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:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 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:146980-21900142@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:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145013-21896352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145014-21896402@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:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145015-21896459@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:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145016-21896523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145222-21896856@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T060050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Northwest Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:tourney in seattle\, wa! UID:143528-21893353@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143528 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University of Washington CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T180046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ ACHA Nationals DESCRIPTION:Nattys UID:143444-21893183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centene Community Ice Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Cycling Race at St. Louis DESCRIPTION:Cycling Race at St. Louis UID:146437-21899086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146437 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:St. Louis CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:143388-21893028@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:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:143403-21893085@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:20250729T092652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium DESCRIPTION:LSA Graduate School Exploration Symposium\nFriday\, March 20\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM\nLSA Building\, First Floor\n\nDescription: Grad school on your mind? Whether you're just starting to think about it or you’re already working on applications\, the Graduate School Exploration Symposium is your chance to explore your next steps\, ask your big questions\, and connect with people who have attended a variety of programs.\nJoin us for a full day of learning\, exploration\, and community with current grad students\, faculty\, alums\, admissions reps\, and career professionals—here to support your journey from curiosity to confidence.\n\nA flexible\, choose-your-own-adventure structure\nSessions are organized around the stages of the grad school journey. Register NOW to receive more information about how to sign up for sessions. \n\nDiscover – Get curious and test the waters\nExplore – Build your focus and figure out what fits\nPursue – Tackle the application process with confidence\nAdvance – Step into interviews and decisions with support behind you\n\nEvent highlights include:\nInteractive workshops and sessions on topics like:\nGrad School 101: What\, Why\, and When to Go\nTesting the Waters: Research\, Volunteering\, and Shadowing as Try-Outs\nTalking to Faculty: How to Ask Smart Questions Early\nThriving as You Are: First-Gen and BIPOC Experiences in Grad School\nFinding Programs That Fit and How to Read Curricula & Grad School Websites\nFunding Grad School Without Debt\nLife in Grad School (student panel)\nGap Years: Designing One That Works for You\nPersonal Statements That Stand Out\nMock Interviews and so much more\n\nGrad School Fair over lunch\nMeet and network with graduate program representatives from across the country—learn about admissions\, culture\, curriculum\, and more.\n\nWho should attend?\nAll LSA undergraduates are welcome! Whether you’re a first-year just starting to explore or a senior preparing applications\, you’ll find something for you. First-gen\, transfer\, international\, and historically marginalized students are especially encouraged to attend.\n\nAccessibility statement: \n\nThe LSA Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences for all stakeholders. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair-accessible building\, including wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor\, places to sit or stand during the event\, and accessible parking options nearby on Maynard Street. Ramps are located at the East entrance (from State St.) and the Northwest entrance (from Maynard). Power doors are located at the Northwest entrance. UID:136706-21879034@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Admissions,All Majors Welcome,Career,Career Fair,Education,Grad School,Graduate,Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate School,Higher Education,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T164500 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:145837-21897894@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:20260318T190712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:AHA Heart Walk Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Interested in supporting the first ever University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University Heart Walk fundraising competition? Help raise critical funds supporting the American Heart Association’s mission. Buy donuts to support at the table in Mason Hall. UID:146789-21899622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146789 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Student Affairs,Student Org LOCATION:Mason Hall - Hallway CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T143743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:architecture <> record /// a symposium DESCRIPTION:How do architecture and the record – whether archives\, media\, or technologies of capture – shape one another? This symposium positions architecture as a dynamic register of social\, political\, and material conditions\, while also examining how practices of recording – from historical documentation to contemporary data infrastructures – transform the ways we see\, interpret\, and project architecture. These reciprocal lenses illuminate how current research is expanding what counts as architectural knowledge\, and point toward how architectural research might navigate and define its role within a rapidly shifting technological and political landscape.\n\nKeynote speakers: \nCaitlin Blanchfield (Cornell University) \nMenna Agha (Carleton University) \nAnooradha Iyer Siddiqi (Barnard College\, Columbia University)\n\nFeaturing PhD student lightning talks in conversation with each keynote. \n\nCo-sponsors: \nTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning \nPlanning and Architecture Research Group (P+ARG)\nCenter for South Asian Studies (CSAS)\nAfrican Studies Center \nAfrica Alliance at Taubman College\nDepartment of Anthropology \n\nFor further information and a full schedule\, visit www.archrecord.info\n\n*This event is generously supported by the Colin Clipson Endowment Fund and the Taubman College Annual Fund.* UID:146818-21899656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146818 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Architecture,Data Infrastructures,Historical Documentation,Politics,Record Keeping,Technology LOCATION:Art and Architecture Building - The Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 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:145904-21898035@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:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 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:146709-21899525@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:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891606@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 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:146264-21898757@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:20251009T132018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab Winter Workshop (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:ABOUT\nLegacy Lab is designed to help you reflect on your values\, your purpose\, and consider your legacy of leadership. The program is filled with reflective activities\, powerful stories\, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose\, clarify your values\, and experiment with new ways of interacting and leading. You will also participate in a group coaching session to deepen your reflection and learning. Ultimately\, you’ll emerge as a stronger leader poised to create a lasting legacy.\n\nWINTER KEY DATES (IN-PERSON)\nSession 1 & Session 2: 3/20/26\, 9 AM–1:30 PM\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nAny U-M Student with the ability to attend both sessions.\n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\nRegistration: 2/23/26–3/11/26\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:140492-21887220@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Personal Development,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:142773-21891484@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:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 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:142417-21890892@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:20260317T083017 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Checkpoint 2 Seminar> Understanding how C. elegans solves its chromosome end protection and end replication problems DESCRIPTION:Checkpoint 2 Seminar\nMentor: MCDB Professor Jayakrishnan \"JK\" Nandakumar UID:146400-21899043@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146400 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Graduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 4150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:146483-21899180@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:20260310T091941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Rahul Jha - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Rahul Jha for their dissertation defense titled \"Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, March 20th\n*Time:* 9:00 AM\n*Where:* CHEM 1300\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 916 7430 5018\nPassword: 03202026 UID:146390-21898984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146390 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:142768-21891397@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:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897274@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T092054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bagels with Baro DESCRIPTION:Bagels with Baro: A Conversation with Baro Hyun\nJoin us for a casual morning conversation with Rackham alumnus Baro Hyun\, Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based playable studio exploring how gaming and interactive digital environments can help prepare the next-generation workforce for the AI era.\nOver bagels and coffee\, Baro will share insights from his career journey\, from earning his PhD in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan\, to working on advanced vehicle technologies at Hyundai Motor Company\, to consulting on innovation and esports strategy at KPMG\, and ultimately founding LunaTone.\nThis informal Q&A is a chance to hear about Baro’s work at the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and workforce development\, ask questions\, and connect with a fellow alum and students.\nBaro HyunFounder & CEO\, LunaTone Inc.Baro Hyun is the Founder and CEO of LunaTone Inc.\, a Tokyo-based Playable Studio focused on developing learning and workforce infrastructure for the AI era. Through gaming\, esports\, and interactive digital environments\, LunaTone designs programs that help organizations and institutions cultivate transferable skills\, leadership\, and collaboration required in rapidly evolving industries.Baro earned his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan\, where his research focused on human-in-the-loop autonomous systems for military applications. His earlier work included research on satellite attitude determination and control.Following academia\, he worked as an engineer at Hyundai Motor Company\, contributing to next-generation vehicle technologies including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and electric vehicles. He later transitioned into management consulting at KPMG Japan\, where he helped establish the firm’s gaming and esports advisory practice and led innovation initiatives including holographic manufacturing solutions recognized globally by Microsoft.Drawing on this multidisciplinary background\, Baro founded LunaTone to explore how gaming and interactive environments can function as platforms for education\, workforce development\, and organizational transformation. Today\, LunaTone collaborates with universities\, public institutions\, and industry partners across Asia\, the Middle East\, and North America to design applied learning programs and capability-building initiatives for the next-generation workforce.Baro is also the author of the book Demystifying Esports and frequently speaks on the intersection of technology\, gaming\, and future workforce development. UID:146494-21899194@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T115211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #89 - Author Conversation with Molly Beer\, \"Angelica: For Love and Country in A Time of Revolution\" DESCRIPTION:Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics with Angela Oonk in this webinar series.\n\nBy researching and writing the life and experiences of the ambitious\, charismatic Angelica Schuyler Church\, Beer tells the U.S. origin story from the perspective of a woman situated at the heart of the American Revolution and the founding era.\n\nFew women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton’s “saucy” sister-in-law\, and the heart of Thomas Jefferson’s “charming coterie” of artists and salonnières in Paris. Her transatlantic network of important friends spanned the political spectrum of her time and place\, and her astute eye and brilliant letters kept them well informed.\n\nIn telling Angelica’s story\, Beer illuminates how American women have always plied influence and networks for political ends\, including the making of a new nation.\n\nSponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan Lifelong Learning program. UID:145109-21896678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,book discussion,Book Talk,Books,Culture,Literature,Talk,Virtual,William L Clements LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260314T100451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Crafts & Candy DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Shapiro Library first floor lounge on March 20th from 10 am to 1:30 pm for a fun crafting session! If you've been working hard during midterms or just need a break from homework\, we will have paper\, origami\, and clay crafts for you to enjoy. We will also have some candies if you are craving a snack. This event is free for all students\, so come on down for a fun Friday morning! UID:146599-21899336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Food,Free,Games,Social LOCATION:Shapiro Library - First floor Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T120748 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Graduate Admissions Visit Days DESCRIPTION:Friday March 20 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:45 am\n\"Counting points on spaces over finite fields\" - Presented by Professor Sam Payne\nLocation: East Hall 4096\n\n1:00-1:45 pm\n\"The Mathematics of Gravitational Waves\" - Presented by Professor Lydia Bieri\nLocation: East Hall 3866\n\n1:15-1:45 pm\n\"Network science and network-related mathematical biology\" - Presented by Professor Naoki Masuda\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n2:00-3:00 pm\nDepartment Tea Time\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge\n\n4:00-4:45 pm\n\"Dynamics in Geometry - or is it: Geometry in Dynamics?\" - Presented by Professor Ralf Spatzier\nLocation: East Hall 1084\n\n4:15-4:45 pm\n\"Interplay between classical numerical analysis and quantum computing\" - Presented by Professor Zhiyan Ding\nLocation: East Hall 3096\n\n6:30 pm\nGame Night with current math grad students\nLocation: East Hall\, Math Upper Atrium\n\n\nSaturday March 21 Schedule of Events\n\n10:00-10:30 am\n\"Max-Entropy Moment Filtering for Stochastic Hybrid Systems\" - Presented by AIM PhD student\, Kaito Iwasaki\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n10:30-11:00 am\n\"Singularities in algebraic geometry\" - Presented by Math PhD student\, Hyunsuk Kim\nLocation: East Hall 2866\n\n4:00-5:00 pm\n\"Get to know you\" - Presented by Association for Women in Mathematics members & students\nLocation: East Hall 2075\, Math Graduate Student & Faculty Lounge UID:146751-21899585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Prospective Graduate Students,Recruiting LOCATION:East Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T093408 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\, stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu). UID:143170-21892367@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143170 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,Intercultural,International,Language,Languages,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T060053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Sparty Invite DESCRIPTION:MSU tournament UID:144450-21895374@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:McCaffree Pool CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T142029 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Bodhisattva Sen\, Professor\, Department of Statistics\, Columbia University DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The quantity of interest in the classical Cramer-Rao theory of unbiased estimation (i.e.\, the Cramer-Rao lower bound\, exact efficiency in exponential families\, and asymptotic efficiency of maximum likelihood estimation) is the variance\, which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an independently-sampled data set from the same distribution. In this paper we are interested in a quantity which represents the instability of an estimator when its value is compared to the value for an infinitesimal additive perturbation of the original data set\; we refer to this as the \"sensitivity\" of an estimator. The resulting theory of sensitivity is based on the Wasserstein geometry in the same way that the classical theory of variance is based on the Fisher-Rao (equivalently\, Hellinger) geometry\, and this insight allows us to determine a collection of results which are analogous to the classical case: a Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound for the sensitivity of any unbiased estimator\, a characterization of models in which there exist unbiased estimators achieving the lower bound exactly\, and a guarantee that Wasserstein projection estimators achieve the lower bound asymptotically. We use these results to treat many statistical examples\, sometimes revealing new optimality properties for existing estimators and other times revealing new estimators. This is joint work with Nicolas Garcia Trillos (U Wisconsin) and Adam Jaffe (Columbia) and is based on the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.07414. UID:146423-21899065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146423 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:seminar LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250821T100218 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME! DESCRIPTION:Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?\n\nJoin us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group\, “Write with ME!”\n\nAll ME undergrads\, grads\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.\n\nCommunity & support\nConnect with peers\, share your writing\, exchange feedback\, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.\n\nAccountability & consistency\nSharpen your writing skills and develop positive\, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!\n\nFood & flexibility\nNo need to attend every week! Drop in at any time\, and leave at any time. Light snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be available.\n\nWeekly on Fridays\, starting September 12\n2636 G.G.B\n10 am – 12 pm UID:137880-21880973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Writing LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 2636 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T103830 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Friday Seminar Series - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - The past\, present\, and future of mass bleaching on coral reefs UID:144788-21895845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144788 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,ecosystem,Ecosystems,eeb,Environment,environmental,evolutionary biology,Research Museums Center,Science,seminar LOCATION:Research Museums Center - Demo Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 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:138032-21881313@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:20260320T102056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Nineteenth-Century Forum: Book Club (March 20th) DESCRIPTION: UID:144307-21895140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3184 Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T104533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Other:Southeast Asian Noodle Day DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20th from 11 am - 1 pm in the Language Resource Center (1500 North Quad) for our Southeast Asian Noodle Day!\n\n-Attend the language presentations\n-Engage in fun activities\n-Explore various cultures\n-Embrace new opportunities\n-Sample noodles from Indonesia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Vietnam\n\nFREE ADMISSION for U-M students!\n\nRegistration is required. Please register here: https://myumi.ch/W6WPd\n\nQuestions? Contact agustini@umich.edu UID:146222-21898674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,Culture,Food,Free,In Person,indonesia,Multicultural,Philippines,Southeast Asia,Southeast Asian Studies,thailand,Vietnam LOCATION:North Quad - 1500 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10. UID:144188-21894810@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T155353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T122000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Fred Richard DESCRIPTION:Ready to flip your perspective on entrepreneurship and resilience? \n\nJoin us for Entrepreneurship Hour featuring Frederick Richard\, Olympic bronze medalist\, NCAA champion\, U-M student athlete\, and CEO of FrederickFlips. Fred’s journey as the youngest American male to medal at the World Championships and Paris Olympics is all about breaking boundaries—both in sport and in business.\n\nDuring this inspiring session\, Fred will share how he turned challenges into strengths\, from overcoming adversity in gymnastics to leading his own startup. Hear about the mentality and creative process behind FrederickFlips\, practical lessons in brand-building\, leadership\, and making your passion accessible. No matter your academic background\, you’ll leave with real\, actionable insights on turning resilience into opportunity.\n\nEntrepreneurship Hour is open to everyone at Michigan. Don’t miss this chance to connect\, ask questions\, and learn from an Olympic athlete who’s making an impact beyond the gymnastics mat.\n\nFriday\, March 20\n11:30 AM – 12:30 PM\nStamps Auditorium\, North Campus UID:146144-21898441@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,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,Innovation,Leadership,Lecture,Media,Michigan Engineering,Networking,North campus,Startup,Startups,Storytelling,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T143729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Community Service:World Water Day Cleanup DESCRIPTION:Microplastics are tiny\, but they normally don't start out that way. Plastic litter in the environment -- bottles\, snack wrappers\, personal care items -- break down into smaller and smaller pieces and make their way to nearby waterways through storm drains. As snow melts\, plastic trash hidden through the winter becomes a concern.\n\nHelp us break the cycle by joining the LSA Sustainability and Planet Blue Ambassador teams for a cleanup focused on storm drains and streets near campus. Waste will be catalogued as part of a larger microplastic tracking initiative\, with some plastics being set aside for a community art piece in the fall of 2026.\n\nPlease RSVP to help us plan. Join for all or part of this time period.\n\nIf you can't make it this day\, consider taking a team or class out on another day this spring\, or volunteer to clear debris from storm drains near your home. UID:145278-21896980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145278 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Environment,Outdoors,planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:LSA Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Economics graduate student Austin Zhu 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:144531-21895462@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144531 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu). UID:143753-21893744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143753 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brazil,Coffee,Communication,Community,Community Based Learning,Community Engagement,Culture,Discussion,Europe,Faculty,Food,Free,Games,Global,Global Engagement,Humanities,In Person,Media,Mulitcultural,Multilingual,Portuguese,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Storytelling,Talk,Translate,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T110119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Nations\, DissemiNation\, ImagiNation and its people: Internal Exiles in post-coup Burma DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: http://myumi.ch/798dj\n\nWhile the nationalizing of education—in which the very idea of nation is disseminated—makes a certain kind of citizen that the nation requires\, in a double gesture of hope and fear\, it also produces forms of exclusion. The desire to be included in the very thing that excludes creates ‘internal exiles’ with lost identities—individuals who are ‘a stranger to one’s own country\, language\, sex and identity.’ In the case of Burma\, the education system fashions the desired type of citizen\, specifically the Burmese-speaking\, Buddhist Burman. At the same time\, this process establishes the constituted outside as Others (non-Burman or non-Buddhist). However\, in the aftermath of the 2021 coup\, a distinctive educational space arose\, enabling its participants to imagine new forms of social belonging.\n   \n   Drawing from Homi Bhabha’s two distinct forms of nation—the pedagogic and the performative—this presentation explores how the nation’s people are made in a double narration: one as the objects of nationalist pedagogy in the fixed discourse of the nation\, and the other as the. subjects of the processes that erase those discursive fixations.\n   \n   Ei Thin Zar is the 2025–26 Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellow at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development\, Chiang Mai University. Ei earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her dissertation investigates the consequences of exclusionary ethnic nationalism by examining historical and contemporary approaches to language in Burma’s educational practices. Her post-dissertation project examines the formation of collective knowledge and educated subjects\, focusing on the effects of transmissible memories from historical and contemporary social movements as they relate to the education of stateless youth along the Thailand–Burma border. Since the February 1\,2021 military coup in Myanmar\, she has been active in supporting Burmese youth through the creation of People’s Radio Myanmar and Yone-Htwat-Soh-Mon\, two nonprofit organizations.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142980-21891874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Burma,center for southeast asian studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T170716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, March 20 (12-1:50 pm) in 1690 SPH 1 for a conversation on Environmental exposures and health in agricultural settings with special guests Rafael Buralli\, PhD (University of São Paulo\, Brazil)\, Madeleine Scammell\, DSc (Boston University)\, and Alexis Handal\, PhD (University of Michigan). The panelists will discuss what is known and what can be done. UID:146527-21899238@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146527 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Ecology,Environment,environmental,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,human rights,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Lifelong Learning,Medicine,Natural Sciences,Nursing,Nutrition,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Pre-Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Research,Science,Social Justice,Sustainability,Talk LOCATION:Public Health I (Vaughan Building) - 1690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142752-21891340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Organzing,Community-based Learning,Free,Social Impact,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T093432 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation\, rejuvenation\, and meditation.\n\nRelaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions\, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T110427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. Contact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:144358-21895211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144358 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3117 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897496@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T095155 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar> Unlocking Circuits and Designing Cross-species tools for Pain Discovery and Therapeutics DESCRIPTION:This seminar will discuss key spinal neural circuitry underlying mechanical pain caused by trauma and disease\, a new organizational plan for how neuron subtypes that make up the dorsal horn should be defined across species and our use of machine learning together with multi-species multi-omics to engineer novel genetic tools for interrogating specific neuron subtypes across species and develop novel chronic pain therapies. \n\nHost: Bo Duan UID:144929-21896161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T091256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Molecular Kinetics of Gene Regulation DESCRIPTION:During embryonic development gene expression patterns progressively emerge as cell fates are determined and the embryo takes form. The emergence of these expression patterns is coincident with changes in the spatial distributions of transcription factors\, chromatin remodelers\, and transcriptional machinery within nuclei. The mechanisms that drive these changes in spatial distributions and their functional implications are not well understood. I will discuss the application of high-resolution light-sheet microscopy and single-molecule tracking in live pre-implantation mouse embryos and blastoderm stage Drosophila embryos to understand the emergence and functional implications of nuclear protein distribution patterns during development. I will show data and simulations on the molecular diffusion and binding kinetics that underlie the appearance of high-local concentrations of transcription factors\, repressive complexes\, and transcriptional machinery\, and the functional impact of these high-local concentrations on transcription regulation during development. Finally\, I will discuss how our new insights on how the molecular kinetics of regulatory nuclear proteins drive changes in their spatial distributions challenge current models of transcription regulation and nuclear organization. UID:136575-21878873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biophysics LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T091140 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:NERS Colloquium: The NERS Mural DESCRIPTION:Michigan-based artist Devin J. Wright will present a talk exploring the NERS Mural\, a collaborative\, multi-year artwork located in the tunnel connecting the Cooley Building and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project. The mural stands as a visual reflection of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences\, highlighting its history\, values\, and forward-looking research through the lens of student creativity.\n\nThe NERS Mural is a living artwork composed of student-driven panels added annually through the NERS 250 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering course. Each panel is developed in close collaboration with sophomores\, who contribute their ideas through questionnaires\, group discussions\, and concept development workshops. Their perspectives shape the themes\, imagery\, and symbols that appear on the wall\, ensuring the mural is not only about the department\, but created by its community.\n\nWright will discuss the artistic process behind the mural\, including the decision for the panels to read from right to left in reference to Japanese narrative traditions. This design choice honors the department’s historical ties to Japan and underscores its global connections.\n\nThe talk will also highlight the origins of the project\, which was sparked by former department chair Todd Allen and realized through partnerships with NERS leadership and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative. Together\, the mural and its ongoing additions serve as a lasting expression of the intersection of art\, science\, and education within NERS.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:142960-21891858@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142960 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 220 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 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:143999-21894455@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:20260219T131903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Rocking Into Spring at Baits II DESCRIPTION:Join the Baits II Diversity Peer Educator and Resident Advisors in welcoming spring with rock painting and enjoying tasty ice cream! UID:145742-21897760@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145742 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Building,Community Engagement,Crafts LOCATION:Baits House II - Coman Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T010000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Sea Monsters DESCRIPTION:The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. Along the way\, she encounters long-necked plesiosaurs\, giant turtles\, enormous fish\, fierce sharks\, and the most dangerous sea monster of all– the mosasaur. UID:136442-21897057@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136442 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T142626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Seed Ball Making DESCRIPTION:Native Wildflower Seed Balls Event\nCome to LSA Room 1174 on March 20th from 12-3 to make a free seed ball with Native Michigan wildflowers! All materials are provided\, and you will bring home a free seed ball to plant in the spring! \n\n📅 Friday\, March 20th\n⏰ 12:00–3:00 PM\n📍 LSA Building\, Room 1174 UID:146697-21899491@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146697 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Plant LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 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:138950-21884340@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:20260107T081458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Other:English Graduate Group DESCRIPTION:English Graduate Group Reading Event UID:143359-21892947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143359 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T010302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Cookies\, Snacks\, and Transfer Cords DESCRIPTION:Are you a transfer\, international\, or non-traditional student? UNITERS is giving out free cookies and snacks for students on Friday! If you are a transfer student graduating this year\, come pick up your cord as well! UID:146792-21899625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146792 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Free Food,International Students,Nontraditional Students,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1174 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T113459 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Performing Fluency: Drama-Based Speaking Workshop DESCRIPTION:Struggling with speaking confidence? Join us for an interactive session where we use drama techniques to help you speak more naturally and boost your teaching self-efficacy! Whether you are leading a lab\, teaching Calculus\, or facilitating a discussion\, this workshop will help you feel more expressive and effective in your U-M classroom. Lunch will be provided!\n\nOpen to all International Students & International GSIs (from any department!) UID:146084-21898349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146084 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate And Professional Students,Graduate Students Instructors,International,Language,Social Event,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T123124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915114Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:145649-21897633@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145649 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T134500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21897077@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Spring Pop-Ups DESCRIPTION:Spring is a time for new beginnings... and new clothes! Shop sustainably and local at our pop-up sales on March 20th and 28th from 1-4pm. All proceeds go to our associated Nonprofit VIPS Fund for their conservation efforts in Madagascar.  UID:146624-21899362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146624 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Outside Joe's Pizza CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T113907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Type theory seminar: The Curry-Howard correspondence DESCRIPTION:This is a learning seminar on dependent type theory\, following Egbert Rijke's book \"Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory.\" This talk will cover chapter 7 of Rijke's book\, on using the Curry-Howard correspondence to formalize math within type theory. UID:146919-21899792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121745 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jenna Moon\, carillon DESCRIPTION:SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon 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:144532-21895463@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T102942 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building Social Capital by Balancing Voices in School Governance DESCRIPTION:We propose that schools can build social capital through an explicit school governance framework called Balancing Voices that concerns decisions about implementing and evaluating new schoolwide policies or practices\, engaging community members\, and evaluating teachers and administrators. In an RCT of role play simulations\, those assigned to a Balancing Voices approach versus business-as-usual reported higher levels of key precursors of social capital — procedural fairness and legitimacy of authority figures. The estimated effects are especially positive for those who played roles other than administrator. Accordingly\, schools that more explicitly and formally balance the interests of different stakeholders in their decision making may be able to cultivate greater flows of social capital to improve instructional practices and student outcomes\, including equity. UID:141751-21889312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community-based Learning,Discussion,Diversity,Education,Free,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lecture,Org Studies,Org. Studies,Organizational Studies,Presentation,Psychology,Public Policy,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Speaker,Talk LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260130T135221 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social\, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters\, discussants\, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics\, the Ford School of Public Policy\, the Law School\, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies\, Mathematics\, Political Science\, the Ross School of Business\, Sociology\, Statistics\, and the Center for Emerging Democracies\, and others. In other words: All are welcome. UID:112863-21896033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Pre-Function Room 5769 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T132933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:19th Annual Gramlich Showcase of Student Work DESCRIPTION:Each spring\, Ford School faculty and staff nominate dozens of outstanding student research and service projects for recognition at the Gramlich Showcase of Student Work. Established in 2008 to honor internationally renowned economist and former Ford School dean\, Ned Gramlich\, this event features exceptional student work on a broad range of local\, national\, and international policy challenges.\n\nFor students\, the showcase is an opportunity to share their academic work and service engagement with the broader community – to teach others about major policy challenges\, to respond to thought-provoking questions\, and to engage in dialogue about complex problems. For guests\, the showcase represents an opportunity to learn about contemporary domestic and international problems\, and the policy interventions designed to tackle them.\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the insightful policy work of our talented students. You're sure to learn something new!\n\nLearn more about Ned and his legacy at the Ford School and at the University of Michigan. UID:144216-21894886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ford school,ford school of public policy,Free,gerald r. ford school of public policy,public policy LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - The Becky Blank Great Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T121646 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Christopher Kendall Alumni Award Talk and Gathering with recipient Jessica Bonenfant (MFA ’13\, dance) DESCRIPTION:Jessica Bonenfant\, who earned her MFA in Dance at U-M in 2013\, is the founder and director of Greywood Arts in County Cork\, Ireland. She will talk about her career\, which spans community engagement\, performance\, arts administration\, creative projects\, roles in academia\, and more.\n\nBonenfant's path illuminates how a career in arts can be built\, and exists as a counterweight to the persistent push of the expectations to be a gig artist with a company contract. This may be of particular interest for our students and others interested in entrepreneurship.\n\nThis event will be held in The Berg Studio (Studio 2) in the Dance Building. UID:145665-21897659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Dance,Free,North Campus,Talk LOCATION:Dance Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T133302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Frequency Fridays: Tape Loop Workshop DESCRIPTION:This workshop walks you through the steps to make looping cassettes tapes. Drop in anytime between 2 and 3pm.\n\nYou'll be supplied with some tools/instruments to create sounds\, and instructed in techniques for creating tape loops by disassembling the case\, cutting and splicing the tape\, and reassembling the cases to create looping cassettes that you can take home with you.\n\nFrequency Fridays is a weekly media workshop series\, every Friday from 2-3pm in the Design Lab PIE Space on the first floor of Shapiro. Workshops will feature instruction in music production\, video editing\, sound design\, motion graphics\, and more. All skill levels welcome.\n\nIf you have questions about Frequency Fridays\, please reach out to alvin hill\, the library's Media Production Specialist\, at munk@umich.edu. UID:145479-21897394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T131948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Theory Workshop DESCRIPTION:Political Theory Workshop Winter 2026 Details:\n\nUnless otherwise noted\, all sessions will be held in the Walker Room on Fridays from 2:00 to 3:30.\n\nJan 30th: David Suell. Ideal Theory for Non-Ideal Times: Obafemi Awolowo\, John Rawls\, and Contesting the Foundations for Socialist Democracy.\n\nFeb 13th: Loay Alarab. Violence\, Refusal\, and Political Impossibility \n\nFeb 20th: Cristina Conesa Pla. Title TBA\n\nMarch 10th\, Shatema Threadcraft and Joseph Fischel\, Title TBA\, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm\, 2239 Lane Hall\n\nMarch 20th\, Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky\, Title TBA\n\nApril 10th. Patrick Peralta. Memory From Below: Exposing the Violence of BongBong Marcos\n\nApril 17th\, Thomas Klemm\, Title TBA UID:117617-21894335@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Walker, Room 5664 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21897102@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T132103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:U-M Library Sip and Paint 2026 DESCRIPTION:Come express your creativity and unwind by painting a canvas and enjoying a beverage! All painting materials are provided. Be sure to register for a 30-minute time slot to save your spot! UID:146492-21899192@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Shapiro Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Look to Michigan Biostatistics Student Research Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan welcomes current community members\, admitted students\, and the general public to attend this showcase of outstanding student research. Nearly two dozen students will present their work\, via a poster session and/or short talks\, on a wide range of topics including:Spatial\, imaging\, and network modeling in cancer biology\, neuroimaging\, and precision medicineBayesian methods and adaptive clinical trial design\, including patient-preference and dynamic treatment studiesCausal inference and real-world evidence using large healthcare databasesMachine learning and AI methods grounded in statistical rigor\, with theoretical guarantees and scalable algorithms for high-dimensional biomedical dataComputationally efficient approaches for analyzing massive imaging\, genomic\, and clinical datasetsA full list of tentative presenters can be found on the event website.Light refreshments will be served to all attendees.  UID:145956-21898178@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145956 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260305T084917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:On Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture (Combinatorics Seminar) DESCRIPTION:Fox’s trapezoidal conjecture from 1962 states that the absolute values of the coefficients of the Alexander polynomial of alternating links form a trapezoidal sequence. Stoimenow strengthened Fox’s conjecture to log-concavity (without internal zeros) in 2005. Fox’s conjecture remains open in general with special cases settled by Hartley (1979) for two-bridge knots\, by Murasugi (1985) for a family of algebraic alternating links\, and Ozsvath and Szabo (2003) for genus 2 alternating knots\, among others. We will show how to prove Fox’s conjecture for special alternating links by lifting the Alexander polynomials of these links to\"nice” multivariate polynomials with 0\,1 coefficients. The terms of the lift correspond to integer points of a generalized permutahedron\, allowing for an application of the theory of Lorentzian polynomials developed by Branden and Huh (2019). This talk is based on joint works with Hafner and Vidinas. UID:141923-21889638@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141923 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T082422 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Who and How? Adverse Selection and Flexible Moral Hazard (by Henrique Castro-Pires\, Deniz Kattwinkel\, and Jan Knoepfle) DESCRIPTION:We characterize incentive compatible mechanisms in environments with hidden types and flexible hidden actions. Our approach introduces extended recommendation schedules that specify prescribed actions also off-path\, after misreports. This approach yields a tractable and complete characterization of incentive compatibility\, which includes a generalized integral monotonicity condition capturing the interaction between adverse selection and moral hazard. We demonstrate the usefulness of the characterization across a range of contracting problems. UID:143378-21892966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143378 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T142127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:60 Minutes Around the Globe DESCRIPTION: UID:143518-21897073@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143518 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T095200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Particle Mechanics Applications to Hazards in Civil Engineering DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Many of the natural hazards that threaten infrastructure and communities are driven by particulate interactions and particle kinematics. Land surface hazards like landslides and earthquake surface rupture occur in particulate systems of sands and rocks. Coastal scour and erosion occur one grain of sand at a time. Even wildfire spread into communities at the wildland urban interface occurs through the wind-driven flow of millions of discrete firebrand particles. This presentation will showcase how our research group represents various hazards as fundamentally discontinuous particulate systems using the discrete element method (DEM). DEM uses relatively simple contact physics to model how discrete particles interact and the motions of these particles resulting from their interactions. With the aid of modern high-performance computing systems\, we model discontinuous systems composed of millions of discrete particles\, including particles of irregular shape and size to elucidate how these factors affect the macroscopic properties traditionally used to characterize material behaviors in constitutive models. Our simulations show how with simple boundary conditions\, we can replicate complex mechanics of landslide runout\, shear rupture propagation through soil\, and firebrand accumulation in simulations validated not only on laboratory experiments but also on observed case histories. Our virtual experiments advance the understanding of natural hazards in a broad range of fields including civil engineering\, mechanics\, geology\, and seismology. \n\nContact: Silas Alben UID:141901-21889616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141901 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \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). \n\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!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146268-21898808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T151732 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Department Colloquium: Lucy Allais (Johns Hopkins) DESCRIPTION:Human free agency: (part of) a sketch\nWhat might it mean for reason to determine the will?\n\nAbstract:\nMy aim in this talk is to present a part of a bigger project on human free agency. The aim of the bigger project is to present a big picture account that brings together the metaphysical\, moral/rational\, and political aspects of free agency in relation to each other. The first part is about the metaphysics of the free will problem. The middle\, the topic of this talk\, is about rational or intentional agency. And the third part is about political freedom. The aim of the talk is to present an account of practical rational capacities that shows how the idea of acting under rational constraints gets us (part of) an account of free will\, as well as to say a little about how I see this as relating to the metaphysics\, especially the intuitive idea that\, when the agent acts\, the future is (at least in some ways) open. \n\n\n\nLucy Allais is a philosopher who holds academic positions at both the University of the Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests include the philosophy of Immanuel Kant as well as forgiveness\, punishment\, and bioethics. UID:138655-21883534@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Philosophy LOCATION:Angell Hall - tbd CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fish Tank Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:After years in the works\, we are finally opening our own club tank! Join us this Friday to celebrate :) UID:146727-21899557@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T131358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar | Revisiting Matrix String Theory DESCRIPTION:I will revisit matrix string theory as a possibly non-perturbative formulation of the superstring S-matrix\, and discuss its implications and tests. UID:145155-21896741@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Physics,Science,Seminar,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T144347 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:LSA Campus Tours for Transfer Students DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors for a central campus tour and to learn all about the transfer student experience. As transfer students\, the Ambassadors understand the questions you have and designed a tour with the needs of transfer students in mind.\n\nPlease register using the link to the right. UID:95236-21895064@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T144639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Many Voices\, One Community: Oral Histories of Black Life at Michigan Law DESCRIPTION:Critical Oral Histories captures the evolving story of Michigan Law through the stories of its alumni. As part of the University’s efforts to create a more inclusive history\, this project strengthens intergenerational connections between professors\, students\, and alumni and celebrates the diverse experiences that have shaped the Michigan Law community. Join us for an interactive experience of Michigan Law’s Oral History archives\, highlighted by a panel of alumni participants whose stories form the heart of the project. They will offer reflections on their time at Michigan Law\, the impact it’s had on their careers\, and guidance for today’s students. UID:146579-21899308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Alumni,Discussion,Education,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,In Person,Inclusion,Interdisciplinary,Law,Leadership,Multicultural,Pre-Law,Research,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Student Affairs,Talk LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - Robert B. Aikens Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T103759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Dissertation Defense Seminar> The Nucleoid as a Global Regulator for Spatial Organization in Bacteria DESCRIPTION:Unlike eukaryotes\, bacteria store their DNA un-encased in the cytoplasm of the cell. Through this lack of compartmentalization\, the bacterial DNA or nucleoid\, is free to act as a platform for both organization and coordination of complex bacterial structures and processes. A lack of a membrane boundary also increases the influence that the metabolic state of the cell can have on the DNA. The ParA family of ATPases is a well characterized family of positioning systems that is known to use the nucleoid as a matrix to organize chromosomes\, plasmids\, chemotaxis arrays\, and bacterial microcompartments (BMCs). One of the best characterized BMCs is the carboxysome. Carboxysomes are proteinaceous structures that encapsulate the enzyme ribulose-1\,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). Cyanobacteria and some chemoautotrophs use carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation\, maximizing the amount of carbon that can later be turned into biomass. Our group has worked to characterize the ParA-like positioning system\, the maintenance of carboxysome distribution (Mcd) system\, that organizes carboxysomes along the length of the cell. This is a two-component system\, with the ParA-like ATPase\, McdA\, and its partner protein McdB\, that interacts with carboxysomes. When McdA binds the nucleoid non-specifically in its ATP-bound state\, McdB-coated carboxysomes stimulate the hydrolysis of ATP\, causing McdA to dissociate from the nucleoid. This creates dynamic gradients of McdA\, with McdB bound carboxysomes constantly chasing higher concentrations of McdA\, thereby distributing carboxysomes along the nucleoid. \nWe have worked to characterize both McdA and McdB and their role in carboxysome positioning\, however\, until my thesis work\, we did not consider the contribution of the nucleoid in the organization of carboxysomes. As a result\, current models treat the nucleoid as a benign matrix for positioning by the McdAB system. Also\, the McdAB system has been primarily studied in exponential cells grown under continuous light conditions. However\, the natural environment of cyanobacteria fluctuates\, with changing amounts of nutrient availability. Cells often change the compaction state of their DNA in response to environmental changes\, so we used several environmental conditions\, to induce changes in nucleoid architecture\, to assess effects on the McdAB system and carboxysome organization. We found that the nucleoid is not a passive matrix and can contribute to carboxysome positioning during times of reduced McdAB localization. These findings likely apply to other cargoes that use the nucleoid as a positioning scaffold\, and it is necessary to reassess how we understand subcellular organization in bacteria under this new paradigm. \nWhile we have investigated carboxysome organization and its McdAB positioning system\, we have largely not considered other subcellular structures that could influence carboxysome distribution. Polyphosphate granules are a storage form of phosphate that is conserved across all domains of life and have been implicated in diverse cellular processes\, including the regulation of bacterial chromatin. Through electron microscopy studies\, carboxysomes and polyphosphate (polyP) granules have been shown to physically interact. The exact mechanism of this relationship and the significance of this association have not been investigated. We find that polyP influences both nucleoid compaction state and carboxysome positioning in the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Together\, this work highlights the broader roles of both the nucleoid and other subcellular structures in the organization of the model BMC\, the carboxysome. UID:146399-21899042@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Dissertation Defense LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T184026 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Residential College Aquarium Grand Opening! DESCRIPTION:Michigan Fishkeeping is partnering with the Residential College and the University of Michigan Arts Initiative (through their student mini-grant program) to unveil an aquarium in East Quad! This aquarium will be available for all to enjoy: hobbyists\, non-hobbyists\, and students that just want to unwind and watch some cute fish. Come celebrate with us! There will be snacks... UID:146723-21899555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Art,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,Arts Initiative,community gathering,Ecology,Faculty,food,Free,Free Food,Health,Health & Wellness,Humanities,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Nature,residential college,Science,Student Org,Water,Well-being LOCATION:East Quadrangle - East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T154409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SAPAC Care Collective: Feel Good Fridays DESCRIPTION:SAPAC's Care Collective is focused on fostering drop-in\, confidential\, community spaces for UM students who identify as survivors of sexual violence\, intimate partner violence\, sexual harassment\, stalking and/or other forms of harm. Students do not need to label their experiences to join Care Collective spaces\, and all students are welcome. These community spaces are facilitated by SAPAC student staff members\, offer various low-pressure connection opportunities\, and foster resilience\, reconnection\, healing\, and self-care.\n\nFeel Good Fridays are low-pressure\, drop-in gatherings focused on wellness\, grounding\, and community. Crafting\, light discussions\, and snacks can be expected. UID:146663-21899421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,sapac LOCATION:Michigan Union - 4100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T094417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21897081@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260315T235501 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Algebraic Geometry: Brauer Groups\, Twisted Sheaves\, and Geometric Realizations of Cohomology Classes DESCRIPTION:A recurring theme in algebraic geometry is that cohomology classes often have concrete geometric realizations. In this talk\, I will discuss the many geometric avatars of classes in H^1_et(X\, PGL_n)\, including Brauer–Severi varieties\, Azumaya algebras\, and PGL_n-torsors\, as well as their relation to the Brauer group via twisted sheaves. Interpreting cohomology through these objects gives a powerful way to prove vanishing results for certain cohomology groups. A nice application of these ideas shows H^i_{et}(X\, Z/n) is what we expect when X is a smooth projective curve. UID:146614-21899352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 2866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T110419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p and Rooting for Change Cafe (3rd Floor Palmer Commons) every other Wednesday from 5-6p UID:138091-21891112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235959 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:145012-21896316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T122224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dorr Lecture: Ashley Matheny DESCRIPTION:Forests recycle roughly ~62\,000 km3 of water to the atmosphere annually. The transport of water from the subsurface to roots\, stems\, and leaves out through stomata\, and into the atmosphere links the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum while coupling Earth’s water and carbon cycles. This biological process is regulated dynamically and often varies substantially between species in the same ecosystem in response to multiple and often combined internal and external stressors. We will analyze vignettes from two distinct ecosystems and their responses to different sets of combined stressors to gain new insight into plant function. First\, we will visit mangrove ecosystems exposed to both atmospheric dryness and salinity extremes to explore how water transport regulation strategies shift from leaves to roots to maximize productivity while maintaining hydraulic function. Then we will visit semi-arid woody savanna to detangle to combined influence of soil water limitation and atmospheric aridity on wood-water storage in drought tolerant trees. Understanding the storage and transport of water through soil\, woody biomass\, and leaves in this and many other ecosystems is critical for predicting forest resilience\, carbon sequestration\, and wildfire susceptibility. Finally\, we will assess the implications of both studies for the ways we simulate the dynamic regulation of water acquisition\, storage\, and use by trees and how these findings can directly improve predictions of forest water\, carbon\, and energy cycles from coastlines to the continental interior. UID:144910-21896134@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Earth And Environmental Sciences LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 1528 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Nebraska UID:146066-21898331@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146066 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T164658 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BLI Alumni Panel DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered? Join us for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner! We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!\n\nBLI Alum - \nChristopher Pumford is a Manager of International Affairs at the American Institute of Architects. Prior to his current role\, Christopher was a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. State Department\, a Fulbright lecturer in Rabat\, Morocco\, and a Critical Language Scholar (Arabic). Christopher obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University Fletcher School. At Michigan\, Christopher was BLI's first Program Manager of Grants and Funding and was a part of the Drumline\, Men's Glee Club\, Pops Orchestra\, MUSKET musical theater\, and Michigan in Washington Program.\n\nDipita Das is a two-time alumna from the University of Michigan. She was a BLI student in Fall 2018 and then became a facilitator in Spring 2019. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Gender and Health\, with minors in Intergroup Relations (IGR) and Community Action and Social Change (CASC). Following graduation\, she worked as a Civic Engagement Coordinator at Planned Parenthood\, advocating for reproductive freedom. She later completed her Master's degree in Higher Education\, graduating in 2023. Her professional background is rooted in grassroots organizing and the use of evidence-based research to advance healthy equity and student outcomes. She currently works as a Data Analyst for Wayne County Community College.\n\nJonae Maxey is a real estate developer\, investor\, and entrepreneur committed to community-centered development and wealth education. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in 2021 and was appointed the youngest board member of Huntington Bank’s Emerging Leaders Board that same year. After graduation\, Jonae served in Community Strategy at Huntington Bank\, helping lead investment initiatives across Detroit and supporting the deployment of over $5 billion into Michigan communities. She purchased her first investment property at age 21 and later founded Maxey Real Estate Investments and Maxey Consulting Services\, where she focuses on neighborhood revitalization\, wealth creation\, and empowering others through smart financial strategies.\n\nAdam Cohn (’21) BA International Studies\; minor\, Entrepreneurship\, lives in Detroit and works as an Account Director at LinkedIn. Adam is passionate about smart cities\, public-private partnerships\, and initiatives that fuel talent attraction\, economic growth\, and urban revitalization. He is deeply interested in Detroit’s history and neighborhoods and strives to be a connector across the city’s communities. UID:146479-21899162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,Collaborative,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Networking,Panel LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T152118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BLI Alumni Panel 3/20 DESCRIPTION:Want to connect with UofM alumni\, hear real stories from successful people\, and get your burning post-grad questions answered?We have alumni joining us from many different industries\, including real estate\, policy\, law\, and business! We hope to see you there!Join us on Friday\, March 20\, 4-6 p.m. on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall (500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\, MI) for our annual alumni panel and catered dinner!  UID:145636-21897616@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T160816 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Linguistics Colloquium DESCRIPTION:Join us for a colloquium presented by Huteng Dai (University of Michigan) in NQ2435 on Friday\, March 20\, 2026\, from 4-5:30 PM!\n\nColloquium Title: Engram: Encoding N-Grams in Adaptive Memory UID:144033-21894563@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Talk LOCATION:North Quad - 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T115057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Auditions:Shakespeare in the Arb: Auditions for Love's Labor's Lost DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare in the Arb is a collaboration between the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum and Residential College. Since 2001\, university and community members have provided audiences with a magical night of Elizabethan theater in an inspiring natural setting. We are looking for actors and musicians to join this beloved Ann Arbor tradition for our 2026 season!\n\nPerformances are every weekend in June in Nichols Arboretum. Rehearsals are every Monday\, Wednesday\, and Friday beginning April 27th.\nAll roles are available! \n\nAuditions will be in East Quad on the following dates:\n\n March 17th (4-8PM)\n March 19th (5-9PM)\n March 20th (4-8PM)\n\nActors will be expected to memorize a monologue from a given selection (available in the link below). Musicians will submit a short self tape in place of in-person auditions. Anyone is welcome to do both!\n\nCallbacks will be on March 21st from 12-4PM in the Keene Theater. \n\nFor more information\, and to sign up for an audition slot\, go to bit.ly/sita2026.\n\nEmail Ari Richardson at arijrich@umich.edu with any questions. UID:145538-21897488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:artists,arts,arts at michigan,Audition,Auditions,Free,Theater,theatre,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Quadrangle CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T153609 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IGR Minor Party DESCRIPTION:IGR MINORS: Join us for the IGR Minor Party! Enjoy a night of karaoke and amazing food with your fellow IGR peers. Take a break\, unwind\, and make new connections!\n\nMORE IGR EVENTS\nhttps://igr.umich.edu/student-activities-events UID:145784-21897809@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250903T140100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:138768-21883844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:German,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T163555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Maize in Bloom DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the start of spring at Maize in Bloom! A spring celebration with inflatable games\, balloon animals\, face painting\, cotton candy\, & Mini-Melts ice cream! Stop by anytime from 5–8 PM on March 20 and enjoy the festivities! UID:146462-21899146@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cci,Food,Free,Fun,Outdoors,Spring LOCATION:Ingalls Mall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260228T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Softball vs Washington DESCRIPTION:Softball vs Washington UID:146067-21898332@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146067 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Softball LOCATION:Alumni Field CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Game Nights DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we play Star Wars themed board games\, card games\, video games\, or dive into the lore of the franchise through debates! UID:146678-21899454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T124653 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Stir and Scribble at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to write a letter to someone in your life who inspires you! Hot chocolate will be provided! UID:145623-21897602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Angela Bonello\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Angela Bonello\, soprano\, performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145851-21897954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145851 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Performance:Catherine Yoon\, piano chamber music DESCRIPTION:Master's degree student Catherine Yoon performs piano in a chamber music recital. UID:145852-21897955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145852 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T095919 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Come to our painting workshop and let your imagination flow onto the canvas and other fun items! Whether you’re a complete beginner or already love to paint\, everyone is welcome!\n\nWe'll have free food from Wing Snob. Please register on Sessions! UID:146556-21899267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146556 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Crafting,Free Food,Fun,Health & Wellness,Well-being,Wolverine Wellness LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T172123 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March Masterpieces DESCRIPTION:Stop by our drop-in painting space and let your imagination flow onto the canvas! Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who already loves to paint\, stop in\, create for a bit\, enjoy some food\, and enjoy a relaxing moment whenever it fits your schedule. 🎨 UID:146558-21899269@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:East Quad | Room 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T121921 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The English Undergraduate Assocation presents ... Citation Workshop! DESCRIPTION:For anyone who has questions about formatting\, or needs help with assignment citations! (MLA\, APA\, Chicago) UID:146651-21899403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146651 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Holy Cross UID:146620-21899358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146620 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T143553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:International Film Series - ASL Movie Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of a film by the ASL program at the RC!\n\nFree and open to the UM community. UID:144733-21895783@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: What We Tend DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the opening reception of the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael \"Modius Modi\" King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple. UID:144189-21894824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144189 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T181018 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Origins Banquet (APALSA) DESCRIPTION:No description is provided. \nPlease visit https://mutotix.umich.edu/6151/6180 for more detail. UID:142088-21889994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142088 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Z - GA 300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T180133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Visit the UMMA with the ADHD Student Group DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, March 20th\, 6:30pm\nWhere: University of Michigan Museum of Art\, 525 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nWhat: Join the ADHD Student Group at the UofM Museum of Art! Instant film cameras and mini sketchbooks will be available for you to capture your favorite pieces. Hope to see you there! UID:146204-21898652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146204 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: University of Michigan Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T155400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T230000 SUMMARY:Tours:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments.\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:143097-21892079@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,Family,free,Museum,museums,observing,Science,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T143643 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Into the Woods DESCRIPTION:In Into the Woods\, the brilliant Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine take us to a magical\, bewildering place full of witches\, wolves\, giants\, and mysterious strangers. Here\, wishes come true\, but at a price. The story opens with the characters professing their desires\, at the heart of which is baker and his wife longing to have a child. In order to do so\, the witch sends them on a journey through the woods. Here\, they cross paths with familiar fairytale characters\, each chasing their own desires and learning their own lessons. As we witness the consequences of their wishes\, we’re forced to reckon what we owe to those around us. UID:145019-21896554@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mutotix LOCATION:Power Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T101628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Hayes & the Common Ground Ensemble DESCRIPTION:\"In the decades to come\, we’ll surely talk of having seen [Martin Hayes] in the way others talk of Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix or John Coltrane.” (The Irish Times)\n\nLegendary Irish fiddler Martin Hayes leads a wide-ranging concert celebration a few days after St. Patrick’s Day\, featuring an exciting variety of special guests\, traditional sean-nós singing and dancing\, and modern takes on Irish traditions. Regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of Irish music\, Hayes has drawn inspiration from many musical genres but remains grounded in the music he grew up with in East County Clare.\n\nHis soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. He has a unique ability to place the tradition within a wider contemporary context\, creating a unique and insightful interpretation of Irish music. “This music is\, at its essence\, a direct and simple expression of feeling. The melodies are sometimes deceptively simple but almost always beautiful\, and the rhythm is both understated and entrancing\,” Hayes says. This concert features his new ensemble\, Common Ground\, comprising musicians from different backgrounds whose connections to Irish music are complemented by improvisation\, jazz\, avant-garde\, and contemporary classical music. UID:137176-21879846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:ArtsRx,Culture,dance,hill auditorium,music,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:This Dance is About Leslie Cheung - Dance MFA Thesis Performance by Tim Tsang DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents a performance created by Tim Tsang\, candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Dance.\n\nBlending contemporary dance\, live performance\, and concert spectacle\, this event will unfold as a concert-meets-dance experience\, featuring ensemble choreography\, live vocals\, spoken reflection\, and cinematic lighting by collaborator David Goodman-Edberg. \n\nThe performance invites audiences into a shared emotional landscape – one shaped by ambition\, grief\, resilience\, and connection. Drawing on Hong Kong cultural icon Leslie Cheung’s concerts\, films\, and public persona\, the performance traces a journey from glamour to intimacy through Cheung’s legacy. It examines pressure\, visibility\, and the search for care. At its core\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* is not only about legacy\, but about how legacy\, identity\, and inspiration is carried forward. \n\nRather than offering a biography of Leslie Cheung\, the concert stages an encounter with his legacy. Cheung appears as an influence\, a fantasy\, and a point of departure – someone whose artistry opened doors while also revealing the emotional cost of visibility. The performance traces how admiration can slip into imitation\, how confidence can fracture under pressure\, and how failure might become a pathway toward care.\n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\n\nCreated by choreographer and Dance MFA candidate Timothy Tsang\, *This Dance Is About Leslie Cheung* reflects Tsang’s ongoing inquiry into how performance carries memory\, pressure\, and care. Tsang is a queer Chinese American dance artist whose work bridges movement\, cultural memory\, and embodied research. Shaped by a transnational upbringing between Shanghai and Chicago\, his choreography often moves between different cultural contexts – asking how bodies navigate identity\, visibility\, and belonging. UID:145448-21897363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145448 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T181639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bradley Smith\, violin DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Bradley Smith performs a recital. UID:145916-21898094@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145916 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Stearns Building - Cady Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dorian Hall\, voice DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Dorian Hall\, baritone\, performs a dissertation recital. UID:146022-21898280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146022 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T125647 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ryan Montbleau DESCRIPTION:Poetic Americana\n\nA relentless road warrior and masterful wordsmith\, Ryan Montbleau has spent the better part of thirty years cultivating a devoted audience on the strength of his ecstatic live shows and exhilarating sonic versatility. He’s collaborated with artists as diverse as Trombone Shorty\, Galactic\, Steel Pulse\, Tall Heights\, Martin Sexton\, Anders Osborne\, and George Porter\, Jr\; shared bills with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band\, Ani DiFranco\, Todd Snider\, The Wood Brothers\, Rodrigo y Gabriela\, and Mavis Staples\; and racked up more than 150 million streams on Spotify alone. NPR’s Mountain Stage compared his “eloquent\, soulful songwriting” to Bill Withers and James Taylor\, while Relix celebrated his “poetic Americana\,” and The Boston Herald raved that “he’s made a career of confident\, danceable positivity.”\n\nMontbleau’s freewheeling new album finds him exploring the full spectrum of his influences like never before\, touching on folk\, rock\, funk\, soul\, hip-hop\, and reggae\, all with a preternatural ease that belies the intensely focused craftsmanship behind it. The songs are sprawling and unpredictable\, grappling with a modern world perpetually teetering on the edge of chaos\, but the performances are relentlessly optimistic\, insisting on hope and joy in the face of it all. The result is Montbleau’s most vulnerable and cathartic work yet\, an album that acknowledges the inevitability of doubt and pain while at the same time celebrating our limitless capacity for growth and love. UID:144664-21895665@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144664 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T121640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Stuart MacKenzie\, bass trombone DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Stuart MacKenzie performs a final master's degree recital. UID:145854-21897957@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145854 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T123102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T235900 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Indonesian Cultural Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:INDONESIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL 2026\nIslands of Rhythm\, Oceans of Stories: Experience Indonesia\n\nThe Indonesian Cultural Festival (ICF) 2026 is an annual cultural celebration organized by the Indonesian Student Association at the University of Michigan (ISA-UM). The festival aims to introduce and celebrate the richness of Indonesian culture while fostering cross-cultural exchange within the University of Michigan community. This year’s theme\, “Islands of Rhythm\, Oceans of Stories: Experience Indonesia\,” highlights the diversity of Indonesia’s cultural heritage\, traditions\, and artistic expressions. Through a series of engaging programs\, ICF invites participants to explore the stories\, creativity\, and vibrant spirit of Indonesia.\n\nJoin us for a month of culture\, art\, music\, and celebration! \n\n📸 Photography Contest\nSubmission due: March 20\, 2026 - 11:59pm\n\n🎬 Movie Screening\nMarch 27\, 2026 (5:00pm - 7:00pm)\nWeiser Hall - 110\n\n🎵 Angklung Musical Workshop\nMarch 28\, 2026 (2:00pm - 3:00pm)\nInternational House Ann Arbor / IHAA (921 Church St)\n\n🎨 Batik Coloring Workshop\nApril 2\, 2026 (3:00pm - 5:00pm)\nWeiser Hall Level 1\n\n🎉 Festival Night\nApril 3\, 2026 (5:00pm - 8:00pm)\nMichigan League Ballroom\n\nICF 2026 welcomes all students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and the broader community to experience Indonesian culture. Let's celebrate Indonesian heritage together! Stay tuned for the event details! #ICF2026ExperienceIndonesia UID:146309-21898860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146309 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Asia,Culture,Dance,Exhibition,Festival,International,MESA,Multicultural,Music,Sessions,Southeast Asia LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T181527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260321T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Ohio State DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Ohio State UID:146866-21899733@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR