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DTSTAMP:20260611T154833
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T173000
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SUMMARY:Other:Nature Play Pop-Up: Gravity Play
DESCRIPTION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens is hosting free\, hands-on Nature Play Pop-ups.  Young children will have hands-on fun while taking a closer look at nature\, and parents will leave with easy ideas to encourage creative nature play at home. No registration\, free event. First to arrive\, first to play. Kids can join in as spaces open during the pop-ups. Suggested ages 3-7.  Please note that all materials stay unless otherwise specified.
UID:148907-21905190@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148907
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:matthaei botanical gardens kids children nature,children's education,children
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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DTSTAMP:20260115T110339
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T193000
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:121370-21894315@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Disability,Well-being,Virtual,Undergraduate Students,Student Org,Social,Inclusion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace
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DTSTAMP:20260331T114121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake”
DESCRIPTION:Dr. John Verhoeven is a metallurgical engineer\, U-M alumnus and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Iowa State University who lives along Douglas Lake\, near the University of Michigan Biological Station.\n\nAs part of the 2026 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)\, Verhoeven will give a free\, public talk titled\, “Making Steel Knives from Sands Found on Douglas Lake.”\n\nSince retiring\, he has continued to do research with colleagues in northern Michigan. They recently found magnetic black sand on Douglas Lake\, reduced it to iron and made kitchen knives.\n\nTheir experiments measuring the composition of the sand in an electron microscope show that it comes from what geologists call OUI deposits of the Mid-Continental Rift. Verhoeven said the source rock from which the sand eroded — Fe-Ti oxide ultramafic intrusions (OUI) — was brought to the surface from magma in Earth’s core 1.1 billion years ago when tectonic plates separated. \n\nHere is a more detailed description of the lecture from Verhoeven: “Bladesmith Tim Zowada\, who lives near Petoskey\, smelts the magnetic black sand he collects on Lake Superior near White Fish Point into iron and makes knives. Working with Tim\, we discovered that the source rock from which the sand eroded contains Ti. This was a new discovery because geologists had assumed the source rock was the same as the iron ore used to make the Taconite which is shipped through the Soo Locks to supply US steel mills. It does not contain Ti. With the help of geologist Marcia Bjornerud\, we have shown that the source rock is what geologists call: Fe-Ti oxide ultramafic intrusions (OUIs). These rocks where brought to the surface from the magma in Earth’s core 1.1 billion years ago when tectonic plates separated and the mid-continental rift (MCR) formed. The rift runs through the Lake Superior region\, and our experiments show the Ti minerals of Tim’s sand matches the composition from OUI drillings collected near Lake Superior. With the help of my neighbor\, Mike Johnson\, we have recently found magnetic black sand on Douglas Lake and Tim has reduced it to iron and made a few small kitchen knives which will be passed around. Our experiments measuring the composition of the sand in an electron microscope in my shop show that it also comes from OUI deposits of the MCR. Douglas Lake also lies on the MCR. The implications of these results will be discussed.”\n\nVerhoeven grew up in Monroe\, Michigan\, and attended the University of Michigan\, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering as well as his master’s and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering.\n\nHe spent his professional career at Iowa State University\, doing research in the DOE lab and teaching in the Materials Science Department. \n\nVerhoeven has published two books on metallurgy\, 220 peer-reviewed journal papers and obtained 18 patents.\n\nHe built home and shop on Douglas Lake in 1991 and has continued doing research there since retirement in 2000.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.\n\nThe Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS\, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so the community can learn about our natural world.\n\nThe free\, public talks are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station\, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston\, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
UID:147279-21900626@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147279
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns,U-m Biological Station
LOCATION:Gates Lecture Hall\, UM Biological Station
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DTSTAMP:20260611T172021
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260602T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:East Quad (Spring/Summer 2026) (Housing)
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UID:147859-21904425@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147859
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Regents Plaza (by the Cube)
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DTSTAMP:20260520T120029
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T210000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Diversity Peer Educator Office Hours at East Quad
DESCRIPTION:Join with the East Quad Diversity Peer Educator every Wednesday in the Abeng Multicultural Lounge! Meet new neighbors\, enjoy free snacks\, and be in community!
UID:148351-21903982@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148351
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Housing,Free Food,community gathering,Community Engagement,Community Building
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge
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DTSTAMP:20260303T152543
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T230000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres
DESCRIPTION:Explore the personal sketchbooks of Sam Karres\, Greek-American painter and artist\, as he illustrates the daily life of residents in Greektown\, Detroit. This exhibit highlights Detroit’s Greek-American community and urban scenery during the late 20th century. Experience art and life through Sam’s eyes with scenes of music\, dance\, restaurants\, and the faces of the community. Let the vivid watercolor paintings and expressive sketches transport you to a Greektown of the past\, and learn more about Sam Karres’ life as an artist.\n\nFeaturing works from the Sam Karres Archive\, 1955-2012\, held by the University of Michigan Library's Special Collection Research Center. Curated by Annelie Zissis and Arthur Pfeifer-Rubey\, Library Engagement Fellows.
UID:146151-21898536@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146151
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260325T105253
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
SUMMARY:Performance:Esther Rose
DESCRIPTION:New music!\n\nEsther Rose was on a long solo drive when she started writing the opening title track of Want\, her stunning fifth album. At first\, the words seemed almost like a joke\, something to keep herself amused as the miles passed. “I want a puppy\, but I don't want a mess. I want to know where I’m going without GPS\,” she sang from behind the wheel. Soon\, the idea snowballed into a list of desires that spanned existential\, spiritual\, and mundane\; romantic to platonic to familial\; at once wildly ambitious yet piercingly relatable\; all set to a catchy melody that blends her pop instincts with country storytelling and the raw immediacy of a basement punk show. In other words\, she was on her way to another classic Esther Rose song.\n\nThis precise blend has made the Santa Fe-based artist one of her generation’s most beloved songwriters: someone whose live shows are known to conclude in mass tears and group hugs. Still\, something was different this time. “For me\, these songs felt like revelations\,” she explains\, comparing the 11-song record to a memoir\, alive with kinetic storytelling and personal insight. In its newly direct and stirringly nuanced writing\, you’ll hear about rock bottom encounters\, shifting relationships with substances\, evolving perspectives on adult partnership\, and\, as evidenced by those early lines in “Want\,” a few jokes along the way. Vivid and bracing\, Want places you in the passenger seat while each of these feelings arrive.\n\nTo match the multi-dimensional tone of the writing\, Rose has made the most adventurous\, hardest-hitting record of her career. Working with producer Ross Farbe and recording live-to-tape in Nashville’s Bomb Shelter\, she travels as far as she’s been from the stripped-down classic country of celebrated early work like 2017’s This Time Last Night and 2019’s You Made It This Far. Following the wide-open serenity of 2023’s momentous Safe to Run\, she now leans toward confrontational arrangements full of distortion and full-band spontaneity\, never sacrificing a classicist’s gift for melody that makes each song instantly memorable.
UID:145051-21896596@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145051
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix
LOCATION:ARK Reserved
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DTSTAMP:20260414T144814
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T233000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Muted Volumes: Book-Objects\, Patterned Papers\, and the Closed Stacks of Buhr
DESCRIPTION:This exhibit in the Clark Library rotunda focuses on handmade decorative patterned papers when exploring books stored at the library's Buhr Offsite Shelving Facility. Decorative paper\, noticed when walking through the stack's aisles or surprising you when you casually flip through a book\, can really catch your eye. But because the Buhr stacks are closed from browsing\, the density and dimensionality of its nearly 3 million books are reduced to title searches on a screen.\n\nAs a response to these reflections\, artist and library staff member Stephanie Osorio shares her handbound unopenable book-objects as symbolic stand-ins for forgotten books at Buhr — the books that don’t get a chance to be noticed. Along with the book-objects are the carved woodblocks that made prints to decorate them. Some books from Buhr that inspired this project with their original decorated patterned papers will also be on display.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening reception on Thursday\, May 14th\, 5pm - 6:30pm\, for an opportunity to hear from the artist and engage with the book-objects.
UID:147739-21901710@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260604T155020
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260624T210000
SUMMARY:Performance:Spotlight Recital: Center Stage Strings Alumni
DESCRIPTION:Center Stage Strings (CSS) – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to attend as alumni of the program perform a recital.\n\nCelebrating its 17th season in 2026\, CSS was founded by renowned violinist and SMTD Professor Danielle Belen to develop the talents of serious young classical music students in the areas of solo and chamber music performance. 
UID:148176-21903190@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148176
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,North Campus,Music
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260408T103429
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260625T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260625T164500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Data Science Summer Academy
DESCRIPTION:Academy Overview\nThe Biomedical Summer Academy will introduce participants to key concepts of data science and artificial intelligence\, showing how they can be leveraged in biomedical research and incorporated into grant proposals. Previous course topics have included introductions to Python programming\, machine learning techniques\, and use-case examples.\n\nParticipants are expected to bring a laptop for the academy.\n\nTopics:\n\nKey concepts of data science\nIntroduction to Python programming and its use in data science\nMachine learning techniques\, including support vector machines\, artificial neural networks\, and deep learning\nExamples of biomedical research projects that leverage data science\nIncorporating data science into biomedical grant proposals
UID:147529-21901185@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147529
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Research,Medicine,Ai,Data Science,Biosciences,Biomedical
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