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DTSTAMP:20260818T121511
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:150411-21909380@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:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:149978-21907754@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:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T230000
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:150276-21908532@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
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260814T155307
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T230000
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:150290-21908835@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:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:150406-21909216@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
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DTSTAMP:20260721T102305
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T220000
SUMMARY:Other:Transfer Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate U-M's transfer students for National Transfer Student Week 2026! Occurring from Monday\, October 26 through Friday\, October 30 you will find a series of fun\, engaging\, and educational events from a variety of campus offices and departments ready to celebrate and uplift our transfer students.
UID:149489-21906483@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149489
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Free,Transfer,Transfer Students,Transfer Week,Transferweek2026,Undergraduate Students
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DTSTAMP:20260806T162236
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:149975-21907518@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:20260803T135300
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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.
UID:149758-21907083@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
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DTSTAMP:20260820T165408
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T200000
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:150658-21909807@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
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DTSTAMP:20260728T142037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:149620-21906806@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:20260824T192317
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Non-Apparent Disabilities
DESCRIPTION:This presentation introduces non-apparent disabilities—conditions that can significantly affect daily life\, even when they are not immediately apparent to others. Participants will explore common misconceptions and the unique forms of ableism that people with non-apparent disabilities may experience\, including doubt\, stigma\, and barriers to access and support. The session will also focus on moving from awareness to action. \n\nParticipants will learn practical strategies for supporting people with non-apparent disabilities and for normalizing accessibility in everyday environments.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu.
UID:149434-21906414@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149434
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Accommodations,Communication,Culture,Disability,Inclusion,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T135721
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T125000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Devil is in the Tail: Macroeconomic Tail Risk Expectations of Firms
DESCRIPTION:This paper examines novel survey evidence on firms’ beliefs about macroeconomic tail risk and their role in investment decisions. In a large survey of firms\, I elicit the subjective probability of a severe macroeconomic downturn and firms’ exposure to such events. Using observational and experimental variation\, I find that a higher probability of a severe macroeconomic downturn substantially lowers investment\, particularly for more exposed firms\, beyond what can be explained by changes in firms’ subjective first and second moments. In a heterogeneous firm model calibrated to the survey evidence\, tail risk concerns make fiscal policy particularly effective for stabilizing investment.
UID:149567-21906712@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149567
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
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DTSTAMP:20260911T131259
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
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:152024-21912675@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:20260912T002157
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026-2027 CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Weekly gathering for students\, staff\, and faculty to build community with the Trotter/MESA team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation\, food and fun!
UID:151558-21911744@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151558
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T134245
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
SUMMARY:Well-being:CommuniTEA
DESCRIPTION:Join students\, staff\, and faculty in the Sankofa Lounge for weekly CommuniTEA gatherings. Come to connect\, share experiences\, good vibes\, and unwind. Meet new friends\, play a card game\, or study and eat your lunch among community! Organizations and units are welcome to collaborate and share refreshments or cultural tea practices.
UID:150822-21910264@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150822
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Inclusion,MESA,Multicultural,Social Impact,Well-being
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260824T181519
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
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:149541-21906626@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:20260805T124628
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How to Teach Appreciative Interviewing
DESCRIPTION:Activities that ask students to conduct interviews\, particularly of community members\, can be a powerful method for helping students research real-world issues and understand diverse perspectives. While interview assignments are common across academic disciplines\, less common is explicit instruction for students on effective techniques for interviewing. How might we prepare our students to effectively build rapport with\, interview\, and collect stories or information from communities?\n\nIn this session\, staff from U-M’s Ginsberg Center will share methods for teaching students skills in appreciative interviewing\, an approach to interviewing that emphasizes interviewee expertise and encourages interviewers to guard against deficit-based thinking. Throughout the session\, we’ll model discussions and activities from Ginsberg Center that you can use to prepare your students for interviewing. In the process\, you’ll have the opportunity to practice skills that will strengthen your own communication with students\, be it in office hours\, classroom instruction\, supervision\, or other contexts.\n\nREGISTER: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/111999
UID:149917-21907386@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149917
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Leadership,Staff
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260911T121559
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Metricracy: The Data and Symbolic Politics of a Chinese Social Credit System
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/kVZXk\n\nBased on fieldwork inside one of China's most celebrated social credit systems\, this talk shows what actually happens when a state tries to score the moral lives of its citizens. Far from the all-seeing surveillance machine\, the system runs on data that are selectively collected and routinely fabricated—and even then\, the state struggles to make the score mean anything\, facing constant contestation and reinterpretation. This notorious system\, Dr. Liu will suggest\, is less an authoritarian anomaly than a sharp lens on the contradictions of governing by numbers anywhere.\n\nChuncheng Liu is a sociologist of knowledge and technology who studies the politics of data and classification. An assistant professor of communication and sociology at Northeastern University\, he earned his Ph.D. in sociology and science studies at the University of California\, San Diego\, and was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England. His current research examines the politics of sociotechnical systems that surveil and classify citizens. His work has appeared in journals including *Big Data & Society*\; *Information\, Communication & Society*\; *Social Science & Medicine*\; and *Science\, Technology & Human Values*\, and has been featured in outlets such as The Guardian\, Bloomberg\, and Rest of World.\n\n*Part of the International Institute Theme Year: Sovereignty*\nhttps://myumi.ch/ii-theme
UID:150169-21908314@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150169
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese,Chinese Studies,Data,Politics,Sociology,Theme Year
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260912T002135
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS GenAI Essentials - Fall 2026
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI tools are increasingly part of academic\, research\, and professional work\, but using them effectively requires more than knowing how to write a prompt. GenAI Essentials is a practical workshop series designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars make informed\, responsible decisions about when and how to use generative AI.Through interactive sessions and hands-on activities\, participants will examine the capabilities and limitations of GenAI tools\, practice strategies for using AI in writing and communication\, and develop more intentional approaches to prompting and evaluating AI-generated responses.Participants may register for one or more sessions.By the end of the Fall 2026 series\, participants will be able to:Evaluate appropriate uses and limitations of generative AI in academic\, research\, and professional contexts.Identify ethical\, privacy\, academic integrity\, and disclosure considerations that should inform GenAI use.Use GenAI strategically to support revision\, feedback\, and professional communication without outsourcing authorship or judgment.Develop more specific and effective prompts by identifying the characteristics\, goals\, and conventions of the writing they want to produce or improve.
UID:151412-21911559@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151412
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:VIRTUAL
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260805T110500
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Structural Basis of B Cell Co-Receptor Signaling and Engineering of CD19 Antibodies with New Functions- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar presented by Dr. Katherine Susa\, University of California\, San Francisco
UID:149903-21907352@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149903
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences
LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 5330
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DTSTAMP:20260912T002135
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Write Here/Write Now
DESCRIPTION:Prioritize your work\, research\, and writing with dedicated quiet space\, snacks\, and coffee. Join us for this bi-weekly opportunity to meet other grad students and postdocs in STEM and stay ahead this semester. Each event will begin with 15 minutes to grab snacks/coffee\, get settled\, and set goals for the time block followed by 1.5 hours of quiet work time and conclude with partnered progress checks. \nSTEM equity for everyone needs everyone! WISE programming is open to all students regardless of sex\, gender\, or gender identity.\n
UID:151553-21912379@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151553
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:WISE Office, 3236 Undergraduate Science Building
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260803T154932
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Between Asante and the Whiteman: Fante and Ga Pressmen and the Racialization of Ethnicity in Gold Coast Newspapers
DESCRIPTION:With the “Hear\, Here” series\, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.\n\nAbout this talk:\nThis talk illuminates the contradictory racial politics of late nineteenth-century African-owned newspapers by analyzing how Fante and Ga pressmen\, who positioned themselves as African defenders of African interests\, deployed racist depictions of the Asante empire in an effort to solicit British protection. This Faustian bargain backfired and when British protection led to colonial conquest\, these same newspapers mobilized race as the primary language of political dissent against British rule.\n\nCarina Ray is a 2026-27 Helmut F. Stern Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Associate Professor\, History.
UID:149783-21907184@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149783
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African Studies,History,Humanities
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Osterman Common Room, #1022
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260910T181747
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T135000
SUMMARY:Performance:Eva Albalghiti\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:Eva Albalghiti 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:151971-21912520@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151971
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus
LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260908T152407
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T150000
SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde
DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German.
UID:151750-21912109@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151750
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Multicultural
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Common Room - 3110
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T115832
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:So Cool\, So Just Resource Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ginsberg Center and Trotter/MESA on the Diag for So Cool So Just on October 27 from 2 – 4 PM. A vibrant resource fair bringing together student organizations\, community partners\, and campus units committed to community engagement and social change. Explore opportunities to get involved\, volunteer\, or simply learn what’s happening across campus and beyond. It’s your chance to connect with groups making a real impact.
UID:151576-21911784@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151576
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ginsberg Center,Resource Fair,Sessions,Social Change,Trotter Multicultural Center
LOCATION:University of Michigan Diag
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260819T104625
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T155000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic History Seminar: Tuesday\, October 27
DESCRIPTION:--
UID:150514-21909536@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150514
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Development,Economics,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260906T234632
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T163000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DSI Research Colloquium | The Urban Platform Playbook: Inside the Civic Tech Rewiring City Life
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, the smartphone apps that allow you to request a ride\, get food delivered\, or even find a place to stay at the push of a button have become household names. But\, what about an app to fill the pothole on your street\, or monitor the flooding risks of local streams\, or raise funds to spruce up your local park? This talk will present ideas from a manuscript under preparation for a book telling the story of five civic urban platforms that have matured into new urban infrastructures in the United States in the past decade: municipal 311\, city data portals\, civic crowdfunding\, open stormwater\, and the use of crowdsourcing to analyze historical racial exclusion. Although these platforms may use similar technical ingredients as smart cities – such as data\, algorithms\, and interfaces – none aim at creating the automated\, optimized city animating the smart city dream. Instead\, they pursue a different\, more digitally connected city\, where technology is fostering new forms of connection\, resilience\, and civic vitality. The book’s original case studies are developed through interviews with the technologists and public servants who created them\, drawing out both the unique stories of each but also identifying generalizable lessons to inspire the next generation of urban technology. The argument of the book is that digital technology isn’t only for building a utopian automated city\, but instead a new type of city that fosters new forms of connections between citizens\, city government\, and the places they share.\n\nRobert Goodspeed\, PhD\, AICP\, is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of collaborative planning\, urban analytics\, and scenario planning theory and methods. He is the author of the book Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions: Managing and Envisioning Uncertain Futures\, over 30 articles and book chapters\, and an editor of four edited volumes on urban analytics and smart cities. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)\, and currently serves as the board chair for Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM)\, a global society that organizes a leading biennial conference.\n\nThis event is in partnership with the Urban Tech Collective (UTC) housed at the University of Michigan’s Digital Studies Institute. UTC convenes U-M faculty and students from various disciplines investigating the imaginaries\, design\, and use of digital technologies within urban everyday life. UTC investigates topics related to physical and digital spaces\; mediated representations of urban space and urban communities\; digital rights and inequalities\; datafication\; urban intelligences\; and social change. The collective meets throughout the academic year to share research\, methodologies\, and best practices for the study of technology and urban life\, to host speakers\, and reimagine the role of urban technology scholarship\, design\, and policy in affecting more equitable\, sustainable futures.\n\nThe DSI Research Colloquium Series is closed to DSI-affiliated faculty and students. We strive to make our events accessible to all participants. If you anticipate needing accommodations or have questions about joining this event\, please contact Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu.
UID:150826-21910249@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150826
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Digital Studies Minor,digital technology,Technology,Urban And Regional Planning,urban design,urban planning,urban policy
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260825T203621
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: TBA
DESCRIPTION:TBA
UID:148250-21903442@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148250
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 1360
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260828T095648
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T173000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Should Universities Strive to Bridge Division?
DESCRIPTION:This panel brings together three former university presidents to explore whether colleges and universities have a responsibility to bridge social\, political\, and religious divides and\, if so\, whether they are succeeding and how they can do better. University of Michigan President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman will moderate the exchange\, which will also feature Brian Rosenberg\, president emeritus of Macalester College and author of *‘Whatever It Is\, I’m Against It’: Resistance to Change in Higher Education*\; and Teresa A. Sullivan\, president emerita of the University of Virginia and former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan.
UID:148331-21903933@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148331
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Civic Engagement,Discussion,Education,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,In Person,Intergroup Dialogue,Social,Social Impact,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260909T100240
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transition Metal Catalyzed Alkylation and Alkenylation of Olefins: New Molecular Catalysts and the Role of Lewis Acidic Oxidants
DESCRIPTION:The selective catalytic functionalization of C–H bonds of hydrocarbons remains one of the foremost challenges facing synthetic chemists. For example\, alkyl and alkenyl arenes are produced on a scale of billions of pounds per year. Current commercial catalysts (e.g.\, Friedel-Crafts or zeolites catalysts) for arene alkylation are based on acid-mediated olefin activation. New catalysts that operate by a distinct reaction pathway that involves transition metal-mediated C–H activation followed by olefin insertion into metal-aryl bonds offer potential advantages. The presentation will focus on the development and study of new transition metal catalysts for arene alkylation and alkenylation based on molecular complexes of Ru\, Rh\, Pd and Pt with an emphasis on the unexpected role of Cu(II) carboxylates that are used as oxidant.
UID:151569-21911776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151569
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260910T154654
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Transition Metal Catalyzed Alkylation and Alkenylation of Olefins: New Molecular Catalysts and the Role of Lewis Acidic Oxidants
DESCRIPTION:The selective catalytic functionalization of C–H bonds of hydrocarbons remains one of the foremost challenges facing synthetic chemists. For example\, alkyl and alkenyl arenes are produced on a scale of billions of pounds per year. Current commercial catalysts (e.g.\, Friedel-Crafts or zeolites catalysts) for arene alkylation are based on acid-mediated olefin activation. New catalysts that operate by a distinct reaction pathway that involves transition metal-mediated C–H activation followed by olefin insertion into metal-aryl bonds offer potential advantages. The presentation will focus on the development and study of new transition metal catalysts for arene alkylation and alkenylation based on molecular complexes of Ru\, Rh\, Pd and Pt with an emphasis on the unexpected role of Cu(II) carboxylates that are used as oxidant.
UID:151932-21912478@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151932
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - CHEM 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260912T002204
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T190000
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:149176-21906068@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan Room (League, 2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260911T121745
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T192000
SUMMARY:Performance:Music & Dance with a View
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy LIVE collaborative performances by U-M SMTD faculty & students in an intimate setting. Join us in the Dance Building’s Perry Kasper Granoff Studio.\n\nThe event runs 6:30 – 7:15pm.\n\nFree parking is available. Seating is limited.
UID:152013-21912615@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152013
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Perry Kasper Granoff Studio
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260902T101836
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T210000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:CINEFORUM
DESCRIPTION:All screenings will be held in Space2435 North Quad. Movies will be shown in Italian with English subtitles. Free and open to the public. \n\nTuesday September 29th @ 7:00 PM \n*Il Sorpasso *\nOn a deserted Ferragosto in Rome\, a shy young law student is drawn into a spontaneous road trip by a brash\, fast-talking stranger with a sports car. As the two men speed along the coast\, their comic misadventures reveal the pleasures and anxieties of Italy’s economic boom. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Dino Risi\,1962.\n\nTuesday October 27th @ 7:00 PM \n*La Signora senza camelie*\nIt’s the story of a shopclerk named Clara who finds a chance casting in a small movie role develop into a full-blown career as screen-siren. Tension erupts when her husband can no longer tolerate watching her frivolous cinema escapades\, and pushes her into a “serious\, artistic” production of the life of Joan of Arc… whereupon she is castigated by the critical establishment. Featuring Lucia Bose\, Gino Cervi\, Alain Cuny. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni\, 1953.\n\nTuesday November 17th @ 7:00 PM\n*Catene *\nIn the first of a series of meladramas directed by Matarazzo\, a husband kills his wife's ex-boyfriend\, who was blackmailing her. He flees to America\, but is sent back to Italy to stand trial. The only way he can be set free is if his wife confesses to adultery—so the murder can be considered a crime of passion—but this estranges her from her family. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo\, 1949.
UID:151374-21911427@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151374
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film,Italian Studies,Romance Language
LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260813T102754
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Nights at The Connector
DESCRIPTION:Do you like board games? Card games? Do you like free popcorn? We welcome all types of players here! Every Tuesday\, the Connector Community Assistants are hosting a game night where we eat delicious popcorn and have a chill (or competitive\, if that’s your energy!) night of joy and connection with one another! Bring your friends and hang! \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad.
UID:150142-21908198@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150142
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260908T132111
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Journey
DESCRIPTION:Looking for a place to be real\, ask big questions\, and find community? Join \"The Journey\,\" a small group for undergraduate students exploring how to live faithfully in difficult times.\n\nCome for honest conversation\, encouragement\, and a welcoming group of fellow students. You don’t need to have the answers—just bring yourself.\n\nTuesdays at 7:00 p.m. \nEnter through the Wesley Tower doors.
UID:151739-21912054@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Christianity,Religious,Undergrad
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Pine Room
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260912T002204
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T213000
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:149176-21906069@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Michigan Room (League, 2nd Floor)
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260724T121642
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Octubafest
DESCRIPTION:Octubafest is a three day celebration of music for the tuba and euphonium. The recitals for these three evenings will feature solo and chamber music performances by members of the University of Michigan Tuba Euphonium studio.
UID:149545-21906667@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149545
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260831T121716
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261027T220000
SUMMARY:Performance:University Choir
DESCRIPTION:Though separated by nearly 200 years\, Nathaniel Dett and J.S. Bach in their own distinct ways used familiar melodies to show joy and praise in their cantatas. Presenting two seminal works\, *Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)* and *Chariot Jubilee*\, this concert will feature student instrumentalists and soloists.\n\nMatthew Abernathy\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n\n*Christ lag in Todes Banden\, BWV 4*                                \nJohann Sebastian Bach\n\n*Chariot Jubilee*                                        \nR. Nathaniel Dett\n\n\n–––\n*Parking / Traffic alert for attendees:*\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/2026-construction
UID:148669-21904585@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148669
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music
LOCATION:Hill Auditorium
CONTACT:
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