When Georgia Tech came to Michigan in 1934, the Wolverines were forced to bench their best player, Willis Ward, because he was an African-American. The incident infuriated Ward's best friend on the team, Gerald Ford. This is the story of two schools, two friends and a game that changed everything. This film blends college football, the quest for equal rights, and the career of a Michigan man who would one day be president

Free Admission. Open Seating. Free parking. A reception will follow the program.

We invite you to browse panels about the scripts of ancient Egypt, indigenous languages of Central and South America, languages of Southeast Asia, and more – including the English language and language used in graffiti and comics.

This exhibit highlights the possibilities for exploration and discovery within the library’s collections, which are impressive on many levels. The sheer number of materials, including more than 8.5 million volumes in locations all over campus, and access to millions of digital books, journals and images, makes it one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The collection encompasses ancient documents written on papyrus, electronic journals reporting on the latest advances in science and medicine, and materials from nearly every period, culture, and way of thought in between.

Catalog Confessions launches the week of March 5 to coincide with the 10th annual Depression on College Campuses Conference.

Submissions will be gathered via selected Library bookdrops March 5th-16th and then digitized and displayed on the Shapiro Lobby screens during the month of April.

Cards and envelopes will also be provided at the following drop-off locations, Hatcher Graduate Library, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, Taubman Health Sciences Library, and the book drop on the first floor in the School of Art & Design.

Share your secret beginning March 5th.

Many protective factors can help individuals at risk of depressive illnesses to maintain wellness and prevent relapse, including resilience, social connections, mindfulness, and positive thinking. How can we reframe the campus mental health mission to include prevention of depression through a focus on student strengths?

Join us March 7-8, 2012, for the 10th Annual Depression on College Campuses Conference to learn about new research findings and innovative strategies to help college campuses integrate prevention, resilience, and positive mental health into their ongoing efforts for students.

The conference will feature a choice of intensive three-hour workshops in addition to keynote presentations, panel discussions, and concurrent sessions.

Video installation by Charles Atlas exploring time-based portraiture, the body, fragmentation, and movement of Merce Cunningham.

Related events: Film Screening of The Legend of Leigh Bowery by Charles Atlas: Monday, February 13, 7pm, UMMA Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State. (Presented in conjunction with UMS)

Brown Bag Lecture by Charles Atlas: “Video in Performance and Video as Performance,” Tuesday, February 14, 12:30pm, 202 S. Thayer, room 2022

Gallery Reception with Charles Atlas: Wednesday, February 15, 4:30-6pm, U-M Institute for the Humanities Gallery, 202 S. Thayer, room 1010

The gallery is open Saturday 11am-3pm and closed Sunday.

This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I presents a first look at artworks, mostly prints, drawings, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Edward Steichen, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara, Senior Curator of Western Art, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas, feelings, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery, the absence of a linear narrative, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second "episodes," a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.

Fluxus emerged in the early 1960s as a loose, international network of artists, composers, and designers-"led" by Lithuanian-born American artist George Maciunas (1931-1978)- that was noted for blurring the boundaries between art and life. Fluxus artists like Maciunas, Nam June Paik, George Brecht, and Yoko Ono, among many others, challenged the notion of high art by creating unassuming, often humorous objects and performances that redefined the terms of artistic production by demonstrating the idea that "anything can be art and anyone can do it." Because of their disregard for traditional artistic media, many of the objects in the exhibition are-often by design-acutely resistant to conventional forms of museum display. Variously conceived as carriers of ideas, absurdist send-ups of consumer products, and invitations to direct, playful participation by the viewer, these works attempt to undermine the idea that art is separate from the activity of living one's life. Through 116 works, Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life will introduce visitors to the study and appreciation of art as an exciting and intellectually rewarding experience, and to the notion that art is something that can play an active role in their own approaches to life's essential questions.

This exhibition was organized by the Hood Museum of Art and was generously supported by Constance and Walter Burke, Dartmouth College Class of 1944, the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund, and the Ray Winfield Smith 1918 Fund. UMMA's installation is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Arts at Michigan, and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Join us at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the dedication of the gardens in 1962. Travel back in time to view images of the conservatory, buildings, and grounds as they were 50 years ago; learn about how faculty and students have been using the Botanical Gardens for research, teaching, and learning for decades, including exciting current work by Associate Professor of Architecture Moji Navvab; and catch a breath of warmer weather in the conservatory with a spring flower display. Free conservatory admission.

Please join us for the premiere of a new performance by the University of Michigan Educational Theatre Company, based on actual interviews with U-M students and presented as part of the Depression on College Campuses Conference.

This session is free and open to the public. No registration is needed.

Presented by: David Brandon Director of Intercollegiate Athletics University of Michigan

Rain forest has been a persistent feature in South America for ≥55 million years. However, climate-envelope models predict that future air temperature increases will cause pervasive tree species extinction, and some biosphere models predict widespread Amazon forest die-off. We used a phylogeographic analysis to estimate the age of 12 widespread Amazon tree species to determine if they have persisted though times when air temperatures were similar to predicted levels over the coming decades. Nine of the 12 study species originated >2.6 Ma ago when air temperatures were warmer than today, and may have been similar to 2100 projections under mid-range anthropogenic emissions scenarios. Our results suggest that, all else being equal, near-term high temperature induced Amazon tree species extinction is unlikely.

Learning to effectively manage disagreements with others can help you improve your relationships, be more successful, and feel better about yourself. In this workshop you will learn strategies for successfully managing conflict with others in both your personal and professional/academic life.

Puzzles have existed since the dawn of history. From riddles and anagrams to today’s Rubik’s Cubes, sudoku, and TV game shows, it seems that humans have engaged in this sort of activity since they became conscious beings. Why? This talk will look at the origins of puzzles and what they tell us about the human mind and how they relate to discoveries in language mathematics, and philosophy. It would seem that we possess a “puzzle instinct” that guides us in our overall search for meaning to life.

Outrageous characters connive and contrive, and one is exported via mummy case in this vintage comedy by Hart and Kaufman, directed by Nancy Heusel.

For reservations for group seating, please call 734-763-8587.

Dessert Performance on March 8.

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Please join us for a showing of the film "Days of Wine and Roses" starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick.

Since the late 1980s Bothaina Kamel has addressed issues of women's rights, human rights and corruption in her high profile position. She is deeply connected to the solidarity and human rights campaigns of peaceful protest and organizing in Egypt. Despite harassment and beatings by government and military authorities in the last decade Kamel continues her brave work for human rights and real democracy.

Michael Ha ithcock, conductor Patricia Cornett, graduate conductor Jonathan Ovalle, percussion Chorale and Counterpoint are two primary compositional techniques. Both are explored in traditional and unique ways through this wide-ranging repertoire. Percussionist Jonathan Ovalle, a new faculty artist, appears as soloist in Joseph Schwantner’s massive Percussion Concerto. European marches provide a toe-tapping thread of fun throughout the evening. PROGRAM; Alwyn - Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion; Vaughan Williams - Tocatta Marziale; Schwantner, Percussion Concerto; Hindemith - Konzertmusik Opus 41; Laurdisen - O Magnum Mysterium; Hanssen - Valdres; Tieke -Old Comrades

Teitur (pronounced TIE-tor, full name: Teitur Lassen) comes from the Faroe Islands, way out in the ocean between Iceland and Scotland. He plays acoustic guitar, accompanied by subtle, beautiful arrangements. His original songs are highly romantic, and in person he's disarmingly direct and completely mesmerizing. Seal recently recorded Teitur's song "You Get Me," and he's toured with Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann, KT Tunstall, Ron Sexsmith, and John Mayer. Teitur's new album "Let the Dog Drive Home," in the words of the London Independent, "soon winds itself inexorably round one's heart, its emotional tendrils taking purchase like clematis scaling a garden wall."

RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY 12 Irina Mishura is well-known to audiences throughout North America and Europe. She made an auspicious debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2000 when she appeared as Dalila in Samson et Dalila opposite Plácido Domingo. Kevin Blysma teaches at Bowling Green State University. Repertoire will include Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, and famous operatic duets. PROGRAM: Tchaikovsky - Lis and Pauline Duet from Queen of Spades; Tatyana and Olga Duet from Eugene Onegin; Den li tsarit?; Nyet, tolka tot kto znal; Mussorsky - Pesni i plyaski smerti; Rachmaninoff - V malchanyi nochi taynay; Vesennie vodi; Bellini - Norma and Aldagisa Duet from Norma; Verdi - Aida and Amneris Duet from Aida; Puccini - Flower Duet from Madama Butterfly

with David Holland (viola), Emily Perryman (flute), Kathryn Votapek (violin), Andrew Jennings (violin), Chad Burrow (clarinet), and Matthew Zalkind (cello). PROGRAM: Bach - Suite for Lute no. 1; Porter - Duo for Viola and Harp; Tailleferre - Sonate for Harp; Ravel - Introduction and Allegro for harp with string quartet, flute and clarinet