Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Academic Careers Series - Fall 2026
2026-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Detroit)
This workshop series supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows preparing for academic careers. Through interactive sessions, you will gain insights and strategies for navigating the academic job market, securing a postdoctoral position, and preparing application materials that highlight your research expertise and career potential. Each session combines presentations, discussion, and hands-on activities to equip you with practical tools for a successful transition into academia.Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this series, participants will be able to:Understand the structure of the academic job market and how to prepare for each stage of the search.Identify strategies for exploring opportunities and applying for postdoctoral positions.Prepare strong academic CVs and cover letters that effectively communicate expertise and fit.Write a compelling research statement that highlights motivation, significance, and future directions.

Careers / Jobs:ECRC Corporate Partner Career Day
2026-09-09 11:00 - 15:00 | Duderstadt Center
Join us at the ECRC Corporate Partner Career Day on Wednesday, September 9 from 11 AM - 3 PM! A panel discussion with employer participants will be held from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, followed by networking at company booths during the Career Day portion from 12:00-3:00 PM.

Attend this event to gain information to help you prepare for the fall recruitment season and/or connect with organizations recruiting for Michigan Engineers. All participating companies are ECRC Corporate Partners who are committed to Michigan Engineering and our students’ professional development!

Event Agenda:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: A panel discussion with employer participants. Space is limited for the panel portion of the event. Pre-registration is required in Career Forge.

12:00 - 3:00 PM: Networking at company booths with employer participants in the Duderstadt Atrium. Advance registration is not needed for this portion of the event.

Connect with the company representatives to:
- Present yourself as a candidate for active, open positions
- Learn about companies of interest
- Practice your networking skills
- Get tips for success in the recruiting process

This is a College of Engineering Event. For more information about this event in Career Fair Plus or Career Forge.

Visit the EnginLaunch web page at https://www.engin.umich.edu/EnginLaunch/ for more welcome events!

Please let us know how we can ensure an event is inclusive to you. If you have accommodations or access needs that can we help facilitate, please email coe-studentaffairs@umich.edu. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to remove those barriers.

Social / Informal Gathering:Welcome to Michigan North
2026-09-09 11:00 - 15:00 | Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Join Information and Technology Services for our annual Welcome to Michigan event! We'll be handing out ice cream and swag to welcome everyone back to campus.

Workshop / Seminar:Wolverine Village Residence Hall Community Tours
2026-09-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Wolverine Village
Michigan Housing is excited to welcome members of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor community for an opportunity to tour Wolverine Village.This year marks the most students to live on-campus within Michigan Housing in U-M history with the grand opening of Wolverine Village, the university’s newest 2,300 bed and 800+ seat dining hall residential community. Formerly known as the Central Campus Residential Development, Wolverine Village is a new five-building residential community on U-M’s Central Campus and adjacent to the athletic campus.Daily tours will highlight Wolverine Village and its residence halls, gathering spaces, and community art.Wolverine Village tours are open to the public and registration is required. Tour capacity is limited while Wolverine Village residence halls are occupied by the U-M student community. Additional tour dates may be added if demand allows for it.
For tour questions, please reach out to the Michigan Housing team at wolverinevillagetours@umich.edu.

Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. The Origins of the War in Ukraine: A Question of Chronology
2026-09-09 12:00 - 13:20 | Weiser Hall - Room 555
Co-sponsored by Kennan Conversations.

This lecture will propose three separate dates as possible points of origin for the war in Ukraine: 1654, 1991 and 2021. Professor Kimmage will outline the implications embedded in chronology, which is fundamental to explaining the origins of this war. He will also take a close look at the difficulty of conducting chronological analysis in the absence of solid empirical evidence — a challenge for those attempting to understand decision-making in Putin's Russia, whether it be academic researchers or the intelligence community and policymakers.

Michael Kimmage is the director of the Kennan Institute. From 2014 to 2016, he served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, where he held the Russia/Ukraine portfolio. He is the author, among other books, of Collisions: The War in Ukraine and the Origins of the New Global Instability, which was published with Oxford University Press in 2024 and will be coming out in paperback in 2027.

Photo credit: Asta Liutkute.

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.
