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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261007T090000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty Engaged Mentoring Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The \"Engaged Mentoring\" series is for faculty mentors of research trainees at any stage of training. This program is an evidence-based\, interactive approach designed to elevate mentoring skills for engaging in productive\, culturally responsive research mentoring relationships. The program aims to accelerate the process of becoming an effective research mentor by providing mentors with an intellectual framework\, an opportunity to experiment with various methods\, and a forum in which to solve mentoring dilemmas with the help of their peers. By the end of the program\, mentors will have articulated their style and philosophy of mentoring and have a toolbox of strategies for approaching difficult mentoring situations. These skills will support the success of both mentors and mentees\, and it is responsive to the NIGMS guidelines regarding the preparation of mentors involved in training grants.\n\nThe OGPS Engaged Mentoring Series\, focuses on the five themes below. To learn more about the five themes\, visit our Canvas Site:\n1. Establishing Effective Mentoring/Mentee Relationships\n2. Aligning Expectations Using Mentoring Plans\n3. Managing Mental Health in the Mentoring Relationship\n4. Approaching Difficult Conversations \n5. Managing Tension and Conflict \nThe 5 themes are presented in two different formats:Option A: Two half-day Workshop series. Each session is 4hrs\, and you must attend both sessions in order to receive a certificate of completion from OGPS.Option B: 1-day Retreat. The session is 8hrs\, and you must attend the entire session to receive a certificate of completion from OGPS. \nWe will continue to populate this site with more program offering dates throughout the year.
UID:111271-21911118@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/111271
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:THSL 2994
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261002T161912
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T235900
SUMMARY:Well-being:Cook Scholars Free Sips
DESCRIPTION:One month in\, are you looking for direction in networking\, searching student orgs\, or finding your way around Ann Arbor\, talk to us. We can help. During Sober October\, we'll treat you to Free Sips of your favorite beverage. Please indicate you're a Cook Scholar\, when you use the registration intake form (links on right).
UID:153052-21914993@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153052
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cook Scholars,Free,Networking,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Michigan League
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DTSTAMP:20260921T181519
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T220000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 Second Year Studio Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:\n\nAugust 24 - October 18\, 2026\nExhibition Reception: October 1\, 1-2:30 p.m.\n\nIn their second year\, Stamps students complete a major milestone: Second Year Studio (SYS). It’s a course where\, per the syllabus\, students \"develop the capacity to work independently by identifying\, exploring\, and pursuing a single independent project that involves multiple iterations.\" \n\nStamps Lecturer & Student Exhibitions Coordinator Sally Clegg notes\, \"Each student takes their own path\, encountering questions that can shape the direction of their creative practice—how do I manage my time? How much constraint vs. freedom do I thrive on? What subject matter do I care about most deeply? How do my ideas about my future goals intersect with the work I want to make now?\" At the end of the semester\, students formally report on their experience in a presentation called the Sophomore Review\, and a faculty panel offers individualized feedback. \n\nInstalled throughout the Art & Architecture Building\, the Second Year Studio Exhibition showcases the art and design work created in this pivotal course by our rising third-year and transfer students\, and invites first-year students and other newcomers to explore both the building and the creative possibilities ahead. The show features 50 students who have volunteered to participate\, yet it honors every Stamps major who reaches the SYS milestone. The pieces on view span a wide array of media and capture a specific moment in each maker’s path: experiments in previously unfamiliar methods\, emergent passions\, creative risks taken\, iterations and reiterations\, and the seeds of so much future work.\n\nAs Course Coordinator\, Stamps Assistant Professor Pedram Baldari both teaches and works directly with all the faculty overseeing each section to collaboratively support the entire class. He offers this reflection on the diverse collection of work on view in this year’s exhibition.\n\nThese works engage a wide range of questions and concerns. Students investigate memory\, identity\, materiality\, ecology\, technology\, labor\, social relationships\, and the built environment through equally diverse formal approaches. While these subjects recur across the exhibition\, what stands out most is not a dominant thematic direction\, but a shared commitment to sustained inquiry.\n\nSYS is intentionally structured around a different learning model than project-based courses. Rather than responding to predetermined assignments\, students identify their own questions and spend an entire semester developing them through research\, experimentation\, critique\, and multiple iterations. The emphasis is not on arriving quickly at a resolved outcome\, but on cultivating the capacity to work independently\, remain responsive to new discoveries\, and allow the project itself to evolve through sustained engagement.\n\nAs a result\, the exhibition presents more than a collection of finished works. It documents different ways of investigating\, testing\, and refining ideas. Some students advance through material experimentation\, others through drawing\, installation\, performance\, digital media\, social engagement\, or speculative approaches. Each project reflects a distinct methodology that has developed through repeated cycles of making\, reflection\, critique\, and revision. In a sense\, the dialectical process generated by the nature of this course is the most significant thread connecting this year’s exhibition. It marks a point at which students begin moving beyond solving assignments toward constructing independent practices\, developing the habits of inquiry\, critical reflection\, and experimentation that will continue to shape their work well beyond SYS.\n\n\n\nExhibiting Artists and Designers\n<ul class=\"twocol\">\n\nNailah Aguilar\n\nAkylah Archer\n\nZachary Berenbaum\n\nSamantha Blaine\n\nLauren Boyce\n\nKas Brajkovic\n\nAnna Browne\n\nLilah Chow\n\nIsabella Cortes\n\nMagdalena Dimovski\n\nLeah Elliott\n\nAya Fadlelzebair\n\nM. Faurote\n\nClaire Fuller\n\nNoelle Gall\n\nLacy Galligan\n\nAbigail Garcia\n\nElise Goldberg\n\nAva Grace\n\nElla Graeb\n\nDeja Green\n\nGrace Hardy\n\nKore Hernández\n\nMikayla Holcomb\n\nReese Johnson\n\nOonagh Kossman\n\nKade Kuba\n\nAvelina Kusiak\n\nOliver Levans\n\nAlef Liu\n\nFiona Maier\n\nCaitlyn McConville\n\nTyler Meerschaert\n\nEve Mellis\n\nErica Meunier\n\nAlexis Minor\n\nCatherine Mitzel\n\nCharlotte Mullin\n\nAnupama Narayan\n\nMia Noel\n\nAva Paananen\n\nDominique Robinson\n\nSophie Scott\n\nVictoria Selektor\n\nSamridhi Sharma\n\nJanet Shasha\n\nSadie Smith\n\nGabriella Spagnuolo\n\nAva Sproull\n\nJesse Strohauer\n\nDavid Wang\n\nZimu Wang\n\nLily Whitcomb\n\nLexi Wu\n\nMelaniya Zazovskaya\n\n
UID:150015-21907858@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150015
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260818T121511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS
DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan.  Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work.  \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space.  In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience.
UID:150411-21909361@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies
LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20260911T104038
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CCPS Photo Exhibition. This is the Place
DESCRIPTION:There are nearly one million refugees currently living in Poland. While the vast majority arrived from Ukraine\, Poland has also welcomed forcibly displaced people from Central Asia\, Latin America\, Africa\, and the Middle East. While refugees may be different\, they all search for a place that reminds them of home.\nIn *This Is The Place*\, a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)\, Anna Liminowicz asked refugees to show what\, in Poland\, reminds them of their home. These portraits and the personalized confessions her subjects handwrote in their native languages tell poignant stories about safety and hope.\nAnna Liminowicz is an award-winning photographer and reportage journalist based in Warsaw\, Poland. A frequent contributor to the *The New York Times*\, *The Guardian*\, *The Wall Street Journal*\, *The Washington Post*\, *El Pais*\, *Der Spiegel* and UNHCR\, Liminowicz divides her time  between assignments and long-term personal projects\, mainly focusing on social issues like identity and loss\, and what uplifts her subjects. She has covered the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees in Poland since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion\, and received the 2022 Grand Press Photo Award for her project “Too Precious to Leave Behind”.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:149978-21907735@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149978
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:russia,Ukraine
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260826T132935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm.
UID:150276-21908513@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260814T155307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit.
UID:150290-21908816@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260818T114238
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum.  She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower.  It’s just itself.  Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art.  It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate.   It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.”
UID:150406-21909197@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies
LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260810T111903
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:October 8-9\, 2026 | Institute for Social Research\nRegister to attend at https://myumi.ch/X8V6A \n\nThe challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest. \n\nUsing research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:\n- Complex thinking about the social world\n- The contribution of the humanities the study of the social world\n- Epistemic lens and research transparency\n- Theories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inference\n- The draw and danger of cool new data \n- Addressing the challenges of the academic model of science\n\nPresentations on the science of place will include:\n- The relational nature of place in population social inequalities\n- The role of history in shaping place\n- The racialization of place\; the spatialization of race\n- Place as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalities\n- Approaches to testing (causal) ideas around place\n\nThe Institute for Social Research will provide 35 travel awards for early career scholars who are building a career around the interdisciplinary science of place. These awards are intended to reduce financial barriers for those who are not currently affiliated with the University of Michigan. The awards are designed to broaden participation\, support scholarly development\, and expand the network of scholars engaged with the symposium themes. Travel awards will cover coach class airfare\, symposium hotel\, and ground airport transportation. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis\, from July 1\, 2026 until September 4\, 2026. Details and application at https://myumi.ch/DWGnj\n\nRegistration will be available on this site soon.
UID:147845-21902038@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147845
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research
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DTSTAMP:20260922T115316
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T093000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Virtual Surgery with Rush Orthopedics - Dr. Verma
DESCRIPTION:Get views from the operating room through a live-streamed surgery with Dr. Nikhil Verma\, a surgeon who specializes in the treatment of the shoulder\, elbow\, and knee. As the Director of the Division of Sports Medicine and of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at Rush University Medical Center\, Dr. Verma also serves as a team physician for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls. During this live procedure\, Dr. Verma will use advanced arthroscopic reconstructive techniques to fix a tear in a rotator cuff while also answering students’ questions about the ongoing surgery\, careers in medicine and healthcare\, opportunities in his clinical practice\, and more.
UID:152639-21914327@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152639
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Healthcare,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Medicine
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260806T162236
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky
DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky  portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration.  \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:149975-21907499@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260923T165051
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:7th Annual Creating Community Conference
DESCRIPTION:*Note: The Institute for the Humanities will cover the registration fee for any faculty\, staff or graduate students interested in attending a single day or all three days of the conference. Please contact the Institute staff at humin@umich.edu to coordinate the registration process.*\n\nHeld October 5-8\, 2026\, the Creating Community Conference brings together artists and professionals from progressive art studios* across the United States and beyond\, along with professionals active in disability arts\, rights\, and theory\, to discuss best practices\, advocacy\, and the evolving landscape of art and disability. This annual event\, a Creative Growth initiative launched in Oakland\, CA in 2019\, aims to foster dialogue and collaboration around the importance of inclusive creative spaces for artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences.\n\nThis year's conference will be hosted in Detroit and Ann Arbor Michigan\, and is locally organized and led by the Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC)\, with support from the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities\, and Library Street Collective. National administration and strategic support is being provided by Creative Growth\, in collaboration with the Progressive Art Studio Alliance (PASA).\n\nCCC7 invites both internal (studio staff and artists) and external (general public) audiences to engage with the art and practice of progressive art studios. The conference covers a range of topics from hands-on studio practice\, exhibiting\, collecting and representing artists with disabilities\, self-taught art\, outsider art\, disability studies\, mental-health\, radical pedagogy and more\, expanding the conversation on platforming the creative production of marginalized communities\, opening up the art world to disabled artists\, and the transformative power of art.\n\nThursday\, October\, 8\, 2026\nLocation: University of Michigan\, Palmer Commons\, Great Lakes Room\n\n+9:00AM:+ Bus Departs Hotel/Meeting Point to U of M \n+10:00-10:30AM:+ Artist Success Stories: Fashion Edition videos \n+10:30-11:15AM:+ Weaving Relations: Disability\, Care\, and the Art of Being-With. \n+11:15-11:30AM:+ break\n+11:30-12:30PM:+ Disability in Academia : U of M\, Legacy and The Future. \n+12:30-1:30PM:+ Lunch\n+1:30-2:30PM:+ U of M Institute for the Humanities Presentation \n+2:30-3:00PM:+ Groundwork: Guidelines for Partnering with Artists with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities \n+3:00-3:30PM:+ Curation is a Party! The Fountain House Gallery Artist-Curator role and its impact on our artists\n+3:30-4:15PM:+ Sexuality\, Queerness\, and Gender in Progressive Studios: stories and strategies for safely supporting artists. \n+4:15-4:30PM:+ Final statements and Gratitude\n+4:30-6:00PM:+ Exhibition and reception at Institute for the Humanities\n+At+ 5:00PM curators Amanda Krugliak and Paige Wery will lead a tour of the exhibition \n+6:00PM:+ Bus leaves Ann Arbor for Detroit\n\nView the full schedule and register at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.
UID:149756-21907062@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149756
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Great Lakes Room
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DTSTAMP:20260924T095128
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Aerospace Engineering Career Chats
DESCRIPTION:Hey Aerospace Engineering Students - This is for YOU!\n\nAre you feeling overwhelmed by your full-time job or internship search? Not sure where to begin\, or just need a little guidance? Whether you're just starting out or already deep in the search process\, we're here to help!\n\nJoin us for a quick 15-minute virtual chat with an Engineering Career Advisor. Ask us anythingfrom where your peers are landing jobs\, to job search strategies\, to personalized resume feedback. Its a chance to get the advice you need\, fast!\n\nDont navigate your career path alone - we've got your back!\n\nNote: Only students within the AERO department are eligible for this event.
UID:152801-21914535@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152801
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260915T161734
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Art Exhibit: Hands on Fire
DESCRIPTION:Jim Cogswell: Hands on Fire\n\n**August 31 to October 9\, 2026**\n**Public Reception: Friday\, September 18\, 4:30 to 6:30 pm**\n\nJim Cogswell’s Hands on Fire is a solo exhibition of mixed media drawings at the Residential College Gallery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The exhibition features sixty works on paper completed between 2024 and 2026.\n\nThis body of work responds to Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis’ cinematic adaptations of three tragedies by Euripides dealing with the Trojan War and its aftermath: Electra (1962)\, The Trojan Women (1971)\, and Iphigenia (1977). The work is in close conversation with Vinyl Euripides (2022)\, Cogswell’s adhesive vinyl installation on three floors of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens\, Greece\, which also responded to the cinematic trilogy. By following Cacoyannis’ adaptations\, Cogswell builds on a cross-cultural history of restaging these tragedies to examine the human suffering caused by war\, imperial overreach\, and abuse of power\; and the dehumanizing consequences of revenge as a course of justice.\n\nWithin each drawing multiple scenes from the three narratives are overlaid within single frames\, suggesting the unseen entanglements that bind these ancient stories into such a persistent vision of our human position.\n\nThe grid of paintings encircling the gallery proposes a linear narrative but delivers instead a sequence that loops and turns on itself\, a stuck frame that stutters until bursting in flames. The grid also evokes the net that is a central feature of the series--the web of fate and circumstance that governs each of our lives\, that determines who we are and what is possible for us at any given moment in history.\n\nThe drawings are also characterized by a repeated motif of hands as consuming flames. Hands have unlimited expressive and narrative potential. They testify to the centrality of making in the development of human cognition. They are reminders of the constructed world and the laborers responsible for bringing it into being. We use hands as a form of communication to shape and express our inner states. Hands teach us to feel and to reason\, to count and to indicate. They give us agency\, as creators but also as destroyers. They give form to our willingness to act in the world\, in greed or compassion.\n\n---\n\n**This exhibition is made possible with funding from the Stamps School of Art & Design and the University of Michigan Office of Research.**\n\nFrom the Artist\n\nI am grateful to the Modern Greek Program in the Department of Classical Studies\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts at the University of Michigan\, for their ongoing support for my research and the dissemination of this project.
UID:152223-21913396@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152223
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art History,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Classical Studies,Exhibition,free,History,Visual Arts
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20261001T160941
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy
DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM
UID:153178-21915283@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography
LOCATION:Lane Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260915T123553
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T163000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm.
UID:152203-21913255@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T151759
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fashion/Forward
DESCRIPTION:Fashion/Forward is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center*
UID:149758-21907064@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149758
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T153704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically  grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year.
UID:150658-21909788@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260728T142037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Grand Vision
DESCRIPTION:Visiting artist Olayami Dabls is a storyteller\, curator\, educator\, and mentor. He is the founder of the MBAD African Bead Museum in Detroit. Through material culture\, Dabls presents commentary on the past\, present\, and future from African and African-American perspectives\, with the understanding that generations of African ancestors used visual materials to convey information about their identity as well as send messages for healing and protection. Dabls is a luminary\; for decades he has re-imagined what a museum space can be\, accessible to everyone\, free from the underpinnings of colonialism and the Western\, often white\, frame. *Grand Vision* includes a conceptual installation in the Gallery\, presenting Dabls’s own work in visual conversation with African beads and artifacts from Dabls’s Bead Museum collections. \n\nAdditionally\, Dabls’s iconic outdoor sculpture *Iron Teaching Rocks Table Manners* will be installed on the U-M campus grounds near UMMA\, at the intersection of State Street and South University from September 17- October 11\, 2026. The project’s range intends to more fully articulate the many facets of Dabls’ creative practice\, and the overlay of art\, history\, identity\, community\, and healing.
UID:149620-21906787@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149620
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,Art,Detroit,Exhibition,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T170449
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Poster Sale by Poster Invasion
DESCRIPTION:Looking to deck out your dorm\, apartment\, or study space with some fresh decor? Poster Invasion is bringing a massive Poster Sale to campus\, featuring an huge selection of posters! Stop by the Michigan Union South Lounge during the week of October 5th to browse and find the perfect pieces to personalize your room!
UID:153013-21914918@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153013
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Decoration,Poster,Sale,Wall Art
LOCATION:Michigan Union - South Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052115
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27
DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources.
UID:150694-21909949@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:LSA 2001, Conference Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052117
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Cultures of Belonging: A Student Life Work Series (Fall 2026)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop series brings a  renewed focus to cultivating inclusive environments across campus. Participants will explore personal and collective experiences\, learn best practices and strategies to foster belonging\, and strengthen their ability to serve and support a diverse student population.  Workshop offerings are open to Student Life staff and campus colleagues\; attendance is voluntary. All workshops are free to Student Life Professional Staff Members. \nPLEASE NOTE: A fee of $25 or the program’s registration fee (whichever is more) will be charged to the unit shortcode if registrants no show or drop less than 24 hrs prior to the event. \n\n
UID:152315-21913517@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152315
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Ruthven 2180
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260917T151354
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants!
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES).
UID:138848-21913629@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/3131159012
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261002T110041
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T103000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:King Talks Information Session
DESCRIPTION:These sessions will provide an overview of the application process\, expected time commitment\, and compensation associated with serving as a 2027 King Talks speaker. Interested individuals only need to attend one session.
UID:147511-21901163@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147511
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions
LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052103
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Laser Training
DESCRIPTION:You must complete FABLab Safety Training and have watched the Laser cutter training video before attending this session!
UID:152896-21915467@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152896
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Taubman College Laser Cutter Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T103000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906506@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T094840
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:[Info Session] CGIS Study Abroad in Argentina
DESCRIPTION:Want to study abroad in Argentina for a semester? Join IFSA representative\, Javier Rodriguez\; CGIS advisor\, Juliana Mesa\; and CGIS Peer Advisor\, Dion Stinson to learn more about the CGIS-approved program offerings through IFSA.\n\nCGIS Advanced Spanish in Buenos Aires is designed for students with advanced Spanish language proficiency who want to improve their language skills and cultural literacy as they immerse themselves in the culture of Argentina. You will have the opportunity to take several local university classes alongside Argentine students and earn 400-level Spanish credit. \n\nCGIS Psychology and Humanities in Buenos Aires offers a unique opportunity to take BCN/Psych elective/cognate courses taught in English while you get to explore a city known for its powerful cultural scene\, passion for tango\, and fondness for late nights. In addition\, you will get to experience cultural events and activities such as visiting local markets\, attending operas\, theater\, and symphony performances. No Spanish language prerequisite!\n\nFun Fact: Argentina is the country with the most psychologists per capita in the world. In Buenos Aires\, mental health is typically discussed amongst family\, friends and peers without much stigma compared to many other cities.
UID:152937-21914816@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152937
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Abroad,Argentina,Culture,Latin America,Psychology,Romance Languages And Literatures,Sessions
LOCATION:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052117
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T113000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Intro to Notebook
DESCRIPTION:A one-hour\, in-person workshop designed for LSA staff to learn to navigate and use Google's Notebook tool. \n
UID:151856-21912278@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151856
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:LSA 1168
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T114500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906507@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260820T181520
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-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 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram
UID:138033-21881342@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20261004T003329
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/2025761Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who has designed thisexperience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Career Exploration and Planning\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program to ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos at jmgaydos@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA  #UCC
UID:152551-21913906@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152551
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTSTAMP:20260924T135013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Unleashing Analog Quantum Computing
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: In the Meeting Invite\nIn-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project\, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\, Room 2000\n\nAbstract: Recent advances are expanding the power and flexibility of analog quantum platforms\, opening new routes for both quantum simulation and quantum information science. In this talk\, I will discuss how modest levels of control can be used to access key observables and dynamical regimes in strongly correlated fermionic systems\, including settings with pairing\, long-range interactions\, and cooling. I will also describe how globally controlled analog platforms can nevertheless achieve universal quantum computation\, and how optimal-control techniques can be used to engineer complex effective interactions and topological dynamics. Finally\, I will outline recent progress toward approximate error correction tailored to analog quantum systems. Together\, these developments point toward a broader view of analog quantum computing\, in which large-scale quantum devices are not only simulators of specific models\, but flexible computational resources whose capabilities can be systematically unlocked.\n\nBio\nSusanne Yelin's research interests are in theoretical quantum optics and quantum information science. Current research directions include quantum control of ultracold polar molecules\, investigation of novel coherence-based optical elements\, single-photon nonlinear optics using dipolar systems\, coherent metamaterials and negative refractivity\, coherent control in condensed matter systems\, and superradiance.
UID:148610-21904524@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148610
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Physics,Astronomy,Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science
LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - PML2000
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DTSTAMP:20260914T115130
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T133000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Taste of English
DESCRIPTION:Join the department chair\, faculty members\, and current students to chat over a casual lunch!\n\nBring your questions about -\n+Creative Writing minor+\n+Disability Studies minor+\n+English minor+ \n+English major+\n+English classes in general+\n\nFeel free to drop in when you can and stay for as long or as short as works for your schedule!
UID:149723-21907001@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149723
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Creative Writing,Disability Studies,English Language And Literature,Humanities,Literature,Poetry,Social,Writing
LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T131500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department of Communication and Media
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UID:152572-21913934@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152572
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
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DTSTAMP:20260922T103914
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative.
UID:152626-21914239@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history
LOCATION:Detroit Observatory
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DTSTAMP:20260911T131259
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America”
DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm.
UID:152024-21912656@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements
LOCATION:William Clements Library
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DTSTAMP:20260317T144336
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Accessibility Specialist Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Spend a few minutes to an hour with the Disability Equity Office Accessibility Specialists to ask any questions related to reasonable accommodations\, the interactive process\, general accessibility at U-M\, and more! Registration is not required for this event and break-out rooms will be available for those who wish to ask their questions privately.\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 99281497508
UID:145395-21897241@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145395
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Office Hours
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T121524
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye
DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library.
UID:149541-21906613@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T103357
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Jingying Wang (Computer Science & Engineering)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series featuring a presentation by Jingying Wang from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Enjoy a complimentary pizza lunch while learning about innovative research and cutting-edge tools.\n\n“Human-AI Systems for Externalizing Surgical Expertise”\n\nAssociated Link:  https://wjymonica.github.io/\n\nAbstract\nSurgical expertise is largely tacit: what separates experts from novices often lies in perceptual and decision-making skills\, including where to look\, when it is safe to proceed\, and how to perform each action. This is where human-AI systems can help. By capturing multimodal signals such as gaze\, surgical video\, narration\, and instrument motion\, they can help replay and visualize expert performance\, convert surgical recordings into learning resources\, and summarize experts’ mental models. In this talk\, I will present three examples: SurgGaze\, which captures surgeons’ attention intraoperatively\; Surgment\, which creates perceptual and cognitive exercises from surgical recordings\; and eXplainMR\, an ultrasound practice platform that provides explanations for action guidance. Together\, these examples show how human-AI systems can make surgical expertise more transferable\, accessible\, and scalable for medical students.
UID:152806-21914545@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152806
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ai In Science And Engineering,Artificial Intelligence,Bioinformatics,Biomedical Engineering,biomedical research,Biosciences,Computational Science
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 4B700
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260728T101452
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Engineering - How to Evaluate and Negotiate a Job Offer
DESCRIPTION:Landing a full-time job offer can feel amazing... and a little overwhelming. Don’t worry—you’ve got this (and we’ve got you). We’ll cover what to expect when you receive a job offer\, break down the key components of typical offers\, and share strategies for evaluating and negotiating effectively. Whether you’re reviewing an offer now or preparing for future opportunities\, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to make informed\, empowered decisions.\n\nBe confident. Be informed. Be ready.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. Registration in Career Forge is encouraged.
UID:149603-21906752@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149603
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Engineering,Graduate,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T095329
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Performance:Gifts of Art presents Jake Reichbart
DESCRIPTION:Jake Reichbart is a solo instrumental guitarist whose repertoire draws from all forms of popular music\, starting with 20's-60's jazz and bebop standards\, 60's-90's pop and rock classics\, up to current-day hits. Often in-between tunes\, Jake details information about the music\, its history\, the instrument and playing techniques\, as well as humorous anecdotes and stories from his travels.
UID:152401-21913682@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152401
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Live Music,Michigan Arts Festival,Musical Performance
LOCATION:University Hospitals - Main Lobby, Floor 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T150327
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) | Imperial Waqfs: Global Islamic Law in the 19th Century
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar Series\n\nImperial Waqfs: Global Islamic Law in the 19th Century\nNurfadzilah Yahaya\, Assistant Professor of History\, Yale University\n\nThursday\, October 8\n12 to 1:30 p.m.\nWeiser Hall\, 10th floor\n\nNurfadzilah Yahaya is an Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. She received her BA (2003) and MA (2006) from the National University of Singapore\, and her PhD (2012) in History from Princeton University. Before coming to Yale\, she taught at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Yahaya specializes in history of Southeast Asia\, Indian Ocean history\, legal history\, history of infrastructure\, and environmental history. Her first book\, *Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia *(Cornell University Press\, 2020) demonstrates how colonial subjects entrenched European colonial legalities in British and Dutch territories in Southeast Asia by playing several jurisdictions against one another from the mid-nineteenth century onwards\n\nPlease email IISScoordinators@umich.edu with questions.
UID:153011-21914912@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153011
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Global Islamic Studies,Lecture
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE - Booking Flights on a Budget
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UID:152435-21913742@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152435
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260817T141210
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days
DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness
UID:128708-21909106@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T104318
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:NCKS Colloquium Series | 	Growth and Instability: New Varieties and Agricultural Production in Colonial Korea\, 1910–1945
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom\, registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/X8xre\n\nDuring the colonial era (1910–1945)\, the Japanese colonial government implemented various measures to increase rice production in Korea in an effort to alleviate rice shortages in Japan. The large-scale introduction of Japanese rice varieties was a central component of this policy\, and by the late 1930s\, traditional varieties had been almost entirely replaced by new varieties from Japan. While some scholars argue that the introduction of new varieties contributed substantially to the growth of rice production\, others contend that their marginal impact was limited without complementary investments in irrigation and the increased use of fertilizers. Using data from various sources\, Kim estimates the impact of new varieties on rice production and finds that their adoption increased agricultural productivity but also heightened production instability. These findings shed new light on the effects of colonial agricultural policies and their implications for social discontent and the legacies of Japanese colonial rule.\n\nDuol Kim is professor of economics at Myongji University in South Korea. His research focuses on Korean and East Asian economic history\, institutional economics\, and law and economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in 2003. He subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Davis (2003–2006) and served as a fellow at the Korea Development Institute (2006–2013) before joining Myongji University. His research has been published in the *Journal of Economic History*\, *Explorations in Economic History*\, and other academic journals\, and he co-edited a special issue of the *Asian-Pacific Economic History Review*. He has served as president of the Asian Historical Economics Society and the Korean Law and Economics Association. He is currently president of the Korean Economic History Association\, an associate editor of the *Asian Journal of Law and Economics*\, and editor of the *Seoul Review of Books*\, a quarterly magazine.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at namhy@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:152809-21914555@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152809
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,History,Korea,Korean Studies
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T133000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906508@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
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DTSTAMP:20260902T161532
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
SUMMARY:Rally / Mass Meeting:Political Speech and the Public Square
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan is an institution with diverse communities\, interests and opinions. In Fall 2024\, the Faculty Senate Office launched this series – Political Speech and the Public Square – to provide a forum for members of the U-M community to present informed\, fact-based perspectives\, and to listen to and learn from each other. In his essay\, “Education as a Space to Change Your Mind\,” philosopher Troy Jollimore reminds us of Socrates’ commitment to open-mindedness: “It requires that we work toward developing a sense of the world as a vast and complex place that we can\, and ought to\, continue to learn about for the rest of our lives.”\n\nOffered in this spirit of intellectual humility\, to support the principles of academic freedom\, and to develop a campus climate comfortable with hearing different well-informed points of view\, even those counter to one’s own views\, the lunchtime series will take place on the Diag throughout the Fall. U-M Students\, staff\, and faculty can sign up in advance to request an opportunity to speak on select topics for 3-5 minutes. Or they can simply come to listen and learn. These events are co-sponsored by the Faculty Senate Office\, the Center for Democracy & Civic Empowerment\, Open Inquiry: Talking Maize & Blue\, and Central Student Government.
UID:151418-21911568@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151418
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ai,Civic Engagement,Diag
LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T152518
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T235900
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:SMART CENTER Symposium
DESCRIPTION:November 10 - 11\, 2026\n\nConnect with pioneers and shape the future of single-molecule biology together. The SMBio Single-molecule\nBiology Symposium brings together scientists interested in single-molecule approaches from all over the world to\nshare their research\, connect\, and exchange ideas and experiences.\n\nJoin us at Kahn Auditorium in the Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building (109 Zina Pitcher Place).\nPlease see https://www.lumicks.com/event/symposium/smbio-2026-midwest# for the agenda.
UID:153165-21915218@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153165
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Molecular,Research,Symposium
LOCATION:
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DTSTAMP:20260919T160749
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
SUMMARY:Other:U-M Farm Stand
DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Sustainable Food Program (SL Sustainability) and the Campus Farm (Matthaei Botanical Gardens) every Thursday from 12-3pm to get produce grown by students for students\, and learn more about student-powered food systems while you're there.\n\nAs always\, students get a 30% discount and revenue from the Farm Stand will support the Student Food Empowerment Fund\, which offers grants to students and student organizations to pursue student-powered sustainable food projects on and off-campus.
UID:152469-21913784@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152469
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:agriculture,Climate Week,Community,Food,Food Justice,Health & Wellness,Sustainability,sustainable food systems,vegetables
LOCATION:Ingalls Mall
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DTSTAMP:20260902T121659
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T124500
SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes
DESCRIPTION:Join us to enjoy a 30-minute organ recital.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. The series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting.\n\n*There is no recital on November 26.*
UID:151386-21911476@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151386
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T124500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize & Blue Cupboard Volunteering
DESCRIPTION:Come help us during normal operating hours\; as well as\, unload our weekly Food Gatherers deliveries and stock our shelves! If you are outside the U-M community\, please reach out to maize.blue.cupboard@umich.edu to sign up.
UID:102102-21914737@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/102102
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Maize and Blue Cupboard inside Betsy Barbour
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052117
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Creating Cultures of Belonging: A Student Life Work Series (Fall 2026)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop series brings a  renewed focus to cultivating inclusive environments across campus. Participants will explore personal and collective experiences\, learn best practices and strategies to foster belonging\, and strengthen their ability to serve and support a diverse student population.  Workshop offerings are open to Student Life staff and campus colleagues\; attendance is voluntary. All workshops are free to Student Life Professional Staff Members. \nPLEASE NOTE: A fee of $25 or the program’s registration fee (whichever is more) will be charged to the unit shortcode if registrants no show or drop less than 24 hrs prior to the event. \n\n
UID:152315-21913518@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152315
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:The Connector 1520
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T153435
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Creative Reuse at the Lab Swap Shop
DESCRIPTION:In association with the Michigan Arts Festival hosted by the Arts Initiative\, the Lab Swap Shop will be holding creative reuse workshops during regular Thursday hours from October 1 to October 29. These events use surplus lab supplies for art activities\, demonstrating the different ways that items can be reused. Workshop activities are as follows:\n--- 10/1: Block Printing Lab Coats **During Climate Week 2026**\n--- 10/8: Flask Potion Making\n--- 10/15: Flask Vase Painting\n--- 10/22: Serological Pipette Pointillism Painting\n--- 10/29: Spooky Swap Shop - Any and all crafts!\n\nJoin us for these events and get free supplies for your lab while you are there! You can also check out the Door-to-Door Lab Reuse Catalog for additional free lab supplies looking to find a home. Reach out to sustainable-labs@umich.edu with any questions!
UID:150567-21909622@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150567
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Arts Initiative,Circular Economy,Climate Week 2026,Creative Reuse,Sustainability
LOCATION:1100 North University Building - 5004
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Accessibility
DESCRIPTION:Description:This session focuses on the early stages of working with data\, when a dataset is large\, complex\, poorly documented\, or unfamiliar. Participants will use AI to interpret data dictionaries\, surface undocumented assumptions\, and assess whether a dataset can answer their research question. They will also learn how to determine which AI tools they are permitted to use with a given dataset\, since research data frequently carries terms of use that restrict AI tools. Participant exercises use a public-domain dataset and U-M's own AI services.- ICPSR policy on the use of large language models: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/about/policies/large-language-models-and-ai\n- ICPSR redistribution policy: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/about/policies/redistribution\n- Using AI with MIDUS\, NSHAP\, Add Health and other NACDA-hosted data: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/news/using-ai-with-midus-nshap-add-health-and-other-nacda-hosted-data\n- U-M guidance on AI and U-M data: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/protect-the-u/safely-use-sensitive-data/AI-and-UM-Data\n- U-M generative AI services: https://genai.umich.edu/\n- ACS PUMS documentation: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation.htmlPossible hands-on activities:- Determine which tier of AI tool you may use with a dataset you are currently working with\, and where to check\n- Translate a cryptic codebook into plain language\, with the model flagging what it cannot determine instead of guessing\n- Extract documentation into a structured format that records\, field by field\, what the model could not determine from the documentation alone\n- Generate a fitness-for-purpose checklist against your own research question\, and draft specific questions to send a data provider\nBefore the session:1. All attendees please bring a laptop.2. Sign in at genai.umich.edu to make sure your U-M GPT access is working. We'll use it for all hands-on exercises. 3. Come with a research question you're working on\, and the name of a dataset you're using or considering for it. If the dataset has a data use agreement or terms of use page\, have the link handy. Please don't plan to upload your own data during the session. We'll use a public dataset for the exercises\, and part of the session covers how to check which AI tools you're permitted to use with your own data.\n\n
UID:149474-21906466@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149474
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan Union (530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) - First Floor - Anderson Room ABC.
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DTSTAMP:20260814T125611
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Accessibility
DESCRIPTION:Tutorial Overview\nFocus: Using AI to improve access to\, understanding of\, and readiness for working with data.\n\nThis session would focus on helping researchers navigate the early stages of working with data\, especially when datasets are large\, complex\, poorly documented\, or unfamiliar. AI can assist with interpreting data dictionaries\, summarizing metadata\, identifying missing documentation\, and making datasets more approachable for new users.\n\nPossible hands-on activities:\n\nSummarize a dataset description or codebook into plain language\nGenerate a checklist for evaluating whether a dataset is usable for a project\nIdentify likely data limitations or missing documentation\nDraft questions to ask a data provider or collaborator\nUse AI to map dataset fields to possible research questions\nReminder: All attendees\, please bring a laptop.
UID:150270-21908495@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150270
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,data,Data Analysis,Data Management,Data Science,Genai,information,school of information
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DTSTAMP:20260901T143031
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Environmental Humanities Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss portions of John Bellamy Foster’s *Marx’s Ecology* to generate discussion among EHW and the more social sciences aspect of environmental studies. Read whatever you can and are interested in and join us for what is sure to be a generative conversation.\n\nRSVP here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/112291\n\nWhether you consider yourself a seasoned Environmental Humanist or you are simply curious about the field\, we hope to see you there! Feel free to bring friends and circulate our programming to anyone else you think might be interested.
UID:151327-21911379@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151327
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature,Environment,Humanities,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3241
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DTSTAMP:20260930T163122
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T140000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:HFES x INFORMS Coffee Chat
DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Community Suite for some coffee and networking!
UID:153139-21915139@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153139
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052103
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Laser Training
DESCRIPTION:You must complete FABLab Safety Training and have watched the Laser cutter training video before attending this session!
UID:152896-21915468@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152896
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Taubman College Laser Cutter Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Marx's Ecology Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss portions of John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology to generate discussion among EHW and the more social sciences aspect of environmental studies. Read whatever you can and are interested in and join us for what is sure to be a generative conversation.
UID:150232-21908430@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150232
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Angell Hall 3241
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T003552
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T142000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Numerical Analysis of Test Optimality
DESCRIPTION:In nonstandard testing environments\, researchers often derive ad hoc tests with correct (asymptotic) size\, but their optimality properties are typically unknown a pri- ori and difficult to assess. This paper develops a numerical framework for determining whether an ad hoc test is effectively optimal—approximately maximizing a weighted average power criterion for some weights over the alternative and attaining a power en- velope generated by a single weighted average power–maximizing test. Our approach uses nested optimization algorithms to approximate the weight function that makes an ad hoc test’s weighted average power as close as possible to that of a true weighted average power–maximizing test\, and we show the surprising result that the rejection probabilities corresponding to the latter form an approximate power envelope for the former. We provide convergence guarantees\, discuss practical implementation and ap- ply the method to the weak-instrument–robust conditional likelihood ratio test and a recently-proposed test for when a nuisance parameter may be on or near its boundary.
UID:151821-21912227@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151821
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Econometrics,Economics,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4300
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DTSTAMP:20260910T181729
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T135000
SUMMARY:Performance:Lon Mitchell\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:Lon Mitchell 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:151959-21912508@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151959
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906509@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052109
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fall 2026 - Empowering Your Teaching: Tech\, Accessibility\, and AI in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Ready to enhance your courses and simplify your teaching workflow? This comprehensive workshop series equips U-M faculty with the practical tech skills needed for the modern semester. Across this track\, you will dive into interactive classroom tools (Poll Everywhere\, Ed Discussions)\, advanced grading and lab platforms (PrairieLearn\, Vocareum)\, and critical digital accessibility strategies (Grackle\, Siteimprove).Additionally\, a dedicated GenAI pathway will guide you from AI basics to advanced prompt engineering using U-M’s custom tools\, including U-M GPT\, Maizey\, and NotebookLM. Join us for individual sessions or the entire series to build a more engaging\, inclusive\, and tech-forward classroom.
UID:149156-21905849@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T003322
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Students Career Series: Sharing Success Stories
DESCRIPTION:Join us in person to connect with fellow students who’ve had unique summer experiences in various fields! Whether you’re exploring career options\, looking for advice on navigating similar opportunities\, or simply want to be inspired by the journeys of your peers\, this is the perfect opportunity to dive into real-world experiences. For this session\, you’ll chat in small groups\, ask questions\, and connect with others who share your interests.Our speakers are:Hrishikesh Gawade\, R&amp\;D at Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure Automation Expert)Hongyu Zhu\, AI Product Manager at China Development BankKevin Yu\, emerging technology strategy and open innovation internship at Samsung Research AmericasIf you are interested\, please sign up through this form. https://forms.gle/MS923z1BPmGsiZea6 The form will be closed once we reach capacity. This is an in-person event. Please plan on coming to the University Career Center (3200 515 E Jefferson St\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan 48109-1316) on (date\, time) This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/2023369/share_preview We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program to ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos at jmgaydos@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA #UCC 
UID:152363-21913590@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152363
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, University Career Center office, 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260922T145242
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
SUMMARY:Other:OLLI Community Silent Reading Groups
DESCRIPTION:Bring a copy of a banned book to read silently with the group. \n\n10/7: Courageous Books (Dexter)\n10/8: Ann Arbor District Library Pittsfield Branch (Ann Arbor)\n10/9: Source Booksellers (Detroit)\n10/10: Schuler's Books (Ann Arbor)\n10/26: Ypsilanti District Library Whittaker Branch (Ypsilanti)\n\nThis is part of the Banned Book Week series through OLLI.\n\n*The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at U-M provides educational opportunities for older adults\, designed by older adults. Membership is intended for all enthusiastic learners aged 50 and older\, regardless of previous education or affiliation with U-M.*
UID:152676-21914363@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,aging,Detroit,Education,Free,Geriatrics,In Person,Inclusion,Library,Lifelong Learning,Social Impact,Social Justice
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Community Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260913T221408
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T153000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ClariTEA: Informal Undergraduate Advising Event
DESCRIPTION:ClariTEA is a weekly informal\, drop-in advising event where Robotics and Interested Undergraduate students meet with Robotics Undergraduate Academic Advisors. Refreshments and TEA are offered at each meeting.\n\nJoin us in having a conversation with the Robotics Undergraduate community.
UID:152068-21912788@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152068
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Robotics,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906510@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260916T082105
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T155000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Religion and Conflict: Evidence from China\, 1860-1911
DESCRIPTION:This paper examines the economic origins and consequences of religious conflicts during the late Qing China (1860–1911)\, when Christian missionaries entered a Confucian society. While the literature has attributed Chinese anti-missionary conflicts to the clash of cultures\, we find that the religious violence was attenuated by the level of economic complementarities\, through access to Treaty Ports and public goods provided by the missionaries. We further document negative economic spillovers of the anti-missionary conflicts\, as evidenced by the reduced foreign and domestic investments in modern industries. A key transmission mechanism was Western newspaper coverage\, which reinforced collective memory and deterred future investment. We also find long-lasting impacts on modern FDI flows and autarkic attitudes among local Chinese.
UID:150510-21909533@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150510
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Development,Economics,History,Political Economy,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T005658
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T155000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:When Milk Spills Over: Agro-Processing Industrial Policy\, Complementarity and Structural Change.
DESCRIPTION:Industrial policies combine multiple instruments\, yet existing research typically studies individual components or treats the bundle as a monolithic intervention. I examine complementarity in policy components of an agro-processing industrial policy\, Operation Flood\, the world’s largest dairy-development program implemented across Indian districts from 1970 to 1996. Digitizing the implementing agency’s annual reports\, I construct a district-by-year map of farmer cooperatives and dairy-processing plants. The components’ staggered rollout generated some districts with one component and some with the bundle. Using matched stacked difference-in-differences\, I find that village milk prices in bundle districts increase by 33% during the flush season. Neither arm alone shows any significant effects\, and I reject additivity for prices at the 10% level. A stylized model explains this complementarity.  Cooperatives alone can saturate local markets\, while plants alone cannot transmit the value of an additional outlet upstream. The bundle routes surplus milk to processing and passes value back to farmers. Turning to structural change\, the industrial employment share increases by 1.7 percentage points in bundle districts\, with no significant standalone effects. This increase comes mainly from non-food manufacturing\, with suggestive evidence of input-output linkages. The results show that industrial policy design must account for how market failures interact and how gains are shared along the supply chain
UID:150498-21909520@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150498
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Development,Economics,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T145855
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Activity-Based Assays for Monitoring Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diseases \nAbstract:\nFor many infectious and chronic diseases\, effective medications already exist\, and prevention or treatment succeeds or fails on whether those drugs are dosed and taken correctly. Concentrations that are too low lead to new infection or treatment failure\, and concentrations that are too high cause adverse reactions. Current methods for measuring drug concentrations are expensive\, labor-intensive\, and slow\, which puts them out of reach for most people who would benefit from them. Rapid and inexpensive tests would make monitoring and dose individualization far more widely available\, from centralized laboratories to the bedside and the home\, and particularly in resource-limited settings.\n\nOur lab develops tests that measure drug concentrations using the drugs' own biochemical activity rather than by detecting the drug molecules themselves. We have built user-friendly tests that measure the active intracellular forms of several human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medications\, with excellent concordance with gold-standard mass spectrometry. We extended this approach to therapeutic drug monitoring of cytomegalovirus (CMV) medications\, measuring ganciclovir triphosphate in infants with congenital CMV\, where dosing must avoid both underexposure and toxicity. The same need applies to transplant recipients and other immunocompromised populations. Most recently\, we inverted our assay principle: by measuring the activity of reverse transcriptase derived from patient samples\, rather than recombinant enzyme\, we can measure HIV viral load and detect phenotypic drug resistance in the same rapid and user-friendly format.\n\nOur current focus is on optimizing\, validating\, and delivering these tests to populations in need both locally and globally\, building a unified toolkit for monitoring drug exposure\, viral suppression\, and drug resistance at the point of need.    \nBio:\nAyokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju is an assistant professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington (UW). His lab develops bioanalytical technologies that decentralize therapeutic drug monitoring\, so that quantitative drug-level and drug-resistance measurements can be made at the clinic or the community rather than requiring samples to travel to centralized laboratories. The work rests on two technology pillars: enzymatic assays that use the activity of a target enzyme as a direct readout of drug exposure\, viral load\, and resistance\, and autonomous capillaric microfluidics that run complex liquid handling without pumps\, valves\, or external power. He applies these tools to HIV\, cytomegalovirus\, tuberculosis\, and cancer\, with the aim of making tests usable wherever they are needed\, including in low-resource settings.\n\nAyo received undergraduate and master's degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alberta\, Canada\, and his Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal. He completed postdoctoral training in mechanical engineering at UW and started as an assistant professor in UW Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering in January 2022. In 2026\, he co-founded Ireti Biosciences\, a UW spinout commercializing his lab's rapid enzymatic assays for medication monitoring. His lab is supported by an NIH/NIAID R01 and an NIH MIRA (R35)\, and his awards include the Beckman Young Investigator Award and the International AIDS Society (IAS)/France Recherche Nord & Sud Sida-HIV Hépatites (ANRS) Lange/van Tongeren Prize for Young Investigators.
UID:152621-21914192@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152621
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Research,seminar
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CGIS: Programs in the Environment Abroad Info Session - Sp/Su 27 & Winter 28
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about environmental research study abroad programs for next summer or Winter 28? Join CGIS advisor Cierra Murphy as she goes over CGIS's environmental research programs.
UID:151999-21912593@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151999
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260917T151354
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants!
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES).
UID:138848-21913643@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/my/meetingjunem
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260611T142720
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Banned Books Tea
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the freedom to read at the annual Hopwood Banned Books Tea. Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light refreshments\, enter a raffle to win a banned book\, check out books (banned and otherwise) from the Hopwood Library\, and sign up for the Hopwood Reading Challenge.
UID:148702-21905152@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148702
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Ann Arbor,Banned Books Week,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,English Language & Literature,Faculty,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,Reading,Social Justice,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260923T140929
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:IOE 899: Yash Kanoria
DESCRIPTION:India centrally allocates seats to federal public engineering colleges\, including the IITs\, via a clearinghouse which makes it safe for candidates to truthfully report their preference rankings over 600+ programs. Since applicants may not carefully rank programs that are not allocation relevant\, we introduce a methodology to model applicant preferences using only plausibly allocation-relevant comparisons in their rankings. Using 2015 administrative records\, we estimate a mixed nested choice model over programs with random distance-aversion coefficients. Women are more distance-averse than men\, and this gender gap is larger among affirmative action (AA) candidates\; women's mean distance penalty is 66% larger among non-AA candidates and 104% among AA candidates. Gender and AA status also shift preferences across academic streams. Replacing women’s fitted distance sensitivity with men’s closes roughly one-third of the model-implied attainable-program-value gender gap overall and about two-fifths of the gap among AA candidates.
UID:152757-21914472@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152757
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:899 Seminar Series,Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1680
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Weight Inclusive Practice in Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for clinicians in training who seek to enhance their skills in providing weight-inclusive health and mental health care. No experience is needed - please come to as many or as few sessions are you are able. Looking forward to having you as part of the conversation!
UID:139240-21914671@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139240
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Cornely Room, 1680, SPH 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Weight Inclusive Practice in Healthcare 2026-2027
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for clinicians in training who seek to enhance their skills in providing weight-inclusive health and mental health care. No experience is needed - please come to as many or as few sessions are you are able. Looking forward to having you as part of the conversation!
UID:153030-21914956@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153030
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Cornely Room, 1680, SPH 1
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T160633
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T163000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Astronomy Colloquium | “One step closer to planet formation”
DESCRIPTION:Over the past decade\, ALMA and VLT/SPHERE have unveiled a diverse range of\nplanet-forming disk morphologies\, the connection of which to planet formation remains only\npartially understood. Rings\, gaps\, spirals\, warps\, vortices\, and asymmetries are now\ncommonly observed and are often interpreted as signatures of planet-disk interactions. Yet\,\nprotoplanets embedded in disks remain very elusive\, and ALMA is unable to probe dust\ngrains approaching centimeter sizes\, a critical stage in the process of planet formation. In this\ntalk\, I review our progresses in understanding the planet formation\, and investigate the\npotential of ELT and SKA to address the main challenges.
UID:153010-21914911@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153010
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Astronomy,astrophysics,Colloquium,Colloquium Series,In Person,Physics,Talk
LOCATION:West Hall - 411
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DTSTAMP:20260909T145234
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T163000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IES Energy Seminar Series - PCM based thermal storage in district energy systems: leveraging thermal demand response needs controls
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThermal energy storage (TES) utilizes well established technologies to provide efficient and flexible solutions in heating and cooling applications in buildings. In particular\, TES units that utilize phase change materials (PCM) are known for their higher energy density and relatively constant temperature during phase change. Coupling PCM based TES systems with ground source heat pumps enables both capital and operational savings with optimal charging and discharging of the TES system. This talk will present two case studies installed at Smith College: a single building with TES and ground source heat pumps as well as a district scaled multi-building solution. The work presents the technical and economic potential of a novel\, tunable PCM-based TES system to highlight reductions in carbon emissions\, hot water demand\, water and electricity consumption possibly when TES systems are well integrated in a thermal demand response strategy. With load shifting and dynamic pricing in the utility market\, thermal demand response begins to follow the same technical hurdles observed with battery state-of-charge estimation in order to develop model predictive control strategies to achieve target decarbonization goals. Here\, we present the case for why you should care about thermal demand response in electricity grids of the future.\n\nBiography:\nDenise McKahn currently serves as the Associate Provost at Smith College where she manages the academic budget of the college\, leads teaching focused faculty recruitment and hiring\, and oversees the Clark Science Center\, Campus School\, and Lewis Global Studies Center. As faculty in engineering at Smith\, Prof. McKahn has taught all courses in energy\, mass and heat transfer areas\, including hybrid power system design. As a cross-disciplinary engineer who has studied environmental\, mechanical\, electrical and chemical engineering through both research and formal coursework\, she is dedicated to the development of renewably derived fuel and electricity generation and storage technologies through the design\, modeling and control of dynamic and complex systems. Prof. McKahn obtained her B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering from Cal Poly Humboldt (HSU) and her M.S. in mechanical engineering and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor.\n\n\n\nFor the most up to date information on the location\, please check the related link the week of this event
UID:147945-21902580@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147945
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:CAEN,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy,Engineering,Environment,Free,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Interdisciplinary,Law,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,North Campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Sustainability
LOCATION:Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building - FXB1012
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260817T093853
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T163000
SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Session: GCC Brazil - Global Blackness
DESCRIPTION:Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week\, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.\n\nJoin CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the GCC Brazil - Global Blackness program\, the application process\, and the courses.\n\nThursday\, October 8\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, October 23\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nWednesday\, November 4\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, December 4\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, December 8\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nThe GCC Brazil program is led and taught by Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\, Frieda Ekotto. Application Deadline: December 10\, 2026
UID:150292-21908976@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150292
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Abroad,african and african american studies,African Diaspora,Culture,Latin America,Sessions,South America,study abroad
LOCATION:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T131538
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - Solving conservation puzzles with integrated community models
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - This talk highlights the emerging ‘integrated community modeling’ framework that combines  data integration and community modeling to generate inferences on both individual species and whole communities. Evaluating the dynamics of whole communities\, not just common or charismatic species\, is critical to understanding the responses of biodiversity to ongoing environmental pressures. A recent surge in both public science and government-funded data collection efforts has led to a wealth of biodiversity data. However\, these data collection programs use a wide range of sampling protocols and record information at a variety of spatiotemporal scales. As a result\, available biodiversity data vary substantially in quantity and information content\, which must be carefully reconciled for meaningful ecological analysis. Through a series of worked examples\, I will discuss how integrated community models can be used evaluate species distributions and community-level richness patterns\, discern population and community trends over time\, and estimate demographic rates and population growth for communities of sympatric species.
UID:151703-21912003@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151703
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Environment,environmental,evolution,evolutionary biology,Research,Science,seminar,symposium,Talk,Workshop
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060
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DTSTAMP:20260928T151727
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Fashion/Forward Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the opening of the *Fashion/Forward* pop-up exhibition in the Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room.\n\n*Fashion/Forward *is an invitational group exhibition celebrating the innovative work by artists with developmental disabilities and/or mental health differences from progressive art studios around the country. Both including fashion and about fashion\, the exhibition features drawings\, paintings\, sculptures\, textiles\, wearable clothing\, accessories\, and other fabulous fashion-inspired works and is organized in conjunction with the 2026 Creating Community Conference. Learn more about the conference at https://myumi.ch/qwVRX.\n\n *Image: \"Untitled\,\" Jade Saren\, Creative Growth Art Center*
UID:149759-21907121@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149759
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Disability Studies,Humanities,Michigan Arts Festival,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T135332
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Spontaneous to Stimulated Emission: Quantum Optical Probes for Supramolecular Organization
DESCRIPTION:Quantum statistical properties of fluorescence emitted spontaneously in random directions underpin a variety of experimental methods for determining molecular interactions in both test tubes and biological cells. I will begin this talk with a brief overview of a method developed in my lab\, dubbed Fluorescence Intensity Fluctuation (FIF) Spectrometry\, which probes spatial fluctuations in fluorescence intensities from fluorescently labeled proteins to determine the number of subunits comprising a complex. I will then present Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Spectrometry and its application to determination of the relative distances between and orientation of fluorescent molecules within a complex via energy transfer between their transition dipoles. In the third part of the talk\, I will introduce a mathematical framework for quantization of electromagnetic fields emitted by single dipole radiators\, which predicts both the directionality of photon emission probability and light-stimulated electromagnetic wave collapse. I will conclude by presenting preliminary experimental results testing these effects. These quantum phenomena could lead to new methods for directly determining protein orientation within complexes\, complementing the spontaneous emission-based methods.
UID:151811-21912212@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151811
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Physical Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027
DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.
UID:149176-21905911@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Kalamazoo (League, 2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T124948
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How to Speak Your Mind / How to Change Your Mind: The University Edition
DESCRIPTION:This speaker series is designed to encourage the campus community to think – and talk with one another – about what it means to develop an informed opinion and stand your ground when challenged\; and about changing your mind in light of new evidence\, different perspectives\, and serious reflection. In our Fall 2026 installment we take up the topic of the university itself at a time when its value and values have come under attack amidst calls for reform.\n\nIn University: A Reckoning\, Lee C. Bollinger\, president emeritus of the University of Michigan and Columbia University\, offers a bold defense of institutions of higher education as an essential source of truth-seeking in diverse democratic societies. \"The university must be defended\,\" he argues\, \"if the American experiment is to continue.\" Drawing from his new book and from decades as an academic leader Bollinger will explore the challenges facing higher education today and what universities can and should do to insure the conditions necessary for open inquiry and meaningful intellectual exchange. \n\nJoin us in-person or via livestream for a keynote\, followed by a moderated conversation and audience Q&A\, with a reception afterward offering an opportunity to continue the discussion with fellow members of the university community. Demetri Morgan\, associate professor in the Marsal Family School and Faculty Director for the Life Changing Education Theme Year will serve as moderator\; the event will be introduced by Martha Pollack\, former president of Cornell and former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the U-M.\n\nThe first 100 in-person registrants will be placed in a lottery for a complimentary copy of the book\, University: A Reckoning.
UID:151432-21911589@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151432
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Book Talk,Civic Engagement,Conversations Across Differences,dialogue,Free,Free Speech,Open Inquiry,Rackham,Sessions
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School Amphitheater (915 E. Washington Ann Arbor, MI)
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DTSTAMP:20260909T104031
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LSA Collegiate Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place both in person and virtually.\n\nStuart Kirsch\nRoy A. Rappaport Collegiate Professor of Anthropology\n\nLecture Title: Open Futures: Anthropology of the Postcarbon Transition.\n\nLecture Abstract: I introduce research that considers efforts to decarbonize concrete\, sequester carbon in mangrove forests\, increase the circularity of metals\, and regulate global supply chains\, including the practices of accounting that connect them.\n\nSarah Veatch\nDaniel Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Biophysics\n\nLecture Title: More than just a phase:  How cells exploit phase separation at membranes to sense their environment.\n\nLecture Abstract: Just like a vinaigrette in the kitchen\, membranes and other biomolecules can undergo phase separation within cells. This talk will explore how cells harness the physics of these phase transitions at the cell periphery to detect subtle changes in their world. \n\nL. Monique Ward\nJacqueline S. Mattis Collegiate Professor of Psychology\n\nLecture Title: The Sea We Swim In: Exploring the Impact of Media’s Sexualization of Girls and Women\n\nLecture Abstract: The mainstream media have emerged as prominent forces in the gender and sexual socialization of American youth\, with teens consuming nearly 8 hours of media a day. This content is often highly gendered\, offering specific scripts and expectations for women and others for men. Unfortunately\, portrayals of femininity are somewhat limited\, with heavy emphasis on their beauty\, sexiness\, and sexual appeal\, and less attention to their intellect and other competencies. How might regular exposure to this content shape how girls and young women view themselves and their abilities? Objectification theory argues that regular exposure to sexually objectifying content gradually socializes girls and women to objectify themselves\, to view themselves as objects to be valued based on their appearance. Doing so is believed to lead to diminished well-being. Most initial research testing this theory focused on scripted TV and magazines\, on predominantly White samples\, and on consequences for women’s body image. In this talk\, I summarize my research that has worked to expand these approaches by testing contributions of traditional and social media\, by investigating associations for White youth and girls of color\, and by reporting consequences for girls’ and women’s mental health\, romantic relationships\, and academic cognitions.            \n\nIf you are unable to join us in person\, please click the link below to join the webinar.\n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/99095807232\n\nPhone one-tap:\n+13017158592\,\,99095807232# US (Washington DC)\n+13052241968\,\,99095807232# US\n\nJoin via audio:\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 780 666 0144 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\nWebinar ID: 990 9580 7232\nInternational numbers available: https://umich.zoom.us/u/al2XftQSw
UID:150443-21909456@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150443
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Biophysics,Psychology
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.Using research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:Complex thinking about the social worldThe contribution of the humanities the study of the social worldEpistemic lens and research transparencyTheories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inferenceThe draw and danger of cool new dataAddressing the challenges of the academic model of sciencePresentations on the science of place will include:The relational nature of place in population social inequalitiesThe role of history in shaping placeThe racialization of place\; the spatialization of racePlace as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalitiesApproaches to testing (causal) ideas around place
UID:149491-21906511@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Room 1430, Institute for Social Research
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DTSTAMP:20260910T181045
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Preprint Algebraic Geometry seminar: Stability Conditions on Smooth Projective Varieties\, after Chunyi Li
DESCRIPTION:TBA
UID:151942-21912491@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151942
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:
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DTSTAMP:20260930T131026
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Robotics Department Seminar Series: Rehabilitation Robotics - Improving Everyday Human Functions (This is a Thursday Session)
DESCRIPTION:Robotics Department Seminar Series (https://robotics.umich.edu/events/robotics-seminar-series/)\nSpeaker: Sunil K. Agrawal\nEdwin H. Armstrong Professor of Mechanical Engineering | Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine\, Columbia University\n\nTitle: \"Rehabilitation Robotics Improving Everyday Human Functions\"\nDate: Thursday\, October 8\, 2026\nTime: 4:00 - 5:00pm ET\nLocation: FRB Rm 2300 + Zoom\nZoom Link: https://myumi.ch/4xbmw\nMeeting ID: 971 2373 1172\nPasscode: 468244\n\nAbstract: Neural disorders\, old age\, and traumatic brain injury limit activities of daily living. Robotics can be used in novel ways to characterize human neuromuscular responses and retrain human functions. Columbia University Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory designs innovative robotics with these goals and performs scientific studies for human functions such as standing\, walking\, trunk control\, head turning\, and others. Human experiments have targeted individuals with stroke\, cerebral palsy\, Parkinson’s disease\, spinal cord injury\, ALS\, and older adults. The talk will provide an overview of these robotic technologies and scientific studies performed with them to demonstrate the potential of rehabilitation robotics to positively improve human functions and quality of life of people.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Sunil Agrawal received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1990. He is currently a Professor and Director of Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory at Columbia University\, located both in engineering and medical campuses of the university. Dr. Agrawal has published more than 500 journal and conference papers\, 20 U.S. patents\, and 4 books. He is a Fellow of the ASME and AIMBE. His honors include a NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship from the White House in 1994\, a Bessel Prize from Germany in 2003\, and a Humboldt US Senior Scientist Award in 2007. He is a recipient of 2016 Machine Design Award from ASME for “seminal contributions to design of robotic exoskeletons for gait training of stroke patients” and 2016 Mechanisms and Robotics Award from the ASME for “cumulative contributions and being an international leading figure in mechanical design and robotics”. He is a 2023 recipient of a Paintal Chair from Indian National Science Academy. He was a Plenary Speaker at the 2024 IEEE International Conference in Robotics and Automation in Yokohama.  He has successfully directed 40+ PhD student theses and has received Best Paper awards in ASME and IEEE sponsored robotics conferences. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Wearable Technologies” published by Cambridge University Press. He organized the IEEE BioRob 2020 conference in New York City and served as its conference chair.
UID:153118-21915115@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153118
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Engineering,Free,Medicine,Michigan Robotics,Robotics
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300
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DTSTAMP:20260921T150025
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Getting to Work on Climate Policy\"
DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered why organized labor sometimes supports climate policy but sometimes doesn’t? University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Assistant Professor Geoff Henderson's new book\, \"Getting to Work on Climate Policy\,\" explores this question through over 60 interviews with insightful labor and climate advocates across four Western states–California\, Colorado\, Oregon and Washington.\n\nLearn more by ordering a copy of the book for your library and joining the book talk discussion.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.
UID:152576-21913941@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152576
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Book Talk,Climate Policy,Seas,Sustainability
LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources  Building - 2315
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DTSTAMP:20260928T134632
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DeRoy-Graf Lecture: Better Living Through Science: The Extraordinary Post-War Movement That Forever Changed the Way Americans Eat
DESCRIPTION:From SPAM to Jell-O\, cream of mushroom soup casserole to pineapple upside-down cake\, the 20th century saw a radical reinvention of food systems across the country. This is the story of how the domestic scientists\, with a dash of military tech and Madison Avenue\, revolutionized the world\, one home kitchen at a time.\n\nThis lecture will take place on Thursday\, October 8th\, from 5:00pm - 6:00pm\, in the Vandenberg Room\, located on the second floor of the Michigan League.\n\nBio: Diana Hubbell is a two-time James Beard Award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience covering food\, culture\, and travel. Currently\, she runs the travel section at SAVEUR. \nPreviously\, she was an editor at Atlas Obscura\, where she wrote stories about an island full of very unusual feral pigs\, a utopian hippie cult\, and the long\, weird history of Jell-O meat salads. \n\nYou'll also find her bylines in The Guardian\, The Washington Post\, Condé Nast Traveler\, WIRED\, The Independent\, VICE\, Architectural Digest\, Eater\, Esquire\, AFAR\, Popular Science\, Wine Enthusiast\, Travel + Leisure\, Off Assignment\, and Playboy\, among other publications. \n\nShe lives in Brooklyn\, but has called Berlin and Bangkok home. She has an MA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's Arts & Culture program and a BA from Wesleyan University's College of Letters. \n\nThis fall Diana Hubbell is the DeRoy-Graf Memorial Visiting Professor in the LSA Honors Program at the University of Michigan.
UID:152950-21914828@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152950
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:#Honors Program
LOCATION:Michigan League - Vandenberg
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027
DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.
UID:149176-21905912@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan (League, 2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T115308
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:La Casa X LHM: Latine Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Join La Casa and Latine Heritage Month for a screening of \"In the Heights.\" Kick back\, eat some food\, and enjoy the show!
UID:153014-21914923@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153014
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center Basement
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260924T125146
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Land of Canaan
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Matthaei Botanical Gardens for a screening of Land of Canaan\, a feature documentary exploring the relationship between Palestinian farmers\, ancient olive trees\, and the land and traditions that have sustained communities for generations.\n\nThe film follows Palestinian-American anthropologist and entrepreneur Dr. Nasser Abufarha as he returns to the West Bank\, where challenges facing the olive harvest threaten farmers’ livelihoods and generations of ecological knowledge. Through his work with farming communities\, Abufarha helps build a fair-trade network connecting Palestinian olive growers with international markets while supporting traditional agricultural practices\, environmental stewardship\, and cultural heritage.\n\nFollowing the screening\, Dr. Abufarha\, the film’s protagonist and founder of Canaan Palestine and the Palestine Fair Trade Association\, will join attendees for a Q&A and discussion.\n\nThe evening begins with light refreshments before the film. After the Q&A\, guests are invited to spend time in the Conservatory to visit the olive tree housed there.\n\nSchedule\n5-5:30 pm: Arrival and light refreshments\n5:30-7 pm: Introduction and film screening\n7-8 pm: Q&A and Conservatory visit\n\nSpace is limited. Registration is required.
UID:152831-21914581@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152831
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Ecology,Film Screening
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Maize & Blue Cupboard Volunteering
DESCRIPTION:Come help us during normal operating hours\; as well as\, unload our weekly Food Gatherers deliveries and stock our shelves! If you are outside the U-M community\, please reach out to maize.blue.cupboard@umich.edu to sign up.
UID:102102-21914738@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/102102
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Maize and Blue Cupboard inside Betsy Barbour
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260828T154226
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Make Space
DESCRIPTION:Life moves fast. Make Space is an invitation to slow down\, reconnect\, and spend time outside. Each week brings a different experience centered on creativity\, nature\, restoration\, and community. Try nature journaling\, art\, mindful movement\, or another hands-on outdoor activity while making room to pause and recharge. No previous experience required.
UID:151137-21910955@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151137
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Mindfulness,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being
LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MiSciComm (Michigan Science Communicators)
DESCRIPTION:Join MiSciComm (formerly MiSciWriters) for in-person and virtual workshops designed to develop science communication skills!\nNo science communication experience required. We are always welcoming new writers\, editors\, translators\, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciComm\, fill out our membership form here. Our onboarding workshops are held once per semester and can be registered for below. Please reach out if you have any comments\, questions\, or concerns. 
UID:129265-21914405@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Buhl 5915
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260916T133800
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Va' Pensiero: Storie ambulanti (Walking Stories) by Dagmawi Yimer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Va' Pensiero: Storie ambulanti (Walking Stories) (2013)\, followed by a conversation and Q&A with Ethiopian-Italian filmmaker Dagmawi Yimer.\n\nA leading voice in migrant cinema in Italy\, Yimer is also a co-founder of the Archivio delle Memorie Migranti\, a collective project dedicated to documenting migration from the perspectives of migrants and preserving their stories as part of Italy's contemporary cultural memory.\n\nVa' Pensiero follows the lives of Senegalese street vendors in Italy while examining anti-Black racism\, migration\, labor\, and everyday forms of exclusion. Beginning with the aftermath of the 2011 racist attack in Florence that killed two Senegalese men\, the film explores how migrant communities negotiate belonging within contemporary Italian society. Through multilingual testimony—including Italian\, Wolof\, and French—and observational documentary practice\, Va' Pensiero challenges conventional narratives of migration by foregrounding the voices and lived experiences of migrants themselves.\n\nThe screening will be followed by a conversation with Yimer about the making of Va' Pensiero\, documentary filmmaking as a form of witnessing and political storytelling\, and the representation of migration and Black life in contemporary Italy.\n\nThe event is part of “Migration\, Memory\, and the Politics of Witnessing: A Residency with Filmmaker Dagmawi Yimer\,” October 7–9\, 2026. For more information please write to gricco@umich.edu and amberbal@umich.edu.
UID:150240-21908440@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150240
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Film Screening,Immigration,Q And A,Romance Language
LOCATION:North Quad - North Quad Space 2435
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052120
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:West Quad (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151036-21915261@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151036
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Ross School of Business Main Room (R0420)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260925T140833
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:WISE & Shine with industry alumni
DESCRIPTION:WISE and Shine offers an informal opportunity to ask questions\, hear about life in industry\, and explore the unconventional places a degree in can take you while enjoying a light meal. \nSTEM equity for everyone needs everyone! WISE programming is open to all students regardless of sex\, gender\, or gender identity.\n
UID:152514-21913855@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152514
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Engineering,Food,Free,Graduate Student,Michigan Engineering,science,Sessions,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:WISE Office, 3236 Undergraduate Science Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000251
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T184500
SUMMARY:Presentation:OUTx
DESCRIPTION:Join Out for Business for OUTx 2026: We’re Still Here\, our annual storytelling event celebrating LGBTQ+ voices\, experiences\, and perspectives across the Ross community.\n \nVoted Ross’s #1 Educational Event last year\, OUTx creates space for members of our community to share the personal stories that have shaped who they are. This year\, six Ross student speakers will take the stage alongside keynote speaker Shalanda Baker\, a former U.S. Air Force officer\, law professor\, and former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.\n \nWhether you identify as LGBTQ+\, consider yourself an ally\, or simply want to hear perspectives and lived experiences different from your own\, OUTx is an opportunity to listen\, learn\, and connect with the people who make up our Ross community.\n \nThursday\, October 8 | 5:30–7:00 PM\nTauber Colloquium\nFree and open to the Ross community
UID:151639-21911884@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151639
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Tauber Colloquium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260821T153627
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers
DESCRIPTION:\n\nAmy Franceschini is an artist and designer whose work facilitates encounter\, exchange\, and tactile forms of inquiry by calling into question the \"certainties\" of a given time or place where a work is situated. An overarching theme in her work is a perceived conflict between \"humans\" and \"nature\". Her projects reveal the history and currents of contradictions related to this divide by challenging systems of exchange and the tools we use to \"hunt\" and \"gather\". Using this as a starting point\, she creates relational objects that invoke action and inquiry\; not only to imagine\, but also to participate in and initiate change in the places we live.\n\nIn 1995\, Franceschini founded Futurefarmers as a collaborative platform to consider the social\, political\, and environmental organization of space. Futurefarmers use various media to deconstruct systems to visualize and understand their intrinsic logics\; food systems\, public transportation\, education. Through this disassembly\, they find new narratives and reconfigurations that form alternatives to the principles that once dominated these systems.\n\nFuturefarmers work is based in enmeshed acts of wandering and material processes. In the context of public art works\, they cultivate public life in place\, rather than inserting pre-determined forms and concepts into public space. They do so through a process-led approach\,inviting materials and communities to arrive and intersect at a specific site or situation. Through time and the practiced presence of Futurefarmers\, the meeting place of people and materials transform from provisional arrangements into durable forms and functions of their work\n\nFranceschini is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow\, a 2019 Rome Prize Fellow and a 2017 recipient of the Herb Alpert Award for Visual Arts. She is the author of A Variation on the Powers of Ten\, For Want of a Nail\, and\, most recently\, Silicon Forest in 2026. Franceschini received a BFA in Photography from San Francisco State University and an MFA from Stanford University. She has taught in the visual arts graduate programs at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Stanford University\, and in the Master of Eco-Social Design at the Free University in Bolzano\, Italy. \n\nWith support from Design Core Detroit\, Detroit UNESCO City of Design\, and U-M Student Life Sustainability. \n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.\n
UID:150479-21909502@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150479
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Collaboration,Collectivism,Design,Detroit Design Festival,Public Art,Sustainability,Systems Thinking
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260831T110534
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading\, Q&A\, and Book Signing with Jaswinder Bolina
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://myumi.ch/ZellWriters26\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nJaswinder Bolina is an American poet and essayist whose work frequently explores the intersections of language\, race\, and the South Asian immigrant experience. Born in Chicago to Punjabi immigrant parents\, he earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago\, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan\, and a Ph.D. in English from Ohio University. Bolina currently resides in Florida\, where he serves as Chair of the Department of English and Creative Writing and teaches in the M.F.A. program at the University of Miami.\n\nOften blending personal narrative with politics and metaphysics\, Bolina’s poetry is noted for its investigation of the “perceptual and sonic ground” of modern life. He is the author of four full-length poetry collections\, including his debut *Carrier Wave* (2007)—adapted from his M.F.A. thesis at the University of Michigan—*Phantom Camera *(2013)\, and *The 44th of July* (2019). His most recent collection\, *English as a Second Language and Other Poems* (2023)\, which was awarded the 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University\, continues his deep dive into cultural identity. Beyond poetry\, Bolina gained significant recognition for his 2020 essay collection\, *Of Color*\, which provides a poignant examination of racial perception and the complexities of the American dream. \n\nBolina’s writing has been recognized with numerous awards. His accolades include the Green Rose Prize for *Phantom Camera*\, the Colorado Prize for Poetry for *Carrier Wave*\, and a long-listing for the PEN America Open Book Award for *The 44th of July*. His work has been featured in *The New Yorker\, Poetry\, The Paris Review\,* and other journals.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:150544-21909581@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150544
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,book discussion,book event,Books,Contemporary Literature,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Lecture,literary,Literary Arts,Literature,Mfa Program In Creative Writing,Rackham,Talk,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,UMMA,Undergraduate,Writing,zell visiting writers series
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000423
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T174500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:HLS Happy Hour!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Healthcare & Life Sciences Club Happy Hour 🥂\nTake a break from classes and recruiting to connect with fellow HLS members! Grab a drink before Skeeps and get to know others interested in healthcare and life sciences. Whether you’re exploring the industry or bringing years of experience\, we’d love to see you there!\n📅 Thursday\, October 8 | 5:45–7 PM\n📍 Garage Bar\n🍻 Drinks on us while our tab lasts!\nRSVP here on Maize Pages
UID:153077-21915046@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153077
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Garage Bar
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026-2027 Ginsberg Center Open Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Ginsberg Center Open Workshops offers a variety of educational opportunities designed to help University of Michigan students build the knowledge\, skills\, and perspectives needed to engage thoughtfully with communities and create positive social change. Whether students are just beginning to explore community engagement or looking to deepen specific skills\, these workshops provide opportunities to learn\, reflect\, and connect with others.\nWorkshops cover topics such as ethical community engagement\, leadership\, civic and democratic engagement\, social change\, local communities and government\, reflective practice\, and practical skills for working in partnership with communities. Offerings include workshops such as Foundations of Community Engagement\, Exiting a Community-Engaged Project\, Appreciative Interviewing\, Getting Informed: How Local Government Works\, and Welcome to Washtenaw County\, among others.See workshop descriptions for details.
UID:150661-21909862@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150661
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:https://umich.zoom.us/j/97648857561
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000432
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Other:Fall Social Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Announcement of SC2 Research Symposium\, Board games and Dinner from Jerusalem garden.
UID:153228-21915477@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153228
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:DC 3336
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260812T115813
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop 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.
UID:150176-21908323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Free,Graduate Students,Leadership,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260923T153656
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:League Under Ground
DESCRIPTION:League Underground is an every-other-week pop-up program featuring a variety of activities\, including crafts\, games\, and more. Join us on Thursday evenings to unwind after class\, try something new\, and meet fellow students in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere!
UID:151689-21911975@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151689
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:cciprograms,crafts,Free,fun,games,music
LOCATION:Michigan League - League Under Ground (Basement)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MiSciComm (Michigan Science Communicators)
DESCRIPTION:Join MiSciComm (formerly MiSciWriters) for in-person and virtual workshops designed to develop science communication skills!\nNo science communication experience required. We are always welcoming new writers\, editors\, translators\, and/or illustrators. If you'd like to join MiSciComm\, fill out our membership form here. Our onboarding workshops are held once per semester and can be registered for below. Please reach out if you have any comments\, questions\, or concerns. 
UID:129265-21914406@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129265
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Buhl 5915
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260928T163428
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:What is a Constitutional Convention?
DESCRIPTION:Every 16 years\, Michigan voters are asked whether to dig into the state’s constitution and make edits in what’s known as a Constitutional Convention\, or Con-Con. But what would a Con-Con actually look like? And what can voters understand about past Con-Cons that will help them say yes or no on this year’s ballot? \n\nThis fall\, on November 3\, it will be on Michigan ballots as “Proposal 1.”\n\nIf voters say yes to Proposal 1\, that would begin the process of holding a constitutional convention – or “Con-Con.”\n\nDuring a Con-Con\, delegates can make changes to the state constitution.\n\nBut what would a Con-Con actually look like? And what can voters understand about past Con-Cons that will help them say yes or no to Proposal 1?\n\nMichigan’s most recent Con-Con was held in 1961\, and the Bentley Library is home to a host of materials related to this pivotal moment in the state’s history – from the papers of politicians and Con-Con delegates to newspaper articles\, photos\, and more.\n\nYou’re invited to join the Bentley Historical Library as we take a look back at the 1961 Con-Con and consider how the work done by delegates shapes our lives today.\n\nOctober 8\, 2026\n6pm at the Bentley Historical Library\n\nSpeakers include:\n> Lynn Liberato\, author of Michigan’s Con-Con 11: Women and State Constitution-making in 1961\n> Michelle McClellan\, Bentley archivist working to grow the Library’s Con-Con collections and other political history in the state of Michigan\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required.
UID:152459-21913768@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152459
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,free,history
LOCATION:Bentley Historical Library
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260804T160112
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Don't Tell the President
DESCRIPTION:Jean Becker and Tom Collamore\, both former staffers to President George H. W. Bush\, bring together the most harrowing and hilarious stories behind presidential events over the past sixty years\, detailing the art of preparation that goes into these delicate\, high stress operations and revealing how they have often been one step away from disaster.  “Don’t Tell the President” brings together the uproarious chaos of Veep and the grandeur of The West Wing.\n\nFREE to the public\nBook sales and signing to follow.
UID:149876-21907323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149876
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:American History,Author Talk,Book Talk,Comedy And The Presidency
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260903T143828
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ELI Academic English Workshops - Planning\, Writing\, and Refining Your Grad School Application Essays
DESCRIPTION:Are you applying to a graduate program for Fall 2027? Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? Not sure how an SOP differs from a Personal Statement? How does a Teaching Philosophy Statement or a Research Statement fit in? We will examine organizational strategies for different types of application essays. You will also learn ways to find the words to make a strong case for why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to. Please bring some rough ideas\, a draft outline\, or draft essays to work on during the workshop and be prepared to participate actively in small group discussions. Registration is required. Please use the provided link.
UID:151537-21911704@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151537
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:English Language Institute,Graduate Students,International Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop,Writing
LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 BSB
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ELI Fall 2026 Workshop Series: English for Academic Purposes
DESCRIPTION:Each Fall and Winter term\, ELI presents free interactive workshops focusing on specific English writing and speaking skills U-M students need to succeed in their academic and professional careers. ELI workshops are open to all U-M students.
UID:151252-21911235@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151252
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:BSB 1060
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000054
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session
DESCRIPTION:\"Ninpo is the essence of goshinjutsu (self-protection).\"\n \nDuring the Fall 2026 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Thursdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. Beginners welcome\; we train with people across all levels of experience!\n \n- Learn self defense and physical coordination through Bujinkan taijiutsu (unarmed combat)\;\n- Training at the Michigan Bujinkan Dojo is supportive and non-competitive\, emphasizing relaxed but spirited and disciplined practice\;\n- Receive mentoring through the senpai/kohai (senior/junior) relationships fostered in the dojo.\n \nWhat to bring: comfortable workout clothes\, socks\, and a water bottle!\n-----\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website (www.michiganbujinkan.com)\, which also includes a training schedule!
UID:149827-21907234@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149827
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052106
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue Events for Connection and Communication
DESCRIPTION:
UID:139479-21910118@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139479
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260803T150139
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T203000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Michigan Gathering Watch Party
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for the Humanities as we tune in to The Great Michigan Gathering Watch Party\, a statewide event hosted by the Michigan Humanities Council from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn.\n\nThe watch party marks the launch of The Great Michigan Gathering\, a new three-year initiative designed to strengthen connections\, spark meaningful conversations\, and build community across Michigan. Developed after more than a year of listening to communities and stakeholders throughout the state\, the initiative responds to a clear message from Michiganders: people are looking for more opportunities to come together\, engage across differences\, and create a stronger sense of belonging.\n\nTo kick off the initiative\, bestselling author\, facilitator\, educator\, and strategic advisor Priya Parker will share insights from her acclaimed book\, *The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters*. Parker's work explores how intentional gatherings—from meetings and classrooms to community events and celebrations—can foster deeper relationships and more meaningful dialogue.\n\nWhether you're interested in community building\, leadership\, event planning\, or simply curious about how we can create stronger connections in our daily lives\, this watch party offers fresh ideas and practical inspiration. Join us as we watch the live event together and take part in a statewide conversation about the power of gathering with purpose.
UID:149775-21907173@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149775
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Books,Community Building,Community Conversation,Humanities
LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260923T144914
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Halaloween x AANM: *Madayen* (Saudi Arabia\, 2016)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Global Islamic Studies Center and the Arab American National Museum (AANM) for a free screening of the Saudi found-footage horror film Madayen (2016) on October 8\, 2026\, at 7:00 PM at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn\, Michigan.\n\nAfter the film\, we will show a short\, pre-recorded Q&A talkback with the filmmakers Ayman Tamano and Hakeem Jomah.\n\nThis screening is ONLY in person at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. Reserve your free tickets here: http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween\n\n\n\nHALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: \n\n*Madayen* (2016)\n\n2016 | 62 minutes | Arabic with English subtitles | Saudi Arabia\nDirected by: Ayman Tamano\nFeaturing: Hakeem Jomah\, Khaled Yeslam\, Abdullah Kurashi\, Nadia Malaika\n\n\nFilm Description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano\, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.\n\nHalaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.\n\nReligious Content: fairly minimal\; jinn.\n\n\n\n_____\n\n\n\nHalaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival Info:\n\nWelcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026!\n\nWhat is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by\, for\, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”\n\nThis year’s Halaloween 2026 film festival is a retrospective that brings back some of our Michigan community’s favorite Muslim horror films from the past few years. As usual\, the festival runs throughout October with a different movie screening and/or event every week. In addition to local theater screenings\, we are bringing you three community collaborations this year: with the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn\, with Michigan Medicine and the U-M Medical School\, and with the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown!\n\nThe 2026 lineup: Halaloween starts off at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn on Thursday\, October 8\, with a screening of the Saudi found-footage film Madayen (2016). On October 12 and October 20\, head to the State Theatre in Ann Arbor for the Iranian film Under the Shadow (2016) and the Malaysian film Tiger Stripes (2023)\, respectively. On October 27\, we are collaborating with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School to bring you an expert medical and film panel on “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness\, Death\, & Loss with Horror Movies.”\n\nHalaloween officially ends on the evening of October 29 at 9pm at the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown\, Detroit\, with a screening of two Muslim horror short films: Aicha (directed by Sanaa El Alaoui\, Morocco\, 2025) and Enmity Djinn (directed by: Mohamed Echkouna\, Mauritania\, 2023)\, followed immediately after by the special event “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape\,\" a Halaloween sampler with live music score in collaboration with Reginald Thiessen\, Victor Ghannam\, and Devil's Night Detroit!\n\nAlso check out our streaming Muslim horror films anytime on U-M Kanopy: the Senegalese folk horror film Saloum (2021)\, the witchy Tunisian film Dachra (2018)\, and the Iranian “vampire spaghetti Western” film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).\n\nThe festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come\, first-served\, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.\n\nWe are inclusive of everyone's film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies\, to those who love the gore–we've got films for everyone! Check the Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scariness rating and other details.\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Halaloween Lineup:\n\nOctober 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum\, Dearborn\nOctober 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre\, Ann Arbor\n\nOctober 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre\, Ann Arbor\n\nOctober 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness\, Death\, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room\, Michigan League\, University of Michigan\n\nOctober 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape\": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM |  Brooklyn Detroit\, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. Get tickets and more info here.\n\n\nRSVP & find out more: http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween\nSponsors: Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and co-sponsored by the Arab American National Museum\, Devil’s Night Detroit\, and Michigan Medicine.\n\n\nFor more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies. If you have any questions\, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.\n\nJoin our email newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83\n\nFollow our social media for event updates:\n\nFacebook: UmichGISC\nhttps://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/\n\nTwitter: @umichgisc\nhttps://twitter.com/umichGISC
UID:152745-21914455@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152745
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film,Global Islamic Studies,Halaloween,Michigan Arts Festival
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052103
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Laser Training
DESCRIPTION:You must complete FABLab Safety Training and have watched the Laser cutter training video before attending this session!
UID:152896-21915469@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152896
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Taubman College Laser Cutter Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260930T130230
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Michigan Gubernatorial Debate Viewing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Michigan Gubernatorial Watch Party on October 6 and 8 from 7–8 p.m. in the Michigan Union Courtyard. Whether you closely follow state politics or simply want to learn more\, everyone is welcome to watch\, connect with other students\, and engage with Michigan’s gubernatorial election. We’ll also have nonpartisan resources available to help you register to vote\, understand mail-in and absentee voting for both Michigan and out-of-state voters\, and find your polling location. Come for one evening or both\, and make your plan to vote!
UID:152679-21914370@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152679
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Gubernatorial Debate,Politics,Register To Vote,Resource,Viewing Party,Vote
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Courtyard
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260813T094712
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Nights at Origins
DESCRIPTION:Wanna watch a movie and eat free popcorn? Join our Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants and watch a new movie or a classic while meeting new or familiar faces! Settle-in for a cozy night with us Thursday as we enter into comfy Fall weather.\n\nOrigins is located in Wolverine Village (Harper Hall).
UID:150192-21908376@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150192
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Located in Origins Multicultural Engagement Space
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260813T101439
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Nights at The Connector
DESCRIPTION:Wanna watch a movie and eat free popcorn? Join the Connector Community Assistants and watch a new movie or a classic while meeting new or familiar faces! Settle-in for a cozy night with us every Thursday as we enter into comfy Fall weather. \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad.
UID:150143-21908228@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150143
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26
LOCATION:The Connector
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000347
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Performance Mechanics & Wellness Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On October 8th at 7 pm\, there is a Momentum Performance and Wellness Workshop in the Great Lakes Room in Palmer Commons. For those who do not know\, this local gym specializes in strength training and injury recovery/prevention for runners. This is a great opportunity to hear from and work with a licensed physical therapist\, make sure this is on your calendar!
UID:152503-21913839@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152503
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Palmer Commons
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260826T102027
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Talk. Play. Belong.
DESCRIPTION:The Raoul Wallenberg Institute\, in conjunction with Talking Maize and Blue\, the Communications and Media department\, and Program in Transcultural Studies invites you to attend three FREE events (with food provided!) on October 5th\, October 6th\, and October 8th!\n\n1) How to Talk: A Dinner Workshop with a Game Come meet new people and beta test\nHow to Talk: A Class in a Box. This retro card deck will teach you old-timey conversation skills to build connection faster\, facilitate authentic sharing\, and navigate differences gracefully. Not like any class you will find in a classroom\, the evening will be filled with lighthearted activities to practice the art of talking. Pizza will be served. Monday\, October 5th from 5-7pm in North Quad’s Space 2435.\n\n2) Pizza and Playdecks Come play The Pluralism Playdeck\, a low-key scaffolded card\ngame designed to allow university students to practice the soft skills they need to\nengage in compassionate and honest conversations about hot-button issues across\nideological and demographic differences. You'll learn about yourself\, others\, and develop a skill set that will serve you well in both social and professional settings. Lunch will be served. Free copies of the Pluralism Playdeck will be available to take home. Tuesday\, October 6th from 12:00-1:30 in the Rackham West Conference Room.\n\n3) The Open Spoon: Belonging Join us for a facilitated evening of low-key storytelling on a theme. Bring a story or just come to listen. Liz Barney from the Open Spoon will facilitate this informal exchange of stories about a time when participants felt a sense of belonging. A cross between a campfire and a dorm room chat\, the Open Spoon lets you see the world through other eyes for a night. Food will be served. Thursday\, October 8th from 7-9pm in the beautiful Rackham West Conference Room.
UID:150895-21910457@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150895
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Communication,Communication And Media,Communication Research,Conversations,Conversations Across Differences,dialogue,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Games,Inclusion,Intergroup Dialogue,Leadership,Multicultural,Open Inquiry,Talk,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T000348
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T223000
SUMMARY:Other:Back 2 Business
DESCRIPTION:Come out and see Ross's MBA band at our first show of the year! There will be great tunes\, great vibes\, and as always a tab open at the bar!\n \nThursday\, October 8\nDoors: 7:30pm | Show: 8:30pm\nLocation: NECTO (516 E Liberty St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104)\n \nTickets are $20 in advance\, $25 at the door.\nRegister for the event\, send your PayPal here\, and you're all set.\nFan club members don't need to do anything – you're already in!
UID:152590-21914034@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152590
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Necto
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260908T121750
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T213000
SUMMARY:Performance:Come from Away
DESCRIPTION:*Come from Away* is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander\, Newfoundland\, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover\, when 38 planes\, carrying thousands of people from around the globe\, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11\, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers\, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music\, an open bar\, and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.\n\n*Come from Away* has earned global success with 37 award nominations and 13 wins\, most notably Best New Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards and Outstanding Musical at the 2017 Drama Desk Awards. The show’s global presence resonates with audiences as an uplifting reminder of humanity’s ability to come together.\n\nBook\, Music\, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein\nDirected by Vincent J. Cardinal\nMusic Direction by Cynthia Kortman Westphal\n\n–––\n*Parking / Traffic alert for attendees:*\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/2026-construction
UID:148643-21904559@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148643
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Music,Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052104
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T213000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027
DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.
UID:149176-21905913@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan (League, 2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052122
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Oxford Houses (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:150871-21914679@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150871
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Gandhi Lounge, Geddes House
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260930T121726
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T213000
SUMMARY:Performance:Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
DESCRIPTION:Born in colonized Ireland just after the turn of the twentieth century\, Samuel Beckett wrote about how power works\, and how it works on people -- especially the dispossessed and the destitute. His own experience hiding from the Gestapo in the French countryside surfaces in most famous play\, *Waiting for Godot* (1953). \n\n*Time Passes* presents eight short plays written after *Godot*\, from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Showcasing Beckett's verbal play and visual precision\, as well as his political imagination\, they meet our own moment -- fierce\, funny\, uncompromising\, and compassionate as ever. \n\nFeatured plays: \n*Act Without Words II*\n*Play* \n*Come and Go*\n*Footfalls*\n*Rockaby*\n*Catastrophe*\n*What Where*\n*Quad*\n\nWritten by Samuel Beckett\n\nDirected by Malcolm Tulip
UID:148642-21904558@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148642
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:North Campus,Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Arthur Miller Theatre
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261001T121731
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T230000
SUMMARY:Performance:\"Crumbs from the Table of Joy\" by Lynn Nottage
DESCRIPTION:*First come\, first serve seating. There will be no overflow seating above the posted capacity.*\n\nThe Department of Theatre & Drama presents a faculty-led studio production of *Crumbs from the Table of Joy* by Lynn Nottage.\n\nIn 1950\, a grieving husband moves his two teenage daughters from Florida to Brooklyn\, burying himself inside a timely spiritual movement. Intellectually curious and tentatively embracing city life\, seventeen year old Ernestine navigates her unpredictable family dynamics amidst evolving political\, racial\, and religious landscapes. \n\nPerformances: \nOctober 8 at 8:00 pm\nOctober 9 at 7:30 pm\nOctober 10 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm 
UID:148645-21904561@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148645
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater
LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260929T181727
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Choir
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a choral program showcasing U-M composers\, performers\, and creative partnerships. \n\nEugene Rogers\, conductor\nKenneth Sieloff\, graduate student conductor (Chatman)\nAndy Milne\, piano (Milne)\nJeffrey Lyman\, bassoon (Recio)\n\nPROGRAM\n\n*Try to Fly*\, Andy Milne\nTitle TBA (world premiere)\, 2026 Brehm Composition Prize Winner\n*Espial*\, Matthew Recio\, poetry. Aminata R. Sei\n*It will not change*\, Stephen Chatman \nMass in D major\, Antonín Dvořák			\n\n–––\n*Parking / Traffic alert for attendees:*\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/2026-construction				 		
UID:148644-21904560@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148644
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052122
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T150000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:East Quad (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151018-21915258@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151018
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Game Room
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260327T101154
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Martin Sexton
DESCRIPTION:“The best live performer I’ve ever seen.” –John Mayer\n\nMartin Sexton tours in support of the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open - the critically-acclaimed double vinyl live album. The show will include these fan-favorites as well as some new material and surprise covers.
UID:147014-21900242@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147014
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix
LOCATION:ARK Reserved
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052120
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T213000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:West Quad (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:151036-21915263@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151036
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:WQ Multipurpose Room (1005)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20261004T052122
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T220000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Wolverine Village Building 2 (2026-2027) (Housing)
DESCRIPTION:
UID:149908-21913862@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149908
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Building 2 1st Floor Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260930T181744
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T222000
SUMMARY:Performance:Organ Encore!
DESCRIPTION:*Organ Encore!* recitals feature the historic Frieze Memorial Organ in Hill Auditorium following select ensemble concerts. Organ faculty and students will offer 20-minute programs that elaborate upon the theme or concept of the preceding concert. \n\nOn October 8\, Professors Caroline Robinson and Nicole Keller will continue the Chamber Choir’s celebration of University of Michigan composers with a program featuring works of William Albright and William Bolcom\, who wrote for the instrument in Hill Auditorium.
UID:153142-21915173@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153142
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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