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:20261004T060257 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Team Formation DESCRIPTION:Team formation for committees! UID:151666-21911915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151666 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room- Fourth Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:150411-21909402@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:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T230000 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:150276-21908554@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:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:152125-21913091@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:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T230000 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:150290-21908857@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:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:150406-21909238@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:20261118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:149975-21907540@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:20260929T140135 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:48th MACRO Symposium DESCRIPTION:We are excited to invite you to the 48th Macromolecular Science and Engineering Symposium on Macromolecular Interfaces: Applications in Energy\, Healthcare\, and Advanced Manufacturing\, taking place on November 18-19\, 2026\, at the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC).\n\nThis year's symposium will feature six keynote speakers\, professional development workshops\, a career panel\, and opportunities for both student poster and oral presentations. It's an excellent chance to engage with peers\, learn from experts\, and showcase your research. \n\n\nKey Details:\n\nDate: November 18-19\, 2026\n\nLocation: NCRC - Building 18 Dining Hall\, 2800 Plymouth Rd. Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nRegistration Link: https://forms.gle/SuSGHkRKz7wrRtAs9 \n\nRegistration Deadline: November 4\, 2026\n\n\nFor more details\, visit the MACRO Symposium website or reach out to the committee at macrosymposium@umich.edu. We encourage all faculty\, students\, and postdocs to join us for this exciting event! UID:153056-21915021@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153056 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Functional Polymers,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Healthcare Education,Industry Session,Keynote,Macromolecular,Manufacturing,Polymers,Poster Session,Science,symposium,Workshop LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 100 - Dining Hall (Football Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:153178-21915324@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:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 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:152203-21913296@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:20260928T151759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:149758-21907105@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:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T200000 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:150658-21909829@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:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:149763-21907137@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:20261004T072136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:October & November- Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats DESCRIPTION:Sign up for a two-hour work session\, with a hot lunch with colleagues! The Faculty On-Campus Work Retreats provide a quiet space to work with other scholars and artists\, and an opportunity for you to prioritize your research and creative work by committing to one or two work sessions before teaching\, service\, and email take over the semester. There are both morning and afternoon sessions available. Morning sessions also offer the option of coming early to enjoy an extended three-hour session. Breakfast snacks\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.During the lunch provided at each work session\, there will be a chance to share interests and work with other colleagues\, to learn about each others’ research\, to grow professional and social networks\, and to experience the University as a collective.The Work Retreats are open to all ~7\,800 members of the Faculty Senate\, including tenure-track professors\, lecturers\, research faculty\, clinical faculty\, librarians\, archivists\, and curators. The series was developed by the Faculty Senate Office\, is supported by the Office of the Provost\, and is co-sponsored by Librarian Mary Lawrence. The event page is here. UID:151857-21912282@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151857 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Hatcher Gallery, Hatcher Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T144439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 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:152872-21914657@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:20260717T104716 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T223000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CDB Seminar Series: Michael Caterina DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Michael Caterina\, MD\, PhD. Professor of Neurological Surgery\, Johns Hopkins. Director\, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute.\n\nTitle: TBA\n\nHost: Pierre Coulombe\n\nThe venue is accessible via elevator and ramp. If you require any accommodations in order to fully participate in this activity\, please inform Holly Martin.\nPhone: (734) 615-7509\nEmail: martihm@umich.edu UID:149451-21906434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T115116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T105000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Energy & Environmental Economics Seminar DESCRIPTION:-- UID:151828-21912236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151828 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Energy,Environment,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T095458 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AI for Physics Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:This seminar series will take place in 340 West Hall\, Bi-weekly\, Wednesdays from 10:00--11:00 am\n\nFor details please see\;\n\nhttps://umich-ai4physics.github.io/) UID:151090-21912211@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151090 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T143055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Critical Converstions DESCRIPTION:Cathy Sanok (Chair)\nLaura Francis\, Jennifer Jones\, Aliyah Khan\, Justin Mitchell\n\nCritical Conversations is a monthly luncheon series organized by the English Department Associate Chair’s Office. Each Critical Conversations session features flash talks from faculty members and graduate students about their current work. The series offers a space to share ongoing research and think together about timely concepts and questions with relevance across the humanities. \n\nWe will be serving lunch\, so we encourage you to RSVP - https://forms.gle/Jt6oF8D5MSeDr1Ec6 UID:153218-21915437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Critical Conversations,Discussion,English Language And Literature,Research LOCATION:Angell Hall - Room 3222 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Job Search Series - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:This workshop series helps graduate students and \npostdoctoral fellows build the professional skills needed to succeed in \ntoday’s competitive job market. With a focus on biomedical and life \nsciences\, and biomedical engineering\, you will gain the strategies and \nconfidence to pursue careers in academia\, industry\, or beyond. Through \ninteractive sessions that blend presentations with hands-on activities\, \nyou will practice proven approaches to job applications\, networking\, \ninterviewing\, and career planning\, so you can stand out to employers and\n take the next step with confidence.Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this series\, you will be able to:Craft strong application materials that showcase your research expertise and transferable skills using the W.H.O. method.Build connections and network effectively with a strong elevator pitch and an optimized LinkedIn profile (Headline-About-Experience format).Succeed in interviews by applying the S.T.A.R. method and approach salary negotiations confidently.Design a strategic job search with S.M.A.R.T. goals and plan long-term career growth through an Individual Development Plan.If you have any questions\, please reach out Dr. Ioannis Chremos (ichremos@umich.edu) UID:149807-21907214@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149807 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI-AMDP Info Session: Fall 2027 Admissions Cycle DESCRIPTION:Are you a current UMSI BSI student interested in earning your master’s degree faster?The Accelerated Master’s Degree Program (AMDP) allows eligible BSI students to earn a UMSI master’s degree in just one additional year after completing their bachelor's degree.Join one of our virtual AMDP Information Sessions to learn how you can continue your education at UMSI and deepen your expertise in the information field—quickly and efficiently.Each session includes:An introduction to the AMDP and an overview of the curriculumInformation about the application process\, deadlines\, and requirementsLive Q&A with a members of UMSI admissions and advising teamsWhether you’re starting to explore your options or preparing to apply this year\, these sessions are designed to help you determine if AMDP is the right next step for you. UID:150829-21910240@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150829 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T181520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:138033-21881365@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:20261004T072206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SEEK Estabrook Curriculum Day 3 - Earth Sciences I DESCRIPTION:Today's topics will include Earth’s Place in the Universe and Patterns on Earth. Please be sure to arrive on time around 11AM!\nEstabrook Elementary is having us fill out an online volunteer form. The link to the form can be found here: https://app.informedk12.com/link_campaigns/ycs-volunteer-release-form?token=J5kcUqmg12wpECLCo9Nif1kt UID:152344-21913571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152344 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Estabrook Elementary, 1555 W Cross St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T173611 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Facilitation in Practice: Practical Tools for Dialogue & Capacity Building DESCRIPTION:Join members of the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center (DDNRC) board for an interactive session designed to build core facilitation skills. In this hands-on workshop\, participants will get a practical taste of the California State University (CSU) system’s facilitation training through 1–2 core exercises used to foster inclusive\, constructive group engagement. Participants will engage in practical activities via breakout rooms designed to build group engagement skills and explore how to leverage DDNRC resources to bring deeper dialogue and facilitation programming to their UM context. This session offers immediate\, actionable tools to take back to your work.\n\nDIALOGUE MICHIGAN\nThis event is part of Dialogue Michigan's 2026-2027 faculty and staff workshops. Learn more at https://myumi.ch/dialogue. UID:150972-21910649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dialogue,Faculty,Intergroup Dialogue,Sessions,Staff LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000 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:152024-21912697@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:20260714T111809 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Anxiety & Procrastination DESCRIPTION:Is procrastination starting to set in? Feeling a little anxious? Join the Anxiety & Procrastination wellness group to hear from students who can relate and learn some skills to cope. Also you get free lunch! This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. You can register using the link. Learn more at campusmindworks.org UID:149355-21906268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149355 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Campus Mind Works,Central Campus,Food,Free Food,Health & Wellness,In Person,Mental Health,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 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:149541-21906642@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:20260915T093057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Rehabilitative Postsocialism\, Racialised Capital\, and Yearning for Crip Horizon DESCRIPTION:Drawing on her new book\, *Rehabilitative Postsocialism: Disability\, Sex\, and Race in Eastern Europe*\, Kateřina Kolářová will argue that postsocialism is essential to understanding neoliberal cultural politics\, economic structures\, and state policies worldwide. She will show how disability\, sexuality\, and race—though often rendered invisible—have shaped the postsocialist consensus in the Czech Republic and more broadly.\n\nThe talk will focus on how discourses of “inadaptability” have contributed to racialized abandonment. Kolářová will examine how particular understandings of disability helped establish an ideal of rehabilitated\, white postsocialist citizenship. She will also consider the “neoliberalization of race” and the “racialization of neoliberalism” (Mahtani and Roberts) within the specific historical and political context of the Czech Republic and post socialist Eastern Europe. Specifically\, Kolářová will explore how portrayals of Roma people as “inadaptable (non)citizens” have been used to determine who belongs in shared public spaces and whose exposure to violence is treated as morally defensible. The talk will conclude by examining forms of resistance that open up alternative possibilities\, or “crip horizons.”\n\nKateřina Kolářová is associate professor of sociology at Charles University in Prague. Kolářová’s other recent work takes the feminist queer crip perspective to explore the bio-social dimensions of metabolism\, “crip guts\,” the relationship between human and non-human lives\, and how we coexist with microorganisms\, toxic chemicals\, and other \"unclean\" elements/entities. She is currently working on a monograph exploring HIV and human-viral coexistence (forthcoming in 2027). She is a passionate forager\, fermentation enthusiast\, and an avid chaos gardener.\n\nHer book *Rehabilitative Postsocialism: Disability\, Sex\, and Race in Eastern Europe* (University of Michigan Press\, 2025) is available on \"Open Access.\" It was the winner of the 2019 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities.\n\nOpen Access link to book: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/xd07gw749\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:152176-21913179@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:eastern europe LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T144021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum with Justine Davis\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Political Science DESCRIPTION:Faculty members of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies discuss their projects\, research\, and publications to share their work and interests. The DAAS Faculty Forum will be held monthly on Wednesdays at noon.\n\nOctober 21: Justine Davis\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Assistant Professor of Political Science \nDual Citizenship & Dueling Loyalties: Perceptions of Politicians from the Diaspora\n\nAbstract:\n\nHow do citizens perceive and respond to dual citizenship and diaspora policies\, particularly pertaining to politicians who have ties to multiple countries? This project entails a multi-country survey and experimental design in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia on public opinion about dual citizenship. Given the growing political and economic influence of the African diaspora\, the rights and roles of dual citizens have become increasingly contentious. Using a descriptive survey and a conjoint experiment\, we explore when and why citizens support dual citizenship\, how they respond to diaspora politicians\, and how they view the role dual citizens and the broader diaspora play in the economic and democratic development of their countries.\n\nBio:\n\n​I am an assistant professor jointly appointed in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) and the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan. Prior to this position\, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan and a UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\nI study comparative politics and political behavior\, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. In particular\, I am interested in the challenges of democratization efforts in post-conflict settings and weakly institutionalized democracies.\n\nMy book\, No Neutral Ground\, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press\, examines the role of non-governmental organizations in fostering democracy after civil war.\n\nMy research has been supported by the Carnegie Corporation\; the National Science Foundation\; the West Africa Research Association\; the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley\; and the Center for African Studies\, the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study\, and the Institute for International Studies at UC Berkeley. My work has been featured on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage and published or forthcoming in African Affairs\, Comparative Political Studies\, Journal of Conflict Resolution\, Journal of Politics\, Party Politics\, Political Behavior\, and PS: Political Science & Politics.\n\n At the University of Michigan\, I am an associate at the African Studies Center and a faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies. I am a member of Evidence and Governance in Politics\, a research associate at the Center on the Politics of Development\, a co-coordinator of the Midwest Workshop in Empirical Political Science\, a Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow\, and an APSA Diversity Fellow. I was also part of the 2023 Inaugural Class for The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)\, Summer Institute on Diversity Science\, at Stanford University. \n\nPrior to obtaining my Ph.D.\, I completed a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship in Côte d’Ivoire. I hold a dual-language Master's degree in International Affairs\, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development from the American University of Paris and the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Originally from North Carolina\, I graduated from Elon University with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies\, African concentration.\n\nOverall\, I have experience living and working in France\, Côte d'Ivoire\, Ghana\, Senegal\, and I have also conducted fieldwork in Zambia and Benin. \n\n\nNovember 18: Martin Murray\, Adjunct Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Professor of Urban and Regional Planning\, Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning UID:151690-21911971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151690 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,African Diaspora,African Language,African Studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072156 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Ethics 101 (Virtual) - Expanded Sessions Beyond Ethics & Compliance Week DESCRIPTION:Open to faculty\, staff\, and Michigan Medicine.\nEthics 101 is an introductory workshop designed to help U‑M employees navigate everyday situations where the “right next step” may not be obvious. Grounded in the university’s values and the realities of our work\, the session builds shared language for ethical decision-making\, offers practical tools for addressing uncertainty\, and clarifies when and where to seek guidance. Participants will work through brief\, relatable scenarios and leave with concrete strategies they can apply immediately. \nParticipants will be able to:\nUnderstand and apply UM’s definition of ethical conduct. \nRecognize common “ethical tension” situations in university settings (e.g.\, conflicts of interest\, gifts\, appropriate use of resources\, data stewardship\, respectful conduct).\nIdentify practical steps to take when an ethical issue arises.\nPractice using short scenarios to choose value-aligned responses and identify next best actions. UID:150259-21908484@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150259 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260901T084933 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag | DESCRIPTION:tbd UID:151289-21911322@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151289 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:brown bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260729T130108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:CEW+ Midweek Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:RSVP here: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/htrYM6lXQH28gjySTQaKIw\n\nJoin us on Wednesdays from 12:15 – 12:45 pm. Register once to receive a Zoom link to access the sits each week or as your schedule allows.\n\nMindful meditation is a contemplative practice that\, over time\, can build resilience and coping skills to support you to gain perspective\, navigate the demands of daily life\, and build compassion. Weekly guided sits offer a virtual community of practice that explores present-moment awareness\, open and directed attention\, non-judgment\, and self-compassion. CEW+ Midweek Mindfulness welcomes practitioners of all skill levels. Each session offers instruction\, support\, and the opportunity to practice guided and self-directed mindful meditation. Participate weekly\, or drop in as your schedule allows. All are welcome! UID:109796-21906865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/109796 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Caregivers,first-generation,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Health & Wellness,Mindfulness,Nontraditional Students,Self-care,Student Parents,Students With Children,Support,transfer students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Welcome to Michigan,Well-being,Wellness,women,women's health,Work-life Balance,Zoom LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T121759 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng & Bjorn Brolin-Olson\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Tiffany Ng & Bjorn Brolin-Olson perform 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:152277-21913472@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152277 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T093431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575) UID:152615-21914137@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Artificial Intelligence,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/5131037575?omn=94024500517 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T145531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Thriving in STEM: Pre-Health Pop-Up Advising DESCRIPTION:LSA Newnan Pre-Health Advising comes to YOU! Stop by to meet with a Pre-Health Advisor on a first-come\, first-served basis. While registration is available\, it is not required. Advisors are looking forward to talking with you! UID:149982-21914481@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Medicine,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Pre-health,pre health,Pre Med,science learning center,Sessions,Undergraduate Students,Women In Science And Engineering LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1255 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260918T152515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Adderley Positive Research Incubator: Preeti Varma DESCRIPTION:Adderley Positive Research Incubator\nHosted by: Center for Positive Organizations\n\nHow Workers Become Captivated by an Imagined Future\nFeatured Scholar: Preeti Varma\, INSEAD\n\nDescription: In an ethnographic study of employees at Multivex (MV)\, an AI development company building frontier multimodal AI models\, I present a theoretical model describing the social construction of aspirational intoxication\, defined as a state of captivation with an imagined future. I find that workers confront a tension arising from the simultaneous promise and threat of advanced AI to society’s future—a tension amplified by accelerating technological capabilities and nested competitive races. This tension generates an intractable anxiety (moral\, existential\, and competitive) about the future. Rather than avoiding or accepting this anxiety\, workers engage in three cognitive processes—intellectualizing narratives\, abstracting identity\, and gamifying reality—that transform anxiety into fascination\, significance\, and thrill. This study helps explain how workers become increasingly invested in realizing transformative technological futures\, and how such investment reinforces the competitive dynamics that accelerate their development and sustain technological progress. UID:152456-21913763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152456 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Positive Organizations,Research LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Designing Your Life for Master’s Students Virtual Mini-Series DESCRIPTION:What is a well-designed life? How do you find a career where you can thrive? Inspired by Stanford’s Designing Your Life curriculum\, this interactive\, four-week\, in-person series will teach Master’s Students principles for designing a fulfilling career. Participants must commit to attending all four sessions. The series includes brief homework assignments\, in-class discussions\, and out-of-class application activities. This workshop is designed for Master’s Students. Registration closes at 9:00 a.m. on October 19. \nPlease note that your registration status will be marked as pending until all the steps (displayed below) are completed.Registration steps:Thoroughly check the dates to ensure you are available for each session in this workshop series. There are a total of four sessions in this series\, and participants are required to attend all four sessions.All sessions will be selected automatically when you register. Please do not deselect any sessions.If you have any questions about this process\, please contact Kirsten Elling (kelling@umich.edu) or Maggie Gardner (maggieev@umich.edu).\n UID:153222-21915450@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T100307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ISR-Zwerdling Seminar in Labor Economics: Wednesday\, November 18 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:149953-21907426@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149953 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Labor,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260819T150030 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Citations Beyond “Playing the Game:” Building a Robust Citation Policy DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will bring a personal research project to assess or map out a citation policy that reflects their commitments and values.\n\nSara Ahmed tells us that “citations can be feminist bricks: they are the materials through which\, from which\, we create our dwellings.” Our citation policies “affec[t] the kind of house” in which we spend our intellectual lives (Living a Feminist Life 15). In this workshop\, participants begin by reflecting on their various commitments and values before engaging in a discussion of the shared reading. The session concludes with individual and collaborative workshop time targeting feasibility in their designs. Participants assess citations in a recent project to determine the extent to which they have used citations to build the kind of “dwelling” they want to occupy and explore options for further renovating. Alternatively\, participants may bring a project they have not yet researched fully in order to map a citation policy for that project.\n\nQualifiers: This is a workshop especially designed for those in the humanities\, social and applied sciences. Before the workshop\, we ask that you read an eight-page excerpt (sent to those who register) from Ahmed’s Living a Feminist Life.\n\nPresented by April Conway and Laura Clapper\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty\n\nRegistration required. See Links. UID:150558-21909595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room - 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260903T130555 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Citations Beyond “Playing the Game:” Building a Robust Citation Policy DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will bring a personal research project to assess or map out a citation policy that reflects their commitments and values.\n\nSara Ahmed tells us that “citations can be feminist bricks: they are the materials through which\, from which\, we create our dwellings.” Our citation policies “affec[t] the kind of house” in which we spend our intellectual lives (Living a Feminist Life 15). In this workshop\, participants begin by reflecting on their various commitments and values before engaging in a discussion of the shared reading. The session concludes with individual and collaborative workshop time targeting feasibility in their designs. Participants assess citations in a recent project to determine the extent to which they have used citations to build the kind of “dwelling” they want to occupy and explore options for further renovating. Alternatively\, participants may bring a project they have not yet researched fully in order to map a citation policy for that project.\n\nQualifiers: This is a workshop especially designed for those in the humanities\, social and applied sciences. Before the workshop\, we ask that you read an eight-page excerpt (sent to those who register) from Ahmed’s Living a Feminist Life.\n\nPresented by April Conway and Laura Clapper\, Sweetland Center for Writing Faculty UID:151500-21911684@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room - 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072207 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Detroit Observatory Tour 2026 DESCRIPTION:[Open to Faculty and Staff]Step back in time and look out into the cosmos! Built in 1854\, the historic Detroit Observatory is the University of Michigan’s oldest scientific facility and a newly reimagined space where history\, astronomy\, and cutting-edge digital exhibits meet.Join Observatory experts for a guided journey through Michigan’s history\, written in the stars. Whether you are a space enthusiast\, history technology buff\, or curious visitor\, this tour offers a rare look at the instruments and ideas that shaped modern astronomy in America.\nHighlights! Historic Telescopes: View the original 1857 Fitz Refractor telescope and the Meridian Circle telescope in their authentic historic domes. Interactive & Digital Exhibits: Discover the stories of 19th-century astronomers\, midwestern science\, and campus life through modern multimedia installations in the new classroom and exhibition spaces. Campus & Astronomy History: Learn how the Observatory played a key role in the early development of the University of Michigan and scientific research.✨ New Exhibit: \"Fill the Ranks\": The Civil War and the University of MichiganDetails:Location: Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 1398 E. Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 (Entrance on Observatory Street)Please meet in the lobby of the Observatory\, off Observatory Street. Admission: Free!Time Slot: November 18\, 2026 at 3PMParking & Transportation: Parking is available in surrounding U-M campus structures and near University Hospital (E. Ann St. & Observatory St.) UID:152318-21913533@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152318 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rackham/Sweetland Workshops on Writing - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:Rackham/Sweetland Workshops\, co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate \nSchool\, cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in \nvarious aspects of writing. UID:150529-21909566@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150529 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham Building - Earl Lewis Room - 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T120622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | The Psyche Mission and Advances in Electric Propulsion at JPL DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe Psyche spacecraft was launched on October 23\, 2023 from Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon Heavy Rocket. The launch began the spacecraft’s 2.2 billion mile journey to the asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer part of the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche asteroid\, composed of over 50% metal by weight is possibly the metal core of a planetesimal whose formation was interrupted early in the solar system by collisions with other bodies that created the asteroid belt. The Psyche spacecraft is a hybrid. Maxar/Intuitive-Machines\, now known for taking photographs from space over Ukraine\, fabricated the spacecraft bus based on heritage hardware\, and JPL installed scientific payload\, avionics and autonomous flight software for deep space operation. This $900M NASA mission is the first spacecraft to use Hall thrusters in deep space to rendezvous and orbit the asteroid\, and recently completed a Mars Gravity Assist on the way to rendezvous in 2029. A 2-year science program will determine the asteroid’s composition and remnant magnetic field to determine if this unique object really is a planetary core…and what that actually looks like. The talk will describe the Psyche mission and provides updates on electric propulsion at JPL.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Dan M. Goebel received a B.S. in physics in 1977\, an M.S. in EE in 1978\, and a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics in 1981 from UCLA. He is a Fellow and Senior Research Scientist at JPL and an Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Engineering at UCLA. At JPL he is the Chief Engineer of the Psyche Mission and responsible for the development of advanced spacecraft technologies. Dr. Goebel is a member of the National Academy of Engineering\, the National Academy of Inventors\, and Fellow of the AIAA\, IEEE\, and APS. He is the author of over 300 technical and conference papers\, two textbooks on Electric Propulsion\, and holds 60 patents.\n\nThe seminar will be conducted in person\, with livestream on Zoom. For more information\, please check the MIPSE website: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2627.php#fall2026 UID:150203-21908391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Plasma,Research,seminar LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T144353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Stable map resolutions of Richardson varieties DESCRIPTION:Given a circle action S on a projective variety X\, we introduce the \"stable map quotient\" using Kontsevich's space of stable maps of curves. In the case that X is a Richardson variety (the intersection of a Schubert with an opposite Schubert variety)\, generally very singular\, the quotient is nonetheless smooth! I'll use this to give a log resolution of Richardson varieties\, and describe the dual simplicial complex to the anticanonical sncd boundary. UID:152133-21913121@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152133 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260819T202729 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A New Approach for the Continuous Time Kyle-Back Strategic Insider Equilibrium Problem DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we consider a continuous-time Kyle-Back model which is a game between an insider and a market maker. The existing literature typically focuses on constructing equilibria with a PDE approach\, which requires certain Markovian structures. We characterize all equilibria through a coupled system of forward-backward SDEs. In particular\, when the time duration is small\, we show that the FBSDE is well-posed\, and therefore the game has a unique equilibrium. Moreover\, this unique equilibrium may be non-Markovian and thus not attainable via the PDE approach. We next study the set value of the game\, which roughly speaking is the set of insider's values over all equilibria and thus is by nature unique. Finally\, we characterize the set value through a level set of a certain standard HJB equation.\nIn the second part of the talk\, we apply the new approach to the Kyle-Back model with dynamic legal risk and large numbers of noise traders. In this setting\, the insider chooses a strategy that conceals his identity within a large volume of surrounding trades and concentrates on medium-sized trades. We establish an intensity-based mathematical framework for explaining the interconnections between insider trading and stealth trading. When the number of noise traders becomes large\, the price impact of the insider asymptotically vanishes\, and consequently the stochastic game becomes deterministic optimizations\, which also carry implications for regulatory investigations and sanctions.\n\nThe results above include the joint work with Weixuan Xia and with Jianfeng Zhang. UID:149579-21906721@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149579 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T151707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:German Convo on the Go DESCRIPTION:Meet at Burton Tower for a 1-hour walk and talk in German with Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu). This event happens 'rain or shine.' Open to speakers of German at all levels. UID:151752-21912126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower - Meet Outside the Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T183000 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:150694-21909966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham West Conf Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T114357 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Unpacking the News DESCRIPTION:What in the world is going on? With never ending 'breaking news'\, it's hard to keep up with the news and what it all means. Unpacking the News offers a space to pause\, sort out what’s happening\, and engage in thoughtful\, civil discussion with peers. Bring your questions\, your curiosity\, and your perspective—no preparation required. UID:151250-21911228@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151250 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Community Engagement,Democracy,Democracy And Civic Engagement,Democratic Engagement,Discussion,Dissent,Education,Free,Open Inquiry LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T190000 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:149176-21906323@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Kalamazoo Room (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T100220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T183000 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:149937-21907399@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:1010 Weiser Hall (10th Floor, 500 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T143920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:November WISE Nights In DESCRIPTION:Our goal at WISE is to see students succeed in pursuit of their STEM degrees and careers. One of the biggest ways to positively impact student success is through community! Join us for dinner\, crafts\, and a chance to make new friends\, expand you U-M network\, and build STEM community\, hosted by our student mentors. (Choose the event below that best suits your schedule! We run the same event two nights in a row to give more students the opportunity to participate.) \n\n\nSTEM equity for everyone needs everyone! WISE programming is open to all students regardless of sex\, gender\, or gender identity. UID:151911-21912398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Graduate Student,Sessions,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:WISE Office, 3236 Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T144054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The 1932–33 Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine and Its Afterlife DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures' series \"Ukraine Unbound: Culture\, Memory\, Resistance\".\n\nThe talks will be held in a hybrid format\, and they're hosted by Alex Averbuch\, Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture.\n\nThis talk is co-sponsored by Razom for Ukraine / Ukraine on Campus and the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. UID:151924-21912425@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151924 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Human Rights,Humanities,International,Slavic,Slavic Featured,Slavic Studies,Talk,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Ukraine,Ukrainian LOCATION:Michigan League - Hussey Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072135 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Student Success Toolkit: Study\, Search\, and Spend Smart DESCRIPTION:Join SMTD Student Success for a new workshops series for Fall 2026: The SMTD Student Success Toolkit! This series is focused on practical\, actionable tips that you can integrate into your personal routines and academic work. \nSession One\, led by SMTD Graduate students Tyrese Byrd\, Luis Armando Rivera\, and Katie Smith\, focuses on study skills. Get tips on how to level up your study plans and ideas for balancing workflow.\nSession Two\, led by SMTD Librarians Corinne Forstot-Burke and Jason Imbesi\, focuses on research skills. Learn about the multitude of resources available through the U-M Library System\, get ideas about improving your research\, and take a mini-tour of the SMTD Library.\nSession Three\, led by SMTD Associate Director of Scholarships & Financial Aid Ann Wank\, focuses on budgeting for housing using financial aid. Learn about how to create a basic budget and how to plan for housing with funds from your financial aid award. UID:153012-21914924@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1374 Moore Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T140226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Evenings with OLLI: An Evening with Professor Dennis Wilson and the U-M Jazz Trombone Ensemble DESCRIPTION:5:30-6pm - Refreshments and Socializing\n6-7pm - Program\n7-7:30pm - Q&A\n\nJoin acclaimed trombonist and educator Dennis Wilson of the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, and his students\, for an engaging evening. Wilson will reflect on his remarkable career\, including years performing with the Count Basie Orchestra\, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra\, and other big bands. He will share stories and insights from a lifetime in jazz\, highlighted by a live trombone performance from members of the U-M Jazz Trombone Ensemble. \n\n*The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at U-M provides educational opportunities for older adults\, designed by older adults. Membership is intended for all enthusiastic learners aged 50 and older\, regardless of previous education or affiliation with U-M.* UID:152890-21914690@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152890 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:aging,Concert,Culture,Education,Geriatrics,In Person,Lifelong Learning,Music,Reception,Social,Storytelling LOCATION:Kellogg Eye Center - Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260923T121325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Science Café: The Fungal Frontier DESCRIPTION:Fungi are familiar to most of us. Mushrooms pop up in our yards after a rainstorm. Yeast brew our beer. Maybe you’ve foraged for morels or picked up a sourdough hobby. If you think you know fungi\, though\, think again! Just this summer a team of U-M researchers discovered an entire world of fungi thriving nearly a third of a mile underground\, including 13 new species that have never been described before.\n\nFungi have conquered some truly unexpected environments\, from freshwater ecosystems to deep in the Earth's crust. Join Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD Candidate Quinn Moon and Dr. Tim James\, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor and Curator of Fungi at the U-M Herbarium as we venture into the fungal frontier. Discover how these remarkable organisms survive and thrive\, and consider what fungi can teach us about the limits of life on Earth.\n\nHors d’oeuvres will be served at 5:30 p.m.\, and the program begins at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited—please come early. Free and open to the public.\n\nSponsored by Sigma Xi. UID:152505-21913841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152505 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Lecture,Research,Science LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T111502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Deutschtisch is a weekly event in the North Quad dining hall for Max Kade residents and visitors from outside of Max Kade Haus to speak German during a meal. UID:151889-21912346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151889 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T153227 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T200000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Excursion Lab DESCRIPTION:Adventure starts with trying something new. Excursion Lab is a series of approachable outdoor experiences where you can experiment with new activities\, build confidence\, and meet other students. Try things like geocaching\, slacklining\, rucking\, and other outdoor pursuits in a welcoming\, beginner-friendly environment. No previous experience required. UID:151136-21910947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151136 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:LSA Virtual Q&A for Prospective High School Students DESCRIPTION:LSA Recruitment is hosting an hour-long virtual LSA Q&A session where prospective high school students can ask LSA and Michigan Learning Community (MLC) student ambassadors common questions about being an LSA student at Michigan. Common questions include but are not limited to majors/minors\, LSA programs\, MLCs\, campus resources\, living in Ann Arbor\, studying abroad\, etc. The session is intended for first-year student applicants and their guests. If you are interested\, sign up for a session below. Note that sessions are scheduled for the Eastern Time Zone.\n\nRegister Here: https://myumi.ch/rAMgG UID:117080-21913601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,Prospective Student,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T193000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Stuttering Support Group DESCRIPTION:This Stuttering Support Group is open to any teens and adults who stutter. It provides a safe space to connect\, share experiences\, and navigate challenges with one another.\n\nDate: Fourth Wednesday of every month\nTime: 6:00p.m.–7:30p.m.\nLocation: 3rd Floor Freespace\, Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown\n\nAttendees can also join virtually if they prefer. Please email cwsbrains@umich.edu to request the link to join.\n\n*This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the same time and place.*\n\nHosted by the Ann Arbor Stuttering Awareness and Research Club (A2STAR) in collaboration with the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab. The group is facilitated by students from the University of Michigan who stutter. UID:121370-21894320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T060325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T213000 SUMMARY:Other:Beginner lesson and social dance DESCRIPTION:Swing Ann Arbor hosts a beginner Lindy Hop drop-in lesson and social dance every Wednesday! No partner or experience needed. You do not need to be a student of the University of Michigan to attend. Just bring yourself and some comfy shoes!\n \n WHEN:Join us Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for a free beginner drop-in lesson\, followed by a social dance from 7:30-9:30pm!\n \n WHERE:Michigan League\, Vandenberg Room throughout Fall 2025911 N University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\n \n COST:Admission to beginner drop-in lesson: FREE!\nAdmission to social dance: $5 or FREE if you take the beginner drop-in lesson\n \n LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAYS:Each last week of the month we are hosting live music during our social dances! Check out our separate event listing for full details.\n \n VOLUNTEER:Help us run the front desk! You get free admission and $5 in Swing Ann Arbor credit! Email swingannarbor@gmail.com to help out.\n \n Photo Credit: Samantha Kunz Photography UID:152101-21912991@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152101 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Vandenberg Room, Michigan League CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261004T072103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T213000 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:149176-21906324@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Kalamazoo (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260609T181654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261118T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:University of Michigan Euphonium & Tuba Ensemble DESCRIPTION:The U-M Euphonium & Tuba Ensemble\, featuring students from the studio of Professor David Zerkel\, performs a recital. UID:148725-21904667@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR