Happening @ Michigan

Panel Presentation on Social Science Approaches to the Built Environment and Social Justice Issues in America

Part two in a two-part event "The Built Environment of our Cities and Communities and Social Justice in America"

This is the second in a two-part event “The Built Environment of our Cities and Communities and Social Justice in America.” Part of the...

Demonstrating a Commitment to Diversity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) aptitude is now highly valued by many employers, both within and beyond academe. This interactive...

Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Coffee Chat Series: Developing Partnerships with Hispanic Serving Institutions

With conversations about increasing the compositional diversity of graduate students and faculty at all institutions of higher education,...

Rackham King Talks

Rackham’s annual King Talks are TED-style talks echoing the theme of U-M’s MLK Symposium. Through this program, Rackham students...

“Remembering my Father Fred T. Korematsu and Furthering His Civil Liberties Legacy”

Dr. Karen Korematsu Director, Fred T. Korematsu Institute

Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute. She and the Institute are devoted to furthering the memory...

Critical Conversations: Embodiment

Charli Brissey | Li Cornfeld | Peggy McCracken | Michael Schoenfeldt (Chair)

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2021-22. In each session, a panel of...

LGBTQ+ Gaymer Night

Presented by the Spectrum Center Programming Board

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events...

Expedition of Manhood

Michigan Men / SAPAC

Are you interested in gaining skill sets in personal wellness, healthy relationships, and cultivating values-driven communities? Come check...

Sacred Time Project 2022: Justice Through an Islamic Lens

We invite you to join us on February 4th and 5th for our annual Sacred Time Project conference insha'Allah. This year's topic is...

Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities: An Introduction for Graduate Students

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of...

Healing Identity-Based Trauma

Many discussions under the umbrella of diversity, equity, and inclusion focus on what we can do moving forward, without holding sufficient...

How to Flourish - Occupational Wellness

Joelle Fundaro Randall | University Career Center

Join us for dinner and an interactive dialogue of what occupational wellness is. Joelle Fundaro Randall, from the University Career Center,...

Engendering Respectful Communities: Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment

This workshop is facilitated by U-M’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), as well as the U-M Educational Theatre...

Change it Up!©

Change It Up!© brings bystander intervention skills to students for the purpose of building supportive and respectful communities. Change...

Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Have you often succeeded at an academic task even though you were afraid you wouldn’t do well? Do you dread others evaluating your work?...

We’re Biased. So Now What?: Personalizing and Mitigating Unconscious Bias

Many of us are committed to DEI and accept the extensive evidence from scholarly studies in psychology and neuroscience demonstrating that...

Oral Health for All: Opportunities for Improvement and Understanding

Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, DDS, PhD

Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque is the deputy director of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of...

Discussion with Dr. Feranmi Okanlami: Race, Place and Ability

Dr. Feranmi Okanlami, Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services, will lead a discussion that centers on the intersection...

Critical Conversations: Citizen/ship

Cathy Sanok| Erin Brightwell | Raevin Jimenez | Mrinalini Sinha | Anne Gere (Chair)

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2021-22. In each session, a panel of...

Future Faculty Event to Enhance Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges

Faculty from top liberal arts colleges are visiting for a virtual event on February 21, 2022 to promote greater diversity in the faculty at...

February Togetherness: QTBIPOC Gathering

with Raivynn Smith

Register: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events...

STEM Women: Sharing our Stories, Illustrating our Resilience

Marilee Benore, PhD

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/stem-women-sharing-our-stories-illustrating-our-resilience...

A Conversation on Academic Freedom and Responsibility in a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Campus Community

Higher education institutions continue to grapple with the challenges and opportunities associated with exercising academic freedom and...

From Theory to Practice: Conversations for Wellness—Graduate and Professional Student Mental Health

While there is often stigma around seeking mental health services, most people struggle with maintaining mental well-being at some point in...

Assessing Organizational Culture Through a DEI Lens

How do you assess whether organizations are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Join us to learn about how to assess various...

GEAR UP - Statewide and Regional Partnerships

February UOC Event

Join us for the University Outreach Council's (UOC) February event, "GEAR UP - Statewide and Regional Partnerships," on...

Rackham Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Coffee Chat Series: Critical Hope—Engaging in Racialized Change Work

There is abundant empirical evidence locating higher education policy and organizations as sites that (re)produce persistent racial...

Weekly Seminar for DCMB / CCMB

Lucia Peixoto (Washington State University), "Reproducible Neuroscience from Omics data analysis”

Abstract:...

Fostering Wellness in the Black Michigan Medicine Community

OHEI Community Conversation Hosted by Black Voices Resource Group

Hosts: Steve Vinson and LaTonya Berryhill...

LHS Collaboratory

The Invisible Infrastructures and Infrastructuring Enabling Federated Data and Research Networks

The session will describe the landscape history, current status, and future of federated health data networks that are used to support a...

Recognizing Privilege: A True Beginning to Social Change

This session will explore privilege as it relates to dominant identities and discuss how one’s privilege has systemic advantages...

The African-American Presence in Science

Ronald E. Mickens, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Physics, Clark Atlanta University

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) welcomes all Michigan Engineering faculty, students, and staff to attend a seminar in honor of...

Serving Our Patients with Disabilities: Sharing Challenges and Discussing Solutions to Access and Understand Institutional Resources and Policies

OHEI Community Conversation Hosted By Disability Resource Group

The Disability Resource Group will be hosting a panel discussion on how employees can access additional resources and fill gaps when serving...

40th Annual WCTF Career Conference | The Time is Now!

Keynote Speaker: Tamika D. Mallory, Social Justice Leader and Movement Strategist

Register here: myumi.ch/G1kyz...

Gupta Professional Ethics Keynote: Reciprocity, Mutuality, and Solidarity—Moving Towards an Anticolonial Stance in Community-University Partnerships

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The Storyteller's Workshop Series

Digital Storytelling with Giizhigad (Christy Bieber)

Three-part participatory workshop series using creativity and storytelling to explore tradition, culture, Indigenity, and resistance. All...

MSI Connect Mixer

Rackham is hosting a Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Welcome Mixer. If you are a student, faculty, or staff alumni from an MSI,...

Navigating Difficult Conversations: Communicating Across Difference

In this interactive session, Rackham experts in conflict resolution will discuss the ways in which conflict can manifest in our academic and...

Screening of Coded Bias

Join DEI @ UMSI in collaboration with North Quad Programming for an in-person screening of Coded Bias from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Tuesday,...

West African Dance and Drum: Community, Identity, Storytelling

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Where does a dance come from? Who makes a dance? One person? Many? These may seem like simple questions, but they’re portals to bigger...

Data Science in Health Disparities Research Symposium

Keynote: Dr. Robert Winn (Dir. of the VCU Massey Cancer Center)

Additional speakers on the topics of:...

Inclusive Leadership

There is a lot of talk about “inclusive leadership,” but many are left asking: What is it? Why is it important? How can I do it? This...

Leading in a Time of Uncertainty: When Should the President Invoke DEI?

An Academic Leadership Webinar Series Event

Using their experiences as leaders committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Dr. Carol Henderson will moderate a conversation...

BLI Leadership Lunch: Changing Faces

Dr. Natasha Turman

The BLI is delighted to have Dr. Natasha Turman for our Leadership Lunch at the Union! She will lead the session on “Changing Faces”:...

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022: Opening Ceremony

Dr. Sy Stokes

This year's AA&PI Heritage Month theme is: "Are You Listening? Oral Histories and Storytelling from the AA&PI...

Allyhood

With the understanding that some identities are socially prioritized over others, consciously or not, this module seeks to engage...

Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series

Women in Leadership

In celebration of Women's History Month, Trotter Distinguished Leadership Series will highlight women across the university community...

How Invalid and Mischievous Survey Responses Bias Estimates of LGBQ-heterosexual Youth Risk Disparities

Inclusive Research Matters Series

ISR Inclusive Research Matters...