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:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T235959 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:145014-21896394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T235959 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:145015-21896451@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:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T235959 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:145016-21896515@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:20260224T143409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Civic Learning Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:U-M’s inaugural Civic Learning Week highlights the many ways campus partners support the development of the civic knowledge\, skills and attitudes we all need to be fully engaged members of our communities\, on and off campus.\n\nWhy Civic Learning Matters: \nCommunities thrive when people participate\, from local and state governance to interactions with friends or family. Democracy thrives when people have the opportunity to have both careers and lives of purpose. Civic learning strengthens student readiness\, supports positive community impact\, and aligns with U-M’s institutional priorities around Democracy & Civic Empowerment.\n\nCo-sponsored by Student Life and Democracy & Civic Empowerment. UID:145408-21897258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145408 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Faculty And Staff,Students LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T235959 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:145222-21896848@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 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:143388-21893020@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:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T164500 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:145837-21897886@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:20250619T124319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Other:2026 Graduate English Welcome Week DESCRIPTION:Welcome Week events for 2026 MFA and PhD Admitted Students UID:136159-21877975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136159 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - Robert Hayden Room (3222) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T100000 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:145904-21898027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 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:142773-21891476@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:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 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:142417-21890884@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:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899174@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 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:142768-21891389@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:20260312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T210000 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:138431-21890649@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:20250926T162032 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Giving and Receiving Feedback: Learning in Action Lab DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139956-21886413@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Intergroup Dialogue LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260206T110245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T115000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Estimation in linear models with clustered data (joint work with Mikkel Solvsten and Baiyun Jing) DESCRIPTION:We study linear regression models with clustered data\, high-dimensional controls\, and a complicated structure of exclusion restrictions. We propose a correctly centered internal IV estimator that accommodates a variety of exclusion restrictions and permits within-cluster dependence. The estimator has a simple leave-out interpretation and remains computationally tractable. We derive a central limit theorem for its quadratic form and propose a robust variance estimator. We also develop inference methods that remain valid under weak identification. Our framework extends classical dynamic panel methods to more general clustered settings. An empirical application of a large-scale fiscal intervention in rural Kenya with spatial interference illustrates the approach. UID:143681-21893640@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143681 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Econometrics,Economics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T143317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Critical Conversations DESCRIPTION:Aida Levy-Hussen\, Chair\nParticipants: Noor Al-Samarrai\, Alyse Campbell\, Maya Day\, Emma Erlbacher\, Jennifer Nessel\, Asa Zhang\n\nRSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeW2XrzbB2peOPVyFXtzm7A58xDctlwC6BwFCphZipjqKRjjQ/viewform\n\n“Baghdad: Dwellings\, Poetry and Oral History”\nNoor Al-Samarrai is the author of EL CERRITO (Inside the Castle\, 2018)2. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at U-M\, where she is currently a postgraduate Zell Fellow in poetry\, researching and writing her second collection of documentary poetry tracing the emotional cartography of mid-20th century Baghdad.\n\n“Narratives of Collaboration: Exploring Community-Driven Approaches to First-Year Writing Course Design”\nAlyse Campbell is a PhD Candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education whose current research focuses on community-engaged writing classrooms and first-year writing pedagogy: specifically on the collaborative processes between instructors and community partners. She is a former high school English teacher and received her M.A. in Teaching as well as her B.A. in English and Communication.\n\n“Reading Through Mitákuye Oyásʼiŋ: Agonistic Relations in the circulation of Layli Long Soldier’s Quilts”\nMaya Day is a 6th year English PhD Candidate and the James A. Winn Graduate Fellow at the Institute of the Humanities. Her project\, \"Leaking Poems\" studies poets who escape the pressures of mainstream recognition and instead form counterpublics through unconventional circulation practices of their poems.\n\nTitle Forthcoming\nEmma Erlbacher is a poet from Iowa. Her poetry centers the erotic\, queerness\, family\, the natural world\, and mental health.\n\n\"The Cage: A Novel\" \nJennifer Nessel is a fiction writer at the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers Program. Their writing has been supported by GrubStreet and has appeared in The Southern Review\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, and elsewhere. \n\n“Translation Un/Bound: Transnational Ideologies and Orientalist Forms in Modernist Poetry\, 1895-1955”\nAsa Zhang is a sixth-year doctoral candidate in English and a Rackham Predoctoral Fellow. Her work traces the shifting relations between form\, ideology\, and aesthetic practice in English poetry from the late Victorian era through late modernism\, particularly under transnational and global conditions of production and reception. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Modern Language Quarterly\, English Language Notes\, Feminist Review\, and other venues. UID:143751-21893739@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,English Language And Literature,Graduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T092634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Filing Taxes for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:As part of our Financial Education Series\, this virtual event is designed to help demystify tax filing for graduate students—an area that isn’t always as straightforward as we might hope.\n\nEd Jennings\, tax director at the University of Michigan\, will walk participants through how to prepare for the upcoming tax season. This session is geared toward domestic students.\n\nAttendees will have the opportunity to ask questions throughout the presentation.\n\nThose who register will receive a copy of the slides and access to the recording. Please note that the recording may take a few weeks to process. UID:142788-21891533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T110621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Positive Links Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Positive Links Speaker Series: The INSPIRE Advantage: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others\nAdam Galinsky\nThursday\, March 12\, 2026\n11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET\nFree and open to all\, registration required to obtain login information\nOnline\n\nEvent link: https://myumi.ch/794QQ\n\nPositive Links:\nThe Positive Links Speaker Series\, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations\, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics\, students\, staff\, and leaders.\n\nAbout the talk:\nSocial psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky has spent three decades building a method for determining when we are inspiring versus infuriating\, and where each of us—presidents\, CEOs\, coaches\, teachers\, parents—currently land on that spectrum. In this talk\, Galinsky will unpack the science of inspiration and show how inspiring and infuriating leaders represent a universal continuum that is rooted in the very architecture of the human brain. In his research\, Galinsky has identified the three universal features in inspiring others. Because these three universal factors can be learned and developed\, Galinsky has proven that inspiring leaders aren’t just born—instead\, we can inspire or infuriate in any given moment through our behavior\, words\, or presence. Galinsky will reveal how all of us\, regardless of status or circumstance\, can be more inspiring more often. \n\nAbout Galinsky:\nAdam Galinsky is the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. A world-renowned expert in leadership and negotiation\, he authored the recently released \"INSPIRE: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others\" and co-authored the bestselling book\, Friend & Foe. His books are based in over 300 scientific articles and chapters he has co-authored. His TED Talk\, \"How to Speak Up for Yourself\,\" has over 7.7 million views\, highlighting his impact on influence and inspiration. Professor Galinsky has served as a damages expert in a dozen trials involving reputational damage\, including Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News and Bacon v. Nygard. His expert reports and testimony have generated more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements. He is an Executive and Associate Producer on six award-winning documentaries\, including two (Horns and Halos (2003) and Battle for Brooklyn (2011)) that were short-listed (final 15) for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. He received his PhD from Princeton University and his BA from Harvard University.\n\nHost:\nMonica Worline\, Faculty Director\, Center for Positive Organizations\n\nSeries Sponsors:\nThe Center for Positive Organizations thanks the Sanger Leadership Center\, Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, and the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship for their support of the 2025-26 Positive Links Speaker Series. \n\nSeries Promotional Partners:\nAdditionally\, we thank Ann Arbor SPARK\, the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management\, and the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division of the Academy of Management for their Positive Links Speaker Series promotional partnerships. UID:137604-21880457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Center For Positive Organizations,Free,Graduate,Positive Links,Staff,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T145929 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Learning from Quantum Experiments via Structured Signal Processing DESCRIPTION:In-Person: West Hall 411\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98748463202?jst=2\n\nAbstract:\nThe pursuit of quantum advantage in solving large-scale computational problems is often seen as a shining treasure. Achieving this goal\, however\, requires the accurate realization of smaller-scale quantum gates and control operations. Understanding and characterizing modular gate and control errors is therefore essential for building reliable quantum applications. Earlier work has typically pursued either universal algorithms with theoretical guarantees or black-box engineering approaches with no guarantees. Yet\, problem-specific structures offer opportunities for efficient and robust system characterization at the intersection of theory and practice. In this talk\, I will present how structured signal transformation and processing can be used to exploit such structures. I will first introduce a gate characterization method that is both resource-efficient and robust against complex experimental errors\, drawing parallels to parameter estimation in classical statistics. I will then generalize this idea to functional signals and present a novel non-parametric estimation paradigm.\n\nBio:\nYulong Dong is an Assistant Professor in ECE\, with a courtesy appointment in Mathematics\, at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2023. Before joining UMich\, he worked as a research intern at Google Quantum AI\, then as a research scientist at ByteDance AI Lab in California\, and subsequently at the University of Washington. His research focuses on numerical analysis\, optimization\, and quantum computing\, with particular emphasis on quantum algorithms for scientific computing and high-precision quantum learning and sensing. His work not only provides rigorous theoretical results but also maintains close connections to practical applications. More broadly\, his research aims to bridge quantum computing with applied mathematics and information theory by addressing challenging problems in quantum algorithms and sensing from numerical-analysis and information-theoretic perspectives. UID:142259-21890279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weekly coffee chat hosted by INFORMS & HFES DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Commons for some coffee and networking! UID:138834-21896903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Hfes,Human Factors And Ergonomics Society,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite, Room 1700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T140057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE SEMINAR: Millie Sullivan\, University of Delaware DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:\nNucleic acid cargoes offer unmatched diversity in gene regulatory potential and therapeutics\, and understanding of nucleic acid functionality continues to expand rapidly and dramatically through seminal discoveries including RNA interference approaches and gene editing technologies. In nature\, the basis for gene regulation is ultimately encoded by the exquisite specificity with which cells are able to control both the location and accessibility of nucleic acid constructs to govern their activation states. My research program seeks to understand and control gene activation using synthetic constructs through nature-inspired approaches to control and quantify cell binding interactions and stability in polymer and peptide nanocarriers. The basis of our approaches is the design of stimuli-responsive polymers and peptides whose interactions with nucleic acids and cells can be controlled dynamically by specific intracellular or external triggers. We exploit our ability to control nucleic acid binding/release and cellular processing to gain new mechanistic insights over nucleic acid delivery\, leading to design advances including histone-inspired DNA targeting\, light-responsive gene silencing\, and collagen turnover-stimulated gene expression. This talk will highlight ways we have used nature-inspired peptides and responsive polymers to control gene transfer in regenerative medicine. UID:143389-21892978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143389 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:chemical engineering,Chemistry LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - B10 Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T113333 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Engineering Full-Time and Internship Career Day DESCRIPTION:The Full-Time and Internship Career Day will be held on Thursday\, March 12 from 11:30 AM-3:00 PM. This event is intended to help employers connect with students studying programs offered through the College of Engineering\, as well as LSA Computer Science and Data Science\, for full-time\, internship and co-op employment opportunities. \n\nInteractions with employers will be on a first come first served basis on the day of the event.\n\nAdditional event details are available in Career Forge and Career Fair Plus. You can access Career Fair Plus via a web browser or the app (Google Play or Apple App Store). Be sure to search for “University of Michigan Engineering”.\n\nInteractive booth maps will be available through the CF+ app. UID:143188-21892403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T110129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Katz-Newcomb Lecture | The socioecological psychology of curiosity: Specialization and its discontent. DESCRIPTION:Division of labor (specialization) is widely considered a cornerstone of modern productivity\, yet its potential psychological costs are not well understood. We examined whether division of labor reduces curiosity–the motivation to explore and learn new things. Across four experiments (N = 821)\, participants who work\, or are expected to work\, in divided labor settings showed lower curiosity than those who work in undivided settings. Analyses of three large cross-sectional datasets and one longitudinal panel (N = 320\,119) showed that similar patterns generalized across countries\, industries\, economic contexts\, and personality profiles. Together\, these findings suggest that\, as work becomes more divided\, people’s motivation to explore and learn new things may diminish.\n\nAbout the speaker: Shigehiro Oishi is the Marshall Field IV Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on culture\, social ecology (e.g.\, residential mobility\, walkability\, income inequality)\, and well-being (e.g.\, happiness\, meaning in life\, psychological richness). He is an author of Life in Three Dimensions (Doubleday/Penguin-Random house) and 「幸せを科学する」”Doing The Science of Happiness” Shinyosha\, Tokyo\, Japan. He won the 2017 Society of Experimental Social Psychology Career Trajectory Award\, the 2018 Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology\, and the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award for Advancing Cultural Psychology. He is a member of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences. UID:143893-21894225@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143893 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:colloquium,Departmental LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T135449 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Startup Career Fair DESCRIPTION:Ready to launch your career in the exciting world of startups?\n\nThe U-M Center for Entrepreneurship and MPowered Entrepreneurship present The Startup Career Fair: your chance to connect with innovative companies\, explore career opportunities\, and take the first step towards an inspiring career journey.\n\nJoin us for sessions on both the central and north campuses. Details below:\n\nNorth Campus Session:\nThursday\, March 12\, 2026\n11:30 AM - 3 PM\nFirst floor Duderstadt Center\n\nCentral Campus Session:\nFriday\, March 13\, 2026\n11 AM - 4 PM\nRoss Steward Lobby\n\nStudents register here: https://myumi.ch/W6Wbr\nQuestions? Contact mpowered-directors@umich.edu UID:145867-21897970@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145867 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Career Fair,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Founder,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Michigan Engineering,Mpowered,Networking,North campus,Startups,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T144336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Accessibility Specialist Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Spend a few minutes to an hour with the Disability Equity Office Accessibility Specialists to ask any questions related to reasonable accommodations\, the interactive process\, general accessibility at U-M\, and more! Registration is not required for this event and break-out rooms will be available for those who wish to ask their questions privately.\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 99281497508 UID:145395-21897234@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Office Hours LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T140158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations with an Elected Official - Sheriff DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for another iteration of Conversations with an Elected Official - Sheriff where we will be talking about what this elected office does\, how the official got into local politics\, and answer questions direct from constituents like you! Hosted in the Ginsberg Center Commons on March 12th from 12pm-1pm. We will be talking with Washtenaw County Sheriff Alyshia M. Dyer. Be on the lookout for additional events throughout the year featuring other local elected officials!\n\nCivic Learning Week seeks to unite our communities and highlight the importance of civic knowledge\, skills\, and dispositions that provide the foundation for informed and engaged communities. UID:145407-21897260@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Civic Learning Week 26,Community Engagement,Community Organzing,Washtenaw County LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T104826 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Matt Hodgman DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nMachine learning is becoming increasingly relevant and accessible in every field. But what does the machine actually learn? The demand for explainable machine learning has never been higher--especially in sensitive fields like healthcare. An explainable machine learning algorithm can describe the learned relationships between input data and output predictions\, as well as describe the reasons for single specific prediction. The list of truly explainable machine learning algorithms is short and often limited by poor predictive performance at complex tasks. We have developed a novel fuzzy neural network that exhibits both high explainability and accuracy in a variety of applications from classifying disease outcomes to regressing drug doses. This algorithm can use both domain-expert knowledge and complex data to converge on complex solutions. We present how this algorithm works for new users\, the depth of explainability it offers\, and highlight its performance in various applications.\n\nAbout the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143262-21892597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143262 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Gracia Dodds and Mack Brumbaugh\n- February 12: Tey Meadow\n- February 26: Bailey Otter\n- March 12: Abby Smith\; Xavier Fields\n- March 24: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler\; lightning talks\n- April 9: Johanna Oh\n- April 16: Maya Glenn UID:143662-21893616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T123620 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Ted Lawrence DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Over 25% of the world’s surface fresh water is found in the seven African Great Lakes. These basins are of vital importance to hundreds of millions of people\, providing drinking water\, protein\, jobs\, and transportation\, and further supporting the Gross Domestic Product of each of the ten riparian countries. The lakes are the most species-rich freshwater systems on the planet\, harboring over a thousand fish species\, and hundreds of other aquatic and terrestrial species. The importance of these lakes is undermined\, however\, by myriad anthropogenic stressors\, including climate change\, overuse\, gas and oil exploration\, habitat loss and degradation\, agricultural runoff\, industrial and urban pollution\, invasive species\, and a host of other issues. The lack of attention to the health of these lakes is a modern-day tragedy\, with a dearth of research barely enough to provide information to make good policy and management decisions. The AGL are all multijurisdictional in nature\, suffering from tragedy-of-the-commons-type issues. Recognizing that no one organization or institution can address the challenges that our global freshwater resources face\, recent efforts by African\, North American\, and European experts are proactively seeking to build partnerships that leverage the combined skills\, assets\, technologies and resources of public\, private and nonprofit entities to deliver sustainable instruction and research. The major goal is to positively influence policy and management of freshwater resources in East Africa through sound science. The process is a long-term collaborative process by which the scientific\, academic\, policy and management\, and other interested community interact through a structured process to prioritize research and thus\, harness the resources and knowledge to conduct research that results in useful\, harmonized data\, and ideas to influence positive change. The full process\, described in this talk\, is to ensure that the ecological structure of the African Great Lakes\, and those who depend on them are preserved and enhanced.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Ted Lawrence is the Executive Director of the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE)—leading work to ensure scientists from North America and African collaborate and share knowledge to protect freshwater Great Lakes around the world.\n\nHe has been living\, working\, and researching in Africa for over 20 years. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan\, researching governance and management of large\, multi-jurisdictional freshwater resources\, specifically on Lake Victoria\, East Africa and conducted comparative analysis of management approaches between African and North American lake systems.\n\nBased on his background and research\, Ted and his colleagues formed ACARE\, a highly collaborative organization whose goals are to positively affect policy and management on Africa’s Great Lakes by executing a long-term network of freshwater experts to strengthen science in Africa. He also spent 15 years as the Communications and Policy Specialist at the bi-national Canadian-U.S. Great Lakes Fishery Commission where many of the building blocks for successful collaboration are used to inform the processes on the African Great Lakes. UID:144775-21895836@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:community,Environment,Environmental Policy,Public Policy,Research,seminar,Water LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Grub @ the (Idea)Hub DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI) for Grub at the (Idea)Hub for free food\, networking\, and to learn about the resources available to student organizations. Whether you are a member of a student organization\, leading an organization\, interested in joining a group\, or forming a new organization - this event is for you! Come and go as you are able and free food will be available while supplies last. UID:143067-21892316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Organizations LOCATION:Michigan Union - IdeaHub (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21890323@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T153643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:PDF Accessibility & Manual Remediation in Adobe Acrobat (Part 2) DESCRIPTION:Learn about the PDF format and essential techniques for creating accessible PDFs in this two-part workshop series. Registration for both parts (in order) is recommended to gain a holistic understanding of PDF accessibility and remediation. \n\nRegister for PDF Accessibility & Manual Remediation in Adobe Acrobat (Part 1) by March 5\, 2026 (https://events.umich.edu/event/145676).\n\nPart 2 dives into intermediate and advanced techniques for tagging PDF elements (including manually modifying tag types\, nesting\, and properties)\, setting accurate reading order\, and adding document metadata. You will get an introduction to the two technical accessibility standards for PDFs (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and PDF Universal Accessibility) and their differences. You will also learn how to review and repair accessibility issues using built-in tools (Accessibility Checker and Pre-Flight) and a third-party tool (PDF Accessibility Checker\, or PAC). You will leave with an understanding of what is required for a robust and reliable PDF remediation workflow.\n\nAttendees will gain access to curated resources and tutorials for mastering advanced PDF accessibility techniques.\n\nPlease note: Attendees should already be familiar with the core concepts of digital accessibility prior to attending this workshop (e.g.\, color contrast\, font selection\, and proper use of document formatting tools like headings\, lists\, etc.). This workshop focuses on teaching manual remediation techniques that build on prior understanding of basic digital accessibility concepts.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:145678-21897671@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Inclusion,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T105653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Practice Makes Progress DESCRIPTION:The studio habits of artists offer unexpected parallels to the work of public policy. In this interactive conversation\, Center for Racial Justice Visiting Fellow Holly Bass will share her process for her upcoming UMMA exhibition which explores the 250th anniversary of America\, and asks\, \"What truths\, if any\, do we as Americans collectively hold?\" The talk will also explore ways we can practice aligning our actions with our values to implement policy more effectively.\n\nAn informal art activity will take place in the Great Hall during the reception for those who would like to participate.\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by the Initiative for Democracy and Civic Empowerment and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). \n\nLunch from Jerusalem Garden provided.\n\nAbout the speaker\nHolly Bass is an award-winning\, socially-engaged artist working across multiple disciplines including dance\, theater\, visual art and writing. She has collaborated with governmental agencies\, cultural institutions\, nonprofit organizations and academic communities to create innovative artistic experiences that foster connection among groups of strangers. Her artwork can be found in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. She was a founding member of DC WritersCorps which sent her into schools\, community centers and women's shelters to teach poetry workshops. She continues to travel the country and the world\, using the arts to build community and transform the social culture of classrooms\, workplaces and public spaces. UID:146223-21898675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Racial Justice,Democracy,Democracy And Civic Engagement,Performance Art LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - 1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 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:143999-21894447@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:20260126T121733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\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:144519-21895450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T114332 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:UK Scholarships: Virtual Info Session DESCRIPTION:ONSF supports several UK scholarships and fellowships that pay for 2-4 years of fully-funded graduate study and are recognized as some of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate or recent alum can receive. If you're interested in applying or have questions\, please join this information session! It will go over the basics of applying\, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions after. Some of the scholarships covered during this session include the Rhodes Scholarship\, the Marshall Scholarship\, and the Churchill Scholarship. UID:145536-21897485@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145536 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fellowships,Fellowships & Grants,Onsf,Scholarship,Scholarships,Study Abroad,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T181718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by Oliver Steissberg\, master's degree student in sacred music.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. \n\nThe series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. The Winter 2026 concert series begins on January 15 and it will continue weekly through April 16 (with the exception of April 2). UID:143787-21894012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143787 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T152411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T134500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Outlook for Consumers in Today's Economy DESCRIPTION:Dr. Hsu is director of the monthly Surveys of Consumers\, tracking leading economic indicators including consumer sentiment and expectations. Her research is primarily in the fields of household finance\, labor economics\, public economics\, and survey methods\, with a current focus on financial sophistication and cognition\, and consumer experiences with debt. She is an appointed member of the American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) and associate chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (AEA CSWEP). She also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Academic Advisory Council. Previously\, she served as a Principal Economist in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors\, where her policy portfolio included the Survey of Consumer of Finances and the consumption forecast\, as well as a visiting professor at the Department of Economics\, Howard University. She completed her PhD in economics at the University of Michigan and her AB in economics and international relations at Brown University. UID:142334-21890536@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Retirees LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T122106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ACUM Presents: Advocacy Belonging and Community in 2026 DESCRIPTION:Please join the ABCA Committee in-person or virtually to discuss global\, national\, and local matters currently impacting advisors and students. Snacks will be provided for the in-person participants!The Advising Council at the University of Michigan\, or ACUM\, brings together those who advise to best serve our students through the sharing of information\, ideas\, and best practices across U-M. We welcome your involvement in our committees and future events.R2: Create rapport and build academic advising relationships UID:145252-21896928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145252 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Room 255 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T121635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng 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:144520-21895451@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144520 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T132523 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Bounding HSL Numbers: A Measure of the Nilpotency of Frobenius DESCRIPTION:Abstract: This thesis provides upper bounds for a certain singularity invariant\, in the case where the underlying ring is in one of a few well-known classes of rings. The Hartshorne-Speiser-Lyubeznik number or HSL number of a Noetherian local (or graded) ring is a measure of the nilpotency of Frobenius on local cohomology with support at the (homogeneous) maximal ideal. It is known that the HSL number of such a ring is finite\, but it is not known in general how to compute the HSL number for any given ring. In this thesis we present computable upper bounds for the HSL numbers of semigroup rings\, toric face rings\, and quotients of polynomial rings by monomial ideals\, and compute the exact HSL number of monomial hypersurfaces. We also relate the HSL number of a ring to the HSL number of its reduction\, provide Macaulay2 code to compute HSL numbers of quotients of polynomial rings\, and discuss the application of our results to bounding Frobenius test exponents. UID:145996-21898240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145996 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:Angell Hall - Auditorium B CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T131626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Classroom Activities for Engaging with Politics\, Policy\, & Social Issues DESCRIPTION:Across the disciplines\, we can help our students to build skills for civic and democratic engagement that will serve them throughout their careers and lives. This role can be challenging\, however\, particularly in politically polarized times. Our goal for this in-person\, interactive workshop is to strengthen instructors’ toolkits for incorporating civic skills-building in the classroom and discipline. We’ll explore specific classroom activities for class sessions discussing policy\, politics\, and social issues\, such as deliberative dialogue discussions and conversation cafes. We’ll focus on how to select and design activities well-suited for the specific skills we are seeking to foster during a class period. \n\nOpen to faculty\, staff\, admin\, GSIs\, and post-docs. \nThis session is offered as part of the Promoting Democracy Teaching Series\, co-sponsored by CRLT and Ginsberg Center.\n\nRegistration: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/105958 UID:144742-21895800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Learning Week 26,Community Engagement,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Politics,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Social Impact,Staff LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T132432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Sjaan Koppel DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines older driver safety through a behavioural science lens\, challenging the assumption that chronological age alone defines driving risk. Drawing on longitudinal\, naturalistic driving evidence\, it highlights the roles of functional capacity\, task demands\, and self-regulation in shaping real-world driving behaviour. The findings have important implications for assessment\, licensing policy\, and supporting safe mobility in an ageing population. UID:144572-21895502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144572 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T152427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Leveraging the Power of Diversity to Improve Academia and Society DESCRIPTION:Dr. Page’s research focuses on the function of diversity in complex social systems\, the potential for collective intelligence\, and the design of institutions for meeting the challenges of a complex world. In 2025\, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and in 2011 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than one hundred research papers in a variety of fields including: game theory\, economics\, political theory\, formal political science\, sociology\, psychology\, philosophy\, physics\, public health\, geography\, computer science\, and management. His fifth book\, The Model Thinker\, was published by Basic Books in November 2018\, and has been an Amazon Best Seller in more than ten categories and is being translated into five languages. His first book\, The Difference\, was recently released as a Princeton Classic. His UMRA presentation will focus on the complex challenges we face as a nation and globally and how meeting those challenges requires collective intelligence. He will describe how collective intelligence depends upon diversity\, selection\, and adaptive interactions. UID:142335-21890537@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142335 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP) DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD UID:143661-21893607@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T103427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Real Analysis Reading Group DESCRIPTION:The Student Real Analysis Reading Group facilitated by Siwei Wang will meet every Thursday from 2:30–4:30 PM in East Hall 5822 from Thursday\, January 15 - April 16\, 2026. UID:143702-21893679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Hall - 5822 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T101007 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Engineering immunotherapies for autoimmunity and cancer\n\nAbstract:\nEffective delivery of drugs to direct immune responses requires an understanding of biological barriers\, physicochemical properties of drug molecules\, formulation and transport in vivo. Designing molecular structures that persist at the administration site or that promote drainage to regional lymphatic networks may enhance immune responses while sparing immune-related adverse events. Here\, drug transport and local elimination mechanisms will be overviewed. Then\, examples of molecular designs to direct drug delivery will be presented. Autoimmune therapies were designed by our lab to promote the drainage of autoantigens to secondary lymphoid organs to treat autoimmune diseases. Specifically\, the size and solubility of these molecular constructs were tuned to promote access to the lymphatic compartment and induce immune tolerance in mouse models of type 1 diabetes. Our lab has also recently explored the design of immunostimulants that persist in tumor tissue after intratumoral/perilesional injection. Intratumoral immunotherapy is proposed to work synergistically with checkpoint inhibitors making a nonresponsive ‘cold’ tumor ‘hot’ by recruiting and activating tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. This approach can suffer from systemic immune-related adverse reactions\, however\, if enough immunostimulant escapes the site of administration. Data on the use of electrostatic mechanisms to promote tumor retention will be presented. These examples underscore the need for rational design of drug molecules or formulations based upon the route of delivery and biological barriers encountered. \n\nBio:\nCory Berkland is the Mark and Becky Levin Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry at Washington University in Saint Louis. Previously\, he was the Solon E. Summerfield Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and in the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Kansas. He received MS and PhD degrees from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames. His lab studies pharmaceuticals and materials with an emphasis on molecular design and transport in the human body. He is a co-founder of Orbis Biosciences (acquired by Adare Pharmaceuticals)\, Savara Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SVRA)\, Bond Biosciences\, Kinimmune\, Axioforce\, and other start-ups. He has served as a board member\, executive\, and fundraiser for these companies. UID:145728-21897738@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145728 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T140003 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Mad Hatter Tea DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 12\, 2026\, from 3:00-5:00pm in the Hopwood Room (1176 AH) for the third annual celebration of the world's most famous literary tea party. Compete for prizes in an Alice in Wonderland costume contest and trivia quiz or simply enjoy tea\, coffee\, and confections in good company. UID:143844-21894117@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143844 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,celebration,Children's Literature,Department Of English Language And Literature,fiction,Games,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,literary arts,Undergraduate Students,World Literature LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T144746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Paying for Law School: Financial Aid in the Wake of Federal Loan Changes DESCRIPTION:Considering law school\, but need a master financial plan? Wondering how the recent changes to Federal Loan caps may impact the costs of your legal education? Join Sophia Sim\, George Washington Law’s Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid\, for a discussion about how to finance your legal education with a focus on minimizing your debt. Students of all levels are encouraged to attend. \n\nAttendees will be entered into a raffle to win a 7 Sage LSAT prep course! UID:145328-21897083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law LOCATION:Angell Hall - G-243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Paying for Law School: Financial Aid in the Wake of Federal Loan Changes DESCRIPTION:Considering law school\, but need a master financial plan? Wondering how the recent changes to Federal Loan caps may impact the costs of your legal education? Join Sophia Sim\, George Washington Law’s Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid\, for a discussion about how to finance your legal education with a focus on minimizing your debt. Students of all levels are encouraged to attend.Attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a 7 Sage LSAT prep course! UID:145338-21897136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145338 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall G-243 (LSA Newnan Academic Advising Center downstairs conference room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T160621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:PPE Lecture Series: Rajiv Sethi (Barnard College\, Columbia University) DESCRIPTION:Title:\n\"The Interpretation of Signals\"\n\nAbstract: \nWe live in a sea of signals. Words and phrases\, emoticons and emojis\, pronouns in bios\, tattoos and piercings\, skin color and eye shape\, flags and insignia\, diplomas and certificates\, standardized test scores\, and prices in markets — these are all carriers of information demanding attention and interpretation. We attach meanings to these messages\, and they shape our actions in ways large and small. This lecture is motivated by the conviction that something useful can be said about economic and social life if one examines signals — despite their bewildering variety and complexity — from a unified perspective\, with a focus on statistical inference and strategic incentives.\n\nRajiv Sethi is a Professor of Economics at Barnard College\, Columbia University and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a 2025-26 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. Rajiv was a 2020-21 Joy Foundation Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute\, and a 2008-09 Richard B. Fisher Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Professor Sethi has served on the editorial boards of several journals\, including the American Economic Review\, and is a founding associate editor of Collective Intelligence.\n\n His current research deals with information and beliefs.\n\nIn collaboration with Brendan O’Flaherty\, he has examined the manner in which stereotypes affect interactions among strangers\, especially in relation to crime and the criminal justice system. These include interactions between victims and offenders\, officers and suspects\, prosecutors and witnesses\, and judges and defendants. Their book\, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes\, Crime\, and the Pursuit of Justice was published by Harvard University Press in 2019.\n\nWith Muhamet Yildiz\, he has explored communication among individuals who consider each other to have valuable information\, but also believe that others are biased to different degrees in the manner in which they process information. In deciding where to seek information\, therefore\, people face a trade-off between sources that are well-informed (in the sense of having precise information about the world) and those that are well-understood (in the sense of having transparent biases). In previous work they have examined public disagreement and private information flows\, and in current work are exploring the implications of correlated biases within social groups.\n\nRajiv is a contributor to CORE (Curriculum Open-Access Resources for Economics)\, an initiative aimed at the production of high-quality resources for the teaching of economics\, distributed free of charge worldwide under a Creative Commons license. UID:138635-21883526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138635 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Philosophy,Politics,Ppe LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T094828 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sequential Decision Making with Offline Data and under Partial Observability DESCRIPTION:What Makes Partially Observable Decision Making Tractable?\n\nAbstract: \nReal-world sequential decision-making problems - such as those in healthcare\, recommendation\, and language model alignment - are complicated by latent variables that influence the data but are never directly observed. The most general framework for such settings\, the partially observable MDP\, is statistically intractable. What structure makes learning tractable despite the latent variables?\n\nThis work identifies a common structural pattern across four distinct settings: the latent variable's influence is confined to one part of the data-generating process\, and within that part it acts through a low-dimensional or low-complexity channel. We study this pattern in mixtures of MDPs\, confounded offline policy evaluation\, RLHF with partially observed reward states\, and linear latent contextual bandits. In each case\, we establish impossibility results showing what fails without the right assumptions\, then develop algorithms that exploit the structure through spectral subspace recovery\, decoupled estimation\, and optimism calibrated to the latent channel's complexity. The resulting regret bounds\, sample complexity bounds\, and structural characterizations scale with the dimension of the latent channel rather than the ambient problem\, and are matched by minimax lower bounds in key settings. We validate our methods on both synthetic and real-world data. UID:146014-21898272@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dissertation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:School of Education - 2328 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T085718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - Igniting Microrobotics: Combustion-Driven Actuation at Small Scales DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe field of microrobotics is experiencing a “Cambrian Explosion” before our very eyes. Applications for these diminutive devices span several disciplines\, including healthcare\, environmental monitoring\, exploration\, and industrial inspection. However\, scaling laws fundamentally constrain the design of microrobotic systems\, particularly in how they store energy\, deliver power\, and perform mechanical work. As robots shrink\, conventional actuators struggle to generate meaningful forces. The limited energy density of microbatteries leaves many platforms tethered to external energy sources.\n\nIn this talk\, I will present a new class of combustion-driven microactuators that leverage the high energy density of chemical fuels to produce rapid\, high-power mechanical motion at millimeter scales. I will show how these actuators enable microrobots that jump far beyond their body length (2 orders of magnitude)\, perform aerial maneuvers\, traverse challenging terrain\, and drive mechanical transmissions that convert linear actuation into rotary motion. Together\, these results point toward a new class of highly energetic\, untethered microrobotic systems capable of operating where conventional actuation and power technologies fail.\n\nBiography:\nCameron Aubin is an Assistant Professor of Robotics at the University of Michigan\, where he leads the Zoetic Robotics Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University (2014) and his M.S (2020) and Ph.D. (2023) in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. His interdisciplinary team develops energy-material systems that blur the line between power\, structure\, actuation\, and control\, enabling more enduring\, adaptable\, and autonomous machines. Dr. Aubin’s research interests include soft and biologically inspired robots\, microrobots\, chemical and combustion-powered systems\, batteries\, and advanced materials and manufacturing. His work has been published in several reputable journals\, including Nature and Science\, and has been featured in popular media outlets\, including CNN\, PBS\, BBC\, Wired\, and Veritasium. Recent honors include a Best Paper Award in Benchmarking and Reproducibility and a Best Student Paper Finalist Award (as PI) at IEEE RoboSoft 2025. UID:145465-21897380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1303 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T152056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:InSPIRE DESCRIPTION:STPP Alumni Chat with Tyler Hoard - Register Here!Date and Time: Mar 12\, 2026\, 3:30-4:30 pm EDTLocation: Weill Hall\, Room 3240The Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program is excited to welcome STPP Alumnus and Associate Physical Scientist at the RAND Corporation\, Tyler Hoard (PhD/STPP '24)\, for afternoon snacks and conversation. Tyler will share his academic path and current work experience\, where he delivers high-impact policy research and analysis across national security\, biosecurity\, space policy\, and emerging technology portfolios within multiple research divisions and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs).Speaker Bio:Tyler Hoard is an associate physical scientist at the RAND Corporation with interests spanning biosecurity\, space policy\, and emerging technologies. He holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan\, where he also earned a graduate certificate in Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy. At RAND\, his research portfolio includes projects on biotechnology\, AI\, synthetic biology\, food security\, and the commercial space industry. UID:145971-21898195@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145971 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weill Hall, Room 3240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T154141 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:Joseph’s Title: Tracing Black Hole Winds Across Cosmic Time with Broad Absorption Line Quasars\n\nAbstract: Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can launch powerful winds that inject large amounts of energy and mass into their host galaxies\, potentially regulating galaxy evolution. One of the clearest observational signatures of these winds appears in broad absorption line (BAL) quasars\, whose spectra show deep\, blueshifted absorption features tracing gas traveling at tens of thousands of kilometers per second. Despite decades of study\, the physical properties of BAL winds have remained poorly understood due to the complexity of their spectra. In this talk\, I will present an overview of my research using BAL quasars to map the physical properties of SMBH winds\, enabled by SimBAL\, a spectral synthesis software that made possible the first systematic analysis of BAL quasar spectra and provided robust constraints on outflow properties for large samples of quasars. I will also discuss new discoveries of high-redshift BAL quasars from surveys such as DESI and future studies with JWST and 4MOST that will expand our understanding of SMBH outflows across cosmic time.\n\n\nCody’s Title: How Galactic Winds Influence Cosmic Ecosystems\n\nAbstract: A central insight of modern galaxy formation is that galaxies are not isolated systems\, but dynamic reservoirs of gas and stars that continuously exchange matter and energy with their surroundings. Galactic winds—driven by stellar and AGN feedback—can expel hundreds of solar masses of gas\, dust\, and metals to distances of tens of kiloparsecs\, reshaping the structure and thermodynamics of the circumgalactic and intergalactic media. These winds regulate star formation\, curb black hole growth\, and may play a critical role in enabling the escape of ionizing radiation that reionized the Universe during the Epoch of Reionization. In this talk\, I will discuss how the physical properties of galactic winds—including mass outflow rates—are inferred from spectral line diagnostics\, the current state of the art in radiative transfer modeling and interpretation\, and key systematic uncertainties that remain. I will then explore how winds influence the escape of ionizing photons by altering the multiphase structure of the interstellar medium. Finally\, I will outline future directions for this work and describe how next-generation facilities such as the Extremely Large Telescopes will transform absorption line studies of galactic winds. UID:146353-21898947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146353 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T202636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: The Mumford construction DESCRIPTION:Discuss the Mumford construction. UID:144457-21895383@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144457 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T122938 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A New World of Authoritarian Welfare? DESCRIPTION:Moderator: Dan Slater\, Director\, U-M Center for Emerging Democracies\n\nDemocracy and social welfare have long been seen as mutually reinforcing\, but the connection is anything but universal or automatic. With illiberal and autocratic leaders around the world offering more generous welfare policies to consolidate their power\, do we need to rethink the relationships between democracy\, authoritarianism\, and welfare? Experts on Europe\, Latin America\, the Middle East\, the former Soviet Union\, and Asia tackle this topic from different world-regions and multiple analytical perspectives.\n\n*Cosponsored by the Open Society Foundations and the Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute*.\n\nAtten in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/8qVGq.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at emergingdemocracies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:144144-21894723@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Authoritarianism,democracy LOCATION:North Quad - Room 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T094937 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Differential Equations Seminar: Einstein-Perfect Fluid Initial Data in General Relativity DESCRIPTION:Fluids are a standard matter source for gravitation\, going back to the early days of general relativity. Nevertheless\, constructing initial data for this family of matter models is surprisingly nuanced. In this talk we describe a novel approach to building Einstein-fluid initial data based on a recently established phase-space technique for constructing non-vacuum initial data sets. Compared to prior approaches to working with fluids\, the input parameters allow for more direct specification of physical quantities\, such as the number of particles in any given region. UID:143107-21892132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Differential Equations Seminar - Department Of Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T123835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Temperate forest resilience in a changing world: linking ecological mechanism to management solutions DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Climate change and invasion by nonnative plant species are changing the composition and function of temperate forest ecosystems. This talk will discuss how we can measure resiliency in temperate forests to these two interacting global change factors and how management of these systems might shape their future. UID:137388-21880194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,Environment,environmental,evolution,evolutionary biology,Workshop LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T145330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: Once Were Warriors: Colonial Mimesis\, Martial Masculinity\, and Imperial Nostalgia in Amazigh Morocco DESCRIPTION:Amazigh cultural-political activism in North Africa is premised on a rhetoric of resistance for territorial autonomy against imperial invaders from the Roman empire through the Islamic conquest and the French protectorate to contemporary Arab nationalist regimes. Yet\, filtering through this dominant discourse are subaltern scripts that register nostalgia for particular pasts when\, even under colonial tutelage\, Amazigh groups felt recognized and effectively acted as self-determining agents of their own history making. In this paper\, I draw on my research in southeastern Morocco to explore how Amazigh activists narrate the colonial past and memorialize martial masculine resistance and collaboration within it.\n\nPaul A. Silverstein is professor of anthropology at Reed College. He is author of Algeria in France: Transpolitics\, Race\, Nation (Indiana\, 2004) and Postcolonial France: Race\, Islam\, and the Future of the Republic (Pluto\, 2018)\, and co-editor of Bourdieu in Algeria (Nebraska\, 2009)\, among other publications. He has done extensive ethnographic and archival research on Amazigh cultural politics in southeastern Morocco. His translation of Moha Layid’s The Sacrifice of Black Cows—a Moroccan novel set during the nationalist uprising against French colonialism— was recently published by the MLA. He chairs the MERIP Board of Directors.\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:142518-21891067@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142518 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Global,History,Interdisciplinary,International,Multicultural LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T160050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Indigenous Studies Lecture Series with Gladys Tzul Tzul (Maya K’iché) DESCRIPTION:LECTURE\n March 12\, 4–5:30 PM\n Design and Transformation in Communal Politics\n \n WORKSHOP\n March 13\, 11:30 AM–1 PM\n The Design of a Celebratory World (conversation in Spanish)\n RSVP is required to attend. Reading materials will be emailed before the workshop. Register: https://myumi.ch/Pk4Jq\n\nGladys Tzul Tzul is a writer and essayist from the Paquí community of Totonicapán\, Guatemala. With a PhD in Sociology\, she is currently a visiting professor at FLACSO Ecuador. She is the author of two books\, *Gobierno comunal indígena y estado guatemalteco: Algunas claves para comprender su tensa relación* and *Sistemas de gobierno comunal indígena: Mujeres y tramas de parentesco en Chuimeq'ena*\, as well as several articles translated into English\, French\, and German. In recognition of her work\, she received the 2018 Voltaire Prize from the University of Potsdam\, Germany. The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) also awarded her first place in 2017 for social science research in Central America. Her advocacy work includes serving as an expert witness in the investigation of Berta Cáceres's assassination in Honduras and coordinating the inquiry into the October 4 Massacre\, when the Guatemalan army violently suppressed an uprising of the 48 Indigenous communities of Totonicapán.\n\nCo-Sponsors for this event include the Program in Native American Studies\, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures\, and the International Institute. UID:146356-21898950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146356 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Central America,Latin America,Lecture,Workshop LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4th Floor Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T172619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA Transfer Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Recruitment Team for our virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements\, transfer credit\, pre-transfer academic advising\, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits.\n\nRegistration is required. Register using link to the right UID:141040-21891678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T005019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RTG NT: Rational multiplicative cocycles and p-adic theta functions DESCRIPTION:2.1-2.2 of Darmon-Vonk UID:145486-21897401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Number Theory LOCATION:East Hall - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T151005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Steering spin–valley polarizations through phonons and photons DESCRIPTION:Control of spin and valley polarizations opens opportunities for spintronic and quantum information applications. Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer an appealing platform to harness such polarizations. TMDs host excitons in valley-shaped regions of their band structure\, featuring well-defined carrier spins and obeying chiral optical selection rules. However\, the technological potential of excitons in TMDs is impeded by rapid spin–valley relaxation.\n\nI will present our theoretical/computational efforts to address and enhance spin–valley polarizations in TMDs through strong coupling to photons. Recognizing that chiral light is a manifestation of photonic spin\, I will show such strong coupling to allow for efficient spin transduction through the formation of \"chiral polaritons\". I will furthermore show how a breaking of chiral symmetry in optical cavities allows valley–spin relaxation to be suppressed in embedded TMDs.\n\nI will also discuss our efforts to unravel how spin–valley relaxation in TMDs is driven by lattice phonons. Towards this goal\, my group has advanced nonadiabatic methodologies that allow delocalized phonon modes and topological effects to be incorporated within a mixed quantum–classical framework. Results for TMDs indicate this approach to enable the modeling of solid-state phonon-driven processes at realistic dimensionalities. UID:138400-21882903@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Physical Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T110237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Katz-Newcomb Interview & Reception | Permission to Flourish: Well-Being for High Performers DESCRIPTION:Beginning at 4:30pm\, join us for a reception with light food and soft drinks. Afterwards\, beginning at 5:45pm\, Michigan Medicine Chief Well-Being Officer Elizabeth Harry\, M.D. will hold a special fireside chat with Shigehiro Oishi\, Ph.D. of the University of Chicago. This conversation will focus on what it takes for high performing professionals to flourish in terms of well-being both personally and professionally. This conversation will be recorded and shared later as a podcast. UID:145143-21896718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Departmental LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T162055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Campus of the Future Student Idea Showcase 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:143214-21893550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143214 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:UMSI Central, 777 N. University Avenue (Above Panera) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T123850 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:The Price of Milk Documentary Screening DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a screening of episode 4 of the documentary series \"The Price of Milk: The Kids Are Not Alright\,\" (https://www.priceofmilk.com/) followed by a panel discussion with Oatly Global VP of Sustainability Erin Augustine and Food Studies scholar Margot Finn. \n\n\"The Price of Milk\" begins with an exploration of the “Got Milk?” advertising campaign that launched in the 1990s and moves outward to explore dairy as agriculture and as industry\, government initiatives like the Dairy Checkoff program\, changing American food preferences\, and growing concerns about pollution and climate change.\n\nA pop-up exhibit will be on display throughout the event\, featuring historical dairy advertisements from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.\n\nBrought to you by the library's Special Collections Research Center and the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative. UID:145371-21897201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145371 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Sustainability LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T121839 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:2026 Thomas Spencer Jerome Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Edward Watts\, the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of History at UC San Diego\, received his BA in Classics from Brown University in 1997 and his PhD in History from Yale University in 2002. His research centers on the intellectual\, political\, and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He is the author of seven books and the editor of five more\, including The Final Pagan Generation (UC Press\, 2015)\, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher\, (Oxford University Press\, 2017)\, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books\, 2018)\, and The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press\, 2021). His most recent book\, The Romans: A 2000 Year History (Basic Books\, 2025)\, traces the history of the Roman state from the 8th century BC through 1204 AD. His work has also been featured in Time\, Vox\, Smithsonian\, the Economist\, the Wall Street Journal\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, British Museum Magazine\, and the New York Times. Before coming to UCSD in 2012\, Professor Watts taught for ten years at Indiana University. He teaches courses on Byzantine History\, Roman History\, Late Antique Christianity\, Roman numismatics\, and the history of the Medieval Mediterranean. \n\nThe Roman citizen body lived an almost inconceivably long life. Between the 8th century BC and the 15thcentury AD\, nearly 100 generations of Romans superintended a political legacy they had inherited from their ancestors and handed down to their children. Nearly every element of Roman life changed during those two millennia. The state expanded from a hilltop settlement into a massive empire. Its center moved from Italy to Constantinople. Its dominant language changed from Latin to Greek. Its weaponry evolved from iron swords and bronze spears to Greek fire and gunpowder. It incorporated countless new gods before ultimately becoming Christian. And yet the thread linking the Roman present to its past never snapped. For all of their history\, Romans used this past to help understand their world and determine the contours of its future. Tradition served as a governor on the pace of necessary change.\n\nThis Thomas Spencer Jerome lecture series introduces the idea of Roman interchronological history to explain how Romans found and maintained this balance between innovation and tradition. Interchronological history recognizes that Roman scholastic\, social\, familial\, and religious traditions created situations in which Romans in the present spoke the words and felt the feelings of figures from the real or imagined past. These ancient situations encouraged people to connect personally and emotionally with figures from the past and made it natural to see in the past a set of frameworks that allowed one to both understand the present and imagine possible futures that might result from it. \n\nThese lectures explain how Roman educational\, family\, religious\, and literary culture produced this way of interpreting the present and imagining the future through deep engagement with the past. They will then show how an interchronological approach to Roman history expands our understanding of everything from the political power of Roman women to the nature of Iconoclasm and the surprising durability of the Roman bond market. By their conclusion\, the lectures will point to new ways to answer questions about the Roman past and suggest non-Roman contexts in which this historical method can also be applied.\n \nProfessor Watts will present four lectures and one seminar between March 9 and 19\, 2026: \n\n• What is Interchronological Roman History? Monday\, March 9\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture reconstructs an interchronological historical method based on how Romans were educated and socialized to connect with the words\, experiences\, and feelings of people in their shared past in a fashion that ensured their reactions in the moment and plans for the future remained connected to the traditions of the past.\n\n• Interchronological History and the Political Power of Roman Women\, Thursday\, March 12\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League\nUsing an interchronological approach\, this lecture shows how literature\, public commemorations\, and monuments encouraged Romans of both genders to recognize the political power of Roman women by speaking the words of female political exemplars\, feeling their emotions\, and understanding the circumstances surrounding their political interventions. \n\n• Classical Studies Graduate Student Seminar: Containerization and the Creation of Interchronological Spaces in Imperial Rome\, Friday\, March 13\, 12:00 pm \nThis seminar will look at how the creators and sponsors of a series of monuments in Rome curated space to generate an experience that joined the present in which the monument was unveiled with elements of the past to define a transition to a promised future. Using the theory of artistic containerization\, we will see how each space was designed to showcase elements of the Roman past in a way that channeled specific themes important to both the present identity of the monument’s sponsor and a future they were promising to deliver.\n\n• An Interchronological Approach to Roman Religion and Political History Monday\, March 16\, 5\;30 pm\, Vandenberg Room\, Michigan League\nThis lecture explains how an interchronological history of Roman religion and politics can help us understand why this basic understanding of the role of the divine in shaping the tangible realities of Roman life persisted as Roman religion evolved from the practices of a small pagan city state into those of a large Christian empire.\n\n• The Failures of Justin II and the Case for Interchronological Roman Macroeconomic History\, Thursday\, March 19\, 5:30 pm\, Hussey Room\, Michigan League \nThis uses an interchronological comparative framework to reconstruct the institutional history of Roman finance and macroeconomics in order to explain how the sixth century emperor Justin II inadvertently crippled Rome's nearly 800-year-old financial system. UID:145427-21897337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Classical Studies,Free,History,Interdisciplinary,Lecture LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T111629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops with PwC Partner Preet Takkar DESCRIPTION:Learning AI isn’t optional\, it’s essential. Business+Tech’s facilitators started from scratch using ingenuity and determination to master AI. If they can\, then so can you. \n\nThree independent workshops. Attend one\, attend two\, or attend them all.\n________________________________________________\nWorkshop Title and Description:\n\nMaking Agentic AI Operational\, Scalable and Differentiating\nAI is rapidly shifting from experimentation to execution across sales\, finance\, product\, customer support and corporate functions. In this workshop\, we’ll examine how leading organizations are operationalizing AI within real workflows- from analysis\, decision support\, and execution- to drive measurable impact. I’ll share practical frameworks and real world examples from enterprise transformation work at PwC\, along with what this means for early-career professionals entering these environments. The goal is to help students understand not just how to use AI tools\, but how to think about AI as a capability that drives competitive advantage.\n\nGrab a friend and register by March 12th. \n\n**Visit our registration page to learn about the other two workshops. UID:145870-21897973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Graduate Students,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T130237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Floating Through Midterms at Couzens DESCRIPTION:Take a study break with the Couzens Diversity Peer Educator and Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants\, and enjoy an ice cream float! UID:145628-21897606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145628 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free Food,housing,Social LOCATION:Couzens Hall - CAMEO Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T181518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Shaka Senghor DESCRIPTION:\n\nShaka Senghor is an inspirational speaker\, entrepreneur\, and author of the bestselling books How To Be Free\, Writing My Wrongs\, and Letters to the Sons of Society. A sought-after resilience expert and recognized \"Soul Igniter\" in Oprah’s inaugural SuperSoul 100\, Senghor captivates and transforms audiences worldwide with his extraordinary journey from incarceration to influence. Through raw authenticity and profound insight\, he shares not only his story but also the resilience practices that fueled his own remarkable transformation\, showing that reinvention is not just possible—it is within everyone’s reach.\n\nIn How To Be Free\, Senghor offers a roadmap for breaking free from the self-doubt\, past narratives\, and fear of failure he calls \"Hidden Prisons.\" Drawing from lessons he learned during his 19 years in prison—including seven in solitary—he reveals the mindset and daily practices that transformed his life and can help anyone build their own foundation of freedom. Through journaling\, meditation\, mindfulness\, and creative expression\, he shows how to turn vision into action and step into full potential\, from deepening relationships to achieving career success.\n\nListening to How To Be Free\, audiences learn to transform setbacks into comebacks\, discover sustainable joy\, cultivate composure under pressure\, turn vulnerability into strength\, break cycles of grief and shame\, protect their energy while supporting others\, and create a personal blueprint to true freedom. Senghor provides both inspiration and practical steps\, making real change feel possible\, proving that freedom starts now.\n\nWith support from the Prison Creative Arts Project. \n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142732-21891310@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142732 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T012801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Poster Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn how to design a scientific poster with the Undergraduate Research Symposium! UID:144898-21896114@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Conference,Design,Poster,Research,Research Symposium,Symposium,Undergraduate,Workshop,Writing LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T110726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Craig Santos Perez DESCRIPTION:Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public. Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nDr. Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from Guam. He is the co-editor of nine anthologies and the author of seven books of poetry and the academic monograph\, *Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity\, Aesthetics\, and Decolonization.* He has received the National Book Award for Poetry\, American Book Award\, Pen Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize\, Hawaiʻi Literary Arts Council Award\, Nautilus Book Award\, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:146125-21898422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Writing LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T090442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CAS 2026 Annual Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Distinguished Lecture. Threading the Tapestry for a Future Armenia DESCRIPTION:For the 2026 Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Distinguished Lecture\, artist Levon Kafafian\, with visual culture scholar Marie-Aude Baronian will host a salon-style discussion on the foci and output of Kafafian’s practice through the metaphor of weaving as world-building. The conversation will revolve around the central place of textiles in Kafafian’s work and the possibilities inherent in communicating through textile media. Threads of discussion will examine how they navigate Armenian-ness through materiality and what emerges when invoking Armenian material culture traditions and iconographies into a distinctly darorinagvadz (queered) artistic production. Threading the Tapestry for a Future Armenia reflects upon the possibility of making an Armenian future through creative practice.\n \n Webinar ID\n 981 9783 9327\n https://umich.zoom.us/j/98197839327\n\nCosponsors: National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)\, Institute for the Humanities\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu UID:143415-21893108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143415 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Armenian Studies,Discussion,Lecture,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T120203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday. DESCRIPTION: \nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, March 12th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nOur current series\, Challenge Your Thinking and Explore Truth\, features this week’s big question:: \"Does the God of the Bible in the Old Testament command genocide\, making Him appear unjust or evil?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! 🍕\nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team 😊\n UID:145928-21898107@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145928 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MCSC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T125018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Craft Night at Helen Newberry DESCRIPTION:Join the Newberry Diversity Peer Educator and Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a craft night! Create pipe cleaner flowers and make handwritten letters for you or someone you are thankful for! UID:145624-21897603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145624 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Newberry Residence - Audre Lorde Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T120031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting: Climate Quilting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 6:00-7:00p for our crafting meeting! This semester we will be focusing on the Climate Change Quilt Project\, where we will be working as a club to make quilts to contribute to the larger movement that you can learn more about at climatechangequilt.com! All skills are welcome\, and even if you have never quilted before or are an expert\, there is a way that you can contribute and strengthen your quilitng skills! If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund\nClimate Quilt Project Website: https://climatechangequilt.com/about\nLearn more about the Climate Quilt Project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_4l70H80wGlS1SZ-_H82wm_ArathcOH/view?usp=sharing UID:143045-21891978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143045 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T164656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dancing with the Dragon | WORKSHOP for Decorating the Dragon DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of the Dancing with the Dragon Inititative. Learn more: https://myumi.ch/JPVp8\n\nAttend a workshop to decorate the dragon body with garlands and glitter\, bells and bottlecaps\, sequins and sparkle! Events will be held on March 12\, 17\, 19 from 6 - 9 PM at the Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center).\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:146100-21898388@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146100 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,ArtsEngine,Asia,china,Chinese Studies,Community LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Design Lab (1321 Duderstadt Center), Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T172102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dinners with CSG DESCRIPTION:Join the Central Student Government for Dinner on March 12th from 6 PM to 7 PM in the North-East Room of Pierpont Commons as we discuss ways to bridge the divide between North and Central Campuses. Students will enjoy dinner provided by CSG and discuss their experiences with both North and Central campuses with CSG leaders\, and discuss what works and what could be changed or improved upon to bridge the gap between the two. Students who are unable to attend but have ideas about how to bridge the gap between North and Central campuses are encouraged to submit questions to us via email (csgfrontoffice@umich.edu). Registration is required to attend. UID:145660-21897645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:North-East Room, Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T114040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:SARA: Art Exhibit Opening with Speakers\, Food\, K'ampa\, and Music DESCRIPTION:The gallery exhibition\, created by Anto\, centers on SARA\, the Quechua word for corn\, exploring its cultural\, social\, and culinary significance in Andean Peruvian life. Rooted in tradition\, cosmovision\, and lived experience\, the work reflects on heritage\, identity\, and ancestral connection through a visual narrative that honors food as memory and community. The opening event at the third floor Rooting for Change Café at Palmer Commons\, will take place on Thursday\, March 12 at 6pm. It is presented in collaboration with the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program\, photographer Erick Diaz\, the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity\, and Arriba Perú. The event will feature corn-based dishes\, a video piece from the gallery\, live music\, art\, and a K'ampa corn husking activity\, creating an immersive experience that brings Andean Peruvian life and the broader life of the Andes into focus through food\, art\, and music\, inviting celebration\, reflection\, and learning together. UID:145933-21898140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145933 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,food,sustainability LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Windows Lounge (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T131209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Of Pardons and Presidents: Biography of Benton L. Becker Legal Counsel to the President DESCRIPTION:Highlighted by his experiences in San Clemente\, California in September 1974 negotiating the pardon of President Nixon\, Benton L. Becker is remembered in this thorough and heartwarming biography by his son\, Dr. Brian C. Becker. Following historical records and personal accounts\, Of Pardons and Presidents examines the life of Benton Becker\, against the backdrop of the social and political history of Washington\, DC. UID:144250-21895024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Author Talk,History,Richard Nixon LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T093505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Tacos n' Trivia: Women in the Humanities DESCRIPTION:Which American author and philosopher wrote \"Woman in the Nineteenth Century\"? What prestigious prize did U-M History Professor Heather Ann Thompson win in 2017? Which Detroit native was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?\n\nCelebrate Women's History Month and join us for an evening of themed humanities trivia and delicious food! Come with a team of 4-5\, or join a team when you arrive. Space is limited and pre-registration is required for food ordering purposes. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team! UID:143976-21894360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143976 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Humanities,Sessions,Social And Cultural Event,Women History,Womens History Month LOCATION:Suite 1022, 202 S. Thayer Street CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T142152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:AA&PI Heritage Month Opening Ceremony & Art Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us for our two-part AA&PI Heritage Month Opening hosted by TMC/MESA! We will start with the opening which includes a Keynote Speaker and dinner. This year's keynote is rapper and content creator Jason Chu\, a prominent voice in the national Asian American scene. His music has been heard in movies\, TV shows\, and video games including Valorant\, Warrior\, American Born Chinese\, Joy Ride\, and more. Registration is required for this portion of the event. The second part will be an Art Fair highlighting Student Art/Artists that center their work around AA&PI communities. UID:145827-21897858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145827 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aa&pi Heritage Month,Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month,Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 SUMMARY:Performance:Vibrance Dance Annual Showcase DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6312/6313 for more detail. UID:144591-21895531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144591 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Mutotix LOCATION:GA - Mendelssohn CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T120026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Virtual Transfer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Join a panel of LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors to learn more about the transfer student experience. The Ambassadors will be chatting about the academic transition to U-M\, how to get involved on campus\, housing\, all the amazing programs and support for transfer students\, and any other questions that you have. Join us even if you don't have specific questions.\n\nPlease register with link at the right. After you register you will receive the Zoom login. UID:141224-21895089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T180210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Other:WiDS Intro Meeting DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our first WiDS meeting of the semester! \nWe'll be covering:\n- Introductions & community building\n- Fall 2026 board positions & the application process\n- Plans & events for the semester ahead\nCome ready to meet fellow data enthusiasts\, learn how to get more involved\, and help shape what WiDS looks like this year! UID:146436-21899085@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Online CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251217T181634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: Symphony Band DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm Symphony Band performance. UID:142872-21891752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T181629 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Caleb Frailey\, violin DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:145544-21897507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145544 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260209T181637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:BFA Directing First Year Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Freshman Directing Showcase is back! See what the first year directors and actors are up to!\nBack for the first time in three years\, this event is produced by first year performance majors from the Department of Theatre & Drama. \n\nEach member of the '29 BFA directing cohort will present a 10-15 minute performance piece (90 minutes total) featuring first year actors. This event will feature work directed by Khwahish Choudhary\, Noor Choudhury\, Kourtlyn Eaddy\, Elby Schader\, and Adèle Vincent. UID:145286-21897007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145286 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T114319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Appalachian Roadshow DESCRIPTION:Ambassadors of Appalachian culture\n\nAppalachian Road Show is a visionary acoustic ensemble\, bringing new-generation interpretations of traditional Americana\, bluegrass and folk songs\, as well as offering innovative original music\, all presented with a common thread tied directly to the heart of the Appalachian regions of the United States. Grammy-nominated banjoist Barry Abernathy joins forces with Grammy-winning fiddler Jim VanCleve\, fresh off of his recent stint touring with multi-platinum country artist Josh Turner\, as well as esteemed vocalist and mandolinist Darrell Webb\, who has recorded and toured with Dolly Parton and Rhonda Vincent\, among many others. The group also includes 26-year-old “old soul” guitarist Zeb Snyder\, whose fierce and versatile playing recalls Doc Watson and Norman Blake as readily as it does Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn. UID:142465-21890984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T144330 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Community Iftar at Mosher-Jordan DESCRIPTION:Join the Stockwell and Mosher-Jordan Diversity Peer Educators at their community Iftar to share a meal\, connect with others\, and enjoy an evening of community as they celebrate Ramadan! UID:146094-21898358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146094 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,community gathering,Free Food LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - Cesar Chavez Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T192055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T210000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MADS Faculty Director AMA DESCRIPTION:Join MADS Faculty Director Christopher Brooks for an “Ask Me Anything” session all about the MADS program UID:146262-21898737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146262 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T121637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Symphony Band DESCRIPTION:Song and dance takes center stage as the Symphony Band presents a whirlwind concert of diverse grooves. Jazz influences permeate several pieces of the program\, including Leonard Bernstein's famous *Prelude\, Fugue\, and Riffs* for jazz band\, piano and clarinet soloist. Originally written for Benny Goodman\, this performance features faculty members Daniel Gilbert and Ellen Rowe\, who has also arranged a special version of *My Funny Valentine* for this concert. The brilliant young American composer Jessie Montgomery will also be on hand for the consortium premiere of her *Coincident Dances*\, co-commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band through the support of the H. Robert Reynolds Commissioning Fund. \n \nJason Fettig\, conductor\nKristina LaMarca\, student conductor\nEllen Rowe\, piano \nDaniel Gilbert\, clarinet \n\nPROGRAM\n*Solitary Dancer*\, Warren Benson \n*j'ai 'ete au Bal*\, Donald Grantham \n*My Funny Valentine*\, Rogers and Hart / arr. Ellen Rowe \n*Prelude\, Fugue\, and Riffs*\, Leonard Bernstein\n*Coincident Dances*\, Jessie Montgomery \n*Dance Suite* (1923)\, Béla Bartók/ trans. R. Mark Rogers UID:135448-21876840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T181522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Penn State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Penn State UID:146498-21899198@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260331T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Oregon DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Oregon UID:146499-21899199@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146499 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T121519 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Lacrosse vs Rutgers DESCRIPTION:Men's Lacrosse vs Rutgers UID:146500-21899200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:U-M Lacrosse Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T152047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T130000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MUNGER GRADUATE RESIDENCES 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION:Join the Munger Community by attending events hosted by our Resident Advisors (RAs)! Feel free to select and attend as many events as you would like! UID:135673-21899220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135673 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lower Level Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T152044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SOUTH QUAD / FLETCHER 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:135683-21899208@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:South Quad Game Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T152044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T110000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SOUTH QUAD / FLETCHER 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:135683-21899209@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Meet at the Community Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T152044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T100000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SOUTH QUAD / FLETCHER 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:135683-21899202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ambatana Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR