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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project
DESCRIPTION:Phase 1 Opening Reception: September 18\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFrom 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:\nPhase 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)\nPhase 1 Curatorial Statement\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Amelia Burns (entry pillar)Curated by CYNK Studios: Erin McKenna (courtyard pillar)\nArtists 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.\nAmelia 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.\nErin 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.\nArtist Statements/Bios\nAmelia 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.\nAt 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.\nAmelia 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\nErin 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:\nno 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\nMcKenna earned her BFA from Columbus College of Art &amp\; Design in 2012 and later completed her MFA at Stamps School of Art &amp\; 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
UID:138031-21881252@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138031
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251027T132833
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T133000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cider and Donuts with the SLC | National First Generation College Student Week
DESCRIPTION:Come join the Science Learning Center (SLC) for some cider and donuts in celebration of National First Generation College Student Week. Learn about SLC programs and services while enjoying some tasty fall treats. This is a drop-in style event where you can come and go as your schedule allows.
UID:141184-21888306@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141184
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Basic Science,biology,Central Campus,chemistry,Community,First-gen,First-gen-week,first-generation,Firstgenweek,Food,Free,In Person,Natural Sciences,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Open To All Majors,physics,pre health,Pre Med,Pre-Health,science,science learning center,Sessions,slc,Social,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Women In Science
LOCATION:1720 Chemistry, SLC Flex Room
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DTSTAMP:20251105T121634
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
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SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Austin Zhu\, carillon
DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
UID:141410-21888776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141410
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music
LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower
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DTSTAMP:20251002T142353
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T180000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:By Means of a Pencil
DESCRIPTION:October 9 – November 5\, 2025\nOpening Reception October 9\, 5:00-8:00 pm\nClosing Reception: November 2\, 2:00-5:00 pm\n\nThe U-M Duderstadt Center Gallery presents By Means of a Pencil a solo exhibition by artist and Stamps School of Art & Design LEO Lecturer I Nathan Byrne.\n\nBy Means of a Pencil brings together a body of work centered around the quirky and enigmatic Swiss author Robert Walser. In this exhibition poetic gestures and nods to Walser are able to flourish as visual forms and objects. The work comprises spontaneous and excessively durational works of drawing\, collage\, and sculpture.\n\nFor years\, I have been intrigued by the author Robert Walser’s  mark making which he referred to as his “pencil method” where he would sketch out stories in a radically miniaturized script on diminutive paper fragments. Walser’s pencil method began when he was experiencing severe writer’s cramp and: “hideously and frightfully hated his pen.” He goes on in a letter written in 1927 describing the freeing nature of this process: “I suffered a real breakdown in my hand on account of the pen\, a sort of cramp from whose clutches I slowly\, laboriously freed myself by means of the pencil.”\n\nJust as it was with Walser “by means of a pencil” I was able  to make peace with drawing by radically altering the process by which I approached the act itself. Eventually\, this became processes like my transcription drawings\, in which I write out an entire novel as a form of mark making.\n\nWhile this exhibition mines the Walser archive and the spirit of this author\, this work is just as much about me and my immersion in this “world of Walser.” It is about my own engagement with relationships between language and mark making\, language and sculpture\, language and longing.\n\nThis project was made possible by the generous support of Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.\n\nPoster design by Sky Christoph.\n\nHours: 12 – 6 pm\, Tues. – Fri. & Sun.\n\nLocation: 2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109
UID:140228-21886785@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140228
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Exhibition,Visual Arts
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery 1019
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DTSTAMP:20251120T063154
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Constructive Dissent: How to Disagree with your Boss
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our final handshake event of the year\, where we delve into the art of professional disagreement. Learn effective strategies for respectfully and constructively voicing your opinions and concernsto your boss. This session will provide practical tips on maintaining a positive working relationship while advocating for your ideas. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your communication skills and navigate workplace dynamics with confidence. 
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DTSTAMP:20251106T192130
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cosmo-Astro Seminar | Measuring the Hubble Constant Without the Sound Horizon: A New Constraint from DESI
DESCRIPTION:The Hubble tension\, recently surpassing the 6σ level\, increasingly presents a challenge to the ΛCDM model. A key question is whether this tension stems from our use of the sound horizon as a standard ruler. In this talk\, I will present a new\, sub-2% measurement of the Hubble constant (H₀) that is independent of the sound horizon scale\, using data from the first data release of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). The analysis employs a power spectrum rescaling technique that marginalizes over the sound horizon information\, drawing instead on the matter-radiation equality scale as a standard ruler. Combining DESI’s full-shape galaxy clustering with uncalibrated post-reconstruction BAO and the CMB acoustic scale θ*\, along with various external sound horizon-free datasets\, results in highly robust constraints that are among the most precise to date from LSS. Looking ahead\, this measurement offers a new window on beyond-ΛCDM physics and the physical origin of the Hubble tension.
UID:141618-21889092@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141618
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Physics
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3246 (Fishbowl)
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DTSTAMP:20250904T085750
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum
DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of creating stronger departmental connections\,  DAAS is presenting a faculty forum in honor of DAAS's 55th anniversary. Members of the DAAS faculty will discuss their projects\, research\, and/or publications to share more about their work and interests. The DAAS Faculty Forum will be held monthly on Wednesdays at noon.\n\nSeptember 17 - Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor in the Residential College\n\nOctober 22 - Magdalena Zaborowska\, Chair and Professor of American Culture\, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nNovember 5 - Jessica Walker\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Assistant Professor of American Culture\n\nDecember 3 - Al Young Jr.\, Associate Director of Center for Social Solutions\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology\; Professor of Afroamerican and African studies\; Professor of Public Policy\n\nJanuary 21- Aliyah Khan\, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center\, International Institute\; Associate Professor of English\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nFebruary 18 - Scott Ellsworth\, Teaching Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nMarch 25 - Saraellen Strongman\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nApril 8 - David Doris\, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture
UID:137882-21881022@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137882
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:africa,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,African Diaspora,African Studies,Afroamerican,Art,Black America,Blackness,Caribbean,History,Humanities,Sociology
LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room)
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DTSTAMP:20251120T123114
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251105T120000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Edu Science Info Session for UMichigan Students - Northwestern's MSEd Program
DESCRIPTION:Attend a live-streamed information session about the Educational Studies concentration offered by the Master of Science in Education &amp\; Social Policy Program at Northwestern University. Presentations will include information about the curriculum\, the master's project\, field experiences for teachers\, the application process\, and financial aid. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of program administrators. If you are registering to participate in the live-streamed information session about the program and admissions with our program directors\, go to https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98047374075 at the scheduled time. When you log in to the session\, you must allow audio in order to hear us. The session is interactive. You will have the opportunity to ask questions\, and you will be asked to introduce yourself and specify which program you are interested in. You may either unmute yourself or type in the chat.
UID:138750-21883790@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138750
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