Other:German Peer Mentor Tutoring
2025-10-03 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit) | Language Resource Center
Join the German department's Peer Mentors to brush up on your German skills! Mentors will be available to assist with German coursework, practice speaking skills, and discuss German culture. All language levels are welcome, so even if you just started or haven't spoken German in a while, we would love to see you!

Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour
2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB
Hola! ¿Cómo estás?

-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.

-Come & go as you please, stay as little or as long as you would like!

-Free coffee, tea, light snacks, & baked goods.

The RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.

For more information contact Julie Harrell at (harrelju@umich.edu).

Workshop / Seminar:Lifeguarding Prerequisite Testing
2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Pool
This session if for anyone interested in becoming lifeguard certified and working for Michigan Recreation. You’ll need to attend a prerequisite night in order to be able to attend our of our courses. We want to ensure that you’re physically capable of completing the required course prerequisites.

Workshop / Seminar:Statistics Department Seminar Series: Xu Shi, Associate Professor, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:00 | West Hall - 340
Abstract: Unmeasured confounding remains one of the most significant threats to the credibility of findings from observational studies. Recent developments in negative control methods, also known as proximal causal inference, offer promising strategies to strengthen causal conclusions. These approaches leverage negative controls —variables that have no direct causal relationship with either the exposure or the outcome — to detect and adjust for unmeasured confounding. In this talk, I will review the foundations of negative control methods and introduce the double negative control framework. I will then present our recent work extending this framework to settings where some candidate negative control variables may themselves be invalid. I will conclude with a discussion of open challenges and future research directions.

Workshop / Seminar:To Sell or For Sale: Strategic Entry in Pharmaceutical Markets (joint with Zoey Chopra and Garth Strohbehn)
2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:20 | Lorch Hall - 301
Increasing consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry has prompted antitrust concerns and calls for enhanced scrutiny and regulation surrounding M&A activity, particularly regarding acquisitions of small and innovative biotechs. Holding firm entry fixed, such policy should encourage competition and limit the ability of incumbent firms to acquire early-stage competitors. In resource-intensive industries such as pharmaceuticals, however, firms make entry decisions conditional upon eventual exit strategies. Limitations to M&A activity may reduce incentives for biotech entry, ultimately resulting in less innovation and welfare losses. Leveraging M&A and drug development data in oncology from 2006 to 2019 we document three facts: 1. Big pharmaceutical firms constitute the majority of controlling interest acquisitions; 2. The probability of acquisition is strongly associated with the entry choice of small biotech drugs but there is no association for big pharmaceutical drugs; and 3. The acquisition price for a drug increases when the acquiring firm has an overlapping development pipeline. These insights inform a structural model in which acquisitions are the result of a first-price sealed bid auction that informs a static firm entry and market choice decision for new drugs. We find that a counterfactual which restricts the ability of big pharma firms to acquire overlapping biotech drugs significantly changes the market choice of biotech drugs, but we do not find a significant change in overall biotech drug entry, suggesting such a policy would have minimal welfare costs.

Workshop / Seminar:Welcome to Washtenaw County: Beyond the Data
2025-10-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
Do you do research or teaching in partnership with communities? Would you like to find ways to connect your work at U-M with local communities? With a network of over 400 community partners across Washtenaw County and Southeast Michigan, Ginsberg Center works to connect local communities with U-M courses, researchers, internships and other community-engaged initiatives. In this workshop, we’ll take you beyond the data to help you understand local priorities and university-community dynamics in Washtenaw County. You’ll leave with an understanding of key issues facing our local community and answers to your questions about what local communities really want from U-M stakeholders.

With special guest, Ginsberg Center Community Leader-in-Residence Jessica A.S. Letaw

Jessica A.S. Letaw (she/her) is a housing justice organizer whose work bridges policy, organizing, and racial justice. She has been deeply involved in land use and zoning reform efforts, housing affordability initiatives, and neighborhood-based organizing. With a background in architecture and public engagement, Jess combines technical knowledge of the built environment with questions around equity, belonging, and access. She is co-founder of FutureRoot, a woman-led collective working at the intersections of race, place, history and culture. She is also the co-founder of the Co-liberation Collaborative, working alongside white women and femmes to reimagine the role of white folks in political campaigns and movements; founded Ann Arbor Housing for All; and is the co-host of the local policy and politics podcast Ann Arbor AF. Her forthcoming book, MOVE, is a primer on housing organization for anyone.

Open to U-M faculty, graduate students/GSIs, post-docs, admin/staff.

Regsiter Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/97059

Social / Informal Gathering:Write with ME!
2025-10-03 10:00 - 12:00 | GG Brown Laboratory - 2636
Working on an abstract? Polishing up your resume? Writing a paper or dissertation?

Join us for our new Mechanical Engineering Department writing group, “Write with ME!”

All ME undergrads, grads, postdocs, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us for any of their writing needs.

Community & support
Connect with peers, share your writing, exchange feedback, and brainstorm solutions to writing challenges.

Accountability & consistency
Sharpen your writing skills and develop positive, consistent writing routines. Learn from other members of the ME department!

Food & flexibility
No need to attend every week! Drop in at any time, and leave at any time. Light snacks, coffee, and tea will be available.

Weekly on Fridays, starting September 12
2636 G.G.B
10 am – 12 pm

Careers / Jobs:Pathways Program - Fall 2025
2025-10-03 11:00 - 16:00
Are you eager to jump start learning about potential RSM career opportunities? Our one-day Pathways virtual experience is an opportunity for you to engage in life at RSM before the job - learn about potential careers, explore our culture, networking opportunities, and gain insights on what to expect as a future RSM colleague! Event details: Date: Friday, Oct. 3rd, 2025Eligibility: Currently enrolled in an accredited degree/diploma program, with expectedcompletion within the next two or more years. Pursuing a degree related to accounting, business or IT (information systems, computer science, analytics, supply chain. etc.).Pursuing a degree related to accounting, business or IT related (information systems, computer science, analytics, supply chain etc.)Flexibility: Enjoy the flexibility of the RSM Pathways program, designed to accommodateyour schedule. Feel free to join or leave sessions as needed to balance your class and work commitments.What to expect:   Discover potential careers: Explore opportunities in assurance, tax and consulting.Network with professionals: Connect with RSM professionals from across the U.S. and Canada.Internship insights: Get an inside look at the RSM internship experience and learn how to start the early application process.Experience our culture: Immerse yourself in our unrivaled, inclusive culture and get to know our firm.Submit your interest:Complete the form to submit your interest! Provide information such as your anticipated associate (full-time) start season, major/minor and school to ensure this experience aligns with your academic journey.

Exhibition:Stacey L. Kirby: The Bureau of Personal Belonging (Ann Arbor Edition)
2025-10-03 11:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Exhibition Dates: September 27 - November 8, 2025
Opening Performances: September 27, 1-5 p.m.Closing Performances: November 8, 1-5 p.m.
Stacey L. Kirby’s The Bureau of Personal Belonging is a series of interactive performances set within immersive installations and activated by viewer participation. The work fosters dialogue on identity, community, and civil engagement. Through bureaucratic forms, papers, postures, language, and aesthetics, audiences are invited to participate in respectful dialogues and playful interactions with the artist. As the 2025 Roman J. Witt Artist-in-Residence, Kirby spent 12 weeks on campus from January through March of 2025 meeting with students, faculty, and staff from the Stamps School and across U-M. Based on these conversations, Kirby devised a site-specific installation that seeks to amplify the voices of the U-M community, uphold the value of democratic civic engagement, and highlight the power of art in building solidarity and mutual respect.
Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.

Exhibition:Untold Stories, Part II: A Stamps Faculty Exhibition
2025-10-03 11:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
Exhibition Dates: September 12 - December 13Opening Reception: September 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Untold Stories: Part II is the second in a series of three exhibitions featuring the work of faculty members from the Stamps School of Art & Design. Organized thematically, Part II explores timely and resonant themes related to the freedom of expression, movement, and civic rights. Drawing on personal narratives and public archives, the artists offer inspiring ways of storytelling that make latent ideas visible and experiential - expanding the boundaries of their artistic research.
Untold Stories: Part II is curated by Srimoyee Mitra, and features work by Stamps faculty Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Annica Cuppetelli, Quinn A. Hunter, Carol Jacobsen, Andy Kirshner, Rebekah Modrak, and Ricky Weaver.

Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
2025-10-03 11:01 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location
Phase 1 Opening Reception: September 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
From September 2025 through August 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-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:
Phase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA '23) and Erin McKenna (MFA '20)Phase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA '20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA '20)Phase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA '20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA '21)
Phase 1 Curatorial Statement
Curated by Sometimes Space: Amelia Burns (entry pillar)Curated by CYNK Studios: Erin McKenna (courtyard pillar)
Artists Amelia Burns and Erin McKenna reimagine the Division Street pillars through digital collages rooted in memory, landscape and shared environments. Burns arranges fragments of her own photographs into airy compositions where these pictorial remnants become enshrined by the artist’s vision of the sacred. McKenna draws from the language of quilting, organizing her photos of mushrooms, moss and lichen into vibrant geometric patterns which echo Ohio textile traditions. Both artists, Midwestern women attentive to the nuances of place, weave personal imagery into collective meaning. Together, their works create spaces of reverence and connection.
Amelia Burns: GODSPROMISESRISINGHIGHGODSPROMISESRISINGHIGH contains fragments of photographs I have made over years in various locations in the United States. Each fragment holds personal meaning for me. The exalted pieces of environments float together and create a visual smorgasbord of symbols, denoting a capitalist world, filled with tender moments and connections, where all objects are made holy.
Erin McKenna: Mushroom TrailMushroom Trail reimagines the Ohio Star quilt block through a collage of photographs of mushrooms, lichen, and moss gathered during walks in my Appalachian forest home. I created small blocks of repeating patterns to build texture and color. Inspired by the Barn Quilt Trail, the work honors Ohio’s yard art traditions. Like other local expressions, from chainsaw-carved bears to the front porch goose, it fosters a shared sense of pride of place, and community.
Artist Statements/Bios
Amelia BurnsThrough my travels across nearly every U.S. state, I document not only the natural world but also its entanglement with human influence. My work speaks to the loneliness, humor, beauty, pain, and joy that coexist within these spaces. The landscapes I create—whether photographic or collage-based—are imbued with a visceral connection to the physical environments I’ve passed through. They are a reprocessing of the cultural detritus that surrounds me, transforming fragments into vignettes that explore both the darkness and resilience of humanity.
At its core, my work explores the underworld of human experience, grappling with the visceral tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary Americana. It reflects the disgusting horror of capitalism, the mysticism of my Irish Catholic upbringing, and the profound solitude that fuels my process. The resulting images are landscapes of seeking, filled with the pain, glory, and quiet resistance of life.
Amelia Burns is a photographer, collage artist, curator and educator exploring the cultural and physical landscapes of the U.S., capturing the nuances of shared environments. She earned her BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute in 2005 and later completed her MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2023. Website / Instagram
Erin McKenna Erin McKenna is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in sculpture. Her practice embraces humor, playful misuse, and celebration as strategies to dismantle stereotypes and complicate binaries of construction and embellishment. With a feminist lens, she explores the space where necessity meets excess, highlighting the subversive potential of both. Her sculptures often pair gritty building materials with tactile fabrics, generating tension between utility and ornament. Growing up in a perpetually unfinished home—a place of sawdust, chop saws, and improvisation—instilled in her a respect for visible labor, inventive problem-solving, and imperfection. Her process follows personal rules:
no hierarchy of materialssubvert expected usecomplicate binaries, stereotypes and associationsmisuse, misapplyallow for variable arrangementsrepeat, reiterate, reuseconsider the subversive possibilities of the excessive, fantastic, and necessaryalways let the labor be visible
McKenna earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2012 and later completed her MFA at Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. She recently moved back to the forest she calls home in Southeastern Ohio, where she serves as Exhibitions Director at The Dairy Barn Arts Center, hunts for mushrooms with her toddler, and makes quilts. Website / Instagram

Lecture / Discussion:EHour: Sam Schillace
2025-10-03 11:30 - 12:20 | Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium
Sam Schillace, Corporate Vice President and Deputy CTO at Microsoft, takes on the EHour stage on Friday, October 3.

With a career spanning 30+ years, Sam has been at the forefront of major software innovations, from pioneering Google Docs to leading engineering teams at Microsoft, Google, and Box. If tech, entrepreneurship, or the future of software sparks your curiosity, this session is a must-attend.

About EHour
Entrepreneurship Hour (EHour) is a weekly speaker series that brings innovators, founders, and entrepreneurial leaders to campus to share their stories with the University of Michigan community.

Other:Alumni Weekend
2025-10-03 12:00 - 23:59 | Canham Natatorium
Alumni Weekend

Exhibition:Art Exhibition. "Between Voice and Silence"
2025-10-03 12:00 - 18:00 | Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
CREES is delighted to support the international art exhibition Between Voice and Silence. Dedicated to the fallen Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov, the exhibit’s title is borrowed from one of his poems. Exploring the role of empathy and humanity in the times of crisis, Ukrainian and American artists Katya Lisova (textiles), Matvii Vaisberg (prints), and Ira Bondarenko (ceramics) reflect on the power and limits of human agency in the face of overwhelming force. The value of humanity lies in its capacity to transcend adversity by embracing compassion and keeping empathy and human connection alive in the most oppressive darkness. The project examines this concept through the lens of Ukrainian artists and poets and emphasizes the role of ordinary people in building resilience and saving the country.

The exhibition, which will be displayed in the University of Michigan’s Duderstadt Center Gallery from September 14-October 5, 2025, was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan. The Ann Arbor Chapter of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America (UNWLA) also provided support for the project.

Image: *Fly* by Katya Lisova

If 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.

Workshop / Seminar:Chai with the BLI 2025
2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Outside Weiser Hall
Are you interested in…Learning more about the BLI and our upcoming opportunities?Joining a welcoming, supportive community?Meeting super awesome students from across campus who are also interested in elevating their leadership learning?Connecting with current student leaders at an in-person social with chai and donuts?
Join us on October 3rd from 12:00 PM-1:30 PM outside Weiser Hall for an informal meet and greet where you can chat with current student and program leaders, learn more about our upcoming opportunities, and stay for chai and donuts!

Social / Informal Gathering:Chai with the BLI 2025
2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Weiser Hall
Are you interested in…
- Learning more about the BLI and our upcoming opportunities?
- Joining a welcoming, supportive community?

Meeting super awesome students from across campus who are also interested in elevating their leadership learning?
Connecting with current student leaders at an in-person social with chai and donuts?

Join us on October 3rd from 12:00 PM-1:30 PM outside Weiser Hall for an informal meet and greet where you can chat with current students and program leaders, learn more about our upcoming opportunities, and stay for chai and donuts!

Livestream / Virtual:Flash Talk | House Hunting in Hellenistic Pella: 2025
2025-10-03 12:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Led by co-PI Lisa Nevett, this talk discusses the goals of the Pella Urban Dynamics Project and its work during the 2025 field season, focusing in particular on the excavation of a substantial building located southeast of the city’s agora.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, graduate students, and guests talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors.

To register for this Flash Talk, fill out the form at https://forms.gle/QNbDFh1nR3f8EcdS9. Zoom log-in information will be provided upon registration. Please sign up by 9:30 AM the day of the event to ensure you receive a confirmation email containing the access code.

Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit
2025-10-03 12:00 - 16:00 | William Clements Library
In the 19th century, new ideas about childhood and education, along with advances in printing like chromolithography, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.

Even though the objects are behind glass, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize!

Well-being:Heartfulness Guided Meditation
2025-10-03 12:00 - 12:30 | Off Campus Location
Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being.

All U-M students, faculty, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required.

*What will you learn?*

The guided meditation practice involves three simple steps: relaxation, rejuvenation, and meditation.

Relaxation brings your body to a calm, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level, and prepares the mind for meditation. We follow this with a rejuvenation method to detox the mind to let go of stress and complex emotions, and will leave you feeling light and refreshed. Lastly, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice.

*Why Meditate?*

While physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony.

*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708

*Event Details*

Heartfulness Guided Meditation
Fridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)
Join Via Zoom Meeting
Register to receive Passcode (see “Related links”

This wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.

Workshop / Seminar:MDCB Seminar> Hidden Timers in Circadian Clocks: How Introns Keep Time
2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Biological Sciences Building - 1060
Host: Ken Cadigan
