Exhibition:Multiracial Families: Increasing Rapidly
2025-03-25 00:00 - 23:00 (America/Detroit) | Shapiro Library - Lobby
This digital exhibit in the Shapiro Lobby showcases research about and narratives from people across the globe who are part of mixed race families.

In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Loving v. Virginia case that marriage across racial lines was legal throughout the country. Intermarriage has increased steadily since then: one in five U.S. newlyweds (19%) were married to a person of a different race or ethnicity in 2019, a more than sixfold increase from 3% in 1967 (Pew Research Center, 2022).

Other:Northwest Challenge
2025-03-25 00:00 - 23:45 | University of Washington
west coast frisbee

Film Screening:Presented by GISC. The Second Annual African Muslim Film Festival
2025-03-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Off Campus Location
The African Muslim Film Festival is the first of its kind, screening films from all across Africa that were made by, for, or about Muslims. All films will be streamable & online, featuring films from Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania, and Tunisia. This year’s festival will offer four films in total throughout the month of March.

The festival opens on Thursday, March 13th at 3 pm ET.

All screenings are free. Some films will only be available in North America or the University of Michigan community; check each film’s information for more details. All films will include English subtitles.

2025 Lineup:

March 13-20 | *Muna* + Q&A with the Director Warda Mohamed | UK/Somalia | 2023 | Short Drama
March 20-27 | *Goodbye Julia* | Sudan | 2023 | Drama/Narrative
All Month | *Timbuktu* | Mauritania | 2014 | Drama
All Month | *Four Daughters* | Tunisia | 2023 | Drama

The last two films are free to watch through Kanopy using your U-M credentials. All University of Michigan community members can access this film (and many others) for free through Kanopy!

Log in with your university credentials & visit the U-M collection at https://www.kanopy.com/en/umich

Are you at another university? Check if your academic community or public library has a Kanopy collection! Learn more at https://www.kanopy.com/.

This African Muslim Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and co-sponsored by the Arab American National Museum. This festival is curated by Dr. Aliyah Khan and Hana Mattar. Questions? Please reach out to us at islamicstudies@umich.edu

Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Email: -- islamicstudies@umich.edu

Other:Race in St. Louis
2025-03-25 00:00 - 22:00 | St. Louis
Cycling Race in St. Louis

Class / Instruction:Summer Session in Epidemiology
2025-03-25 00:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
Join us for the longest-running summer program in epidemiology! Choose from engaging 1-week or 3-week online courses designed to provide skills-based training in applied epidemiology.

For 60 years, the University of Michigan's Summer Session in Epidemiology (SSE) has been one of the nation's longest-running and premier summer epidemiology programs. In just one to three intensive weeks, gain valuable knowledge and skills to enhance your academic and professional journey. SSE is designed for public health and healthcare professionals, researchers, and anyone eager to build a foundation in epidemiologic science. We welcome participants from diverse backgrounds, including undergraduate students, public health professionals, clinical and biomedical researchers, and scholars in related fields such as psychology, sociology, and earth sciences.

While experience in public health, epidemiology, or biostatistics is beneficial, it is not required. By the end of our program, you will have developed a solid understanding of key research principles in clinical populations, covering areas such as: Study Design, Biostatistical Analysis, and Causal Inference These essential skills will help you advance in epidemiology, public health, and related fields.

Exhibition:Pierpont Poetry Project
2025-03-25 07:00 - 22:00 | Pierpont Commons
Check out the Pierpont Poetry Project! 50 student-written poems are on display throughout Pierpont Commons. The poems were all inspired by the theme “seeking” but interpreted in many different ways - they explore themes of love, justice, family, loss, hope, identity, and more. Explore the building and find all the poems - for every poem you log, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Literati Bookstore gift card!

Exhibition:A Prison, a Prisoner, and a Prison Guard
2025-03-25 08:00 - 23:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - North Lobby
Join us for a multimedia exploration of the impact of prisons on countries and communities across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through the lens of “prison art.” The exhibit delves into the dynamic interplay between incarceration and creative expression to make sense of carceral systems.

By presenting prison art from various countries in the MENA region, including Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, this exhibit unfolds as a “journey” into the prison system and demonstrates the ways in which art can be a tool of expression and reconciliation for survivors, detainees’ families, and society at large. It promotes drawing parallels between the prison experience in the region and worldwide, highlights the intentionality of carceral systems, and expands the conversation to include prison-impacted communities. Viewers are invited to navigate the cross-generational, human experiences of imprisonment often obscured behind prison walls and within individuals.

Curated by Sumaya Tabbah and Susan Aboeid of The Ḥafathah Collective, this traveling exhibit was organized by U-M Students Organize for Syria (SOS) in partnership with U-M Library and with support from the U-M Arts Initiative.

Plan to attend the related discussion, "Art, Justice, and Carcerality: The Role of Creative Expression in the Pursuit of Justice," on February 6.

Exhibition:Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World
2025-03-25 08:00 - 23:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
The exhibit "Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World: Interracial Identity in the U.S. and Around the World — What Research and Mixed Race People Tell Us" is an exploration into the library's collections about the diversity of mixed race heritage. Through research, narratives, demographic data, and a variety of visual and published materials, explore multifaceted aspects of mixed race heritage with insights from many perspectives.

The 2020 U.S. Census illuminated a 276 percent increase in individuals who identify as "two or more races" since 2010. In recognition of the growing numbers of mixed race-identifying people at the University of Michigan, throughout the country, and across the globe, we're excited to unveil this new exhibit — a unique exploration of changing demographics and intersectional identities.

Exhibition:CREES Exhibition. Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity, an installation by Gluklya
2025-03-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Weiser Hall - Gallery, Room 547
Gluklya’s work is a powerful example of socially engaged art at the intersections of gender, class, and cultural identity. By focusing on experiences of female textile workers in Kyrgyzstan, the artist explores the often-overlooked stories of women affected by Soviet and post-Soviet colonialism. "Threading the Needle: Vestiges of Colonialism and Femininity" retells their stories using a diverse range of media — film, sculpture, watercolors, and felt tapestries. Unfolding the implications of economic and societal pressures on women, Gluklya explores issues of poverty, isolation, and exploitation among the garment workers.

Personal stories are woven into a broader social context — such as the legacy of the "Likbez" (liquidation of illiteracy) campaign among women in Central Asia during Soviet rule and entrenched patriarchal traditions, like "Ala Kachuu" (bride-kidnapping). This dynamic — where colonization and modernization intertwine the individual lives they touch — raises questions about cultural identity and the ethical borders of decolonized research.

This exhibition was curated by CREES alumna Dianne Beal (BA REES '79). See more of her work here: https://www.diannebeal.com/curatorial.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Exhibition:DigiPaint Zine Art Exhibit: Fantasy & Mythology
2025-03-25 08:00 - 23:00 | Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor)
View nineteen illustrations created by participating DigiPaint members for their 2024 zine. The zine was created with a “fantasy & mythology” theme, which participants interpreted individually as they created their pieces.

DigiPaint is U-M's first student organization dedicated to digital painting. Founded in 2021, DigiPaint has sought to create a community for digital artists from all backgrounds, regardless of major, level of skill, and experience. Each year, DigiPaint invites all club members to submit a thematic piece to be printed in a physical zine. This zine is presented in the Shapiro Gallery, with each illustration individually printed and displayed.

Join us for an exhibit reception in the Shapiro Gallery on March 20, 7-9 pm.

Sponsored by the U-M Arts Initiative and U-M Library.

Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. Threads of Tradition: The Art of Ukrainian Vyshyvanka
2025-03-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Weiser Hall - Room 1010
The act of embroidering and weaving designs onto cloth is deeply rooted in Ukrainian traditions. Embellished clothing (sorochky), ritual cloths (rushnyky), and household textiles accompany a person from birth until death, punctuating important life events in between. A variety of embroidery patterns are used throughout Ukraine; some stitches are universally known, while others are region-specific. Ukrainian embroidered clothing is now officially celebrated with an annual Vyshyvanka Day observed throughout the world in May.

To see photos and read more about exhibited items, visit https://myumi.ch/AZedA

The embroideries and textiles exhibited are from the private collections of Arnie Klein, Solomia Soroka, Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova, and from the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum located in Hamtramck, Michigan.

The exhibit opens on September 5, 2024, in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

*The exhibition is cosponsored by the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum*.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Conference / Symposium:Beautiful Minds Conference: Celebrating the Diversity of Neurodiversity
2025-03-25 08:30 - 17:00 | North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Planning is underway for the second Beautiful Minds Conference: Celebrating the Diversity of Neurodiversity, scheduled on March 25-26, 2025, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. Additional details will be posted soon.

The University of Michigan’s Beautiful Minds Conference annually celebrates:
- Education and Awareness: Sharing insights to dismantle stereotypes and educate the community on neurodiversity.
- Empowerment and Inclusion: Providing resources to create empowering and inclusive environments for neurodiverse individuals.
- Collaboration and Innovation: Promoting teamwork to drive innovation and support neurodiverse communities.
- Community Building: Ensuring networking opportunities and fostering sustainable relationships to build a support for neurodiverse communities.

Through these efforts, we aim to educate, inspire, and empower everyone to celebrate their unique minds.

Exhibition:Andy Ross Exhibition
2025-03-25 09:00 - 17:00 | North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connection Gallery
The pieces here are from a large series of works made over the last several years. In them, Ross explores humor and personal meaning through absurd juxtapositions of pairs of wildly varied images. Each single image is stripped of its original context (be it, for example, a history book, an instruction manual, or a magazine advertisement), placed on a white background like some kind of specimen, and presented afresh with a new “companion image.” These companion images confront, contrast and converse with each other, and thereby build new relationships, narratives, jokes, and contexts.

Andy Ross grew up in Macomb County, and has been making art in various mediums since the 1970s. He received a BFA degree from College for Creative Studies, and an MFA degree from University of Michigan. He has taught photography, art, and web design at colleges in California and Michigan. His photographs and collages have been exhibited in schools, galleries, and museums across the United States.

Exhibition:Angkorian Homecoming
2025-03-25 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Informed by her experience as a refugee, Phung Huynh’s projects explore the complexities of displacement, assimilation, and cultural negotiation among Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees who have resettled in the United States. She creates detailed graphite portraits on pink donut boxes to highlight the stories of Southeast Asians who have survived war trauma and genocide. Huynh’s serigraph prints about Donut Kids foreground intergenerational gaps as well as bridging the refugee parent and American child through the narratives of Cambodian American children who were raised by donut shop owners in California. Huynh’s most recent work of drawings of Cambodian Buddhist statue heads and photographic prints of decapitated statue bodies on fabric addresses the repatriation of looted Cambodian antiquities in the context of challenging the legacy of colonialism, unethical museum practices, and the refugee’s desire to return home. Complete details at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/phung-huynh.html.

Exhibition:Breaking with Tradition
2025-03-25 09:00 - 16:30 | East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery
Artist John Rizzo is exhibiting individual mixed-media sculptures that bridge across art, design, and craft. Using a combination of materials that are historically perceived as precious John's work distorts, disrupts, and re-contextualizes perceptions of materials and their values. His work is at once , colorful , playful , layered and deeply self-reflective in its personal narrative.

Fair / Festival:Central Campus Residential Development Furniture Fair
2025-03-25 09:00 - 21:00 | South Quad - Community Center
Help us select furniture for new residence halls.

Survey instructions: Please provide your feedback about the furniture options. The number on each piece of furniture corresponds to the number of a survey question. The survey questions are in numerical order and you may use the back and next buttons to locate specific pieces to provide feedback.

Exhibition:Elizabeth Boyd-Hartmann Dizik Exhibition
2025-03-25 09:00 - 17:00 | North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery
This body of work represents a playful exploration of form, color, and scale through the lens of cellular shapes. Inspired by the complex patterns of biological life, the pieces are a celebration of growth, transformation, and the joy of experimentation. The use of non-precious materials, such as wood balls and paint, allowed for a liberating approach to composition and color, while the spherical forms and circular panels evoke the look of petri dishes—symbolizing both scientific curiosity and organic development.
Born in Detroit, Elizabeth is a multidisciplinary artist and mother based in the metro Detroit area, where she works from a studio in her home. With a background in bench jewelry, her earlier work focused on studio jewelry and was represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h in Montreal.
Elizabeth’s work has been exhibited both locally and internationally. She holds a BA in Jewelry Design, with First Class Honours, from Central Saint Martins in London, a BFA from the University of Michigan, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she specialized in Metalsmithing and Architecture. Her diverse practice spans jewelry, sculpture, and installation, blending materials and techniques to explore themes of production, growth, transformation, and organic form.

Careers / Jobs:NE ScribeAmerica Virtual Information Session 3/25/2025
2025-03-25 09:00 - 09:45
Are you looking at a future career in healthcare and need clinical experience? If so, join us for our upcoming virtual info session to learn more about our medical scribe positions! If you are unable to attend this session, no worries we are offering several other sessions throughout the month! Click on the RSVP link above to find a time that works with your schedule.

Exhibition:RAW Exhibit
2025-03-25 09:00 - 17:00 | Michigan Union - First Floor
“RAW” is a 2024 printmaking portfolio featuring 25 15”x20” works on paper by a diverse group of primarily student artists, organized by Professor Endi Poskovic of the Stamps Printmedia program. The hand-pulled prints in the set, which has never been exhibited before, span media from colorful laser cut woodblock prints, to lithography, to copper plate etching. The newly formed Stamps Student-led Exhibitions Committee (SEC) will curate and rotate selections of these prints in alignment with the portfolio’s theme—where time and effort transform raw potential.

Exhibition:Redefining the Crown
2025-03-25 09:00 - 16:00 | Lane Hall
In Winter 2025, the Lane Hall exhibit space will feature a portraiture series titled Redefining the Crown showcasing the powerful stories of six Black breast cancer survivors.

Based on a photo essay by U-M Faculty Versha Pleasant (MD/MPH) and Ava Purkiss (PhD) in Medicine at Michigan, this exhibition examines the cultural and personal significance of hair within Black communities, particularly through the lens of breast cancer treatment and recovery. The term "crown" is deeply symbolic in Black culture, signifying beauty, strength, and identity. The featured photo essay by photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman, Tanisha Kennedy, Felecia McDaniel, Shantell Elaine McCoy, Tamara Lynn Myles, and Veleria Banks.

Through their narratives and portraits, the exhibit examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy, inviting the audience to witness their stories with radical empathy. It explores the cultural pride and personal identity intricately tied to their hair, and how these elements are redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.

The exhibit will be on view from January 21, 2025 to August 8, 2025. This exhibition is presented with support from IRWG, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, and Michigan Medicine.

Located on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street), the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public, M-F, 9am-4pm.

Exercise / Fitness:Strength, Stretch and Balance
2025-03-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing
Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults, however, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free, however, please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are funded strictly through donations. No registration is necessary, simply attend when it fits your schedule.This class is open to everyone. The goal of this class is to work on your strength, flexibility, and balance in order to improve fitness levels and the ease of everyday tasks.

Workshop / Seminar:Talent Acquisition Bootcamp
2025-03-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Wolverine Tower - Suite 18 G048
Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website.

Exhibition:The Bibliophile and the Library: Private-Press Books from the Collection of Bill Heidrich
2025-03-25 09:00 - 20:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st floor
View beautifully illustrated books that stand as remarkable testaments to the work of twentieth-century small private presses, which, in contrast to the trend of mass commercialization, produced limited editions that celebrated the uniqueness of manual craftsmanship. Features such as exquisite typeface design, letterpress printing, handmade paper, traditional illustration techniques like woodcut and engraving, and the inclusion of original art by renowned artists highlight the presses' dedication to artistry and detail.

The display opens with an edition of "The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer," published in 1896 by William Morris at his Kelmscott Press, a pivotal press that greatly influenced the development of the private press movement as a means of preserving and revitalizing the fine printing and art traditions of the past. Additionally, the exhibit includes some examples of artist’s proofs, offering a glimpse into the intricate creative process behind these exceptional works.

These books are on loan from the collection of Bill Heidrich, a long-time supporter of the University of Michigan Library.

Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
2025-03-25 09:30 - 11:00
Are you grappling with a piece of code, trying to compute on a cluster, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.

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

Tuesdays, 9:30-11 a.m. ET, via Zoom (Meeting ID:94181215786)
Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. ET, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98659357324)

Exhibition:29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons
2025-03-25 10:00 - 19:00 | Duderstadt Center - Gallery
The *29th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons* showcases the life-affirming creative work of artists from 26 Michigan prisons.

Hundreds of original, handmade works by incarcerated artists in Michigan will be displayed in the Duderstadt Center Gallery from March 18th through April 1st, 2025. A variety of visual arts media will be featured, including paintings, portraits, tattoo imagery, landscapes, sculpture, fiber arts, and more.

The *Annual Exhibition* is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the world. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the life-giving power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration, isolation, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all, both in the free world and behind the walls.

We invite you to enjoy these unparalleled works of art and, if you like, make a purchase. All proceeds, minus necessary taxes and fees, go directly to the artists. Original pieces are available at a wide variety of price points for all budgets.

The exhibition opens March 18th:
5 PM Gallery opens and sales begin
6:30PM Reception & light refreshments
7PM Celebration program begins
9PM Gallery closes

Free accessible shuttle service available on opening night:
4:30 - 8:30 PM, running every half-hour
Loops to the exhibit from the Plymouth Rd. Park & Ride (3700 Plymouth Rd., right off of US-23)

After opening night, the gallery hours will be:
Sunday–Monday: 12:00 PM–6:00 PM
Tuesday–Saturday: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

On April 1st, the gallery is open until 5:00 PM. Art pick-up also begins at 5:00 PM.

Presented with support from U-M Residential College and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.

The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) brings those impacted by the justice system together with the University of Michigan community for artistic collaboration, mutual learning, and growth. Founded in 1990 with a single theatre workshop, PCAP has grown to include undergraduate courses, exhibitions, publications, a prison reentry arts program, and events that reach thousands of individuals each year.

*The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. Live captioning will be available at all events surrounding the exhibition. We are pleased to provide additional reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Mattie Levy at mglevy@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.*

Other:Leaves Under the Lens
2025-03-25 10:00 - 16:30 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
The leaf surface is a dynamic landscape where tiny, specialized structures help plants interact with the world around them. Let’s bring this world into view! Join us for an exhibit that highlights the complex and often beautiful anatomy of leaves from the Matthaei collection. Plants throughout the conservatory will be paired with microscope photographs and micro-CT scans that illustrate the otherwise invisible structures that protect leaves from chewing insects, absorb (or repel!) water, and even recruit “bodyguards”. You won’t look at leaves the same way again!

This project is a collaboration between MBGNA and the Weber and Vasconcelos labs in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, led by PhD student Rosemary Glos.

Presentation:Optimization-based Robot Control on Matrix Lie Groups
2025-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Ford Robotics Building - 1000
Co-chairs: Maani Ghaffari, Ram Vasudevan

Abstract:
Lie groups serve as a powerful mathematical framework for modeling the kinematics and dynamics of robotic systems composed of 3D rigid bodies. However, the nonlinear nature of rigid body motion introduces significant challenges, making problems such as motion planning, feedback control, and state estimation inherently nonconvex and difficult to solve.

In this thesis, I first present a unified modeling framework based on matrix Lie groups, which captures the rich algebraic and geometric structures of rigid body systems to enable systematic analysis and computation. Building on this foundation, I exploit the underlying polynomial structures of matrix Lie groups to develop globally optimal and certifiable solutions to these robotics problems via convex optimization. Notably, I address the kinodynamic motion planning problem — ensuring both kinematic and dynamic feasibility — for 3D rigid body systems with global optimality guarantees. I then introduce the Generalized Moment Kalman Filter, a novel extension of Kalman filtering theory from linear Gaussian systems to nonlinear polynomial systems with arbitrary noise distributions. This generalization enables more robust and accurate state estimation in complex robotic systems. Finally, I leverage the geometric properties of matrix Lie groups to design efficient local gradient-based solvers tailored for rigid body systems. In particular, I present the Riemannian Direct Trajectory Optimization framework, which ensures geometric compatibility while enabling fast and efficient motion planning.

Together, these contributions provide a comprehensive set of tools for certifiable, efficient, and geometrically consistent motion planning and state estimation in rigid body robotic systems.

1000 Robotics Atrium,
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98764011774
Meeting ID: 987 6401 1774
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Lecture / Discussion:SMTD Alumni Award Lecture & Reception with Alexandra Beller (BFA ’94, dance)
2025-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre
Join us as the Department of Dance honors special guest artist and dance alum Alexandra Beller as she is presented with the 2024 Professional Achievement in Dance Award from the SMTD Alumni Board.

10–11am - Presentation / Lecture -
Dance Performance Studio Theatre (Studio 1, Room 1040)

11am–12pm - Lunch Reception with Informal Talk -
Perry K. Granoff Studio (Studio 4, Room 1060)

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST

ALEXANDRA BELLER (BFA ’94, dance) has been the artistic director of Alexandra Beller/Dances since 2002. She was a Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company member (1995–2001). Beller has created over 50 original dance theatre works and has presented at theatres and universities throughout the United States and with companies in Korea, Hong Kong, Oslo, and Cyprus.

Beller currently choreographs predominantly for theatre. Her Off-Broadway credits include *Sense and Sensibility* (Sheen Center, the Gym at Judson; received the Helen Hayes Award, Lucille Lortel Award nomination, and IRNE Best Choreography award), *The Mad Ones* (59E59 Theaters), Bedlam’s *Peter Pan* (the Duke on 42nd Street), and *How to Transcend a Happy Marriage* (Lincoln Center Theater). Her regional credits include *Two Gentlemen of Verona* (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), *As You Like It* (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Folger Shakespeare Library), Taylor Mac’s *The Young Ladies of…*, and *Chang(e)* (HERE Arts Center). Beller’s current projects include choreographing *Antonio’s Song* (Contemporary American Theater Festival and Milwaukee Rep) and *Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes)* (La MaMa and touring) and directing/choreographing *Macbeth* (Theatre Row). She wrote and directed an adaptation of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* for 92NY.

Beller was on faculty at Princeton University, 2015–22, and she teaches at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, HB Studio, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate program. In addition to a BFA in dance, she has an MFA in choreography and is a CMA (Certified Movement Analyst).

Workshop / Seminar:“Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies”
2025-03-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Institute For Social Research - 2030
Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as Elizabeth Ananat, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics, Barnard College, presents, “Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies.”

Abstract: In the U.S., work opportunities for those with lower levels of formal education have moved in recent years toward service employment, and this concentration is especially strong among households with children. Even compared to other jobs for those without college degrees, service work is characterized by shorter tenure and less access to full-time hours, patterns that are visible in national data and are more pronounced for those with children. In novel data collected through daily text-message reports from hourly service workers with young children, we document additional patterns of volatility that have not previously been visible: in particular, daily and weekly volatility in work hours. We show that this volatility requires workers aiming to maximize their earnings to set aside many more hours for work than they are actually paid for–on average, twice as many. We develop novel statistics to capture these forms of volatility and to describe their sources. Finally, we discuss the implications of these findings for both means-tested programs and earnings-linked tax credits, the two major forms of income support provided by the federal government to families with children.

Exhibition:A Gathering
2025-03-25 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse
Welcome. Make Yourself At Home.

A Gathering brings together the newest works of art to enter UMMA’s collection — many on display here for the first time.

As a free, public museum, UMMA staff takes care of art for the benefit of the community and society at large. The works on view in this exhibition, all brought into the Museum between 2019 and the present, shows how institutions like UMMA are becoming more permeable to societal challenges, and more nimble in responding to them in service to all in their communities. In this exhibition you will find works that reflect on how global migrations, race, gender, and ecological change shape the way we engage with the world and inform our visions for the future.

This collection of artistic engagements with issues give us tools to envision who we want to be as individuals, as a museum, and as a society, connected to one another across space and experience.

So gather here to take in these latest works of art brought here for you. Gather here to be engulfed in their forms and meanings, to discuss their takes, to learn, to disagree. Gather to relax, make a friend, drink a coffee, finish the daily Wordle. Gather to feel full, to be moved and inspired by all the possible imaginations of what is yet to come.

Curated by Félix Zamora Gómez Irving Stenn, Jr. Fellow in Public Humanities & Museum Pedagogy

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

Presentation:Larry Cat In Space
2025-03-25 11:00 - 11:45 | Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
Intended for young children, Larry Cat In Space is a playful, imaginative cartoon presentation about an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the Moon. Through Larry's eyes, we observe his human family, and his owner Diana. Larry hides in Diana’s suitcase as she travels to her job on the Moon and experiences weightlessness. Once on the Moon, Larry observes how the Earth looks a lot like the Moon did from his porch back home.

The state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store.

Lecture / Discussion:Ukrainian Literature and Culture Lecture Series
2025-03-25 11:00 | Off Campus Location
Join us for an exciting international collaboration between the University of Michigan's Slavic Department and the Ukrainian Catholic University of Lviv!

This seminar series brings together both UofM and UCU students, creating a unique platform for international interaction and academic exchange. Featuring three speakers—Ostap Slyvynsky (UCU), Oleksandr Pronkevych (UCU), and Alex Averbuch (UofM)—the series will explore literature in times of war, multiculturalism and multilingualism, and gender and sexuality in Ukrainian culture.

A one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to engage in critical discussions, broaden perspectives, and connect across borders.

February 18, 11 AM
March 25, 11 AM
April 8, 11 AM

Registration required: alexaver@umich.edu

Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism
2025-03-25 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art
Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison), this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art, 1650-1850.

In recent times, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.

Pieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.

In this online exhibition, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery, which will open in early 2021, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history.

By challenging our own practice, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles, and fails to settle for, simple narratives.

“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed, so ornate, so planned, they call attention to themselves; arrest us with intentionality and purpose, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.”

— Toni Morrison

Lead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the U-M Arts Initiative, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.

Workshop / Seminar:How Do Consumers Finance Increased Retirement Savings?
2025-03-25 11:30 - 12:50 | Lorch Hall - 201
Higher retirement savings might not translate into net wealth accumulation if, rather than cutting spending, individuals reduce their non-retirement savings or take on more debt. We use newly merged deposit-, credit-, and pension-account data from a large UK financial institution to examine a national policy that gradually increased retirement contributions from 2% to 8% of salary between March 2018 and April 2019. For every £1 reduction in take-home pay due to higher employee contributions, employees cut their spending by £0.34, especially in the restaurant and leisure categories, and financed the remainder with lower deposit balances and higher debt. Those with lower initial deposit balances cut their spending the most, while those with significant liquid savings first draw down their deposits. We use a lifecycle model calibrated to match the observed short-term responses to predict that long-run spending responses are larger but feature similar heterogeneity. Finally, we examine the welfare consequences of potential policy reforms using a sufficient statistics approach. A social planner concerned about undersaving for retirement due to heterogeneous present bias would avoid targeting retirement interventions at high-liquidity individuals, who are both less likely to cut their spending and less likely to be present-biased.

Workshop / Seminar:Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series: Regulation and Function of RNA Modifications in RNA Processing
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Medical Science Unit I - 3330
Please join us for a seminar at 12 noon in 3330 MS I.

Workshop / Seminar:EEB Student Dissertation Defense - Standing armies and crystal swords: Defense evolution across wild grape
2025-03-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Biological Sciences Building - 1010
Carolyn Graham, EEB PhD student, presents their dissertation defense.

Summary: The diversity of adaptations that plants demonstrate to defend themselves from herbivory has fascinated biologists for decades. To explain this wealth of defense traits, researchers have developed a body of theory that uses patterns of ecological pressures in the environment to predict investment in defense, but the importance of biological and geographic scale in determining which selective pressures dominate is only beginning to be tested. In this dissertation, I explore the patterns and processes of defense trait evolution in plants, examining whether defense investment across scales matches up with plant defense theory. Using the wild grape genus Vitis as my primary study system, I synthesize comparative trait and occurrence data with mechanistic investigations of the processes that shape trait investment. In my first two chapters, I use a phylogenetic framework to compare and contrast how patterns of trait evolution match up to plant defense theory depending on whether they are evaluated at the intraspecific or interspecific scale, while considering a large body of traits associated with defense. I found that trait-trait correlations are rare across Vitis species compared to trait-environment correlations, but that both types of interactions are scale-dependent. These results suggest that defenses in grape largely evolve independent of each other, but that features of the environment thought to correlate with herbivory pressure are relatively better predictors of defense trait evolution. My third and fourth chapters center on calcium oxalate crystals in plant leaves, an understudied trait that I use as a model to understand the mechanisms of plant defense evolution. As long as we have known about calcium oxalate crystal presence in plants, researchers have believed that these structures are defensive against herbivory, but recent literature has challenged that assumption. Through a systematic literature survey, I find that crystal morphologies correlate differentially with geographic parameters, suggesting that this morphological variation evolved in response to different ecological pressures. Additionally, through experimental diet manipulations using a generalist herbivore, I find that Vitis riparia-derived crystals do not operate as a defense against chewing arthropods, but do seem to serve as a dynamic storage system for calcium in grape. By linking phylogenetic comparative and experimental approaches in tests of theory, my dissertation provides us with a broader understanding of plant defense evolution in wild grape and beyond.

This is a hybrid event.
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Lecture / Discussion:IOE Faculty-Student Lunch: Prof. Julie Ivy
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2869
Please fill out the form to the right if you would like to attend the faculty-student lunch with Prof. Julie Ivy on Tuesday, March 25th from 12:00 - 1:00pm! Space is limited, so please only sign up for this event if you are sure you will be able to attend. Spots for this lunch will be filled on a first come, first served basis, and a waitlist will be formed after all spots have been filled.

Performance:Kathy Beck, carillon
2025-03-25 12:00 - 12:30 | Burton Memorial Tower
Kathy Beck performs on the Charles Baird Carillon, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell, which strikes the hour, weighs 12 tons, while the smallest bell, 4½ octaves above, weighs just 15 pounds.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8), and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon.

Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Mediating Feuds and Making Minorities on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands of Late Republican and Early Maoist China
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
*This event is in-person only*

This talk examines efforts by the late-Republican and early-PRC states to mediate grassland disputes among Tibetan chiefdoms as key components in state-making processes designed to territorially and epistemologically discipline the Sino-Tibetan frontier according to the demands of progressively more powerful and interventionist state formations. It also suggests that the state’s inability to eliminate these types of disputes is an avenue through which to measure the incomplete nature of these transformations.

Benno Weiner is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. He is author of the *Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier* and co-editor of *Contested Memories: Tibetan History under Mao Retold*. He is currently working on a manuscript with the working title: *“Imperial Borderland to Socialist State: Disintegration, Territorialization, and Minoritization on the Ethnic Margins of Modern China,”* and a public facing book tentatively titled, *“Making Minorities in Modern China.”*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Exhibition:More than Gray: Reimagining Early America in Full Color
2025-03-25 12:00 - 16:00 | William Clements Library
The American past was lived in full color, but this vibrant history can be easily missed in surviving evidence. You can’t deny that there’s something about a black-and-white photograph that feels… stuffy. With portraits showing people with their shirts buttoned right to the neck and everything in shades of gray and brown, our imaginations can incline to thinking of the past as a bit staid, if not downright dull. But look a little closer, and you’ll see signs that the fashion choices available to those who came before us were more colorful than you might first think. From the fabrics they wore, to the games they played, or the books they read, their world was alive with bright hues. This exhibit invites you to reimagine history with a fuller color palette and picture the vibrancy and joy that just might be hidden behind the unsmiling photographs.

Exhibition opening weekdays from 12-4.

Other:Pop Up Opportunity Hub Coaching
2025-03-25 12:00 - 15:00 | East Hall - Psychology Atrium
Pop up coaching allows you to meet with an Opportunity Hub coach in a space that is convenient to you! This semester, the Opportunity Hub and LSA Psychology are partnering to bring you pop up coaching in the East Hall Psychology Atrium. Pop up coaching is a great opportunity to make meaningful progress toward your professional goals within a shorter period of time; especially if you are a little pressed for time and are looking for on-the-spot support. For example, if you have a grad school, internship, or job application due in a week, drop-in coaching may be ideal. Pop up coaching is also great for students who are looking to try coaching for the first time.

This event is open to ALL students!

Workshop / Seminar:Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop End-of-Year Celebration
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Pendleton Room, 2nd Floor
During this event, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops that received funding for the 2024/2025 Academic Year will have the opportunity to share what they've accomplished with other members of the campus community.Refreshments will be provided.

Reception / Open House:Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop End-of-Year Celebration
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Michigan Union
During this event, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops that received funding for the 2024/2025 Academic Year will have the opportunity to share what they’ve accomplished with other members of the campus community.

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

Film Screening:Sea Monsters
2025-03-25 12:00 - 12:45 | Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs, giant turtles, enormous fish, fierce sharks, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur.

Lecture / Discussion:Archives of Embarrassment: Playing Asian on Cold War U.S. Television
2025-03-25 12:30 - 13:30 | 202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room #1022
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.

About this talk:
This talk reclaims Asian racial stereotypes in twentieth-century American media in order to offer a labor history of the performers behind them. Little is known about these performers and their work because these “archives of embarrassment” have been obscured by liberal identitarian desires for the “authentic” or “real” Asian American subject. I argue that these performers’ supporting roles, background parts, walk-ons, and other sundry acting or acting-adjacent jobs produce what I call “Asian American non-stardom,” and that this racialized labor has been foundational to the American entertainment industry.

Melissa Phruksachart is a 2024-25 John Rich Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanitied and Assistant Professor of Film, Television, & Media.

Livestream / Virtual:Developing an Intersectional Consciousness and Praxis: Moving Toward Antiracist Efforts in Higher Education - Part 1 & 2 Book Talk
2025-03-25 12:30 - 14:30 | Off Campus Location
How can we move beyond performative allyship and embed true intersectional antiracist practices in higher education? In collaboration with the co-editors of Developing an Intersectional Consciousness and Praxis: Moving Toward Antiracist Efforts in Higher Education, Drs. Jonathan A. McElderry and Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, the Diversity Scholars Network presents a powerful two-part webinar that critically examines antiracist practice through an intersectional lens.

Designed for those committed to transforming university spaces towards equity, this series amplifies the experiences of students of color with multiple marginalized identities. Authors from the co-edited text will share essential frameworks, practical strategies, and bold insights to push beyond theory into action.

Part I – March 25: Institutional leadership and pedagogy: How can faculty and administrators create truly inclusive learning environments?

Moderator:
Jonathan A. McElderry, Dean of Student Inclusive Excellence and an Assistant Professor at Elon University

Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, Assistant Professor in the Master of Higher Education Program at Elon University

Panelists:
Jordan Shelby West, Associate Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement at the George Washington University

Jesse Ford, Assistant Professor of Higher Education and the Founding Director of the Collaborative for Black Men Success at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Megan Karbley, Director of Compliance and Title IX Coordinator at Elon University

Part II – March 27: Student affairs, equity and inclusion efforts, and health and wellness: What does it take to ensure holistic support for students of color?

Moderator:
Jonathan A. McElderry, Dean of Student Inclusive Excellence and an Assistant Professor at Elon University

Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, Assistant Professor in the Master of Higher Education Program at Elon University

Panelists:
Jarvis Marlow-McCowin, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Education Manager for the Office of Racial Equality and Social Unity at Corning Incorporated Community Impact and Investment

Kanika Jackson, Lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at Towson University

Nadia Qureshi, PhD Candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto

Designed for those committed to transforming university spaces towards equity, this series amplifies the experiences of students of color with multiple marginalized identities. Authors from the co-edited text will share essential frameworks, practical strategies, and bold insights to push beyond theory into action.

Join us for a critical dialogue on why intersectional antiracist work isn’t just important—it’s imperative.

Well-being:"Let's Talk": Informal, Drop-In Mental Health Counseling
2025-03-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Michigan Union - The Spectrum Center: Room 3032
Trained mental health counselors are now available for drop-in conversations at different times and locations across campus, including at Trotter, the Spectrum Center, South Quad, the International Center, and Bursley.

This informal, confidential “office hours” style can be a great fit for students unsure about formal counseling; for those with a specific, time-limited concern they’d like to talk through; or those seeking information on campus resources. Please note: this is not meant for crisis or emergency support.

"Let's Talk" will run from January 20th 2025 to April 25th 2025. There will be no drop-ins the week of Spring Break (March 3rd - 7th).

Monday: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm with Markie Silverman, Ph.D., LP, Room 2035 in Trotter Multicultural Center
Tuesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Marcella A. Beaumont, Ph.D., Room 3032 in The Spectrum Center (Michigan Union)
Wednesday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm with Emily Malinowski, LMSW, Room 1721A in South Quad Housing
Thursday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm with Ling Liu, Ph.D. & Chunyu Xu, M.Ed., M.S.Ed., Conference Room in the International Center
Friday: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm with Kayla Douglas, LMSW, and Emily Powers, LLMSW, Room 2329B in Bursley Housing

Workshop / Seminar:Empowering Blue: How to Process Map
2025-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Off Campus Location
Messy workflows, redundant tasks, and confusion…sound familiar? Process mapping can help. Join consultants Lisa Earls and Colin Moore from Organizational Excellence to learn the essentials of process mapping.

Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop
2025-03-25 13:00 - 14:30 | LSA Building - 4147
The format of this workshop is that presenters circulate a manuscript in advance, and participants read the manuscript and come ready to provide feedback. Please reach out to the Winter 2025 student coordinator Xavier (xfields@umich.edu) to request workshop materials.

Winter 2025 Line-up:

1/21: Anna Wood, "My Brotherhood or My Brothers? Fraternities Navigate the Necessity of Organizational Change"

2/4: Lightning Talks

2/18: Jake Dunn, "'Lost Forever in Time': Narratives of Desire, Auras of Authenticity, and the Embodied Costs of (Queer) Porn Work on Twitter and Onlyfans"

2/25: Chelle Jones

3/18: Rory O’Brien ("Implementing Student Name Change Policies and Procedures in Your Schools"); Celine Beraud

3/25: Paige Sweet, Michelle Rabaut Cosens, and Emma Tiersten-Nyman; "Gendered Risks: How Domestic Violence Survivors Navigate the Institutional Circuit"

4/1: Jacob Caponi ("Dissertation prospectus"), Carlo Charles ("Borderless Intimacies: Haitian Men Navigating Queer Relationships Across Nations")

Performance:Eva Albalghiti & Eric Whitmer, carillon
2025-03-25 13:20 - 13:50 | Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Graduate student Eva Albalghiti & Musicology PhD student Eric Whitmer perform on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Presentation:Dissertation Defense: Equivariant Modules Over Polynomial Rings in Infinitely Many Variables
2025-03-25 13:30 - 15:30 | Mason Hall - 3347
Abstract:

A guiding principle of the field of equivariant commutative algebra is that non-noetherian rings behave like noetherian rings up to the action of a large group of symmetries. One of the central examples of this principle is the noetherianity of the infinite variable polynomial ring R=C[x_1,x_2,...] with the action of the infinite symmetric group frakS permuting variables. In this thesis, we further develop the equivariant commutative algebra of R by studying symmetric R-modules, i.e., R-modules equipped with a compatible frakS-action. In particular, we study the local behavior of such modules over the frakS-prime ideals h_n=(x_i^n:igeq 1), and prove a number of structural results on the category of symmetric R/h_n-modules, including giving a semi-orthogonal decomposition and generators for the bounded derived category of modules.

An important tool for our study is representation theory of various combinatorial categories, such as a generalization of FI to a weighted setting. By proving an equivalence between weighted FI-modules and modules over infinite variable polynomial rings that are equivariant with respect to parabolic subgroups of the infinite general linear group, we give finiteness properties of weighted FI-modules, such as the rationality of an analogue of the Hilbert series and finite generation of local cohomology. Along the way, we relate the polynomial representation theory of these parabolic subgroups to generalizations of Schur functors from categories consisting of flags of vector spaces.

Careers / Jobs:A Day in the Life of a Nissan Engineer: R&D and Production Insights
2025-03-25 14:00 - 14:45
Ever wondered what it's like to be an engineer at Nissan? Join us for an exclusive virtual event where you'll get a behind-the-sceneslook at a day in the life of our engineers in Research and Development (R&D) and Production Engineering.Event Highlights:
Keynote Speakers:

R&D Engineer: Discover the innovative projects and cutting-edgetechnologies our R&D engineers work on to shape the future of automotive design.

Production Engineer: Learn aboutthe challenges and triumphs of bringing those designs to life on the production floor.

What to Expect:

In-Depth Discussions: Gain insights into the daily responsibilities, projects, and technologies that our engineers work with.

Career Pathways: Explore the different career paths within Nissan's engineering departments and learn how you can start your journey with us.

Interactive Q&A: Get your questions answered by our experienced engineers and learn what it takes to succeed in these dynamic roles.
Don't miss this opportunity to connect with Nissan engineers and get an inside look at the exciting world of automotive engineering. Register now and take the first step towards an engineering career with Nissan!Date: Tuesday, March 25 Time: 2 pm CT Platform: ZoomWe look forward to seeing you there! 🚗🔧

Presentation:Black Holes
2025-03-25 14:00 - 14:45 | Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
This cutting-edge production works with data generated by supercomputer simulations to bring the current science of black holes to the dome screen. It includes immersive animations of the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and a simulated flight to a super-massive black hole lurking at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Preceded by brief star talk.

The new Planetarium & Dome Theater has comfortable seating for 57 visitors and space for up to 9 wheelchairs, easy-access seats, and a limited number of hearing assistance devices. Tickets $8. Available one hour prior to show.

Careers / Jobs:Rock the Mock Medical School: Practice Interviewing with Medical School Reps
2025-03-25 14:00 - 17:00 | LSA Building - First Floor Interview Rooms
Medical School interview jitters? The LSA Opportunity Hub is here to help. Participate in a medical school mock interview with various medical school representatives to build up the confidence you need to nail your medical school interview! This is your chance to practice your interviewing skills and get real-time feedback from medical school reps ahead of the application season. Emerge from this session with the skills you need to rock your future med school interview!

You should attend this Employer Connection if you are:

An LSA student in any year

An LSA student looking for extra interview practice and preparing for medical school

Eager to demystify and excel in behavioral and technical interviews

Eager to connect with medical school reps and tap into their professional school knowledge

What you’ll gain by attending:

Gain practical experience to confidently navigate the med school interview process

Get insights on how to effectively communicate your experiences and skills in a high-pressure interview setting

Use this opportunity to share your résumé with various respective med school representives

Various university reps will attend both virtually and in-person. Both will be held in the LSA 1st Floor interview rooms with virtual reps cast onto the screens. Confirmed universities include:

Yale University- School of Medicine
Michigan State University- College of Human Medicine
Wake Forrest University- School of Medicine
University of Toledo- College of Medicine and Life Sciences
University of Oklahoma- College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati- College of Medicine
University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
The LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor, places to sit or stand during the event, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-764-4920 so we can make arrangements.

RSVP NOW to reserve your spot as capacity is limited.

Workshop / Seminar:Economic Sociology and Organizations (ESO) Workshop
2025-03-25 15:00 - 16:30 | LSA Building - 4147
Winter 2025 Line-up:

1/14: Ori Tamir, "The Performativity of Exchange Rates: How the Fed Floated the Dollar to Signal Price Stability"

1/28: Ruiling Li, "Leaving Without Betraying: Enduring Consent Post Career Exits in the Chinese Tech Industry"

2/11: Sarah Farr, "Moral Economy of Property and Collective Action in Mexico City"

2/25: Jonah Stuart Brundage, "Patrimonial and Settler-Capitalist Logics of Expansion in Early Modern Empires"

3/11: Subin Min, "The Role of Institutions to Facilitate Savings for Low-Income Families: A Qualitative Study of CollegeBound Saint Paul"

3/25: Mira Vale, "Strategic Ambiguity and the Ethics of AI in Digital Health"

4/8: Analidis Ochoa , "Blood Veins for Hire: Social Inequality and the Blood Plasma Industry."

Careers / Jobs:International Students Career Series: How to Build Your Network
2025-03-25 15:00 - 16:00
You can’t start networking unless you know where to begin! As an international student, it can be intimidating when thinking aboutthe idea of having to interact with people in the U.S. That’s totally okay because we got you covered! This workshop will give you the tools to identify and connect with contacts in addition to conducting informational interviews - opportunities that will help you expand your knowledge of what a career or company is like by learning from an employee's daily activities. Remember: Networking is about building relationships. These meetings can occur without the pressure so often present in a typical job interviewbut many times lead to opportunities down the road.This session isan interactive workshop, so you are expected to prepare by carefully reviewing our networking website to learn the basics:Review NetworkingResources:https://careercenter.umich.edu/content/networking-resources REGISTER HERE: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1718102/share_preview We want to ensure fulland equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. To ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible.

Social / Informal Gathering:Pugs & Planning
2025-03-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Mason Hall - G325
Join us at the DSI to check out our FA25 classes!

Our academic advisor, Toni Bushner, will be in attendance with her two sweet pugs (Draco & Ludo) to offer insight into the DS Minor and answer any questions about our upcoming courses.

Swing by and say hi and get some puppy snuggles in!

Careers / Jobs:Register Here: How to Navigate Financial Services Recruiting as a First-Year Student
2025-03-25 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for our virtual 'How to Navigate Financial ServicesRecruiting as a First-Year Student' event with a member of the Campus Recruitment team and a current Analyst at SMBC. This event is for current undergraduate first-year students interested in learning about SMBC’s and future career opportunities within the financial services industry.During the session, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about: SMBC – Our businesses and our cultureNetworking tips & tricksHow to build a good resumeUpcoming events and professional workshopsApplication process and timelines for our internship programsAsk any questions you may have about SMBC, our teams, or the industry in generalEligibility - Freshmen/1st Year students in a four year undergraduate program.As this event is invite only and space is limited, please register at the earliest here. We will notify you with the virtual event link once your participation is confirmed. Thankyou for your interest! We look forward to meeting you!

Sporting Event:Baseball vs Eastern Michigan
2025-03-25 16:00 | Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium
Baseball vs Eastern Michigan

Careers / Jobs:Be the Change: Launch Your Career with Boosterthon This July/August!
2025-03-25 16:00 - 16:35
If you love the idea of impacting students, working with an amazing team, thriving in a high-energy environment, and having fun, Booster is the company for you! We have teams throughout the US who are hiring both part-time and full-time positions starting July and August and would love to meet you! WHO WE ARE: Boosteris a vibrant, mission-driven organization grounded in the belief that positivity and purpose are essential to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to fostering a culture where our team membersfeel empowered to achieve their full potential and make a positive impacton the world. Guided by our six virtues: Gratitude, Wisdom, Care, Courage, Grit, and Celebration, we believe in cultivating leaders who change the world. We are a fun and exciting place to work, where every day brings new opportunities to make a difference! At Booster, we empower schools across the nation through innovative and engaging fundraising services. We serve elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide, offering a range of services from Fun Runs to a comprehensive school fundraising platform. We've proudly helped over 7,500 schools profit more than $700 millionin much-needed funds. Our mission is to raise $1 billion for schools by 2027, and we're excited about every step we take toward this goal. WHAT TO EXPECT: During this information session,you will hear more about what Booster does as a company and you'll get the chance to make a personal connection with each of Booster's recruiters! We'll explore what Booster's company culture looks like and what career growth opportunities there are within the company. We hope to see you there! - Check out our Career Page to learn more and APPLY: https://www.choosebooster.com/careers

Careers / Jobs:Boston Children's Hospital Child Life Info Session
2025-03-25 16:00 - 19:30
Are you considering a career as a child life specialist?Are you interested in learning more about the child life field?Would you like information about the requirements and processfor becoming a child life specialist?If so, we invite you to join us for a virtual informational session*presented by child life staff at Boston Children’s Hospital. When: Tuesday, March 25, 2025Time: 4:00-7:30PMZoom link will be provided upon registration. Please register by Wednesday, March 19th.Registration link: HTTPS://FORMS.OFFICE.COM/R/FFFWR9ACER *Please note: This session is not for credit and does not contribute towards orsatisfy any graduation or certification requirement. This is also not a job fair;we are not recruiting new staff for our department. We are unable to provideindividualized career counseling. This is an informational session only.

Workshop / Seminar:Central Asian Studies (Fiction) Workshop with Baktygul Chynybaeva
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | 1014 Tisch
On Tuesday, March 25th, from 4-5pm the Central Asian Studies RIW will have a writing workshop in 1014 Tisch with Baktygul Chynybaeva to discuss a chapter from one of her (many!) current writing projects - a fictionalized version of her childhood memories from 1991-1998, exploring how Central Asia changed when the Soviet Union collapsed. Free food will be provided. Baktygul Chynybaeva is an award winning human rights, healthcare, and climate change journalist from Kyrgyzstan, who additionally at Michigan is a 2024 Knight Wallace Journalism Fellow. She will share with us a draft of her first chapter of her semi-fictionalized memoir which beautifully starts in 1991 with her translating the collapse of the Soviet Union as depicted by the television from Russian to Kyrgyz to her grandparents.
While we have had many workshops before regarding monographs and articles-in-progress, but this is a first foray into fiction! We will hope many people will come. We will send out copies of the chapter about 1 week before the event, please sign up on Sessions to receive a copy of the chapter when we send them out.

Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Visualization of Tunable Electronic Structure of Van der Waals Heterostructures
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | West Hall - 340
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures offer an unprecedented platform for engineering the physical properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials through control of twist angle, strain, and environmental interactions. The advent of state-of-the-art angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with nanoscale spatial resolution (nanoARPES), combined with its ability to probe fully functional devices, has opened new avenues for directly visualizing exotic electronic phenomena in these systems. In this talk, I will present our work leveraging cutting-edge in-operando nanoARPES to directly map the electronic properties of vdW heterostructures and their functional devices. I will highlight experiments that demonstrate on-demand tuning of the electronic structure by varying the substrate, twist angle, alkali metal doping, and applying an electric field. First, I will discuss the formation of quasiparticle-like trions and polarons arising from strong many-body interactions in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)-based heterostructures. Next, I will present our recent findings on the electronic structure of bilayer graphene on two distinct insulating substrates—hBN and RuCl₃—revealing intriguing new features. Time permitting, I will also show how electric field tuning can modulate electronic interactions, leading to van Hove singularities and flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene and twisted double bilayer graphene heterostructures.

Bio:
Jyoti Katoch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Central Florida in 2014 before joining The Ohio State University as a postdoctoral researcher with Roland Kawakami. In 2016, she was appointed as a Research Scientist at the Center for Emergent Materials, an NSF-MRSEC at The Ohio State University.

In 2018, she joined Carnegie Mellon University as an Assistant Professor, where her research group focuses on the creation of emergent quantum materials and the study of their electronic properties using in-operando focused photoemission spectroscopy techniques on fully functional devices. She is an elected executive member and past program chair (2024) of 2D Materials Technical Group at the American Vacuum Society. She is also a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2019), the Department of Energy Early Career Award (2019), and the National Science Foundation Early Career Award (2024).

Workshop / Seminar:Colloquium Seminar: Motivic invariants of birational maps
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | East Hall - 1360
I will talk about my joint work with Hsueh-Yung Lin, on constructing new homomorphisms from Cremona groups, and more generally groups of birational self-maps to free abelian groups, based on motivic techniques. This allows us to answer some old questions about Cremona groups, such as (non-)generation by elements of certain types.

Lecture / Discussion:EHAP Lecture Series: From Reaction Norms to Adaptation: What Variation in (Physiological) Plasticity Tells Us and How to Measure It
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | East Hall - 4448
Global climate change and human-driven actions are altering climatic conditions and habitat characteristics worldwide. As a result, animals experience various environmental changes that occur simultaneously, requiring them to cope daily with multidimensional environmental variation. A key approach to addressing the fundamental question of whether and how populations can successfully adapt to environmental variability is to study how organisms respond to environmental changes by modifying their physiology and the consequences of these responses. Traits such as hormones and metabolic rates are not only highly sensitive to environmental fluctuations but also inherently flexible, allowing for rapid responses that vary across different levels—from species to populations, to individuals, and even within individuals. In this talk, I first describe how the responsiveness of physiological traits to environmental changes, known as phenotypic plasticity, can be measured by quantifying the degree of change via the slope of their reaction norm. Second, I use data from a captive songbird population that I repeatedly exposed to a simulated cold spell, to demonstrate that important information can be gained by quantifying variation in plasticity both among and within individuals in key physiological traits, such as plasma concentrations of corticosterone and rates of organismal metabolism. Third, I highlight the evolutionary implications of such variation in reaction norm slopes by reviewing available evidence that plasticity plays a crucial role in enabling evolutionary adaptation, including insights from my own work. Finally, I conclude by describing promising areas for future research and argue that studying variation in physiological plasticity is crucial for assessing the viability of species and populations in our ever-changing world.

Social / Informal Gathering:German Convo on the Go
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Burton Memorial Tower
Members of the U-M community can walk and talk in German with Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu), German language instructor. Meet at Burton Tower, 'rain or shine', for a 1-hour walk. If the temperature is dangerously low, this event will meet in room 3110 Modern Languages Building. Please contact Mary if you have questions. Note that the group leaves at 4pm sharp.

Careers / Jobs:Giving Back to Your Community: Healthy Futures
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00
Join us and learn more about how you can help improve the health and wellness of your community through AmeriCorps service. See how service can help with independent living for elderly Americans, build the capacity of food banks, combat the opioid crisis, tackle homelessness, and address food insecurity.

Careers / Jobs:Meet our Affinity Networks!
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00
Join us to learn more about McKinsey’s affinity networks!This event is hosted by our Women's community, the McKinsey Black Network, the Hispanic and Latino Network, Prism (Social Mobility) and Equal (LGBTQ+). This is just one of our many initiatives aimed at helping individuals get to know McKinsey better.

Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Korean Language Education in America 30 Years: Retrospect and Prospect
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
While there is ‘some’ debate over who started teaching Korean first in American higher education institutions, Korean language education in this country has a long history. With the establishment of the American Association of Teachers of Korean (aka AATK) in 1994, Korean language education was at a dramatic turning point in terms of practical classroom teaching as well as Korean as a second or foreign language (KSL/KFL) research. AATK will celebrate its 30-year anniversary in 2025 and it is a perfect time to reassess what has been done during the past three decades and what needs to be done moving forward. In this era of globalization and the spread of Hallyu worldwide, learning Korean language and culture has become a worthy endeavor for many students, heritage learners and non-heritage learners alike. In this talk, I will be reflecting on 30 years of Korean language education in U.S. higher education from both practical and academic perspectives.

Hye-Sook Wang is an associate professor of East Asian Studies at Brown University. She is the author of Generation Gap and Other Essays and Frog's Tears and Other Stories (both by Cheng & Tsui), editor of Rise of Korean Language Programs in U.S. Institutes of Higher Education (2015, Korea University Press) and Sociolinguistics and Korean Language Education (forthcoming in 2024, Institute of East Asian Studies, UC-Berkeley), and co-author of Integrated Korean: High Advanced I & II 1st & 2nd Ed. (University of Hawaii Press, 2005, 2025) in addition to many journal articles. She has also served as the editor-in-chief of The Korean Language in America: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Korean for eight years after serving as the president of AATK from 2003 to 2006.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at ncks.info@umich.edu.

Workshop / Seminar:Science Success Series- Going to Grad School
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
What's grad school like? How do you choose a program? Is there a way to know if you'll get in or not? Get answers to these questions and more from a panel of friendly grad students here to demystify graduate school!

Workshop / Seminar:Strengthening Your Professional Network (Growing Your Community Workshop)
2025-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | LSA Building - LSA Room 1040
You may have heard people encourage you to “network.” Though, what does it mean to network, and how do you build your professional community? In this workshop, we will discuss how to tap into networks you already have, explore introducing yourself professionally, and strategize ways to create long lasting authentic connections.

What you’ll gain by attending:

Learn the overarching purpose and goals of networking.

Discuss your concerns around networking and strategize how to address them.

Identify what networks you already have access to and who you want to connect with.

Brainstorm effective introductory messages to grow your network.

RSVP now to be a part of the conversation. Lunch will be provided

RSVP today to reserve your spot for this upcoming workshop. Once your RSVP is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the event details.

The Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor as well, and places to sit or stand during the event. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-763-4674 so we can make arrangements.

Careers / Jobs:USA - Campus - EY Next Steps: Better You (Benefits)
2025-03-25 16:00 - 16:45
How can we help you thrive, so that we all thrive? Join usfor a jam-packed information session about the various benefits offered by EY!

Lecture / Discussion:Queer Belongings and the Jewish “Homeland”: Israeli and Jewish American Lives Between Home and Away
2025-03-25 16:30 - 18:00 | 202 S. Thayer - 2022
Through a blend of fiction and academic inquiry, Amit examines the ways queer Jewish lives challenge and reimagine narratives of homeland, belonging, and migration.

In her academic book “A Queer Way Out: The Politics of Queer Emigration from Israel (SUNY, 2018), Amit explores the story of queer Israeli emigrants. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Berlin, London, and New York, she examined motivations for departure and feelings of unbelonging to the Israeli national collective. Amit showed that sexual orientation and left-wing political affiliation play significant roles in decisions to leave. Amit investigated how queer Israeli emigrants question national and heterosexual norms such as army service, monogamy, and reproduction, in their decision to leave Israel. In her new research project, Amit is conducting interviews with queer Jewish Americans grappling with notions of Homeland and Belonging, particularly in the wake of the October 7th events and their profound global reverberations.

Meanwhile, her two fiction books center on queer experiences in Israel/Palestine, offering intimate, layered portrayals of life at the margin of society. Her new fiction work deals with a possible loss of the Hebrew language and a possible obsolescence of the state of Israel.

The conversation with Amit will delve into how these themes converge in Amit’s creative and scholarly practices. It will explore the tensions between rootedness and mobility, the impact of historical trauma on personal and collective identity, and the possibilities for imagining alternative futures through queer lenses. Amit will also reflect on the role of storytelling—fictional and academic—as a tool for navigating the complexities of identity, belonging, and resistance in times of upheaval.

Workshop / Seminar:Robotics Pathways and Career Speaker Series
2025-03-25 16:30 - 18:00 | Ford Robotics Building - 2300
The Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series (RPCSS) invites professionals working in robotics to come talk with current undergraduates about their career path, how a background in robotics has impacted their professional growth, and what they hope to see in students looking to enter the profession.

The 90-minute format of the event will consist of a 30-minute presentation from the invited speaker and up to 40 minutes of moderated Q&A and discussion. Students will be able to participate in person or remotely.

Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92286702864

Grant Gibson is a Senior Robotics/AI Engineer on the Locomotion Controls Team at Figure AI. His work focuses on the autonomous locomotion and navigation of their next-gen humanoid robot, Figure 02. He earned his Ph.D in Robotics from the University of Michigan while working with Prof. Jessy Grizzle in the Biped Robotics Lab. Prior to this, he received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Workshop / Seminar:Green’s functions for the Stokes equations
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:00 | East Hall - 4096
Green’s functions are an indispensable tool in the study of boundary value problems and linear partial differential equations. In highly viscous fluid flows, the Navier-Stokes equations can be linearized to obtain the Stokes equations, which are amenable to Green’s function analysis. Due to its relevance in fluid dynamics, the Stokes equations are widely discussed in physics and engineering literature. Many of these resources use formal calculations and avoid rigorous mathematical justification. To address this gap in the literature, we will derive the fundamental solution of the Stokes equations in free space and prove some of its key properties by drawing from the theory of distributions. We will then find the Green’s function for the Stokes equations on a half-space by using the Papkovich-Neuber representation. The formula obtained is simpler and easier to implement compared to the classical solution originally developed by J.R. Blake.

Careers / Jobs:Midea 2025 Information Session - University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
Subject: Join Midea 2025 Virtual Information Session – Discover Exciting Opportunities!We are thrilled to invite you to our Virtual Information Session, where you’ll have the chance to learn more about our company, explore exciting career opportunities, and gain insights into our recruitment process. This session is designed to help you stand out in your job applications and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us.Event Details:📅 Date: March 25th, Thursday⏰ Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm EST📍 Platform: Microsoft Teams🔗 Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/ftMx6vJ33S What to Expect:🌟 Company Overview: Get to know who we are, our mission, values, and the impact we make in the industry.💼 Open Positions: Discover the roles we’re hiring for and the skills we’re looking for in candidates.📝 Recruitment Process: Learn about our application and interview process, and how to prepare effectively.🚀 Tips to Stand Out: Gain valuable advice on how to make your application shine and impress our hiring team.This is your chance to ask questions, connect with our team, and get a head start on your career journey. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced student, we’re excited to meet you and explore how you can contribute to our success.Don’t miss this opportunity – register now and secure your spot! We look forward to seeing you at the session. Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 419 109 628 054Passcode: [REDACTED]

Workshop / Seminar:Monthly Craft Corner: Bookbinding
2025-03-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Lobby
Come one, come all for this session of the Institute for Humanities's Monthly Craft Corner! This month, we are tackling book-making. Come learn how to bind together what will become your next sketchbook, scrapbook, or journal! There will be an in-depth tutorial as well as a presentation about the history of bookbinding. Food and supplies will be provided, so register now to secure your spot!

Careers / Jobs:Northwestern University - Building a Strong Application (UMichigan)
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
Attend a live-streamed information session about the Masterof Science in Education & Social Policy Program at Northwestern University. Presentations will include information about the curriculum, the master's project, field experiences for teachers, the application process, and financial aid. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of program administrators. If you are registering to participate in the live-streamed information session about the program and admissions with our program directors, go to https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98047374075 at the scheduled time. When you log in to the session, you must allow audio in order to hear us. The session is interactive. You will have the opportunity to ask questions, and you will be asked to introduceyourself and specify which program you are interested in. You may either unmute yourself or type in the chat.

Sporting Event:Softball vs Western Michigan
2025-03-25 17:00 | Alumni Field
Softball vs Western Michigan

Workshop / Seminar:Story Lab Winter Showcase
2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:30
Story Lab develops executive-level presence and communication skills through storytelling workshops and events. To be an effective leader — at work, in the community, or in your personal life — you must be able to communicate with impact. Often this means telling stories that are meaningful to you and others, and doing so in the rich language and expressive style of a seasoned storyteller. If you can craft and deliver an effective story, you will be better able to convey your value to recruiters, inspire and motivate classmates and colleagues, and influence your audience. At Story Lab, you’ll find an immersive experience and an opportunity to hone your skills in a safe and supportive environment.

DATE
March 25 | 5:00-6:30 PM @ Robertson Auditorium
Share your story, or come to support your peers.
RSVP required.

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS
Open to all.

Visit our webpage to learn more!

Lecture / Discussion:Women in Automotive
2025-03-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location - University of Michigan Detroit Center
Did you know women drive the Motor City? Join us for an inspiring evening as Myrtle Brooks, Janice Ford, Cheryl Thompson, and Ghana Goodwin-Dye share their powerful stories and experiences in the auto industry! Hear firsthand how these four trailblazing women have navigated challenges, career pivots, and achieved success in their field and beyond. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate their journeys, gain valuable insights, and foster a more inclusive future.

Ceremony / Service:13th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony
2025-03-25 17:30 - 19:30
The University of Michigan Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 12th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on March 25, 2025 at the University of Michigan Museum of Art on 525 S State St, honoring Professor Christi-Anne Castro.

Please join us for an evening of celebration beginning at 5:30 P.M with a reception to follow.

The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is requested.

The Shirley Verrett Award was created in 2011 by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost in honor of the late Shirley Verrett, a U-M professor who “would have walked the world over for her students,” organizers say. It is administered by WOCAP and is supported by SMTD, UMMA, and ODEI.

Workshop / Seminar:Mindful Movement: Workshop for Adults
2025-03-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Today’s world is fast-paced, with pressures to always be on the go and up-to-date, which can be exhausting, overwhelming, and lead to feeling out of balance with our own mind-body connection. Once we feel off-balance, it can be hard to find your way back to being in alignment.

The Psychological Clinic is offering a new 8-week virtual workshop with the goal of helping people re-establish their mind-body connection and learn to manage difficult feelings and situations through the daily cultivation and practice of mindful movement.

The group will start on on March 11, 2025 and include psychoeducation, group discussions, and experiential exercises.

Multiple strategies will be utilized, such as mindfulness, diaphragmatic breathing, yoga, and dance movement. Activities will occur during group to help build these skills, and tasks to practice at home between group sessions will be also provided.

Workshop Details
+ Who is this for: Individuals 18+ that would benefit from enhancing mindful movement skills. This includes adults who may already have a mindfulness practice, and/or those who struggle with anxiety, depression, and being grounded in the present moment.
+ When: 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning on March 11.
+ How long: Each weekly session lasts 90 minutes, for 8 weeks.
+ Where: Virtually, on Zoom.
+ How to Register: Each participant must complete a 30-minute screening appointment to ensure the group is a good fit for their needs. Contact the MARI Call Center at (734) 615-7853 or complete our secure, online registration form to get started.
+ Cost: Each weekly session is billed at $45, plus a one-time cost for the screening session ($20).

Film Screening:U-M History Film Series: Gladiator II
2025-03-25 17:30 - 20:00 | Angell Hall - Auditorium B
"Delighting in razzle-dazzle over historical precision, Gladiator II rigorously entertains all the better for it."
-Rotten Tomatoes

Bloodier, flashier, campier, and riddled with stars—whether you missed seeing it in theaters or want to see it again on the big screen, join the History department on Tuesday, March 25, in Angell Hall Auditorium B, for a FREE screening of this action-packed sequel!

Historians Ian Fielding and Anna Freidin will introduce the film and lead a brief discussion about the Gladiator franchise and its representation of ancient Rome.

What did the film get right? Where did it go wrong?
What does this film teach us about Rome?
What does this film teach us about America?

This screening is FREE for all, and guests are welcome!

Other:QMSS Community Hours
2025-03-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Central Campus Classroom Building - 2460
Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences program for weekly Community Hours throughout the semester for a casual, welcoming environment with instrumental background music and group tables to connect with students in the QMSS community, get advice and mentorship from QMSS Peer Mentors (upperclassmen in the QMSS minor that are available to talk about the program, electives, balancing coursework with your other academic programs and extracurriculars, looking for and applying to internships and jobs, and more!), work on QMSS coursework (and get help from QMSS GSIs while you're there!), and/or study for upcoming exams.

Community Hours are designed as a resource to support students in QMSS courses (e.g., QMSS 201, QMSS 301, QMSS 451), but if you're looking for a casual environment to work alongside QMSS students and be part of our community, you are welcome to join!

Learn more about QMSS Peer Mentors, and sign up to meet one-on-one instead of dropping in to Community Hours here: https://lsa.umich.edu/qmss/peer-mentoring/meet-the-QMSS-peer-mentors.html

Please note: QMSS GSIs are only available as resources to QMSS students.

**Community Hours will be located in CCCB room 2460 all semester EXCEPT for Wednesday, January 29th where they will be in Weiser Hall room 110!**

Exercise / Fitness:Swing Ann Arbor Practice Session
2025-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Hoover Street Studio
WHAT:
In need of a space to practice your Lindy Hop, Charleston, or Balboa?
Looking for folks to practice with?
Want to work on fine-tuning moves you've already learned?
Found something neat on YouTube that you want to break down and figure out how to do?
Learned something cool and want to share it with folks?
Let's get together for a practice sesh! Show up with some ideas of what you'd like to practice, and support other dancers work through their own ideas! FOOTWEAR:
No street shoes allowed. The studio requires that folks bring dedicated dance shoes. No shoes should go from the street to the dance floor. If folks do not have dedicated dance shoes, they are welcome to dance barefoot or in socks. COST:
Attending this event is free but a suggested donation of $5 would be much appreciated to cover the cost of the venue. PARKING: Folks can park for free along any of the side streets around the venue

Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All
2025-03-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Off Campus Location
Since 2017, the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative (SFSI) has hosted a unique community-academic partnership course titled Food Literacy for All each winter semester. Structured as a virtual lecture series, Food Literacy for All features different guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-8pm EST) to address diverse challenges and opportunities of both domestic and global food systems. The course aims to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems. Students can enroll in the course for credit, and community members can join the sessions for free.

The sessions are co-led by Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron (University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Afroamerican & African Studies) and Shiloh Maples (Community organizer and seed keeper).

Learn more about the speakers and register for the Zoom Webinar sessions at this link: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoodsystems/foodliteracyforall/

Workshop / Seminar:Spring Spectacular - Celebrate Spring with ELI!
2025-03-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Weiser 1010

Social / Informal Gathering:Spring Spectacular - Celebrate Spring with ELI!
2025-03-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Weiser Hall - 1010
Join the English Language Institute's Student Staff as well as international students and scholars from across campus to celebrate the arrival of spring. You'll meet new friends, engage in a spring-themed arts and crafts activity, and enjoy free pizza and cupcakes.

All are welcome, but please RSVP so we know how much food to order.

Performance:Chamber Music & Dance with a View!
2025-03-25 18:55 - 19:25 | Dance Building
Enjoy LIVE collaborative performances featuring talented faculty & students from the U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance in an intimate space with a view! Free and open to the public.

Join us in the Perry K. Granoff Dance Studio #4. Please note, this venue has a limited capacity; seats are available to event attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.

This series of 30-minute performances will take place on March 18, March 25, April 1 and April 8.

Social / Informal Gathering:Connector Tuesday Game and Trivia Night
2025-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | West Quadrangle - The Connector
Join the Connector Community Assistants for game and trivia night on Tuesday in the Connector.

Performance:Michael Unger, organ
2025-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - Blanche Anderson Moore Recital Hall
Dr. Michael Unger, award-winning performer and organ professor at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, presents a guest recital.

GUEST ARTIST BIO

Originally from Toronto, Canada, MICHAEL UNGER is a multiple award-winning performer who appears as a soloist and chamber musician in North America, Europe, Japan, and South Korea. Since 2013, he is Associate Professor of Organ and Harpsichord at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is a First Prize and Audience Prize winner of the National Young Artists’ Competition of the American Guild of Organists (NYACOP), a First Prize winner of the International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo, and a Second Prize and Audience Award winner of the International Schnitger Organ Competition on the historic organs of Alkmaar, the Netherlands. Recent solo recitals include performances for national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, Organ Historical Society, and Historical Keyboard Society of North America; ‘Five Continents – Five Organists’ Festival at Seoul’s Sejong Center; International Festival of Organ, Choral and Chamber Music Gdańsk; Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg – Musica Sacra; and numerous international and regional recital series. In 2018, he premiered two Preludes and Fugues by American composer Henry Martin for the national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Kansas City, Missouri.

Recent orchestral appearances include Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”) and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”) with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Other organ and harpsichord collaborations include Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Collegium Cincinnati, Catacoustic Consort, and Publick Musick, with repertoire that includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos and Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord. He received favorable international reviews for his debut solo recordings under the Naxos and Pro Organo labels, and his performances have been broadcast on North American and European radio, including syndicated programs *Pipedreams* and *With Heart and Voice*. He was a guest faculty at the 2015 and 2016 Smarano International Academies in Trentino, Italy, the 2019 Colorado State University Organ Week, and has given masterclasses at several North American universities and conservatories, including residencies with cellist Adriana Contino.

Michael Unger holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts with Performers’ Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he was a student and teaching assistant of David Higgs and William Porter, and recipient of the school’s Jerald C. Graue Musicology Fellowship. He is also a Gold Medal graduate of the University of Western Ontario, where he studied with Larry Cortner and Sandra Mangsen, and his post-graduate teachers include Roberta Gary in Cincinnati and Jean-Baptiste Robin in Versailles, France. Formerly the Director of Music at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word in Rochester, New York, he currently serves as organist of Cincinnati’s historic Isaac M. Wise – Plum Street Temple, and is a volunteer chorister in the choir of Cincinnati's Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal).

Lecture / Discussion:[Cancelled] Pre-Concert Lecture: Arts Chorale
2025-03-25 19:15 - 19:45 | Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby
This pre-concert lecture has been cancelled; we apologize for any inconvenience. Please join us for the Arts Chorale performance at 8:00 pm!

Performance:Cara Wunder, violin
2025-03-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
Undergraduate student Cara Wunder performs a final senior recital.

Performance:Alyssa Lucente, violin
2025-03-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium
Undergraduate student Alyssa Lucente performs a senior recital.

Performance:Arts Chorale
2025-03-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Hill Auditorium
The Arts Chorale is the official choir of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. A mixed choir that is open to any U-M student, the Arts Chorale is a musical and social group that has existed at the University for over 60 years. Although affiliated with SMTD, most members are not music majors.

PROGRAM

Stephen Leek, *Ngana*
Elaine Hagenberg, *Song of Miriam*
Jonathan Dove, *Ah Sun-flower*
Alexandru Pascanu, *Chindia*
Eric Whitacre, *The Moon is Hiding in her Hair* and *As is the Sea Marvelous* from "The City and the Sea"
Fanny Hensel, *Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen*
Don MacDonald, *When the Earth Stands Still*
Ola Gjielo, *Unicornis Captivatur*
Vincent Persichetti, *Celebrations* (Selections)
Rollo Dilworth, *Take Me to the Water* from "The City and the Sea"

Careers / Jobs:Blackstone Tokyo | Real Estate Virtual Session & 2026 Campus Opportunities
2025-03-25 20:00 - 21:00
PLEASE REGISTER TO THE EVENT HERE : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/79NG7RR At Blackstone, we look to attract and retain the brightest minds in the business, hiring talents across a wide range of disciplines. Our employees’ passion for their work and commitment to their clients have helped Blackstone becomeone of the most respected financial institutions and a trusted partner.This session welcomes individuals who are interested to learn more about Blackstone's Real Estate business, and our 2026 Campus opportunities in Tokyo. Please register by Sunday, March 16, we look forward to seeing you at the event! PLEASE REGISTER TO THE EVENT HERE : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/79NG7RR Date : Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (Tuesday, March 25 ET)Time : 9:00 – 10:00am JST (8:00 - 9:00pm ET)Mode : Virtual (Session will be conducted in Japanese)Eligibility:
Individuals currently enrolled as a fulltime undergraduate, or;
Master's degree student with no more than 1 year of fulltime working experience
Anticipated graduation date: September 2026 - June 2027
Fluent in English and Japanese (reading, listening, writing, speaking)
Selected participants will receive email invitation with event details prior to the event date.

Performance:Kimberly LaFranzo, viola
2025-03-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre
Undergraduate student Kimberly LaFranzo performs a senior recital.

Sporting Event:Water Polo vs Bucknell
2025-04-05 09:00 | Donald B. Canham Natatorium
Water Polo vs Bucknell

Sporting Event:Water Polo vs Mercyhurst
2025-04-05 13:30 | Donald B. Canham Natatorium
Water Polo vs Mercyhurst
