specifically, she will examine the Marquis de Sade’s impact on the punk and post-punk movements, as well as on punk-porn feminism and comic books.

Jennifer Hart is an associate professor of History at Wayne State University. A historian of Africa, her work focuses primarily on the history of technology and urban space in Ghana. She is the author of Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation (Indiana University Press, 2016), which was a 2017 finalist for the Herskovits Prize. Her work has been published in the International Review of Social History, International Journal of African Historical Studies, and African Economic History. Since 2016, Dr. Hart has been involved in shaping the emerging field of History Communications, developing curriculum at the university and national level to help students build skills to translate historical research for public audiences on a number of media platforms. This work grows out of her own public-facing scholarship, writing on her own blog (www.ghanaonthego.com) and Africa is a Country, collaborating with photographers Nana Osei Kwadwo and Nii Odzenma on the Instagram-imbedded art project This Trotro Life (@thistrotrolife), directing the digital humanities project Accra Wala, and maintaining an active social media presence (@detroittoaccra). She currently teaches courses in African history, history communications, digital history, and digital humanities at Wayne State.

Matthew Jaber Stiffler is the research and content manager at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, where he works with museum staff to accurately represent the diverse Arab American community through the museum’s collections, exhibits, and educational programming. Matthew has developed the museum’s food-based programming, particularly the Yalla Eat! Culinary Walking Tours. Matthew also leads a national research initiative through ACCESS, the largest Arab American non-profit in the country, to secure better data about the Arab American community. Matthew received his PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 2010, where he serves as a lecturer in Arab and Muslim American Studies. He is currently a board member and treasurer of the Arab American Studies Association.

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:54:37 -0500 2019-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Saturday Morning Physics | Searching for Dark Matter with Antimatter (February 23, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59484 59484-14745555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Antimatter cosmic ray measurements can advance our understanding of high-energy astrophysical phenomena in our own Galaxy. Over the last years, satellite experiments as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on board the International Space Station measure antimatter cosmic ray fluxes, including positrons (the antiparticles of electrons), antiprotons (the antiparticles of protons) and recently antimatter nuclei. These measurements provide a novel probe to search for new physics including annihilations of dark matter in the Milky Way, which I will present.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:42:13 -0500 2019-02-23T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-23T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Dark Matter and Antimatter Collage
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58202 58202-14441912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Historical racism & contemporary social structure" by
David Cunningham, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Hedwig Lee, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Geoff Ward, Associate Professor, Dept of African & African American Studies
all of Washington University in St. Louis

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:41:38 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Write Togethers (for grad students) (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491990@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Population Studies Center Brown Bag Series, 2018-2019 (February 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59183 59183-14694669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies.

"Constraints and conventions in African assortative mating"

Monday, February 25, 2019, 12:00 pm to 1:25 pm
Maggie Frye, University of Michigan, Sociology

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:48:21 -0500 2019-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T13:25:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Faculty Speaker #1 - Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia discussions (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61333 61333-15088053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Dr. Rick Hill, Assistant Dean for Research and External Initiatives in the College of Engineering & Science at the University of Detroit Mercy, will be joining us for a discussion about his career path as part of our "Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia" series, which is sponsored by a CoE Graduate Student Community Grant.

Anyone considering a career path in academia or with an interest in teaching should consider attending - whether you're just trying to decide if that's the path you want to take, or whether you're already applying to positions. Dr. Hill will be speaking about his experience, as well as talking about the differences between working at Detroit Mercy and what we see here at UM. While anyone is welcome, the discussion will be of most interest to graduate students and postdocs.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:45:22 -0500 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Lecture / Discussion GG Brown Laboratory
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
LinkedIn Critique Session (February 26, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61526 61526-15123795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

U of M faculty member Joy Adams will be providing a workshop on best-practices and pitfalls to avoid for using the popular professional networking platform LinkedIn!

Food will be provided by Fireside Cafe and please bring a laptop.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:05:11 -0500 2019-02-26T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T15:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs logo
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The program includes: a keynote discussion (3:30-5:00 pm) in Forum Hall followed by a reception concluding the event (5:00-6:00 pm). The keynote panel will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing.
Register (free) here: https://goo.gl/forms/3uK2Qj8SztrhzK4o2
Keynote Panel Live Stream: https://youtu.be/s9zCthg0G8M
This event is organized by the UM Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), NIEHS grant P30ES017885 and is co-sponsored by the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), and UM SPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
More information is available here:http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2019.php

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops: Structuring Content (February 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60155 60155-14840471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

What kinds of arguments can you use a dissertation to make, and how can you frame or position those arguments? Once you've committed to an argument, how do you arrange your dissertation to best serve it? How can you think about the overall shape of what you're doing and making? The Structuring Content workshop will present graduate students an opportunity to consider these questions, learn about some of the common components of dissertations in the humanities and social sciences, and ask questions about how to scaffold and build out their dissertation topics and projects.

Register at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:35:18 -0500 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar North Quad
Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit (February 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61069 61069-15027198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit is a traveling exhibit designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities through respect for others, comfort during interactions, and awareness of disability issues. Using a multi-media approach to demonstrate respect, comfort and awareness, the
exhibit offers suggestions for becoming disability allies and educators.

It has been twenty years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and almost forty years since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Both of these laws protect against discrimination of people with disabilities by requiring equal access to employment, education, goods and services.

Americans have progressed in their attitudes and behaviors toward people with disabilities; however, there remain questions and concerns about appropriate communication, comfort level, and inclusive practices.

When it comes to interacting with individuals with disabilities, people ask:
"What should I do?", "How should I respond?", "Is it okay to say that?", "How can I become an ally?"; Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit will attempt to answer some of these questions.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to experience The Ability Exhibit when it visits the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.)

February 27, 9am-4pm
February 28, 8:30am-4pm

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event or have any questions, please contact Anna Massey at abeattie@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:14:00 -0500 2019-02-27T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Exhibition Event flyer
Allies for Inclusion: Allies for Inclusion Workshop (February 27, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61071 61071-15027200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Allies for Inclusion is a ninety-minute workshop offered to faculty, staff and students who want to learn more about disability-related issues and are interested in becoming disability allies. Through various interactive activities and presentation, attendees will be able to:
-Demonstrate inclusive language and understand its importance.
-Know the difference between the letter of disability law and the spirit of disability law.
-Understand the concepts of Universal Design, Universal Instructional Design, and Universal Design for Student Development.
-Be able to identify areas of their campuses and communities that are not universally designed or accessible.
-Appreciate and understand the need for ability allies and commit to being an ally for inclusion by advocating for awareness, acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities.

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event or have any questions, please contact Anna Massey at abeattie@umich.edu.

About the speaker:
Karen A. Myers, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Higher Education Administration graduate program at Saint Louis University and co-founder and director of the award-winning international disability education project, Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit, the Ability Ally Initiative workshops, Ability Allies in Action: Pre-Kindergarten-Eighth Curriculum, and The Ability Institute. She has been a college teacher and administrator since 1979 at nine institutions; is an international disability consultant and trainer, author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books; and teaches her self-designed graduate courses, “Disability in Higher Education and Society” and “Disability Administration in Higher Education.” She is co-founder of the ACPA College Student Educators International Coalition on Disability, past ACPA Foundation Trustee, and co-author of the ASHE monograph, Allies for Inclusion: Disability and Equity in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass, 2014).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:13:36 -0500 2019-02-27T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T11:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Event flyer
HET Brown Bag | Searching for Flavour Symmetries: Old Data New Tricks (February 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61584 61584-15150258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

The observed pattern of mixing in the neutrino sector may be explained by the presence of a non-Abelian, discrete flavour symmetry broken into residual subgroups at low energies. These flavour models require the presence of Standard Model singlet scalars, namely flavons, which decay to charged leptons in a flavour-conserving or violating manner. In this talk, I will present the constraints on the model parameters of an A4 leptonic flavour model using a synergy of g-2, charged lepton flavour conversion and collider data. The most powerful constraints derive from the MEG collaboration's result and the reinterpretation of an 8 TeV ATLAS search for anomalous productions of multi-leptonic final states.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:40:12 -0500 2019-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T13:00:00-05:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit (February 28, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61069 61069-15027199@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit is a traveling exhibit designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities through respect for others, comfort during interactions, and awareness of disability issues. Using a multi-media approach to demonstrate respect, comfort and awareness, the
exhibit offers suggestions for becoming disability allies and educators.

It has been twenty years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and almost forty years since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Both of these laws protect against discrimination of people with disabilities by requiring equal access to employment, education, goods and services.

Americans have progressed in their attitudes and behaviors toward people with disabilities; however, there remain questions and concerns about appropriate communication, comfort level, and inclusive practices.

When it comes to interacting with individuals with disabilities, people ask:
"What should I do?", "How should I respond?", "Is it okay to say that?", "How can I become an ally?"; Allies for Inclusion: The Ability Exhibit will attempt to answer some of these questions.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to experience The Ability Exhibit when it visits the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.)

February 27, 9am-4pm
February 28, 8:30am-4pm

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event or have any questions, please contact Anna Massey at abeattie@umich.edu.

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Exhibition Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:14:00 -0500 2019-02-28T08:30:00-05:00 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Exhibition Event flyer
Nobel Laureate Lecture and Celebration | Passion for Extreme Light (February 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61585 61585-15150259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Physics

Any questions, please contact engineeringevents@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:08:04 -0500 2019-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
MUSE Workshop: Climate Assessments: What are the metrics for success? (February 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60216 60216-14849117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:12:45 -0500 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
PhD Defense: Yiling Zhang (March 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61586 61586-15150260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

CANDIDATE: Yiling Zhang

CHAIR(s): Siqian Shen, Ruiwei Jiangl

TITLE OF DISSERTATION: Convex Nonlinear and Integer Programming Approaches for Distributionally Robust Optimization of Complex Systems

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:55:00 -0500 2019-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T11:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Yiling Zhang
Write Togethers (for grad students) (March 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-03-11T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
PhD Defense: Xiangkun Shen (March 11, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61589 61589-15150262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

CANDIDATE: Xiangkun Shen

DATE: Monday, March 11, 2019

CHAIR(s): Viswanath Nagarajan

TITLE OF DISSERTATION: Linear and Convex Programming based Algorithms for Network Design

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:54:05 -0500 2019-03-11T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Xiangkun Shen
PhD Defense: Lauren Steimle (March 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61590 61590-15150266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

CANDIDATE: Lauren Steimle

CHAIR(s): Brian Denton

TITLE OF DISSERTATION: Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Under Ambiguity

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:49:30 -0500 2019-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Lauren Steimle
HET Brown Bag | Inflation and Supersymmetry Breaking in an M-theory Framework (March 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62006 62006-15273938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

**Please note this talk will be on Tuesday at noon in 3481 Randall**

Compactifying M-theory on a manifold of G2 holonomy gives a UV complete 4D theory. It is supersymmetric, with soft supersymmetry breaking via gaugino condensation that simultaneously stabilizes all moduli and generates a hierarchy between the Planck and the Fermi scale. It has gauge matter, chiral fermions, and several other important features of our world, including a De Sitter vacuum. Here we show that the theory also contains a successful inflaton, which is essentially the overall volume modulus of the compactified manifold. We will discuss the cosmological and experimental implications of this theory.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:48:46 -0400 2019-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Women in Leadership Conference (March 12, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62091 62091-15286976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Attendees can expect to leave inspired and carrying a renewed sense of pride about their place in the professional world. In addition to networking and professional development opportunities, attendees can expect to develop and renew friendships while attending a series of workshops and hearing from leaders in industry and academia about leadership at all levels. Lunch will be provided for all attendees.

RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/vYisKv3OmrUMDEcd2

If you have any questions, please contact the WiL Conference Planning Committee at WILSubcommittee@umich.edu"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:53:06 -0400 2019-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Office of Student Affairs Conference / Symposium Women in Leadership Conference
Bioethics Discussion: Mental Health (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49433 49433-11456547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our internal (dys)functions.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of mental illness"
"Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses"
"Diagnostic issues and controversies in DSM-5"
"How stigma interferes with mental health care"
"Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/027-mental-health/.

Please, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:07:55 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Mental health
HET Brown Bag | Asymptotic Symmetries and the Soft Photon Theorem in Arbitrary Dimensions (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62007 62007-15273940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

We show that Weinberg's leading soft photon theorem in massless quantum electrodynamics (QED) implies the existence of an infinite-dimensional large gauge symmetry, which acts non-trivially on the null boundaries of (d+2)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. These symmetries are parameterized by an arbitrary function of the d-dimensional celestial sphere living at null infinity. This extends the equivalence between Weinberg’s leading soft photon theorem and the large gauge symmetries of QED from even dimensions higher or equal to four to all dimensions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:53:25 -0400 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-15188650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Biosciences Initiative RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61951 61951-15241354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

“Uncovering post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying human diseases Through CRISPR-based screening strategies”

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:58:32 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
ChE Seminar Series: Neil Lin (March 14, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61953 61953-15241363@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

ABSTRACT

Bioengineered 3D kidney tissues that emulate human responses could potentially lead a revolution in drug safety testing and ultimately solve organ donor shortage issues. Unfortunately, current kidney-on-chip models lack the 3D geometry, complexity, and functionality necessary to recapitulate in vivo renal tissue. In this talk, I will discuss how we address these engineering challenges by creating 3D vascularized kidney tubule models via multimaterial bioprinting and characterizing their reabsorption properties. In particular, I will discuss how we engineer the flow property and biocompatibility of different soft materials to construct adjacent conduits that are lined with confluent epithelium and endothelium embedded in a permeable extracellular matrix. This 3D kidney model closely mimics the native microenvironment, and thus exhibits superior cell behavior with active reabsorption of solutes including albumin uptake and glucose. Lastly, I will show a few examples of how our model enables toxicity studies and disease modeling that have been difficult to conduct using conventional in vitro systems.

BIO

Neil Lin works as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Jennifer Lewis in the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Harvard University. He earned his PhD in Physics from Cornell University in 2016. Dr. Lin is originally from Taiwan and received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from the National Tsinghua University, Taiwan. He is recipient of NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein F-32 Fellowship (2018) and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Postdoc Fellowship (2016).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:36:31 -0500 2019-03-14T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T12:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Herbert H. Dow Building
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58554 58554-14510876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Art, Ideas, & Politics Book Club is a partnership between UMMA and Literati Bookstore in connection with UMMA's exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s. Surrounded by the large-scale artworks by Sam Gilliam, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson, we will read and discuss bold and critical voices—both fiction and nonfiction—guided by Literati Bookstore's Creative Programs Manager, Gina Balibrera Amyx. Books will explore visions and critiques relevant to abstract art as well as the immense social changes of the period, and include Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (Jan 10), Art on My Mind, Visual Politics by bell hooks (March 14), Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel (May 9), Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (July 11), and How We Get Free, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Sept 12). Gina Balibrera Amyx is the Creative Program Manager at Literati Bookstore, and a graduate of Zell MFA Program. Her writing has been featured in the Boston Review, Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Wandering Song, an anthology of the Central American diaspora.

The Art, Ideas, & Politics Book Club will meet on the second Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m. in the exhibition gallery. Pick and choose or come to all of them. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Other Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:19 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
PhD Defense: Weidong Chen (March 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61587 61587-15150261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

CANDIDATE: Weidong Chen

PLACE: 1210 LEC (Lurie Engineering Center)

CHAIR(s): Cong Shi, Izak Duenyas

TITLE OF DISSERTATION: Online Learning Algorithms for Stochastic Inventory and Queueing Systems

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:54:37 -0500 2019-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Weidong Chen
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
FIXED INTEREST (March 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61628 61628-15159075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization

Fixed Interest centers debt as a determinant of contemporary urbanization. We have assembled graduate students and leading scholars to explore the constellation of borrowing and lending and its expression in a variety of geographies, fields of practice, technologies, institutions, labor, and political ideologies. These presentations and discussions will interrogate the fringes and the FIREs (finance, insurance, and real estate) of debtor urbanization. This scholarship examines the relationship between debt and urban and neighborhood decline (in growing and shrinking cities).

Fixed Interest will include three graduate student papers and two lectures by path-breaking UM scholars relating debt to forms of urban and institutional power. Dr Rachel Weber, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will provide the closing lecture on value, property, and urban development.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:59:59 -0500 2019-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) RIW: Risk, Lending, & the Future of Debtor Urbanization Conference / Symposium Symposium Poster
HET Seminars | New Directions in Self-Interacting Dark Matter, From Astrophysics to the Lattice (March 15, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62008 62008-15273941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

Dark matter may have its own dark forces and interactions that are distinct from the Standard Model and unrelated the weak scale. To test this idea, galaxies and clusters of galaxies serve as cosmic colliders for measuring self-scattering among dark matter particles. Present constraints imply that if self-interactions are to solve the infamous core-cusp problem in dwarf galaxies, the scattering cross section must fall with energy/velocity to avoid cluster limits. To test this velocity dependence, I present new constraints on dark matter self-interactions at an intermediate scale with groups of galaxies. I also describe using mock observations from N-body simulations of self-interacting dark matter with baryons as a test of our methods. Lastly, I describe some recent work toward strongly-coupled theories of self-interacting dark matter, using tools borrowed from lattice QCD to compute its properties nonperturbatively.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:00:46 -0400 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Coffee and Book Club (March 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61268 61268-15063351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of students from all disciplines. The Book for Winter 2019 is - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. We will be meeting thrice this semester to discuss a section of the book. Let us share our insights of this awesome book over snacks and coffee.

Please RSVP here : https://goo.gl/forms/qWyT6Vpkfsftqkd83
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/776838996048045/

Meeting 1 : March 15th (Friday), 4:00-5:00 pm : Chapters 1-3
Meeting 2 : April 4th (Thursday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 4-6
Meeting 3 : April 19th (Friday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 6-8

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Well-being Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:00:02 -0500 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Well-being Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Saturday Morning Physics | Rare Events in the Short Happy Lives of Muons and Kaons (March 16, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59599 59599-14754552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

As our understanding of the building blocks of matter and how they interact has increased, particle physicists have turned their attention to finding processes not known in the Standard Model. We will talk about two searches for rare processes involving the decays of muons and kaons.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:42:36 -0500 2019-03-16T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-16T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Full Detector
Write Togethers (for grad students) (March 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-03-18T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-15335278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Introduction to Qualitative Methods for EER (March 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61654 61654-15167889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Do you hear about engineering education research (EER) or the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), and wonder what it's about? Dr. Jessica Swenson, an EER postdoc, will be providing an introduction (no prior knowledge needed!) for us.

In this workshop, Dr. Swenson will be providing an overview of qualitative methods as applied to engineering education research. She will discuss the difference between qualitative and quantitative methods, what the different types of qualitative methods are, and when each is appropriate for answering which kind of research questions. Then, you will have a chance to experience what it is like to be a qualitative researcher with a guided analysis of real data!

Bring your own lunch and we'll provide a sweet treat! Please RSVP here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEvn-4KtNcFrA3HZX3JxOjyNzpiPPIPdFyRPSKqYPxA80rKQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:48:57 -0500 2019-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Workshop / Seminar Herbert H. Dow Building
Rackham/Sweetland Workshops: Writing Literature Reviews in the Natural Sciences (March 18, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60373 60373-14866474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 12:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

A literature review is a foundational component of the dissertation that provides important context for one's research and writing. It is also a challenging organizational project. In this workshop, we will explore the purpose and conventions of literature reviews in the natural sciences. The workshop will include a discussion of the genre of literature reviews, why they are important, and how they can be organized. Our ultimate goal will be to equip graduate students with both an understanding of different approaches to literature reviews as well as strategies for summarizing the literature and organizing content.

Register at https://lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduates/sweetland-rackham-workshops.html

Rackham / Sweetland Workshops, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:35:47 -0500 2019-03-18T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar North Quad
Writer to Writer w/ Ellen Muehlberger (March 19, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61259 61259-15061102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland Center for Writing's Writer to Writer series lets you hear directly from University of Michigan professors about their challenges, processes, and expectations as writers and also as readers of student writing. Each semester, Writer to Writer pairs one esteemed University professor with a Sweetland faculty member for a conversation about writing.

This month Writer to Writer welcomes Ellen Muehlberger. Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in late antiquity in the departments of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Michigan, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on ancient history, contemporary religious traditions, scholarly methods, and Coptic and Syriac language. Muehlberger has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She edited Practice, a 2017 collection of newly-translated primary sources about early Christian education, asceticism, and reading for the series Cambridge Editions of Early Christian Writings, and her new book, Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity (Oxford) will be available at Literati for purchase.

Writer to Writer takes place at the Literati bookstore (124 E. Washington) on Tuesday, March 19th from 7-8pm and is also broadcast live on WCBN radio (88.3FM). These conversations offer students a rare glimpse into the writing that professors do outside the classroom. You can hear instructors from various disciplines describe how they handle the same challenges student writers face, from finding a thesis to managing deadlines. Professors will also discuss what they want from student writers in their courses, and will take questions put forth by students and by other members of the University community. If there's anything you've ever wanted to ask a professor about writing, Writer to Writer gives you the chance.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:04:41 -0500 2019-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sweetland Center for Writing Lecture / Discussion flyer
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-14441913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Biosciences Initiative RNA Faculty Candidate Seminar (March 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62054 62054-15282560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

“Spatiotemporal regulation of mRNA function in health and neurological disease”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:33:02 -0400 2019-03-20T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
HET Brown Bag | Pulsar Timing as a Probe of Primordial Black Holes and Subhalos (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62229 62229-15335273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

Pulsars act as accurate clocks, sensitive to gravitational redshift and acceleration induced by transiting clumps of matter. In this talk, I study the sensitivity of pulsar timing arrays (PTA) to transiting compact dark matter objects, focusing on primordial black holes and subhalos. Such dark matter clumps can result in different classes of signals observable in pulsar timing experiments depending on the mass of the object. I will classify the types of signals, where they are most important, and the different search strategies resulting in possible constraints over a huge mass range, 10^−12 to 100 solar masses. Crucially, PTAs offer the opportunity to probe much less dense objects than lensing experiments due to the large effective radius over which such objects can be observed with a single pulsar. We project the reach possible with current and future pulsar timing experiments, with sensitivity to a dark matter sub-component reaching the sub-percent level over significant parts of this range with future detectors.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:58:44 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
MLK, Jr. Luncheon II (March 21, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62126 62126-15299877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:30am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon series seeks to promote a culture of inclusion, while helping encourage attendees to continue their development as a "whole person" rather than simply as an "engineer". This luncheon's speaker is Professor Joseph Trumpey from the Stamps School of Art & Design.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:02:54 -0400 2019-03-21T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-21T13:00:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Tau Beta Pi Lecture / Discussion p
MUSE Workshop: People don't "get used to" wind turbines: understanding public acceptance (March 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60218 60218-14849120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:19:57 -0500 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
EIHS Workshop: Intimacy and State Power (March 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57334 57334-14157743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This panel will address the question of intimacy under the mechanisms of state power. How do we study personal, institutional and community relations that are permeated by traces of the state? Panelists will investigate the ways in which power operates intimately, in the tenderest and closest ways. How do we define "intimacy" in these instances, and are there new ways of imagining what it means for us to be intimate?

Featuring:

Stephanie Fajardo (PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan)
Luis Flores Jr. (PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Michigan)
Gianna May Sanchez (PhD Student, History, University of Michigan)
Matthew Lassiter (respondent, Professor of History, Urban and Regional Planning, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan)
Molly Brookfield (chair, PhD Candidate, History and Women's Studies, University of Michigan)

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:26:19 -0400 2019-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar arrows
Saturday Morning Physics | From Tiny to Huge and Something in Between: Exploring the Universe of Neutrinos, Magnets and Galaxies (March 23, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59602 59602-14754555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

The Elusive Neutrino
Rory Fitzpatrick, Graduate Student Research Assistant (U-M Physics)
The neutrino is simultaneously one of the most abundant and evasive particles in our universe; it is particularly difficult to detect, but holds the key to understanding fundamental questions about the world in which we live. How do we photograph rare neutrino interactions? And what can we learn from those images once we capture them?

Magnetic Microscopy: New Techniques to Measure Magnetism
Lu Chen, Graduate Student Research Assistant (U-M Physics)
The quartz tuning fork has been used as a time standard in the wrist watch for over 50 years. We use it to develop a high-resolution magnetometry, which could be used to measure the magnetism in many novel materials.

Galaxies Galore! Precision Cosmology with Large Scale Structure
Noah Weaverdyck, Ph.D. Candidate (U-M Physics)
What is the universe made of? How does it behave on the largest scales? I will discuss how cosmologists are attempting to answer these questions and more using state-of-the-art telescopes that map millions of galaxies across the cosmos.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:43:05 -0500 2019-03-23T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-23T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Observation
Women in Leadership Conference (March 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62091 62091-15286975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Attendees can expect to leave inspired and carrying a renewed sense of pride about their place in the professional world. In addition to networking and professional development opportunities, attendees can expect to develop and renew friendships while attending a series of workshops and hearing from leaders in industry and academia about leadership at all levels. Lunch will be provided for all attendees.

RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/vYisKv3OmrUMDEcd2

If you have any questions, please contact the WiL Conference Planning Committee at WILSubcommittee@umich.edu"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:53:06 -0400 2019-03-23T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Engineering Office of Student Affairs Conference / Symposium Women in Leadership Conference
Project Management Certification (March 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
"Comprehensive Discovery of Bacterial Ribozymes and Riboswitches" (March 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61949 61949-15241352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Henry Ford II Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:33:18 -0400 2019-03-25T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T12:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Workshop | Erasures (March 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62195 62195-15311066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Cadava will lead a workshop on the Introduction of an unpublished book manuscript, which focuses on Fazal Sheikh's "The Erasure Trilogy," a three-volume photographic project on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Introduction, and two further texts, will be pre-circulated to all who sign up for the workshop. If you are interested, please contact srdjan@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:25:33 -0400 2019-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Workshop | Erasures
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (March 26, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-15337500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 11:30am
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-03-26T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Tauber Industry Panel (March 26, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62302 62302-15346456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The students of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations host an Industry Panel on the theme of Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement.

Students will discuss the emerging trends and challenges in operations with the following industry leaders:

Nicholas Clift - Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Nick leads consulting teams that guide clients in transforming G&A functions at Fortune 100 firms, leveraging advances in automation and time-tested change management approaches. Nick is a graduate of EGL and Tauber having completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Christina Coyne - Director of Global Continuous Improvement and Innovation at NSF International.

Christina obtained her Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Michigan and has led NSF’s Lean/Continuous Improvement program for the last decade.

Michael Rockett - Solutions Designer at LLamasoft

Michael focuses on providing technical expertise in sales cycles while pushing the development of the company’s risk and sustainability offerings. He studied sustainable supply chain at the Ross and graduated from both the Erb and Tauber Institutes.

Moderated by Jeffery Liker - Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, owner of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC, Partner in The Toyota Way Academy, and Partner in Lean Leadership Institute.

For more information, contact Dehao Zhang at terryz@umich.edu, Tauber Student Advisory Board Industry Chair or visit https://tauber.umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:26:04 -0400 2019-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Tauber Institute for Global Operations
HET Brown Bag | Sphere Packing and Quantum Gravity (March 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62522 62522-15397099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

The sphere packing problem asks to find the densest possible packing of identical spheres in d dimensions. The problem was recently solved analytically in 8 and 24 dimensions by Viazovska et al., building on linear programming bounds of Cohn+Elkies. I will show that there is a close connection between these results on sphere packing and the modular bootstrap in two-dimensional conformal field theories. In particular, I will explain that Viazovska's solution was essentially rediscovered in the conformal bootstrap literature in the guise of "analytic extremal functionals". It corresponds to saturation of the modular bootstrap bounds by known 2D CFTs. Sphere packing in a large number of dimensions maps to the modular bootstrap at large central charge, which can be used to constrain quantum gravity in large AdS_3. I will use the new analytic techniques to improve significantly on the best asymptotic upper bound on the mass of the lightest state in such theories.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:55:03 -0400 2019-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
GradSWE Winter Networking Mixer (March 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61960 61960-15247912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Graduate Society of Women Engineers

Join GradSWE for its Winter Networking Mixer where you will be able to interact with faculty from the College of Engineering and industry professionals! We will have professors and industry/national laboratory representatives from organizations including Exponent, Hines, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab to lead discussions during the event. We'll be seating attendees at tables based on career and grad school related discussion topics. Light refreshments will be provided!

RSVP required at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gradswe-winter-networking-mixer-registration-57951349045

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:27:38 -0500 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Graduate Society of Women Engineers Lecture / Discussion Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
MUSE Workshop: The Effects of Expanded Refrigeration on Food System Sustainability (March 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60219 60219-14849121@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:22:22 -0500 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
HET Seminars | Dark Matter In and Out of Equilibrium (March 29, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62524 62524-15397101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

One generic scenario for the dark matter of our universe is that it resides in a hidden sector: it talks to other dark fields more strongly than it talks to the Standard Model. I'll discuss some simple, WIMP-y models of this kind of hidden sector dark matter, paying particular attention to what we can learn from the cosmic history of the dark sector. In particular, the need to populate the dark sector in the early universe can control the observability of dark matter today. Some results of interest include new cosmological lower bounds on direct detection cross-sections and simple models of dark matter with parametrically novel behavior.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:06:43 -0400 2019-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Saturday Morning Physics | Update on Physics from the LHC (March 30, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59603 59603-14754556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

The quest to understand fundamental particles and forces in our Universe with the world's largest particle accelerator.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:43:29 -0500 2019-03-30T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-30T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar LHC Tunnel
Write Togethers (for grad students) (April 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-04-01T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
RELATE "Storytelling for STEM" (April 1, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62258 62258-15337495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

This info session held by Michigan's RELATE program will be an opportunity for students to learn more about how to effectively communicate their research by understanding their audience and having a central message.

Jimmy Johns will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:07:51 -0400 2019-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Lecture / Discussion stem
RELATE Research Elevator Pitch Workshop: Take Your Communication to the Next Level (April 1, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62675 62675-15423248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Join RELATE for a workshop covering fundamentals of research communication, such as the importance of knowing your audience and how to shape your central message. As part of this interactive evening, participants will put these principles into practice to create and deliver an elevator pitch.

Jimmy Johns will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:47:44 -0400 2019-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Skin Stories: Tess of the D’Urbervilles + Under the Skin (April 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62158 62158-15304540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Nineteenth Century Forum

Please join the Nineteenth Century Forum for a public lecture given by Alicia Christoff, Assistant Professor of English at Amherst College.

It may seem strange to pair Jonathan Glazer’s unsettling science fiction film Under the Skin (2013), about an alien inhabiting the body of a woman (played by Scarlett Johannson), with Thomas Hardy’s much more terrestrial Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891). This talk, however, brings the film and novel together to show that Tess too is a skin story: a story of “beautiful feminine tissue,” bodily surfaces, phenomenological sensation, the male gaze, female agency, embodiment, and their violation – and an implicit story of racialization as well. The talk builds on Kaja Silverman’s foundational essay on female subjectivity and specularity in Tess by testing it against Under the Skin, which I argue eerily re-echoes many of the Victorian novel’s central images and tropes. More largely, I am interested in how the act of pairing Victorian and modern texts can provide Victorian studies scholars ways of engaging new work in critical theory – here, recent theorizations of race, blackness, and visuality – that is sometimes felt to be debarred by our objects of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:11:15 -0400 2019-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Nineteenth Century Forum Lecture / Discussion Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Faculty Speaker #2 - Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia discussions (April 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62629 62629-15414521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter

Dr. Steven Yalisove will be joining us for a discussion about his career path and his experiences with active learning in his classes as part of our "Exploring the Teaching Side of Academia" series, which is sponsored by a CoE Graduate Student Community Grant.

While anyone is welcome, the discussion will be of most interest to graduate students and postdocs. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/amCYM7wOMGrpUS3g1

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:49:02 -0400 2019-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter Lecture / Discussion Herbert H. Dow Building
Navi(gay)ting Grad School Dinner (April 3, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62547 62547-15399290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Come meet with current University of Michigan graduate students across a variety of fields including: Public Health, Medical School, Physics, Social Work, Law School, and more! Enjoy dinner and have personal conversations about various experiences of being LGBTQ+ in graduate school. Please register via the ticket link, as spots are limited.

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Other Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:37:31 -0400 2019-04-03T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Spectrum Center Other a flyer with red blue and yellow illustrated arrows on the top and bottom
G.R.E.A.T. Workshop (April 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60729 60729-14957193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Students from all institutions are invited to apply to attend this one-day workshop at the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department. Participants will learn about the graduate school application process, the grad school experience, and how to translate that experience into opportunities.

Apply to Attend:
In order to apply you’ll need to know your current GPA, and have an unofficial transcript ready to upload. We also have Travel Awards available to help with travel and hotel costs. Follow this link to apply.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Workshop Highlights
How to pick the right graduate school and program for you. (Faculty led panel)
Putting together your application package. (Small group meetings with faculty)
Lunch and conversation with current graduate students
What do you actually do in graduate school?(both student and faculty perspectives)
What research opportunities are there here at Climate & Space?
Career panel about opportunities in academia, government and industry after grad school.

"Climate & Space is really a community...it’s inevitable that you’ll all end up doing your homework together and becoming friends. It’s also a really unique experience, especially at a school as large as Michigan.”

Agenda:
9:00-9:30 AM: Welcome! Introduction to the Department and Workshop goals
:: Theme 1: I knew I was forgetting something! What to do before you get to grad school.
9:30-10:00 AM: How to pick the right graduate school and program for you (Faculty-led panel).
10:00-11:00 AM: Applying to graduate school (Panel led by Admissions Chairs).
11:00-12:00 PM: Putting together your application package (Small group meetings with faculty.
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch with current graduate students
:: Theme 2: Now what? What happens once you are in grad school?
1:00-2:00 PM: What do you actually do in graduate school? (student perspective)
2:00-2:30 PM: What do you actually do in graduate school? (faculty perspective)
2:30:3:00 PM: What research opportunities are there here at Climate & Space?
3:00-3:30 PM: Coffee and individual meetings.
3:30-4:00 PM: Laboratory tour of facilities at Climate and Space Research Building
:: Theme 3: Well, that was fun. What do you now that you’ve finished grad school?
4:00-5:00 PM: We will conclude the day with a panel about career opportunities in academia, government and industry after grad school.

Workshop Faculty Contact​: Jeremy Bassis, Associate Professor jbassis@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:29:43 -0500 2019-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Workshop / Seminar CLaSP logo
ISR Expo (April 4, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61492 61492-15117148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

You are invited to the Institute for Social Research EXPO:

Enjoy a variety of ​fun food​!​ (while supplies last)

Xplore the rich portfolio of ISR social science research projects​!​

Peruse a variety of training programs for students, postdocs and faculty​!​

Observe the many opportunities for involvement​ and ​engage​!​

Come learn more about the many exciting projects and programs housed within ISR.
Our featured programs and projects include:

Michigan Program in Survey Methodology AND Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques | Michigan Retirement Research Center | Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) | IRIS | M-CARES (Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study) | PSC Training Programs | LIFE-M (Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database | U-M HomeLab | Poverty Solutions | Panel Study of Income Dynamics | Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS)/ Program in Society, Population and Environment (SPE) | DACCD & Perspectives | ICPSR | ICPSR Summer Program | Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) | Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) ​| Health and Retirement Study | American National Election Studies | Racism Lab | Staples Staff Development Fund

Please contact abeattie@umich.edu with any questions​ or if you need any accommodations to attend this event.​

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Fair / Festival Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:17:12 -0500 2019-04-04T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival flyer
EIHS Workshop: Psych! An Interdisciplinary Conversation about Histories and Sciences of the Mind (April 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57335 57335-14157744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

What are we referring to when we talk about the human mind? The brain? Concepts of selfhood or identity? Featuring interdisciplinary perspectives from History, the School of Information, Women’s Studies, and Psychology, this workshop invites conversations about how individuals and groups have thought about and attempted to make sense of the mind. Featuring:

Allura Casanova (Graduate Student, Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan)
Megh Marathe (Graduate Student, School of Information, University of Michigan)
Cheyenne Pettit (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Henry Cowles (chair, Assistant Professor, History, University of Michigan)
Elizabeth Lunbeck (Professor, History of Science, Harvard University)

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

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:34:52 -0400 2019-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar bran cell drawing
HET Seminars | Cosmic Censorship Violation and Black Hole Collisions in Higher Dimensions (April 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62737 62737-15457904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Seminars

The cosmic censorship conjecture raises the question of whether classical gravitational dynamics can drive a low-energy configuration into an accessible regime of quantum gravity, with Planck-scale curvatures and energy densities visible by distant observers. I will present evidence that cosmic censorship is violated in the quintessential phenomenon of General Relativity: the collision and merger of two black holes. It only requires a sufficient total angular momentum in a collision in high enough number of dimensions.
Nevertheless, I will argue that even if cosmic censorship is violated in this and in some other know instances, its spirit remains unchallenged: classical relativity describes the physics seen by observers outside the black holes accurately, with only minimal quantum input that does not entail macroscopic disruptions.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:01:59 -0400 2019-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Ethics of Prison Work (April 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61783 61783-15179599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Carceral Studies

The Carceral Studies RIW warmly invites you to a panel and workshop exploring how we navigate the ethics of our work in carceral settings or in communities affected by the carceral state.

We invite broad, interdisciplinary discussions: How can we examine the ethics of our research, teaching, activism, and/or community engagement in a number of related fields?

Our day will consist of a morning panel featuring:
-Liat Ben-Moshe, Feminist Disability Studies Scholar and Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois, Chicago
-Aaron Suganuma, Executive Director of A Brighter Way
-Ashley Lucas, Associate Professor of Theatre & Drama and the Residential College, and Director of The Prison Creative Arts Project

After lunch, we will have breakout sessions with panelists in which attendees can continue discussions raised in the morning panel and share their own questions about navigating the ethics of their particular projects.

Poet, musician, and artist Cozine Welch will share his work before our morning panel! Breakfast and lunch will be served. Please RSVP to help us better prepare for the event.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:54:16 -0500 2019-04-06T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-06T15:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Carceral Studies Conference / Symposium
Saturday Morning Physics | On the Shore of the Cosmic Ocean (April 6, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59605 59605-14754557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting.” Carl Sagan visualized our perspective on Earth as looking out to a vast ocean, and with an international fleet of space-based and ground observatories now and soon to come, we are poised more than ever to jump into the larger universe. The upcoming Solar Orbiter mission gives us a perfect example of how far we can go when we work together across traditional boundaries and realize that nothing in science is done in isolation. Understanding our own star leads to an increased awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s place in our solar system, as well as the Sun’s influence on planets near and far, all the way out to the boundary of our solar system. And our vision doesn’t stop there; using our star as a template informs our view of other star systems and their worlds. What we learn now, sitting on that shore, will enrich our journey out into the endless cosmic sea.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:10:15 -0500 2019-04-06T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-06T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Explore Science
Project Management Certification (April 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-07T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Write Togethers (for grad students) (April 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491994@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-04-08T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
No COP-Out: The Path HoMe from the U.N. Climate Talks (April 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62222 62222-15313292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Join Climate Blue for its annual Spring Symposium in the Palmer Commons Forum Hall for a discussion of the recent international climate negotiations (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Following the format of the Talanoa Dialogue, which was originally implemented at COP21 in Paris to facilitate empathy and open dialogue among countries, we will answer these guiding questions about the state of our climate conundrum:

Where are we?
Where do we want to go?
How do we get there?

Hear perspectives from University of Michigan student delegates who attended the climate negotiations as observers. Stay to learn some takeaways from a panel of experts and policymakers on what’s next for climate policy, globally and locally. In between sessions of our facilitated dialogue, we invite you to speak to student and community groups at our organization fair & reception (refreshments provided). Additionally, the call for the COP25 U-M delegation will be announced at this event, opening the spring application period!

5:00 pm:
Opening Remarks
Dr. Avik Basu, SEAS Lecturer, Co-creator of the interdisciplinary UNFCCC course at UM

5:30 - 6:15 pm: “Where are we?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussion, and audience Q&A

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: “Where do we want to go?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A

7:00 - 8:00 pm:
Organization Fair & Reception with MDining Catering

8:00 pm - 8:45 pm: “How do we get there?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A:

[Panelists Forthcoming]

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/431262277620135/

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:59:32 -0400 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T21:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons ClimateBlue Conference / Symposium Event Flyer
Bioethics Discussion: Replicability of Medical Studies (April 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49436 49436-11456549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the significance of our results.

Readings to consider:
"Reproducibility in science"
"Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science"
"How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?"
"Is the replicability crisis overblown?"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/029-replicability-of-medical-studies/.

Or feel free to swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:36:18 -0400 2019-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Replicability of medical studies
HET Brown Bag | Gravity Amplitudes from the Ultraviolet (April 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62928 62928-15517952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

Scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills can be described in terms a geometrical object, the Amplituhedron. Special properties of loop integrands seem to indicate that this picture persists beyond the planar limit. My talk will describe a first step, and several challenges, in finding similar structures in gravity amplitudes.
I will explain how their ultraviolet behaviour, usually considered problematic, might hold the key to this problem.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:36:01 -0400 2019-04-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (April 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-15434133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T13:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
MUSE Workshop: Challenges in Developing Sustainable and Resilient Livestock Interventions to Reduce Childhood Undernutrition (April 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60221 60221-14849122@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:26:56 -0500 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
MEGC Allyhood Development Training (April 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62949 62949-15520076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

In recognition of the Day of Silence, MEGC in collaboration with the ME Department will be offering Allyhood Development Training in the Blue Lounge on Friday, April 12th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Approximately 10-13% of students across the university identifies with the LGBTQA+ community and we are committed to creating a more inclusive and welcoming environment for LGBTQA+ students and allies within our department (and across COE).

Food and Refreshments will be provided!

Learn more about interesting ways that students all across the U.S. are taking a vow of silence here.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:34:19 -0400 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Engineering Office of Student Affairs Workshop / Seminar MECG Logo
HET Seminars | Cosmology and Astrophysics of the Twin Higgs (April 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62929 62929-15517953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: HET Seminars

The Twin Higgs model is an attractive solution to the little Hierarchy problem with top partners that are neutral under SM gauge charges. The framework is consistent with the null result of LHC colored top partner searches while offering many alternative discovery channels. Depending on model details, the phenomenology looks very different: either spectacular long-lived particle signals at colliders, or a plethora of unusual cosmological and astrophysical signatures via the existence of a predictive hidden sector. I will examine the latter possibility, and describe how the asymmetrically reheated Mirror Twin Higgs provides a predictive framework for a highly motivated and highly non-trivial interacting dark sector, with correlated signals in the CMB, Large Scale Structure, and direct detection searches, as well as higgs precision measurements at colliders. This provides a vivid example of the collider-cosmology complementarity, and motivates a variety of new astrophysical searches, including the search for X-ray point sources from Mirror Stars, that are motivated by the hierarchy problem.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:39:58 -0400 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall HET Seminars Workshop / Seminar West Hall
Saturday Morning Physics | Why Physicists in Search of Dark Matter are Building the Most Sensitive Radios Ever Made (April 13, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59609 59609-14754563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Most of the "stuff" in our own Galaxy and the Universe as a whole is known to be in a form of a mysterious substance called dark matter. One idea for what this stuff is, that has been quickly gaining traction in recent years, is a hypothetical particle called the axion. Professor Safdi will explain why this model appears promising, and he will describe how researchers are trying to confirm this theory using ultra-sensitive radios.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:44:38 -0500 2019-04-13T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-13T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Workshop / Seminar Abra 10cm
Write Togethers (for grad students) (April 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-04-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Coffee and Book Club (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61268 61268-15063352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of students from all disciplines. The Book for Winter 2019 is - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. We will be meeting thrice this semester to discuss a section of the book. Let us share our insights of this awesome book over snacks and coffee.

Please RSVP here : https://goo.gl/forms/qWyT6Vpkfsftqkd83
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/776838996048045/

Meeting 1 : March 15th (Friday), 4:00-5:00 pm : Chapters 1-3
Meeting 2 : April 4th (Thursday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 4-6
Meeting 3 : April 19th (Friday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 6-8

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Well-being Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:00:02 -0500 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Well-being Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Lecture: "The Bishop, the Devil, and the Playwright: Responding to Air Pollution in Early Modern England" (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59974 59974-14806092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Hosted by the Animal Studies & Environmental Humanities RIW.

Please RSVP to lageiger@umich.edu or cvfair@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:44:16 -0500 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
The United States vs. Jackie Robinson (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62496 62496-15372995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and the University of Michigan Law School Present "The United States vs. Jackie Robinson"

In August 1944, Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson faced a court-martial at Camp Hood, Texas, related to two charges of insubordination of a superior officer following an incident on a bus in which he refused to obey Jim Crow-era laws.

Recently, Army historians have discovered the identity of an unheralded defense attorney who was instrumental in Jackie Robinson's acquittal. This attorney, Captain Robert H. Johnson, was a graduate of the University of Michigan and Michigan Law. The presentation will detail the African-American experience in WWII, analyze the court-martial, and discuss its effects on this American icon.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:07:14 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Robinson poster
HET Brown Bag | Relic Neutrino Decoupling in Standard and Non-Standard Scenarios (April 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63101 63101-15576709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: HET Brown Bag Series

When the Universe was from about 1 second to 1 minute old, many interesting processes took place. On the one hand, weak interactions became inefficient and relic neutrinos decoupled from the cosmic plasma. And, at the far end, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis kicked off and the first light nuclei were formed. In between, electrons and positrons annihilated into photons, effectively reheating them with respect to the already decoupled neutrinos. The outcome of all these processes can affect the evolution of the Universe from that time until what we know today. In this talk I will focus on the decoupling process of relic neutrinos, starting with the standard scenario in which we properly accounted for flavour oscillations. Then I will explain how the effective number of relativistic species, also known as effective number of neutrinos (Neff) is modified assuming some non-standard scenarios. In this way, comparing the standard value of Neff with present and future observations we can get some insight about physics beyond the Standard Model, from the presence of non-standard interactions in the neutrino sector to the possibility of having an extra (sterile) neutrino species.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:51:00 -0400 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory HET Brown Bag Series Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Understanding the Social Implications of AI (April 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62790 62790-15466656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

"If we are going to augment humanity with the machine, we need to do it in a way that doesn’t bring along our mistakes of the past."
— Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer for Synchrony Financial

Through mobile phones, the Internet of Things, and web computing, every single day around the globe we create a quintillion bytes of data. Pairing that trove of data with enormous computational power, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making strides into every aspect of everyday living, from emails and targeted advertising, to healthcare and education. But with great power comes great responsibility. This Dissonance Event Series discussion will take a multidisciplinary look at the social implications of artificial intelligence and consider the promises and potential pitfalls we may look forward too.

Panelists include
- Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information; Fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT

- Ram Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

- Michael Wellman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering,College of Engineering (Moderator)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:05:19 -0400 2019-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Understanding the Social Implications of A.I.
State of the Union Conference (SOTU) (April 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62254 62254-15337494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students

The Graduate Society of Black Engineers & Scientists, in collaboration with Association of Multicultural Scientists (AMS), welcomes all underrepresented graduate students in STEM to the State of the Union Conference. Here, we will highlight your research, network and build stronger relationships in the UMich community. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place poster prizes will be awarded.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:01:29 -0400 2019-04-18T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Society of Minority Engineers & Scientists Graduate Students Conference / Symposium SOTU_Poster
CTAC Community Showcase (April 18, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62259 62259-15337496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Discover Data-Driven Community Partnerships - Showcase of Student Work

The Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC) is a multi-partner student-driven initiative to enhance the data and evaluation capacity of community organizations through community-engaged projects and student learning. CTAC is a program of the Ginsberg Center.

The CTAC Community Showcase will bring together community partners and student project teams to share the work that is happening in the community, and how current students are actively engaged in community capacity building.

Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:48:57 -0400 2019-04-18T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T20:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Ginsberg Center Conference / Symposium CTAC Community Showcase Save the Data. Discover Community Data, Discover Partnerships, Discover Data Passion.
EIHS Workshop: Comedy and Power (April 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57336 57336-14157745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This panel will deal with the close connection between power and comedy throughout European history from the high Roman Empire to the early nineteenth century. How can power be expressed through comedy and how can it be undermined by it? What are the relations between humor and such categories as gender, class, and the very notion of categorization? The panelists will trace new ways of incorporating humor into serious historical research. Featuring:

Alexander Clayton (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
John Finkelberg (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Alex Tarbet (Graduate Student, Classics, University of Michigan)
Haley Bowen (chair, Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Jaime Kreiner (respondent, Associate Professor, History, University of Georgia)

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:23:11 -0400 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar spotlight and mic
Write Togethers (for grad students) (April 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58376 58376-14491996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Write Together sessions provide structure, space, and time for graduate writers working on papers, theses, and dissertations. These Monday Write Together sessions (from 9am-noon) bring graduate writers into common quiet space to work. Sweetland will offer short presentations on writing and work productivity, distribute writing support and information, and provide coffee, tea, and refreshments.

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Other Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:46:28 -0500 2019-04-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 North Quad Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Sandwiches and Science: Training (for) Better Presentations Graduate Speaker Series (April 23, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59651 59651-15636674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:20:21 -0500 2019-04-23T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-23T13:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Workshop / Seminar TBP Speaker Series
Ph.D. Defense: Kunal Rambhia (April 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63081 63081-15653093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The purpose of this dissertation is to advance the development of a drug-loaded polymeric scaffold for bone tissue engineering as a promising synthetic substitute for autologous bone grafts. While still considered the reference standard for treatment of large volume bone injuries, autologous grafts are limited in their clinical applications by donor site morbidity, limited tissue availability, and potential for graft failure. The clinical use of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) as bone graft substitutes has resulted in serious side effects due in part to the supraphysiologic dose of BMP required for adequate healing. New approaches to treating these large volume injuries are needed. Our proposed strategy utilizes tissue engineering and drug delivery concepts to develop synthetic drug-loaded biomimetic scaffolds for bone regeneration.

To enhance the osteogenic potential of synthetic scaffolds, we sought to simultaneously deliver two growth factors: recombinant human BMP-7 and recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2). We first established an in vitro cell culture model using rabbit mesenchymal stem cells to evaluate and optimize the dose and duration of FGF-2 treatment in combination with BMP-7 as a basis for our in vivo studies. We subsequently encapsulated the growth factors in poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanospheres with tailored release patterns for each factor. Low molecular weight PLGA was used to encapsulate FGF-2 in fast releasing nanospheres while high molecular weight PLGA was used to encapsulate BMP-7 in slow releasing nanospheres. We found that FGF-2 augmented BMP-7-directed ectopic bone formation in a subcutaneous mouse model, and that the synergistic effect was dependent on the dose and duration of FGF-2 treatment. We also found that FGF-2 may contribute to enhanced bone formation due to its effects on cell migration and proliferation, as well as its angiogenic and osteogenic effects.

We then established an in vitro model to evaluate human mesenchymal stem cells in 2D monolayer and 3D culture on novel nanofibrous spongy microsphere scaffold (NF-SMS). We used a similar PLGA-based drug delivery system to control the release kinetics of FGF-2 and BMP-7 and conjugated drug-loaded PLGA nanospheres to the injectable NF-SMS scaffold. In a critical size cranial defect mouse model, low dose FGF-2 combined with BMP-7 enhanced bone regeneration over BMP-7 alone.

Lastly, we sought to better understand the crosstalk between the FGF-2 and BMP-7 signaling pathways through a series of experiments to measure the effect of FGF-2 on canonical BMP signaling in mouse calvarial osteoblasts. We identified a potential new link between these signaling pathways and propose a new mechanism by which FGF-2 signaling modulates BMP receptor activity, enhancing the phosphorylation of R-Smad1/5/9 proteins.

This research elucidates the criteria for achieving synergy between BMP-7 and FGF-2 through relevant in vitro and in vivo models. It provides guidelines for future development of biomimetic scaffolds with controlled release of multiple relevant biological cues to stimulate healing and tissue regeneration.

Chair: Peter X. Ma

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Presentation Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:49:45 -0400 2019-04-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T13:00:00-04:00 Biomedical Engineering Presentation Biomedical Engineering
Robots and the Workplace: Addressing Automation-Related Workplace Disruption (April 24, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63246 63246-15601674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Law School Problem Solving Initiative

The advent of autonomous technology, artificial intelligence, and new sales and delivery mechanisms are likely to bring economic upheaval to a wide variety of professions, including transportation, sales, fulfillment, and hospitality services.

Multidisciplinary teams of graduate and professional students spent the term exploring the history and current issues around employment shifts to create proposals to maintain decent livelihoods in the face of automation.

Guest panelists:
John Austin (Director, Michigan Economic Center)
Lionel Robert (Core Faculty, Robotics and Associate Professor, U-M School of Information)
Dana Thompson (Clinical Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Clinic, U-M School of Law)
Curt Wolf (Managing Director, Urban Collaboratory, U-M School of Civil and Environmental Engineering )

Instructors:
Marc Norman, Associate Professor of Practice,
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Nina Mendelson, Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law,
University of Michigan Law School

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Presentation Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:47:39 -0400 2019-04-24T15:15:00-04:00 2019-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Law School Problem Solving Initiative Presentation Hutchins Hall
MUSE Workshop: Discussion: ethics, big data, and our response to climate change (April 25, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60222 60222-14849124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:31:20 -0500 2019-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T19:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
Ph.D. Defense: Riley Doherty (April 30, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63350 63350-15653092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Human skin plays vital roles in both the sensory system and thermoregulation, and also provides an important line of defense for the body from the external environment. However, experimental methods that enable in vivo characterization of this multi-layered organ are currently lacking. Soft tissue artificial phantoms can be used to diagnose certain skin diseases or to validate the efficacy of medical procedures. This study proposes a non-invasive method to obtain three-dimensional displacement measurements of soft tissue using suction and digital image correlation. We developed a measurement device capable of applying suction loading while capturing images of the full-field deformation of the area of interest. Soft tissue phantoms were fabricated, and a temporary speckle pattern was applied to each surface to provide unique features required for image correlation. A soft tissue phantom with less stiff inclusions of various diameters and a 3D printed ellipsoid was prepared. Analysis was performed using an open-source software, DICe, and both peak displacement and pressure were further parameterized for comparison metrics. The stiffness of each material was validated by comparison to each other and a hard surface. The softer inclusions were not detected, however, the material with inclusions behaved differently than the control, indicating an overall change in material properties. Preliminary results support the use of the parameterizations as comparison metrics and demonstrate the successful application of 3D-DIC to measure deformation of a surface under suction loading. The device can be modified in the future to enable measurement of surfaces with larger contours or smaller regions of interest. The compact design of the instrument permits data collection in a range of environmental conditions outside of the lab, facilitating experiments that are currently not possible.

Chair: Deanna Gates

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Presentation Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:46:53 -0400 2019-04-30T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-30T14:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Biomedical Engineering Presentation Biomedical Engineering
HET Brown Bag Seminar | Finding String Theory from the Large N Bootstrap (May 1, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63423 63423-15692041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: Department of Physics

Professor Perlmutter will discuss some recent methods for computing nonplanar CFT correlators, dual to one-loop amplitudes in AdS. This will include two applications to string theory: first, the development of a novel approach to computing perturbative string amplitudes; and second, a rigorous way to count the number of "large'' extra dimensions in the gravity dual of a strongly coupled, large N CFT.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:38:34 -0400 2019-05-01T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-01T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar Randall Laboratory
Climate & Space Spring Graduate Reception (May 3, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63429 63429-15694216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

As we do each spring, CLaSP will be hosting a graduation ceremony and reception to honor and celebrate our CLaSP graduates. Department Chair Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen will offer a message for the class of '19, followed by celebratory light refreshments.
Please join us in congratulating and recognizing the hard work and accomplishments of those who are graduating this spring!

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Reception / Open House Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:04:05 -0400 2019-05-03T14:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T15:30:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Reception / Open House Photo of Graduates
Statistics Graduate Graduation Reception (May 3, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61204 61204-15052047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 2:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Statistics

The Graduation Reception for Statistics Graduate Students will be held on May 3, 2019 in 340 West Hall from 2:30pm - 4:30pm. Doors will open at 2:15pm.

More details TBA

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Reception / Open House Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:43:32 -0400 2019-05-03T14:30:00-04:00 2019-05-03T16:30:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Statistics Reception / Open House West Hall
Comparative Literature Graduation Reception (May 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54670 54670-13634080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

The Comparative Literature department is holding its annual graduation reception for Comp Lit faculty, Comp Lit affiliated faculty, graduate students, graduating undergraduates (Majors and Minors), and their families.

The reception will be held on Friday, May 3rd from 4-6 pm in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:20:35 -0400 2019-05-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Reception / Open House
UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics (May 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58555 58555-14510877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Art, Ideas, & Politics Book Club is a partnership between UMMA and Literati Bookstore in connection with UMMA's exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s. Surrounded by the large-scale artworks by Sam Gilliam, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson, we will read and discuss bold and critical voices—both fiction and nonfiction—guided by Literati Bookstore's Creative Programs Manager, Gina Balibrera Amyx. Books will explore visions and critiques relevant to abstract art as well as the immense social changes of the period, and include Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (Jan 10), Art on My Mind, Visual Politics by bell hooks (March 14), Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel (May 9), Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (July 11), and How We Get Free, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Sept 12).

Gina Balibrera Amyx is the Creative Program Manager at Literati Bookstore, and a graduate of Zell MFA Program. Her writing has been featured in the Boston Review, Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Wandering Song, an anthology of the Central American diaspora.

The Art, Ideas, & Politics Book Club will meet on the second Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m. in the exhibition gallery. Pick and choose or come to all of them. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Other Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:16:23 -0500 2019-05-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art