BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T124051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Student Caregiver Appreciation Week DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating University of Michigan Student Caregivers Appreciation Week\, November 9-14\, 2026. Units across campus will host programs and events to celebrate student caregivers at U-M and highlight their experiences. Whether you are a student parent\, caregiver\, or want to support students who are\, please join in this annual celebration! UID:150334-21909096@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Caregiver,Caregivers,Parents,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Studentcaregiverweek2026,Students With Children,Support LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Tech Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join Tech Club for Tech Week 2026\, a week-long series of company presentations\, networking opportunities\, coffee chats\, panels\, and hands-on workshops designed to connect members with leaders across the tech ecosystem. The week will bring together students\, sponsors\, alumni\, and industry professionals for recruiting insights\, career exploration\, and practical skill-building.\nTech Week will kick off on Sunday\, November 8 with a keynote presentation\, networking kickoff\, and opening reception. From Monday\, November 9 through Thursday\, November 12\, members will participate in Company Super Days featuring sponsor-led company talks\, cross-company panels\, and functional track sessions across areas like Product\, GTM\, Finance\, Operations\, and more. The week will conclude on Friday\, November 13 with Builder Workshops\, including hands-on sessions and technical deep dives.\nThroughout the week\, members will also have access to ongoing coffee chats\, offered both in person and virtually\, with scheduling coordinated based on sponsor availability. Whether you’re exploring tech careers\, preparing for recruiting\, looking to build practical skills\, or hoping to expand your network\, Tech Week is a signature opportunity to engage with the tech community and learn from companies and peers. UID:149883-21907333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:150411-21909397@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T230000 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:150276-21908549@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T165014 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dancing with the Dragon Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913086@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T230000 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:150290-21908852@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:150406-21909233@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:149975-21907535@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:153178-21915319@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T163000 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:152203-21913291@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T153110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T140000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Campus Vaccination Clinics DESCRIPTION:Vax up\, Umich! Drop in at a campus clinic to get your updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. For the full schedule and more details\, visit https://healthresponse.umich.edu/vaccination-clinics/ UID:153221-21915454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Well-being LOCATION:East Hall - North Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:149758-21907100@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000 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:150658-21909824@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: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260617T090730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Iberian Cinema\, Media\, and Theory: A Symposium Honoring Marsha Kinder DESCRIPTION:This event will bring together a group of distinguished scholars in Iberian cinema\, film theory\, and media studies to celebrate and reflect on Marsha Kinder's intellectual legacy following her recent passing. UID:148989-21905283@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148989 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Media Studies LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T134405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Legacy Lab Fall Workshop DESCRIPTION:ABOUT\nLegacy Lab is designed to help you reflect on your core values and purpose and explore the impact you want to have as a leader. Through this program\, you’ll engage in reflective activities\, experiment with new ways of interacting and leading\, and build meaningful connections with your peers. By the end\, you’ll emerge as a stronger\, more intentional leader poised to create a lasting legacy.\n\nFALL KEY DATES (IN-PERSON)\nSession 1 & 2: Friday\, November 13\, 9 AM–1:30 PM\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS\nAny U-M Student with the ability to attend both sessions.\n\nREGISTRATION WINDOW\nOctober 26–November 8\n\nVisit our webpage to learn more! UID:152992-21914873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152992 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Leadership,Personal Development,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907132@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T144439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Small Works DESCRIPTION:The RC Art Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition\, Small Works.\n\nOctober 21 - November 19\, 2026\n\nJoin us for a reception on Friday\, November 13\, from 4:30-6:00 PM.\n\nMore details about the exhibition and participating artists will be available soon. UID:152872-21914652@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152872 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Book,book discussion,book event,Detroit,Exhibition,Michigan Arts,Michigan Arts Festival LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T114252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:10-Week Accessibility Challenge DESCRIPTION:Join the 10-Week Accessibility Challenge to learn more about accessibility basics\, best practices\, and U-M resources and tools available to help you with this work. This training program is open to all U-M staff\, faculty\, and students - no prior accessibility experience or knowledge is required. These live sessions dive deeper into the Challenge content and give participants a chance to get live support and ask questions with our digital accessibility staff. If you have any questions or concerns\, please reach out to accessibility-challenge@umich.edu.\n\nThe 10-Week Accessibility Challenge Live sessions take place on Fridays at 10:00 - 11:00am\, October 2 - December 4\, 2026.\n\nSign up for the challenge today: https://mailchi.mp/umich/10-week-accessibility-challenge\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 995 6855 7925 UID:150570-21909634@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Make It Accessible,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T093048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Tony Tulathimutte DESCRIPTION:Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (Michigan League\, Henderson Room 3rd floor). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot. Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://myumi.ch/ZellWriters26\n\nTony Tulathimutte is the author of *Private Citizens* and* Rejection*. A graduate of Stanford University's Symbolic Systems program\, he took creative writing classes with Adam Johnson\, ZZ Packer\, and Elizabeth Tallent. After graduating\, he published a handful of stories\, one of which won an O. Henry Award\, as he worked for a small Bay Area UX firm. He got accepted to the Iowa Writers' Workshop the same week he was laid off in 2010.\n\nAt Iowa he finished most of a draft of his debut novel *Private Citizens*\, which was called \"the first great Millennial novel\" by *New York Magazine* after its publication in 2016\, and received a Whiting Writers' Award. In 2017 he founded CRIT\, an independent class he teaches out of his apartment in Brooklyn\, whose alumni have gone on to publish 34 books to date. He has written for *The Paris Review\, N+1\, The New York Times\, The New Republic\, The Believer\, Playboy\,* The Nation\, and others.\n\nTony's second book is a novel-in-stories\, *Rejection*\, published in 2024. *Rejection* has been translated into seven languages\, and was nominated for the National Book Award\, the Story Prize\, and the Clark Prize\, and received a Jack Galef Literary Arts award. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.\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 restroom is available on the third floor\, Room 343T.\n\nASL 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:150553-21909592@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Literature,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson Room, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T102711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\; stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods. UID:150691-21909926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150691 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,International,Language,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:138033-21881363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T151354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 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:138848-21913663@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/payravdehqonov CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T123000 SUMMARY:Other:Michigan Marketing: Education Session #8 DESCRIPTION:RCC Prep: Join the MMC for Ed Session 8\, where we'll review all case types and practice to get you ready for the Ross Connect Conference. UID:151190-21911049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151190 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:R1210 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T141443 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Community Engaged Course Design Workshop Info Session DESCRIPTION:This information session is an opportunity for graduate students to ask questions and learn more about the Community Engaged Course Design Workshop facilitated by staff at Rackham and the Ginsberg Center for Community Service Learning. After sharing information about the workshop\, the session will include time to connect informally with students who have previously participated in the workshop over lunch. Lunch will be provided to those who register in advance.\n\nThe Community Engaged Course Design Workshop is a semester-long professional development workshop for graduate students from any discipline interested in learning how to design and teach a community engaged learning course for undergraduate students. During the program\, students explore the theoretical foundations\, ethical implications\, and practice of community engaged teaching in order to design a course and syllabus\, rooted in their field of study\, for undergraduates to participate in community engaged learning. You can learn more and apply on our website. UID:152883-21914685@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152883 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Neeraja Aravamudan, Director, Ginsberg Center | Joe Cialdella, Assistant Director, Experiential Learning, Rackham Graduate School CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T230000 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:152626-21914204@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 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:152024-21912692@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 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T075419 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T124500 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bate-Papo: Portuguese Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and light snacks while improving your Portuguese! All language levels are welcome.\n\n-Meet in the RLL Commons: located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nQuestions? Contact Maria Teresa Mattos at (mtmattos@umich.edu). UID:150926-21910439@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150926 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brazil,Coffee,Communication,Community,Community Based Learning,Community Engagement,Culture,Discussion,Europe,Faculty,Food,Free,Games,Global,Global Engagement,Humanities,In Person,Media,Mulitcultural,Multilingual,Portuguese,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Storytelling,Talk,Translate,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T100249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Cash Plus Psychosocial Interventions for Economic Mobility DESCRIPTION:Catherine Thomas is an assistant professor of psychology and of organizational studies at the University of Michigan. She integrates the insights of social psychology\, lens of cultural psychology\, and tools of behavioral science to examine and intervene upon psychosocial drivers of poverty and inequality in the U.S. and around the globe. In particular\, her work interrogates relationships among agency\, dignity\, and economic mobility. In this work\, she conducts lab and field experiments across diverse low-income contexts\, including in the U.S.\, sub-Saharan Africa\, and South Asia\, and often through interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with nonprofits and governments. Her work has been published in journals including Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and in media outlets including Time and Foreign Affairs.\n\nThe Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series is free and open to the public as well as being a one-credit course for U-M students (SW503). In-person talks include coffee\, cookies\, and the chance to ask the speakers questions\, or you can watch the livestream on YouTube. UID:150398-21909165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150398 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Poverty,Psychology LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 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:149541-21906639@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T105707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T124500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? DESCRIPTION:Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time\, including the dinosaurs? Cosmic collisions are abundant in our solar system. See the numerous craters on worlds like the moon\, Mars\, and even distant Pluto. UID:105124-21912831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T122159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EIHS Workshop: Childhood\, Gendered Affinities\, and Structures of Power DESCRIPTION:In the face of global democratic backsliding\, feminist demands have gained renewed visibility even as patriarchal\, racial\, and class-based violence and exclusion have become increasingly normalized across regional\, national\, and local boundaries. In this context\, childhood\, and girlhood in particular\, has emerged as a matter of political\, moral\, and ideological contestation. Situating these contemporary struggles within a broader historical perspective\, however\, reveals that gendered childhood\, as a concept and social project\, has long served as a site onto which collective fears\, social aspirations\, and competing visions of citizenship and belonging are projected. Indeed\, Marcia Chatelain's work has shown that\, during the Great Migration\, Black girlhood in Chicago’s South Side represented a potential path to social mobility\, even as it was undermined by indiscriminate lynchings\, labor demands in an expanding commercial market\, a punitive judicial system\, and sexual victimization. This scholarship raises important historical and methodological questions\, such as: Who is afforded the innocence and vulnerability of childhood? In what ways have race\, gender\, and class together impacted public discourses regarding what it means to be a “good citizen”? How have crises around racialized\, gendered\, and classed identity inspired unexpected historical affinities and collaborations? How might historians navigate (and overcome) gaps and silences in the traditional archive\, which have effectively erased the perspectives of racialized and working-class children?\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:150723-21910004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Psychology,Science,Social Sciences,Sociology,Women's Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260622T092756 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe session involves 3 simple steps:\n\nBreathing\nRelaxation\nMeditation\n\nDeep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. This is the art of Heartfulness Meditation. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T144002 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:IOE 101: Shannon McGuire DESCRIPTION:More details to come. UID:150643-21909751@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1610 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T105028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. Register on our website\, see link below. UID:138074-21913195@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260831T123500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series> DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon! UID:151240-21911138@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151240 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T094906 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: METL experiment at ANL DESCRIPTION:Edward Kent will discuss experimental research at Argonne National Laboratory’s Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL)\, a large-scale liquid-sodium facility supporting the development of sodium-cooled fast reactor technology. The presentation will likely highlight sodium testing\, instrumentation and experiments designed to validate components and technologies for advanced reactors.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:150325-21909027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Energy,Materials Science,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Nuclear,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Research,Science LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T152558 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Hidden Dossier: Investigating the Unwritten Rules of the Academy for Graduate Students at Michigan DESCRIPTION:Do you want to learn the unwritten rules of the university? Are you searching for the hidden maps to funding and professional success? This workshop helps you solve the puzzle of the hidden curriculum within the university landscape. We provide the tools to navigate the complex systems of funding and campus culture. You will gain the skills needed to build your own path to academic achievement. This workshop supports master's students\, doctoral students\, post-doctoral students\, and post-bachelor students\, especially those who identify as student caregivers and veterans or active military.\n\nPlease email the Rackham Professional Development team at rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu with any questions. UID:153005-21914906@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153005 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060152 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 SUMMARY:Other:CoPhie - Science Communication Workshop DESCRIPTION:Cophie (University of Michigan Community of Physicists for Inclusion and Equity) invites you for a workshop on science communication. This event is being organized with the UM Natural Science Museum. \nThis meeting might be a different location than our usual Neal Lab second floor fish bowl. Email Baristas if you missed the email about location: cophiebaristas@umich.edu\n \n  UID:151144-21910975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151144 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Neal Lab CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062131 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explore the MHI - Fall 2027 Admission Cycle DESCRIPTION:Curious about the field of health informatics and how data\, technology\, and human-centered design can improve health and healthcare? This session offers a broad introduction to the University of Michigan Master of Health Informatics (MHI) program. We’ll explore what a health informatics degree is\, who comes to the program\, the MHI curriculum and student experience\, and the career pathways pursued by alumni. You’ll also have an opportunity to ask questions and consider whether the MHI aligns with your interests and goals.Students who attend a live session will receive an application fee waiver following the presentation.This session is designed as a general program overview rather than an application workshop. For more in-depth guidance on the application process\, prospective students are encouraged to attend an Apply to MHI session.All listed Explore the MHI sessions feature the same presentation and are offered at different times for your convenience\, so you only need to attend one. UID:150583-21909669@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150583 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 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:149176-21906317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room (Pierpont, 1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T121754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Economics graduate student Austin Zhu 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:152274-21913469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152274 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260714T133752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Got questions about digital accessibility\, Title II compliance\, or how to make digital content accessible? \n\n-Come to virtual drop-in office hours!\n-Every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month\n-1:30 - 3:00pm \n-Zoom Meeting ID 935 9909 5960\n-Digital accessibility experts available to help you\n\nOpen to everyone from all U-M campuses (Ann Arbor\, Dearborn\, Flint\, Michigan Medicine).\n\nCan’t make it to Office Hours but have a question? Contact us (https://accessibility.umich.edu/contact-services)!\n\nIf you need accommodations to participate in office hours\, let us know by emailing ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:132601-21903953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/132601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Communication,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Faculty,Graduate Students,Office Hours,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T115855 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Who Gets Connected? Network Drivers of Racial Inequality in Tie Formation at Work DESCRIPTION:Intraorganizational networks are critical for careers\, yet Black employees derive fewer benefits from networks than their White counterparts\, partly because they form fewer cross-race instrumental ties. Extant research has attributed these disparities to interpersonal mechanisms whereby dissimilar individuals are less likely to connect. This paper moves beyond dyadic explanations by theorizing how triadic closure—whereby shared contacts increase the likelihood of tie formation—varies by race. We argue that the presence of shared contacts creates the opportunity structure for racial disparities in ties formed by reducing transparency and diffusing accountability\, particularly when those ties provide access to career-advancing work. Using a longitudinal network dataset combining personnel and staffing records of 2\,481 new hires in a professional services firm\, we estimate the causal effect of having shared contacts on subsequent year-end tie formation. We find that the effect of shared contacts on subsequent tie formation is approximately 94% lower for Black than for White new hires\, although no such gap exists when ties form in the absence of shared contacts. These findings advance our understanding of the network drivers of racial disparities\, demonstrate that triadic closure is socially differentiated\, and show how networks generate unequal access to career-advancing opportunities. UID:152087-21912977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152087 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Organizational Studies,Sociology LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Global Public Health Poster Session DESCRIPTION:Join us at the School of Public Health to network and learn more about international internships and research completed by master's and doctoral students during the summer of 2026 at the annual Global Public Health Poster Session. UID:152461-21913771@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152461 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:School of Public Health I (Henry F. Vaughan building) at 1415 Washington Heights CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21912944@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260721T143517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Theory Seminar: Friday\, November 13 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:149503-21906530@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260901T115252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T163000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Studio DESCRIPTION:Whether you already have a resume or are brand new to the process\, our Resume Studio will give you the skills and tools you need to create a strong resume. Hub Coaches will be available on-site to help you craft a strong resume. Make sure to bring your laptop or tablet.\n\nLook forward to receiving answers to the following questions:\n\nHow should I structure my resume?\nHow can I speak to previous and relevant experiences?\nIs there a specific way I should write my resume bullet points?\n\nPlease note that this event is in person only – it is highly recommended to register if you plan on attending as there are limited seats available.\n\nThe Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor as well\, and places to sit or stand during the event. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu  or 734-763-4674 so we can make arrangements. UID:150642-21909750@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150642 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Career,Lsa Opportunity Hub,Resume,Studentcaregiversweek2026 LOCATION:LSA Building - 1280 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T132053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Title TBA DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA\n\nContact: Ian Tobasco UID:148882-21905044@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148882 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T094642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture-U-M Biomedical Engineering DESCRIPTION:2026 Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture\n\nPhysical principles of cardiac sarcomere organization in health and disease\n\nAbstract:\nThe remarkable capabilities of living tissues reflect the self-assembly of biological macromolecules into structures far larger and more complex than their individual components. The Dunn laboratory seeks to understand the physical principles that allow molecular interactions to produce organized\, functional tissues. In this talk\, I will focus on cardiomyocytes\, whose contractile machinery provides a striking example of biological self-assembly. Using single-molecule force spectroscopy\, we find that α-actinin-2\, a core component of the sarcomeric Z-disc\, binds actin in a strongly force- and direction-dependent manner. This behavior suggests a mechanism by which forces generated during contraction can help organize and stabilize sarcomeric architecture. In parallel\, we are investigating how inherited cardiomyopathy mutations perturb sarcomere mechanics and organization. Genetically encoded force sensors reveal how disease-associated myosin mutations alter force propagation within sarcomeres\, while cryo-electron tomography shows how these mutations disrupt sarcomere order at the molecular scale. These and other data suggest that alterations in sarcomeric organization may be intimately linked to the development of cardiomyopathy. Finally\, I will describe emerging approaches for scaling single-molecule biophysics from measurements of individual interactions to systematic surveys of hundreds of molecular variants. These approaches open the door to studies of mechanobiology at scale and to the design and characterization of new molecular mechanosensors.\n\nBio:\nAlex Dunn is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. His research focuses on understanding how living cells sense mechanical stimuli\, with particular interests in stem cell biology and tissue engineering. Dr. Dunn worked as a postdoctoral scholar with James Spudich in the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Harry Gray\, where his work focused on understanding the catalytic mechanism selective C-H bond oxidation by cytochrome P450 enzymes. His work has been recognized with numerous awards\, including the Hertz Fellowship\, the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award at the Scientific Interface\, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award\, and the HHMI Faculty Scholar Award. UID:153197-21915407@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153197 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,Discussion,engineer,engineering,In Person,Lecture,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Research LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260926T172212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Combinatorics Seminar DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:149671-21906924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T154500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explore the MSI - Fall 2027 Admission Cycle DESCRIPTION:Curious about the field of information and where a Master of Science in Information (MSI) degree can lead? This session offers a broad introduction to the University of Michigan School of Information and the MSI experience. We’ll explore what an information degree is\, who comes to UMSI\, the program’s structure and student experience\, and the career pathways pursued by alumni. You’ll also have an opportunity to ask questions and consider whether UMSI could be a place where your interests and goals can grow.Students who attend a live session will receive an application fee waiver following the presentation.\nThis session is designed as a general program overview rather than an application workshop. For in-depth guidance on the application process\, prospective students are encouraged to attend an Apply to MSI session.All listed Explore the MSI sessions feature the same presentation and are offered at different times for your convenience\, so you only need to attend one. UID:150584-21909676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150584 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260903T132805 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life with Associate Professor Matthew Hull DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Department of Anthropology for the annual Roy A. Rappaport Lecture Series! Associate Professor Matthew Hull will present the fall 2026 series\, titled “Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life.”\n\nAbstract: “Corporations are often seen as purely economic actors\, but they have been central to Anglo-American governance for centuries—pioneers of democratic assembly\, speech\, citizenship\, and constitutions. Many features of corporations\, once grounded in democratic ideals\, now foster the unresponsiveness of these institutions. These lectures will include discussion of a diverse array of corporations: medieval guilds\, the English East India Company\, Alaska Native corporations\, and caste-based corporations in India.”\n\nRappaport lectures will take place on the following fall Fridays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in West Hall Room 411. They are free and open to the public:\n\nFriday\, Sept. 25\n“Corporate Persons in Human Law: Reproduction\, Kinship\, Jurisdiction”\n\nFriday\, Oct. 23\n“Freedom and Citizenship: Corporate Membership and the Making of Exclusion”\n\nFriday\, Nov. 13\n“Meetings and Speech: Corporate Mediations of Will”\n\nFriday\, Dec. 4\n“Sharing and Inequality in Corporations”\n\nVIRTUAL PARTICIPATION LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91475190155\n\nREGISTRATION IS APPRECIATED for planning purposes: https://myumi.ch/e77Ax\n\nIf you need accommodations to attend\, please email anthro.exec.secretary@umich.edu.\n\nABOUT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MATTHEW HULL\nMatthew Hull is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the nexus of signification\, technology\, and institutions. His book\, “Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan\,” winner of the 2019 J.I. Staley Prize from the School of Advanced Research\, examines governance as a semiotic and material practice. He has worked on urban planning in 1960s India and police communication systems and lotteries in contemporary India. He is currently writing a book on how early modern corporations shaped democratic governance and continue to structure contemporary political life. UID:148332-21903936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Lecture,South Asian Studies LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T100220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:International Education Week Celebration (2026) DESCRIPTION:Join various International Education units on campus to celebrate International Education Week 2026!\n\nNovember 13th\, 3-5pm: IEW Rock Painting (George Washington Park Rock)\nNovember 18th\, 5-6:30pm: IEW Global Photo Showcase (Weiser Hall 10th floor)\n\nFeel free to register for one or both of these events to join us in celebrating study abroad\, international internships\, and international students here at the University of Michigan. :)\n\nThese events are organized by the Center for Global & Intercultural Study\, Global Engagement — Office of the Provost\, the International Institute\, International Programs in Engineering\, Ross Global Initiatives\, and the International Center. UID:149937-21907398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149937 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,All Majors Welcome,Community,Exhibition,global engagement,Graduate Students,International Education,International Education Week,photography,Sessions,study abroad,Travel,Undergraduate LOCATION:George Washington Park Rock (Corner of Hill Street & Washtenaw) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912815@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T144945 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Steffy Lecture: Irina Dolinskaya\, NSF DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. UID:150647-21909755@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150647 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - GM Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T103351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p UID:138091-21908267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T173000 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:149176-21906318@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Boulevard Room (Pierpont, 1st floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T140120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | Indians and Cowboys: Race\, Caste\, and Catholic Missionary Priests from India in Rural America 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/Mpp95\n\nOver the past four decades\, the U.S. has become increasingly dependent on international priests to help run Catholic parishes\, schools\, hospitals\, missions\, and more. 90% of dioceses in the U.S. today rely on foreign born priests. Many of these priests are from India and they come on the R-1 temporary religious worker visa - a lesser researched visa category in South Asian diaspora studies that does not require a salary\, only compensation. Thomas' research shows that 64%+ of missionary priests from India come from dominant caste backgrounds. Based on chapters from my forthcoming book on Indian Catholic priests in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota\, in this talk I discuss caste\, remittances\, and the intricacies of the R-1 religious worker visa. \n\nSonja Thomas is a professor of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Colby College. Her research focuses on gender\, race\, caste\, and Christianity in India and the U.S. She is the author of *Privileged Minorities: Syrian Christianity\, Gender\, and Minority Rights in Postcolonial India*. Her second book\, *Indians and Cowboys\, on Catholic priests from India in rural America*\, is forthcoming from University of Washington Press. She is an associate editor of *South Asia: The Journal of South Asian Studies*\, is a member of Waterville Maine's K-12 Social Justice and Equity group\, and is an appointed commissioner with Maine’s Permanent Commission on Racial\, Indigenous\, and Tribal Populations.\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:151111-21910881@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,India,Religion,Religious Studies,South Asia,South Asian Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260728T195313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Topology seminar: TBA DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA UID:149640-21906837@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T142216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T173000 SUMMARY:Tours:Walking Tour: Forest Hill Cemetery DESCRIPTION:Join us on a trek through history at the Forest Hill Cemetery! This walking tour will take you through Ann Arbor’s past\, covering local and university history\, along with pertinent cemetery fun facts.

\n\nGuided by student docents from the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory. Duration: 1.5 hours\; 1.4 miles.
This tour includes many steep hills and terrain that may be difficult for some.

\n\nTour will take place in rain or snow\, but will be cancelled for severe weather (will email).

\n\nRegistration required. UID:150636-21909747@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150636 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,educational,free,tour,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T150526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German\, and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:151925-21912436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T062116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T193000 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:150694-21909965@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260819T151451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T220000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:33rd Ann Arbor Polish Festival DESCRIPTION:The Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival is an annual celebration of Polish cinema\, organized by the Polish Cultural Fund in collaboration with the Ann Arbor Polonia Association and the U-M Polish Student Association. Since its inception in 1993\, the festival has brought audiences a vibrant selection of contemporary Polish documentaries\, short films\, and feature-length movies—each offering unique perspectives on Polish culture and global issues alike.\n\nA highlight of the festival is its juried competition\, which recognizes outstanding achievements in three categories: documentary film\, short narrative film\, and film debut.\n\nMichigan Theater\, 603 East Liberty St.\, Ann Arbor\n\nFestival Schedule:\n\nFriday\, November 13\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 10:00 PM\n\nSaturday\, November 14\, 2026\n10:00 AM – 10:00 PM\n\nSunday\, November 15\, 2026\n11:00 AM – 5:00 PM\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:150560-21909597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150560 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:film,poland LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060433 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T220000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:GCA Booze Night: Baijiu Tasting 白酒节 DESCRIPTION:Join Ross GCA for Booze Night: Baijiu Tasting 白酒节\, an evening exploring China's national spirit. We'll pour 7 baijiu across all 5 major aroma styles (Light 清香\, Strong 浓香\, Sauce 酱香\, Rice 米香 and Feng 凤香)\, from Fenjiu and Xifeng to Moutai Prince and our hero bottle\, Luzhou Laojiao's Fulu Zizai gourd. GCA board members will guide each pour\, with tasting cards telling the story behind every spirit.\nPlus Chinese dice games\, mahjong\, baijiu trivia with prizes\, and Chinese finger food. Open to all Ross students\, no baijiu experience needed. Non-alcoholic drinks available.\nTickets: Members $15 · Non-members $25 UID:153235-21915486@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153235 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The George CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T130502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary | the work of John Ronan Architects DESCRIPTION:\"Out of the Ordinary\" showcases the work of Taubman College alumnus John Ronan and his Chicago-based practice\, John Ronan Architects\, an internationally recognized firm known for conceptual innovation and rigorous attention to detail. Through a research-based\, iterative design process\, the studio orchestrates materials\, systems\, and detailing to create buildings and spaces defined by both great functionality and beauty. Working across a wide range of scales and project types\, the firm's searching approach consistently produces work that is compelling and memorable. \n\nLocation: Liberty Annex (305 W Liberty St\, Ann Arbor)\nPublic Hours: Fridays (6-9pm) & Saturdays (1-4pm) UID:152116-21913012@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152116 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumnus,Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Construction,Curators,Detail,Exhibition,Material,Practice,Project,Tectonics LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex Exhibition Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T194500 SUMMARY:Other:Vetx DESCRIPTION:Voted Ross’ Best Educational Event 2024\, VETx is where student Veterans take the stage and engage the community with stories showcasing their lives\, struggles\, triumphs\, and passions.\n\nFull Schedule of Events:\n5:30-6:20pm: Reception Hour. Location TBD\n6:30-7:45pm: VETx Presentations in Robertson Auditorium\n7:45pm: Post-event Happy Hour. Location TBD UID:152785-21914519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152785 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Roberston Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260611T121659 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:\"Othello\" by William Shakespeare DESCRIPTION:The Department of Theatre & Drama presents a theatrical studio performance directed by Jeffrey Wagner\, a senior in the Directing BFA program. UID:148890-21905052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148890 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T121750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:John Santos Sextet DESCRIPTION:Led by seven-time Grammy nominee John Santos\, the John Santos Sextet brings Afro-Latin jazz to life through irresistible rhythms\, bold improvisation\, and deep musical connection. The ensemble blends jazz with the rich traditions of the Caribbean and Latin America\, creating music that is both rooted in history and vibrantly contemporary.\n\nKnown for its dynamic performances and exceptional musicianship\, the sextet invites audiences into a joyful\, soulful exploration of rhythm and culture. Expect an unforgettable evening of percussion-driven grooves\, spirited collaboration\, and music that moves both body and mind.\n\nPresented by the Center for World Performances Studies with support from the School of Music\, Theatre & Dance Percussion Program. \n\n*If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at cwps.information@umich.edu at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.* UID:152877-21914670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152877 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Music LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260811T122458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks DESCRIPTION:Be one with your community! Join our social gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students. This event is in collaboration with Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and Trotter Multicultural Center.\n\nFALL 2026\n- November 13 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n- December 8 [graduate student edition] | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | HopCat\n- December 10 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events UID:150111-21908025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,lgbtq,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Black Indigenous People Of Color-qtbipoc,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center, Room 3020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T181719 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:BFA Dance Concerts DESCRIPTION:Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance majors present a joint concert of their choreography at the conclusion of their studies in the dance program. Free tickets will be available in advance of the performance. UID:148683-21904599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148683 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Dance,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T121759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun\, cello & Phoenix Park-Kim\, piano DESCRIPTION:Duo Dolce presents an all-American program celebrating 250 years of American music\, featuring works by composers including George Gershwin\, Amy Beach\, and Aaron Copland\, alongside music shaped by immigrant and multicultural experiences. Together\, these works create an American mosaic that reflects the country’s diverse cultural heritage\, voices\, and musical traditions.\n\nPROGRAM\n\nAntonín Dvorák: *Silent Woods op. 68 no. 5* (1891)\nAaron Copland: *Old American Songs* (1952) - *Simple Gifts*\, *I Bought Me a Cat*\, *At the River*\nHarry Bulow: *Taegeuk* for solo cello (2024)\nAllen McCullough: Trilogette for solo cello (2025) - *Homage - J.S.B.*\, *Night Song*\, *Perpetuum Mobile*\nErich Korngold: Romance Impromptu in E-flat major op. posth. (1946)\nChen-Yi: Romance of Hsiao and Ch’in (1995)\nGeorge Gershwin (arr. Ka-Wai Yu): Three Preludes (1926) - *Allegro ben ritmato e deciso*\, *Andante con moto e poco rubato*\, *Allegro ben ritmato e deciso*\nWilliam Grant Still: *Summerland* (1935)\nElliott Bark: *An-Nyoung: Goodbye/Hello* for cello and piano (2026) \nAmy Beach: Romance\, Op.23 (1893)\n\nABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS\n\nKRISTEN YEON-JI YUN is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Music in the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design\, Art\, and Performance at Purdue University. She is an active soloist\, chamber musician\, scholar\, and clinician. She has toured internationally\, performing and giving master classes in countries including Malaysia\, Mexico\, Spain\, France\, Germany\, and Taiwan. Her CD *Summerland* has received excellent reviews from *New Classics UK* and *American Record Guide* and was broadcast nationwide by major radio stations such as WQXR\, WCNY\, WBAA\, and NPR’s *Sonatas and Soundscapes*. She earned her Doctor of Music degree in cello performance in 2012 from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, where she studied with the world-renowned cellist János Starker. Yun plays a 1766 Guersan cello.\n\nPHOENIX PARK-KIM\, Professor of Piano at Indiana Wesleyan University\, has performed throughout the United States and internationally across Asia\, Europe\, and Latin America. A prizewinner in numerous competitions\, she has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Korean Philharmonic and Atlantida Orchestra (Spain)\, performing concertos by Bach\, Mozart\, Beethoven\, Chopin\, Rachmaninoff\, Hummel\, and Florence Price. A passionate advocate for African-American composers\, she has received a Lilly Research Grant and special congressional recognition. Dr. Park-Kim is a sought-after clinician and adjudicator whose students have earned regional and national honors\, including MTNA National Competition finalist placements. UID:153042-21914976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T121039 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Riders in the Sky DESCRIPTION:Award-winning harmonies\, wacky Western wit and high-yodeling adventures\n\n40 years. It seemed to go by in a blur\, pounding the road\, seeing the world\, raising babies and sending them to college\, mowing lawns\, romances\, marriages\, high school drama\, endless airports\, the nights at the Hollywood Bowl\, the night at the Red Barn in Louisville dodging various barroom projectiles\, frozen diesel lines\, blast furnace desert heat\, hours of practice\, late nights and early mornings\, and lots and lots and lots of laughter.\n \n40 years ago. No laptops\, no cellular phones\, no Google\, no downloads\, no Skype\, no Tweets\, no Apple\, no Microsoft\, no texting\, no electric cars\, no Uber. A different world. But there were three young men with drive and wit who wanted to keep a special music alive. They believed in preserving the heritage of Western Music and presenting it to a new generation. They believed in entertaining\, and they did so… entertaining themselves as well as the audience! And they believed in creating original Western Music to continue the tradition\, not just seal it in amber as a museum piece. What they did not realize at the time was that they would be doing the same thing 40 years later.\n \n40 years ago\, Ranger Doug\, Too Slim and the late Windy Bill Collins played that first date on the bitter cold evening of November 11th\, 1977 at Herr Harry’s Frank N’ Stein Rathskeller in Nashville\, and small listening room dates followed. By August of the following year demand was building\, and while Windy Bill left\, Woody Paul joined\, and the true professional beginnings of the band began at the Kentucky State Fair\, where the trio played 10 days for $2500- and bought their own rooms and meals out of that!\n \nA first wave followed\, including appearances on Austin City Limits\; recording contracts with Rounder\, then MCA\, then Columbia\; guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry leading to membership in 1982\; and a three-year run on The Nashville Network with a TV show called “Tumbleweed Theater\,” which yet in turn led to a seven-year run on public radio with “Riders Radio Theater. People Magazine\, interested in the Riders phenomenon\, ran a story which happily caught the eye of a Hollywood producer.\n \nAnd so the second wave broke\, sending the boys to Hollywood to star in “Riders In The Sky” on CBS for a year on Saturday mornings\, introducing them to yet another generation. More recordings\, endless show dates\, and television appearances followed for a decade before the fine folks at Pixar called and asked the quartet – by this time they had been joined by Joey the Cowpolka King – to sing a tune called “Woody’s Roundup” in the movie “Toy Story 2.” Thus\, the third wave began\, highlighted by a number of projects for Disney\, including two albums\, both of which won GRAMMY Awards!\n \nThe creation of satellite radio has recently given them a new platform\, as they continue to produce episodes of the award winning “Classic Cowboy Corral” on Sirius/XM.\n \nStill more road dates and recordings (several on their own Riders Radio Records label) and other film and television projects have filled the days and weeks and years\, and since the quartet has slowed up very little\, the numbers begin to add up: an astonishing 7\,200+ appearances\, 35 years on the Grand Ole Opry\, 40 records albums (well\, now CDs\,) and tours of all 50 states and all over the world. Honors accumulated as well. In addition to the two Grammy Awards\, Riders received numerous awards from the Western Music Association\, including the highest: membership in the Western Music Hall of Fame\; numerous Wrangler awards from the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum\; awards from the Academy of Western Artists\; enshrinement in the Walkway of Western Stars\, and more. What began as a celebration of classic Western Music and an evening of hilarity has become a career\, and that career has become a legend\, one which\, 40 years on\, shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down much.\n \nRanger Doug\, Too Slim\, Woody Paul and Joey the Cowpolka King… 40 years on\, “The Cowboy Way.” UID:146276-21898827@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T100132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T230000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments!\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:153095-21915069@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,free,Museum,museums,observing,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260612T181655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Violin Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Students from the violin studio of Professor Fabiola Kim perform a recital. UID:148924-21905223@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR