BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T000133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta DESCRIPTION:Keelboat regatta in Charleston\, SC UID:143666-21893624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:College of Charleston CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T072053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A&A Shop Orientation DESCRIPTION:In order to access the Art & Architecture Shop\, users must complete BOTH Orientation AND Proficiency Training. The A&A Shop Orientation covers basic information about the Shop (hours\, policies\, storage\, equipment\, etc.) as well as an overview of safety rules and concepts to help you navigate the space safely and effectively. Please note that it does NOT give you access to use the machinery--all users must receive Proficiency Training on each piece of equipment before use. Access: The Shop is available to students\, staff\, and faculty from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for work on class projects and research only. Potential users from other academic disciplines must be receiving credit for a class taught by a faculty member from the Art or Architecture schools. Learn more on the A&A Shop site here.  UID:111822-21895081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/111822 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Art & Architecture Shop, 2000 Bonisteel Room 1251 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21892993@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T160925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:CLIFF 2026 - 30th Anniversary Event DESCRIPTION:Comparative Literature Intra-student and Faculty Forum (CLIFF) has been a cornerstone of the Department of Comparative Literature since 1996. Dedicated to interdisciplinarity and intellectual vigor\, our graduate student-organized conference embodies the values that form the basis of Comparative Literature. In previous years\, CLIFF’s conference-wide themes have inspired graduate students from disciplines across the University—as well as scholars from universities across the country and independent scholars—to share and discuss their work. For the 30th anniversary of CLIFF\, we are dedicated to honoring this long history of the conference while opening possibilities for its future. Our event will feature an opening speech by Comparative Literature Professor Will Stroebel\; three panels organized and presented by graduate students\; and a closing roundtable from organizers and alumni reflecting on CLIFF's past\, present\, and future.\n\nCLIFF 2026 Program\n\nFriday\, February 13\, 2026\nLocation: Rackham Assembly Hall\, 4th floor\n\n8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast\n\n9:00 am - 10:00 am Opening speech by Dr. Will Stroebel (Modern Greek & Comparative Literature) \n “Comparative Literature at the Borderscape” \n\n10:00 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break\n\n10:15 am - 11:45 am Panel 1: Historicism\, New and Used\n Organizers: James Kiselik & Srimati Ghosal\n Respondent: Dr. Will Stroebel \nPresenters:\nOğuz Kayır (Film\, Television\, and Media)\, “Historicizing Otherwise: A Feminist Archive in Contemporary Turkish Art”\nDibyangee Saha (English)\, “The Spatial Turn in Print Archives: Reading IPTA’s Unity from a Distance”\nSrimati Ghosal (Comparative Literature)\, “Aesthetics of Audacity\, Aesthetics of Advertisement: Encountering the Tricontinental in American Archives”\nJames Kiselik (English)\, “Usufructuary Historicism”\n\n11:45 am - 12:45 pm Lunch\n\n12:45 pm - 2:15 pm Panel 2: Media as Mediation\n Organizers: Nathan Omprasadham & Sanjana Ramanathan\n Respondent: Dr. Toni Bushner (Digital Studies Institute)\nPresenters:\nAlexa Kelly (English)\, “‘Are We All In Your Story\, Alan?’: Fictionality\, Ludic Form\, and Alan Wake II”\nDora Gao (History)\, “‘Tomorrow Comes’: Learning to Grieve through Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”\nMaryam Khan (English)\, “‘Rot as Memory’: Obsolescence and the Afterlives of Early Net Art”\nNathan Omprasadham (English) & Sanjana Ramanathan (Comparative Literature)\, “‘Tasting Fragments’: the Materiality of Language Loss in Venba”\n\n2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Coffee Break\n\n2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Panel 3: Within/Beyond the Boundaries of Caribbean Studies\n Organizers: Jeremy M. Santiago-Rojas & Amanda M. La O Cartaya\n Respondent: Dr. Supriya Nair (English)\nPresenters:\nAmanda M. La O Cartaya (Comparative Literature)\, “Beneath Structures of Power: Analyzing Jose Marti’s Work Through the Social Suffering Framework”\nJeremy M. Santiago-Rojas (Comparative Literature)\, “Tracing Filipino-Boricua Relations in the Archive”\nJodi Berry (English & Education)\, “Managing Imaginations: Female Castaway Narratives and Educational Exports”\nAnaridia Molina (English)\, “Digital Imaginaries Within and Beyond the Boundaries of Caribbean Literature: In the Same Boats & Visualizing Caribbean Literature”\n\n4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Coffee Break\n\n4:15 pm to 5:45 pm Roundtable with former CLIFF organizers\n\n6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Reception dinner UID:143586-21893426@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143586 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Comparative Literature,Discussion,Faculty,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Humanities LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - 4th floor Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador DESCRIPTION:*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador*\nCurator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos\n\nFebruary 2-26\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\n*Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador* traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas\, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador\, Bahia\, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists\, families\, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil\, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity\, community memory\, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.\n\nThis exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort\, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges\, Nilo dos Santos\, Givanildo Francisco da Silva\, and José Miguel da Silva\, alongside examples of *literatura de cordel*—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary\, folklore\, poetry\, and song.\n\nFurther reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.\n\nPresented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities UID:143613-21893507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143613 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Afro-brazilian Studies,Area Studies,Art,brazil,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Exhibition,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21895922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T095431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Materials Science and Engineering Career Chats DESCRIPTION:Hey Materials Science and Engineering Students - This is for YOU!\n\nAre you feeling lost or overwhelmed by your full-time job or internship search? Not sure where to begin\, or just need a little guidance? Whether you're just starting out or already deep in the search process\, we're here to help!\n\nJoin us for a quick 15-minute virtual chat with an Engineering Career Advisor. Ask us anything from where your peers are landing jobs\, to job search strategies\, to personalized resume feedback. It's a chance to get the advice you need\, fast! Don't navigate your career path alone - we've got your back! Let's chat and get you one step closer to your goals.\n\nSign ups open on January 19th in Career Fair Plus (CF+)\n\nNote: Only students within the MSE department are eligible for this event. UID:143579-21893413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891449@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890857@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891568@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250804T113309 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Lena Tuffaha DESCRIPTION:IN-PERSON ONLY\n\nLena Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. She is author of three books of poetry: *Something About Living* (UAkron\, 2024)\, winner of the 2024 National Book Award and winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry\, *Kaan & Her Sisters* (Trio House Press)\, finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award and honorable mention for the 2024 Arab American Book Award\, *Water & Salt* (Red Hen)\, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award and honorable mention for the 2018 Arab American Award. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Arab in Newsland\, winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize\, and Letters from the Interior (Diode\, 2019)\, finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.\n\nHer writing has been published in journals including *Los Angeles Review of Books*\, *Michigan Quarterly Review*\, *The *Nation*\, *Poets.org*\, *Protean*\, and *Prairie Schooner* and in anthologies including *The Long Devotion* (Georgia Press)\, *We Call to the Eye and the Night* (Persea Press)\, and *Gaza Unsilenced* (Just World Books). She was the translator and curator of the 2022 series “Poems from Palestine” at the *Baffler magazine.* In 2024 she curated a year-long subscription of Palestinian poetry books with Open Books\, Seattle’s poetry-only bookstore.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on every floor of the Union. ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:136974-21879385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Free,Graduate,Lena Tuffaha,Literature,Michigan Union LOCATION:Michigan Union - Anderson ABCDE CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu). UID:143170-21892362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T150615 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Revel Vday Card Making Event DESCRIPTION:Revel is hosting a valentine's card making event for those in need of a last minute valentine or a little extra cheer. Swing by the first floor of the Union this Friday\, February 13 from 10am-1pm to make a card for yourself\, a pal\, or your secret crush. We'll have card making supplies plus origami squares. See you Friday! UID:145372-21897202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Holiday,In Person,Social,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:Michigan Union - First Floor Lobby A CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T103157 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:RossAbilities Conference DESCRIPTION:Workers with disabilities are among the fastest growing employment demographics in the United States. Business Leaders for Diverse Abilities (BLDA) at the Ross School of Business aims to bring awareness and improve accessibility in the world of business. Join us on February 13th for the 2nd Annual RossAbilities Conference\, presented virtually! \n\nRossAbilities is a groundbreaking conference sponsored by the MBA club\, BLDA\, and is dedicated to exploring the intersection of accessibility and business. Our mission is to bring together leaders\, innovators\, and entrepreneurs to discuss how accessibility is not just a compliance issue\, but a powerful driver of innovation\, market growth\, and a more inclusive future of work. This year’s keynote speaker is Sara Minkara\, U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights during the Biden Administration. We'll also have speakers representing Parasports to talk about emerging trends in sport\, learn from entrepreneurs and innovators across accessibility featured applications and businesses\, and learn about how Google is leading the way to create more accessible experiences for all! \n\nRegistration is open now on Luma. Here is the link to register: https://luma.com/scfihp7h UID:144679-21895681@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Business,Career,Entrepreneurship,Graduate School,Inclusion,Leadership,Social Impact,Student Org,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T082234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Luke Miratrix\, Professor of Education\, Faculty Director Doctor of Education Leadership Program\, Harvard University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Matching promises simple and transparent causal inferences for observational data\, making it an attractive approach in many settings\, especially given its easily communicated and intuitive rationale. Matching methods “match” treated units to control units with similar covariates\, with the goal of achieving joint covariate balance between treated and control units\, as would be expected in a randomized experiment. In practice\, however\, standard matching methods often perform poorly compared to more recent approaches such as response-surface modeling and balancing. Finding close matches for treated units becomes particularly challenging when there are many covariates and overlap is low\, which can lead to imbalanced matched treatment groups\, biased effect estimates\, or low effective sample sizes. Building on a host of literature\, including synthetic control methods\, classic matching approaches\, and coarsened exact matching\, we propose Caliper Synthetic Matching (CSM) to address challenges with finding quality matches while preserving simple and transparent matching diagnostics. CSM\, a version of radial matching\, is an adaptive caliper matching method that utilizes locally built synthetic controls to adjust for inexact matches. By combining adaptive calipers and synthetic controls\, CSM produces data-driven bounds on potential extrapolation biases while exploiting local linearity to interpolate in a principled manner. Due to the local nature of CSM\, we can also detect which units are more difficult to match and assess degree of overlap. We can even locally adapt caliper width to more tightly control bias in information dense regions. We show that CSM belongs to the monotonic imbalance bounding (MIB) class of matching methods\, and that it improves upon the bias bounds for popular MIB methods such as coarsened exact matching. We finally give theoretical results on an inferential strategy that allows for reuse of controls by different treated units (matching with replacement). UID:144783-21895841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880968@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Stamps School’s annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is a showcase of outstanding work produced by Stamps undergraduate students\, taking place at Stamps Gallery from January 30-February 21\, 2026. The opening reception will take place on January 30 from 6-8 p.m.\n\nA highly anticipated Stamps School tradition\, the objectives of the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition are: \n\n\n\nEncourage the creation of high-quality\, innovative art and design work.\n\nTeach students how to navigate juried exhibitions.\n\nPromote participation in Stamps’ vibrant cultural community.\nJurors\n\nCarlos Diaz is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow and a Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Photography Department (1995-2000) at the College for Creative Studies\, Detroit\, MI where he taught for 37 years. Diaz received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in 1980 and an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1983.\n\nPatricia Villalobos Echeverría (Nicaragua/USA)\, Professor of Art at Western Michigan University\, engages a transdisciplinary practice encompassing printmaking\, photography\, video\, installation\, and participatory frameworks to interrogate migration\, displacement\, and transformation. Exhibited internationally\, she holds a Doctor of Arts (Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art & Design)\, MFA\, and BFA\, with residencies including MacDowell and Ox-Bow.\n\n\n\nJessica Levy is the Co-Founder of Hourglass Advisory\, a New York-based art advisory firm specializing in curated collections for contemporary spaces. She holds an MFA from NYU and a BFA from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and serves on the Stamps School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Levy’s background spans media including ceramics\, fibers\, and industrial design. \nTimeline\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Reception at Stamps Gallery: January 30\, 6-8pm\n\nWalkthrough with the Artists & Designers: January 31\, 2-4pm\n\nExhibition Dates: January 30-February 21\, 2026\n\nFor more information\, contact sclegg@umich.edu. UID:139627-21885816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T122553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Friday Seminar Series - Extended axes of modern collections DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Extended axes of modern collections UID:144785-21895843@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,evolution,evolutionary biology,science,seminar LOCATION:Research Museums Center - Demo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21895007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881293@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260228T063129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:PhD Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume.Brief best practices will be shared\, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume\, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your CV or resume.Lunch will be provided.Register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103764 #UCC UID:143986-21894373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T112703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T122000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Brad Baum DESCRIPTION:This week’s Entrepreneurship Hour (EHour) guest is Brad Baum\, co-founder of the Founder's Mental Health Pledge. \n\nBrad will share his candid insights on maintaining mental health and achieving balance as an entrepreneur.\n\nIn addition to influencing the national conversation about mental health\, Brad is the co-founder/CEO of a health tech company helping patients who suffer from chronic pain.\n\nBring your questions\, curiosity\, and friends to learn how an entrepreneurial mindset is key to sparking change.\n\nFriday\, February 13\n11:30 AM – 12:20 PM\nStamps Auditorium (within the Walgreen Drama Center on North Campus)\n\n---\n*Entrepreneurship Hour is a weekly speaker series/class open to all (every class level\, major\, enrolled or otherwise).\n\nEvery Friday\, a pioneering entrepreneur gets vulnerable - sharing actionable insights in a candid\, inspiring\, and provocative conversation about their journey.* UID:145304-21897030@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145304 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Discussion,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Founders Panel,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,In Person,In-person,Lecture,Mental Health,Mental Health Awareness Month,Michigan Engineering,Networking,North campus,Public Health,Social Impact,Startup,Startups,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T113338 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ph.D. Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, the Rackham embedded University Career Center Ph.D. coaching team will guide you through converting your academic CV to an industry resume.\n\nBrief best practices will be shared\, but most of the time will be spent actively working on your resume\, so bring a laptop or a few printed copies of your CV or resume.\n\nLunch will be provided. UID:142943-21891835@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T121616 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:'Hello' to 'Halo': Celebrating Black songwriters DESCRIPTION:From Lionel Richie's \"Hello\" to Beyoncé's \"Halo\,\" Professor Tiffany Ng and graduate student Austin Zhu will play carillon covers of romantic favorites by Black songwriters and composers on the 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon on the day before Valentine's Day.\n\nThirty-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. UID:144337-21895180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144337 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:American Institutions Group DESCRIPTION:The American Institutions Group (AIG) is a Rackham interdisciplinary workshop for faculty and graduate students that meets twice a month to discuss recent and forthcoming research on American political institutions (e.g. Congress\, the presidency\, state legislatures and executives\, the courts\, and the bureaucracy). Our key goals are to offer new and varied perspectives for graduate students to harness in their own dissertation work on American political institutions\; encourage conversations that breed new research ideas\; and spur innovative collaborations among our participants. AIG participants are scholars in political science\, public health\, social work\, public policy\, and economics interested in examinations of American political institutions from the perspective of these disciplines.\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Charles R. Shipan\, Christian Fong\n\nGraduate Coordinators: Karla Magaña & Carlos Galina UID:117445-21896041@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117445 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T111939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AMS Ages on Adhered Carbonized Food Residues from Ceramic Vessel Interior Walls: Retrospective and Current Research Directions DESCRIPTION:This collaborative overview of the use of adhered carbonized food residues\, sometimes referred to as “food crusts”\, will attempt to achieve several goals. First\, we will provide a personalized historical backdrop to the early applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) dating to carbonized cooking residues on the interior walls of ceramic vessels. This historical framework will also introduce early examinations of the taphonomy of such residues\, as well as the various skepticisms that arose about the accuracy of resulting AMS ages. Second\, among the acknowledged benefits of this relatively new approach was recognition that such ages were direct dates on one or a series of cooking behaviors\, rather than an age on datable materials in near\, or not so near\, physical association with objects of interest. This benefit was often initially focused on chronology building. Subsequent research extended to questions about the freshwater reservoir effect and offsets and evaluation of stable isotope content particularly with respect to the presence of maize/ The latter included analysis of plant microfossils. Finally\, we present current collaborative residue research\, including questions regarding the effects of different pretreatments to samples\, the statistical consistency of multiple age assays\, and age variations in the interior wall locations from which samples derive. The latter will employ Upper Great Lakes examples for illustration. UID:145248-21896926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Archaeology LOCATION:School of Education - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T060015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Buckeye Blast 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Buckeye Blast is Club Gymnastics regional competition this season!\nWe are so excited to see both our men's and women's team compete! UID:141933-21889647@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ohio Expo Center & State Fair- Voinovich Livestock and Trade Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T120700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business & Technology Career Exploration Week DESCRIPTION:Are you an LSA student interested in a career in business or technology? Join us for the LSA Opportunity Hub for the Business and Technology and Career Exploration Week! These events offer you the chance to explore career opportunities with leading organizations\, form valuable connections with potential employers\, and gain valuable industry insights to prepare you for the recruiting process.\n\nEvents include:\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 1\nHuntington Bank Information Session and Q&A Panel\nRock the Mock: First Round Interview Practice\nDecode Your Internship Search: Internship Search Strategies from Career Coaches\, Alums\, and Student Success Stories\nBNY Insights & Bites\nInsights from JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Specialized Industries\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 2\n\nPlease view each session on the calendar to the right to register.\n\nWhy you should attend:\nYou're an LSA student\, regardless of your year\, curious about careers in business and technology.\nYou want to meet recruiters and explore different career pathways.\nYou're interested in learning valuable skills to excel in business and tech recruiting.\n\nWhat you'll gain:\nDiscover multiple career paths in the business and tech space.\nLearn how your skills and interests align with available opportunities.\nUnderstand the next steps in the recruiting process.\nShare your résumé with recruiters on the spot.\nBuild valuable connections with employers eager to hire LSA students.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career and network with industry leaders!\n\nThe 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 734-764-4674 so we can make arrangements UID:145045-21896589@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Business By Lsa,Career,Consulting,Corporate,Early Career Exploration,Employer Connection,Employer Connections,Employer Event,Entrepreneurship,Finance,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Interview,Job Search,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Open To All Majors,Technology,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - Multipurpose Room 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T210625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Douglass Day 2026 DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a birthday party for Frederick Douglass! Although Douglass was born into bondage\, and never knew his birthdate\, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th. Join us in person or via Zoom.\n\nJoin us for a day of transcription\, discussion\, birthday cake\, and celebration of Black History. Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College and Associate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies and in the Residential College\, gives the keynote address at 2:00pm\, followed by a reception with birthday desserts from local Black-owned bakeries. \n\nThis year\, help us transcribe documents from the Colored Conventions Project\, which chronicles the decades-long history of nineteenth-century Black organizing for civil and human rights. In that spirit\, we are theming the University of Michigan event around activism\, protest\, and political organizing.\n\nParticipants on site will be able to view the Autobiography of Frederick Douglass\, an issue of the North Star\, and political buttons from Special Collections. Turn up Turnout will be available to register voters throughout the event. UID:143555-21893383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T140618 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EIHS Workshop: Political Mobilization\, Authority and Collaboration DESCRIPTION:We live in a moment of intense global political mobilization. Popular movements—both state and non-state—are reshaping political life by preserving\, contesting\, and reworking state power. As the boundaries between citizen and subject\, resistance and authority\, become increasingly blurred\, long-standing frameworks for understanding collaboration and power demand reconsideration.\n\nThis workshop centers the figure of the intermediary—particularly colonial intermediaries who operated as both agents and instruments of imperial rule. We invite scholars to explore how these actors complicate binary narratives of resistance and collaboration\, coercion and consent. How do we account for the moral ambiguity\, partial complicity\, and aspirational authority of those who worked in the shadow of power as translators\, clerks\, soldiers\, chiefs\, informants\, and community figures within popular movements and state-making projects?\n\nJoin us for a conversation that revisits power\, agency\, and political belonging across historical and geographic contexts.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:142516-21891065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142516 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,political science,Politics LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe 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. UID:95986-21892254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T163323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ginsberg Reads (Book Club) DESCRIPTION:Are you battling despair and paralysis? Do hope and a brighter future feel beyond reach? We invite U-M faculty\, staff and students to join us at the Ginsberg Center to reflect\, imagine and dream together in an expansive conversation that is not about making longer to-do lists. Another world is possible. \n\nBring your own lunch.\nPlease RVSP: light snacks & beverages will be provided.\n \nWe'll be discussing the following books over the semester: \n-Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin (2/13)\n-What it Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill (February 27th & March 27th)\n-We’ll pull exercises from Imaginable by Jane McGonigal (April 17th)\n\nBooks available via the Ann Arbor Disctrict Library\, and local bookstores Booksweet & Black Stone.\nIf accessing a book is a hardship\, please contact the Ginsberg Center at ginsberginfo@umich.edu.\nRead what you can\; join when you can. UID:144272-21895097@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Faculty And Staff,Graduate And Professional Students,Leadership,Social Justice,Students LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning - Community Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation\, rejuvenation\, and meditation.\n\nRelaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions\, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893934@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T094819 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:ICPSR Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours: Data Fair Edition DESCRIPTION:Join us for membership Office Hours! Get ideas for bringing data into the classroom\, share and learn best practices\, and get to know the data resources available at ICPSR. Office Hours are conversation-style sessions hosted by Dr. Lynette Hoelter\, Director of Instructional Resources at ICPSR. \n\nOffice Hours are drop in and will not be recorded. \n\nThis event is free and open to the public. This event is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair and Love Data Week. UID:144424-21895340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. Contact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:144358-21895206@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3117 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T145343 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> When Division Leaves a Message: Midbody Remnants as a New Type of Actively Translating Extracellular Vesicle DESCRIPTION:The midbody remnant (MBR) is now recognized as a unique\, large extracellular vesicle (EV) that originates from the midbody structure formed during cytokinesis. Recent studies show that MBRs harbor active translation machinery and a distinctive set of RNAs and proteins\, including key cell fate\, pluripotency\, and oncogenic transcripts. Unlike canonical small EVs\, these post-abscission MBRs maintain regulated protein synthesis and can influence recipient cell behavior\, indicative of their novel role in intercellular communication. The identification of MBRs as translating EVs not only broadens our understanding of EV diversity but also offers new opportunities for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer\, stem cell biology\, and tissue regeneration.\n\nHost: Babli Adhikary\, MCDB Community Engagement Committee UID:143850-21894123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143850 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894420@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T112056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD x TDLS: Identity and Cultural Policy DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Taneshia Nash Laird\, a \"civic innovator and cultural strategist whose work sits at the intersection of capital\, culture\, and community.\" She'll discuss her career and impact across a broad range of disciplines\, especially focused on how emerging leaders of color can influence cultural networks and policies through their work. This event is open to all individuals of any race/ethnicity\, and will focus on leadership and cultural policy through the lens of BIPOC experiences. Lunch provided!\" UID:142766-21891349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142766 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T120705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly: V-Day at Pierpont DESCRIPTION:Happy Valentines Day! Got time in between classes? We would LOVE for you to stop by! Create your own sweet treat box and enjoy a letter/note making station! UID:144920-21896148@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Valentines LOCATION:Pierpont Commons - Main Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260427T090939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays 12-5 pm\nFridays 12-11 pm\nSelected Saturdays 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T124848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 SUMMARY:Tours:Mid-Day Morsel | Drop-In Tour DESCRIPTION:Looking for something to feed your brain on your lunch hour? The Mid-Day Morsel tour at the Kelsey Museum is a 30-minute taste of ancient Mediterranean history and artifact highlights in the Kelsey collection. Mid-Day Morsel tours begin at 12:30 PM. No registration is needed. Tour participants should gather at our Maynard Street entrance a few minutes before the tour is scheduled to start.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144022-21894539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T095155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:A Re-Introduction to the Social Media Archive: New Website\, New Features\, New Data DESCRIPTION:The Social Media Archive at ICPSR is back with a fresh look\, powerful new features\, and a treasure trove of social media data ready for exploration! If you’ve ever wondered\, “Where does social media data go after it’s collected\, and how can I actually use it in my research?”—this session is for you. We’re excited to re-introduce the Social Media Archive’s redesigned website and showcase innovative tools and resources that make it easier than ever to find\, access\, analyze\, and deposit social media datasets and studies.\nJoin us as we trace data’s journey\, from massive public posts to restricted but accessible datasets\, highlighting how new website features support discovery\, responsible data use\, and transparency. Whether you’re new to ICPSR or a seasoned data explorer\, you’ll learn how to harness this rapidly expanding resource for your research. From metadata to API access\, from Facebook and Reddit posts to Amazon reviews and AI datasets\, the Social Media Archive offers a diverse selection to inspire your next project.\nReady to discover “Where’s the Data?” and what you can achieve with it? Come see how the Social Media Archive at ICPSR is evolving to meet the needs of today’s social science researchers!\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144425-21895341@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week,Social Media LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T154234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Poetry & Poetics Workshop DESCRIPTION:Graduate students and faculty are invited to join us for a roundtable discussion of a chapter from Stephanie Kraver’s forthcoming manuscript. Kraver is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan\, and her work focuses on Palestinian/Israeli poetry and poetics. Light refreshments will be provided\; RSVP is required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/14954\n\nThe Poetry & Poetics Workshop is excited to announce a semester of several events that build toward our Zine Initiative. Throughout the semester\, we aim to make a collaborative zine\, culminating with an event where we learn how to construct it together. UID:144794-21895950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,English Language And Literature,Poetry LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3184 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260228T123129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894072Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:144205-21894840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144205 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260413T104859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260208T220419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: Inductive types DESCRIPTION:This is a learning seminar on dependent type theory\, following Egbert Rijke's book \"Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory.\" This talk will cover chapter 4 of Rijke's book\, on inductive types. UID:144700-21895741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-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. UID:144370-21895240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T103007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AI as Self-Discovery: How Large Language Models Reveal the Essence of the Human Mind\, and Why It Matters DESCRIPTION:Most discussions of artificial intelligence center on its instrumental role—how it will transform industries and economies. But it may do something even more radical: reveal who we are. As artificial minds become more capable\, they will expose the deep principles underlying human thought—how reasoning\, agency\, and creativity actually work. AI thus offers not just a technological revolution but a humanistic one. This new self-understanding\, I argue\, will force us to rethink core ideas about mind\, agency\, and the basis of praise and blame. UID:141750-21889311@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141750 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:digital technology,Discussion,Free,Humanities,In Person,Information,Information and Technology,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Media,Mindfulness,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Psychology,Research,Science,seminar,Social,Social Impact,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Speaker,Talk,Technical Communications,Virtual LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T132416 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Got questions about digital accessibility\, Title II compliance\, or how to make digital content accessible? \n\n-Come to virtual drop-in office hours!\n-Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month\n-1:30 - 3:00pm \n-Zoom Meeting ID 935 9909 5960\n-Digital accessibility experts available to help you\n\nOpen to everyone from all U-M campuses (Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, Flint\, Michigan Medicine).\n\nCan’t make it to Office Hours but have a question? Contact us (https://accessibility.umich.edu/contact-services)!\n\nIf you need accommodations to participate in office hours\, let us know by emailing ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:132601-21888910@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social\, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters\, discussants\, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics\, the Ford School of Public Policy\, the Law School\, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, Mathematics\, Political Science\, the Ross School of Business\, Sociology\, Statistics\, and the Center for Emerging Democracies\, and others. In other words: All are welcome. UID:112863-21896028@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T120700 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Business & Technology Career Exploration Week DESCRIPTION:Are you an LSA student interested in a career in business or technology? Join us for the LSA Opportunity Hub for the Business and Technology and Career Exploration Week! These events offer you the chance to explore career opportunities with leading organizations\, form valuable connections with potential employers\, and gain valuable industry insights to prepare you for the recruiting process.\n\nEvents include:\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 1\nHuntington Bank Information Session and Q&A Panel\nRock the Mock: First Round Interview Practice\nDecode Your Internship Search: Internship Search Strategies from Career Coaches\, Alums\, and Student Success Stories\nBNY Insights & Bites\nInsights from JPMorgan Chase Commercial & Specialized Industries\nRecruiting 101: A Deep Dive into Business and Technology Recruiting - Session 2\n\nPlease view each session on the calendar to the right to register.\n\nWhy you should attend:\nYou're an LSA student\, regardless of your year\, curious about careers in business and technology.\nYou want to meet recruiters and explore different career pathways.\nYou're interested in learning valuable skills to excel in business and tech recruiting.\n\nWhat you'll gain:\nDiscover multiple career paths in the business and tech space.\nLearn how your skills and interests align with available opportunities.\nUnderstand the next steps in the recruiting process.\nShare your résumé with recruiters on the spot.\nBuild valuable connections with employers eager to hire LSA students.\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career and network with industry leaders!\n\nThe 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 734-764-4674 so we can make arrangements UID:145045-21896588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Business By Lsa,Career,Consulting,Corporate,Early Career Exploration,Employer Connection,Employer Connections,Employer Event,Entrepreneurship,Finance,Industry Session,Information and Technology,Interview,Job Search,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Open To All Majors,Technology,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - Multipurpose Room 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T095609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Navigating the New North: Data Insights About the Changing Canadian Consumer Patterns DESCRIPTION:Long-standing relationships and consumer behaviour between Canada and the United States experienced a significant shift in 2025 in part due to trade negotiations between the two nations. Canadians reacted to these changes by promoting a ‘buy-Canadian’ focus and choosing to travel less frequently to the United States.\n\nUsing data from Statistics Canada and other Canadian sources\, we will discuss how these trends are reflected in the data and will highlight how socio-economic conditions have changed during this period of transformation between our neighbouring countries.\n\nThis webinar is part of the 2026 ICPSR Data Fair @ Love Data Week. For more information\, please visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. The webinar will be recorded\, and the recording\, along with the slides (when available)\, will be made available in the 2026 Love Data Week YouTube playlist at https://myumi.ch/y1jm8. UID:144426-21895342@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144426 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Management,Icpsr Data Fair,Love Data Week,Statistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:Political Theory Workshop Winter 2026 Details:\n\nUnless otherwise noted\, all sessions will be held in the Walker Room on Fridays from 2:00 to 3:30.\n\nJan 30th: David Suell. Ideal Theory for Non-Ideal Times: Obafemi Awolowo\, John Rawls\, and Contesting the Foundations for Socialist Democracy.\n\nFeb 13th: Loay Alarab. Violence\, Refusal\, and Political Impossibility \n\nFeb 20th: Cristina Conesa Pla. Title TBA\n\nMarch 10th\, Shatema Threadcraft and Joseph Fischel\, Title TBA\, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm\, 2239 Lane Hall\n\nMarch 20th\, Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky\, Title TBA\n\nApril 10th. Patrick Peralta. Memory From Below: Exposing the Violence of BongBong Marcos\n\nApril 17th\, Thomas Klemm\, Title TBA UID:117617-21894333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Walker, Room 5664 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260413T104336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21892281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Other:VIPs Club's Valentine's Day Pop-Ups DESCRIPTION:Get a forever gift at one of VIP's Club's Valentine's Day Pop-Ups (crochet flowers\, stuffies\, and more)!\nTuesday February 10th 10a-2p in Mason Hall \nFriday February 13th 2-5p outside of Joe's Pizza UID:143056-21891989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143056 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Plaza by Joe's Pizza CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T122108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sprout symmetric functions (Combinatorics Seminar) DESCRIPTION:We will discuss certain sequences (R_0\, R_1\, ...) of symmetric functions that we call *sprout symmetric functions*. Many examples of sprout symmetric functions have already appeared in the literature\, connected with such topics as the symmetric function generalization of the Tutte polynomial of a graph\, Hirzebruch's L-genus\, and zeta polynomials of binomial posets. We first consider basic properties of sprout symmetric functions\, in particular\, their expansion into classical bases for symmetric functions. Especially interesting is the Schur function expansion\, which is closely related to the Edrei-Thoma theorem from the theory of total positivity. We conclude with some examples that unify and generalize results from the theory of permutation enumeration. UID:140583-21887374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T150344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Towards parameter-free continuum models of materials DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The behavior of solids beyond standard linear elasticity remains a central challenge in computational mechanics\, particularly when microstructural effects and non-linear processes arise. In this context\, continuum solid mechanics has seen significant progress\, with a plethora of constitutive models developed over the past decades to address these issues. Yet\, while scalable\, such constitutive modeling approaches introduce uncertainty through phenomenological assumptions and tuning parameters. Hence\, in this talk\, we pivot towards micromechanical models that naturally capture effective emergent behavior\, with examples including granular materials and metamaterials. To recover scalability\, we explore multiscale methods that bridge micromechanics and the continuum scale\, leveraging data-driven computing or variational homogenization to arrive at parameter-free constitutive laws. Recent advances and open issues in these areas will be discussed.\n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141897-21889612@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141897 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Crochet For Causes - Valentines Day Charity Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Join Crochet for Causes as we host our first Charity Fundraiser in Partnership with the Arts Initiative here at UMich. We will be selling DIY Crochet Kits along side handmade Crochet Flower Creations from members of our club! All Proceeds will go directly to support the Griffin James Foundation!  UID:145318-21897044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Chemistry Building Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250902T120315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium: Ian Campbell (Heidelberg) DESCRIPTION:I am an Akademischer Rat (Assistant Professor) at Heidelberg University\, currently serving as a Vertretungsprofessor (Visiting Professor) for the Chair of Ancient Philosophy at Tübingen University. Before coming to Heidelberg\, I held postdoctoral positions at the Munich School of Ancient Philosophy (LMU Munich)\, at the Human Abilities Center (Humboldt-University Berlin) and at Princeton University\, where I also completed my PhD in 2019. I grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana and studied Philosophy and Classics at the University of Montana before coming to Princeton. \n\nMy research is centered on ancient Greek theoretical philosophy\, with a particular emphasis on metaphysics and philosophical methodology in the works of Plato and Aristotle\, as well as in certain Presocratic and Sophistic thinkers. An overarching focus of my research is on the ways in which Plato and Aristotle demarcate philosophy from rival intellectual pursuits\, such as sophistry and rhetoric. My current research project is a monograph on Aristotle's theory of fallacy in the Sophistici Elenchi. I also have research and teaching interests in classical Indian philosophy (esp. Madhyamaka and Nyāya) and environmental philosophy. UID:138630-21883509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138630 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260413T104859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21892209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260208T113328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Introduction to derived deformation theory DESCRIPTION:In algebraic geometry\, one often encounters the question of infinitesimally deforming an object of interest such as varieties and coherent sheaves\, and classical deformation theory offers one framework to answer such questions. \nIn this talk\, I will introduce a more modern perspective of deformation theory via derived algebraic geometry and give some motivations for taking this alternative perspective as well as applications without delving into technical details. The knowledge of derived algebraic geometry will not be assumed\, and I also plan to review classical deformation theory in the talk as well. UID:145215-21896811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145215 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p UID:138091-21891107@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T110007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Last Word DESCRIPTION:Paradoxically\, the glass box in Russian courts became one of the last places for free speech. People persecuted for their political views used this opportunity to bear witness to injustice. Anna Narinskaya explores this phenomenon and her work as dramaturg for the play ‘The Last Word\,’ based on these final statements.\n\nAbout Anna Narinskaya\nAnna is a journalist\, playwright\, and activist from Moscow\, who since 2022 has been living in Berlin\, publishing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, and collaborating with German theaters. She is at the University of Michigan as a fellow of Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies. UID:144967-21896211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144967 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Russia,Slavic LOCATION:North Quad - 2135 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T111822 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Smith Lecture: Mini-Talks DESCRIPTION:The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will hear three mini-talks from current graduate students.\n\nAdriana Brown: The evolution of seawater temperature and oxygen isotopes in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway using carbonate clumped isotopes\n\nThe Western Interior Seaway (WIS) was a vast epicontinental sea that inundated North America in a series of transgressive-regressive marine cycles from the Early to Late Cretaceous. The WIS has been studied as a classic shallow Cretaceous seaway with a complex stratigraphic record of the interplay between tectonics\, climate\, sea level\, basin evolution\, and faunal evolution. However\, fundamental questions remain unresolved regarding the WIS\, including how seawater temperatures and oxygen isotope compositions (δ18Ow) varied latitudinally and through time. A robust record of reconstructed temperature and water isotopes could help explain paleoceanographic and environmental conditions in the WIS\, but this has traditionally been challenging due to limited sample coverage and poor constraints on δ18Ow. Here\, we use carbonate clumped isotopes (𝚫47) measurements of 119 well-preserved oysters to reconstruct temperature and δ18Ow from the Albian to Maastrichtian between 25 to 57 °N. This dataset approximately triples the amount of 𝚫47 WIS temperature and δ18Ow values published to date. From this\, we find that in each time period the seaway remained consistently warm through all U.S. latitudes and may have been influenced by freshwater runoff from emerging highlands. Canadian temperatures indicate a cooler and potentially less saline water source entering the seaway from the North. We relate these changes in temperature and isotopic composition to global and regional sea level fluctuations\, tectonic regimes\, and paleocirculation dynamics.\n\n--\n\nRory Sweedler: Topographic diversity gradients revealed among latest Cretaceous multituberculate mammals\n\nToday\, mountainous regions are hotspots of mammalian biodiversity\, forming patterns known as topographic diversity gradients\; however\, interactions between mountain uplift and mammalian biodiversity in deep time are poorly understood. I compare the taxonomic diversity of a group of mammals\, multituberculates\, from two sites from the latest Cretaceous of Wyoming during the uplift of the North American Cordillera. Higher species richness of multituberculates at the mountain-proximal site compared to the mountain-distal site\, nearly 400 km to the east\, is interpreted as evidence of a topographic diversity gradient. Similarities in faunal composition between mountain-proximal sites across the latest Cretaceous Western Interior of North America suggest tectonic processes as important drivers of mammalian biodiversity and community composition in the past and present.\n\n-- \n\nMack Taylor: The Failed Supervolcano Spirit Mountain (Avi Kwa Ame) and The Critical Role of Basalt and Pre-existing Aplite Dikes in Producing Eruptible High-SiO 2 Rhyolite\n\nHigh-SiO2 (≥76 wt%) rhyolite (HSR) is the most differentiated magma on Earth. Generally restricted to thin (<20 cm) aplite dikes within arc granitoids\, voluminous accumulations of HSR in plutonic rocks are rare at subduction zones but do occur in regions of continental extension. Among the few examples known is the Miocene bimodal (granite-diorite) Spirit Mountain pluton of the Colorado River Extensional Corridor\, NV. Evidence from the literature shows the ~6 km thick (x ~25 km) pluton assembled incrementally via sheets of low-SiO2 rhyolite over a 2 m.y. interval. It features a ~1.5 km thick leucogranite cap (76-78 wt% SiO2) that zones down through ≥4.5 km of coarse granite into a quartz monzonite\, which contains abundant mafic enclaves. Within the coarse granite\, discrete silicic segregations and aplite dikes are found with a HSR composition\, like the leucogranite cap. However\, there are distinct compositional differences\, including a relative depletion of middle rare earth elements\, reflecting the presence of titanite during melt segregation. This horseshoe REE pattern is not seen in the leucogranite cap\, which instead features a seagull pattern\, indicating that titanite melted out when it formed. Previous studies have emphasized the role of compaction in a crystal-rich mush to drive segregation of interstitial melts\, producing the leucogranite cap and quartz monzonite (cumulate) base. In this study\, we test a modification of this model and examine whether the HSR leucogranite cap formed by episodic partial melting of the granitic base\, driven by the influx of hot\, H2O-rich fluids from deeper\, degassed basaltic intrusions. We further explore the role of pre-existing aplite dikes during partial melting of the granitoid host. These eutectic HSR aplite dikes would have melted completely when the host granitoid was only partially molten (with titanite melted out). The initial ascent of the aplite dikes would have drawn voluminous partial melt out of the host granite. We show that resulting molten high-SiO2 rhyolite dikes ≥0.5 m width (exceeding critical widths) could have ascended through several km of sub-solidus granite at ≥ 600°C. Presumably\, if an influx of basalt had intruded beneath the leucogranite cap\, releasing hot fluid\, it could have induced its rapid melting and thus eruption of HSR with a seagull REE pattern. UID:145247-21896925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T083200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:The Elasticity of Empire: Palestine\, War\, and the Point of the List DESCRIPTION:This talk examines how US empire operates as a topological formation that projects its national security apparatus through mediated arrangements of power\, mobile technologies\, and blurred genres of rule that link far-flung sites in intimate and often indeterminate ways. Drawing on over a decade of research conducted in Palestine on the embedding of Washington’s counterterrorism regime into monetary transactions and aid flows inbound to the Palestinians\, this talk presents a different analytic of the US war state – one that realizes its destructive effects not only through spectacular modalities of violence and warfare\, but increasingly so\, through a quieter\, temporally stretched process of constriction that progressively erodes conditions of livability through forced disconnection and isolation.\n \n ---\n \n Lisa Bhungalia is an Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and core faculty member of the Middle East Studies Program. Their research examines evolving modalities of late-modern war\, empire and transnational linkages between the US and Southwest Asian and North African region. Their first book\, Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine\, published by Stanford University Press in 2024\, traces the deepening entanglements of aid\, law\, and war in Palestine with attention to the surveillance and policing regimes produced through the embedding of counterterrorism laws and infrastructures into civilian aid flows. They are also currently developing new research on the embedding of sanctions regimes into global circuits of finance. They are the recipient of the Middle East Studies Association 2024 Albert Hourani Book Award\, the Middle East Monitor 2024 Palestine Academic Book Award\, and the American Association of Geographers 2025 Glenda Laws Award\, and their research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies\, National Science Foundation\, and Palestinian American Research Center\, among other bodies.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144579-21895510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:international,Palestine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T121705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | Revolutions Half-Made: The Political Effects of Education Expansion in India DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/dg461\n \nOver the last forty years\, the Government of India has rapidly expanded access to primary education. As a result\, India has achieved near-universal enrollment in education\, previously a pox on India's social development record. At the same time\, there has been an explosion in private education. What explains this double movement? I argue that the expansion of government education in a society marked by caste hierarchies has led to the exit of upper caste groups to private schools and a decrease in state-level public funding for governmentm education. Together\, they help explain the case of Indian education that exhibits high enrollment\, high aspirations\, high private school access\, and low quality.\n \n Emmerich Davies is a research fellow at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. He works on comparative politics with a regional focus on South Asia and comparative work in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. He is interested in the politics of service provision and bureaucratic politics. His work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science\, Comparative Political Studies\, and Governance\, and his work has won awards from the Comparative and International Education Society. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania\, and his B.A. in political science and economics from Stanford University.\n \n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at csas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:144121-21894692@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144121 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,India,political science,Politics,South Asia LOCATION:Tisch Hall - Room 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121854 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Queer Experiences Abroad: Virtual Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) offers 120+ programs in over 45 countries across the world. These programs range from 3 weeks to a full academic year\, including study abroad\, study + research programs\, and internships abroad. \n\nIn collaboration with the Spectrum Center\, join CGIS for a 1-hour virtual panel discussion featuring LGBTQIA2S+ alumnx who have participated in CGIS programs in the past year. Alumnx will speak about preparations they made before going abroad\, resources used to navigate their identities\, and the positives and challenges of their abroad experiences. This panel discussion is designed to provide context for students who may be studying abroad through CGIS in future terms\, all while navigating new policies and evolving regulations regarding international travel. Prospective CGIS students will have an opportunity to ask panelists questions about their recent abroad experiences. Please note that legal advice will not be provided in this session. This event is open to all U-M students and alumnx. UID:144268-21895082@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Discussion,global,global engagement,global opportunities,lgbt,lgbtq,Sessions,study abroad LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T122843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Vinegar Valentines DESCRIPTION:Valentine's Day isn't just about declarations of love. The Clements Library has many examples of \"Vinegar Valentines\" - providing a sarcastic and sometimes mean-spirited take on the holiday. We'll also showcase examples of heartbreak in the archive. As a bonus\, visit the student-curated exhibit \"Revolutionary Paine\" to consider the long-standing \"love\" of Thomas Paine’s \"Common Sense\,\" celebrating its 250th anniversary. UID:144382-21895262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144382 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibit,History,In Person,Library,Literature,Love,Valentines Day LOCATION:William Clements Library - Clements, Instruction room + AFRR CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faux Flower Making at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Stop by to arrange a faux flower bouquet for yourself or a friend with the East Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants! UID:144234-21894941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T204610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:FEAST OF WORD AND SPIRIT DESCRIPTION:Is it truly possible to have all of God?🥲\n\nScripture tells us:\n ⁠“But as He which hath called you is holy\, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.”\n1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)\n\nYet for many of us\, this reality still feels distant 😭😭. Why is holiness\, though clearly stated in scriptures\, so rarely experienced in fullness? Is it a lack of desire\, understanding\, surrender… or encounter?💃🏽💃🏽🤸🏻‍♂️\n\nThis winter\, God will be taking us deeper into his word and how we can come into the fullness of his life.😊\n\nThe Winter Feast of Word and Spirit is not just a gathering\; it is an invitation to realignment\, understanding\, and transformation. \n\nRegister with friends and family and step into a 3-day intensive encounter with the Lord\, where hunger meets revelation\, and the call to holiness is met with grace and power\n\nLocation: Room 1405\, East Quad 701 East University Avenue Ann Arbor\, MI 48109-1245\n\n🗓️ Dates: February 13th – 15th\n\n📎 Please see the attached e-flyer for full details\, and don’t forget to register\n\n©️GADITES\n#ATroopCometh UID:144606-21895558@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Religious,Undergraduate LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:138768-21883839@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T155208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Lunar New Year at Oxford DESCRIPTION:Join the Oxford Multicultural Council in celebrating Lunar New Year with fun crafts\, games\, and prizes! UID:144718-21895761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144718 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:community gathering,Diversity Peer Educators,Games,Lunar New Year LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Ghandi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260131T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Tennis vs Western Michigan DESCRIPTION:Men's Tennis vs Western Michigan UID:144878-21896085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144878 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Tennis LOCATION:Varsity Tennis Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Star Wars Powerpoint Night DESCRIPTION:Come join fellow Star Wars fans in a powerpoint night! We will have time to create and prepare slides at the start from a topic/interest of choosing. If you don't want to present\, you can just come to watch UID:144958-21896202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Penn State UID:143677-21893636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143677 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T224108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Lunar New Year Celebration: FREE Noodles\, Dumplings\, Tangyuan DESCRIPTION:International Students—Enjoy a warm Chinese meal\, meet some new friends\, practice your English\, meet some new friends\, check out our future workshops (e.g.\, Using AI to Job Search\, Job Essentials with LinkedIn)\n\nSign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFnbUWcTh33YlbuieX6gYfxj-GHPMRbXJ52oRUGbDQihsQbQ/viewform\n\nFirst 25 signups ONLY! UID:145097-21896664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Graduate Students,In Person,International,International Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1280 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉 DESCRIPTION:\n🎲 Game Night Invitation 🎉\nJoin us for a fun-filled evening of food\, friendship\, and games with friends from the China community at UM!\n📅 Date: Friday\, February 13\n🍽 Dinner: 6:30 PM\n🎮 Game Night: 7:30 PM\n📍 Location: 1717 Broadway Street\, Ann Arbor\n🚶‍♂️ Just a 10-minute walk from North Campus\nAll are welcome—come enjoy great company\, delicious food\, and exciting games. We can’t wait to see you there! UID:145210-21896806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145210 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:AACRC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T161832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Mark Webster Reading Series DESCRIPTION:The Mark Webster Reading Series showcases work by second-year MFA students in the Helen Zell Writers' Program. Held on Friday evenings\, Webster Readings present one poet and one fiction writer\, each introduced by a fellow writer also in the graduating cohort. As the culminating event for students of the program\, Webster Readings are hosted in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and held in Helmut Stern Auditorium. An opportunity to hear from emerging writers in a warm and relaxed setting\, these readings are free and open to the public. The Mark Webster Reading Series remembers the poetry and life of Mark Webster. Webster's work is available in the Hopwood Room.\nLogin at: https://tinyurl.com/Websters25-26\n\n7-8:00pm\, Friday\, March 13: Webster Reading featuring Micah Muhammad\, introduced by Desireé Dallagiacomo & Jennifer Nessel\, introduced by Renée Flory UID:144979-21896232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144979 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Creative Writing,Department Of English Language And Literature,English Language And Literature,Graduate,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments.\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:143097-21892075@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T181729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Webster MFA Reading Series: Emma Erlbacher and Anna Attie DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and presented in partnership with UMMA\, the Mark Webster Reading Series showcases the work of second-year MFA students in fiction and poetry.\n\nEmma Erlbacher is a poet from Iowa. Her poetry centers the erotic\, queerness\, family\, the natural world\, and mental health.\n\nAnna Attie is a writer\, educator\, and community organizer from New York City. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Offing\, Sinking City\, and In These Times. Her work has been supported by the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop and the Tin House Workshop\, and she is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program.\n\nFriends\, family\, and members of the Ann Arbor community are welcome to attend the readings both in-person at UMMA or live on Zoom. This series is free and open to the public. For questions\, accommodation needs\, or the password to attend the event via Zoom\, please contact co-hosts\, Micah Muhammad (micahmuh@umich.edu) and Jennifer Nessel (jnessel@umich.edu). UID:145032-21896567@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T160008 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir\, under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste\, celebrates the famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the indelible mark he has left on choral singing and classical music over his 90 years. As a composer\, Pärt has changed the course of music — both within and beyond the classical sphere. Profound\, powerful\, and beloved worldwide\, his work transcends time and space\, taking us beyond everyday existence into another realm.\n\nThe EPCC is well-versed in interpreting the spiritual depth and minimalist aesthetic that characterize Pärt’s music\, having often premiered and performed his works under his direction. Renowned for their resplendent sound\, the ensemble was named one of the 10 Best Choirs in the World by BBC Magazine\, as anyone who has attended one of their previous six UMS concerts in Hill Auditorium and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church can attest. UID:137169-21879840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137169 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Choir,Classical,classical music,European,performance,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T173328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Jeopardy Game Night at Mosher Jordan DESCRIPTION:Join the Mojo Diversity Peer Educators for an exciting game night\, with the chance to win a Smiski blind box toy! UID:144707-21895750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144707 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,community gathering,Game Night,Games LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - César Chávez Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T153351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Hot Singles Near You: A FREE Improv Comedy Show! DESCRIPTION:Want to laugh with some hot singles near you? You'll find The Impro-Fessionals on Feb. 13th @8pm\, Angell Hall Auditorium C! You won't want to miss this free\, romantic\, improvised comedy show! With a special feature from our friends\, GROOVE! UID:145211-21896807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Comedy,Free,Theater LOCATION:Angell Hall - Auditorium C CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180300 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Other:Hot Singles Near You: A FREE Improv Show DESCRIPTION:Want to laugh with some hot singles near you? You'll find us on Feb. 13th @8pm\, Angell Hall Auditorium C! You won't want to miss this free\, romantic\, improvised comedy show! With a special feature from our friends\, GROOVE!  UID:145212-21896808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145212 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T132147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:I Love UMix DESCRIPTION:We Love UMix! Stop by the Michigan Union for a LOVE filled event! Stuff-a-Heart\, crafts\, food\, and karaoke! UID:145177-21896765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145177 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Valentines,Valentines Day LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T181630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Isabel Aronin\, viola DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Isabel Aronin performs a final master's degree recital. UID:143809-21894068@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143809 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251022T182313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:My Folky Valentine DESCRIPTION:Together in life\, together in music\n\nThe 21st Annual celebration of love and music hosted featuring Annie & Rod Capps\, Shari Kane & Dave Steele\, and Whit & Al Hill. Three acclaimed musical duos who also happen to be partners in life share the stage\, swapping songs and stories. You can expect some collaborating both planned and spontaneous. Not just for lovebirds\, and not just love songs. Just a whole lotta great music. UID:140572-21887360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Student Composer Concert Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Department of Composition\, the Student Composer Concert Series features new works written by University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students. UID:143538-21893365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T180006 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260213T230000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ EMU DESCRIPTION:1 Game at EMU UID:136312-21878492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Arctic Edge of Canton CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T121707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:The MacAdo or the Town of Balleydew DESCRIPTION:Presented by UMGASS. UID:145441-21897355@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR