BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information.  UID:145222-21896860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T180132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Riichi Mahjong Tournament DESCRIPTION:This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).\n\nEach player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds\, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game. \n\nWhen each player has played the designated number of games\, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. \n\nThe playoffs will feature a swiss-style format\, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.\n\n\nNote: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament \n\n UID:146446-21899099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:STB 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T000047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:USAT Collegiate Club Nationals DESCRIPTION:National championship for collegiate club teams in Gulfport\, Mississippi UID:144079-21894624@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jones Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21893032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893089@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:145904-21898039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899529@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891610@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898761@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T082053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:In-person Arabic Placement test_March 24\, 2026 (9:00am-12:00pm) DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Arabic Placement TestAbout the testThe test is approximately three hours in length\, and it is composed of three portions:a. The writing portion is completed on paper and it is worth a total of 100 points.b. The reading portion is completed on Canvas site\, and it is worth a total of 48 points.c. Right after finishing with the reading portion\, each student will have a follow-up interview with a proctor. The interviews last approximately 15 minutes and it is worth a total of 20 points.Important: a. Students who receive 60% or above will be placed in Arabic 401 and thus placed out of the language requirement.b. Students who are not able to write in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) do not need to take the placement test and they will be advised to enroll in Arabic 101.\nWhere can I view my results?a. Placement results are posted within 7 business days after the test.b. You will not be notified of your score automatically. c. You may view your placements via: Wolverine Access > Student Business > Academic Records > View Placement Exam Results.\nImportant information about the test* Placements are valid for only one year. If you fail to register in the course that you are placed in\, you will be required to retake the test.* Retaking the placement test is only permitted after the placement results expire.* Students who are currently taking an Arabic course will not be allowed to take the placement test. * Students who took or are currently enrolled in an Arabic course are not eligible to take the Arabic placement test. They should register for the next course level.* The test assesses students’ proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)\, NOT colloquial Arabic.  * If you speak an Arabic dialect but you do not know how to read or write or have little knowledge\, feel free to register in Arabic 101.* Students who know some Arabic because they came from an Arabic-speaking household or have studied Arabic before\, must take the Arabic proficiency test in order to determine their placement.* Students who have taken Arabic at other institutions and wish to continue their Arabic study at UM must take the placement test to determine their level. Credits for Arabic study undertaken at another institution prior to joining UM or in a summer program while attending UM\, transfer in as generic departmental credits and students must take the placement test to determine credit equivalencies to UM courses.* If you place in or beyond the 401 level\, you will have satisfied the LSA language requirement. * Students are encouraged to take a placement test as early as possible in their studies in order to determine the level they should enroll in\, or if they test out of the language requirement. This is extremely important to avoid delays in graduation and complications with placement.* Arabic 101\, 201\, 401\, 501 are offered ONLY in the Fall semester\, and Arabic 102\, 202\, 402\, 504\, 511 are ONLY offered in the Winter semester.* Arabic 103 (the equivalent of Arabic 101 & 102\, combined) AND Arabic 203 (the equivalent of Arabic 201 & 202\, combined) are offered in the Spring-Summer terms.\nUM’s Arabic curriculum is a dual register curriculum in which students learn to speak and understand the Levantine dialect (the dialect of Jordan\, Syria\, Palestine and Lebanon) in addition to developing the four language skills of formal Arabic (fuSHa). \nIf you have questions regarding the placement test\, please contact the program director at\, mesarabicprogram@umich.edu. UID:143165-21892346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143165 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1500 North Quad 105 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Language Resource Center) (PC Lab) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T082053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Managing Burnout on Your Team DESCRIPTION:This workshop will take a system-based approach to understanding the leading causes of employee burnout and action steps to improve job satisfaction\, engagement\, and employee wellbeing. \nIn this session\, participants will:Reflect on the difference between burnout and other forms of stress Explore some of the leading causes of burnout in the workplaceIdentify strategies to address these causes and mitigate burnout across teamsReview additional strategies at the individual level\nParticipants will benefit by:Raising self-awareness and initiating new actionsEnhancing their professional and personal effectiveness on and off the jobPositively influencing personal and organizational decisionsCreating stronger and more positive work environments\nAudience: This workshop is limited to LSA employees only\, which includes staff\, faculty\, and graduate and undergraduate student employees. External to LSA University employees may be considered if space is allowed. If you are outside LSA\, your registration may be removed without warning to accommodate LSA employees. Thank you for understanding. \nFor questions or requests for accommodations\, please contact Jessica Custer (jccuster@umich.edu) as soon as possible. Accommodation requests are generally easy to provide\, but may require some time to accomplish\, so advance notice is appreciated.\n UID:145668-21897662@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145668 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:LSA 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899182@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897278@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T102831 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Access\, Ability & the Future of Pharmacy DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 am – 11:00 am\nLocation: Zoom webinar\n\nDid you know that over 20% of the American population lives with a disability? Yet\, this is not reflected in the healthcare workforce\, and specifically within pharmacy where less than ~1% of pharmacists formally declare a disability. Join us for a timely conversation on why disability inclusion matters and how supporting pharmacists with disabilities leads to better outcomes for patients and the profession. Guest speakers include Dr. Lisa Meeks\, Dr. Jennifer Williams and Dr. Laura Nellen.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nLisa Meeks\, PhD\, is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and a global leader in disability inclusion. As founder of the Docs with Disabilities Initiative\, she has driven policy and practice advancements that reshape health professions education. Her research\, published in journals like JAMA and Academic Medicine\, focuses on equity and dismantling ableism in training. Dr. Meeks is deeply committed to creating inclusive environments where all trainees can thrive.\n\nJennifer Williams\, PharmD\, BCPS\, is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) and adjunct faculty member at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her primary area of practice is focused on inpatient and outpatient oncology\, and with complex inpatient surgical patients. Jennifer seeks regular opportunities to engage in education in Inclusion\, as a person living with a disability herself\, which has led to opportunities in policy writing\, webinars\, podcasts\, and a ‘forever’ drive to engage in furthering the conversation related to accessibility.\n\nDr. Laura Evelyn Nellen is a specialty pharmacist at Accredo Specialty Pharmacy\, a division of Evernorth Health Services (The Cigna Group). She specializes in providing personalized care for patients with complex conditions. Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III - a genetic neuromuscular condition causing progressive muscle weakness and mobility challenges - Dr. Nellen offers unique insights into healthcare accessibility as both a clinician and a person with physical disabilities. She advocates for inclusive practices\, health equity and patient-centered solutions to reduce disparities for disabled and chronically ill individuals. UID:145420-21897320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145420 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Health Care,Health Sciences,Lecture,Medicine,Patient Advocacy,Pharmacy,Professional Development,Public Health,Science,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T131926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Artwork Sales by Phone: 30th Annual Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Can't make it to the exhibition in person? Schedule a cashier appointment at https://myumi.ch/DJ6M50 to purchase artwork by phone.\n\nA cashier will call you at your appointment time to process credit card payment. Please have the log numbers and titles of artwork you would like to purchase ready. PCAP cannot guarantee the availability of artwork before your appointment. The cashier will verify artwork availability before processing the sale. A U.S. mailing address is required for all purchases. UID:146345-21898930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146345 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German. UID:143465-21893226@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T092057 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Life Coaching Circles DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new Coaching Circles Pilot!  Each coaching session will provide 8-10 staff members with an opportunity to interact informally with a Student Life Unit Director around a leadership topic of interest to them. These are informal conversations (rather than workshops or presentations) between staff and these leaders who have experience with and willingness to share their wisdom around these topics.Staff are asked to register for only one Coaching Circle session this semester as part of the pilot. Space is very limited\, register today! UID:129879-21896257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/129879 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:The Connector (located between West Quad and the Union) Small Group Dialogue Room 1511 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T134038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"The Family Office: Wealth Elite and their Family Management\" DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center as we host Doron Shiffer-Sebba \, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University\, on Tuesday\, March 24\, as he presents\, \"The Family Office: Wealth Elite and their Family Management.\" \n\nPlease RSVP to save your seat. \n\nAbstract: Today’s richest Americans have amassed fortunes rivaled only by estates like Rockefeller and Carnegie\, with some arguing that the United States has reached a “New Gilded Age”. Accordingly\, scholars have studied the social and legal mechanisms through which individuals accumulate large fortunes. Yet we know little about how elites maintain their economic resources as families\, passing their wealth across generations. Using six months of ethnographic observation at a wealth manager that caters to top 0.1% wealthy families in the United States\, I argue that the legal system\, which focuses on nuclear families but largely ignores extended family ties\, incentivizes using tools\, like trusts and corporations\, that disperse wealth across family members. These tools then augment the role of family members and professionals in elite wealth management. They preserve elite wealth but\, paradoxically\, also limit their control. Dynamics within elite families and between families and professionals have far-reaching consequences for the distribution of elite wealth and subsequent patterns of inequality.\n\nDoron Shiffer-Sebba researches the intersection of extended families and economic inequality. He focuses on 1) elite wealthy families and how they organize their wealth\; 2) the role of extended families in economic inequality in the broader U.S. population\; and 3) developing novel computational methods to analyze how people use their bodies in social interaction. In doing so\, Doron employs a wide array of methodological perspectives -- ethnographic\, quantitative\, and computational. Doron is currently working on an ethnographic book manuscript that exposes the structural forces that keep economic elites wealthy and thus sustaining inequality. Before joining Northwestern's sociology department\, Doron completed his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern. UID:146575-21899304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146575 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T102102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:2026 Health and Medical School Expo DESCRIPTION:Registration\n\n• Registration is on-site the day of the event. Advance Registration is not needed!\n• Registration is open to all UofM Affiliated students and schools invited via Handshake.\n\nJoin us for an event that includes medical\, physician assistant\, physical therapy\, dental\, public health\, pharmacy schools and other health related programs. Over 70 schools and programs are expected to participate. The Expo offers something for everyone:\n\nJuniors/Seniors/Alumni\n\n• Learn about specific programs from school representatives\n• Collect application and financial aid information\n• Get tips on personal statement writing\, application process and letters of reference\n\nFirst year students/Sophomores\n\n• Explore health related options\n• Build networks for the future\n• Ask questions about undergrad coursework and co-curricular activities\n\nParticipating Schools & Organizations\n\nA list of participating schools & organizations is available at https://myumi.ch/A1qxb — Click on the \"View all Employers\" tab (upper left side) for a complete list of organizations scheduled to attend.\n\nNote\n\nAs you consider Handshake postings and events: Job\, internship\, and event postings are included due to their potential interest to students. Inclusion of a posting does not imply school endorsement of the particular program\, opportunity or school/employer described.\n\n#UCC UID:141845-21889520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T123917 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pop-Up Pride Resource Station DESCRIPTION:Want to spice up your day? Join Spectrum Center at a Pop-Up Pride Resource Station! Learn about our plethora of resources\, upcoming events and programs\, and connect with Spectrum staff. All while enjoying some sweet treats\, chill activities\, and great swag. Open to U-M students of all sexualities and genders.\n\nWINTER 2026 DATES\n- January 7: Bursley Hall\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- January 20: Trotter/MESA atrium\, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm\n- February 24: South Quad (near dining hall entrance)\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- March 24: LSA Building Atrium\, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm\n- April 1: Michigan Union (1st floor by the front desk)\, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm \n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:143211-21892430@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143211 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Pride Month,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:LSA Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T103317 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Sticky Discount Rates DESCRIPTION:In standard models\, expected inflation on its own does not affect the real investment decisions of firms\, unless the real cost of capital or investment opportunities also change. We highlight a new mechanism\, which implies that this inflation neutrality breaks down when firms’ discount rates (which determine the nominal marginal product of capital) are sticky with respect to expected inflation. Sticky discount rates generate theoretical predictions that are consistent with stylized empirical facts but distinct from the New Keynesian textbook and other standard models: increases in expected inflation directly raise real investment\; demand shocks generate investment consumption comovement\; and the sensitivity of investment to real interest rates is low. Sticky discount rates imply monetary non-neutrality\, even when all other prices are flexible. In the New Keynesian optimal monetary policy problem\, the central bank steers long-run inflation expectations\, even in response to temporary shocks. UID:143298-21892654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143298 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T170530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series- Spontaneous mutation rate and spectrum are modulated by organismal fitness DESCRIPTION:Description: Understanding the principles governing mutagenesis is important because mutations are a fundamental driver of evolution and a cause of disease. Although mutation rates and spectra depend on genotype and environment\, how these factors interact is unclear. We address this question using mutation accumulation experiments in 11 budding yeast strains across three environments that produce strong genotype-by-environment interactions in fitness. Analysis of over 9\,000 accumulated mutations reveals that per-generation rates of all mutation types—single-nucleotide variations\, small insertions and deletions\, segmental duplications and deletions\, and chromosome gains and losses—decline with increasing organismal fitness. Notably\, relative mutation rates between strains tend to invert when environmental shifts reverse their relative fitness. The mutation spectrum is also partially fitness-dependent: higher-fitness strains show a lower transition-to-transversion ratio and a stronger AT mutational bias. Thus\, organismal fitness shapes not only natural selection but also the quantity and composition of mutations available to selection\, with broad implications for the molecular clock\, adaptive evolution\, and genetic load. UID:146587-21899317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146587 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bsbsigns,department of ecology and evolutionary biology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,evolution,evolutionary biology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T134813 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Elliot S. Valenstein Distinguished Lecture | Ecological Flexibility in Avian Sleep DESCRIPTION:Sleep plays an important role in the lives of animals ranging from jellyfish to humans. To maintain adaptive waking cognitive performance\, it is commonly thought that animals need to fulfill a fixed daily quota of sleep\, an inherently dangerous state of reduced environmental awareness. However\, studies of birds in the lab and wild indicate that the amount\, type\, and structure of sleep can be highly flexible in response to changing ecological demands. In this talk\, I will provide an overview of our research on ecological flexibility in avian sleep\, including responses to predation risk\, adaptive sleeplessness in male polygamous sandpipers\, sleep in flying frigatebirds\, microsleeps in nesting penguins\, and sleep-swimming in geese. By demonstrating that sleep is far more flexible than previously thought\, birds pose a potentially informative challenge to current theories for the function of sleep.\n\nAbout the speaker: Niels C. Rattenborg\, PhD\, is the head of the Avian Sleep research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Germany. He aims to gain insight into the evolution and functions of sleep through studying birds using various methods\, including brain imaging. Rattenborg is also interested in understanding how birds reconcile the inherent need for sleep with ecological demands for wakefulness\, such as avoiding predation\, competing for mates\, and flying non-stop for weeks at a time. He is pioneering the use of microchips to measure sleep-related brain activity in animals in the wild. Rattenborg received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the Sleep Research Society for demonstrating that birds can sleep in flight. UID:146143-21898440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Neuroscience,Psychology,Psychology Departmental LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T103106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Structure-Function to Ensemble-Function: A New Paradigm for Understanding Protein Function- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar presented by Dr. Daniel Herschlag\, Stanford University UID:142444-21890963@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142444 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,biolgical chemistry,biological,biological chemistry,biological science,biology,Biosciences LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - 5330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Gracia Dodds and Mack Brumbaugh\n- February 12: Tey Meadow\n- February 26: Bailey Otter\n- March 12: Abby Smith\; Xavier Fields\n- March 24: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler\; lightning talks\n- April 9: Johanna Oh\n- April 16: Maya Glenn UID:143662-21893617@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T112105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T125000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Investigating the Role of Gut Microbiota in Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity DESCRIPTION:The Integrated Health Sciences Core's webinar series is an interdisciplinary forum for interested researchers to come together to learn and discuss wide-ranging issues in the field of environmental health. Registration is required. We hope you can join us! Registration required https://myumi.ch/e38AV UID:146845-21899688@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biology,Biosciences,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Free,Graduate,Health,Health & Wellness,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Nursing,Nutrition,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Precision Health,Public Health,Public Policy,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Talk,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T135359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn DESCRIPTION:Minoritized parents have historically been sidelined in parent-school engagement opportunities. Research-practice-partnerships (RPP) have been one way to bring together stakeholders across communities in collective sense-making. We explore the design and enactment of a new activity system where minoritized parents\, their middle school children\, science teachers\, and researchers engaged in the FamJam RPP\, co-design and enact engineering curriculum that centers community and seeds rightful familial presence in middle school STEM. Guided by frameworks of rightful presence\, RPPs for learning at the boundaries\, and cultural historical activity theory\, the findings highlight new possibilities for family engagement through considering the underlying logics of equity. These include spatial and temporal equity\, solidarity for equitable collaboration\, collective responsibility for justice oriented STEM\, and fostering STEM for thriving and democratic citizenry.\n\nIn this presentation we share two case studies: one focusing on students and examining how transnational youth make sense of climate change across personal\, local\, and global contexts\, and another focusing on teachers\, investigating how minoritized educators developed critical transformative agency by collaborating with families to co‑design and implement climate justice education.\n\nThis conversation is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch.\n\nSpeakers:\nAngela Calabrese Barton - Chair of Educational Studies and Professor of Education\, Marsal Family School of Education\nWisam Sedawi - Research Investigator\, Educational Studies\, Marsal Family School of Education\nBatoul Y. Abdallah - Lecturer III\, Educator Preparation Program\, Marsal Family School of Education UID:146861-21899719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146861 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Education,Research,Social Sciences LOCATION:School of Education - Tribute Room - 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T112058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning Sciences Lunch & Learn: FamJam Project DESCRIPTION:Dr. Angie Calabrese Barton\, Dr. Wisam Sedawi\, and research team members will talk about their FamJam Project\, supporting powerful learning in middle school STEM.Equity-logics for designing new activity systems toward rightful familial presence in middle school STEMMinoritized parents have historically been sidelined in parent-school engagement opportunities. Research-practice-partnerships (RPP) have been one way to bring together stakeholders across communities in collective sense-making. We explore the design and enactment of a new activity system where minoritized parents\, their middle school children\, science teachers\, and researchers engaged in the FamJam RPP\, co-design and enact engineering curriculum that centers community and seeds rightful familial presence in middle school STEM. Guided by frameworks of rightful presence\, RPPs for learning at the boundaries\, and cultural historical activity theory\, the findings highlight new possibilities for family engagement through considering the underlying logics of equity. These include spatial and temporal equity\, solidarity for equitable collaboration\, collective responsibility for justice oriented STEM\, and fostering STEM for thriving and democratic citizenry.In this presentation we share two case studies: one focusing on students and examining how transnational youth make sense of climate change across personal\, local\, and global contexts\, and another focusing on teachers\, investigating how minoritized educators developed critical transformative agency by collaborating with families to co‑design and implement climate justice education.This event is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences. Light snacks and beverages will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring their lunch.\n UID:145743-21897766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Tribute Room (1322), School of Education Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897498@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T134538 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Transnational Feminist Mediation: The Other Half of the Sky (1975) and US-China People’s Diplomacy DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/Mk23A\n\nAt a moment of renewed U.S.-China antagonism\, this talk revisits a pivotal yet understudied Cold War juncture: the early 1970s\, when ideological hostilities softened and alternative modes of global engagement emerged. Focusing on \"The Other Half of the Sky: The China Memoir\" (1975)\, a documentary co-directed by Shirley MacLaine and Claudia Weill during the first American Women’s Friendship Delegation to China in 1973\, the talk argues that the film articulates a gendered reimagining of diplomacy grounded in everyday encounter. Centering on women’s voices and intimate exchanges\, the documentary maps a form of “people’s diplomacy” that unsettles Cold War binaries and foregrounded socialist feminism\, collective life\, and transnational solidarity—including Sino-African American connections.\n \n Ling Zhang is associate professor of Cinema Studies at the State University of New York\, Purchase College. She received her Ph.D. in cinema and media studies from the University of Chicago. Her research explores film sound and acoustic culture\, Chinese-language cinema and digital media\, and the cultural Cold War. She co-edited *Socializing Medicine: Health Humanities and East Asian Media* (Hong Kong UP\, 2025) and is developing two monographs\, “Unruly Sounds: Chinese Cinema and Transnational Acoustic Culture\, 1929–1949\,” and “Sounding Wayward Journeys: Traveling Media in China and the World\, 1949–1989.” Her work appears in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies\, South Atlantic Quarterly\, Journal of Popular Culture\, and Film Quarterly. UID:143623-21893531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143623 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,Feminism,global engagement,International Affairs LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. UID:138074-21891595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 2080 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144535-21895466@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144535 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T143228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T181500 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mental Health on College Campuses Conference DESCRIPTION:For more than 20 years\, the Mental Health on College Campuses Conference has brought together thousands of academic and mental health professionals and students from across the nation to address emerging mental health and well-being issues facing college students\, share research\, and discuss ways to create healthier campus communities. Presented in partnership by the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and University Health & Counseling\, this year's conference theme\, Redefining Success: Flourishing\, Thriving\, and Mattering in College & Beyond\, will explore the many ways we understand and measure student success. Reserve your seat today! \n\nStudents are able to register for FREE! UID:142041-21889937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,depression,In Person,mental health,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T092903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Not in Control: Women as Background Characters in Your Favorite Game DESCRIPTION:Are you a gamer? Have you ever considered what the background roles of female characters in your favorite video games say about our society?\n\nJoin us to discuss Women as Background Characters in Your Favorite Game and examine the role of female non-playable characters (NPCs). We will thoroughly examine the distinctions between advertising and interactive media in order to gain a more nuanced understanding of objectification and its implications. You will learn tools to question how the media uses women and discuss the impact this has on real-world experiences.\n\nAttendees will also receive a copy of Intersectional Tech by Kishonna Gray from the U-M School of Information\, as supplies last.\n\nThis session welcomes all graduate students interested in gaming\, media studies\, or social justice. If you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:144902-21896120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144902 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Earl Lewis, 3rd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T150145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Sustainable Lab Mini Summits DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Lab Mini Summits aim to continue creating a culture of sustainability. The summits will serve as a place where researchers and sustainable lab specialists will come together to share knowledge\, discuss potential solutions\, and inspire innovation in each other. The summits will focus on two key topics of interest that emerged following the 2025 Sustainable Lab Summit: Equipment sharing and reducing single use plastics in labs. \n\nThe first mini summit will be held at NCRC on March 24th with an equipment sharing focus and the second will occur in Weiser Hall on March 25th to discuss waste reduction through ditching lab disposables. Each event will include a presentation of a new educational resource put together by the Sustainable Research Advisory Committee\, a panel discussion\, an expert lecture\, and a tabling session with catered lunch. Register today and reach out to sustainable-labs@umich.edu with questions! UID:144392-21895280@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Circular Economny,Climate Change,Energy And The Environment,Planet Blue,Research,Sustainability,Waste Reduction LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - South Atrium and G063/G064 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause Café: French Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and snacks while improving your French skills!\n\n-Chat for 10 minutes or the entire hour. All language levels are welcome.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Alan Ames at (alanames@umich.edu). UID:143171-21892382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Food,Free,French,Games,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Intercultural,Language,Multicultural,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T122245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RSG Winter 2026 Lunch with the Deans DESCRIPTION:Want a chance to meet and chat with the Rackham Deans? Come join us at Lunch with the Deans series! The Rackham Student Government will be hosting two Lunch with the Deans events at the following dates and locations:Central Campus (In-person only): Tuesday\, February 24 at 12-1pm\, Rackham Building\, 4th Floor\, Assembly HallNorth Campus (In-person only): Tuesday\, March 24 at 12:30-1:30pm\, Lurie Engineering Center (LEC)\, 3rd Floor\, Johnson Rooms ABCStudents can provide their thoughts and ask questions. Students who are unable to attend\, but have questions for the Deans are encouraged to submit questions to us via email (rsg-exec@umich.edu) or in the RSVP. RSVP is highly recommended. UID:144399-21895299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144399 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Lurie Engineering Center (LEC), Johnson Rooms ABC (Rm 3213ABC) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T081827 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Freemium Model for Information Provision DESCRIPTION:The paper explores a theoretical freemium model for the sale of information\, drawing on mathematical tools used in the study of repeated zero-sum games and Bayesian persuasion. Unlike in standard persuasion models\, the information seller (IS) is not affected by actions taken by the information buyer (IB)\, and is concerned solely with maximizing the revenue from selling information to the IB. Offering some information for free may increase the IB’s willingness to pay for additional information. The information that the IB seeks is modeled as information about the state of the world. Initially\, the IB only knows the prior distribution over possible state. The IS supplies both free and paid information through signals whose state‑dependent distributions determine the IB’s posterior via Bayes’ rule. The IB’s utility is a function of the posterior. An optimal free signal is one that maximizes the IS’s expected revenue from the subsequent paid signal. That revenue is equal to the IB’s expected gain in utility from the posterior induced by the free signal to the one induced by the paid signal. The paper characterizes the optimal free and paid signals and derives a formula for the maximal revenue in terms of the IB’s utility function. It shows that any revenue gain for the IS from providing free information is accompanied by an equally large or larger direct loss to the IB\, implying that free information is never socially beneficial. Whether or not free information can increase the IS’s revenue depends on the form of the IB’s utility function. In the two-state case\, the utility functions that allow such gains are fully characterized. In the general case\, only necessary conditions are obtained. In particular\, if the IB’s utility function is convex\, the IS can never profit from providing free information. This occurs\, for example\, when the IB uses the information to solve a decision problem. By contrast\, when the IB is engaged in strategic interaction with a third party\, the IS may benefit from providing free information. The paper presents a game‑theoretic example illustrating this possibility. UID:143379-21892967@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143379 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250926T155648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to Digital Accessibility DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139948-21886394@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139948 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Information and Technology LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Economy Workshop DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 1-2:20pm\, Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (unless a different time and location have been specified)\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley\, Edgar Franco-Vivanco\, Mark Dincecco\, Iain Osgood\n\nGraduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro UID:112502-21893401@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld, Room 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T163836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SRC Seminar Series Presents: Pricing Job Amenities: A Practitioner's Manual DESCRIPTION:https://umich.zoom.us/s/96736010964\nMeeting ID: 967 3601 0964\nPasscode: 685364\n\nAbstract: This paper presents a simple estimator for pricing job amenities in the presence of unobserved worker ability. First described in Bell (2020) and Bell et al. (2024)\, the approach treats ability as a structured residual that jointly shapes access to both pay and non-pay job attributes. Job choice is assumed to be governed by a single vertical job-quality index\, and\, conditional on this index\, an observed proxy for worker ability serves as an “anti-instrument” for recovering amenity prices. Identification hinges on a conditional independence assumption: if pay\, amenities\, and true ability were observed\, the anti-instrument would be redundant. I demonstrate that this approach generates amenity price estimates in line with experimental evidence from Mas and Pallais (2017)\, illustrating how observational data can replicate gold-standard experimental insights when first-order differences in workers’ offer sets are allowed to translate into better jobs not only in terms of pay\, but also along non-pay dimensions. The talk will also discuss how these ideas shed new light on patterns observed in major survey datasets\, including how the PSID can be used to study the role of job choice primitives in intergenerational economic mobility.\n\nBio: Alex Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. His research\, grounded in labor economics\, focuses on inequality and innovation\, with methodological contributions to the study of compensating differentials. His work has appeared in leading economics journals\, including the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics\, and he received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. UID:146155-21898601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430BD CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:144536-21895467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144536 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T102907 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Can ‘Slavic’ Speak for Minorities? — Who Gets to Belong in Eastern Europe? - Talk 6 DESCRIPTION:A small number of East European manuscripts of magic and practical kabbalah enumerate recipes directed at disabling a specific function of Lilith focused on replacing or substituting a healthy human child with a disformed\, physically\, or mentally disabled demonic one. Designated by the Yiddish term\, banem ביינעם (to take\, replace\, or substitute)\, which appears in these manuscripts with an abundance of variant spellings\, expose the influence of local dialects and diverse linguistic usage. As several recipes attest\, the switching could occur either in utero or within a few weeks after birth. The wealth of magical formulas\, designed to chain Lilith’s power to carry out child substitution or replacement\, reflect pervasive anxieties among Jews concerning the mental and physical health of newborns. Dread and fear were powerful emotional triggers in the mythical presentation of Lilith’s child stealing activities prompting individuals and members of the Jewish community to seek effective cures from Jewish miracle healers\, designated as Ba’alei Shem or Masters of the Name. My talk will trace six types of curative options against child switching: nature-based formulas\; the use of Hebrew divine and angelic names\, amplified by the ten sefirot\; historiolae\; diagrammatic-visual amulets\; illocutionary speech acts\; and combined formulas to highlight that concerns about children’s wellbeing comprised a shared cultural-religious space between Jews and their Slavic neighbors and occupied a place of vital importance for the care and wellbeing of Jewish family and communal life.\n\nThis is a hybrid event. For Zoom attendance\, please register here: https://myumi.ch/R3RNX UID:146844-21899687@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146844 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crees,eastern europe,Rackham,Slavic LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T161904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EV Center Symposium DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: EV Symposium – March 24-25\nMark your calendars / Register today\n\nFrom Hype to Headway: The EV Transition Powers On – 2026 EVC Symposium registration is open!\nU-M’s Electric Vehicle Center will convene leaders from industry\, academia\, and the public sector for two days of practical insight and connection around the EV transition. This free event will take place March 24–25\, 2026 at the North Campus Research Complex Dining Center (aka “Football” room).\n\nHighlights include an opening-night keynote by automotive journalist John McElroy\, plus panels\, tours\, posters\, exhibits\, networking\, a new Career Expo\, and breakout sessions in technology research and education & workforce development. UID:144723-21895765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career Fair,Electric Vehicles,Engineering,Evs,Innovation,Mechanical Engineering,Mobility LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21890492@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91565104584 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T125536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Sociology and Organizations (ESO) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 20: Zoe Chanin\n- February 10: Ori Tamir\n- February 17: Joe LaBriola\n- March 10: Joyce Ho\n- March 24: Nils Neumann\n- April 7: Alvaro Cabrera UID:143913-21894249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143913 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T081903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The impact of TV's rollout on baseball in the US and soccer in England DESCRIPTION:After WW2 the dominant professional sports in the US (baseball) and England (soccer) faced a common shock - the rapid penetration of TV ownership. Both experienced significant declines in attendance and profitability. By 1960\, approximately 300 minor league baseball teams (75%) had folded and the residual teams came under the control of the 16 major league clubs. In England\, however\, none of the 92 professional clubs folded despite facing comparable economic pressures. These differences are attributed to institutional structures - notably the integrated governance of soccer\, compared to the fragmentation of baseball\, and the promotion and relegation system of soccer. The latter offered a mechanism for clubs to control costs and the possibility of a better future. UID:145431-21897340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,History,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biostatistics Winter Alumni Careers Panel DESCRIPTION:All community members are invited to join this event to learn from a panel of recent Michigan Biostatistics graduates. Alumni from industry\, health care systems\, and pharmaceuticals will share insights from and answer questions about their early career experiences.Panelists include:Hamdan Azhar\, MS ('10)\nStaff Data Scientist\, Finance and Strategy at Cash AppElise Covert\, MS ('22)\nBiostatistician at IQVIAYouna Hu\, PhD ('12)\nScience Manager at AmazonTaylor Martins\, MS ('20)\nGenomics Bioinformatics Analyst at Arizona Department of Health ServicesLili Wang\, PhD ('20)\nSenior Data Scientist\, Research at Youtube UID:146035-21898299@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:3755 SPH I CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biostatistics Winter Alumni Careers Panel DESCRIPTION:All community members are invited to join this event to learn from a panel of recent Michigan Biostatistics graduates. Alumni from industry\, health care systems\, and pharmaceuticals will share insights from and answer questions about their early career experiences.Panelists include:Hamdan Azhar\, MS ('10)\nStaff Data Scientist\, Finance and Strategy at Cash AppElise Covert\, MS ('22)\nBiostatistician at IQVIAYouna Hu\, PhD ('12)\nScience Manager at AmazonTaylor Martins\, MS ('20)\nGenomics Bioinformatics Analyst at Arizona Department of Health ServicesLili Wang\, PhD ('20)\nSenior Data Scientist\, Research at Youtube UID:146035-21898300@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146035 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T164203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DSI Lecture Series | Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future DESCRIPTION:The insidious legacy of eugenics lives on in the techno-surveillance\, algorithmic authoritarianism\, and data-driven discrimination of Big Tech. This talk illuminates the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration and eugenics movements and our sprawling systems of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination. I'll address how the AI-driven and market-based models of Big Tech are built on data that exploit women\, immigrant groups\, and other minoritized populations\, amplifying social hierarchies and AI's predictions of majoritarian outcomes as the most probable and “ideal” futures. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This talk explains how it happened and how we can fight back.\n\nAnita Say Chan\, PhD (she/her) is a scholar and educator dedicated to feminist and decolonial approaches to technology. She is a Professor of Information Sciences and Media\, and founder of the Community Data Clinic at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her latest book\, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future\, was published in 2025 with U. of California Press. \nWe strive to make our events accessible to all participants. \n\nThis event will be a hybrid event with both a physical meeting space and an online meeting space. \n\nPlease register in advance for the online Zoom Webinar here: https://myumi.ch/W6rkm\n\nPlease register for the physical meeting space at the University of Michigan’s Central Campus: https://myumi.ch/qZ7g3\n\nCART will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate\, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance\, and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible. \n\nCo-Sponsors: Department of American Culture\; Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\; Department of English Language & Literature\; Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; Institute for Research on Women and Gender\; Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program UID:140906-21887895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140906 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai In Science And Engineering,Big Tech,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Media,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,digital technology LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DSI Lecture Series | Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future with Anita Chan DESCRIPTION:The insidious legacy of eugenics lives on in the techno-surveillance\, algorithmic authoritarianism\, and data-driven discrimination of Big Tech. This talk illuminates the throughline between the 19th century's anti-immigration and eugenics movements and our sprawling systems of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination. I'll address how the AI-driven and market-based models of Big Tech are built on data that exploit women\, immigrant groups\, and other minoritized populations\, amplifying social hierarchies and AI's predictions of majoritarian outcomes as the most probable and “ideal” futures. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This talk explains how it happened and how we can fight back.Anita Say Chan\, PhD (she/her) is a scholar and educator dedicated to feminist and decolonial approaches to technology. She is a Professor of Information Sciences and Media\, and founder of the Community Data Clinic at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her latest book\, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future\, was published in 2025 with U. of California Press.We strive to make our events accessible to all participants. CART will be provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate\, please email Eric Mancini at dsi-administration@umich.edu. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance\, and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.Thank you to our generous cosponsors:Department of American Culture\; Center for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\; Department of English Language & Literature\; Department of Film\, Television\, and Media\; Institute for Research on Women and Gender\; Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program UID:145757-21897784@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145757 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T152914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Highest resolution imaging of the dust destruction rim of planet-forming disks using the CHARA Array DESCRIPTION:Star and planet formation processes are among the least understood problems in astrophysics\, generating numerous theories and questions over the decades. At this moment\, there is no one comprehensive\, predictive theory that can quantitatively explain how planetary systems form and eventually bring on life. Nevertheless\, observational techniques are continually improving and progressing our understanding\, providing new answers and questions about this elusive process. In particular\, observations of young stars with dusty circumstellar disks hold key information that can help us answer questions about the formation of stellar systems\, both similar to and different from our own. These disks are the birthplace of planets\; they set the initial conditions for planet formation and host different physical processes across a large spatial range that change the morphology and composition of the disks as they evolve. The inner <1 astronomical unit (AU) regions are especially intriguing and will be the focus of this thesis. This is where star/disk interactions occur\, including regulating the accretion of material onto the star\, defining the dust sublimation front\, hosting jets and winds that eject material outward\, and placing limits on giant planet migration. The challenge to directly study these regions lies in the sub-milliarcsecond resolution required to resolve such small scales\, which is unattainable by the world's largest singular optical telescopes or even the sub-millimeter interferometer ALMA. With the advent of long baseline optical interferometry\, we finally have the resolving power required to probe the disks at the innermost regions. In this thesis\, I use the world's largest optical interferometer\, the CHARA Array\, to study the inner regions of young stars on the more massive end\, Herbig Ae/Be stars\, as well as the lower mass T Tauri stars.\n\n\nI present new images and models of Herbig Be stars and characterize the disks of T Tauri stars in H- and K-bands. I present the first images of two Herbig Be stars\, V1295 Aql and MWC340. With observations using the upgraded MIRC-X instrument at the CHARA Array\, and semi-simultaneous data from VLTI's H-band combiner PIONIER\, I find a face-on disk around V1295 Aql showing asymmetries\, mysterious inner emission\, and first-ever imaged evidence of temporal variation at the inner rim. Imaging MWC340 led to an exciting discovery\, unexpectedly revealing two disks instead of one. I use H- and K-band observations taken over 5 years at the CHARA array to resolve the binary systems\, place constraints on the orbital parameters\, and derive new stellar parameters for each central star. Furthermore\, I explore the lower mass regime of young stars with a multi-wavelength survey of T Tauri stars at the highest resolution. I led a 4-year observing campaign at the CHARA Array with the newly-commissioned K-band instrument MYSTIC\, which was specifically designed to image the redder\, fainter stars. I present the initial results of a sample of the survey using geometric models to characterize their sizes and geometry. I consistently find the disk sizes to be larger in the K-band versus the H-band\, meaning that the dusty disk gets more resolved at longer wavelengths. I discuss any interesting findings for individual objects and comment on results from previous studies when applicable. UID:146770-21899608@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146770 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Defense LOCATION:East Hall - 4448 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T082306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE State of AI & the Future of Institutions DESCRIPTION:The State of AI & the Future of Institutions event is hosted by the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE). We bring together scholars and institutional leaders to explore the current state and future trajectory of AI\; how it may reshape institutions and how we can be better prepared for its disruptive impact. This event aims to move beyond abstract debate and towards actionable insights and assess how institutions can more actively shape a more resilient and responsible future. We anticipate this event to recur every semester. UID:146034-21898298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146034 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace,Ai In Science And Engineering,Artificial Intelligence,Biomedical Engineering,Biophysics,Biosciences,Biostatistics,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,College Of Engineering,Complex Systems,Computation,Computational Medicine,Computational Science,Computational Social Science,Data Science,Earth And Environmental Sciences,Ecology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,Economics,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Energy Institute,Engineering,Generative Ai,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Kinesiology,Life Science,Lsaresearch,Materials Science,Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Medicine,Micde,Micde Seminar,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Robotics,Midas,Natural Sciences,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Neuroscience,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Pharmacy,Physics,Political Science,Psychology,Public Health,Rackham,Sociology,Statistics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T181524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260301T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Oakland DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Oakland UID:146078-21898343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146078 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260310T095410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Capturing the Sequence of Events During the Catalytic Reaction using XFELs DESCRIPTION:The water oxidation reaction in the Photosystem II (PS II) enzyme produces molecular oxygen\, which sustains life on Earth\, and releases four electrons and protons that are used downstream in other photosynthetic processes for generating ATP. Thus\, understanding how this reaction is catalyzed will help in development of energy conversion technologies. The catalytic center is a Manganese complex (Mn4CaO5) which gets oxidized progressively upon absorption of light before releasing the stored energy and oxidizing water. Structural studies of PS II have been limited at traditional synchrotron sources due to radiation damage of this complex. The emergence of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL) with intense femtosecond X-ray pulses have opened opportunities to collect structural data on PS II under physiological temperature. The time-resolved electron density changes at the Manganese complex reveal notable structural changes\, including the insertion of a new water OX\, which disappears upon completion of the reaction [1-3]. We are also able to follow the structural dynamics of the protein coordinating with the complex\, revealing well- orchestrated conformational changes in response to electronic changes at the Manganese cluster. The method described here can be applicable to other (metallo)enzymes by initiating reaction with different reaction-triggering methods. UID:138395-21882893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138395 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T124704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Career Chat w/ VP of Government Relations Chris Kolb DESCRIPTION:Vice President of U-M Government Relations and former MI State Budget Director\, State Representative and Ann Arbor City Councilmember Chris Kolb will be hosting a virtual career chat for PSIP and U-M students who are pursuing careers in government and public service on Tuesday\, March 24th from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM!VP Chris Kolb has served in several various roles in the public sector and worked with many people and organizations in his career - he is excited to speak with students about his prior experiences as well as sharing advice and insights for students looking for job opportunities in the public sector and trying to build their professional network.If you are interested in learning from VP Kolb and getting advice on preparing for work in public service\, you should attend this virtual career chat!\n\nThis event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this webpage: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1907166/share_preview \n\nWe 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 accommodation requirements 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 Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA \n\n#UCC UID:145451-21897365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260301T160351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Homological stability of moduli spaces DESCRIPTION:Homological stability has emerged over the past decades as an organizing principle in topology and beyond. Broadly speaking\, many sequences of moduli spaces exhibit the striking phenomenon that their homology stabilizes as the underlying complexity grows. One of the most remarkable achievements of this paradigm is the proof of the Mumford conjecture by Madsen and Weiss\, which identifies the stable rational cohomology of the moduli space of algebraic curves. This resolves a question of central importance in algebraic geometry and geometric group theory\; all existing proofs use significant amounts of homotopy theory. In this lecture I will survey some ideas behind homological stability and the ubiquity of stability phenomena\, and discuss consequences and applications\, particularly in algebraic geometry and number theory. UID:141892-21889604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141892 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T120252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter/Spring 2026 Seminar Series: \"Wnt you thought you knew about Wnt signaling\" DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Grainger\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nCell Biology\nVan Andel Institute UID:145982-21898223@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145982 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T134203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | The Efficacy of Using Singing as a Learning Tool in Foreign Language Acquisition DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/G2NdP\n\nThis lecture builds on Park's Fulbright U.S. Scholar project (2024–2025\, Freie Universität Berlin\, Germany)\, which investigates the role of singing as a pedagogical tool in foreign language acquisition. The project demonstrates how combining Korean lyric songs (가곡) with culturally significant works such as Arirang and popular songs from the 1970s\, valued for their simple yet artistic character\, creates powerful opportunities for both language learning and cultural engagement.\n\n Singing activates multiple cognitive processes—memory\, auditory discrimination\, and articulatory precision—that support vocabulary retention\, pronunciation\, and prosodic fluency. Through guided sing-along activities\, participants will experience firsthand how these repertoires enable learners\, particularly non-Korean speakers\, to internalize language patterns in a memorable and embodied way.\n\n Beyond linguistic development\, the juxtaposition of lyric\, folk\, and popular song traditions illuminates Korea’s diverse musical and cultural landscape. This interdisciplinary approach—linking vocal pedagogy\, musicology\, and linguistics—underscores the efficacy of song as both a dynamic tool for foreign language acquisition and a meaningful pathway to intercultural understanding.\n \nA native of Korea\, soprano Moon-Sook Park has built an international career with performances throughout Europe\, Asia\, and the United States. Her U.S. debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 2001 marked a defining moment in her artistic life and established the United States as her second home. Her repertoire bridges German *Liederkunst*\, Korean lyric art song\, and diverse traditions of international art song literature\, alongside chamber and contemporary experimental works. In addition to her concert career\, she has performed leading operatic roles including Pamina in *The Magic Flute*\, Susanna in *Le nozze di Figaro*\, Liù in *Turandot*\, and Gilda in *Rigoletto*. During her years in Germany\, she was honored with the K.A.A.D. Award and the prestigious Bayreuth Wagner Stipend Award\, recognizing her as a distinguished rising scholar-artist.\n\nAfter earning her Bachelor of Music degree from Seoul National University\, she continued her studies in Europe\, completing graduate diplomas at the conservatories of Freiburg\, Stuttgart\, and Saarland in Germany. She later devoted more than a decade in Italy to the study of bel canto\, immersing herself deeply in its vocal tradition and expressive artistry\, and received a diploma from the Accademia di Canto F. Cavalli in Milan. She subsequently earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music\, integrating European vocal heritage with American pedagogical scholarship.\n\nAs an honored Fulbright U.S. Scholar (2024–2025) at Freie Universität Berlin\, Dr. Park’s work bridges artistic performance and interdisciplinary research\, exploring the role of singing in language acquisition and cultural exchange. She serves as Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Arkansas and\, since 2019\, has been a leading force behind the SHE: Festival of Women in Music\, where she currently serves as Co-Chair.\n\nDr. Park’s scholarship includes co-authoring two volumes of *Korean Art Songs: An Anthology and Guide for Performance and Study*\, Vols. I & II (Classical Vocal Reprints\, Catalog Nos. 5076 and 5077)\, widely recognized as the first English-language anthology of Korean art songs published in the United States. She has also contributed an award-winning book chapter on vocal registration and leads interdisciplinary research on the AI-based revival of 15th-century Korean court music composed by King Sejong the Great.\n\nHer recent study\, “600 Years Reimagined: Reviving Sejong the Great’s *Yongbieocheonga* through Generative AI and Modern-Classical Vocal Interpretation\,” co-authored with Dasaem Jeoung\, received the Best Paper Award at the KAUPA Conference and is forthcoming as a chapter in *Korean Studies in the Artificial Intelligence Era\, Vol. II* (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)\, June 2026. She frequently presents internationally on vocal pedagogy\, offers lectures and masterclasses\, and actively promotes Korean lyric art song in dialogue with the broader traditions of global art song literature.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at ncks.info@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:143469-21893234@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143469 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Korea,Korean Studies,Languages,Linguistics,Music LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T093304 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Romance Languages & Literatures Alumni Career Panel DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures for a Virtual Alumni Career Panel and learn how RLL alumni are putting their degrees to use! The panel will feature RLL alumni from a wide range of career paths. Panelists will discuss their experiences in RLL\, offer advice on finding a job post-graduation\, and explain how they incorporate what they learned as a language and culture major into their work. The one hour panel discussion will be followed by a Q & A. Register today! https://myumi.ch/7PAEN UID:146249-21898719@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career,French,Italian Studies,Portuguese,Romance Language,Romance Languages And Literatures,Spanish,Spanish Studies LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T152054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Romance Languages & Literatures Virtual Alumni Career Panel DESCRIPTION: UID:146123-21898417@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T110853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Working Beyond the Monograph: Latinx Digital and Community Engaged History in Michigan DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 24 at 4PM in the Tappan Room at the Michigan Union for a presentation by Professor Delia Fernández-Jones (Michigan State University) on Latinx digital and community-engaged history in Michigan. She will highlight how migration\, activism\, and placemaking have shaped local Latinx communities\, drawing on her award-winning book Making the MexiRican City (2023) and her lived experiences. Fernández-Jones will explore innovative ways historians document and theorize Latinx life beyond traditional monographs. UID:142115-21890024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142115 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of American Culture,Latina/o Studies,Latinx LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T145011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Lecture. Oh the Places they will Go: Qatari High School Students and their College Choices DESCRIPTION:Qatari high school students have many choices and freedom when it comes to deciding on where to pursue their undergraduate degrees. Using the push-pull framework\, this research presentation explores why Qatari high school students choose to study abroad rather than pursue their post-secondary education in Qatar\, and what push-pull factors influence their decision to study abroad or locally. The research will also look at students' parents to see where they would like their child to apply for a comparison. The research questions are: What factors are associated with Qatari high school students’ decision to apply to college/university abroad or locally? What factors are associated with Qatari parents in helping their child’s decision to apply to college/university abroad or locally? This presentation will be a sneak peek at Mohammad's dissertation.\n \n Mohammad Al-Ansari (he/him) is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of Iowa. He is also a Senior Research Assistant at Qatar University's Social & Economic Survey Research Institute. His research interests include the purpose of higher education\, students' aspirations and motivations for pursuing a college degree\, and the development of education policy in Qatar.\n\nRegister at https://myumi.ch/Nrg5Q\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu UID:145714-21897725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145714 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:center for middle eastern and north african studies,Discussion,Lecture,Middle East Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 355 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T162052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:How Ford Transformed Religion in America DESCRIPTION:What does a motor company and its founder have to do with religion in America? A lot\, it turns out. Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church\, reader of New Thought texts\, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation\,” mass marketer of antisemitic material\, and employer who institutionalized a social gospel\, Henry Ford’s contributions to American models of business were informed by and produced for an America he understood to be broadly Christian. Though Ford’s efforts at the head of the Ford Motor Company have commonly been understood as secular\, the Motor King was explicit that his work in engineering and auto production was prophetic and meant to remake the world. This talk offers a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company\, repositioning them within critical studies of religion and examining how Ford transformed American religion in the twentieth century. UID:142483-21891004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T090035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How Ford Transformed Religion in America DESCRIPTION:What does a motor company and its founder have to do with religion in America? A lot\, it turns out. Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church\, reader of New Thought texts\, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation\,” mass marketer of antisemitic material\, and employer who institutionalized a social gospel\, Henry Ford’s contributions to American models of business were informed by and produced for an America he understood to be broadly Christian. Though Ford’s efforts at the head of the Ford Motor Company have commonly been understood as secular\, the Motor King was explicit that his work in engineering and auto production was prophetic and meant to remake the world. This talk offers a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company\, repositioning them within critical studies of religion and examining how Ford transformed American religion in the twentieth century.\n\nKati Curts is a historian of religion\, specializing in the history and culture of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. She teaches courses and researches at the intersections of religion\, capitalism\, and popular culture. Dr. Curts studied economics and marketing as an undergraduate before earning M.A. and M.Phil. degrees in Religious Studies at New York University and Yale University. She completed her Ph.D. in American Religious History at Yale in 2016.\n\nHer recent publications have considered religious assemblage at world’s fairs\; and the relational worlds of secular icons as produced in composite photography and devotional performance. She is currently working on her first book – a religious history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company – tentatively titled “Fording Religion in the Automobile Age.” This book project contributes to and reflects broader interests in genealogical relations of religion and the technologies\, chronologies\, aesthetics\, economies\, and entertainments that are otherwise assumed to be secular.\n\nIn addition to the book project\, Dr. Curts’ ongoing research centers on theories of religion\, history\, modernity\, and sociality as formed through silver mining operations in the Gilded Age\, scrapbooks and vernacular collecting practices\, Hollywood filmmaking\, Cold War operatics\, cigarette advertisements\, contemporary art mash-ups\, mobile technology platforms\, and corporate-sponsored reading clubs. UID:142476-21891005@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Detroit,History,Humanities,Jewish Studies,Research,Social Sciences LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T134940 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Mingle N' Match DESCRIPTION:Ready to connect with fellow innovators\, builders\, and future founders?\n\nMingle ’n’ Match brings together students interested in entrepreneurship to connect\, share ideas\, and find teammates—whether you’re just getting started\, recruiting\, or looking to join a team. RSVP here: https://myumi.ch/8q9AG UID:145898-21898019@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Discussion,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Leadership,Michigan Engineering,Networking,Startups,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T162053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Phi Kappa Phi Informational Sessions - Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:145130-21896707@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145130 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T214035 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Solitary Waves in Water Wave Equations DESCRIPTION:Solitary water waves are traveling waves that are localized in space and maintain their shape as they propagate. They are among the most fundamental structures in fluid mechanics and have inspired a large body of work ranging from formal asymptotics to rigorous analysis. In this talk\, I will discuss several methods for constructing solitary water waves. I will then sketch a recent work in which we constructed solitary-wave solutions to the two-dimensional finite-depth water-wave equations with capillarity and constant vorticity. Part of this talk is based in part on joint work with Ting-Yang Hsiao\, Giang To\, and Ye Zhang. UID:146438-21899090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T082153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Boss Of Your Finances DESCRIPTION:Dinner provided! Registration is required for food planning purposes. \n\n***Doors open 4:45\, programming begins promptly at 5:00pm.***\n\nHave you had to turn down an invite to go out with friends because you can’t afford it? What about telling your family you actually can’t send money home? Or explain to your friends in the lab that you don’t want to spend money on a pizza dinner? It can feel awkward and uncomfortable to say “no\,” but it’s an important part of using your money in a way that works for you. Financial boundaries are guidelines you put in place to help you say “no” with confidence and “yes” with enthusiasm. This workshop integrates group interaction\, staff guidance\, and video instruction featuring Financial Therapist\, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin\, for a comprehensive learning experience. You’ll learn the importance of boundaries\, how to create and honor financial ones and toss the ones that don’t match your unique circumstances.\n\nRecommended order to take workshops:\n\n 1 – Your Money Story\n 2 – Making Confident Financial Decisions\n 3 – Ultimate Financial Wellness\n 4 – Caring for Your$elf\n 5 – Be The Boss of Your Finances\n\nRSVP for Financial Empowerment workshops here: myumi.ch/8r6kq UID:143771-21893992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Budgeting,finances,Financial Wellness,Food,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,graduate students,In Person,Life-changing Education,Nontraditional Students,Student Caregiver,Student Caregivers,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Undergraduate LOCATION:Center for the Education of Women - 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to gain better control of your thoughts and emotions? Our Psychological Clinic invites adults 18 and older to participate in our weekly Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group sessions\, held virtually for your convenience. Learn practical skills for managing anxiety\, depression\, and challenging situations with the support of experienced clinicians and peers.\n\nWhy Choose DBT Group Therapy?\nGroup sessions offer unique benefits\, including opportunities to learn new techniques\, share experiences\, and build supportive connections. You’ll develop practical skills in mindfulness\, emotion regulation\, interpersonal effectiveness\, and distress tolerance—essential tools for managing strong emotions and handling stress. Research shows that connecting with peers in a supportive group environment encourages real-world growth\, accountability\, and lasting change.\n\nProgram Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in building coping skills\, managing emotions\, and improving relationships.\n- When: Tuesdays from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (via Zoom).\n- Structure: The program runs in ongoing 4-month cycles\, each focusing on a different theme.\n- Flexible Start: New participants can join at the first Tuesday session of any month.\n- Cost: $45 per session (insurance may help cover costs). UID:139870-21886247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Depression,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,mental health,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260304T095707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Event: \"Something in the Woods Loves You\"\, by Jarod K. Anderson DESCRIPTION:Program in the Environment is bringing author Jarod K. Anderson to campus March 24th for an author chat on his memoir\, \"Something in the Woods Loves You\". This book chronicles his journey through mental health struggles and finding solace\, strength\, and healing through engagement in the natural world. PitE will be hosting Jarod for an evening book chat\, where he'll complete a reading of an excerpt of his book. We will then host a Q&A session with him about his experiences writing this memoir and delve a bit deeper into the relationship between nature and mental health. Immediately following the Q&A we will host a book sale (with Schuler's Books) and signing with Jarod. UID:145765-21897792@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145765 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Books,Climate Change,Environment,Environmental Humanities,Health & Wellness,Humanities,In Person,Literature,Nature,Pite,Storytelling,sustainability,Well-being LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1040 Dana Bldg CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T153804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. UID:143479-21893248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T161613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Mindful Movement: Workshop for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you feeling out of balance or overwhelmed by the pace of everyday life? Looking for practical skills to help you reconnect with yourself\, manage stress\, and find emotional balance? The Mary A. Rackham Institute (MARI)’s Psychological Clinic invites you to our 5-week Mindful Movement Workshop for Adults designed to help you build mind-body awareness and handle life’s challenges with greater presence.\n\nWhat You’ll Learn in Mindful Movement:\n+ Develop mind-body connection through mindful movement practices\n+ Practice mindfulness\, breathing exercises\, and gentle movement\n+ Gain tools for managing difficult emotions and staying present every day\n\nWhy Choose a Group Approach?\nGroup workshops offer a unique space to build calm and presence alongside others seeking similar skills. You’ll share strategies\, learn together\, and provide support as you build healthy\, sustainable habits—progress you can truly feel in both body and mind.\n\nPrefer a one-on-one experience? We also offer short-term individual Mindful Movement therapy tailored to your personal goals.\n\nWorkshop Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in improving mindfulness skills (whether you’re new to it or already practicing)\, or anyone seeking greater presence and emotional balance\n- When: Wednesdays\, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.\, for five weeks\n- Dates: March 17\, 2026 – April 14\, 2026\n- Where: In-person at our offices at 210 S. 5th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI. UID:146097-21898366@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Group Therapy,Life Balance,managing anxiety,mental health,Mindfulness,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T114234 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: Refining Your UROP Poster (Drop-In) DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed for students who have already drafted their poster in PowerPoint and have specific questions or concerns (e.g.\, graphics\, figures\, tables\, formatting\, etc.). You’ll leave with strategies\, solutions\, and feedback to help move your poster forward. All drop-in workshops will be held in the UROP Office. UID:146336-21898917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146336 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:symposium,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Urop,Workshop LOCATION:Undergraduate Science Building - 1190 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T201009 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T230000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Art on the Move: Ann Arbor Film Festival Opening Night DESCRIPTION:Join the Arts Initiative for a special Art on the Move trip to the Opening Night of the Ann Arbor Film Festival.\n\nStudents will travel from UM-Dearborn to Ann Arbor to attend Films in Competition 1\, part of the internationally recognized Ann Arbor Film Festival. The screening will take place at the historic Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor.\n\nTransportation will be provided from the University of Michigan–Dearborn College of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building to Ann Arbor.\n\nThe bus will arrive about one hour before the screening\, giving students time to grab dinner\, coffee\, or take a short walk around downtown Ann Arbor before the film begins.\n\nEvent Details\n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 24\nFilm Screening: Films in Competition 1\nScreening Time: 8:15 PM\nLocation: Michigan Theater – Main Auditorium\n\nTransportation Schedule\n\nPickup – Dearborn\n6:00 PM\nCollege of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building\n4901 Evergreen Rd\nDearborn\, MI 48128\n\nDrop-Off – Ann Arbor\n7:00 PM\nStudent Activities Building\n515 E Jefferson St\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nStudents will walk together to the Michigan Theater for the screening.\n\nReturn Transportation\n\nDeparture – Ann Arbor: 9:45 PM\nArrival – Dearborn: 11:00 PM\nCollege of Arts\, Sciences\, and Letters Building\n\nWhat’s Included\n\n• Free ticket to the festival screening\n• Round-trip transportation from UM-Dearborn\n• Time to enjoy downtown Ann Arbor before the film\n\nThis event is FREE and open to UM-Dearborn students. Space on the bus is limited and RSVP is required. myumi.ch/e3DX3 UID:146551-21899262@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146551 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Art On The Move,Dearborn,Film,Film Festival LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T154122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Creative Arts Meetup (CAM) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Creative Arts Meetup (CAM)\, where you can network with other artists\, share your works in progress\, get feedback from peers\, and learn new skills. Each session offers open lab time\, basic art supplies\, and space to bring and work on your own creative projects. We welcome artists and makers of all disciplines and skill levels from the U-M community and the public.\n\nMeetups take place in the Design Lab PIE Space (new location!) at the back of the first floor of the Shapiro Library\, 6:00–8:00 pm\, on the following dates:\n\nTuesday\, January 20th\nTuesday\, February 24th\nTuesday\, March 24th\nTuesday\, April 14th\n\nDirect questions or mailing list inquiries to creativearts@umich.edu. UID:144043-21894580@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144043 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arts For All,Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab PIE Space, 1st floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T105506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film Screening: The Vow From Hiroshima DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace.\n\nBarger Leadership Institute is committed to nurturing leaders who will promote peace\, compassion\, dignity\, and well-being in their communities. In that spirit\, we are organizing a two-day event to raise awareness for commitment to peace in higher education. We will screen the award-winning documentary \"A Vow from Hiroshima\,\" featuring remarks from producer Mitchie Takeuchi\, on March 24. On March 25\, we are hosting a multidisciplinary symposium\, \"Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership.\"\n\nFREE FILM SCREENING\nThe Vow From Hiroshima is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow\, a passionate survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb in Hiroshima. At 13 years old\, Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped\, unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned alive. The experience shaping her life forever\, she kept a pledge to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate. Her moving story is told through the lens of her friendship with second-generation survivor Mitchie Takeuchi\, through her decades of activism\, to the current moment\, achieving her dream of a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.\n\nSpecial thanks to our film sponsors\,\n- The Nam Center for Korean Studies\n- Michigan Community Scholars Program\n- Center for Japanese Studies\n- UMMA\n- Center for Global and Intercultural Study\n- Organizational Studies\n- Psychology Department UID:144287-21895121@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144287 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Free,Leadership,Peace,Peace Leadership,Screening LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Latimer Rogland\, organ DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Latimer Rogland performs a recital. UID:145920-21898098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 SUMMARY:Other:QMSS Community Hours: Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:QMSS Community Hours are open to all students as a place to build community\, work\, study\, and get help & support from QMSS Peer Mentors and GSIs.\n\nQMSS Community Hours are designed to be a casual\, supportive\, weekly community-building and open study hours event for students in the QMSS Community (i.e.\, students previously or currently enrolled in any QMSS courses\, declared QMSS minors\, and student friends of the QMSS program). QMSS Community Hours are a supplement to traditional office hours during which students can come to chat with QMSS Peer Mentors\, make friends in the QMSS program\, and work independently or in groups on problem sets\, projects\, and/or exam studying.\n\nDuring Community Hours\, 1-2 GSIs from each QMSS 201 and QMSS 301 course will be present for at least 1 hour for potential student questions\, and there will be plenty of open space to work on your own or with friends without a GSI if that's what you prefer. QMSS Peer Mentors will always be present for the entire event to chat about navigating the QMSS minor\, finding\, applying for\, and getting offers for summer internships that utilize QMSS skills\, life as a student at the University of Michigan\, or anything else they've been thinking about lately and seeking additional support or resources for!\n\nOpen to all students! Light snacks will be provided & soft coffee house-style background music will be played during the events.\n\nThe image alt-text of the Winter 2026 QMSS Community Hours schedule is as follows:\n- Wednesday\, January 14 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, January 20 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, January 28 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 3 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 11 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 17 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 25 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 10 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, March 18 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 24 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 1 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 7 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 15 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 21 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm UID:144192-21894871@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144192 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Minors,Networking,Office Hours,Quantitative Methods,Social,Social Sciences,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T092652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Research Revealed: The Journey from Questions to Answers DESCRIPTION:How does data become a finding? Join the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program on Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026\, from 6:00-7:30 PM ET for \"Research Revealed: The Journey from Questions to Answers.\" \n\nPrechter Program researchers and data scientists will spotlight the PRIORI (Predicting Individual Outcomes for Rapid Intervention) study\, a groundbreaking project and emotion sensing smartphone app for bipolar disorder. Walk through the latest findings\, from big-picture conclusions all the way back to the participant experience and the data journey that made these research findings possible. Webinar attendees will learn more about the origins and goals of the PRIORI study\, how data is collected and processed\, and ultimately contributes to advancing bipolar disorder science. UID:144751-21895807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144751 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bipolar,Free,Mental Health,Psychiatry,Research,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 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:121370-21891823@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T181706 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Music & Dance with a View DESCRIPTION:Enjoy LIVE collaborative performances by U-M SMTD faculty & students in an intimate setting. Join us in the Dance Building's Perry Kasper Granoff Studio. \n\nThe event runs 6:30 - 7:15pm. \n\nFree parking is available. Seating is limited. UID:146410-21899050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146410 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dance,Faculty,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T195000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, Program in the Environment\, School for Environment & Sustainability\, and our Michigan-based community partners. \n\nFrom January to April 2026\, Food Literacy for All features dynamic guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-7:50 PM) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. This year\, we will hear talks on changemaker chefs\, seed rematriation\, student food movements\, soil science and politics\, city urban agriculture directors\, labor practices in the meatpacking industry\, and much more. The course is primarily virtual and livestreamed as Zoom Webinars. \n\nRegister for free as a community member on our website. As a registrant\, you can attend the sessions that interest you/fit your schedule.\n\nRather participate for course credit in the Winter 2026 semester? Enroll in the 2-credit\, primarily virtual class as an undergraduate (ENVIRON 444) or receive graduate-level credit (EAS 444). UID:142266-21890295@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Climate Change,Environment,environmental justice,food,Interdisciplinary,social justice,sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T072550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:GEICO Corporate Information Sessions DESCRIPTION:3/24/2026 | 6:30 pm | DOW 1018 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: All Engineering Majors\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\n\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nGEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a leading American auto insurer\, ranking as the second-largest in the U.S. A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary founded in 1936\, it specializes in direct-to-consumer private passenger auto insurance\, offering policies online and by phone. GEICO also covers motorcycles\, RVs\, homeowners\, and renters. UID:146554-21899265@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Biomedical Engineering,Career,Career Fair,Chemical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Civil Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Information and Technology,Internship,Masters Students,Materials Science,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Networking,north campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1018 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T182102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MFamily Conversation Series 2025-2026 DESCRIPTION: UID:137019-21899212@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T105429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Trivia Tuesday DESCRIPTION:Come join us for free fun with Sporcle trivia to have a chance to win up to $20 in Blue Bucks. We will be serving sub sandwiches\, chips\, and cookies\, oh my! Can't wait to see you there. UID:146911-21899780@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,free food,fun,trivia LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tianyu Liu\, violin DESCRIPTION:DMA candidate Tianyu Liu performs a dissertation recital. UID:145921-21898099@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145921 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:[Cancelled] Bella Pabian & Genesis Morales\, trombones DESCRIPTION:This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. UID:146411-21899051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T142358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:'Redefining the Crown' Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:\"Artist’s statement: For centuries\, hair has been critical to how human beings understand racial categories\, gender designations\, and class status. For Black women in particular\, hair has and continues to be tied to ethnic identity and a history of self-determination\, social justice\, and survival. Thus\, chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event for Black patients who are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy\, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.\n\nRedefining the ‘crown’: Approaching chemotherapy-induced alopecia among Black patients with breast cancer” started as a manuscript published in the scientific journal Cancer. But the work could not stop there. “Redefining the Crown” then metamorphosed into a photo essay project aimed at exploring the breast cancer journeys of six Black women and their experiences with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Though the project centers the experience of Black women\, we also acknowledge that breast cancer and chemotherapy-induced alopecia impact individuals of all genders. While the goal is to illuminate the unique stories of Black women who are affected uncommonly by this common disease\, the project is also a call to action regarding the disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality facing Black communities.\n\nIn this portraiture series\, photographer Tafari Stevenson-Howard captures the intimate journeys of Ann Chatman\, Tanisha Kennedy\, Felecia McDaniel\, Shantell Elaine McCoy\, Tamara Lynn Myles\, and Veleria Banks. This exhibition examines how these women have navigated the profound impact of hair loss caused by chemotherapy and how their sense of cultural pride and personal identity have been redefined amidst their battles with breast cancer.\n\nThese survivors have redefined their own crowns. More profound than the new hairstyles they don after hair loss are the invisible crowns that they choose to wear each day: gratitude\, faith\, and resilience. What do their words mean to you? Do they empower you to act?\n\nArtist’s name: Versha Pleasant\nWork Title: Image 2\nDate of creation: September 2024\nArtist’s statement: Photo by Tafari Stevenson-Howard\" UID:146980-21900147@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Michigan Union - 1st Floor - Opera Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T120134 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145012-21896321@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T120149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145013-21896357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145013 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260227T120209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145014-21896407@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T120239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145015-21896464@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T120305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nCome to the FREE Wolverines on Wheels Bike Repair Hours on Wednesdays from 4-6p and Fridays from 3:30-5p.\nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike to the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnosis bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding. \nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\nOnly one bike per participant. You may sign up for multiple slots in a row but please be mindful of sharing the opportunity with other campus riders. Walk-ins are welcome but come secondary to sign-ups. \nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu\nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \nhttps://calendly.com/wolverinesonwheels-admin-umich/30min  UID:145016-21896528@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145016 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260218T060240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information.  UID:145222-21896861@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T180132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Riichi Mahjong Tournament DESCRIPTION:This tournament will be split into two phases: Week 1 (Preliminaries/Qualifiers) and Week 2 (Playoff).\n\nEach player will have the opportunity to play in a designated number of east rounds\, and is assigned ranking points based on the final position and points the player obtains in each game. \n\nWhen each player has played the designated number of games\, everybody will be ranked based on the accumulative ranking points earned. Players who end up above the playoff line will advance and be given a seed number based on how they finished relative to the other qualifiers. \n\nThe playoffs will feature a swiss-style format\, where increasingly lower number seeds (better qualifying ranking) will have the benefit of playing increasingly higher ranked seeds. The championship match is guaranteed to be a hanchan.\n\n\nNote: *Players need to have a basic understanding of the rules of the game in order to partake in the tournament \n\n UID:146446-21899100@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:STB 2022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T000047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T235959 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:USAT Collegiate Club Nationals DESCRIPTION:National championship for collegiate club teams in Gulfport\, Mississippi UID:144079-21894625@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144079 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Jones Park CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T163718 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future. UID:143388-21893033@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T115746 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist) DESCRIPTION:Exhibit Opening: March 12\, 2026\nExhibit Dates: March 12-30\, 2026\, International Institute Gallery\, 547 Weiser Hall\n\nSet within Kafafian's speculative future world Azadistan—a place of magic and spirits beyond a digital collapse\, Հմայարան / Hmayaran is an immersive shrine housing a series of soft-sculptural artifacts reimagining objects Armenians have traditionally crafted for spiritual power and protection.\n \n Kafafian's focus in this exhibition is on the marks Armenians carve into stone\, clay and wood to imbue meaning\, memory and magic into their lived environments\, particularly as part of folk traditions outside of the realms of church and state.\n \n Channeled from the collective Armenian diasporic imaginary\, Kafafian's Portal Fire series depicts a narrative story that emerges from the materials as they are brought into relationship through weaving\, dyeing\, embellishment and thread. In this story world hybrid cultural practices and alternative spiritual modes develop from embodied traditions in response to the changing physical and cultural landscape of Southwest Asia in a future where technological catastrophe has severed global communications and erased digital archives. The multi-ethnic society of Azadistan takes shape through installations\, objects\, texts and performances manifesting the multiplicity of Aremenian-ness through the dimensions of a complicated past and its potential for a vibrant\, evolving futurity.\n\nCosponsor: Institute for the Humanities UID:143403-21893090@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Art,Exhibition LOCATION:Weiser Hall - International Institute Gallery, Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T161904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:EV Center Symposium DESCRIPTION:Save the Date: EV Symposium – March 24-25\nMark your calendars / Register today\n\nFrom Hype to Headway: The EV Transition Powers On – 2026 EVC Symposium registration is open!\nU-M’s Electric Vehicle Center will convene leaders from industry\, academia\, and the public sector for two days of practical insight and connection around the EV transition. This free event will take place March 24–25\, 2026 at the North Campus Research Complex Dining Center (aka “Football” room).\n\nHighlights include an opening-night keynote by automotive journalist John McElroy\, plus panels\, tours\, posters\, exhibits\, networking\, a new Career Expo\, and breakout sessions in technology research and education & workforce development. UID:144723-21895767@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career Fair,Electric Vehicles,Engineering,Evs,Innovation,Mechanical Engineering,Mobility LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Dining Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260216T121514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Impressions: A Stamps Pre-College Showcase DESCRIPTION:\n\nImpressions: A Stamps Pre-College Showcase is a juried exhibition featuring ceramic works created by Michigan high school students and teachers. \n\nPresented as part of NCECA’s Volumes Conference in Detroit and hosted at the University of Michigan Detroit Center\, the showcase offers a unique national platform for emerging artists to exhibit their creative interpretations in clay. The exhibition highlights diverse voices within the Michigan community and encourages meaningful conversations about resilience\, identity\, and change through the medium of ceramics. By gathering and displaying these works\, Impressions celebrates the expressive potential of clay and the artistic achievements of the next generation of Michigan ceramicists.\n\nU-M Detroit Center\, 3663 Woodward Ave\, Suite 150\, Detroit MI\nOn View: March 25–28\, 2026\nReception: Fri.\, March 27\, 3–4:30 p.m. UID:141944-21889663@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141944 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T143228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Mental Health on College Campuses Conference DESCRIPTION:For more than 20 years\, the Mental Health on College Campuses Conference has brought together thousands of academic and mental health professionals and students from across the nation to address emerging mental health and well-being issues facing college students\, share research\, and discuss ways to create healthier campus communities. Presented in partnership by the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and University Health & Counseling\, this year's conference theme\, Redefining Success: Flourishing\, Thriving\, and Mattering in College & Beyond\, will explore the many ways we understand and measure student success. Reserve your seat today! \n\nStudents are able to register for FREE! UID:142041-21889938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:conference,depression,In Person,mental health,Professional Development,Rackham LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T141911 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T164500 SUMMARY:Exhibition:America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial DESCRIPTION:The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit\, America at 250: Reflections on the Bicentennial.\n\nThe exhibit explores how President Ford joined Americans across the country in commemorating the Bicentennial. Highlighting some of the nationwide celebrations in 1976 and public gifts given to President Ford\, the exhibit asks visitors to reflect on our own Semiquincentennial commemorations.\n\nThe exhibit\, located in the Library's lobby\, will be free to visitors and will be available until December 3\, 2026. UID:145837-21897899@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145837 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:American Bicentennial,American History,Bicentennial,History,President Gerald Ford LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144541 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:145904-21898040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145904 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260317T171335 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Wayward Images DESCRIPTION:March 9-April 3\, 2026\n--\nThe public is cordially invited to an artist's reception on Wednesday\, March 27th at 4:30 pm in the RC Art Gallery.\n--\n\nPublic Workshop: On March 19th from 1 to 3pm\, join exhibiting artist Stamps School of Art & Design Assistant Professor Angela Chen for a collaborative bookmaking workshop! Drawing on the themes from her latest book and exhibition After School 課後\, participants are invited to critique educational systems by cutting up old textbooks and creating new photocopy collages. All materials will be provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own texts to deconstruct!\n\n--\nAngela Chen - Artist Statement: Angela Chen’s After School brings together collage\, sculpture\, and new and historical photographs to unpack the culture of after school tutoring centers in California. Known as 補習班 (buxiban) in Chinese\, after schools are referred to colloquially as “cram schools” and by scholars as “shadow education.” Operating simultaneously as spaces of community\, care\, and control\, these schools can be demanding and factory-like\; but they also deliver essential childcare services to busy parents\, many of whom are new immigrants. As a child and young adult\, Chen attended and worked at Futurelink School\, a buxiban and her parents’ business. Located in the San Gabriel Valley\, CA\, Futurelink served hundreds of primarily East Asian students\, providing them with homework help and supplemental English and math lessons. Inspired by Futurelink’s vast archive of photographs\, workbooks\, objects\, and advertisements\, After School explores the role of education in Asian American enclaves and challenges stereotypes about Asian American students. Assemblages combine Futurelink photographs with photographs of California Chinese schools during the Chinese Exclusion era to reflect on the ongoing legacies of racism\, segregation\, and US immigration policy within the Asian American experience.\n\nAaron Turner - Artist Statement: Aaron Turner’s Black Alchemy (2014 - Present) speaks to the broad spectrum of identity and speculative aesthetics\, drawing from lived experience\, archives\, American history\, and art history. He uses the light in combination with the Darkroom\, alternative and 19th-century printing processes\, the view camera (4x5 & 8x10)\, geometric abstraction\, assemblage\, and monochromatic pictorial experimentation to respond to internal questions about representation\, the discursive enterprise\, and the artists' role in the studio space.\nBlack Alchemy provides a lens through which he sees the world while simultaneously considering the past\, present\, and future\, translating knowledge and perspective outside the intellectual studio space.\n\nRicky Weaver - Artist Statement: Ricky Weaver’s work co-conspires with the poetics and temporality of Black feminist metaphysics embeded in the Black Quotidian. These images locate a code that can be traced back to the Middle Passage—one that disrupts the paradigmatic ways of archiving Blackness and outsmarts surveillance technologies as such. Her application of scripture\, hymn\, and colloquial passages come together in acts of dark sousveillance to recall language that implies worlds that don’t require an escape. She addresses the sonic\, linguistic\, and visual as a way to posture the body as a central apparatus for storing\, downloading\, and transferring archives. UID:146709-21899530@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146709 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,art and design,Art Workshop,artists,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T131912 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyways DESCRIPTION:Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani explores themes of migration\, political exile\, queerness\, and environmental crisis through the wildly imaginative and intricate scenarios she first stages in her studio. The tableaus—which often include live animals\, props\, even her parents—are then photographed\, documenting the artist’s process. Each photograph becomes a part of Soleimani’s rich visual storytelling. \n\n*Flyways *presents a series of new photographs that include images evocative of her family’s history and migration story in juxtaposition with images of injured birds that are representative of Soleimani’s work as a wildlife rehabilitator. (In 2018\, Soleimani founded Congress of Birds\, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.) The change in her practice to include bird rescue results in a revolutionary body of work steeped in passion and articulated in a completely original visual language. Learn more at https://lsa.umich.edu/humanities/gallery/current-exhibitions/sheida-soleimani.html. UID:142798-21891611@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142798 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Multicultural,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T130452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:From Freddy to Quentin: The On-Set Still Photography of Joyce Rudolph DESCRIPTION:Joyce Rudolph has photographed some iconic actors and characters in her role as still photographer for the movies. This sampling of images from her papers\, which are housed as part of the Special Collections Research Center's Mavericks & Makers collection\, include the first images of Freddy Krueger in \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\,\" Arnold Schwenegger in \"The Terminator\,\" legends Jack Nicholson\, Diane Keaton\, Sean Penn\, and Robert DeNiro\, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino\, Martin Scorsese\, and her husband\, Alan Rudolph. UID:146264-21898762@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146264 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T165733 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Gender-Affirming Clothing Closet DESCRIPTION:Shop for what makes you feel great (for free!) as we turn Spectrum Center into a gender-affirming clothing closet. At this special limited-time event\, check out a collection of clothing donated from within the U-M community and take home what you want! There'll be a variety of clothing and accessories\, and private space to try on clothing. This event is open to all U-M students\, faculty\, and staff.\n\nPOP-UP OPEN TWO DAYS FOR SHOPPING\n- Wednesday\, March 25 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm\n- Thursday\, March 26 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm\n\nDONATE CLOTHING\n***From February 16 through March 23***\, drop-off donations will be accepted at Spectrum Center weekdays from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. To prepare the best experience\, no donations can be accepted the day of or before the clothing closet.\n\nWe're looking for:\n- Lightly used\, clean clothing (with no damage\, profanity\, or slurs)—especially clothing of larger sizes\;\n- Accessories\;\n- Essential needs\, including new hygiene items\; new cosmetics\; undergarments in original packaging\; and clean\, gently-used gc2b chest binders.\n\n\nMORE SPECTRUM CENTER EVENTS\nhttps://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events UID:142595-21891203@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142595 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,LGBT,LGBTQ Graduate Student,pride,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Michigan Union - Spectrum Center (3020) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165341 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lynn Galbreath Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lynn Galbreath\, a Detroit based artist who grew up in Argentina\, is a former recipient of the Creative Artists’ Grant from the Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Individual Artist Grant from Michigan Council For The Arts. Galbreath’s work has been showcased locally\, nationally and internationally in over 20 solo/two person and over 100 group exhibitions.\n\nGalbreath has an M.F.A. from the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art\, Art History\, & Design\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, MI\; and a B.F.A. with Permanent K-12 Certification from The Gwen Frostic School of Art\, Western MI University\, Kalamazoo\, MI. Galbreath has chaperoned eleven intensive\, immersive art experiences to Italy\, Spain\, France\, Belgium\, England\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Austria\, and the Czech Republic. Lynn is a retired Adjunct Associate Professor of Studio Art from Oakland University\, where she has been on the faculty of the Department of Art & Art History since 2000. Lynn has also instructed studio art and design at the College For Creative Studies\, University of Detroit Mercy — School of Architecture\, Macomb Community College\, Wayne State University\, and Bloomfield University School. Her work can be seen in the collections of Oakland University\, Wayne State University\, Detroit Receiving Hospital\, Children’s Hospital of Michigan\, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and numerous private collections.\n\nThis exhibition consists of works from a variety of series created by Galbreath over the years: Telegraph\, Storyboard\, and Working Hard for a Living. Each series represents a unique exploration of themes\, techniques\, and social commentaries that reflect Galbreath’s artistic journey and concerns for the world.\n\nTelegraph explores the aesthetic visual weights and balances between harmony and content\, diving deep into how visual elements can convey messages and emotions. This series invites viewers to reflect on the way art communicates through its formal qualities\, as well as its narrative possibilities. The careful interplay of shapes\, colors\, and textures in these works prompts an examination of the viewer's perception and emotional response. By utilizing abstract forms\, Galbreath encourages an engagement that goes beyond mere observation\, seeking to provoke thought about how aesthetic choices influence understanding and meaning.\n\nOn the other hand\, Storyboard is a series of image-driven installation paintings that vary greatly in size\, showcasing Galbreath’s versatility and creative ingenuity. The titles of the works draw inspiration from the years spent creating visuals for TV commercials and public service announcements\, illustrating how commercial art often intertwines with societal messages. This series emphasizes the profound impact visual narratives have on consumer culture and public perception\, underscoring the artist's belief in the potency of imagery to shape narratives. The installations weave a complex fabric of storytelling that challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with media and the messages they consume daily.\n\nWorking Hard for a Living pays tribute to our sustainable and unsustainable resources\, shedding light on the individuals who toil diligently within these economic frameworks. This series highlights the hard-working suppliers of essential products\, including Farm Market Managers\, Fishmongers\, and Beach Vendors. By portraying these self-employed individuals\, often operating within informal economies\, Galbreath draws attention to the unique challenges they face. These individuals frequently contend with low\, inconsistent incomes\, long hours\, and sometimes exploitative conditions\, fostering a sense of solidarity with those who labor under such circumstances.\n\nFurthermore\, the series invites viewers to confront the broader societal structures that contribute to these inequities. Galbreath's work serves not only as a tribute but also as a call to action to consider how our consumer habits and economic policies affect the livelihoods of others. The layered narratives present in this series open a dialogue about the value we place on labor and the often unseen struggles that support our day-to-day lives. Through these explorations\, Galbreath establishes a multifaceted narrative that intertwines art with activism\, compelling audiences to engage both aesthetically and ethically with the realities depicted in the exhibition. UID:142773-21891489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Metamorphosis: Clay in Flux DESCRIPTION:\n\nMetamorphosis: Clay in Flux is an exhibition celebrating the creative potential of student ceramics\, designed to correspond with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Detroit\, and the surrounding ceramics events in Southeast Michigan.\n\nThis exhibition is organized and juried by members of the Stamps Student-led Exhibition Committee (SEC) and will be on display in the Art & Architecture Building’s Street Gallery from March 11- 25\, 2026. The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday\, March 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. \n\nSEC Jurors\n\nElan Povirk (project lead)\nAlexis Albert\nRachel Deveyra\n\nExhibiting Artists\n\nZoe Dvorin\nLilly Fredericks\nMaría E. García-Murguía\nMikayla Holcomb\nVirginia Holland\nMagdalyn Hubbard\nMira Hughes\nAudrey Jarrett\nEry Millican\nIsabella Possin\nMo Pofahl\nNatalie Radabaugh\nNik Roy\nMihika Shukla\nAbigail Watters UID:146483-21899183@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146483 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T163232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Terence Swafford Exhibition DESCRIPTION:This exhibition showcases a decade of artist Terry Swafford’s work in Detroit\, marking the culmination of years spent composing scenes from the untamed edges of urban communities. These paintings serve as a visual record of Detroit’s transformation\, capturing humanity’s impact on the environment alongside nature’s persistent efforts to reclaim these spaces. As the city continues to change\, many of these depicted scenes are vanishing\, no longer visible in the landscape today. The significance of this documentation goes beyond mere nostalgia\; it invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic interplay between urban development and ecological restoration\, prompting a deeper understanding of how cities evolve while retaining traces of their history.\n\nSwafford’s paintings are created on location and in one session. The natural conditions\, including light\, shadow\, and atmosphere\, change dramatically from hour to hour and day to day\, forcing the artist to respond quickly and decisively. This approach\, born of a direct engagement with the subject and the fleeting nature of the scene\, along with his wet-on-wet technique\, keeps the work fresh and immediate. By immersing himself in the environment\, Swafford captures the diverse textures and vibrant colors that characterize Detroit’s landscape\, imbuing his work with a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Each brushstroke conveys a commitment not only to visual accuracy but also to emotional resonance\, as he strives to encapsulate the spirit of a place that is both loved and contested.\n\nIn addition to these works\, the artist constantly sketches ideas both for paintings and for designing projects in his business. These sketches serve as visual language\, helping him clarify and refine his concepts before bringing them to life. They become a means to communicate ideas to clients and his crew and become an extension of his voice—an academic exercise rooted in artistic practice that fosters collaboration and innovation. The act of sketching also reflects his evolving relationship with the city\, as each drawing encapsulates fleeting moments of inspiration drawn directly from his surroundings. This duality of function—creating art for exhibition and conceptualizing designs for projects—demonstrates Swafford’s versatility and adaptability as an artist.\n\nSwafford received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design\, and while at RISD\, he was part of the European Honors Program. His education not only honed his technical skills but also broadened his artistic perspective through exposure to varied artistic traditions. He has shown his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Chicago\, Kansas City\, and New York State. Each exhibition serves as a testament to his commitment to his craft and his ability to engage diverse audiences\, offering them an opportunity to explore the complex narratives woven into each landscape. UID:142768-21891402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142768 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,ArtsEngine,Culture,Detroit,Exhibition,Free,Humanities,North Campus,Visual Arts LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T163345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Welcome Wednesday DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday mornings throughout the fall and winter semesters\, the Alumni Association hosts Welcome Wednesdays for U-M students\, providing free coffee\, tea\, hot chocolate\, and a breakfast snack.\n\nLocated at the Alumni Center\, students can stop by from 9 a.m. to noon during the dates listed. Just make sure you bring your MCard!\n\n*Free refreshments are made possible by Alumni Association members and their membership dues. UID:136300-21889796@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Breakfast,Food,Free,free food,In Person,Networking,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Alumni Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T094645 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons DESCRIPTION:Prison Creative Arts Project's Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running art show of its kind in the U.S. Now in its 30th anniversary\, this exhibition features over 800 original works by 600+ artists currently incarcerated in Michigan. The artwork featured in the exhibit is a testament to the resilience of artists and the power of art under the most difficult of circumstances – incarceration\, isolation\, and unimaginable loss. It is an important reminder of the connections that sustain us all\, both in the free world and behind the walls. \n\nGallery Opening and Celebration: March 17\, 2026\, 6-9pm\n\nGallery Hours following Opening Night:\nSun–Mon: 12pm–6pm\nTues–Sat: 10am–7pm\n\nGallery Closes: 5pm\, March 31\n\nDuderstadt Center Gallery\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\nAnn Arbor\, MI 48109\n\nPresented with support from Michigan Arts and Culture Council\, Bank of Ann Arbor\, Eckhart Tolle Foundation\, Arts Initiative\, The Carceral State Project\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Department of Sociology\, Institute for the Humanities\, Residential College\, School of Social Work. UID:145409-21897279@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,North Campus,Social Justice,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260220T095344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC Career Cafe featuring Geico DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Career Cafe to speak with representatives from GEICO to network for future opportunities.\n\nThe Career Cafe provides students with an opportunity to connect with employers for networking and/or recruitment purposes in a casual setting. The Career Cafe is open to students across all majors and degree levels within the College of Engineering. Students participate on a drop in basis and may use this opportunity to explore different career paths\, learn about various employment opportunities\, and when appropriate\, present themselves as a candidate for open positions.\n\nAbout GEICO\n- For more than 75 years\, GEICO has stood out from the rest of the insurance industry! We are one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing auto insurers thanks to our low rates\, outstanding service and clever marketing. We're an industry leader employing thousands of dedicated and hard-working associates. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway\, we offer associates training and career advancement in a financially stable and rewarding workplace.\n\nStudent pre-registration is not needed for this event. You can also view this event information in Career Fair Plus.\n\nThis is a College of Engineering event. UID:145748-21897775@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Second Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IGR/AMCULT103 3/25/26 (CommonGround) DESCRIPTION: UID:146773-21899604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Career Exploration Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:This series will guide participants through essential steps of career exploration: self-assessment\, researching career options\, and networking. You will gain valuable insights into your strengths\, values\, priorities\, and aspirations\, and learn actionable strategies for career discovery. By blending guidance\, hands-on assessments\, practical frameworks\, and networking skill-building\, this series supports you in making informed decisions and finding career paths that fit your interests. Through this series\, you’ll develop the clarity\, confidence\, and connectivity needed to navigate your career exploration process and pursue fulfilling opportunities\nLearning ObjectivesBy the end of this series\, you will be able to:Identify and articulate your unique strengths and talents through the CliftonStrengths assessment\, and apply them to your professional journey.Define your “Career Compass” by clarifying your values\, skills\, life needs\, and mission\, using these as guideposts for career exploration and evaluation.Discover and utilize effective resources for researching career fields\, analyze job descriptions for fit\, and develop strategies to organize and assess your current skills.Build and maintain professional relationships using best networking practices\, conduct impactful informational interviews\, and create a compelling professional brand. UID:142532-21891844@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142532 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T125730 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Pre-Health & PiB/UPiN Backpacking & Advising DESCRIPTION:Stop by to get help with backpacking and ask questions about PiB/UPiN majors and pre-health program pathways! The LSA Pre-Health Advising team is joining Program in Biology and Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience advisors to offer support to students considering pre-health tracks through their undergraduate programs. \n\nThis is an open-house format event. UID:146519-21899229@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146519 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Biology,Free,Pre-Health,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 2200 BSB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T092050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Program in Biology & Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience Events 2025 - 2026 DESCRIPTION:Events in this track are open to all current and prospective PiB and UPiN students. We hope to see you!\n UID:138804-21899230@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138804 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2200 Biological Sciences Building (BSB) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T150145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Sustainable Lab Mini Summits DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Lab Mini Summits aim to continue creating a culture of sustainability. The summits will serve as a place where researchers and sustainable lab specialists will come together to share knowledge\, discuss potential solutions\, and inspire innovation in each other. The summits will focus on two key topics of interest that emerged following the 2025 Sustainable Lab Summit: Equipment sharing and reducing single use plastics in labs. \n\nThe first mini summit will be held at NCRC on March 24th with an equipment sharing focus and the second will occur in Weiser Hall on March 25th to discuss waste reduction through ditching lab disposables. Each event will include a presentation of a new educational resource put together by the Sustainable Research Advisory Committee\, a panel discussion\, an expert lecture\, and a tabling session with catered lunch. Register today and reach out to sustainable-labs@umich.edu with questions! UID:144392-21895281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Circular Economny,Climate Change,Energy And The Environment,Planet Blue,Research,Sustainability,Waste Reduction LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor event space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\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:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Student Career Series: How to Talk about ImmigrationStatus to Employer DESCRIPTION:As an international student\, it is important for you to practice how to bring up your immigration status during the interviews of the recruitment process. This guide is not used for filling out your online application. We will be focusing on how to bring up your status or ways toaddress it with an employer during an interview. This workshop will give you the opportunity to interactively practice your script with your peers and present yourself in the workplace. This workshop is presented by the International Center and University Career Center.This event welcomes all students interested in learning and engaging with a space created to explore the intersections of professional development and international students.This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event andsee more details\, please go to this webpage: [add HS Preview Link] 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 accommodation requirements via the link below\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program toensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives. If you have any questions regarding accessto our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherlandat cierrasu@umich.edu. Accessibility accommodation form: https://forms.gle/FmFn35ZLxJ8kvPfSA  #UCC UID:146724-21899553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146724 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T181508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:What We Tend: The 2026 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat We Tend: The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition is on view at the Stamps Gallery from March 20 — April 11\, 2026. The exhibition presents seven artists whose practices unfold through care—care for land\, for bodies\, for memory\, and for one another. Working across ritual\, non-linear time\, and intersectional inquiries into labor and domestic life\, these artists treat familial\, site-specific\, and sociopolitical histories as living structures rather than sealed archives. What We Tend features the work of MFA students River Forest Berry\, Michelle Cieloszczyk\, Zoë Dong\, Fiona Hoffer\, Michael ​“Modius Modi” King Jr.\, Michaela Nichelle\, and Sujay Saple.\n\nJoin us to celebrate the work of MFA graduate students at the Opening Reception on March 20 from 6 — 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served and artists will be present.\n\nPlease note: \n\nThroughout the exhibition\, visitors are encouraged to bring clean and empty aluminum cans to participate in Michaela Nichelle’s installation. \nThe exhibition will be closed to the public on Friday\, April 10. UID:144188-21894812@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T105344 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Apitecture”: On Bees and Built Forms in the Lands of Islam DESCRIPTION:Bees are considered the chief architects of the natural world. In premodern Islamic lands\, writers such as al-Maqrizi (d. 1442CE) penned entire treatises dedicated to these minuscule winged insects\, praising an ingenuity that “even the most astute engineer who uses a compass and a ruler would be proved incapable of replicating.” While bees construct honeycombs of perfect hexagons\, humans\, too\, engage in the practice“apitecture”: that is\, creating built forms to home and protect bee colonies. Some are small and appended to homes\; others mounted on cliffs and trees\; and still others are monumental abodes that could house twenty million of these social animals. Such is the case for the apiary of Inzerki\, located in the Souss Valley in southwestern Morocco. Built in the sixteenth century and overseen by a collective of Amazigh (Berber) tribes\, it functioned as a premodern “factory” for the large-scale production of wax and honey—the latter a prized sweetener and preserver bearing curative properties\, and the former a material in high demand by and thus exported to Europe. Along with related bee texts and other apiaries\, this talk presents the Inzerki beehive in order to explore the interface between wilderness and domesticity\, animal and human architecture\, biomimesis\, and faunal industrialism. Above all\, it focuses on Islamic “beekeeping\,” the expression “keeping” used to identify various types of cooperative homing practices and forms. \n\nLunch will be available before the lecture begins.\n\nProfessor Christiane Gruber is Mehmet Ağa-Oğlu Collegiate Professor of Islamic Art History at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Her scholarly work explores medieval to contemporary Islamic art. Among others\, her areas of expertise include Islamic book arts\, paintings of the Prophet Muhammad\, and Islamic ascension texts and images\, about which she has written three books and edited several volumes of articles. She also pursues research in Islamic book arts\, codicology\, and paleography\, having authored the online catalogue of Islamic calligraphies in the Library of Congress as well as edited the volume of articles entitled The Islamic Manuscript Tradition. Her third field of specialization is modern and contemporary Islamic visual and material culture\, about which she has edited several volumes and written over a dozen articles. Her recent publications include her book The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images and her edited volume The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World. Currently\, she is working on eco-Islamic art and architecture as well as the visual culture of the Nation of Islam. \n\nShe has found great joy and purpose in founding and directing Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online since 2020. UID:146451-21899129@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146451 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,history of art,Lecture LOCATION:Tappan Hall - Room 180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T095936 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:From Master’s to Doctorate: A Guide to Ph.D. and Other Doctoral Applications DESCRIPTION:Are you a current master’s student or recent alum considering a Ph.D. or another doctorate? Do you want to learn how to effectively present your research experience and academic potential to admissions committees? This workshop will guide you through the essential components of a successful doctoral application. We will review different types of doctoral programs\, typical application timelines\, application documents\, and additional factors to consider when looking and applying for a doctoral program. We will also reflect on if a doctorate is the right choice for your career goals. You will have the opportunity to ask your questions and learn more about how to best utilize University Career Center and Rackham resources to get support for this academic transition. Whether you are just considering the idea of pursuing a doctoral degree or you have already started preparing for it\, this session will provide the tools you need for a successful application.\n\nThis event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:144706-21895748@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144706 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual on Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T112100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IOE Career Workshops DESCRIPTION: UID:136849-21894281@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136849 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:IOE - G690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T171513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Lunch-n-Learn: What to do the first 30-60-90 days on the Job DESCRIPTION:Whether you're starting a full-time position or you have a summer internship\, there are certain things you need to do within the first month in order to ensure success. Attend this session to learn what they are! Lunch provided. UID:144275-21895103@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144275 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G690 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2025-2026 MICDE Ph.D. in Scientific Computing Student Seminars DESCRIPTION:The MICDE PhD Student Seminar Series showcases the research of students in the Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. Lunch will be served. These events are open to the public\, but we request that all who plan to attend register in advance via Sessions (see link). \n\nPresenter details will be available on the registration form and on the MICDE events calendar. Planned sessions will be canceled if no one signs up to present\, and registrants will be notified.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email micde-phd@umich.edu. UID:139740-21894088@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computation,Computational Medicine,Computational Modeling,Computational Science,Computational Social Science,Data Science,Engineering,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Behavior & Health Equity,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Machine Learning,Materials Science,Micde,Phd Seminar,Political Science,Prospective Graduate Students,Public Health,Research,Science,Scientific Computing,Sessions LOCATION:Room 4425, Green Court Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate students Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:144537-21895468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144537 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T132515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. A Global Perspective on Campaigns for Reproductive Rights: Insights from Soviet and Contemporary Russia DESCRIPTION:The first ever public campaign to defend access to legal abortion in Russia took place in 2011. Notably\, Russian advocates avoided common feminist slogans claiming reproductive “rights” and “choice.” Instead\, they implored the state to “Fight Abortion\, Not Women.” This slogan expressed opposition to the routine use of abortion for fertility control and implicitly demanded state support for contraceptives. In this presentation\, Rivkin-Fish traces the historical conditions that made “Fight Abortion\, Not Women” a salient message for the health professionals who established Russia’s first state and non-governmental organizations for family planning. Their efforts illustrate a broader vision of change at socialism’s end—one aimed not at promoting individual autonomy but at rationalizing and re-enchanting relationships.\n She will show how\, by promoting this culturally tailored approach to liberal biopolitics\, family planning experts facilitated dramatic transformations in reproductive health services and reproductive practices. Nonetheless\, their programs became targets for nationalists’ ire and demographic anxiety. By tracing the rise and demise of family planning institutions\, Rivkin-Fish’s Unmaking Russia’s Abortion Culture (2024) reveals the centrality of reproductive and demographic politics to Russia’s nationalist and authoritarian turn.\n \n Michele Rivkin-Fish is Professor of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on reproductive politics and health in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. She is the author of Women’s Health in Post-Soviet Russia: The Politics of Intervention (2005)\, which won the Basker Prize for Outstanding Research on Gender and Health from the Society of Medical Anthropology\, and the Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. Her most recent book\, Unmaking Russia’s Abortion Culture: Family Planning and the Struggle for a Liberal Biopolitics (2024)\, examines professional efforts to replace routine abortion use with contraceptive habits as a lens onto the evolving practices of liberal biopolitics from the late Soviet 1950s to 2016 in Russia.\n \nIf 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. UID:142421-21890937@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142421 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Reproductive Rights,russia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T085750 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 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:137882-21881026@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) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T105517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum DESCRIPTION:SaraEllen Strongman is an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of Black Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She researches and writes about Black feminisms\, Black women's political and cultural history\, and African American literature. She received her Ph.D. in Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining DAAS as an assistant professor\, SaraEllen spent two years as an LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow. Her manuscript in progress\, The Sisterhood: Black Women\, Black Feminism\, and the Women's Liberation Movement\, examines the moment when black women began calling themselves \"Black feminists\" during the 1970s and 1980s and how they pushed a predominantly white feminist movement to respond to their concerns and broaden their platform while simultanoeusly building their own autonomous institutions and the burgeoning field we now know as Black feminist thought. Her work has been published in Feminist Theory\, Feminist Studies\, Sinister Wisdom\, and The Washington Post UID:146739-21899577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,Afroamerican,Black America,Feminism,Gender,gender studies,women,women studies,women's studies LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T173722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dialogue Michigan Community Circles DESCRIPTION:As we navigate an increasingly complex social and political landscape\, the need for robust democratic engagement has never been more vital. At its core\, democracy thrives not just through the ballot box\, but through our ability to foster discourse\, practice inclusive decision-making\, and build resilient communities.\n\nOn behalf of the Dialogue Michigan planning team\, we invite U-M faculty and staff to join us for our next event\, where we will explore a practical tool for this civic work.\n\nDemocratic engagement requires us to move beyond debate and toward dialogue. Circle processes provide a structured way to do exactly that and to be in community. Rooted in First Nation and Indigenous peacemaking practices\, these processes create an egalitarian space where:\n- Every voice is centered: The use of a talking piece ensures that all participants have the space to be heard without interruption.\n- Power is shared: The circular structure removes traditional hierarchies\, encouraging collective responsibility and transparency.\n- Community is restored: It offers a framework for navigating conflict and making decisions that reflect the needs of the whole\, rather than just the majority.\n\nThis workshop will be interactive\, providing you with the opportunity to experience a circle firsthand and learn how to bring these restorative practices into your work and community spaces.\n\nRegistration required: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/p/track/16802\n\nLEARN MORE ABOUT DIALOGUE MICHIGAN\nhttps://myumi.ch/dialogue UID:146525-21899236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dialogue,Faculty,Graduate and Professional Students,Professional Development,Sessions,Staff,Workshop LOCATION:North Quad 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T230513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Free Sexual Health Resource Tabling Event! DESCRIPTION:LSA Student Government's Health Committee and Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention Committee (SMRP) are hosting a sexual health resource tabling event! We will be giving out FREE Plan B\, condoms\, pregnancy tests\, reusable drink covers\, keychain alarms\, and more! Stop by to pick up your free bag! UID:146671-21899437@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146671 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Campus Resources,Community,Community Engagement,diag,Education,Free,Government,Health,Health & Wellness,In Person,Leadership,lsa,lsa student government,Outdoors,Safety,Social,Social Impact,social justice,Student Affairs,student government,student org,Student Organization,Swag,Undergrad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:Diag - Central Campus CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang UID:143660-21893595@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260320T135945 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Learning Structured Reward Representations for Reinforcement Learning DESCRIPTION:Committee Chair: Necmiye Ozay\n\nAbstract: \nLearning from demonstrations is one of the most natural and powerful paradigms for acquiring intelligent behavior. Among its most prominent formulations is inverse reinforcement learning (IRL)\, which has achieved remarkable success in domains such as robotics and autonomous driving. Yet despite this promise\, IRL remains fundamentally challenged by ill-posedness: the same observed behavior can often be explained by many different underlying objectives. If an agent moves from point A to point B\, is it because it is attracted to B\, repelled by A\, or optimizing something more subtle entirely? From behavior alone\, the answer is generally ambiguous.\nThis dissertation addresses several foundational questions at the heart of inverse reinforcement learning. First\, it investigates which environments and dynamics are inherently suitable for learning from demonstrations. Second\, it studies how \"rationality priors\" can be incorporated to regularize the ambiguity of IRL and improve identifiability. Finally\, it develops methods for inferring latent memory structure directly from demonstrations\, enabling classical IRL techniques to extend beyond Markovian assumptions to the richer setting of multi-stage tasks with history-dependent\, non-Markovian rewards.\n\nRobotics Atrium & on Zoom (Passcode: 19982001) UID:146862-21899720@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146862 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - Atrium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T181514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Legacies: Contemporary Art Dialogues with Clay DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn the occasion of the 2026 NCECA conference in Detroit\, Stamps Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent work by diverse intergenerational artists working in clay locally and nationally. Collectively\, these works preserve and evolve age-old artistic traditions from weaving\, mark-making\, and pottery as contemporary forms of resistance and resilience\; recovery and regeneration that draw on diasporic and ancestral knowledge of world-building and translation.\n\nFeaturing work by Maya Davis\, Adebunmi Gbadebo\, Nicole Marroquin\, Marie Woo\, and Hedy Yang. Curated by Srimoyee Mitra.\n\nDDD Project Space\, 2857 East Grand Blvd Suite 104\, Detroit MI\n\nExhibition Dates and Hours: March 13 – 28\, 2026\n\nFri.\, March 13 and 20: 12—6 p.m.\nSat.\, March 14 and 21: 12—5 p.m.\nTue—Wed\, March 24—25: 11 a.m.—5 p.m.\nThu.\, March 26: 12—7 p.m.\nFri.\, March 27: 12—9 p.m.\nSat.\, March 28: 12—5 p.m.\n\nExhibition Reception: Fri.\, March 27\, 5:30 — 9 p.m. UID:145539-21897499@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145539 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T004937 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mathematical Biology Seminar: Cyanobacterial Clocks: How do they work\, and what are they good for? DESCRIPTION:All plants and animals and many unicellular organisms possess circadian clocks--autonomous oscillators with a roughly 24 hour period that allow them to anticipate daily cycles of light and dark. I will discuss recent progress on understanding one such biological clock\, in the photosynthetic bacterium S. elongatus. This system has the remarkable feature that the core biochemical oscillator can be reconstituted in vitro with only three purified proteins. Thus\, unlike almost all other circadian clocks studied to date\, it requires neither transcription nor translation but functions entirely post-translationally. After reviewing what we know about how the in vitro oscillator functions\, as well as a few outstanding puzzles\, I will turn my attention to the implications of this understanding for clock function in the living cell. In particular\, I will use biophysical models to address two questions: How does the clock continue to tick robustly in the noisy cellular environment? And what selective advantage does the clock provide? In the former case\, I will argue that the core post-translational oscillator is necessary to make the clock robust to several perturbations present in any growing\, dividing cell\, but that other specific adaptations are also required. In response to the latter question\, I will present efforts to quantify the clock's contributions to fitness through anticipating diurnal environmental changes and through rejecting environmental noise. UID:146903-21899769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146903 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,data,Life Science,Mathematical Biology,Mathematical Modeling,Mathematics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T122849 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series: From Survey to SurvAI: The Promises and Precautions of AI for Survey Research DESCRIPTION:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series: Mastery\, Methodology\, Meetups\n\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom.\nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.\n\nFrom Survey to SurvAI: The Promises and Precautions of AI for Survey Research\n\nLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming many professional domains\, including survey research. Eloundou et al. (2024) rank survey research among the most highly exposed occupations to LLM-driven automation\, raising both opportunities and challenges for practitioners. While survey science has a rich tradition of adopting technological tools for tasks like data collection\, analysis\, and instrument design\, the unique affordances and risks associated with LLMs call for a structured examination.\n\nThis paper presents findings from a systematic literature review of empirical and theoretical work at the intersection of LLMs and survey research. Specifically\, we sought to synthesize examples of how LLMs are being applied across three broad phases of the survey research pipeline including: pre-data collection\, data collection and post-data collection. Methodologically\, this review identifies uneven distribution of LLM application across the survey pipeline. While pre-data collection stages (e.g.\, item writing\, translation) are well explored\, core practices like live interviewing\, recruitment\, and cross-lingual adaptation remain under-investigated. Additionally\, few studies assess LLMs systematically across multiple populations\, languages\, or survey topics. In this presentation we will highlight not just the breadth of current use cases\, but also the methodological and ethical considerations that must accompany them noting examples that are both promising as well as precautionary.\n\nTrent D. Buskirk\, Ph.D. has recently joined the new School of Data Science at Old Dominion University. Prior to this appointment\, Trent was the Novak Family Distinguished Professor of Data Science and outgoing Chair of the Applied Statistics and Operations Research Department at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Buskirk is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and his research is positioned at the intersection of survey science\, data science\, computational social science\, and human–AI interaction. His specific research interests include Schema-Driven LLM-Based Inference\, big data quality\, recruitment methods through social media\, the use of big data and machine learning methods for health\, social and survey science design and analysis\, mobile and smartphone survey designs and in methods for calibrating and weighting samples and fairness in AI models and interpretable ML methods. Trent has also been involved in various professional organizations serving as the President of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research in 2016\, the Conference Chair for AAPOR in 2018 and a member of the scientific committee for the BigSurv series of conferences since 2018. Trent as also served as an Associate Editor (Methods) for the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. Dr. Buskirk is currently serving on the AAPOR Responsible Integration of AI in Survey Research task force. When Trent is not geeking out over data science or survey research\, he’s likely out playing a competitive game of Pickleball! UID:146650-21899402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146650 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,brown bag,Causal Inference,Cognition,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,Generative Ai,Graduate,Health Data,In Person,Livestream,Mathematics,Metadata,Online,Research,Science,seminar,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research,Webinar LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Institute for Social Research, Room 1070, Ann Arbor MI CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260404T063126 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1915086Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab. We will discuss and educate you on…- Design and format- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resume for specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Student or Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note: This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on theHappening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:145620-21897599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145620 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260327T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Ran Toward Each Other: The 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\n\nBert Cook\nWilliam Hohe\nJuniper Jones\nNavjeet Kaur\nZhongxing (Jack) Liu\nJulianna Sanromán\nCelia Shaheen\n\nThe 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 25 - April 17 at the Stamps Graduate and Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\n\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Wednesday\, March 25 from 6-8 p.m. (no RSVP required).\n\nViewings March 26-April 17 are available by appointment only\; please contact William Hohe to arrange a visit. UID:145492-21897407@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145492 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121751 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Eva Albalghiti\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Eva Albalghiti performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:144538-21895469@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144538 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T072754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cookies and Course Guide DESCRIPTION:Need guidance in choosing classes to support your Major or Minor? Did you discover a program at the Major/Minor Expo that you want to learn more about? Stop by the Newnan Academic Advising Center to speak with an advisor and make a plan for registration\, get schedule advice\, and grab a free cookie! UID:146627-21899365@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146627 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,All Majors Welcome,Food,Free,Free Food,Majors,Transfer Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - The Newnan Academic Advising Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260219T125326 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Truman Scholarship: Online Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30\,000 for graduate education and professional development for future leaders committed to public service careers. Only juniors or third-year seniors may apply\, but ONSF also welcomes freshmen and sophomores who want to know more about the program and potentially apply in a future year. \n\nThis session provides a great opportunity to meet with ONSF and learn about the Truman Scholarship. Bring any questions you have! UID:145739-21897756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145739 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fellowships,Political Science,Politics,Public Policy,Public Service,Scholarships LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T094019 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Counting Defiers: A Design-Based Model of a Randomized Experiment Can Reveal Evidence Beyond the Average Effect (with Neil Christy) DESCRIPTION:We estimate the numbers of always takers\, compliers\, defiers\, and never takers in the sample of people in an experiment\, rather than a hypothetical population from which it was drawn\, using structure from the randomization design. Our data include only a binary intervention and outcome. We develop a visualization to show that samples with defiers can sometimes generate the data in more ways than samples without defiers\, yielding a higher design-based likelihood. We propose a maximum likelihood decision rule that can harness this evidence\, which is not captured by standard hypothesis tests\, and we provide optimality conditions. We illustrate the output of our decision rule for all possible data in samples of 50 and 200 with half in intervention\, demonstrating a pattern in when the MLE includes defiers despite a positive average effect. We provide insights into effect heterogeneity in two published experiments with interventions that could plausibly backfire for some people despite statistically significant positive average effects on takeup of desirable health behaviors. In both\, our 95% credible sets include the estimated Frechet bounds\, demonstrating that evidence is weak. Yet\, our MLE includes no defiers in one\; in the other\, the MLE includes a count of defiers equal to the estimated upper Frechet bound\, over 18% of the sample. The MLE can support a monotonicity assumption or a specific alternative as a step toward improving the average effect of future interventions by targeting them away from noncompliers. Our dbmle package\, compatible with Python and Stata\, implements our statistics. UID:143692-21893654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Labor,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260322T103334 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: Weak order and Cambrian Lattices DESCRIPTION:In this talk we will look at another important example of semi distributive lattices\, the weak order on finite Coxeter groups. In the specific example of the symmetric group\, which can be associated to the type A Dynkin quiver\, we will see how the familiar lattice of torsion classes can be identified with a quotient of the weak order. Building on this example\, we will generalize the quotient construction to finite Coxeter groups via the notion of Cambrian congruences and Cambrian lattices. UID:146898-21899763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146898 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: Local Theta Correspondence and Witt Towers DESCRIPTION:We give a brief construction of the Weil representation and an overview of the local theta correspondence and its behavior in Witt towers. UID:146905-21899772@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146905 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T105103 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone. UID:145041-21896581@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T112139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Optical Thermodynamics and Lagrange Waveguides DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, there has been a resurgence of interest in multimode structures\, driven primarily by the growing demand for higher information capacities. This renewed focus has sparked a surge of activity in the field of nonlinear multimode optics. The inherent complexity of these systems—where hundreds or even thousands of nonlinearly interacting modes collectively behave as a many-body system—has led to the discovery of novel optical phenomena that would be unattainable in single-mode settings.\n\nIn this talk\, a new thermodynamic framework for describing complex\, highly multimode\, nonlinear optical systems will be presented. It will be shown that mode occupancies in such systems exhibit a universal behavior\, consistently evolving toward maximizing the system’s entropy. This thermodynamic response is universal—it occurs regardless of the specific nonlinearities at play and can be harnessed to either heat or cool an optical system. Special emphasis will be placed on new methodologies for coherent beam combining using principles of optical thermodynamics. \n\nMethodologies for guiding light and charged particles in a novel class of waveguiding structures based on Lagrange points will also be discussed.\n \nBio: Demetri Christodoulides is an Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1986. After earning his doctorate degree\, he joined Bellcore as a postdoctoral research fellow. He was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University from 1988 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2022 he was a Pegasus Professor and the Cobb Family Endowed Chair at CREOL–The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida. He has served as an associate editor for the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and JOSA B. He is a Fellow of APS and Optica. He is the recipient of the Optica’s 2011 R.W. Wood Prize and 2018 Max Born Award\, and of the 2023 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science of APS. UID:146749-21899583@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Grants office hours: Get support applying for one of SSC's Sustainability Grants! DESCRIPTION:Drop in to our weekly open office hours to learn and get support applying to our Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) or Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES). UID:138848-21890505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T142052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IN PERSON - Newnan Academic Advising - Spring/Summer Registration Support DESCRIPTION:Feel like you're falling behind on credits\, or want to get further \nahead? Want to make sure you're achieving the recommended credit \nmomentum going into next year? Want to ask questions about taking \nclasses at another college/university? Have questions about the \nTransfer Credit Equivalency Guide? This is the support you need!\n\n\nThe Newnan Student Success Team will guide you through how to take \nclasses at\, or outside\, U-M this spring/summer and earn some credits \nprior to next fall. To help ensure you're making the progress you're \nhoping to achieve\, we'll talk to you about how these classes will be \nadded to your degree audit.\n\n\nWe'll make a particular effort to explain how taking spring/summer \ncourses can impact your GPA if you're on an Academic Progress Notice.\n\n\nAgenda for the session:\nHow to take summer courses at U-M or another school\nHow would taking classes impact your GPA? Particularly if on an Academic Progress Notice\nExplain Credit Momentum and discuss the benefits \nNavigate Transfer Credit Equivalency and Michigan Transfer Agreement sites\nDiscuss direct equivalent credit vs. departmental credit \nAudit checklist and ‘What-If’ Reports\nHow to transfer credits back\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please email erinkell@umich.edu. UID:143840-21894113@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143840 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall G-243 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T181648 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Master Class with Noa Kageyama: Shrinking the Gap Between Practice and Performance DESCRIPTION:Elite athletes and coaches have known for decades that physical preparation alone is not enough to perform optimally under pressure. And increasingly\, musicians too are engaging in mental skills training and ways of practicing and preparing which can lead to more consistent\, inspired\, and engaged performances.\n\nIn this session\, you’ll find out what common practice habit leads to “but it sounded better at home” syndrome (and the more effective alternative)\, discover the two causes of “choking” under pressure (and a simple strategy to prevent this from happening)\, and learn a “backwards” method for structuring your daily practice that leads to more consistent and confident performances.\n\nStudents should bring their instruments in order to apply practices and try out strategies in real time during the session. Any playing will be altogether as a group. No individual or 1:1 playing is required!\n\nFree and open to the public. Presented by the Department of Strings and the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nGUEST ARTIST BIO\n\nPerformance psychologist NOA KAGEYAMA is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before completing a Ph.D. in psychology at Indiana University\, Noa specializes in teaching musicians how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure.\n\nHe has conducted workshops for institutions including Curtis\, Eastman\, Peabody\, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music\, programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium and the Perlman Music Program\, and for organizations like the Music Teachers’ National Association\, Performing Arts Medicine Association\, and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.\n\nNoa's work has appeared in CNN\, NBC News\, The Wall Street Journal\, and other media outlets. He authors *The Bulletproof Musician* blog and podcast\, reaching over 45\,000 subscribers every week. UID:146157-21898603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Talk,Workshop LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Watkins Lecture Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T095001 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Math Grad Show and Tell Seminar DESCRIPTION:Abstract: After learning single-variable calculus\, it is common to move straight into learning multivariable calculus\; a standard extension from R to R^n. With some dedication\, one continues on to learn about single-variable complex analysis\, observing that the reasonable transition from R to C often makes analysis much more elegant. But then a natural question arises: Why is it uncommon to study \"multivariable complex analysis\" on C^n?\n\nIn this talk\, which shares its title with a textbook authored by Jiří Lebl\, we will introduce basic results and phenomena in the theory of several complex variables. Emphasizing definitions and examples over technical proofs\, we will explore generalizations of certain theorems from complex analysis\, while highlighting the surprising ways in which our single-variable intuition can fail in higher dimensions. Familiarity (not proficiency) in complex analysis will be helpful\, but certain statements will be reviewed as needed. UID:146910-21899779@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T170056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Naveed Arif Iqball Lecture DESCRIPTION:The Naveed Arif Iqball Keynote Lecture highlights the work of individuals advancing understanding and improving college student mental health. The lecture is held annually at the Mental Health on College Campuses conference. This year\, we are honored to host Jennifer Wallace\, founder of The Mattering Institute and co-founder of The Mattering Movement\, for her presentation titled \"The Mattering Campus: Building an Ecosystem Where Everyone Feels Valued.\" The Mattering Campus is built on a simple idea: students thrive when they feel they matter. Despite being more connected than ever\, many students feel lonely\, anxious\, and disengaged. Seen through a mattering lens\, these aren’t separate crises but signs of the same problem: namely\, that students don’t feel seen\, needed\, or significant. This talk explores how campuses can intentionally rebuild mattering at every stage of the student journey—from orientation to graduation. This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required to attend. CE credit available for social workers!\n\nThe support for this lecture is provided by the Naveed Arif Iqball Mental Health Advocacy Endowment Fund\, established by Arif Iqball of Kyoto\, Japan\, in memory of his son\, Naveed\, who sadly lost his battle with depression in 2019. He believed stigma prevented his son from seeking treatment or sharing his struggles with his family and friends. Through this lecture\, Mr. Iqball aims to raise awareness of student mental health and reduce stigma across our communities. UID:145105-21896674@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145105 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,In Person,Lecture,mental health,psychology,Rackham,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Main Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260321T212956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Profinite Rigidity and Hyperbolic Geometry DESCRIPTION:To what extent is a finitely presented group determined by its finite quotients? This question leads naturally to the profinite completion\, which encodes all finite quotients of a group in a single algebraic object. In this talk\, we will discuss work by Bridson\, McReynolds\, Reid\, and Spitler who construct new examples of groups that are profinitely rigid\, meaning they are uniquely determined by their profinite completion\, via examples from hyperbolic geometry and low-dimensional topology. Their approach uses techniques involving representation rigidity\, linking the finite quotients of a group to arithmetic invariants of lattices in PSL(2\,C). If time permits\, we will discuss more recent developments in this area pertaining to Dehn fillings of knots. UID:146891-21899756@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146891 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260205T130939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Software Packaging for Researchers DESCRIPTION:Software Packaging for Researchers introduces graduate students and PIs to the fundamentals of organizing and distributing research code as reusable\, shareable packages. Participants will learn practical techniques for making their software portable\, reproducible\, and easy for collaborators—and the broader research community—to use and cite.\n\n*Note*: Introduction to Git and Programming is not a prerequisite for this workshop.\n\n\nThe Research Software Engineering Team in U-M’s College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) supports researchers in developing effective\, sustainable software. We’re excited to offer workshops for graduate students and PIs to strengthen their programming capabilities. UID:145129-21896699@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145129 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Digital Scholarship,Dsrse,Graduate Students,Natural Sciences,Research,Research Software Engineering,Social Sciences LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T142053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Software Skills for Research: Version Control and Packaging DESCRIPTION:The Research Software Engineering Team in U-M’s College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) supports researchers in developing effective\, sustainable software. We’re excited to offer two workshops for graduate students and PIs to strengthen their programming capabilities.1. Introduction to Git and Collaborative Programming is designed for graduate student researchers and principal investigators (PIs) who work with code in their research. Participants will learn the basics of Git for version control and collaboration\, enabling them to efficiently manage code\, track changes\, and work with colleagues on research projects.2. Software Packaging for Researchers introduces graduate students and PIs to the fundamentals of organizing and distributing research code as reusable\, shareable packages. Participants will learn practical techniques for making their software portable\, reproducible\, and easy for collaborators—and the broader research community—to use and cite. Note: Introduction to Git and Programming is not a prerequisite for this workshop.\nWhile NOT required\, ARC offers Introduction to Linux Command Line\, which we recommend in addition to our own workshops.1/29 session2/24 session UID:144111-21894679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T132146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:9th Annual Omenn Lecture presented by Aviv Regev\, PhD (VP Genentech Research and Early Development) DESCRIPTION:\"From Cell Atlases to Medicines\, with AI\"\nPresented by Aviv Regev\, PhD\nLive lecture with networking reception and poster sessions to follow.\n\nHosted by Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics\, Genome Science Training Program\, Life Sciences Institute\, and Single Cell Spatial Analysis Program.\n\nAbout the Omenn Lectureship\n\nThe Annual Gilbert S. Omenn Lecture series features high-profile scientists discussing a variety of scientific topics and issues around bioinformatics\, data science and the development of this field. \n\nThis annual event gathers the DCMB and CCMB scientific communities while inviting a larger audience within U-M and beyond. UID:142424-21890940@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - Khan Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T152055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty Protections Workshop: FOIA DESCRIPTION:SACUA’s Faculty Protections Working Group will be hosting an event featuring attorneys from the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund and Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter. The event will focus on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The presenters will discuss the problem of FOIA harassment against researchers nationally and will offer advice about how U-M faculty can best protect themselves in today’s environment. The event will include discussion of a winter term survey on whether U-M faculty have been censored or have self-censored due to current environmental pressures\, and why.Due to privacy concerns\, this event will be in-person only without a recording. \n UID:146513-21899222@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146513 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Room 1010, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260228T101529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T165000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Michigan Lectures in Algebraic Geometry and Topology: Stable homology of moduli spaces and moments in families of L-functions over function fields DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, several problems in arithmetic statistics that seem completely intractable over number fields\, have been resolved in the case of function fields by geometric methods\; more specifically\, by casting the problem in terms of the homology of a suitable moduli space of algebraic curves\, and understanding the homology asymptotically. Perhaps the most notable is the work of Ellenberg-Venkatesh-Westerland and Landesman-Levy on Cohen-Lenstra heuristics. \n\nI will talk about joint work with Bergström-Diaconu-Westerland and Miller-Patzt-Randal-Williams\, where this paradigm is applied to another problem in analytic number theory. There is a \"recipe\" due to Conrey-Farmer-Keating-Rubinstein-Snaith (CFKRS) which allows for precise predictions for the asymptotics of moments of many different families of L-functions. We consider the family of all L-functions attached to hyperelliptic curves over some fixed finite field\, in which case we are able to prove the CFKRS predictions for all moments\, for all sufficiently large (but fixed) q.\nWe do this by studying the homology of the moduli space of hyperelliptic curves\, with symplectic coefficients: we compute the stable homology groups\, together with their structure as Galois representations\, and prove a novel homological stability theorem in this setting. The proofs use homotopical ideas developed in connection with the Mumford conjecture\, Borel's work on stable real cohomology of arithmetic groups\, logarithmic algebraic geometry\, and cellular E_k-algebras. UID:141934-21889651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141934 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,seminar LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T181521 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Baseball vs Toledo DESCRIPTION:Baseball vs Toledo UID:146621-21899359@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146621 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Baseball LOCATION:Ray Fisher Baseball Stadium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T152055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BBA FY - Preparation for Sophomore Fall! DESCRIPTION: UID:146220-21898672@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:R1230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T133125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Bike Repair Hours DESCRIPTION:Does your bike need a tune-up? Need help fixing a flat or getting your gears to shift smoothly? \nSign up for a 30-minute slot and your bike for peer-to-peer bike repair and maintenance. Our volunteers can help you diagnose bike problems\, guide you through repairs\, and provide the tools & materials needed to get you back to riding.\n\nEvery Wednesday from 4-6pm and Friday from 3-5:30pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) SIGN UP HERE: https://tr.ee/Lp9kLnnfP9\n \nThe Duderstadt Fabrication Underground's Bike Repair rack is available for use during all operation hours (M-F 12-6p). WoW Volunteers will only be there at our dedicated support hours with additional materials (tire patches\, grease\, etc). \n\nThis is NOT a drop-off service: ALL participants are expected to stay and participate in repairs to learn basic bike maintenance with the support of our volunteers. Expect to get your hands dirty and leave feeling more confident in your skills!\n\nIf you are interested in becoming a volunteer at any skill level for our new program\, please email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146268-21898803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T093638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Biological Anthropology Colloquium | “Should We Stay or Should We Go? Bonobo Navigation and Foraging Behavior in a Virtual Rainforest” DESCRIPTION:“Addressing questions about primate cognition and behavior between both field and lab\, the use of virtual reality creates simulated scenarios synthesizing aspects of ecological conditions under controlled laboratory settings. I will present a spatial cognitive-foraging study\, a ‘Virtual Rainforest’\, inspired by primate fieldwork to test hypotheses in the lab that would be difficult to assess under field conditions. I will also briefly present the framework for a second virtual reality study on wild great ape gestures similarly inspired by primate fieldwork. \n\nIn the Virtual Rainforest study\, we asked\, how do captive apes’ exploration in complex environments and spatial memory compare with wild apes’ dynamic challenges (competitors\, seasonality\, and food availability) when navigating between multiple foraging sites? And\, what effect does the captive environment have on the development of spatial cognitive abilities? We investigated by using simulations of captive bonobos’ real-world habitats. Assessing navigation in a virtual “rainforest” presents a unique opportunity to examine ape cognitive abilities in exploration of novel complex environments\, attention to landmarks\, and capacity to generate and encode novel routes. In our study\, captive bonobos explored a virtual rainforest comprised of three regions: dense\, moderate dense\, and savannah-like area. Virtual fruits (mango\, cherry\, grape) were located region-specific\, and each were associated with specific auditory cues\, bird calls. The food rewards matched the selected virtual fruits. Moving prey (e.g.\, red river hogs) shifted between regions creating complexity and a dynamic habitat. The bonobos were presented with three 12-minute trials/day\, each trial mirroring daybreak to sundown. Individualized start locations began where each bonobo’s trial previously ended. The bonobos were highly attentive during virtual exploration and traveled to localized areas of preferred over non-preferred foods suggesting goal-oriented navigation in this virtual mini-world. Additionally\, within trials\, bonobos were observed to turn towards items previously seen but not presently visible\, demonstrating object permanence of visual+directional memory within a virtual space. We compare our results with wild chimpanzee goal-directed navigation to foraging sites. \n\nAs a model for what is possible\, I will briefly present a framework for a future study using bonobo avatars to demonstrate wild ape gestures to captive apes to determine their responsiveness. In summary\, I will highlight the novel use of virtual reality to assess and compare cognition across ecologies\, species and populations\, and between individuals with different experiential and developmental trajectories.”\n\nDr. Francine Dolins\, Associate Professor of Comparative Psychology\, University of Michigan-Dearborn\, has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Primatology from the University of Stirling (Scotland) and a BSc.\, Honors in Biology (Behavioral Ecology\, Evolutionary Theory & Animal Cognition) from the University of Sussex (England). Francine’s research focuses on primate cognition\, behavior\, and cognitive-ecological modeling in the field and laboratory. Her research concentrates on questions regarding spatial cognition\, navigation\, and foraging behavior in the context of group decision-making\, self-recognition\, social information transfer\, and group behavior. She uses virtual reality to compare nonhuman and human primate spatial and social cognition and applies technology to enhance the welfare and environmental enrichment of captive nonhuman primates. Francine has received multiple research grants from the National Institutes on Aging\, Templeton World Charity Foundation\, Ford Motor Company\, and the Southwest Primate National Research Center. She is lead editor on three volumes published by Cambridge University Press: Attitudes to Animals\; Spatial Cognition - Spatial Perception\; and Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology: Applying GIS at Varying Scales\, as well as a guest editor on several special issues in the American Journal of Primatology\, Frontiers\, and Animal Biology. Francine teaches in the Psychology and Biopsychology programs\, the Masters’ Program in Human Centered Design Studies\, and is a Co-Director of the Psychology Honors Program. She is actively involved on the University of Michigan Senate and Senate committees on research\, ethics\, and university governance. Co-creating The Ako Project\, she worked in collaboration with Dr. Alison Jolly to further conservation education in Madagascar and the United States. She is an active member of the American Society of Primatology and the International Primatological Society’s Conservation committees. She established the non profit organization\, Palm-to-Palm\, to reduce the use of palm oil in the Global North to protect tropical rainforests and nonhuman primate and human communities in the Global South. UID:146963-21899850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146963 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology LOCATION:West Hall - 111 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T122400 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Event Launch - Future of Real Estate Competition 2026 DESCRIPTION:In 2026\, the “Office Apocalypse” enters its next chapter—The Great Repurposing. Back for its fourth year\, the Future of Real Estate Competition launches on Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, challenging students to tackle this moment in the market with bold ideas and fresh perspectives. Tasked with reimagining an office property as a vibrant residential living space\, teams will draw on their knowledge\, creativity\, and ingenuity to deliver solutions that balance visionary design with real-world feasibility. \n\nDesigned to bridge architectural creativity with real-world financial feasibility\, teams of 3–5 multidisciplinary students will renovate a distressed asset and present their vision to a panel of esteemed industry judges. With $25\,000 in prize money on the line\, this year’s competition promises bold ideas\, thoughtful debate\, and meaningful connections with real estate leaders. \n\nRegister your team below\, and be sure to attend the FORE Competition Launch on March 25.\n\nImportant Dates & Things to Know:\n- Competition Launch: Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026 (virtual)\n- Applications Close: Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at 12:00 AM EST\n- Final Pitches: Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026 (in-person at the Ross School of Business)\n- Team Requirements:\n-> Teams of 3–5 University of Michigan students\n-> Undergraduate and graduate students welcome\n-> Your team CAN BE a mix of undergraduate students and graduate students\n-> Each team must include at least one member representing investment\, design & development\n- Prizes: $25\,000 total prize pool — register to win your share!\n\nInterested in participating but don’t yet have a team? No problem\, Weiser’s here to assist! Complete the Interest Form found on the Weiser website\, and the Weiser Center for Real Estate will help connect you with fellow students to ensure you find a team and are ready to compete.\n\nReady to register yourself and your teammates? Complete the Registration Form found on the Weiser website to let the Weiser Center know you’re in and officially join the competition. UID:143961-21894326@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143961 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Business,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Economics,Graduate Students,Information And Technology,Michigan Engineering,Public Policy,real estate,Student Affairs,taubman college,Taubmancollege,Transportation\, Urban Planning,Undergraduate Students,urban planning,Welcome To Michigan LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Zoom info to be distributed upon registration CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260303T100857 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gomberg Lecture with Connie Lu \"Synergizing p- and d-Block Elements for Catalysis\" DESCRIPTION:Many challenging chemical reactions require precious metal catalysts to proceed. Our research group develops main-group metalloligands (Groups 13 and 14) as an electronic lever for tuning a reactive transition metal active site via a direct metal–metal interaction. This approach has allowed for the development and optimization of highly efficient transition metal-main group bifunctional catalysts in various catalytic applications. The bimetallic catalysts display remarkably enhanced activity compared to the analogous single metal centers. In this talk\, I will detail the roles of the main group support in substrate binding\, activation of strong bonds (C−F and C−H)\, and catalysis. UID:138387-21882886@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138387 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T102023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Islamic Virtual Reality: \"Pilgrim VR: Hajj & Umrah\" and \"Al-Aqsa VR\" DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026\, 4:00PM\n 555 Weiser Hall (5th floor)\n 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor MI 48109\n RSVP: http://myumi.ch/n1dZN\n \n Join the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Shenandoah University) on Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026 at 4:00PM in 555 Weiser Hall for a demo of and conversation on two new virtual reality apps for Islamic holy sites: one for experiencing and learning how to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to Mecca\, and another for visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds or Jerusalem.\n \n Pilgrim VR: Hajj and Umrah is a one-of-a-kind interactive training through realistic\, geospatially accurate 3D environments. It shows holy sites\, offers ritual tutorials\, and is made for prospective pilgrims to Mecca. Al-Aqsa VR\, a brand-new VR app\, is made for students\, educators\, historians\, and explorers to experience the beauty of the Al-Aqsa Mosque without leaving home.\n \n The Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University and Siraj Studios (Amman\, Jordan) are co-developers of Pilgrim VR: Hajj and Umrah and Al-Aqsa VR.\n \n For this talk and demonstration\, we will use the Meta Quest 3 with controllers headset\, and have several on hand for audience members to try out the VR apps!\n \n Meet the speaker:\n \n Dr. Ermin Sinanović is a scholar\, educator\, and thought leader in contemporary Islamic Studies whose work bridges academic research\, policy analysis\, and community engagement. He serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University\, where he leads initiatives that advance research on Muslims in global contexts\, cultivate American Muslim leadership\, and deepen intellectual engagement between Islamic tradition and modern challenges. He also holds an appointment as a faculty associate in research in the Southeast Asia Program\, Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. Under Sinanović's leadership\, CICW has expanded its scholarly programming\, built international partnerships\, and established new platforms for research on Muslim futures\, American Muslim institutions\, and global Islam.\n \n Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Sinanović experienced firsthand the tumultuous transformations of the Balkans in the 1990s\, an experience that shaped his scholarly interest in religion\, conflict\, identity\, and global politics. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master's degrees from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) before completing graduate studies in political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School\, specializing in comparative politics\, Islamic political thought\, and Southeast Asian politics.\n \n Sinanović’s research spans Islamic governance\, transnational religious networks\, decolonial thought\, and the evolving role of Muslim intellectual traditions in the 21st century. His scholarship has appeared in leading journals and edited volumes\, and he is frequently invited to speak at universities\, policy institutes\, and international conferences. He has contributed to public debates on topics including Southeast Asian Islam\, Muslim political parties\, Islamic revivalism\, and the relationship between Islam and modernity.\n \n \n \n This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center\, as part of our ongoing \"Muslims in the Digital Age\" series. It is sponsored in part by the Rabbi Elliott T. Spar “Politics and Culture in the Muslim World” fund.\n \n \n For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- islamicstudies@umich.edu UID:146640-21899379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146640 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Islamic Studies,Lecture LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260330T172619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA Transfer Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Recruitment Team for our virtual sessions where we will discuss LSA requirements\, transfer credit\, pre-transfer academic advising\, LSA opportunities and other transfer tidbits.\n\nRegistration is required. Register using link to the right UID:141040-21891682@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141040 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T133411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mean–Variance Portfolio Selection by Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning: Algorithms\, Regret Analysis\, and Empirical Study DESCRIPTION:We study continuous-time mean–variance portfolio selection in markets where stock prices are diffusion processes driven by observable factors that are also diffusion processes\, yet the coefficients of these processes are unknown. Based on the recently developed reinforcement learning (RL) theory for diffusion processes\, we present a general data-driven RL algorithm that learns the pre-committed investment strategy directly without attempting to learn or estimate the market coefficients. For multi-stock Black–Scholes markets without factors\, we further devise a baseline algorithm and prove its performance guarantee by deriving a sublinear regret bound in terms of the Sharpe ratio. We then carry out an extensive empirical study implementing this algorithm to compare its performance and trading outcomes\, evaluated under a host of common metrics\, with a large number of widely employed portfolio allocation strategies on S&P 500 constituents. The results demonstrate that the proposed continuous-time RL strategy is consistently among the best\, especially in a volatile bear market\, and decisively outperforms the model-based continuous-time counterparts by significant margins. Joint work with Yilie Huang and Yanwei Jia. UID:138042-21881387@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Unpacking the News with U-M Faculty Experts DESCRIPTION:Each session offers a space to pause\, sort out what’s happening\, and engage in thoughtful\, civil discussion with peers. Bring your questions\, your curiosity\, and your perspective—no preparation required.\n\nJosh Pasek is Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science\, Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies\, Institute for Social Research\, and Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Michigan. UID:143802-21896971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Culture,Education,Free,In Person,Media,Politics,Social Impact,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Third Floor, Room 3160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T132442 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Beginner Bike Repair Workshop DESCRIPTION:Want to be ready to fix a flat in a pinch? Adjust your gears for smoother riding? Interested in learning basic bike repair? \n\nJoin us for a beginner bike basic ABCQuick Check workshop on Wednesday March 25th from 4:30-6pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground!\n\nREGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/158HlgAE1-4OYaa8Nr2dLQsHXYDl3XtuT1-a21Ep1AqQ/edit?usp=sharing \n\nHere you will learn the key steps to repairing and maintaining your bike. We will be working on WoW Cycling Forward bikes so *please do NOT bring your own*. We will walk you through key bike maintenance skills and send you home with some goodies AT NO COST! \n\nInterested in volunteering or have other questions? Email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu or sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QVMuOatF-toPc_ky9QIAeeD0ob-ndBGA4uUFm9EAZ0g/edit?usp=sharing UID:146267-21898800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146267 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Biking,Climate Change,Community Service,Cycling,Education,Environment,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,planet blue,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Fabrication Underground (B430-Lower Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T120128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Beginner Bike Repair Workshops with WoW (FREE!) DESCRIPTION:Want to be ready to fix a flat in a pinch? Adjust your gears for smoother riding? Interested in learning basic bike repair? \n \nJOIN WOLVERINES ON WHEELS FOR OUR FIRST BEGINNER BIKE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS! SIGN UP REQUIRED.\nWednesdays Feb 25 & Mar 25 from 4:30-6pm in the Duderstadt Fabrication Underground. \n \nYou will be working on recycled WoW bikes so please do not bring your own bike into the facilities for these workshops--you can get repair support on your own bike at our drop-in hours.\n \nThese workshops will center on ABCQuick Checks and the basics of bike maintenance. All bikes\, tools\, and materials will be provided so please just show up with an enthusiasm to learn and participate with our volunteers. Sign up here! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/158HlgAE1-4OYaa8Nr2dLQsHXYDl3XtuT1-a21Ep1AqQ/edit?usp=sharing \nInterested in volunteering or have other questions? Email wolverinesonwheels-admin@umich.edu UID:145018-21896553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145018 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Duderstadt Fabrication Underground CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260302T113105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Capturing Prestige: Human Trafficking in Japan's Maritime Borderlands\, c. 1350-1600 DESCRIPTION:This presentation traces the evolution of human trafficking networks among so-called Japanese pirates (Kn. Waegu\, Ch. Wokou) from the island of Tsushima located in the maritime borderlands between Japan\, Korea\, and China. It excavates the foundations of the East Asian dimensions of the early modern global circulation of enslaved peoples and shows how medieval Japanese transformations in commercialization\, local lordship\, and the integration of the archipelago into domestic and East Asian shipping circuits all depended on flows of captives. The lords of Tsushima\, the Sō family\, integrated slavery into the administrative machinery of their territorial domain and incentivized military service with awards tied to trafficking. For retainers\, local elites\, and commoner mariners\, such sanctioned trafficking became a source of prestige and family legacies. Incentivized by the promise of tax exemptions and other awards from the Sō\, their piratical enterprises raided Korean and Chinese coasts\, engaged in military campaigns in Kyushu\, and resocialized captives into slaves by modifying regional ascriptive ethnic and status categories. Patronage by the Sō connected Tsushima slavers to the apex of Japan’s warrior hierarchy\, the Ashikaga shogunate. This history invites reconsideration of trafficking in medieval Japan as a low-status\, opportunistic\, and declining trade. UID:143500-21893296@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143500 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,japan,japanese studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T170011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Exiting a Community-Engaged Project DESCRIPTION:An important goal of community-engaged learning experiences is for students to have a positive\, humanizing\, and sustainable impact on the communities they work with. Students reaching the end of a community-engaged course or service project should prepare to exit a community with these goals in mind. In this interactive session\, students will explore what it means to exit a project sustainably\; discuss the outputs\, outcomes\, and impacts of their project\; identify important questions to ask their community partners in preparation for exiting a project\; and discuss and work on their exit plan.\n\nSee all workshops: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142772-21891436@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142772 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Service,Free,Leadership,Professional Development,Social Impact,Student Affairs,Student Org,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260311T153056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Debate about Cash Transfers DESCRIPTION:Join Ford School professors Katherine Michelmore\, Kristin Seefeldt\, and Natasha Pilkauskas\, in discussion with Sarah Miller of the Ross Business School and Michigan Medicine’s Sumit Agarwal for an in-depth look at the impacts of direct cash transfer programs. Panelists will discuss their research on guaranteed income in Ann Arbor and across the country\, Earned Income Tax Credit\, Child Tax Credit\, and Rx Kids cash \"prescriptions\" for infants. UID:144648-21895636@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144648 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Income,Income Inequality,Poverty,Poverty Solutions LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Winter AI Workshops DESCRIPTION:Learning AI isn’t optional\, it’s essential.Business+Tech’s facilitators started from scratch using ingenuity and determination to master AI. If they can\, then so can you. ____________________________________________________________Three independent workshops. Attend one\, attend two\, or attend them all. UID:145637-21897620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145637 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ross School of Business, Ross Building, Floor 2, Room 2230 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260217T125743 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Build-A-Bouquet at Oxford DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to create a custom pipe cleaner bouquet for yourself or a loved one! UID:145626-21897605@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Oxford Housing - Mahatma Gandhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260309T112603 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T181500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops: DESCRIPTION:Business+Tech's 2026 AI Workshops\n\nLearning AI isn’t optional\, it’s essential.\n\nBusiness+Tech’s facilitators started from scratch using ingenuity and determination to master AI. If they can\, then so can you. \n\nThree independent workshops. Attend one\, attend two\, or attend them all.\n________________________________________________\nIdeate. Ship. Iterate \n\nwith Brooke Dukellis\, ex-McKinsey & AI Startup Founder at Stylie \n\nJoin Brooke Dukellis\, Michigan Ross alum and founder of AI startup Stylie\, for a hands-on workshop on turning ideas into real products fast. In this session\, you’ll learn how to go from concept to working app in just hours using today’s AI tools\, no technical background required. All you need is curiosity\, ideas worth exploring\, and good vibes for some Vibe Coding 101. You’ll leave with the confidence and toolkit to ship it and start iterating with users. UID:146334-21898915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Entrepreneurship,Generative Ai,Graduate Students,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Framing the Future of Trotter/MESA\, Wednesday 25\, 5:00 - 6:30 PM (UM STUDENTS ONLY) DESCRIPTION:We invite you to participate in idea generation sessions that will be designed to spark innovative thinking\, generate collective insights\, and inform the priorities of Trotter/MESA. PLEASE NOTE: these sessions are only for U-M students. \n UID:145958-21898180@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145958 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T161943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace. \n\nJoin the Barger Leadership Institute for two powerful events exploring Mindful Peace Leadership through the lens of Hiroshima. Featuring a screening of the award-winning documentary A Vow from Hiroshima (Tues. March 24) and a multidisciplinary symposium with leading educators. The symposium centers on the voices and lessons of Hibakusha peace activists to inspire ethical leadership\, compassion\, and sustainable action. The panelists have developed pedagogical interventions informed by the experience of Hiroshima and the narratives of Hibakusha peace activists to promote the need for mindful peace education. Each panelist will present their materials for 20 minutes\, followed by a Q&A.\n\nTogether\, we will examine how a mindful peace leadership education can empower the next generation to lead with dignity\, responsibility\, and hope.\n\nSymposium Presenters:\n- Ram Mahalingam\, Barger Leadership Institute Professor\, Department of Psychology\, Director\, Barger Leadership Institute\n- Ray Matsumiya\, Director\, Oleander Initiative\n- Kathleen Sullivan\, Director\, Hibakusha Stories\n- Mitchie Takeuchi\, Producer\, Writer\, Speaker\, Activist\n\nSymposium Moderator: \nDr. Connie Tingson Gatuz\, Associate Vice Provost\, Student Life\, University of Michigan\n\nSpecial thanks to our symposium sponsors\,\n- The Nam Center for Korean Studies\n- Michigan Community Scholars Program\n- Center for Japanese Studies\n- UMMA\n- Center for Global and Intercultural Study\n- Organizational Studies\n- Psychology Department\n\nLive Stream: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/93892710771 UID:144282-21895120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144282 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Collaborative,Discussion,Graduate,Intercultural,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Mindfulness,Panel,Peace,Peace Leadership,Social Justice,symposium,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T162054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership DESCRIPTION:In an age of deep division and growing global challenges\, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace. Join the Barger Leadership Institute for two powerful events exploring Mindful Peace Leadership through the lens of Hiroshima. Featuring a screening of the award-winning documentary A Vow from Hiroshima and a multidisciplinary symposium with leading educators and peace activists. Together\, we will examine how a mindful peace leadership education can empower the next generation to lead with dignity\, responsibility\, and hope.Special thanks to our sponsors\,The Nam Center for Korean StudiesMichigan Community Scholars ProgramCenter for Japanese StudiesUMMACenter for Global and Intercultural StudyOrganizational StudiesDepartment of PsychologySympoium live stream: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93892710771 UID:144288-21895123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144288 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:UMMA, Helmut Stern Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T095209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mean Field Control and Applications in Modern Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will introduce mean field control and discuss its applications in modern machine learning. I will first describe how numerical algorithms for mean field control can be developed by combining propagation of chaos with machine learning techniques\, together with theoretical guarantees for these methods. I will then present two complementary applications. The first is computational\, concerning the use of mean field control in generative AI. The second is theoretical\, concerning a mathematical framework for understanding implicit regularization in the training of overparameterized neural networks.\nThis talk is based on the joint works with Beatrice Acciaio\, Jakob Heiss\, Jin Ma\, Gudmund Pammer\, H. Mete Soner\, Ying Tan\, Josef Teichmann and Renyuan Xu. UID:146504-21899205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T120210 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Event with Woman in Pre-Med DESCRIPTION:PIZZA AND CUPCAKES INCLUDED!!! Come join us in playing cognitive games to understand the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis better! We hope to have a better understanding of the diagnosis this MS Awareness Month!!  UID:147047-21900275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147047 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:The League Room D CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260313T073041 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:BASF Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:3/25/2026 | 5:30 pm | GGBL 1025 (FOOD PROVIDED: Jerusalem Garden)\nMajors: Chemical Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Data Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Intern\, Full-time\nDegrees: Bachelors\, PhD\n\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nAt BASF\, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 108\,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises\, as core businesses\, the segments Chemicals\, Materials\, Industrial Solutions\, and Nutrition & Care\; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €60 billion in 2025. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. UID:146555-21899266@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Chemical Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Masters Students,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:GG Brown Laboratory - 1025 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260204T153804 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:March WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. UID:143479-21893249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143479 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260223T144825 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Build-A-Beat Workshop at Alice Lloyd DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of creating an instrumental sample-based beat with the Alice Lloyd Multicultural Lounge Community Assistant! All are welcome and no experience is required! UID:145838-21897938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145838 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,housing,Music,Social LOCATION:Alice Lloyd Hall - Vicky Barner Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Deutschtisch is a weekly event in the North Quad dining hall for Max Kade residents and visitors from outside of Max Kade Haus to speak German during a meal. UID:138182-21882550@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260316T152638 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dinner with Humanities Grad Students DESCRIPTION:Considering graduate school? Meet current GSIs and graduate students in humanities fields for an informal conversation over dinner about their experiences. Get your questions answered about the application process\, choosing programs\, funding\, research\, and what grad school is really like. Dinner included and preregistration on Sessions is required. UID:146521-21899231@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146521 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Humanities,Sessions,Undergrad LOCATION:202 S Thayer, The Institute for the Humanities CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260318T200345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Disability Culture Speaker Panel Event DESCRIPTION:Join us for a speaker panel with U-M professors\, administration\, and public policy professionals for a conversation on disability culture awareness and the culture/future of the political landscape and our campus! Food and drinks provided. RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclcbmGV9q6j_AceR3nQ42xir5TG_ytSD1QoRubjib6SW-CSg/viewform?usp=header UID:146790-21899623@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146790 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Disability Awareness,Disability Community,Disability Justice,Food,Free,Free Food,Speaker LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T151353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:GILE Movie Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Gender Inclusive Living Experience Diversity Peer Educator for a viewing of the documentary Paris is Burning! Stop by for free snacks and connection with your neighbors. UID:145975-21898202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Diversity Peer Educators,Free Food,In Person,Lgbt LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T151104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T210000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Innovation Challenge DESCRIPTION:In 2017\, University of Michigan students launched the 100-Year Space Mission\, an ambitious effort to preserve the voices of the U-M community for a century. A CubeSat was designed and built\, but technical and regulatory barriers prevented the mission from launching.\n\nThe archive still exists. The CubeSat still exists. The engineering challenge remains open.\n\nThis year’s MPowered Innovation Challenge invites student teams to design a CubeSat-class robotic system capable of:\n\n• Emerging from a spacecraft near or on the lunar surface\n• Delivering a U-M time capsule to a designated location\n• Planting a University of Michigan flag\n• Capturing and returning video or images documenting the deployment\n\nThis is a conceptual systems engineering challenge grounded in real aerospace constraints.\n\nTeams will be expected to:\n• Define and justify Size\, Weight\, and Power\, also known as SWaP\n• Consider launch cost implications based on mass\n• Design a communications strategy to return images or video\n• Defend engineering tradeoffs clearly and realistically\n• Present a physical\, digital\, or hybrid demonstration\n\nWhy Participate?\n• Compete for cash prizes\n• Showcase your work to faculty and space technology experts\n• Build a high-impact portfolio project\n• Contribute ideas that could inform a near-term lunar mission concept\n\nPrizes will be awarded for:\n• Best in Show\n• Best SWaP Optimization\, Feasible Design\n• Best Communications Concept\n\nImportant Dates\nTeaser released: February 25\nChallenge announcement: March 4\nTeam registration deadline: March 14\nCompetition night: March 25\, 6 to 9 PM\n\nThis challenge is open to students across engineering\, robotics\, computer science\, design\, business\, and beyond.\n\nStart with constraints. Design within them. Defend your tradeoffs. We look forward to seeing what you build.\n\nAny questions? Contact MPowered Innovation Challenge Director Bodhi White bodhes@umich.edu\n\nWe Will Reach Out Within 72 Hours of Form Submission.\n\nMore details about the challenge and RSVP info: https://myumi.ch/VVjNW UID:146269-21898813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Entrepreneurship,Cfe,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,Design Thinking,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Free,Games,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,In Person,In-person,Innovation,Michigan Engineering,Michigan Robotics,North campus,Science,Startup,Startups,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T094348 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Interfaith Photovoice: Discovering Human Connection Through the Lens DESCRIPTION:What if a set of photos could completely transform how you understand your purpose\, the experiences of others\, and the value of humanity? With over 5 billion pictures taken globally every day\, Photovoice uses this powerful medium to foster deeper connections and understanding between participants. In this 90-minute interactive session\, you’ll use photographs to reflect\, share your story\, and engage in meaningful dialogue with others. Whether you're looking to explore your own journey or connect with diverse perspectives\, this innovative experience is designed for everyone. No photography skills are needed—just bring your curiosity and an open mind! Come capture more than just a moment—discover the stories behind the images!\n\nThe theme for February is \"transformation.\" The Lunar New Year\, Lent\, Ramadan\, and the turn into spring all touch on this theme. Snap 3-5 photos that relate to the theme of transformation for you\, and be prepared to share and talk about them with others during this event. \n\nWe strongly encourage you to print the photos or bring them in a slidedeck on your laptop. UID:139184-21885022@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Education,Free,Humanities,Inclusion,Open Inquiry,Social,Social Impact,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Mason Hall - 3330 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260226T152038 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T190000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Mental Health Speak Out: Rooted Through Support DESCRIPTION:Join UHC-CAPS for our 3rd Annual Mental Health Speak Out event\, Rooted Through Support\, on March 25th from 6–7 PM in the Kuenzel Room. This student-focused event\, hosted by several U-M mental health student organizations\, will feature U-M undergraduate and graduate students sharing their personal mental health journeys. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about participating student organizations\, spend time with therapy dogs\, and engage in other supportive activities. Free food will be provided!\n\nAre you a natural storyteller? Consider applying to share your story with your peers at the event! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG849bAPZSv4GsJbI-okFZECf18XBlbG3uHZY_B-YImlUqjg/viewform UID:145786-21897813@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145786 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:caps,Discussion,free,Health & Wellness,mental health,Storytelling LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room (1st Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260325T121515 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:\n\nBert Cook\nWilliam Hohe\nJuniper Jones\nNavjeet Kaur\nZhongxing (Jack) Liu\nJulianna Sanromán\nCelia Shaheen\n\nThe 2026 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 25 - April 17 at the Stamps Graduate and Faculty Studios\, 1919 Green Rd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109.\n\nJoin us at the public exhibition reception on Wednesday\, March 25 from 6-8 p.m. (no RSVP required).\n\nViewings March 26-April 17 are available by appointment only\; please contact William Hohe to arrange a visit. UID:145493-21897431@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145493 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR