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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
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20261026T151332
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T220000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Gratitude Tree
DESCRIPTION:Starting Nov 11th\, Weds\, in the League\, the ResNavs are sponsoring our second Gratitude Tree. 🍁 Stop by and add a few words to a leaf of your choosing about what makes you grateful. We'll hang them\, as we go--last year\, we had a tree with over 275 leaves. 🍁 (First floor\, near Maizie's. Ends Sunday\, Nov 22nd.)
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154101
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Well-being,Undergraduate Students,Transfer Students,Mindfulness
LOCATION:Michigan League - First Floor by Maizie's
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DTSTAMP:20261106T063207
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T110000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab
DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/2049797 Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who has designed this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation toget on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\, the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools youcan use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"CareerExploration and Planning\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line “Recent Grad Help” to be set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodationrequirements via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program to ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Jocelyn Gaydos at jmgaydos@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA  #UCC
UID:154018-21917028@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154018
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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DTSTAMP:20261106T120246
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Meet Emerald Technologies at Ross
DESCRIPTION:Stop by the table to meet the Emerald team\, learn about roles\, and ask what they build.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154164
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:Ross lobby · In person
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DTSTAMP:20261026T090732
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SUMMARY:Well-being:ResNavs #SoYF \"Relax\" Tips & Techniques for Exams
DESCRIPTION:November's #SoYF (Smile on Your Face) well-being break is \"Relax\" tips & techniques for exams. ResNavs come with free fidgets and copyable techniques to get you through the end of the term.\n\nWe focus on areas of Michigan's Model of Well-Being to bring you a fun\, free break each month. Here's a quick peek at the month ahead:\n\n> December | Exams stress? Quick carb fix. (free sugar cookies)
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152014
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mindfulness,Well-being,Free
LOCATION:Michigan League
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DTSTAMP:20261026T150055
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T113000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Human Rights Reporting: Stories from the Field
DESCRIPTION:Tanzil Asif\, Erica Hellerstein\, and Shan Li\, three of this year's Knight-Wallace Fellows\, will discuss their experiences covering human rights stories in China\, Ukraine\, India\, and Latin America\, as well as challenges they faced in reporting these stories. The panelists will offer comparative insights from their field experiences and lessons for all of us seeking to better understand how journalists navigate risks and conduct investigations in often precarious contexts.\n\nCan't attend in person? Click on the link below to register to watch the livestream.\n\nhttps://myumi.ch/ykJ4P\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nTanzil Asif\nFounder\, Main Media\n\nTanzil Asif is an Indian journalist and founder of the Bihar-based hyperlocal news platform\, Main Media. His work includes video reporting and writing on a wide range of issues\, including politics\, climate change\, systemic development\, and the marginalization of minorities\, including India's Muslim minority. He has contributed to outlets such as Al Jazeera\, The Hindu\, The Wire\, The Quint\, Outlook Magazine and BehanBox. \n\nErica Hellerstein\nImmigration and Labor Reporter\, El Tímpano\n\nErica Hellerstein is the senior immigration and labor reporter at El Tímpano\, an outlet serving the Bay Area's Latino and Mayan immigrants. Previously\, she spent more than a decade reporting on human rights across the U.S.\, Latin America\, Africa and Europe\, investigating labor exploitation\, gender-based violence\, rising authoritarianism and the surveillance state. In 2025\, she reported from Ukraine on her hidden family history and how Jewish Ukrainian identity is evolving amid Russia's invasion. \n\nShan Li\nSouth Asia Correspondent\, Wall Street Journal\n\nShan Li is the South Asia correspondent for The Wall Street Journal\, covering politics\, culture and economic issues in India and the surrounding region. She previously served as China correspondent for The Journal\, reporting on the global influence of Chinese tech companies and the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic from Wuhan. She and other colleagues had their press credentials revoked and were expelled from China by the Chinese government in 2020.\n\nAbout the Moderator\nLynette Clemetson\nDirector\, Wallace House Center for Journalists\n\nLynette Clemetson is Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. She came to the university from NPR\, where she was Senior Director of Strategy and Content Initiatives. Her career in journalism spans newspapers\, magazines and audio across a range of platforms. As a reporter\, she was a Washington-based correspondent for The New York Times and Newsweek. Prior to her domestic correspondent work\, she was an international correspondent for Newsweek based in Hong Kong.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:152225-21913398@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152225
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:human rights,Journalism
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room
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DTSTAMP:20260827T142354
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261111T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Strengthening Workplace Culture through Dialogue & Community Support
DESCRIPTION:Designed for faculty\, staff\, administrators\, and campus leaders\, this interactive session explores a community-informed approach to institutional culture change. Participants will learn how the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability leveraged dialogue\, restorative practices\, shared leadership\, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen organizational culture\, leaving with practical strategies and transferable lessons they can adapt within their own schools\, colleges\, departments\, or campus units. Through facilitated discussion and structured reflection\, attendees will have the opportunity to translate these ideas into action within their own institutional contexts.\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:150971-21910648@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150971
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:dialogue,Faculty,Sessions,Staff,Workshop
LOCATION:Room 2435
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