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:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T235959 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:145015-21896435@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T235959 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:145016-21896499@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:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T235959 SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information.  UID:145222-21896832@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Shapiro Art Supplies Donation Bin DESCRIPTION:We are running our first Donation Drive in support of the Gift of Arts program at Michigan Medicine! Please donate new\, nontoxic art supplies from the list below\, and spread the word! UID:145254-21896939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145254 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Shapiro Undergraduate Library Entrance CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 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:143388-21893004@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:20260109T123005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 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:143613-21893518@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:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897870@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T082053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building a Community of Care in the Workplace DESCRIPTION:World events and turbulence in our personal lives can impact our work experience. This session will provide LSA staff with the opportunity to reflect on their mental health and wellbeing and the role of communication and community on our teams. We will explore how we are doing collectively and work environments that support the whole worker. We will also consider how best practices can vary on remote and hybrid teams.\nIn this session\, participants will:Reflect on their own mental health and wellbeing and the ways in which that can impact the work experienceExplore the concept of a community of careReflect on the benefits of building a community of care in the workplaceIdentify strategies to build a community of care for in-person\, hybrid\, and remote teams\nParticipants will benefit by:Raising self-awareness and initiating new actionsEnhancing their professional and personal effectiveness on and off the jobPositively influencing personal and organizational decisionsCreating stronger and more positive work relationships with others\nAudience: This workshop is limited to LSA employees only\, which includes staff\, faculty\, and graduate and undergraduate student employees. External to LSA University employees may be considered if space is allowed. If you are outside LSA\, your registration may be removed without warning to accommodate LSA employees. Thank you for understanding. \nFor questions or requests for accommodations\, please contact Jessica Custer (jccuster@umich.edu) as soon as possible. Accommodation requests are generally easy to provide\, but may require some time to accomplish\, so advance notice is appreciated. UID:145280-21896979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145280 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T100000 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:134855-21897677@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T095734 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Aerospace Engineering Career Chats DESCRIPTION:Hey Aerospace 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 Aero department are eligible for this event. UID:143581-21893415@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143581 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:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 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:142773-21891460@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:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T200000 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:142417-21890868@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:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 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:142768-21891373@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:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T210000 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:138431-21890633@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:20260224T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 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:142791-21891579@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:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German. UID:143465-21893222@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T102054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ADGPE Celebrate an Engineer DESCRIPTION:Community event in recognition of Engineers Week 2026Open to current U-M College of Engineering students\, staff\, and facultyStop by the table in the Connector Hallway in the Duderstadt Center for treats and swag (while supplies last) UID:144693-21895732@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144693 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Connector Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T063128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Career Exploration Resources & Strategies (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore career options\, as well as strategies to best position yourself for a variety of career trajectories. We will cover approaches to networking\, transferable skills\, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate careers\, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. This workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhamdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought toyou by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen bya larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this link: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1896856We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. To ensure sufficient time for arranging your requestedaccommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible.#UCC UID:144309-21895143@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144309 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 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:144249-21895018@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:20260206T131439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:LSA@Play: Mystery Book Match DESCRIPTION:Take a chance and discover your next great read! Choose a wrapped book from a wide variety of genres\, each labeled with just four words/phrases as your only hint. Select a book\, unwrap your surprise\, and enjoy. It’s yours to keep. \n\nBooks will be restocked daily and are available while supplies last.\n\nIn partnership with LSA Student Government.\n__________\nFor LSA undergrads only. Join us for LSA@Play\, a vibrant series of events designed to welcome and support LSA students! Gatherings and activities offer an opportunity for students to prioritize well-being\, inclusivity\, and community. Plus\, get free food and LSA swag! Visit the LSA@Play webpage: lsa.umich.edu/play for more details\, subscribe to receive text/email updates\, and check for additional events being added soon! Events are first-come\, first-served\, and while supplies last. One swag item per student\, and you must be present with an MCard to receive it.\n\nThe University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please email lsaatplay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations. UID:145175-21896763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145175 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Literature,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T123917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pop-Up Pride Resource Station DESCRIPTION:Want to spice up your day? Join Spectrum Center at a Pop-Up Pride Resource Station! Learn about our plethora of resources\, upcoming events and programs\, and connect with Spectrum staff. All while enjoying some sweet treats\, chill activities\, and great swag. Open to U-M students of all sexualities and genders.\n\nWINTER 2026 DATES\n- January 7: Bursley Hall\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- January 20: Trotter/MESA atrium\, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm\n- February 24: South Quad (near dining hall entrance)\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- March 24: LSA Building Atrium\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- April 1: Michigan Union (1st floor by the front desk)\, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm \n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:143211-21892429@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Pride Month,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:South Quad - Near dining hall entrance CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251029T100810 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rock Your LinkedIn Profile DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:141275-21888528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Information and Technology,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T103435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Social Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 20: Jonathan Schoots\n- February 3: Jun Zhou\n- March 17: Kristina M. Fullerton Rico\n- April 7: Mary Shi UID:143800-21894047@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143800 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T090612 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Disabilities and Chronic Illness Wellness Group DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join a wellness group designed for students with disabilities and chronic illnesses. In the past\, we have had students who have physical disabilities\, ADHD\, chronic health concerns\, and head injuries. You need no documentation of a disability or chronic illness to participate.\n\nCome and share your hacks for living well at U-M and learn some tips from the group. Get assistance with stress relief\, self-compassion\, and other wellness needs.\n\nWhen: We will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday for 6 weeks. Starting February 24 and going through April 7\, with no meeting over spring break (March 3).\n\nWhere: Zoom (coaches will send a link upon registering)\n\nHow: Register through our online scheduler on the Wolverine Wellness website. Please select “Group Coaching” when selecting your coaching type\, and you will be shown the calendar for current groups. Just sign up for the first session. If you attend the first session\, we will add you to future sessions.\n\nType: Closed group. We will not add new participants after the first date. We require 4-10 students to hold this group.\n\nLed by: Elizabeth Kinney\, LMSW (Engineering CARE Center) and Russell Qin\, MSW Candidate 2026 (Wolverine Wellness) UID:145340-21897149@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145340 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Health & Wellness,mental health,Well-being,Wellness,Wellness Coaching,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T083450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:HANK’s Response to Aggregate Uncertainty in an Estimated Business Cycle Model DESCRIPTION:This paper studies a HANK model with agents who respond to both idiosyncratic and aggregate uncertainty. Since aggregate uncertainty is modeled as ambiguity\, it affects the steady state and linearized dynamics\, allowing for fast computation and estimation. The interaction of aggregate uncertainty shocks and portfolio frictions generates a high capital premium as well as most cyclical comovement in macroeconomic aggregates. Heterogeneity in portfolios is crucial: when it is shut down\, the model fails to explain investment dynamics and the capital premium disappears. Cautious price and wage setting by firms in anticipation of aggregate uncertainty shapes employment and inflation dynamics. UID:143293-21892650@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T112048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommuniTEA w/ UCC DESCRIPTION:Weekly gathering for students\, staff\, and faculty to build community with the Trotter Team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation\, food and fun! UID:143865-21894139@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143865 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T120842 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar/ Prelim Seminar- Symbionts and Syndromes: How Has Anthropogenic Activity Influenced Bat Symbionts? DESCRIPTION:Description: This talk is part of my proposal defense for my dissertation\, which will investigate how anthropogenic land use alters ecological and evolutionary processes of host-symbiont relationships. I test the hypothesis that agricultural intensification and urbanization impact bat-symbiont dynamics through three mechanisms: contaminant exposure\, altered species interactions\, and changes in population connectivity. UID:145662-21897656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biological science,Biosciences,Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Graduate School,Graduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. UID:138074-21891591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 2080 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T181725 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\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:144345-21895188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T100737 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause & Wonder: Observatory Tour & Galaxy Painting with Nature Rx DESCRIPTION:Away from the screens and into the stars\, take a mid-day break with the Nature Rx team at the Detroit Observatory! Join us to learn more about the history of the Observatory\, let the wonder and awe of the stars take over\, and explore new ways to get outside during cold Michigan winters. \n\nThis tour will be led by Austin Edmister\, Assistant Director for Astronomy at the Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, starting at 12PM. At around 12:45PM the group will transition to galaxy painting led by the Arts Initiative. You are welcome to stay for the entire event or join for just a portion. Note\, the observatory will start promptly around noon. Please try to arrive on time for this portion of the event.\n\nSnacks provided for those who RSVP. UID:144267-21895067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 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:143999-21894431@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:20260219T191805 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Summer International Internships w/ Sage Corps Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world\, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality International Internships over the summer. This info session will go into detail about the program for one of these providers\, Sage Corps.\n\nSage Corps Internships sends college students to work with startups. Students can work full-time alongside CEOs\, CMOs\, and CTOs to build real solutions to real problems. They provide opportunities for specializations including\, but not limited to\, business strategy\, data analytics\, graphic design\, marketing\, software development\, and UI/UX design. These internships combine a full-time internship with an integrated academic seminar (earning 3-6 total credits) to provide professional exploration and specific skills development over the course of 8 weeks during the summer. You’ll learn to contextualize real-world experience while learning about local business culture\, intercultural communication\, professional development\, and linkages between local and global industry trends. \n\nSound interesting? Come join us virtually to learn more! UID:141951-21889673@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141951 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,global,global engagement,global opportunities,intercultural,International,International Education,international studies,Internship,internships,Sessions,study abroad,Travel LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251028T155537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The (In)Visible Acquisitions of Ann Allen Shockley DESCRIPTION:With the “Hear\, Here” series\, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.\n\nAbout this talk:\nThis talk explores the prolific literary and professional life of archivist\, librarian\, and multi-genre author Ann Allen Shockley (b. 1927). Despite being a contemporary of Audre Lorde\, Alice Walker\, and Toni Morrison\, she is largely overlooked within Black feminist thought and Black women’s literary production. This talk analyzes correspondence\, organizational records\, and Shockley’s publications to trace how late-twentieth-century material and epistemological conditions facilitated the memorialization of some Black feminist intellectuals and creatives while obscuring others. \n\n*Jennifer Dominique Jones is a 2025-26 Jean Yokes Woodhead Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Associate Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies.* UID:141254-21888471@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141254 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,History,Humanities,Literature,Women's Studies LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T144434 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Career Exploration Resources and Strategies for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore career options\, as well as strategies to best position yourself for a variety of career trajectories. We will cover approaches to networking\, transferable skills\, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate careers\, and there will be plenty of time for your questions. This event is intended to be interactive\, and therefore a recording will not be available.\n\nThis workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142945-21891837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142945 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T150455 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Examining Driver Takeover Decisions and Trust of AVs at Rural Intersections DESCRIPTION:This work explored whether the complexity of different rural intersections influenced driver trust and comfort in a conditionally automated vehicle (i.e.\, level 3 SAE) navigating the intersection for them. In an online survey platform (UMN Qualtrics)\, 271 participants watched five brief curated videos of a simulated automated vehicle navigating different rural intersections\, with or without the presence of traffic\, made a decision about whether they would like to take over control\, and rated their trust and comfort with the automated vehicle navigating each intersection. Intersection type was not predictive of AV trust and comfort with navigating the different intersections\, however\, drivers’ takeover decisions\, level of education\, past experience driving on J-turn intersections\, and urbanicity predicted the level of trust and comfort with the automated vehicle. The outcome of this work led to the development of a repository of curated simulated videos that were made publicly available for future research projects.\n\nFunded Research: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/research/minnesota/examining-driver-hand-off-and-take-over-of-avs-at-j-turn-intersections/\n---\nAbout the speakers:\nNichole is the Director of the Human Factors Safety Laboratory and Associate Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. She is a research scholar at the Center for Transportation Studies and a graduate faculty member of the UMN Human Factors and Ergonomics Program. Her research interests include user-centered design in high-risk domains\, simulation\, crash reporting\, and human performance.\n\nKatelyn is a Research Fellow in the Human Factors Safety Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include error analysis and performance assessment\, advanced statistics\, training\, and treatment disparities in prehospital care and combat medicine. UID:144638-21895619@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144638 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,Discussion,Education,Engineering,Engineering Academic Calendar,Faculty,Free,Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Professional Development,Research,Talk,Virtual,Webcast LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Economy Workshop DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 1-2:20pm\, Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (unless a different time and location have been specified)\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley\, Edgar Franco-Vivanco\, Mark Dincecco\, Iain Osgood\n\nGraduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro UID:112502-21893398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld, Room 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T144827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Revel Coffee Break DESCRIPTION:Are you out studying and need a boost of energy or a light snack? Come down to the first floor library of Shapiro to get some FREE coffee and donuts! Revel is hosting a coffee break where students\, both undergrads and grads alike\, can enjoy some free study fuel while getting to know more about the Revel research project. UID:145783-21897811@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145783 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Breakfast,Food,Free,Graduate Students,In Person,Psychology,Research,Social,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:Shapiro Library - First floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T091311 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SRC Seminar Series Presents: The Impact of Temporary Rental Subsidies on Homelessness: A Randomized Controlled Trial DESCRIPTION:https://umich.zoom.us/s/93308993048\nMeeting ID: 933 0899 3048\nPasscode: 262913\n\nAbstract: Unconditional\, indefinite housing subsidies have been shown to reduce homelessness\, but such programs are massively over-subscribed. Policymakers have expanded less expensive\, time-limited Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) subsidies to serve more people\, with little empirical backing. Time-limited rental subsidies are predicated on the idea that homelessness results from financial constraints that can be addressed with temporary assistance. We conduct a randomized controlled trial that provides temporary rental subsidies to single\, homeless adults. During the 30 months after random assignment\, the treatment group receives an unconditional average of about $10\,000 in financial assistance\, even though only about half of those assigned to the treatment group successfully lease a unit with assistance. This assistance leads to a reduction in incidence of homelessness of one-third and a reduction in the number of shelter days by two-thirds while the subsidy is active. Preliminary sub-sample results indicate that most of these effects persist after the subsidy ends.\n\nBio: James Sullivan is a Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. He has been a visiting scholar at the National Poverty Center and has served on its Advisory Board. He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and has served as a national Phi Betta Kappa Visiting Scholar. In 2019\, he was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Social Impact Partnerships. His research examines the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs at the national\, state\, and local level. He also studies the consumption\, saving\, and borrowing behavior of poor households\, as well as poverty and inequality measurement. In 2012\, with fellow Notre Dame Professor William Evans\, Professor Sullivan founded the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) and currently serves as the lab’s director. LEO is a research center that works with service providers and policymakers to identify effective and scalable solutions to reduce poverty in America. Sullivan received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. UID:145099-21896666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145099 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Housing,Poverty LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430BD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T121720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T135000 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:144377-21895247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144377 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T132047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creative Pause: Watercolor Wellness DESCRIPTION:Join us for a peaceful watercolor drop-in session on Tuesday February 24th from 1:30-3:30pm in the OGPS Lounge. All supplies\, snacks\, and optional tutorials will be provided\, just bring yourself! UID:144983-21896237@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144983 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:OGPS Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T144954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T143000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy@Michigan: Interrogating the Quiet Escalation of Tech Billionaire Influence on Detroit’s Future DESCRIPTION:Join Chris Gilliard\, privacy researcher\, and Tawana Petty\, artist and organizer\, as they discuss the impact of big tech on the future of Detroit.\n\nAn eleven-foot Robocop statue stands prominently in Eastern Market. A defense contractor headquarters is moving to the riverfront. A drone conference is scheduled to take place on land\, in the air\, and on the water. A large billboard and an annual conference signal Palantir’s investment into Detroit as “America’s Future\,” a billion-dollar renovated “train” station and technology campus is building a drone highway\, and the World Economic Forum has its eyes on the city as a potential location for its global Davos summit.\n\nWhat does this trajectory mean for the future of a predominantly Black city that has led the country in misidentification cases by law enforcement using facial recognition\, has had a median household income hovering under $40\,000\, and has more than 50% of its youth living in poverty?\n\nDr. Chris Gilliard and Tawana Petty will interrogate these questions and more. UID:145440-21897360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145440 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,All Majors Welcome,big data,Big Tech,Central Campus,Community,computer science,computers,Culture,Data,Data Science,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,digital technology,Discussion,Ethics,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,Human Rights\, Sustainability\, Social Impact,Humanities,In Person,information and technology,information law,information policy,information studies,information technology,Innovation,Interdisciplinary,it,Its,Lecture,michigan it,Politics,privacy,Public Policy,Social Impact,social influence,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,technology LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room (3rd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T113402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:From Babble to Babel: Children’s Language Around the World DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear native speakers share their selections of playful language from around the globe in celebration of International Mother Language Day! We're offering international treats and the option to participate in the event. Join us in the Hatcher Gallery or via Zoom (https://myumi.ch/8qddg).\n\nNursery rhymes\, tongue twisters\, and gibberish\; Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss. Children’s language can be silly\, but it’s not just fun and games. Complex verbal exercises purposely play up a given language’s nuances of sound\, syntax\, and semantics\, and so become a wonderful way to hear the voices of the world. The same lingual hijinks are equally important as conveyors of culture. UID:143560-21893387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143560 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21890488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91565104584 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T120247 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Grad Student Talks DESCRIPTION:The first event in what is hopefully a series!\nWe have invited graduate students and researchers from the Linguistics Department to discuss their research in linguistics: what they study\, why it's important\, and potentially how to get involved as an undergraduate\, in a 10-15 minute presentation. We hope to see you there! UID:145694-21897704@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Language Resources Center- Video Viewing Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T120038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:System of Self? The Role of Slave-holding in Political Behavior DESCRIPTION:Understanding politicians’ behavior is especially important for the Late Antebellum\, when that generation may have ‘blundered’ into a bloody conflict: the US Civil War. We link the Washington Post’s database of congressional slaveholding to voting in the US House of Representatives in 1839-1861. As a summary\, we examine standard voting-ideology scores and also key legislation. While slaveholding is a powerful predictor of voting\, this relationship nearly vanishes if we control for representing a slave state. Relatedly\, in slave states\, the overwhelming majority of congressmen were slaveholders\, even though the vast majority of eligible voters in that region were not. Case studies illustrate how ‘crossover’ politicians (e.g. nonslaveholders in slave states) conformed to dominant voting behavior. Our analysis favors systemic interpretations for regional differences in congressional voting\, rather than this specific form of self-interest. The system brought its peculiar interests to the forefront. UID:145829-21897860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,History,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T094904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T163500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCEE Teach-In On Ukraine: Where Are We Today\, Four Years Into the War? DESCRIPTION:Join U-M faculty and experts as they discuss the current situation in Ukraine\, with the latest developments and issues sharply in view\, four years into the full-scale war. Open to all\, including students and the wider community. Moderated by Douglas Northrop\, Professor of History & Middle East Studies\, and WCEE Acting Director\, U-M.\n \n 2:30-2:55 PM | “Zelenskyy as Jewish War Hero: The role of ethnicity in Russia's war on Ukraine”\n Jeffrey Veidlinger\, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies\, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute\, U-M\n \n 2:55-3:20 PM | “Ordinary Lives Four Years Into War”\n Danielle Leavitt\, WCEE Postdoctoral Fellow\, U-M\n \n 3:20-3:45 PM | “Geopolitics or Imperialism?: Why the Russo-Ukrainian War and How to End It”\n Ronald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago.\n \n 3:45-4:10 PM | “Ukraine’s Genocides: Are We Witnessing Another?”\n Yuri Kaparulin\, Wallenberg Fellow and former WCEE Ukrainian Scholar at Risk Fellow (2022-2025)\, U-M\n \n 4:10-4:35 PM | “Realism and U.S.-Ukraine Relations”\n Markian Dobczansky\, Associate\, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute\n \n Register here to join the virtual teach-in: https://myumi.ch/dgz87\n \n Jeffrey Veidlinger is Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies and Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan. His latest book\, *In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921* and the *Onset of the Holocaust*\, won a Canadian Jewish Literary Award and a Vine Book Award\, and was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize\, the National Jewish Book Award\, and the Wingate Literary Prize. Professor Veidlinger is also the author of the award-winning books\, *In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine*\, *The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture on the Soviet Stage*\, and *Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire*.\n\nDanielle Leavitt is a historian of modern Ukraine and the Soviet Union\, with a particular interest in Russian and Ukrainian relations\, human age\, generation\, and gender. Her work examines the function of generation and human age in Soviet history and works to insert the stories of underrepresented populations\, such as the elderly and women\, into consequential debates about stagnation\, cultural life\, Soviet collapse\, post-Soviet economic and political development\, and the Russo-Ukrainian war.\n \nDr. Leavitt’s first book\, *By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine* (2025\, FSG)\, charted the lives of seven Ukrainians through the first year of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Based on a unique set of online diaries\, Leavitt contextualized her seven subjects\, Ukrainian society\, and its predicaments for a wide audience\, introducing readers to a rigorous but accessible history of Ukraine\, the Soviet Union\, its collapse\, and Russia’s historical relationship with its neighbors.\n \nLeavitt received her PhD in History from Harvard University in 2023. From 2023-2025\, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.\n \nRonald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and History at the University of Chicago.\n \nProfessor Suny’s intellectual interests have centered on the non-Russian nationalities of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union\, particularly those of the South Caucasus (Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, and Georgia). The “national question” was an area of study that was woefully neglected for many decades until peoples of the periphery mobilized themselves in the Gorbachev years. His aim has been to consider the history of imperial Russia and the USSR without leaving out the non-Russian half of the population\, to see how multi-nationality\, processes of imperialism and nation-making shaped the state and society of that vast country. This in turn has led to work on the nature of empires and nations\, studies in the historiography and methodology of studying social and cultural history\, and a commitment to bridging the often-unbridgeable gap between the traditional concerns of historians and the methods and models of other social scientists.\n \nYurii Kaparulin is a historian and legal scholar who studies Eastern Europe's history and law\, with particular interests in Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Human Rights\, and International Сrimes. He is an associate professor in the Department of National\, International Law\, and Law Enforcement\, and director of the Raphael Lemkin Center for Genocide Studies\, at Kherson State University. He was awarded a 2024-27 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship at the University of Michigan.\n \nKaparulin is the author of the book *Oleksandr Riabinin-Skliarevskyi (1878-1942): An Intellectual Biography of a Historian*\, which reveals the background of the late Russian Empire\, the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921\, and Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s and 1930s through the life of a repressed military officer and historian. His second current book project is titled *Between Soviet Modernization and the Holocaust: Jewish Agrarian Settlements in Southern Ukraine (1924-1948)*.\n \nMarkian Dobczansky was the Associate Director of the Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, where he taught classes in Slavic and Eurasian Studies\, Soviet and Ukrainian history\, and EU Studies.\n \nHe received a Ph.D. in Russian/Soviet history from Stanford University with a dissertation on the politics of culture in twentieth-century Kharkiv\, and held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Toronto and Columbia University. His research interests include the history of the Soviet Union\, Ukraine\, and Russia\, the politics of culture\, urban history\, and the Cold War. He has also worked in an administrative capacity at the Central Eurasian Studies Society\, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S.\, and the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144936-21896168@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144936 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T110543 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CANCELED: DSI Lecture Series | Trans Ecologies of the Real and the Virtual in Contemporary Art DESCRIPTION:For the survival of all our ecologies\, we must refuse human centricity and build networks of care across lines of species and liveliness. This talk stitches a line from trans people to an expanded conception of trans\, using a focus on trans ecological poetics to go beyond a focus on the human. I broaden the operation of “trans” in trans media studies to include non-human movements\, such as those made by animals\, viruses\, and movements across the boundaries between different environments. Trans media studies can extend the fields of media studies\, transgender studies\, and trans of color studies to connect more deeply to and through non-human entities. Still\, any injunction for queer and trans studies to go beyond the human must reconcile with the history of trans\, Palestinian\, Black\, and Indigenous people being deemed less than human. In this talk\, I use the method of algorithmic analysis proposed in my book *Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media* (Duke UP\, 2022) to explore the operations that make up the poetics of three contemporary artworks—*Sin Sol* (2020)\, an augmented reality installation I created with the Critical Realities Studio\, *Acoustic Ocean* (2018)\, a short film by Ursula Biemann and “Of Whales”\, a film created using virtual reality created by Wu Tsang.\n\nmicha cárdenas\, PhD\, MFA\, is an artist\, author and Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is the director of the Critical Realities Studio. Her debut novel* Atoms Never Touch* (AK Press 2023) imagines trans latina love crossing multiple quantum realities. Her academic monograph P*oetic Operations : Trans of Color Art in Digital Media* (Duke UP 2022) was the co-winner of the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize in 2022 from the National Women’s Studies Association “for groundbreaking monographs in women’s studies that makes significant multicultural feminist contributions to women of color/transnational scholarship”. cárdenas was a winner of the 2022 Anonymous Was a Woman artist award. She is currently working on her next academic monograph* After Man: Trans Ecologies and Climate Justice*\, as well as *The Probability Engine*\, a multi-disciplinary artwork imagining futures of climate justice. She is a first generation Colombian American.\n\nWe strive to make our events accessible to all participants. This will be a virtual event held in an online meeting space. Please register in advance for the online Zoom Webinar here: https://myumi.ch/G23ey. \n\nCART captioning will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate\, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance\, and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.\n\nCo-Sponsors: American Culture\; Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\; DISCO Network\; English Language & Literature\; Film\, Television\, and Media\; History of Art\; Institute for Research on Women & Gender\; Penny W. Stamps School of Art\; Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy\; Spectrum Center\; and the Trans Studies Collective. UID:142502-21891048@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,Art,artists,digital,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,digital humanities,Digital Media,Digital Scholarship,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology,digitalization,digitization,Discussion,Free,Gender,gender studies,Humanities,LGBT,lgbtq,Media Studies,Science Technology And Society,Science\, Technology\, And Society Program,Trans Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T105103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone. UID:145041-21896578@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T160958 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:International Mother Language Day Tabling Event DESCRIPTION:Need to fill your language requirement? Are you a transfer or non-traditional student who doesn’t know where to start? Do you want to learn about the various language programs at UMich? Join us at the LSA Student Government for a language tabling event\, where you can connect with and gain insights from our LSA language representatives. We’ll have separate tables for each language\, and it’s a great opportuntiy to meet with professors and students in these programs. Plus\, you can enjoy some delicious international food for free! UID:145472-21897387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145472 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:cultural,Culture,Food,Free,International Students,Language Resource Center,Languages,Nontraditional Students,Transfer Students,Undergraduate LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T015946 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Commutative Algebra: Singularities and Big Cohen Macaulay Algebras DESCRIPTION:We plan to survey singularities in commutative algebra through perfectoid methods and big Cohen–Macaulay (BCM) algebras. We begin by recalling how the Frobenius endomorphism controls regularity in characteristic p \, highlighting Kunz’s theorem and the role of perfect and semi-perfect rings\, and then explain how perfectoid rings provide a mixed-characteristic analogue via tilting\, untilting\, and Witt vectors. UID:145810-21897841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145810 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250909T123345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T163000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pizza with Professors: Program in Biology DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal meeting to eat and network with faculty! All undergraduate students majoring or minoring in a PiB program are encouraged to join department faculty for pizza and light conversation during the designated event time below. Students considering a major or minor in one of our programs are welcome to attend as well. Find out more about our majors on our website!\n\nPlease register for this event here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/20268 UID:112678-21895585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 BSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T085530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase External Consulting Session DESCRIPTION:The Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase will offer opportunities for students and student-teams to explore questions and provide insight into the student experience within the Campus of the Future framework\, culminating in presenting to University leadership -- including President Grasso & Provost McCauley -- at a COTF Showcase at the end of Winter 2026. The Showcase will highlight a student-led vision for a campus of the future. All finalists selected to present will receive a monetary award for each team member. Learn more at https://futureoflearning.umich.edu/programs/campus-of-the-future-/ UID:145717-21897728@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145717 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:In Person,Workshop LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 1180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T054806 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CM-AMO Seminar | Classical mechanics as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics DESCRIPTION:In our recent publication (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ae3a20)\, we show that classical mechanics can be recovered as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics. That is\, the high entropy masks quantum effects\, and mixed states of high enough entropy can be approximated with classical distributions. The mathematical limit hbar to 0 can be recovered by decreasing entropy of pure states to minus infinity\, in the same way that non-relativistic mechanics can be recovered mathematically by increasing the speed of light c to plus infinity. Physically\, these limits are more appropriately understood as a high entropy limit and low speed limit respectively\, representing approximations that are independent of underlying mechanism. With this approach\, the classical limit is both formally and conceptually similar to the non-relativistic limit\, and is independent of interpretation. It also gives an intuitive understanding to the Dirac correspondence principle: it is looking for a theory with lower entropy bound that\, at high entropy\, recovers classical mechanics. Given that the Moyal bracket is the unique one-parameter Lie-algebraic deformation of the Poisson bracket\, quantum mechanics is the only theory that can provide such a lower bound on the entropy. UID:145653-21897638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145653 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T080730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter 2026 Seminar Series: \"How cells force the gut into shape\" DESCRIPTION:Tyler Huycke\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nMolecular\, Cellular\, & Developmental Biology\nUniversity of Michigan UID:141863-21889544@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T123131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1894122Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC UID:144214-21894849@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144214 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:20260123T141036 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Something in the Woods Loves You Book Club DESCRIPTION:Jarod Anderson is coming to the University of Michigan in March of 2026 to talk about his book\, Something in the Woods Loves You!\n\nProgram in the Environment (PitE) is hosting weekly book clubs to talk about each section of the book. We will provide a free e-book or hard copy of the book\, but you can also listen to the audiobook on Spotify Premium. Feel free to come to one\, some\, or all of our cozy conversations to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies! RSVP to reserve a copy of the book at the link in \"Related Links\".\n\nFebruary 10th - \"Winter\"\nFebruary 24th - \"Spring\"\nMarch 10th - \"Summer\"\nMarch 17th - \"Fall\" UID:144396-21895284@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144396 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Books,climate,Climate Change,conservation,ecology,Environment,environmental,Environmental Humanities,food,Free,In Person,literary,Literature,nature,Pite,Planet Blue,Social Sciences,sustainability LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1520 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T103828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Jewish Journalism in Dark Times DESCRIPTION:Join us for a roundtable discussion exploring the transformation of Jewish journalism during the interwar years (1918–1939) and World War II\, an era of profound upheaval. Panelists will analyze how Jewish newspapers and journals became vital platforms for political\, literary\, and cultural engagement. The discussion will highlight dramatic shifts in journalistic practices\, including evolving editorial strategies\, reporting methods\, and technological innovations in format and distribution and the transnational and transcultural elements that come to the fore during that time. Panelists will also examine the economic pressures and opportunities that shaped the Jewish press\, and consider the influence and role of Jews as journalists within the broader media landscape.\n\nGilad Halpern\, journalist and media historian\, draws on recent doctoral research on The Palestine Post amid imperial decline and rising nationalism\, bridging professional and scholarly perspectives. Naomi Brenner explores entertainment fiction in the Hebrew and Yiddish press\, focusing on the aesthetics and politics of the roman-feuilleton as a transnational literary form.\nMatthew Handelman investigates the cultural politics of German Jewish intellectuals and the primacy of culture in political discourse from the Weimar Republic onward.\n\nCentral to the conversation is the role of Jewish periodicals as spaces for cultural expression\, literary experimentation\, and political debate. These publications not only documented Jewish life\, but actively shaped identities\, fostered transnational dialogue\, and provided forums for writers\, artists\, and intellectuals grappling with questions of survival and belonging. This roundtable offers timely insights into journalism during a time of crisis\, illuminating enduring questions about Jews and media. UID:142275-21890347@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Humanities,Jewish Studies,Judaic,Media,Sociology,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Room 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T162051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Jewish Journalism in Dark Times DESCRIPTION:Jewish Journalism in Dark Times\nPanelists: Naomi Brenner (Ohio State University)\, Gilad Halpern\, and Matthew Handelman (2025–2026 Frankel Institute Fellows)Moderator: Shachar Pinsker (Co-Head Fellow)\nJoin us for a roundtable discussion exploring the transformation of Jewish journalism during the interwar years  (1918–1939) and World War II\, an era of profound upheaval. Panelists will analyze how Jewish newspapers and journals became vital platforms for political\, literary\, and cultural engagement. The discussion will highlight dramatic shifts in journalistic practices\, including evolving editorial strategies\, reporting methods\, and technological innovations in format and distribution and the transnational and transcultural elements that come to the fore during that time. Panelists will also examine the economic pressures and opportunities that shaped the Jewish press\, and consider the influence and role of Jews as journalists within the broader media landscape.\nGilad Halpern\, journalist and media historian\, draws on recent doctoral research on The Palestine Post amid imperial decline and rising nationalism\, bridging professional and scholarly perspectives. Naomi Brenner explores entertainment fiction in the Hebrew and Yiddish press\, focusing on the aesthetics and politics of the roman-feuilleton as a transnational literary form.Matthew Handelman investigates the cultural politics of German Jewish intellectuals  and the primacy of culture in political discourse from the Weimar Republic onward.\nCentral to the conversation is the role of Jewish periodicals as spaces for cultural expression\, literary experimentation\, and political debate. These publications not only documented Jewish life\, but actively shaped identities\, fostered transnational dialogue\, and provided forums for writers\, artists\, and intellectuals grappling with questions of survival and belonging. This roundtable offers timely insights into journalism during a time of crisis\, illuminating enduring questions about Jews and media.\n UID:142280-21890359@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142280 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T111626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Making Confident Money Decisions DESCRIPTION:Dinner provided by Curry On! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nIt’s pretty common for students to feel overwhelmed when it comes to making financial decisions. But just because it’s common\, doesn’t mean it’s ok. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. This workshop will help students learn how to dial financial confusion so they can start making money-related decisions with confidence. Attendees will learn why making money-related decisions can cause so much stress\, how to deal with financial choices (and if it’s working)\, and various ways to dial down the discomfort to start making money decisions with more confidence.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n 1 – Your Money Story\n 2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n 3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n 4 – Caring for Your$elf\n 5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq UID:143768-21893989@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finance,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,graduate students,In Person,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260222T154030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Domino Tilings of Black-and-White Temperleyan Cylinders DESCRIPTION:The dimer model on a bipartite graph \( G \subset \mathbb{Z}^2 \) refers to choosing a random dimer cover of \( G \) (equivalently\, a random domino tiling on its dual graph \( G^\star \). Each such dimer cover is associated with a height function defined on the vertices of \( G^\star \). If we let \( \Omega_\delta \subset \delta\mathbb{Z}^2 \) be graphs of mesh size \( \delta \) which approximate a domain ( \Omega \subset \C )\, then the Kenyon–Okounkov conjecture states that fluctuations of the height function on \( \Omega_\delta^\star \) converge in distribution as \( \delta \downarrow 0 \) to the sum of the Gaussian Free Field on \( \Omega \) and a random harmonic function.\n\nAfter describing earlier results which prove the Kenyon–Okounkov conjecture for certain discrete approximations\, we will introduce the dimer model on cylindrical domains with Temperleyan boundary components of different colors. In this doubly connected setup\, we confirm the Kenyon–Okounkov conjecture from general principles rather than explicit computations. Time permitting\, we will discuss the main components of our proof. This talk is based on joint work with Dmitry Chelkak. UID:145800-21897833@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145800 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to gain better control of your thoughts and emotions? Our Psychological Clinic invites adults 18 and older to participate in our weekly Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group sessions\, held virtually for your convenience. Learn practical skills for managing anxiety\, depression\, and challenging situations with the support of experienced clinicians and peers.\n\nWhy Choose DBT Group Therapy?\nGroup sessions offer unique benefits\, including opportunities to learn new techniques\, share experiences\, and build supportive connections. You’ll develop practical skills in mindfulness\, emotion regulation\, interpersonal effectiveness\, and distress tolerance—essential tools for managing strong emotions and handling stress. Research shows that connecting with peers in a supportive group environment encourages real-world growth\, accountability\, and lasting change.\n\nProgram Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in building coping skills\, managing emotions\, and improving relationships.\n- When: Tuesdays from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (via Zoom).\n- Structure: The program runs in ongoing 4-month cycles\, each focusing on a different theme.\n- Flexible Start: New participants can join at the first Tuesday session of any month.\n- Cost: $45 per session (insurance may help cover costs). UID:139870-21886243@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Depression,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,mental health,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T092643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:WCEE Film Series on Ukraine. *Lina* (2024\, 30 min\, dir. Mykola Nosok & Oleksiy Oliyar) DESCRIPTION:Panel discussion featuring: Sylvia Ellison\, Senior Advisor\, Save Ukraine\; Ambassador Craig L. Johnstone\, Co-Founder of The Humanity Funds\; Danielle Leavitt\, WCEE Postdoctoral Fellow\, 2025-27\; and Nathaniel A. Raymond\, Executive Director\, Humanitarian Research Lab\, Yale School of Public Health\n\nThis is the story of five-year-old Lina\, the seventh child of a family of eight children\, who is caught between the frontlines of free Kherson and Russian occupied Kherson. Lina's mom will take you through a rollercoaster of emotions from a spine-chilling rescue\, taking the family deep into Russia to reaching free Ukraine. There they strive for a normal life - only to discover that this brutal war has left deep scars on Lina.\n \n Trailer: https://myumi.ch/VVXZM\n\nSylvia Ellison is a senior humanitarian and development leader with deep experience designing and delivering programs in crisis and conflict settings. As Vice President of Save Ukraine - US\, she informs and drives positioning strategy\, U.S. government engagement\, and partnerships that strengthen the rescue\, rehabilitation\, and reintegration of children and families affected by war. Previously at Creative Associates International\, Sylvia's portfolio included leading organizational learning and systems strengthening efforts as well as designing and implementing basic education\, youth\, anti-trafficking\, workforce development\, and stabilization initiatives across multiple countries including Albania\, Afghanistan\, Bulgaria\, Jordan\, Romania\, Sri Lanka\, Uganda\, Morocco\, and Yemen. Formally trained in the AK Rice approach to group relations and organizational systems consulting\, Sylvia also serves on the board of Creative Learning.\n \n Ambassador Craig L. Johnstone\, Co-Founder of The Humanity Funds\, served in Vietnam from 1965-1970 and was the sixth Ambassador to Algeria. In 2007\, he served as the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees. He continues to pursue his passion for helping refugees and people affected by war by co-founding the Humanity Funds\, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women and children in conflict zones.\n \n Nathaniel A. Raymond is Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and a Lecturer in the Department of the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) at YSPH. He was formerly a Lecturer of Global Affairs at the Jackson School for Global Affairs from 2018 - 2022. His research interests focus on the health implications of forced displacement\; methodologies for the assessment of large-scale disasters\, including pandemics\; and the human rights and human security implications of information communication technologies (ICTs) for vulnerable populations\, particularly in the context of armed conflict. Previously\, he was the founding Director of the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2012 – 2018. From 2010 to 2012\, he was Director of Operations for the George Clooney-founded Satellite Sentinel Project at HHI\, which utilized high resolution satellite imagery to detect and document attacks on civilians in Sudan and South Sudan.\n \n Danielle Leavitt\, WCEE Postdoctoral Fellow\, 2025-27 is a historian of modern Ukraine and the Soviet Union\, with a particular interest in Russian and Ukrainian relations\, human age\, generation\, and gender. Her work examines the function of generation and human age in Soviet history and works to insert the stories of underrepresented populations\, such as the elderly and women\, into consequential debates about stagnation\, cultural life\, Soviet collapse\, post-Soviet economic and political development\, and the Russo-Ukrainian war.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142559-21891154@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142559 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:europe,film,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T154122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Creative Arts Meetup (CAM)\, where you can network with other artists\, share your works in progress\, get feedback from peers\, and learn new skills. Each session offers open lab time\, basic art supplies\, and space to bring and work on your own creative projects. We welcome artists and makers of all disciplines and skill levels from the U-M community and the public.\n\nMeetups take place in the Design Lab PIE Space (new location!) at the back of the first floor of the Shapiro Library\, 6:00–8:00 pm\, on the following dates:\n\nTuesday\, January 20th\nTuesday\, February 24th\nTuesday\, March 24th\nTuesday\, April 14th\n\nDirect questions or mailing list inquiries to creativearts@umich.edu. UID:144043-21894579@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144043 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T123232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T073000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:EARTH Career Conversations DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tina Nielsen is the Associate Dean for Innovation and Strategy in the College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin. Tina earned BSc and MSc degrees in Earth & Environmental Sciences from the University of Michigan\, and a PhD in Marine Micropaleontology\, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy from UW-Madison. Previously\, Nielsen was the Associate Director of the UW-Madison-led Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and an advisor and mentor in the GLBRC’s Research Experience for Undergraduate Students program\, focused on encouraging underrepresented minority students and first-generation students to explore the life-changing experience of research. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin\, Tina was a geologist for BP engaged in exploration and reservoir characterization.\n\nDr. Juliana Mesa is a Study Abroad Advisor for the Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) at the University of Michigan where she works with undergraduate students to design and support their international academic experiences\, including full scholarships for students with demonstrated financial need. Juliana earned BSc and MSc degrees in geology from Universidad EAFIT in Colombia\, and a PhD degree in Earth & Environmental Sciences from the University of Michigan. Juliana was active in the Society of Hispanic Professionals in Engineering (SHPE)\, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)\, and the Association of Women in Science (AWIS).\n\nPizza and drinks will be provided. UID:145736-21897754@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 2540 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T153729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:February WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. UID:143478-21893246@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143478 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T201143 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learn Korean Drumming with Sinaboro DESCRIPTION:Interested in drumming? Join this free student workshop to learn Korean folk rhythms. No experience necessary!\n\nThe Arts Initiative's \"Learn/With\" workshops are designed to give students a chance to explore an artform or skill that's new to them by learning with their peers in one of U-M's many student arts orgs. Take a chance and see if it's your new thing! UID:145086-21896648@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145086 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,arts,Arts For All,Artsrx,Music,Percussion,Student Org,Workshop LOCATION:Michigan Union - Movement Studio 2401 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T193000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Stuttering Support Group DESCRIPTION:This Stuttering Support Group is open to any teens and adults who stutter. It provides a safe space to connect\, share experiences\, and navigate challenges with one another.\n\nDate: Fourth Wednesday of every month\nTime: 6:00p.m.–7:30p.m.\nLocation: 3rd Floor Freespace\, Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown\n\nAttendees can also join virtually if they prefer. Please email cwsbrains@umich.edu to request the link to join.\n\n*This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the same time and place.*\n\nHosted by the Ann Arbor Stuttering Awareness and Research Club (A2STAR) in collaboration with the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab. The group is facilitated by students from the University of Michigan who stutter. UID:121370-21891822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T195000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, Program in the Environment\, School for Environment & Sustainability\, and our Michigan-based community partners. \n\nFrom January to April 2026\, Food Literacy for All features dynamic guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-7:50 PM) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. This year\, we will hear talks on changemaker chefs\, seed rematriation\, student food movements\, soil science and politics\, city urban agriculture directors\, labor practices in the meatpacking industry\, and much more. The course is primarily virtual and livestreamed as Zoom Webinars. \n\nRegister for free as a community member on our website. As a registrant\, you can attend the sessions that interest you/fit your schedule.\n\nRather participate for course credit in the Winter 2026 semester? Enroll in the 2-credit\, primarily virtual class as an undergraduate (ENVIRON 444) or receive graduate-level credit (EAS 444). UID:142266-21890291@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Climate Change,Environment,environmental justice,food,Interdisciplinary,social justice,sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T112204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T185000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Student Art Meetup: Concert at the Ark Emily Scott Robinson DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to go to a concert and want to go with a small group? Come join us for a free concert at The Ark! Snacks will be provided! This event spotlights country musician Emily Scott Robinson and her 2026 release\, Appalachia. Learn more about the event and preview Robinson's music here: https://theark.org/event/emily-scott-robinson-260224/\n\nWe will meet right outside the Sweetwaters in the Michigan Union at 6:50 PM\, and walk together for 15 minutes to The Ark\, a live music venue in downtown Ann Arbor. Hope to see you there! UID:144752-21895809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art Meetups,arts,Artsrx,Music LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T140919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sporcle Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:Sporcle Trivia Night will feature free fun\, food\, and prizes! Come test your knowledge\, have fun\, and compete for some awesome prizes! UID:145899-21898020@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145899 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Prizes,Trivia LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T180242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T192200 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Black on Wax (2026) DESCRIPTION:20 years of honoring Black history ✊🏾 
20 years of educating our community 📚
20 years of legacy.\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Black On Wax: Our Healing Is Historical ! A wax museum uplifting influential Black trailblazers in mental\, physical\, and spiritual wellness❤️‍🩹\n\nThis year\, we honor a powerful truth: our healing has always been revolutionary. Come witness history come to life 🎬 UID:145802-21897835@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Rackham: Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T121625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Hua'er: Mountain Songs of Gansu\, China DESCRIPTION:In advance of her concerts at the Keene Theater and U-M Hospital\, Dr. Haiqiong Deng will deliver a lecture exploring music\, ritual\, and community in northwestern China. \n\nPart of the Virginia Martin Howard Lecture Series\n \nPresented by the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments UID:145762-21897789@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Lecture,North Campus,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T180244 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T220000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Crochet For Causes - Movie + Crochet Night (Monsters University) DESCRIPTION:Join Crochet for Causes for an open crochet night while we watch Monsters University! No experience needed and all supplies are provided!  UID:145804-21897836@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260224T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260201T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Minnesota DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Minnesota UID:144883-21896091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T152736 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260531T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile DESCRIPTION:In April 2025\, Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls\, along with guitarist Ross Bellenoit\, traveled to Floyd\, a small mountain town located in the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia\, for five uninterrupted days of recording. What emerged is Floyd Mercantile — a record that feels both intimate and timeless.\n\nThe makeshift studio was a decommissioned general store called (you guessed it!) Floyd Mercantile — a weathered wooden building standing across the road from an open pasture where cows wandered and grazed in the gentle early spring. (One cow even volunteered to be on the album cover.) Inside those old walls\, the trio recorded the album live — no isolation booths\, no heavy overdubbing — just three musicians in a room\, listening closely and letting the songs unfold in real time.\n\nThe sessions were recorded by Jeff Oehler and filmed in their entirety by partner Sue Bibeau and their associate Skylar Locke. Together\, Sue and Jeff comprise Beehive Pro\, an audio\, visual\, and design collective famed for their intimate recordings and thoughtfully considered visuals.\n\nThey captured not just the sound\, but the atmosphere — the wood floors\, the daylight through the dusty windows\, and the creak of the porch boards could all be considered session players on this album.\n\nThe repertoire bridges eras. Mostly comprised of songs Peter and Jenna wrote separately\, there are a few gems from the Great American Songbook: “Skylark\" (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)\, “Them There Eyes\" (Maceo Pinkard/Doris Tauber/William Tracey)\, and “I'll Be Seeing\nYou\" (Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal).\n\n\nThe visual and sonic tones of the project reflect the periods these songs evoke — even the newly composed tracks feel in conversation with another time. The goal was not nostalgia\, but continuity: to stand inside the lineage of American song and add something honest and present to it.\n\nFloyd Mercantile is not just an album. It’s a document of place. Of three musicians in a room. Of songs — old and new — allowed to breathe in the quiet of a Virginia afternoon. UID:145910-21898088@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T104308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260808T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bill Kirchen DESCRIPTION:Album release party!\n\nBill apparently got off his butt and recorded a bunch of new songs. Given that Ann Arbor is his ancestral home\, and the very place he and some like-minded souls formed Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen\, Bill has promised not to wear you out with too much inscrutable new material. He has assured us that he’ll also bring some reminiscences with a good selection of songs from his checkered past. And as we've never been able to get him out of here without him launching into a few Dylan songs\, we’ll be on guard for that as well. What else? Oh yes\, he did say he had some home town Stories That Can Finally Be Told\, but offered no assurances that he will remember them. He also said\, tell ‘em I’m bringing my Texas band Rick Richards and Jack Saunders for the full Honky-Tonk Rock’n'Roll experience\, and that I’m quite a bit jollier than that picture would indicate. \n\nGrammy nominated guitarist\, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step on any stage\, play those trademark licks which drove the seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten nationwide\, and elicit instant recognition. Named a “Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine\, he celebrates a musical tradition that embraces rock ‘n’ roll\, blues and bluegrass\, Texas Western swing and California honkytonk. Nick Lowe describes Bill as “... a devastating culmination of the elegant and funky… a really sensational musician\, with enormous depth.” Justly famous for his indelible Telecaster sound\, Bill Kirchen has been everywhere over the span of a 50-plus-year career: he was a founding member of the legendary Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen\; he released a dozen critically acclaimed solo albums\; he toured internationally with Nick Lowe and has performed or recorded with Doug Sahm\, Gene Vincent\, Elvis Costello\, Dan Hicks\, Emmylou Harris\, Linda Ronstadt \,Bruce Hornsby and Link Wray. UID:145911-21898089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T100728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260809T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:North Ingalls and Ananda Murari DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6405/6406 for more detail. UID:145912-21898090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145912 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T100900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260814T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:West Texas Exiles DESCRIPTION:“While the band tends to describe its sound as Southwestern rock ’n’ roll\, you’ll also hear influences of Tejano and Conjunto\, the Pogues\, the British Invasion\, and even New Age — capturing the breadth of music in the Lone Star State.” \n–Texas Music\n\nFeaturing five musicians who grew up in El Paso\, Lubbock and Amarillo\, the West Texas Exiles draw upon the wide-open western reaches of the Lone Star State with a wide-ranging\, Americana-centered sound. Rising from the embers of the Dirty River Boys\, which Marco Gutierrez co-founded in 2009\, the Austin band features a triple-threat of songwriters in Gutierrez\, Daniel Davis and Colin Gilmore (son of legendary Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore)\, plus seasoned bassist Eric Harrison and latter-day Dirty River Boys drummer Trinidad Leal. The Exiles' 2023 debut EP paved the way for their first full-length album\, 8000 Days\, due out later this year. The recordings build upon the live chops the group has honed through a weekly residency at Austin’s legendary Continental Club plus gigs at key local events such as SXSW and Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion\, as well as high-profile touring appearances at Nashville’s Americanafest\, Braun Brothers Reunion and San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. UID:145913-21898091@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145913 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T144516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260915T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bill Edwards Album Release and Birthday Celebration DESCRIPTION:Bill Edwards is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Ann Arbor\, MI. He’s known for his thoughtful\, moving and sometimes hilarious songs\, supported by his fine voice and excellent guitar playing. You’d probably call his style “rootsy”\, ranging from classic country to acoustic rock\, with an emphasis on well-crafted lyrics. UID:145914-21898092@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR