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:20261021T180052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Bujinkan Budo Training Session DESCRIPTION:\"Ninpo is the essence of goshinjutsu (self-protection).\"\n \nDuring the Fall 2026 semester\, Bujinkan Budo Club training will be held on Thursdays from 19:00 - 21:00 (7-9pm) at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB) in Room MPR B. If you are interested in trying out a class\, please send a message through Maize Pages or an email to michiganbujinkan@gmail.com. Beginners welcome\; we train with people across all levels of experience!\n \n- Learn self defense and physical coordination through Bujinkan taijiutsu (unarmed combat)\;\n- Training at the Michigan Bujinkan Dojo is supportive and non-competitive\, emphasizing relaxed but spirited and disciplined practice\;\n- Receive mentoring through the senpai/kohai (senior/junior) relationships fostered in the dojo.\n \nWhat to bring: comfortable workout clothes\, socks\, and a water bottle!\n-----\nFor more information\, email us at michiganbujinkan@gmail.com or checkout our website (www.michiganbujinkan.com)\, which also includes a training schedule! UID:149834-21907241@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T111925 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T203000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Mind Matters: Healthy Aging: Caring for Loved Ones and Yourself DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to age in a healthy way? Join us as experts from the Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry discuss what healthy aging really means and what it can look like in real life. They will break down the unique concerns older adults face as they age\, including some of the barriers—expected and unexpected—that can change how we move through the world. Our speakers will share what we know about dementia prevention\, as well as how to care for those in our lives already experiencing dementia. They will share resources all of us can use as we age and as we care for the older adults around us who need extra support.\n\nWhether you are caring for an aging relative or simply want to better understand how to care for yourself as you grow older\, this webinar will provide helpful education\, resources\, and tips you can integrate into your daily life. The event will include a Q&A with our experts\, so please bring along your questions about aging and caregiving.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nDonovan Maust\, M.D.\, M.S.\, Williard C. Blackney Jr. and Geraldine LaTendresse Blackney Research Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry\n\nCourtney Polenick\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Social Work\n\nLauren Gerlach\, D.O.\, M.S.\, Associate Professor of Psychiatry\n\nModerator:\n\nKara Gavin\, Research and Policy Media Relations Manager\, Michigan Medicine Department of Communications\n\n\nPlease note: Those who register will be added to the Department of Psychiatry's newsletter list where we share information about other upcoming events. You can unsubscribe at any time. UID:153911-21916628@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Depression,Disability,Education,Family,Free,Health,Health & Wellness,Health Care,Healthcare,Lecture,Livestream,Medicine,Mental Health,Psychiatry,Psychology,Virtual,Webcast,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T101439 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Movie Nights at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Wanna watch a movie and eat free popcorn? Join the Connector Community Assistants and watch a new movie or a classic while meeting new or familiar faces! Settle-in for a cozy night with us every Thursday as we enter into comfy Fall weather. \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad. UID:150143-21908236@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150143 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26 LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T102811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Virtual Transfer Student Panel DESCRIPTION:Join a panel of LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors to learn more about the transfer student experience. The Ambassadors will be chatting about the academic transition to U-M\, how to get involved on campus\, housing\, all the amazing programs and support for transfer students\, and any other questions that you have. Join us even if you don't have specific questions.\n\nPlease register with link at the right. After you register you will receive the Zoom login. UID:141224-21915671@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907035@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan Room, League (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T161053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:S. Carey with special guest Hrishikesh Hirway DESCRIPTION:“Close your eyes and you’ll see towering\, snow-covered pines or the summer sun’s radiant reflection on the creek.” –Pitchfork\n\nEau Claire\, Wisconsin-based multi-instrumentalist\, songwriter\, and producer S. Carey presents a boundless evening of solo performance paired with a trio of string players. The classically-trained musician's songwriting prowess and emotive lyricism is uniquely underscored by string arrangements expertly augmenting the performer's vocal\, piano\, and guitar arrangements. Whether in the round\, in uniquely intimate spaces\, or at one of the countless venues S. Carey has performed at over the years\, this evening of music will be entirely singular. UID:149553-21906697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T223000 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Home game vs MSU UID:149146-21905821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T132511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261203T230000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Karaoke Night DESCRIPTION:Sing your heart out! Come to the Michigan Union Courtyard for a fun\, casual night of karaoke. UID:152775-21914502@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community,Karaoke,Music,Sing,Singing,Songs LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913107@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909418@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908570@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907556@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915340@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916702@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909845@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907153@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180153 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Other:MMC Really Ready: Interview Prep DESCRIPTION:The Really Ready event gives MBA 1s a chance to practice their virtual interview skills!\nFor most MBA 1s pursuing Marketing internships\, interviews will start at the beginning of the new year. To prepare\, the Marketing Club is running the Really Ready event to help students understand what virtual 30-minute interviews actually feel like. Most interviews MBA 1s will conduct will be 30 mins\, or back-to-back 30-min interviews with one or two current employees. This event is designed to mimic that experience.\n\nMBA 1s will conduct back-to-back 30-minute interviews hosted by MBA 2 volunteers. MBA 1s will select a company to interview from a designated short-list and be asked actual questions from previous years' interviews. At the end of the event\, interviewees will receive written feedback on their performance. \n\nMore details to follow! UID:151171-21911032@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Blau 1580 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T092013 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 AI Forum presented by Business+Tech DESCRIPTION:YOUR TEAMMATE IN WORK AND LIFE. \n\nJoin Business+Tech for our 2026 AI Forum for a one-day conference to master the essential AI tools employers expect\, giving you a competitive edge in your coursework\, internships\, and beyond.\n\nFeautring MBA Alum\, Shubhi Rao\, Founder and CEO of Uplevyl\, a gender-focused AI knowledge architecture company advancing women's economic equity as our keynote speaker. \n\nFEATURING WORKSHOPS FROM\n\nGoogle \nIBM\nPayPal\nSwept.AI UID:153902-21916614@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153902 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Business,Career,conference,Entrepreneurship,Genai,Generative Ai,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,information and technology,Professional Development,technology,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T103000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) DESCRIPTION:The Political Communication Working Group (PCWG) is an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to convene and discuss how political messages are produced\, disseminated\, and interpreted in contemporary media environments. Our core research topics focus on the evolving relationships between media\, politics\, and society. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of communication\, political science\, sociology\, and information science\, our members explore a wide range of topics such as public support for entertainment censorship\, climate change communication\, social learning on TikTok\, political para-social relationships\, polarization\, political biases in AI-generated content\, etc. Our sessions encourage the exchange of ideas and work across theoretical and methodological traditions. UID:152771-21914493@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152771 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:ISR 1460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T140023 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:\"Toward Truly Autonomous Single Particle Cryo-EM Data Collection via Online Learning\" DESCRIPTION:Research Investigator\nCianfrocco Lab \nLSI University of Michigan UID:152533-21913913@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152533 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Structural Biology LOCATION:Life Sciences Institute - LSI Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T114252 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:10-Week Accessibility Challenge DESCRIPTION:Join the 10-Week Accessibility Challenge to learn more about accessibility basics\, best practices\, and U-M resources and tools available to help you with this work. This training program is open to all U-M staff\, faculty\, and students - no prior accessibility experience or knowledge is required. These live sessions dive deeper into the Challenge content and give participants a chance to get live support and ask questions with our digital accessibility staff. If you have any questions or concerns\, please reach out to accessibility-challenge@umich.edu.\n\nThe 10-Week Accessibility Challenge Live sessions take place on Fridays at 10:00 - 11:00am\, October 2 - December 4\, 2026.\n\nSign up for the challenge today: https://mailchi.mp/umich/10-week-accessibility-challenge\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 995 6855 7925 UID:150570-21909637@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150570 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Digital Accessibility,Disability,Discussion,Inclusion,Make It Accessible,Ndeam,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T145441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Climate Café: Building Community Resilience and Support DESCRIPTION:Connect with fellow U-M and Ann Arbor community members in a safe space to pause\, connect\, and talk about their experiences regarding the environment and climate change\, a.k.a. Climate Café. In this small group\, we encourage participants to share their stories and discover connections between our experiences. During this event\, participants will bridge gaps between climate emotions and sustainability action in our lives\, and learn how to care for ourselves and others. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nWe wish to provide uninterrupted discussion time\, and make sure that everyone has a chance to speak and be heard. Due to the nature of this activity\, participants should arrive at the start time promptly. \n\nThe event is free and open to any community member\, but registration is required. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions. The Climate Café structure utilized is inspired by Dr. Michaela Zint’s EAS581 course and the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America (CPA-NA) café framework. This event is brought to you by LSA Sustainability\, Student Life Sustainability\, the Planet Blue Ambassador program\, and City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovations. UID:153588-21916072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153588 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,climate,Climate Change,community gathering,Discussion,Environment,environmental,Environmental Communication,Free,Health & Wellness,Health And Wellness,In Person,Mental Health,planet blue,Sustainability,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T093236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Craft Lecture by Diana Khoi Nguyen DESCRIPTION:Zell Visiting Writers Series craft lecutures are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (Michigan League\, Henderson Room 3rd floor). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot. Login here (no pre-registration needed): https://myumi.ch/ZellWriters26\n\nPoet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of two poetry collections\, *Root Fractures* (Scribner\, 2024) and *Ghost Of* (Omnidawn Publishing\, 2018)\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the *L.A. Times* Book Prize. She is also the author of the chaplet *Unless* (Belladonna*\, 2019)\, which received the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Colorado Book Award. Her video work has recently been exhibited at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art. Nguyen is a Kundiman fellow and member of the Vietnamese artist collective She Who Has No Master(s). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, and winner of the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, she currently teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email zvwseries@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restroom is available on the third floor\, Room 343T.\n\nASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email zvwseries@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). For Public Parking: The Maynard Street Public Parking Structure (324 Maynard St.\, Ann Arbor) or The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) . All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities. UID:150814-21910227@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Culture,Department Of English Language And Literature,Free,Graduate,Literature,Poetry,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson Room, 3rd floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T102711 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:La Tertulia: Spanish Coffee Hour DESCRIPTION:Hola! ¿Cómo estás?\n\n-Practice your Spanish-speaking skills with peers & instructors in a relaxed environment. All language levels and students are welcome to join the conversation.\n\n-Come & go as you please\; stay as little or as long as you would like!\n\n-Free coffee\, tea\, light snacks\, & baked goods. UID:150691-21909929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150691 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Central America,Coffee,Community,Community Engagement,Culture,Engaged Learning,Europe,European,Food,Free,Games,International,Language,Latin America,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Spain,Spanish,Study Abroad,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916466@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T102446 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TBD DESCRIPTION:Details TBD UID:153814-21916389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aem Featured,statistics,symposium,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n UID:150348-21909068@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907036@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Koessler Room (League, 3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T151354 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 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:138848-21913666@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/my/payravdehqonov CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232158 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:OGPS Faculty Corner - Fall 2026 DESCRIPTION:This is a monthly in-person event designed to provide insights\, advice\, and knowledge to you as an emerging academic. Each event features a faculty member discussing topics pertinent to starting an academic career focusing on research. You will get to hear from faculty about their career trajectories and how they navigated their transition from trainee to faculty member. You will also have an opportunity to network with the faculty member as well as other trainees.Aims and Objectives:To provide a platform where trainees can learn from faculty experiences and knowledge.To address and discuss pertinent issues and topics relevant to the biomedical/medical field and life sciences.To foster networking and community-building opportunities among trainees and faculty.To promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement\, equipping trainees with the necessary skills and information for the faculty profession needed to transition into academia. UID:150293-21908984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:THSL 2955 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T093853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Session: GCC Brazil - Global Blackness DESCRIPTION:Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week\, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.\n\nJoin CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the GCC Brazil - Global Blackness program\, the application process\, and the courses.\n\nThursday\, October 8\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, October 23\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nWednesday\, November 4\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, December 4\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, December 8\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nThe GCC Brazil program is led and taught by Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\, Frieda Ekotto. Application Deadline: December 10\, 2026 UID:150292-21908979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,african and african american studies,African Diaspora,Culture,Latin America,Sessions,South America,study abroad LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative. UID:152626-21914207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912713@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T105707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T124500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? DESCRIPTION:Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time\, including the dinosaurs? Cosmic collisions are abundant in our solar system. See the numerous craters on worlds like the moon\, Mars\, and even distant Pluto. UID:105124-21912840@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260622T092756 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T123000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Heartfulness Meditation DESCRIPTION:Heartfulness Guided Meditation is a weekly\, drop-in program designed to help you Mental well-being. \n\nAll U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to participate in guided meditation practice with a trainer every Friday at noon over Zoom (details to join are provided below). No prior experience with meditation is required. \n\n*What will you learn?*\n\nThe session involves 3 simple steps:\n\nBreathing\nRelaxation\nMeditation\n\nDeep breathing bring a pause followed by Relaxation brings your body to a calm\, steady posture creating a stillness at the physical level\, and prepares the mind for meditation. Lastly\, learning to meditate by being mindful of your heart will connect you with yourself by listening to your heart’s voice. This is the art of Heartfulness Meditation. \n\n*Why Meditate?*\n\nWhile physical fitness keeps our bodies in shape\, meditation is an exercise for the mind and mental wellness. In addition to the measurable benefits mentally and physically\, many people benefit from an unquantifiable inner poise and harmony. \n\n*Please take Learn to Meditate session if you are new to the practice. These sessions are offered Monthly.* https://events.umich.edu/event/128708\n\n*Event Details*\n\nHeartfulness Guided Meditation \nFridays from 12-12:30 p.m. ET (except during university season days / holidays)\nJoin Via Zoom Meeting\nRegister to receive Passcode (see “Related links”\n\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by ITS Teaching & Learning and provided at no cost by heartfulness.org. UID:143758-21893976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143758 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Health & Wellness,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T144307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T133000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:IOE 101: Elena Antaya DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. UID:150645-21909753@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150645 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 1610 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T105028 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T124500 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. Register on our website\, see link below. UID:138074-21913198@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260831T123739 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MCDB Seminar Series> DESCRIPTION:Title and abstract coming soon! UID:151242-21911140@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T094916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:NERS Colloquium: Digital Twins\, algorithm development\, reactor multiphysics\, radiation transport DESCRIPTION:Kevin Clarno will discuss computational approaches for modeling advanced nuclear reactors\, including radiation transport\, multiphysics simulation and digital twins. His work seeks to integrate high-fidelity simulations with experimental systems to improve reactor analysis\, design and potentially the licensing and operation of advanced nuclear technologies.\n\nThe NERS Colloquia Series invites leading researchers\, industry experts\, and thought leaders from across the nuclear engineering and radiological sciences community to share their insights with students\, faculty\, and guests. Covering a wide range of topics—from cutting-edge research and emerging technologies to policy\, education\, and professional development—the weekly talks offer an opportunity to explore current issues and innovations shaping the future of the field. UID:150327-21909029@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150327 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Colloquia,Computation,Computational Science,Energy,Michigan Engineering,Physics,Research,Scientific Computing LOCATION:Cooley Building - Baer Room (2906 Cooley) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T142723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Prison Creative Arts Project Art Sale DESCRIPTION:PCAP Art Sale\nJoin us for an art sale to raise money for the 31st Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. This sale will feature artwork from our donated art collection\, a collection of artwork created by incarcerated artists. Contributing artists have all been featured in previous annual exhibitions and chose to donate these works to PCAP for classes\, external exhibitions\, or fundraisers. All proceeds from this sale support travel to all Michigan prisons\, artwork photography and preparation\, exhibit installation\, and events for the 31st Annual Exhibition. \n\nArt Sale Dates and Locations: \n\nDecember 4th\, 3:00-8:00pm\nDuderstadt Center\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nRoom 1180\n\nDecember 5th\, 3:00-8:00pm \nMichigan Union \n530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nKuenzel Room\n\nOnline Sale: December 4th-6th \nVisit prisonarts.org for details UID:153736-21916254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Social Justice,Student Org,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Reimagining STEM Student Success DESCRIPTION:Join us for Reimagining STEM Student Success — a series designed to advance the recommendations of the STEM Success Working Group by positioning organizational change as the primary lever for student success. Across five sessions\, expert insights will connect research to concrete U-M practices to transform our campus systems\, cultures\, and structures.\n*Please register for each Session you would like to attend. *For the Zoom sessions (December 4th & March 25th)\, you must also register separately for the Zoom Webinar using the link provided in the individual session description. This second registration is required to receive the Zoom webinar link. UID:151919-21912419@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261014T124213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T131500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026-27 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 via Sessions in advance. Planned sessions will be canceled if no one signs up to present.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email micde-phd@umich.edu. UID:153679-21916175@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153679 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bioinformatics,Biostatistics,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,College Of Engineering,Computational Medicine,Computational Modeling,Computational Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Engineering,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,high performance computing,Interdisciplinary,Life Science,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Medicine,Micde,Pharmacy,Phd Seminar,Prospective Graduate Students,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,Scientific Computing,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:296 Weiser Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T133000 SUMMARY:Other:Cophie Around the World (Last Fall 2026 event) DESCRIPTION:Cophie (University of Michigan Community of Physicists for Inclusion and Equity) invites you for our last social gathering: cophie around the world. Participants are encouraged to bring food/snacks from their States/Countries. \n12:30-1:30 at Neal Lab second floor fish bowl.  UID:151145-21910976@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151145 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:NEAL LAB 2246 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232223 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ASLE Conference Abstract Workshop DESCRIPTION: UID:150234-21908432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150234 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall 3241 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260901T143012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Environmental Humanities Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment\, the biggest environmental humanities association is holding its biennial conference between June 22-24 at the University of Maryland\, College Park. The conference theme is “Territory: Terra\, Terroir\, Terror.” In light of this exciting biennial conference\, EHW will be hosting a conference abstract workshop where graduate students and faculty will workshop pre-circulated abstracts and CFPs.\n\nRSVP here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/manage/session-detail/112293\n\nWhether you consider yourself a seasoned Environmental Humanist or you are simply curious about the field\, we hope to see you there! Feel free to bring friends and circulate our programming to anyone else you think might be interested. UID:151331-21911381@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature,Environment,Humanities,Workshop LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3154 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T143000 SUMMARY:Other:HLS Freaky Ready - Sponsored by BMS DESCRIPTION:Case interviews are becoming increasingly common in healthcare recruiting\, and we want to help MBA students feel more confident heading into interview season.\nJoin HLS and BMS for a low-stakes\, interactive session to learn what healthcare interviewers expect from candidates and what “good” looks like in a case interview. This is not traditional consulting case prep. Instead\, we’ll focus on the types of cases and critical thinking you may encounter in healthcare and pharma interviews.\nWe’ll then put it into practice with a mock case led by BMS. You’d be a great fit if you’re curious about healthcare interviews\, want to understand expectations\, or just want a chance to practice casing in a low-pressure setting. No preparation or prior casing experience required! UID:152409-21913691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152409 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:R2210 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260827T111632 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:LSA Opportunity Hub Pop-Up Coaching DESCRIPTION:Pop Up Coaching at the LSA Opportunity Hub presents a low stakes opportunity for students to stop by our office\, grab some popcorn\, and engage in a brief 10-15 minute career coaching conversation with one of our career coaches\, in addition to learning about our other services and offerings!\n\nPop Up Coaching is held on select Fridays during the Fall and Winter semesters in the LSA Building from 1-3 PM-- No appointment necessary!\n\nThe Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is on the first floor of a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the first floor\, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom on the first floor as well\, and places to sit or stand during the event. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-763-4674 so we can make arrangements. UID:150338-21910715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150338 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Career,Lsa Opportunity Hub LOCATION:LSA Building - First Floor Hub Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907037@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Koessler Room (League, third floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260918T142823 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender\, Feedback\, and Persistence Following Rejection: Evidence from Academic Grant Competitions DESCRIPTION:Research on gender inequality in high-status careers often finds that women are less likely to persist–or reapply–following rejections from professional opportunities. We revisit this account by examining how performance feedback shapes persistence. Using data on 3\,298 rejected applicants to Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council\, we analyze how performance feedback–specifically\, applicants’ distance from the funding cutoff–affects the likelihood of reapplication. Contrary to conventional accounts\, we find no overall gender difference in persistence: women and men are equally likely to reapply following rejection. Gender differences emerge only under conditions of highly negative feedback. Among applicants whose proposals fall far below the funding threshold\, men are more likely than women to reapply\, particularly in male-dominant fields. Drawing on interviews with 30 applicants\, we show that these differences reflect gendered interpretations of feedback and variation in perceived reapplication effort. Returning to the quantitative data\, we find that women who reapply following low-scoring proposals are more likely than men to secure funding in subsequent rounds. Examining persistence alone can therefore be misleading: women with low scores reapply less often\, but when they do\, they appear to exert more effort and are more likely to succeed\, reflecting a more selective approach to pursuing opportunities. UID:152450-21913752@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Organizational Studies,Sociology LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2240 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260721T144256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T155000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Economic Theory Seminar: Friday\, December 4 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:149505-21906532@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149505 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar,Theory LOCATION:North Quad - 4300 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Fall Birthday Celebrations DESCRIPTION: UID:151614-21911830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:International House Ann Arbor (921 Church Street) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T143717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T173000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Past Matters: Environments and Methods in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:The field of medieval environmental history has grown immensely from its inception 30 years ago. While scholars of the classical past and modern period registered environmental changes made by their powerful states a little earlier\, the topic caught on more slowly in the medieval field\, where small and ineffective states posed different methodological challenges. It took different ways of studying nature to see how environments changed in Europe and the Mediterranean during the millennium between 500 and 1500 CE. Scholars of the medieval environment of necessity adopted an acrobatic approach to the past\, bringing together the usual tools of the historian -- close textual analysis – with archaeology\, archaeobotany\, and scientific studies of pollen distribution\, weather patterns\, and the contents of middens. Today\, the field of medieval environmental history represents one of the most methodologically diverse and inventive among any branch of history.\n\n\nThis one-day conference\, with an opening session on the previous afternoon\, will appraise the major developments and turning points of the last 30 years in medieval environmental history with papers from some of the leading scholars in the field. Since one of the pioneers in medieval environmental history\, Paolo Squatriti\, has been on the faculty of the U of M for 25 years\, the conference will take cues from his seminal works and methodological turns. Panels will offer papers within the following themes: 1. History in the mundane 2. Historical agency and unexpected actors 3. The Mediterranean as a place of hybridity 4. Materiality and the past 5. Science in the service of history.\n\nFeaturing:\nJon Arnold (University of Tulsa)\nHenrik Dey (Hunter College)\nHussein Fancy (Yale University)\nBenjamin Graham (University of Memphis)\nRichard Hoffman (York University)\nAlyssa Kotva (The Ohio State University)\nJamie Kreiner (University of California\, Los Angeles)\nStephanie Leitzel (Cornell University) UID:150198-21908384@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150198 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Environment,European,Graduate,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Literature,Social Sciences LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21912953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T093228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T163000 SUMMARY:Well-being:LGBTea DESCRIPTION:Sip\, spill\, or just chill—we're taking a break! Bookmark your spot\, close that laptop\, and join us at Spectrum Center for some LGBTea. Relax with some tabletop and Switch games\, activities\, community\, and more. Then leave recharged and ready to take on the rest of your day. Your body and mind will thank you later.\n\n- October 13\, 12:00-2:00 pm\, Trotter Multicultural Center [LGBTea x CommuniTea]\n- December 4\, 2:30-4:30 pm\, Spectrum Center UID:152794-21914531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152794 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:lgbt LOCATION:Michigan Union - Suite 3020 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T133418 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:AIM Seminar: Open Slot DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA\n\nContact: Ibrahim Ekren UID:148884-21905046@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148884 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1084 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T161254 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Combinatorics Seminar DESCRIPTION:TBD UID:150291-21908975@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260902T123913 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Seminar DESCRIPTION:tbd UID:151403-21911505@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151403 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:High Energy Theory Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Seminar LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 4404 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T144533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life with Associate Professor Matthew Hull DESCRIPTION:Join the U-M Department of Anthropology for the annual Roy A. Rappaport Lecture Series! Associate Professor Matthew Hull will present the fall 2026 series\, titled “Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life.”\n\nAbstract: “Corporations are often seen as purely economic actors\, but they have been central to Anglo-American governance for centuries—pioneers of democratic assembly\, speech\, citizenship\, and constitutions. Many features of corporations\, once grounded in democratic ideals\, now foster the unresponsiveness of these institutions. These lectures will include discussion of a diverse array of corporations: medieval guilds\, the English East India Company\, Alaska Native corporations\, and caste-based corporations in India.”\n\nRappaport lectures will take place on the following fall Fridays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in West Hall Room 411. They are free and open to the public:\n\nFriday\, Sept. 25\n“Corporate Persons in Human Law: Reproduction\, Kinship\, Jurisdiction”\n\nFriday\, Oct. 23\n“Freedom and Citizenship: Corporate Membership and the Making of Exclusion”\n\nFriday\, Nov. 13\n“Meetings and Speech: Corporate Mediations of Will”\n\nFriday\, Dec. 4\n“Sharing and Inequality in Corporations”\n\nVIRTUAL PARTICIPATION LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91475190155\n\nREGISTRATION IS APPRECIATED for planning purposes: https://myumi.ch/e77Ax\n\nIf you need accommodations to attend\, please email anthro.exec.secretary@umich.edu.\n\nABOUT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MATTHEW HULL\nMatthew Hull is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the nexus of signification\, technology\, and institutions. His book\, “Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan\,” winner of the 2019 J.I. Staley Prize from the School of Advanced Research\, examines governance as a semiotic and material practice. He has worked on urban planning in 1960s India and police communication systems and lotteries in contemporary India. He is currently writing a book on how early modern corporations shaped democratic governance and continue to structure contemporary political life. UID:148332-21903938@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Anthropology,Lecture,South Asian Studies LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261020T134245 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:LSA Campus Tours for Transfer Students DESCRIPTION:Join the LSA Transfer Student Ambassadors for a central campus tour and to learn all about the transfer student experience. As transfer students\, the Ambassadors understand the questions you have and designed a tour with the needs of transfer students in mind.\n\nPlease register using the link to the right. UID:95236-21916584@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1180 (Transfer Student Center) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T142723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Prison Creative Arts Project Art Sale DESCRIPTION:PCAP Art Sale\nJoin us for an art sale to raise money for the 31st Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. This sale will feature artwork from our donated art collection\, a collection of artwork created by incarcerated artists. Contributing artists have all been featured in previous annual exhibitions and chose to donate these works to PCAP for classes\, external exhibitions\, or fundraisers. All proceeds from this sale support travel to all Michigan prisons\, artwork photography and preparation\, exhibit installation\, and events for the 31st Annual Exhibition. \n\nArt Sale Dates and Locations: \n\nDecember 4th\, 3:00-8:00pm\nDuderstadt Center\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nRoom 1180\n\nDecember 5th\, 3:00-8:00pm \nMichigan Union \n530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nKuenzel Room\n\nOnline Sale: December 4th-6th \nVisit prisonarts.org for details UID:153736-21916252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Social Justice,Student Org,Visual Arts LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Room 1180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T103351 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Sustainability Coffee Chats: Free coffee and good conversation! DESCRIPTION:The Student Sustainability Coalition will be hosting our coffee chats throughout the semester and we want you to join us! Passionate about sustainability?--water conservation\, AI\, carbon neutrality\, transportation\, ANYTHING!--come chat with us\, share your passion(s) and interests\, all while helping contribute to a more sustainable University of Michigan! Not to mention: WE WILL BUY YOUR DRINK!\n\nFind us at: \nMaizes Cafe every Friday from 3-4p UID:138091-21908270@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138091 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Climate Change,Discussion,Food,food and the environment,Free,Free Food,Graduate and Professional Students,In Person,Social,Social Impact,Student Org,Sustainability,Talk,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Michigan League - Maizie's Cafe CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan (League, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T103613 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Sessions: CGIS Advanced Spanish Program Offerings DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the CGIS Spanish-language programs in Spring/Summer 2027. These program offerings are pre-approved by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL). Students can earn 300- and/or 400-level Spanish credits depending on the program. \n\nPlease visit the program brochure (see links to the right of this post) to learn more about course pre-requisites and other eligibility criteria.\n\nCGIS: Advanced Spanish in Alicante\, Spain\nCGIS: Advanced Spanish in Santiago de Compostela\, Spain\nCGIS: Public Health in Santiago\, Dominican Republic\nCGIS: Spanish in Madrid\, Spain\n\nDATES:\nFriday\, November 6\, 4:00 - 5:00 pm (Info Session)\nFriday\, December 4\, 4:00 - 5:00 pm (Info Session)\nFriday\, December 18\,  10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nFriday\, January 8\,  10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising) UID:153555-21916005@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153555 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Language,Latin America,Public Health,Romance Languages And Literatures,Sessions,Spain,Spanish LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T102118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Topology seminar: Canonical bases of skein algebras\, and categorification DESCRIPTION:Abstract: For an oriented surface S\, the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of S is an algebra generated by isotopy classes of framed links in the thickened surface S x (-1\,1) modulo skein relations\, and it quantizes the SL2 character variety of S. I will review various vector space bases of the skein algebra\, and discuss the problem on the positivity of structure constants. I will spend enough time to give an elementary introduction\, and towards the end I will briefly present recently known results\, from quantum cluster algebras and mirror symmetry\, from foams\, and from quantized K-theoretic Coulomb branches. I hope to focus more on the last one\, which is based on my joint work 2505.13332 with Dylan Allegretti and Peng Shan\, which gives a monoidal categorification of the skein algebra of a genus zero punctured surface. UID:152188-21913200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152188 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261014T131824 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Beta Reader Bonanza DESCRIPTION:Looking to take your writing to the next level? Planning to submit to the Hopwood Awards? Join us for cozy drinks and make some friends! At the Beta Reader Bonanza\, undergraduate writers can come together to forge meaningful and compatible critique partnerships—casual\, committed\, or somewhere in between. Kick off your evening with a speed dating event to get to know your peers\, followed by a mixer over an assortment of hot cocoa\, egg nog\, tea\, and biscuits. Come for the treats and stay for lifelong friendships! UID:153702-21916201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Humanities,Literature,Social,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Writers,Writing LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T141012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:WISE STEM Community Meetings DESCRIPTION:Grad students\, postdocs\, and undergrads all come together with a common interest of building a STEM community. Join us in the WISE space for snacks\, new friends\, professional development lead by our student mentors\, and time for connections in small groups! All are welcome.\nSTEM equity for everyone needs everyone! WISE programming is open to all students regardless of sex\, gender\, or gender identity. UID:151300-21912382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Sessions,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:WISE Office, 3236 Undergraduate Science Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260910T150526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kaffeestunde im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Kaffeestunde is a weekly opportunity to mingle and unwind \"auf Deutsch\". It is a place to connect with other Max Kade residents\, chat informally in German\, and participate in activities prepared by facilitators. The Kaffeestunde is open to the wider German-speaking community at UofM.\n\nKaffeestunde meets weekly on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) UID:151925-21912439@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151925 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Edward Said Lounge (2450 NQ) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T102510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:SAPAC Care Collective Feel Good Fridays DESCRIPTION:Take a break and spend your Friday evening with us! Whether you want to study\, unwind\, have some self-care time\, or connect with community\, there’s a place for you here! All students welcome—drop in\, get comfy\, and come as you are. \n\nSAPAC’s Care Collective is a low-pressure\, semi-structured\, confidential\, student-led community space for student survivors of sexual assault\, intimate partner violence\, stalking\, sexual harassment\, gender-based harassment and/or other forms of harm. Students do not need to label or share their experiences to join Care Collective spaces\, and all students are welcome. The Care Collective offers various connection opportunities centered around wellness\, grounding\, and community\, including but not limited to study days\, stand-alone events\, regularly offered wellness spaces\, and more. Events are free to attend\, unless otherwise noted. Drop in anytime and come as you are. UID:153812-21916390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153812 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,sapac,student org LOCATION:Michigan Union - 4100 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T183000 SUMMARY:Other:General Body Meeting / Board Games - National Society of Black Physicists DESCRIPTION:National Society of Black Physicists Willie Hobbs Moore Chapter invites you to our monthly general body meeting and also board game night. \nLocation: 5:30-7pm in West Hall 267B\nFree food (Please RSVP)\nLearn more about NSBP here: https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/nsbp-whmc/home UID:151148-21910979@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151148 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:West Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SAPAC GROWE: Engendering Respectful Communities Workshops - SY26 - 27 DESCRIPTION:Engendering Respectful Communities (ERC) is a one session workshop that engages graduate students in meaningful dialogue about various forms of sexual misconduct they may encounter in both professional and social spaces\, and provides resources for intervention or support in such circumstances.The primary goal of the workshop is to address complexities experienced by graduate students as they engage in bystander intervention\, so that participants gain an increase in awareness of barriers to action and familiarity with strategic planning to overcome them. The workshop also introduces participants to on-campus resources and provides knowledge on how sexual misconduct can unfold in graduate-specific settings.The ERC workshop uses small-group circles intended to promote active reflection and space to build community. The procedure of circles is introduced at the beginning of the workshop in order to help participants get used to the process\, which they do through a circle for introductions and value-sharing for the workshop space. These circles depict various\, realistic scenarios related to sexual misconduct within the graduate community. The circle process allows circle members to process the monologues\, reflect on complexities with identity and power dynamics within them\, name potential barriers to intervention\, and think of various ways in which they might respond if faced with similar situations. The circles provide a way to foster collective building of ideas\, where participants learn from one another and all input is equally valued. Participants are encouraged to share but can always pass if desired\, creating an environment where participation is open but not forced. Due to the participatory nature of the workshop\, if you are to arrive more than 20 minutes late\, we will ask you to re-register for another workshop session.If you have any questions about or concerns with taking this workshop\, or are in need of an exemption\, please contact jhippe@umich.edu or fill out this form. We know some students come to campus having already experienced harm. If you have circumstances that make completing this course challenging\, please reach out to the GROWE team. SAPAC GROWE provides exemptions to the ERC workshop (where requirements are set in place) on a case by case basis. The Program Manager will communicate with students requesting exemptions via email and/or meet with students via zoom meetings to discuss their need for exemptions and provide any relevant and necessary resources. UID:150694-21909971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:105 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception: 2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn Friday\, December 4\, join us in celebration of a new exhibition featuring work by students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline.\n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n\n UID:150350-21909078@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150350 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T130502 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Out of the Ordinary | the work of John Ronan Architects DESCRIPTION:\"Out of the Ordinary\" showcases the work of Taubman College alumnus John Ronan and his Chicago-based practice\, John Ronan Architects\, an internationally recognized firm known for conceptual innovation and rigorous attention to detail. Through a research-based\, iterative design process\, the studio orchestrates materials\, systems\, and detailing to create buildings and spaces defined by both great functionality and beauty. Working across a wide range of scales and project types\, the firm's searching approach consistently produces work that is compelling and memorable. \n\nLocation: Liberty Annex (305 W Liberty St\, Ann Arbor)\nPublic Hours: Fridays (6-9pm) & Saturdays (1-4pm) UID:152116-21913015@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152116 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumnus,Architecture,Architecture\, Urban Planning,Construction,Curators,Detail,Exhibition,Material,Practice,Project,Tectonics LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex Exhibition Space CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T181707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Opera: \"The Medium\" (1946) DESCRIPTION:The Department of Voice & Opera presents *The Medium*\, with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti.\n\nSung in English.\n\nConductor: Timothy Cheek \nStage Director: Chía Patiño UID:148733-21904675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148733 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T100452 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:An Acoustic Christmas DESCRIPTION:A holiday show and more\n\n2026 Christmas Tour Thoughts\n\nOne December\, not long after Over the Rhine began recording and touring\, we were invited to perform some seasonal songs on a public radio station. We worked up a few carols and traditional tunes. \n\n\nIt actually felt really good and conjured up an unusual mix of feelings from childhood: innocence\, loss\, wonder\, joy\, sadness. I think we were surprised.\n\nPeople must have tuned into the radio broadcast\, because we began receiving inquiries as to whether we had recorded any of our Christmas songs. \n\nIn December of 1996 – can it really be 30 years ago? – we recorded and released our first song cycle of some of the Christmas carols that still haunted us. We included a few original tunes and called our wintry mix The Darkest Night Of The Year. Folks began snatching up copies and seemed to agree that they hadn’t heard anything quite like it.\n\nWe began playing concerts around the Midwest every December and found that the rooms were usually packed full of people who had bundled in out of the cold. If you stepped outside during intermission\, you could make ghosts with your breath in the crisp night air. And it was dark – oh so dark: a time of year with its own music.\n\nA decade later\, in 2006\, we released our first full collection of original Christmas/holiday songs called Snow Angels. What is it about Christmas music and the undeniable gravitational pull it exerts on some songwriters? So many Christmas songs have already been written. I think we remain genuinely curious about the ones that haven't yet been written.\n\nWe continued to tour every December and these special year-winding-down concerts began to feel like an annual tradition – gatherings of extended musical family\, without whom\, we’d be homeless.\n\nWe released our third holiday album of original songs\, Blood Oranges In The Snow\, in December of 2014. One enthusiastic fan wrote to us\, I just love your new Christmas album\, Blood On The Oranges. We’re dark but not that dark.\n\nOn our 2026 tour\, we will be leaning into some harmonies and making an intimate but hopefully holy ruckus. It won’t be all Christmas music: we’ll certainly mix in tunes from many of our records along the way. But hopefully it’s still true: hopefully\, you haven’t heard anything quite like it.\n\nWe hope you’ll join us\,\nLinford Detweiler\nWith Karin close by\nNowhere Else\nClinton County\, Ohio UID:150376-21909145@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150376 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260609T181702 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:Contemporary Directions Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Jayce Ogren\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n*Chamber Symphony*\, Franz Schreker\n*Music for 18 Musicians*\, Steve Reich UID:148734-21904676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148734 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T220000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:SAS Public Open House DESCRIPTION:Open houses are free\, inclusive opportunities to learn about astronomy and experience the universe firsthand. At each open house\, members of SAS operate the telescopes and the planetarium of the Angell Hall Observatory. Guests can view astronomical objects through the 8-inch telescopes and the 0.4m telescope (weather permitting)\, watch a planetarium show on a number of interesting topics\, or learn about the cosmos from a presentation. No special registrations or reservations are required\, these events are entirely free to students and members of the public alike. \nThe Angell Hall Observatory is located on the roof of Angell Hall. Take the elevator to the 5th floor to find the door to the roof down the hall.\nThe Angell Hall Planetarium is located on the third floor of Angell Hall\, in room 3118. UID:149615-21906766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149615 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Angell Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260930T100132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T230000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Telescope Observing DESCRIPTION:Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments!\n\nLocated on Central Campus next to Alice Lloyd Hall and Couzens Hall. Free admission\; no registration required.\n\nThe Observatory will be open for exploration even if the weather does not permit telescope observing. We strive to always have interesting things for you to do!\n\nLast visitors admitted 30 minutes prior to closing. UID:153095-21915071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153095 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,Education,educational,free,Museum,museums,observing,Telescope Observation,telescope viewing,Telescopes LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T161832 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261204T230000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UMix: Winter Wonderland DESCRIPTION:Step into a festive freeze at UMix: Winter Wonderland! Join us for an unforgettable winter-themed night packed with cozy eats\, exciting games\, creative crafts\, and a lineup of seasonal activities. Whether you're looking to challenge your friends to fun party games\, create a holiday keepsake\, or just relax with delicious food\, we've got all the cozy seasonal vibes covered. Bring your friends\, wrap up warm\, and celebrate the season with us! UID:152678-21914368@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activities,Crafts,Free,Free Food,Games,Winter LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T235959 SUMMARY:Other:2026 Porter Classic Synchronized Skating Competition DESCRIPTION:Synchronized Skating Competition in Ann Arbor\, Michigan.  UID:151279-21911304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:BIGGBY Coffee Ice Cube - Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908874@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909846@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260812T143717 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T173000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Past Matters: Environments and Methods in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:The field of medieval environmental history has grown immensely from its inception 30 years ago. While scholars of the classical past and modern period registered environmental changes made by their powerful states a little earlier\, the topic caught on more slowly in the medieval field\, where small and ineffective states posed different methodological challenges. It took different ways of studying nature to see how environments changed in Europe and the Mediterranean during the millennium between 500 and 1500 CE. Scholars of the medieval environment of necessity adopted an acrobatic approach to the past\, bringing together the usual tools of the historian -- close textual analysis – with archaeology\, archaeobotany\, and scientific studies of pollen distribution\, weather patterns\, and the contents of middens. Today\, the field of medieval environmental history represents one of the most methodologically diverse and inventive among any branch of history.\n\n\nThis one-day conference\, with an opening session on the previous afternoon\, will appraise the major developments and turning points of the last 30 years in medieval environmental history with papers from some of the leading scholars in the field. Since one of the pioneers in medieval environmental history\, Paolo Squatriti\, has been on the faculty of the U of M for 25 years\, the conference will take cues from his seminal works and methodological turns. Panels will offer papers within the following themes: 1. History in the mundane 2. Historical agency and unexpected actors 3. The Mediterranean as a place of hybridity 4. Materiality and the past 5. Science in the service of history.\n\nFeaturing:\nJon Arnold (University of Tulsa)\nHenrik Dey (Hunter College)\nHussein Fancy (Yale University)\nBenjamin Graham (University of Memphis)\nRichard Hoffman (York University)\nAlyssa Kotva (The Ohio State University)\nJamie Kreiner (University of California\, Los Angeles)\nStephanie Leitzel (Cornell University) UID:150198-21908385@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150198 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Environment,European,Graduate,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Literature,Social Sciences LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T121232 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T113000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Saturday Morning Physics | So\, You've Taken an Image with a Telescope — Now\, How Do You Measure the Expansion of the Universe? DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture: Join us in Weiser Hall in person (Rooms 170 and 182) or stream live: https://myumi.ch/QMmrw\n\nAstronomers use light to study everything from individual stars and planets to the history and evolution of the Universe. By observing the sky across all forms of light – from radio waves to visible light to gamma rays – we can turn images from telescopes into measurements of the cosmos. In this talk\, I describe how we go from taking images with telescopes all the way to making grand statements about the expansion of the Universe\, focusing on exploding stars called supernovae and examples from my research projects DEHVILS and SAINTS. UID:150462-21909477@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150462 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Event,Faculty,Free,Graduate Students,Physics,Science,Staff,Undergrad Physics Events,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 170 & 182 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n UID:150348-21909069@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T121522 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through December 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Southeast Michigan-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 11 - December 11) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 3 \n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Abhishek Narula (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Nathan Byrne (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nAbhishek Narula\, Compressions \nCompressions is an installation comprised of 416 industrial-grade zip ties\, cinched around the entry pillar of the Stamps Gallery. The pillar measures roughly 110 inches in circumference\, requiring two ties per row to wrap around it\, resulting in 208 rows. The humble zip tie\, typically used to hang and bind other material\, is relegated to its functional properties rendering it unprepossessing and easily dismissed. The zip tie in this installation\, instead serves as an object of aesthetic possibility\, pulling it out of its usual background role to become the work itself. The resulting composition is a proposal to dwell\, to slow down\, and to simply see the pillar.\n\nAbhishek Narula is an artist\, designer\, and educator who works across sculpture\, installation\, sound\, and video. His practice takes the form of interventions\, working with what is already present. He reorients and disrupts objects and sites in order to open up formal possibilities and poetic experiences within the familiar. He is influenced by physical and digital infrastructural systems that sustain modern life and culture. His work treats this ambience itself as raw material for aesthetic inquiry\, exploring themes of labor\, precarity\, temporality and the sublime. Narula earned his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and his MS/BS in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work has been exhibited at national and international venues such as the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology\, Science Gallery Detroit\, Speculum Artium Media Festival in Slovenia\, New Media Caucus (NMC)\, WaveFarm\, The Boulder Public Library\, The Hyde Park Art Center\, Sector 2337 Art Gallery & Printing Press\, Tangible Embedded Interaction (TEI)\, International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA)\, among others. He is a Robotics Systems Designer and Lecturer in the Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\nNathan Byrne\, Equally To Be Loved\nEqually To Be Loved is an image / object scaled to and installed upon the courtyard pillar of Stamps Gallery. The image is of a spontaneous sculpture made in 2017 during the first day of an artist residency at the Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program. The sculpture was constructed in a storage container studio using 14 discrete objects that were in his studio upon entry. For Byrne\, this work embodies the energy and spirit of a studio at the start of a particularly fecund period of making. This work speaks to the artist’s interest in embodied experience of space\, archival and site responsiveness\, as well as his ongoing engagement with found materials. Byrne considers this project to be a far-flung sequel to his MFA thesis exhibition Equally Empty\, which was shown at Stamps Gallery in 2021. Equally To Be Loved is the second line of the Buddhist mantra from which both titles are derived.\n\nNathan Byrne is an artist / educator / curator currently based in Detroit\, MI. Through spatial and archive responsive projects\, he reimagines\, and explores within frameworks such as language\, the passage of time\, and contemplation. Intrigued by the potential of conveying phenomenal\, transformative\, and emotive states through materiality\, process\, and placement\, he negotiates the pliability of the viewer’s encounters with objects and environments. Byrne holds an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from San Francisco State University. He has been a Lecturer at Stamps School of Art & Design since the Fall of 2022. His work is exhibited widely nationally and he is a recipient of the VSC Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. He has been awarded numerous artist residencies including Anderson Ranch Arts Center\, I-Park\, KHN Center for the Arts\, Prairie Ronde\, Recology San Francisco A.I.R. Program\, and Rockland Woods. Website / Instagram UID:138033-21881376@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138033 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916467@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T103914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan DESCRIPTION:“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan explores how campus and community debated the issues that tore the country apart\, how students and alums joined the fight\, and how the University’s public mission began to conflict with its elite aspirations. Based on collections at the Bentley Historical Library.\n\nDeveloped by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory and featuring the work of its student docents\, “Fill the Ranks” includes historic artifacts\, digital animations\, and interactive elements spanning two floors.\n\nOn display September 25\, 2026-July 2\, 2027 at the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, 1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109.\n\nView the exhibit during the Observatory’s open hours: Thursdays 12-5 pm\, Fridays 12-11 pm\, Saturdays 12-5 pm.\n\n“Fill the Ranks”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan is supported in part by the Inclusive History Project. To learn more\, please visit inclusivehistory.umich.edu. Additional support provided by the University of Michigan’s U.S. at 250 initiative. UID:152626-21914287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152626 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,American History,American Politics,archives,bentley historical library,bentley library,civil rights,Civil War,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Humanities,Museum,museums,Politics,Social Sciences,Storytelling,Student Life,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906655@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T105707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T124500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? DESCRIPTION:Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time\, including the dinosaurs? Cosmic collisions are abundant in our solar system. See the numerous craters on worlds like the moon\, Mars\, and even distant Pluto. UID:105124-21912841@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261013T145926 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Interfaith Service Opportunity: CASS Community Social Services Detroit DESCRIPTION:Serve in Detroit with RSSL! \n\nCASS Community Social Services \n\nSaturday October 3\, 2026 | 12:00 - 5:00 PM \n\nBe part of something bigger than yourself! Join RSSL for an afternoon of meaningful service at CASS Community Social Services in Detroit. Work alongside community partners\, connect with fellow students\, and make a tangible impact while learning more about the people and organizations strengthening our community. \n\nTransportation is provided. \n\nRegistration is required. \n\nSpace is limited\, sign up today! \n\nhttps://myumi.ch/RQWrd UID:149628-21906821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149628 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Engagement,Community Service,Culture,Detroit,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Faith,Free,Health & Wellness,In Person,Inclusion,Interfaith,Leadership,Multicultural,Networking,Religious,Social Impact,Social Justice,Volunteer,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location - CASS CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T181531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T160000 SUMMARY:Other:National Portfolio Day - Online DESCRIPTION:\n\nExplore the nation’s best col­leges of art and design and meet with Stamps Admissions rep­re­sen­ta­tives\, who can pro­vide informal port­fo­lio reviews\, dis­cuss our unique cur­ricu­lum\, and answer ques­tions about pro­fes­sional careers in art. Show­ing your work early can help you acquire impor­tant infor­ma­tion about orga­niz­ing and pre­sent­ing your port­fo­lio for future admis­sion con­sid­er­a­tion. High school stu­dents\, par­ents\, teach­ers\, guid­ance coun­selors\, and col­lege trans­fer stu­dents are encour­aged to attend. All National Portfolio Day events are free and open to the public.\n\nAll in-person event times are listed according to theevent’s local time and all virtual events are listed in Eastern Time. Please be sure to check the equivalent time in your local time zone\, and register through the official National Portfolio Day website. UID:150665-21909868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T142723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Prison Creative Arts Project Art Sale DESCRIPTION:PCAP Art Sale\nJoin us for an art sale to raise money for the 31st Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. This sale will feature artwork from our donated art collection\, a collection of artwork created by incarcerated artists. Contributing artists have all been featured in previous annual exhibitions and chose to donate these works to PCAP for classes\, external exhibitions\, or fundraisers. All proceeds from this sale support travel to all Michigan prisons\, artwork photography and preparation\, exhibit installation\, and events for the 31st Annual Exhibition. \n\nArt Sale Dates and Locations: \n\nDecember 4th\, 3:00-8:00pm\nDuderstadt Center\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nRoom 1180\n\nDecember 5th\, 3:00-8:00pm \nMichigan Union \n530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nKuenzel Room\n\nOnline Sale: December 4th-6th \nVisit prisonarts.org for details UID:153736-21916255@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Social Justice,Student Org,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RSSL Interfaith Service Opportunity: CASS DESCRIPTION:Service Opportunity: Cass Community Social Services\nOctober 3\, 2026 | 12:00–5:00 PMJoin RSSL for an afternoon of service with Cass Community Social Services in Detroit. Together\, students will support an organization dedicated to meeting immediate needs while creating pathways toward long-term stability through food assistance\, affordable housing\, job training\, and community-building initiatives. This hands-on service experience invites students to put compassion into action\, deepen their understanding of social justice\, and build meaningful connections with one another while serving the broader Detroit community.Transportation will be provided from the University of Michigan\, making it easy for students to participate. Whether you're looking to give back\, meet new people\, or learn more about community engagement\, all are welcome to join us. UID:149166-21906816@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149166 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:CASS Community Social Services CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T103610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T150000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Scientist Spotlight DESCRIPTION:Only for the curious! Visit with U-M scientists and participate in engaging\, hands-on activities to learn about their cutting-edge research. These researchers are part of the U-M Museum of Natural History’s Science Communication Fellows program that connects scientists with the public.\n\nFree and open to the public. \nSuitable for upper elementary through adult visitors. \nMade possible with help from the National Science Foundation. UID:152183-21915806@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Museum,Research,Science LOCATION:Museum of Natural History CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912866@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21912954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T142723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Prison Creative Arts Project Art Sale DESCRIPTION:PCAP Art Sale\nJoin us for an art sale to raise money for the 31st Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. This sale will feature artwork from our donated art collection\, a collection of artwork created by incarcerated artists. Contributing artists have all been featured in previous annual exhibitions and chose to donate these works to PCAP for classes\, external exhibitions\, or fundraisers. All proceeds from this sale support travel to all Michigan prisons\, artwork photography and preparation\, exhibit installation\, and events for the 31st Annual Exhibition. \n\nArt Sale Dates and Locations: \n\nDecember 4th\, 3:00-8:00pm\nDuderstadt Center\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nRoom 1180\n\nDecember 5th\, 3:00-8:00pm \nMichigan Union \n530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nKuenzel Room\n\nOnline Sale: December 4th-6th \nVisit prisonarts.org for details UID:153736-21916253@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Social Justice,Student Org,Visual Arts LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912897@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T181807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T180000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Music Recital DESCRIPTION:Students perform a chamber music recital\, presented by the Department of Chamber Music. UID:152694-21914389@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152694 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T181808 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Music Recital DESCRIPTION:Students perform a chamber music recital\, presented by the Department of Chamber Music. UID:152695-21914390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152695 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T181708 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Chamber Opera: \"The Medium\" (1946) DESCRIPTION:The Department of Voice & Opera presents *The Medium*\, with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti. \n\nSung in English. \n\nConductor: Timothy Cheek\nStage Director: Chía Patiño UID:148735-21904677@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148735 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus,Storytelling,Theater LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T120346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T223000 SUMMARY:Performance:Handel's Messiah DESCRIPTION:Composed in 1741\, Handel’s enduring masterpiece has enraptured audiences for centuries with its sublime beauty and profound spirituality.\n\nComposed in a miraculous three weeks in 1741\, it marked the beginning of a new direction for Handel\, whose oratorios were immensely popular. From the jubilant “Hallelujah” chorus to its stirring arias and evocative chorales\, Messiah is a celebration of the season’s true meaning: comfort\, hope\, and the promise of joy.\n\nLed by conductor Scott Hanoian and brought to life each year by friends and colleagues throughout the community who perform with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union\, this musical tradition continues to shine brightly. Each year\, we receive dozens of comments from audience members\, some of whom have been attending for decades\, proclaiming it the musical highlight of the year.\n\nFeaturing:\nAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra\nUMS Choral Union\nScott Hanoian\, conductor\nAmanda Forsythe\, soprano\nSun-Ly Pierce\, mezzo-soprano\nNicholas Phan\, tenor\nCharles H. Eaton\, baritone UID:153354-21915689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra,Holiday Event,Music,UMS,Ums Choral Union LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260422T132602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261205T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Bedouine DESCRIPTION:“humble folk-pop brilliance” –Rolling Stone\n\nAs a child\, if you’re lucky\, summer afternoons stretch out like a yawn\, pool waves are as warm and engulfing as a blanket\, the safety of your mother’s arms feels endless. On her new album\, Neon Summer Skin\, Bedouine\, the project of Azniv Korkejian\, explores this feeling of safety long before one can fully understand the concept. Written with vivid\, honest and intimate imagery after visiting her family in Saudi Arabia\, it tells the story of family and upbringing\, and mourns the end of her childhood. There is a singular resonance and newfound heft in this music previously unheard in Bedouine’s discography. \n\nBedouine is known for making gentle\, lilting folk songs that build fingerpicked guitar melodies into tsunamis of emotion. Her masterful songwriting and timeless melodies have earned her praise from publications like Pitchfork\, who said her music “boasts a surreal calm and lived in glow\,” and Rolling Stone\, who lauded her “humble folk-pop brilliance\,” plus an NPR Tiny Desk Concert\, and tours with the likes of Fleet Foxes and Father John Misty. \n\nAs personal as her songs have been\, they’ve often built upon universal experiences. The writing on Neon Summer Skin\, however\, is full of specific memories: a neon swim suit\, beads of water dripping down tangled hair\, the blood of a lamb\, often sacrificed at Syrian weddings\, oozing across the pavement. “It was the first time I had the inclination to write a record about one main subject which gave me a clarity and motivation I hadn't quite had before.” \n\nBedouine started working on the record after a trip to Saudi Arabia to visit her parents. She correctly assumed it would be her last one there because her family was retiring to Armenia. “For my 20s and much of my 30s\, I couldn’t sit still\,” she says. “I would pack my car and move to a new place. I was so curious about my own independence that it just didn't occur to me for the longest time to mourn the past. But after that trip\, I came home and was so devastated. I couldn't place the feeling immediately\, but as I started writing\, I realized I was processing that I wasn’t ready to stop being somebody’s kid. \n\nShe co-produced most of the songs with her longtime collaborator\, Gus Seyffert\, and wrote with the sweet pop melodies of Todd Rundgren\, Karen Carpenter\, and Carole King in mind. She also worked on a couple of tracks with producer Jonathan Rado with Michael and Brian D’Addario of the Lemon Twigs. “It was important to me to try to approach some of the production of this record a little differently\, just to try something new\,” she says. The result is a fuller\, more playful sound\, at times grand and orchestral\, shimmery and surreal\, inflected with bits of psychedelia\, bossa nova\, and jazz. UID:147617-21901364@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T234500 SUMMARY:Other:2026 Porter Classic Synchronized Skating Competition DESCRIPTION:Synchronized Skating Competition in Ann Arbor\, Michigan.  UID:151279-21911305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151279 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:BIGGBY Coffee Ice Cube - Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T130000 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. MSU DESCRIPTION:Home game vs MSU UID:149146-21905822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908875@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n UID:150348-21909070@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Case Interview Preparation Sunday Session (Part 2) DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Tech Club for Part 2 of our Case Interview Preparation Sunday Session\, where members will continue role-specific case practice in small groups. Participants will receive feedback on their structure\, communication\, and problem-solving approach while building confidence for tech\, strategy\, product\, operations\, and related recruiting interviews. This session is designed to help you refine your case skills through hands-on practice and collaborative learning.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n UID:149845-21907252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Tauber Colloquium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916468@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T185255 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T151500 SUMMARY:Other:optiMize Social Innovation Challenge: Event - Build Your Prototype DESCRIPTION:Event and space to allow participants to start building their prototype! UID:153450-21915869@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153450 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship LOCATION:Central Campus Classroom Building - 0460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T105707 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T124500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? DESCRIPTION:Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time\, including the dinosaurs? Cosmic collisions are abundant in our solar system. See the numerous craters on worlds like the moon\, Mars\, and even distant Pluto. UID:105124-21912842@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/105124 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T142723 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Prison Creative Arts Project Art Sale DESCRIPTION:PCAP Art Sale\nJoin us for an art sale to raise money for the 31st Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. This sale will feature artwork from our donated art collection\, a collection of artwork created by incarcerated artists. Contributing artists have all been featured in previous annual exhibitions and chose to donate these works to PCAP for classes\, external exhibitions\, or fundraisers. All proceeds from this sale support travel to all Michigan prisons\, artwork photography and preparation\, exhibit installation\, and events for the 31st Annual Exhibition. \n\nArt Sale Dates and Locations: \n\nDecember 4th\, 3:00-8:00pm\nDuderstadt Center\n2281 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nRoom 1180\n\nDecember 5th\, 3:00-8:00pm \nMichigan Union \n530 S State St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\nKuenzel Room\n\nOnline Sale: December 4th-6th \nVisit prisonarts.org for details UID:153736-21916256@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Social Justice,Student Org,Visual Arts LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T134500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T181749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:African Diaspora Class Showing DESCRIPTION:A presentation of dances and materials learned in African Dance\, Congolese Dance\, and other diasporic classes within the Department of Dance. This showing often features live drumming. UID:152331-21913555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152331 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Dance,Diversity,Free,North Campus LOCATION:Dance Building - Dance Performance Studio Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180213 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T160000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Crafting Meeting DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Sunday from 2:00-4:00p for our weekly crafting meeting! All skills are welcome with plenty of teachers and projects for knitting and crocheting each week. Our meetings are entirely free along with all of our materials. If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 2:00-4:00 pm\nLocation: Central Campus\, Michigan Union in the Parker Room (2nd floor) \nVIPs Club GCal: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y183OWUyMmFkNTQ2NDk4NDdmNWZiN2U1NmE4ZDMwNjIzMWUwYTE4MWUyYjY0YTQyNjZkYjIzNzdlMTRlODhlYzczQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20\nVIPs Club Instagram: @vipsclubumich\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nNonprofit Instagram: @vipsfund UID:151221-21911098@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union: Parker Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261006T120346 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T170000 SUMMARY:Performance:Handel's Messiah DESCRIPTION:Composed in 1741\, Handel’s enduring masterpiece has enraptured audiences for centuries with its sublime beauty and profound spirituality.\n\nComposed in a miraculous three weeks in 1741\, it marked the beginning of a new direction for Handel\, whose oratorios were immensely popular. From the jubilant “Hallelujah” chorus to its stirring arias and evocative chorales\, Messiah is a celebration of the season’s true meaning: comfort\, hope\, and the promise of joy.\n\nLed by conductor Scott Hanoian and brought to life each year by friends and colleagues throughout the community who perform with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union\, this musical tradition continues to shine brightly. Each year\, we receive dozens of comments from audience members\, some of whom have been attending for decades\, proclaiming it the musical highlight of the year.\n\nFeaturing:\nAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra\nUMS Choral Union\nScott Hanoian\, conductor\nAmanda Forsythe\, soprano\nSun-Ly Pierce\, mezzo-soprano\nNicholas Phan\, tenor\nCharles H. Eaton\, baritone UID:153354-21915690@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra,Holiday Event,Music,UMS,Ums Choral Union LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T144500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:T.REX DESCRIPTION:With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists\, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT (Greatest Of All Tyrants): Tyrannosaurus rex. Anchored by the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota\, T. REX intercuts the remarkable fossil dig\, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex to life—from hatchling to hulking adult. Narrated by Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill\, T. REX explores the newest science that has helped reinvent our understanding of the iconic predator. UID:136347-21912955@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136347 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Film,Museum,natural history museum,Planetarium LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T101215 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T154500 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Sky Tonight DESCRIPTION:A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal directions with the North Star\, current and upcoming constellations\, visible planets\, a few deep sky objects depending on the season\, and other interesting astronomical visualizations. If you want to be able to look up from your own backyard and know what to look for\, this is the show for you. UID:141325-21912898@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141325 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomy,Children,Family,Film,Museum,museums,natural history museum,Natural Sciences,Planetarium,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Science,Space,Undergraduate LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180248 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T161500 SUMMARY:Other:Consulting Club Education Sessions DESCRIPTION:Weekly Education session focused on recruiting\, networking\, and casing prep for full-time and internship opportunities in consulting. UID:151775-21912159@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151775 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Tauber Colloquium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Weekly Session Michigan Cricket Club DESCRIPTION:Michigan Cricket Club Weekly Session\; Hard Tennis Ball at the U of M - Sports Coliseum\, 721 S 5th Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104\, USA UID:150305-21908996@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150305 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:U of M - Sports Coliseum, CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21915925@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Union- 2210 ABC (2nd Floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260829T224821 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Gadites Meeting DESCRIPTION:📖 Proverbs 6:23 (KJV)\nFor the commandment is a lamp\; and the law is light\; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life…\n\nLet’s come together with open hearts as we receive the light of the Lord tomorrow.\n\nSee you all at East Quad!!\n\n🚨 Have you invited someone to Gadites recently?\n\n😇 Bring a friend and let them witness what the Lord is doing in our midst.\n\n©️ GADITES\n#ATroopCometh UID:151164-21911025@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151164 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Bible Study,Christian,Religious,Spirituality LOCATION:East Quadrangle - 1405 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260825T121712 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T184500 SUMMARY:Performance:Gamelan Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Join us for this performance featuring beginner gamelan players. After the performance\, all are welcome for refreshments and presentations at 6:45pm\, to be followed by the Advanced Gamelan Concert\, 8:00 to 9:00 pm.\n\nComprising of seventy-five gongs\, percussion and other instruments\, the U-M gamelan\, named Kyai Telaga Madu (Venerable Lake of Honey)\, is part of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. The U-M Gamelan Ensemble offers members the opportunity to explore new music composed for gamelan and helps train an important generation of scholars in Southeast Asian music.\n\nThe gamelan program is part of U-M’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies at LSA. UID:150880-21910362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Culture,Diversity,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T133111 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T200000 SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:Worship & Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join us for Worship & Dinner every Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the Wesley Lounge at the Wesley Foundation!\n\nCome as you are for a relaxed time of worship\, prayer\, reflection\, and community—followed by a free shared meal. Whether you are looking for a spiritual home\, new friends\, or simply a good dinner at the end of the weekend\, you are welcome here.\n\n📍 Wesley Foundation\, Wesley Lounge (602 E. Huron St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI) \n🕕 Sundays at 6:00 p.m. \n🍽️ Free dinner follows worship\nAll are welcome! UID:151743-21912083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151743 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Christianity,Dinner,Religious LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Wesley Lounge (Main Level) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T190000 SUMMARY:Other:WoW Weekly Meetings! DESCRIPTION:Weekly meetings are hosted every Sunday from 6-7 p.m. Join our calendar for locations!\nWoW Weekly meetings count as credit towards earning a bike through our Cycling Forward program. UID:151107-21910873@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151107 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260617T121722 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T203000 SUMMARY:Performance:Cello Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Students from the studio of Professor Amir Eldan perform a recital. UID:149003-21905306@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149003 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260909T192031 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Griffin House DESCRIPTION:“If you are looking to be blown away by raw talent\, then look no further than Griffin House.” –American Songwriter\n\nGriffin House is an American singer-songwriter and storyteller. Touring and making records for over 20 years\, House has a discography that includes over 13 albums. His debut record “Lost and Found” (2004) was featured on CBS Sunday Morning by music critic and then VP MTV/VH1\, Bill Flanagan\, who named House one of the best emerging singer-songwriters of our time. \n\nAfter forging a loyal fan base through years of grassroots touring as an opener for acts such as John Mellencamp and the Cranberries\, House broke through as a national headliner in 2009 with an appearance on Late Night with Craig Ferguson and the release of his underground hit “The Guy That Says Goodbye to You is Out of His Mind.” \n\nThe music documentary “Rising Star\,” released on Amazon Prime in 2019\, chronicles House’s journey through the music business\, as he attempts to balance the challenges of life as a traveling modern-day troubadour with marriage\, fatherhood and sobriety. \n\nHouse’s music has been featured on prime time television shows such One Tree Hill\, Rescue Me\, Party of Five\, and Everwood\, and reviewed in magazines such as Paste\, No Depression and Rolling Stone. American Songwriter writes “if you want to be blown away by raw talent\, look no further than Griffin House.” UID:151778-21912162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151778 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260825T121713 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261206T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Gamelan Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Enjoy this performance featuring our advanced gamelan players. Arrive early for a performance by beginner gamelan players at 6:00 pm. All are welcome for refreshments and presentations preceeding this concert at 6:45 pm. \n\nComprising of seventy-five gongs\, percussion and other instruments\, the U-M gamelan\, named Kyai Telaga Madu (Venerable Lake of Honey)\, is part of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. The U-M Gamelan Ensemble offers members the opportunity to explore new music composed for gamelan and helps train an important generation of scholars in Southeast Asian music.\n\nGamelan performances bring the music\, dance and puppetry of Central Java to the stage in Ann Arbor\, often featuring eminent Javanese artists-in-residence. The gamelan program is part of U-M’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies at LSA. UID:148736-21904678@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148736 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Diversity,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260828T153625 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T093000 SUMMARY:Well-being:First Light DESCRIPTION:Start your week with First Light. Join Adventure Leadership for a guided morning experience designed to help you greet the day\, connect with others\, and get outside. Depending on the week\, we'll take a reflective walk\, listen for birdsong\, or simply enjoy a quiet morning outdoors. Hot beverages always\, no previous experience is required. UID:151135-21910936@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151135 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Adventure Leadership,Community,Nature,Nature Rx,Outdoors,Well-being LOCATION:Intramural Sports Building - Adventure Leadership Outpost CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909421@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260826T132935 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Comics Beyond Sight DESCRIPTION:This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics visual accessibility\, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing\, haptics\, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for those who are blind or have low vision\, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University (SFSU) with the expertise of blind access professionals. \n\nEmily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!)\, and prior to that\, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability. \n\nNick Sousanis (SFSU)\, the lead creative organizer of the exhibit\, is a Detroit native and was the first person to draw his dissertation in comics format\, subsequently published as the graphic novel Unflattening.\n\nView the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open\, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday\, October 2nd\, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. UID:150276-21908573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150276 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Comics,Disability,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908876@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907559@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916705@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909848@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907156@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Search Training DESCRIPTION:Please note the following: Before you sign-up\, please make sure you have secured your supervisor's approval for attendance.\nRegister for only ONE session.In this training\, you will learn to: Use the Shared Hiring Philosophy as a guide to creating an inclusive search experience and process framework that supports equitable candidate selection from preparation to onboarding Conduct behavior-based interviewing Create a team-oriented approach to an effective and positive candidate experienceThrough demonstration and hands-on practice\, this course will serve as a guide to help you through the experience of being part of a search committee team. If you need an accommodation for this training\, please email the facilitators at StudentLifeSearchTraining@umich.edu at least 2 weeks before the date of your training. Search Training is offered monthly\, so we encourage you to sign up for a future date if we can't meet your need. UID:103209-21909744@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/103209 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n UID:150348-21909071@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T100054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:U-M Biological Station Virtual Information Session for Students DESCRIPTION:Wake to loon calls\, conduct research beneath towering pines and end the day with a sunset swim in Douglas Lake.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station is recruiting undergraduate and graduate students for immersive\, field-based courses and research fellowships during its four-week spring and summer 2027 terms in northern Michigan.\n\nStudents can explore the opportunities at a virtual Information Session at noon on Monday\, Dec. 7\, on Zoom. Registration is required in advance through the Information Session Online Registration Form.\n\nUMBS staff and recent students will discuss courses\, credits\, scholarships\, undergraduate research fellowships\, cabin life and dining. No prior field experience is required\, and students of all majors from colleges and universities worldwide are welcome.\n\n“This is more than school. This is a life-changing experience\,” said Hassan Mustapha\, a U-M senior and pre-med student who took classes at UMBS in summer 2026.\n\nLocated along Douglas Lake and Burt Lake about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge\, UMBS is a more than 10\,000-acre living laboratory where students learn and conduct research in forests\, rivers and lakes. Most courses include a research component.\n\nAvery Schestag\, a U-M senior studying ecology and evolutionary biology\, arrived with little field experience. In spring 2026\, she studied how leaf litter affects soil nitrogen in forests across northern Michigan as part of an ecology class.\n\n“It was really cool to do the research\,” Schestag said. “I enjoyed being able to go out in the field a lot and come back to the lab.”\n\nStudents also learn directly from conservation professionals\, researchers and community partners.\n\nIsa Reyes\, a U-M graduate student studying ecosystem science and management and geospatial data science in the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)\, served as the 2026 CLEAR Fellow and took the Conservation Biology in Practice class.\n\n“It was really cool to meet with so many practitioners — the people who do a lot of great conservation work — and then go out in the field and see unique species like Kirtland’s warblers and dwarf lake iris\,” Reyes said.\n\nUMBS welcomes students from across disciplines. Bailey McClive\, a U-M chemical engineering junior\, studied microbiology and Great Lakes policy and management during the 2026 summer term.\n\n“Getting the chance to come out and connect with nature is not something I get to do a lot for my major\,” McClive said. “Building connections with Michigan professors\, research scientists from around the world\, and regional stakeholders is so valuable.”\n\nThe residential experience at UMBS creates a close-knit community. Students\, professors\, researchers\, staff and their families share meals\, explore northern Michigan and live in cabins.\n\n“At the Biological Station\, I met so many people who are similar to me in so many different ways\,” said Annie Wesorick\, a U-M junior studying ecology and evolutionary biology. “I feel like I made 50 new friends while I was here.”\n\nFor Zafir Maker-Agha\, who studied business administration and environmental science at U-M\, UMBS provided a memorable finish to his undergraduate experience.\n\n“The campus is gorgeous\,” Maker-Agha said. “I would wake up and go on a run\, see the sunrise along the lake and maybe go fishing before breakfast.”\n\nThe spring 2027 term runs June 1 through July 1. The summer 2027 term runs July 13 through Aug. 12.\n\nThe University of Michigan Biological Station serves as a gathering place to learn from the natural world\, advance research and education\, and inspire action. We leverage over a century of research and transformative experiences to drive discoveries and solutions to benefit Michigan and beyond.\n\nOur vast campus engages all of the senses. Its remote\, natural setting nurtures deep thought and scientific discovery.\n\nFounded in 1909\, UMBS supports long-term research and education through immersive\, field-based courses and features state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for data collection and analysis to help any field researcher be productive. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place. UID:153725-21916242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Biological Station,Bsbsigns LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T150343 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T143000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kreativwerkstatt DESCRIPTION:Chat in German and express yourself creatively. Crafting\, coloring\, painting\, drawing\, knitting\, sewing\, crochet\, embroidery\, origami? You will combine speaking German\, any level welcome\, beginners included\, and creatively expressing yourself. You are encouraged to bring your own materials or (ongoing) projects\, but we will also provide some materials and prompts each week. \n\nContact Laura Okkema (lokkema@umich.edu) or Iris Zapf-Garcia (iriszaga@umich.edu.) with questions. UID:151749-21912101@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151749 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Discussion,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Visual Arts LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Conference Room, 3308 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232139 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UM-AMDP Info Session: Fall 2027 Admissions Cycle DESCRIPTION:Are you a current University of Michigan undergraduate student interested in earning a master’s degree from the U-M School of Information on an accelerated timeline?\nThe U-M Accelerated Master’s Degree Program (UM-AMDP) offers eligible U-M students a reduced-credit pathway to a UMSI master’s degree. Rather than completing the standard 48 credits\, UM-AMDP students complete 39 credits\, which may allow them to graduate in as little as 1.5 years—or three semesters.\nJoin one of our virtual UM-AMDP Information Sessions to learn how you can continue your education at Michigan and deepen your expertise in the information field.\nEach session includes:\n\nAn introduction to the UM-AMDP and an overview of the curriculum \nInformation about eligibility\, application requirements\, and deadlines \nDetails about the reduced-credit pathway and expected timeline \nLive Q&A with a member of the UMSI admissions team\n\nWhether you’re beginning to explore your options or preparing to apply\, this session will help you understand the program and determine whether the UM-AMDP is the right next step for you. UID:150830-21910247@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150830 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260821T104852 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T153000 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:150689-21909913@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150689 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Food,Free,French,Games,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Language,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260825T082159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Germine H. Awad) DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded UID:149700-21906966@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T115353 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Dynamics seminar DESCRIPTION:TBA UID:152952-21914831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152952 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dynamics LOCATION:East Hall - 3096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260929T085739 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:ISRMT Seminar: Title TBA DESCRIPTION:Abstract: TBA UID:153029-21914939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153029 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260713T144535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T172000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Public Finance Seminar: Monday\, December 7 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:149338-21906248@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149338 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Public Finance,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T195534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SCOR Bi-weekly Coworking Sessions DESCRIPTION:SCOR is hosting a bi-weekly coworking sessions as an avenue for students to study\, write and build connections with the SCOR community. Light snacks will be provided. Use the links below to register with Sessions or add the dates to your calendar. UID:152581-21914725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152581 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Discussion,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Professional Student Life,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Multicultural,Networking,Rackham,Social,Student Org,Welcome to Michigan,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Earl Lewis Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SCOR Bi-Weekly Study Sessions DESCRIPTION:SCOR is hosting a bi-weekly coworking sessions as an avenue for students to study\, write and build connections with the SCOR community. Light snacks will be provided. Please see our calendar for schedule. UID:152922-21914803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152922 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Earl Lewis Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180233 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T210000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Brazilian Zouk Dance Lesson DESCRIPTION:Hi zoukinis! Join us for Brazilian Zouk Dance Lessons!\nNot sure what Zouk is? Zouk is a Brazilian social partner dance known for its fun-loving and playful style\, often involving close embrace\, body rolls\, and hair whips. Check out our page for example videos! \n6 pm-Beginner Lesson\n7 pm-Practica\n8 pm-Improver Lesson\nAll of our lessons are open level and require no experience\, feel free to drop in and meet our fun-loving and welcoming community. See you soon! UID:151447-21911604@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151447 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T180241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T193000 SUMMARY:Other:General Meeting DESCRIPTION:General Meeting! UID:151669-21911922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151669 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Rackham West Conference Room- Fourth Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260903T121741 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm UPO performance. UID:151498-21911660@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151498 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260827T121727 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This UPO concert includes a world premiere composed by Kristin Kuster\, professor of composition\, and featuring violin soloist Matt Albert\, professor of chamber music. \n\nJayce Ogren\, conductor\nMatt Albert\, violin (Kuster)\n\nPROGRAM\n\"Dreaming by the Fireside\" from *Intermezzo*\, Richard Strauss\nSymphony No. 4 in B-flat major\, op. 60\, Ludwig van Beethoven\n*Upland Green* (world premiere)\, Kristin Kuster\n\"Mars\" and \"Jupiter\" from *The Planets*\, op. 32\, Gustav Holst UID:148737-21904679@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261015T134954 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Awakening the Dragon–Showcasing the Building and Performance of an Asian Icon DESCRIPTION:Experience a curated experience of the imaginary\, featuring a lightly sci-fi\, magnificent work of art--the LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon\, a 25-ft long\, Asian-inspired full-body dragon sculpture for use in the traditional \"dragon dance\" crafted by renowned international artist Zhen Guo with U-M faculty arts lecturer Raymond Wetzel\, artist Jeri Rosenberg\, students\, and volunteers The exhibition highlights the story of the dragon's fabrication and its impact on community.. An iconic symbol of inclusivity\, strength\, and courage\, this newly imagined U-M dragon\, with its futuristic flair\, technological creativity and sustainable materials\, invites students and the entire community to re-envision a classic cultural symbol for contemporary times.\n\nPresented by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. This project was made possible by grants from the University of Michigan Arts Initiative and the Office of the Provost\, Global Engagement.\n\nAdditional funding was provided by ArtsEngine\, Center for World Performance Studies\, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments\, and U.S. Department of Education.\n\nWith support from Asian Languages and Cultures\, International Institute\, James and Anne Duderstadt Center\, Nam Center for Korean Studies\, Residential College\, School of Kinesiology\, School of Music\, Theatre & Dance\, Taubman College\, University of Michigan Library\, University of Michigan Museum of Art\, and Women’s and Gender Studies Department.\n\n*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cstep@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:152125-21913111@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152125 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Chinese Studies,Dance,Exhibition,Free,International,Multidisciplinary Design,Performance Art,Visual Arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T121511 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Camille Ann Brewer\, MFA\, MLIS DESCRIPTION:Camille Ann Brewer lives and works in the City of Detroit\, Michigan. Through the process of textile construction\, Brewer’s artwork intersects cartographic and photographic images that speak to specific spaces and time. Weaving together of physical place\, memory with time is the core subject of this body of work. \n\nThe artwork is built with time-period paper maps\, which illustrate spatial geography and political territory\; along with paper-collaged images of people\, places and things\, which tie directly to the history and human relationships in space. In patterns that support the artwork’s theme\, the two disparate paper elements are then woven together to create a serendipitous making and aesthetic experience. UID:150411-21909422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150411 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art,ArtsEngine,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Exhibition,Humanities,North Campus,Reception,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Rotunda Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260814T155307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T230000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Down in Ann Arbor Town: Pictorial Maps\, Campus Traditions\, and the Women Who Made Them DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the centennial of the iconic 1926 “Down in Ann Arbor Town” map by exploring the colorful history\, campus traditions\, and detailed artistry that made it possible. Created by Jessie Horton Koessler (Class of 1901) to help fund the Michigan League building for women\, this celebrated map provides a fascinating view into 1920s campus life and the women who shaped it. Through three distinct exhibit sections\, journey from the campus history that led to the map’s creation to a broader look at early 20th-century pictorial mapmaking.\n\nWhile enjoying the exhibit\, pick up a scavenger hunt at the Clark Library desk that will inspire you to notice whimsical details in the maps discussed. Return your scavenger hunt at the desk for a small prize\, while supplies last.\n\nJoin the curators — Ava Pustulka (’28) and Anna Rohl\, map curator at Clark Library — for a presentation on September 24 (https://myumi.ch/X8y3r)\, where they will share the research that went into creating the exhibit. UID:150290-21908877@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260818T114238 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Lila Kadaj Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Lila Kadaj received her MFA from Wayne State University. Her work has been shown at numerous institutions\, including the Detroit Institute of Arts\, the Cranbrook Art Museum\, and the Arab American National Museum. She spent nearly 27 years teaching art at Detroit Public schools.\n\nArtist statement: “When looking at a beautiful flower. It’s just itself. Just there......no .....it does not proclaim its purpose for blooming is to make people happy. It just is. Like standing in front of an easel and painting........just is.......no matter......what proclamations may be concluded to sway the viewer. Same thing goes for fine art. It’s not about I am a woman....it’s not about I am a first generation Arab American.....it’s not about being a child of trauma....it’s not about a member of my family being gunned down on the street....it’s about being born a painter.....standing in front of my easel and working to create a \"Piece of Fine Art\". Not standing on some soap box and expecting my words to somehow qualify my painting. It’s the painting\, drawing or sculpture that must speak on its own.......on how the artist......via the intellect and muse uses the elements to create something distinct and first rate. It can be quiet or loud. I see so much very weak work uplifted not for its quality but because it’s in fashion.” UID:150406-21909258@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150406 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Arab Heritage Month,Art,ArtsRx,Culture,Detroit,Diversity,Exhibition,Free,Middle East Studies,North Campus,Visual Arts,Women's Studies LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 18 - Connections Gallery Concourse Level CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260806T162236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:WCEE Exhibition. The Art of Memory\, Paintings by Felix Lembersky DESCRIPTION:Felix Lembersky (1913-1970) was a painter\, theater stage designer\, teacher\, and leader of artistic groups. He began his career within the Soviet Avant-Garde in Ukraine before studying realist painting in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Throughout his life he worked across realist and modernist styles that fell outside of Soviet-mandated Socialist Realism. His Execution: Babyn Yar series (ca. 1944-52) is the earliest known artistic representation of Babyn Yar\, a Holocaust massacre site in Kyiv. For political reasons\, these paintings\, along with his later nonconformist work\, were barred from exhibition in the Soviet Union.\n\nHaving witnessed two world wars\, the 1917 revolution\, and political terror\, Lembersky reflected on these experiences with candor while imbuing his work with hope and optimism. He was drawn to vulnerable\, neglected\, and marginalized people: children\, the elderly\, ethnic minorities\, and industrial workers subjected to harsh labor and dangerous conditions. Regardless of their circumstances\, Lembersky portrayed his subjects with empathy\, dignity\, and admiration. \n\n“For my father\, honesty and integrity meant more than anything else. Art was an expression of freedom\, individuality\, and personalized creativity\, without which it ceased to be art.”\n— Galina Lembersky\, daughter\n\nExhibit curated by Yelena Lembersky\, granddaughter of Felix Lembersky\, and Geneviève Zubrzycki\, WCEE Director.\n\nWorks on loan from the private collection of Yelena Lembersky.\n\nContact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:149975-21907560@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149975 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,russia,ukraine LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261001T160941 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women's anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. Instead\, the exhibit offers evidence of joy\, reminders of possibility\, and a visual legacy for generations to come. \n \nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae's belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers. They create space for BIPOC families to see themselves represented with dignity and to witness the full range of birth experiences. Lashae's photographs also create a tangible record that can support conversations around quality of medical care\, respectful treatment\, and patient rights. The exhibit empowers women to prioritize and advocate for their birth experiences while also encouraging perinatal health professionals and birthworkers to center the humanity\, dignity\, and individual experiences of patients and families. \n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer whose work has been published in Everyday Birth Magazine\, an international publication. The physical exhibit is accompanied by a virtual component that encourages audiences to engage with each mother's birth story.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan. \n\nBlack Birth Joy\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153178-21915344@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153178 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african and african american studies,american culture,anthropology,Art,artists and curators,photography LOCATION:Lane Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T130435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Black Birth Joy photography exhibit DESCRIPTION:Black Birth Joy by Tiana Lashae documents birth as a deeply personal story of connection\, courage\, tenderness\, and joy. The photographs and stories in the exhibit challenge mainstream narratives that reduce Black birth to statistics and only amplify Black pregnant women’s anxiety and hesitancy about navigating the maternal health care system. \n\nBlack Birth Joy was born from Lashae’s belief that more positive birth stories of BIPOC families need to be seen and heard\, and her photographs invite viewers to witness the people behind them: the mothers\, babies\, partners\, families\, and birthworkers.\n\nThe exhibit comprises over 30 photographs as well as stories of mothers whose births were documented by Lashae\, a doula and birth/newborn photographer.\n\nThe Lane Hall Exhibit Space is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Michigan.\n\nThursday\, October 1\, 2026 – Friday\, January 15\, 2027\nLane Hall Exhibit Space\, 204 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI\nOpen M–F\, 9AM–5PM UID:153919-21916706@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153919 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:advocacy,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,american culture,Art,artists and curators,arts,arts at michigan,Black America,Blackness,Caregiver,Caregivers,center for the education of women,community activism,Community Engagement,daas,Diversity,equity issues,Exhibition,feminism,feminist,Gender Equality,gender studies,Health,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,Health Equity,healthcare,Nursing,obstetrics and gynecology,reproductive health,reproductive justice,Reproductive Rights,sexuality,social science research,Storytelling,Student Parent,Student Parents,Students With Children,Wellness,women,women of color,Women's And Gender Studies,women's health,women's health program,women's studies LOCATION:Lane Hall - First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T123553 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Breakfast\, Luncheon\, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s\, 1920s\, and 1930s DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a buffet selection of early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Visit the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Library\, Monday-Friday\, 9:00am-4:30pm. UID:152203-21913316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152203 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260928T153704 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s DESCRIPTION:Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see historical materials that illustrate women’s changing relationship with food\, cooking\, and technology during the heady decade of the 1920s\, sandwiched between WWI and the Great Depression. This exhibit features materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive\, as well as select items from the Art\, Architecture\, and Engineering Special Collections and the Transportation History Collection.\n\nAs America rang in a new decade in the 1920s\, cookbook authors and appliance manufacturers stood ready to offer the newly emancipated and forward-thinking American woman a vision for her future\, a vision that would be scientifically grounded\, speedy enough to make time for leisure as well as housework\, and guaranteed to bring fun to that most humdrum of chores: planning and preparing meals for a family three times a day\, 365 days a year. UID:150658-21909849@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culinary History,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, 1st Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T124814 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Like the Flowing River DESCRIPTION:Artist Tomoyuki Ueno creates individual works and installations where nature appears to be in an endless conversation with form\, one echoing the other\, a repetition. They are a combination of certainty and ephemerality\, as if hinged between living and loss. The specificity of Ueno’s sculptural works reads like poetry. Ueno’s installation offers visitors time away\, for contemplation\, to draw inward\, to come inside\, to ask the question\, “How are art and the everyday intertwined?” Honoring the Buddhist philosophy of impermanence\, one becomes a continuation of the other. The artist intends the space to offer a restorative and meditative experience.\n\nThis exhibition includes artworks created from natural materials foraged by the artist while in artist residency in Ann Arbor.\n\n*The title refers to the opening line of Hōjōki\, written by 13th-century Japanese Buddhist monk Kamo no Chōmei: \"The flow of the river is ceaseless\, and the water is never the same…\"* UID:149763-21907157@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Humanities,Visual Arts LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260922T093359 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CoderSpaces - Tuesdays DESCRIPTION:Are you grappling with a piece of code\, trying to compute on a cluster\, or just getting started with a new method such as machine learning? Then we might have just the right space for you.\n\nAll members of the U-M community are invited to join our weekly virtual CoderSpaces to get research support and connect with others.\n\nTuesdays\, 9:30-11 a.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575)\nWednesdays\, 1:30-3 p.m. ET\, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 513 103 7575) UID:152608-21914065@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152608 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ai,Artificial Intelligence,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Machine Learning,Social Science,Social Sciences,Statistics LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/5131037575?omn=94024500517 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261008T140121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T113000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender & Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:Algorithmic Capture and the Cognitive Labor of Motherhood UID:153486-21915911@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153486 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Social Sciences,Sociology,Workshop LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T155949 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Special Exhibition | Ancient Abstractions: Roman Visual Trends Beyond Naturalism DESCRIPTION:The lifelike naturalistic bodies of Greek and Roman sculpture have been a source of wonder since the Renaissance. Indeed\, the Italian Renaissance artist Vasari identified the ancient world as the time “when sculpture rose to its greatest height.” But close likenesses of the natural world are not the only visual products of the ancient past. This exhibition traces alternative visual trends in the ancient Roman world that today would be considered examples of abstraction. It focuses on monuments and motifs long pushed to the margins of our accounts of ancient art. Oversize arrangements of interlocking shapes pulsate in bold block colors from tombs\, temples\, and homes\; stylized animals flicker into view\, only to collapse once more into bright geometric arrangements\; and artists adopt experimental shorthands for the depiction of space across media. Anticipating recent interests in color and form\, the visual trends of antiquity emerge as far more varied than has long been told.\n\n*Ancient Abstractions is on view from November 5\, 2026\, through February 28\, 2027\, during regular museum hours (Tuesday–Friday\, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM\, and Saturday–Sunday\, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM\; closed Mondays and university holidays.* UID:153842-21916470@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153842 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Rome,archaeology,art,Art History,collections,cultural heritage,Exhibition,Faculty,Free,history,Mediterranean,museum,Research,roman empire,visual arts LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T102701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:TBD DESCRIPTION:Details TBD UID:153815-21916391@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153815 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aem Featured,statistics,symposium,Talk LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T121520 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:2026 BA Senior Studio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Senior Studio in their final year of study. \n\nAt Stamps\, BA Senior Studio (ARTDES 401) is offered for BA students in their final year of study. The BA Senior Studio Exhibition offers these students the opportunity to build on the particular characteristics of the BA degree\, and focus on creating and exhibiting a culminating\, self-directed project. Students work independently or collaboratively to define a project plan with goals\, benchmarks\, and a timeline. \n\nIn the BA Senior Studio Exhibition\, students and instructors work collaboratively to produce a fully self-directed show from start to finish. This new Stamps tradition emphasizes studio work\, as well as the skills and practices associated with producing professional exhibitions.\n UID:150348-21909072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150348 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T095345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T125000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Michael Beauregard Seminar in Macroeconomics: Tuesday\, December 8 DESCRIPTION:-- UID:149573-21906717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149573 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Macroeconomics,seminar LOCATION:North Quad - 4325 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260911T131259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:“Who Counts? A History of Voting in America” DESCRIPTION:Changes over the course of the nineteenth century in how Americans voted\, from voice vote to public ballot box to private voting booth\, also saw changes in the material culture that surrounded voting. Ballots and ballot boxes\, campaign pins and ribbons\, blank lists and pre-printed party tickets\, lanterns and banners–the creative forces of the American print industry filled the country’s cities and small towns with the ephemera of electioneering.\n\nAs you look at the items in this exhibit\, think about what they tell us about how Americans in the past felt about voting\, and about how voting felt. How did Election Days feel when they were full of parades and music and public drinking? What was it like to vote when everyone around you knew who you voted for? And\, most of all\, who counted as a voter\, and who did the counting?\n\nOn view September 11-December 22\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:152024-21912717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:american culture,american history,Americana,Event,Exhibit,Exhibition,history,In Person,libraries,Library,Tour,William L Clements LOCATION:William Clements Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026-2027 CommuniTEA DESCRIPTION:Weekly gathering for students\, staff\, and faculty to build community with the Trotter/MESA team and discuss the week’s events. Organizations and units are encouraged to collaborate and offer light refreshments or share tea practices that center their cultural practices. Come join us for good conversation\, food and fun! UID:151558-21911749@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151558 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232144 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CGIS: GCC Portugal Travel Writing - Info Sessions & Drop-in Sessions DESCRIPTION:Instrested in going to Portugal next May? Join CGIS advisor\, CIerra Murphy\, along with the program's professor Angele Anderfuren\, for online group advising and info session sessions for the CGIS: Global Course Connections (GCC) in Lisbon\, Portugal - Travel Writing. These sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the program\, ask questions\, and get the support you need to prepare for your study abroad experience.  UID:152432-21913734@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152432 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260924T121524 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Cosmo Whyte: Under the Quiet\, Beyond the Eye DESCRIPTION:\n\nCurated by Srimoyee Mitra\n\nStamps Gallery kicks off the fall 2026 semester with an ambitious mid-career survey of interdisciplinary artist Cosmo Whyte. Born and raised in Jamaica\, Whyte completed a BFA from Bennington College and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member at the School of the Arts and Architecture\, UCLA.\n\nThis exhibition brings together two central concerns that animate Whyte’s artistic practice: the archive\, both personal and public\, as a site of disturbance\; and migration as a lived experience of refuge\, refusal\, and reinvention. In Whyte’s work\, the archive is never static or neutral. Rather\, it is a contested space where official histories encounter memory\, inheritance\, and the fragments of stories carried across generations. His practice moves within this charged interstitial terrain\, between what has been recorded and what has been remembered\, between institutional knowledge and embodied experience. Whyte invites the viewer to consider the fluidity of geographic borders and layered cultural identities that have persisted despite societal unrest caused by racial and socio-economic hierarchies across generations. In an era of intensified border politics and renewed debates over national identity\, Whyte’s work offers a timely meditation on memory\, movement\, and belonging.\n\nPresented with support from the U-M Institute for Humanities\, the U-M LSA Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, and the U-M Library. UID:149541-21906656@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149541 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260824T075440 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Deciphering the Protein-RNA Crosstalk: How Proteins Recognize RNAs for Processing and Modification- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar presented by Dr. Yunsun Nam of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center UID:150760-21910120@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150760 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:20260821T115315 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | China’s Economic Slowdown: A Firm-Level Perspective DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom\, registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/DW8j6\n\nThis talk develops a new representative firm-level dataset for Chinese manufacturing from 1998 to 2019 by combining tax\, registry\, and inspection records and correcting for sampling biases in existing administrative data. Using a CES production framework with firm-specific distortions\, the talk introduces a novel decomposition of aggregate TFP growth into efficient growth and changes in misallocation. The analysis documents a sharp slowdown in Chinese manufacturing productivity growth after 2010\, driven both by weaker incumbent-firm productivity growth and by a diminished contribution from firm turnover and reallocation. \n\nLoren Brandt is a professor of economics at the University of Toronto specializing in the Chinese economy. He has published widely on the Chinese economy in leading economic journals including the *American Economic Review*\, *the Quarterly Journal of Economics*\, *Review of Economic Studies*\, *Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy*\, and been involved in extensive household and enterprise survey work in both China and Vietnam. With Thomas Rawski\, he completed *Policy\, Regulation\, and Innovation in China’s Electricity and Telecom Industries* (Cambridge University Press\, 2019)\, an interdisciplinary effort analyzing the effect of government policy on the power and telecom sectors in China. He was also co-editor and major contributor to *China’s Great Economic Transformation* (Cambridge University Press\, 2008)\, which provides an integrated analysis of China’s unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. His current research focuses on issues of entrepreneurship and firm dynamics\, industrial policy and innovation\, and economic growth and structural change. UID:150699-21909978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150699 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Data,Economics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260917T135056 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T130000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Woll Family Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Margaret Wardlaw DESCRIPTION:About the Talk: \nIn this talk\, we’ll explore how modern medicine can offer remarkable cures while often lacking the ritual\, honor\, and sense of the sacred that help us make meaning of illness\, suffering\, and death. What can the hospital’s history—and its connection to pilgrimage—teach us about restoring meaning to the bedside? Pilgrims at the Bedside examines the sacred roots of modern medicine and how hospitality\, ritual\, and meaning can enrich the experience of both patients and caregivers.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nMargaret Wardlaw is a pediatrician and sleep medicine physician\, educator\, and a prize-winning essayist. She received her MD and PhD in the Medical Humanities from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Her research interests include religion\, spirituality\, childbirth\, disability studies\, medicine as religious practice\, sleep medicine\, and pediatric palliative medicine. In addition to presenting nationally and internationally\, her writing has appeared in Guernica\, Plough\, Feminist Approaches to Bioethics\, Religion and Medicine\, The Persisting Osler\, and The American Journal of Bioethics. Her essay\, \"Monsters\,\" which received a Pushcart Prize\, is the winner of the grand prize in the National Science Foundation's \"Dangerous Creations\" project for the bicentennial of Frankenstein. UID:152370-21913597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Death And Dying,Hospitality,Illness,Meaning,Medicine,Medicine As Religious Practice,Modern Medicine,Program On Health Spirituality And Religion,Religion,Ritual And Meaning,Spirituality,Suffering LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T104901 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T133000 SUMMARY:Meeting:FoRMS: Allison Grenda DESCRIPTION:Please join The Forum for Research in Medieval Studies (FoRMS) on Tuesday\, December 8th\, for a presentation from Allison Grenda\, a PhD candidate in the department of History of Art. Allison will workshop a presentation for an upcoming conference.\n\nLunch will be provided! UID:152511-21913848@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152511 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art History,Medieval Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T093853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T143000 SUMMARY:Other:Study Abroad Info Session: GCC Brazil - Global Blackness DESCRIPTION:Global Course Connections (GCCs) offer a unique opportunity to take what students learn on campus at U-M during the winter semester and apply it abroad in a fun and exciting hands-on class taught by a U-M professor during a 3-week\, off-campus field experience that takes place during the following summer.\n\nJoin CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the GCC Brazil - Global Blackness program\, the application process\, and the courses.\n\nThursday\, October 8\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, October 23\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nWednesday\, November 4\, 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, December 4\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, December 8\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\n\nThe GCC Brazil program is led and taught by Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\, Comparative Literature\, and Francophone Studies\, Frieda Ekotto. Application Deadline: December 10\, 2026 UID:150292-21908980@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150292 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,african and african american studies,African Diaspora,Culture,Latin America,Sessions,South America,study abroad LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260908T152407 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T150000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Silvia Grzeskowiak (sgrzesko@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German. UID:151750-21912115@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151750 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Multicultural LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - Common Room - 3110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260925T144927 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CGIS: Summer 2027 International Internships with Omprakash Info Sessions DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for an opportunity to go abroad\, earn credit\, and engage in work with a social impact? This program is the most affordable option available to U-M undergrads — it's likely to be a great fit for you! \n\nJoin an information session below to learn more about the steps to apply for\, and secure\, a social impact internship of your choosing. \n\nInfo Session Dates and Times:\n\nTuesday\, November 10\, 2026 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET\nTuesday\, December 8\, 2026 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET\n\nInfo session Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82074105905\n\nThe U-M Global Social Impact Internships Program with Omprakash helps students earn academic credit while pursuing independent internships with curated grassroots social impact organizations around the world. Internship fields include health\, engineering\, education\, human rights\, sustainability\, and gender-based advocacy.\n\nAlongside your summer internship\, you will engage in critical dialogue and reflection about the complexities of striving for justice while crossing differences of culture and power\, and you will create a series of digital storytelling posts that document your experiences through lenses informed by our course themes.\n\nFor more information and questions about Omprakash internships\, please see: \n\nhttps://www.omprakash.org/joinedge/michigan-social-impact-internships\n\nYou can also contact Omprakash admin for more information and to ask questions:\n\nEthan Goldbach: Director of EdGE Programs (ethan@omprakash.org)\nWilly Oppenheim: Executive Director (willy@omprakash.org) UID:152894-21914698@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152894 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Activism,Advocacy,Africa,All Majors Welcome,Area Studies,art,Asia,Career,Central America,Community Service,Ecology,Education,Environment,global,global engagement,global opportunities,India,Information Session,International Education,Internship,internships,Latin America,Majors,Social Impact,social justice,Southeast Asia,Southeast Asian Studies,Summer,Tanzania,Travel,Undergraduate,Volunteer LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907039@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2210ABC (Union, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232223 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Empowerment Self-Defense - Striking Drills with Pads DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe workshops aim is to teach participants situational\nawareness and prevention skills to leave them better equipped to deal with\neverything from harassment to potentially violent people to sexual assault.\nParticipants will take part in verbal exercises\, physical drills with strike pads and discussion. UID:152856-21914602@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/152856 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Campus Safety Services Building, 1239 Kipke Dr. Ann Arbor Mich. 48109, (2nd floor conference room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261002T121835 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T210000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations DESCRIPTION:The graduate capstone presentation is a culmination of the year-long certificate program in World Performance Studies. Graduate certificate students will present their research and findings after taking an introductory performance studies course\, pursuing summer research in the field and a final capstone course\, bringing together theory\, research\, and practice. Each presentation will be roughly 30-40 minutes with Q&A for each.\n\n*Light refreshments will be served following the presentations.* UID:153209-21915424@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153209 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Free,Lecture,North Campus,Research,Scholarship,Talk LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center - Newman Studio CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261019T105415 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:QTBIPOC Kickbacks DESCRIPTION:Be one with your community! Join our social gatherings as we create memorable connections around community and meals\, centering Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. Drop in\, grab food\, enjoy some tunes\, play some games and hang out! Open to all U-M students. This event is in collaboration with Trotter Multicultural Center and Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs.\n\nFALL 2026\n- November 13 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n- December 8 [graduate student edition] | 6:00pm – 7:30pm | HopCat\n- December 10 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Spectrum Center/MESA\n\nMORE EVENTS\nExplore more Spectrum Center and Trotter/MESA events:\n- https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/events\n- https://trotter.umich.edu/programs-events UID:150111-21908026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150111 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,lgbtq,LGBTQ Graduate Student,Queer Trans Black Indigenous People Of Color-qtbipoc,Queer Trans Indigenous People of Color-QTIPOC LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T102754 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Nights at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Do you like board games? Card games? Do you like free popcorn? We welcome all types of players here! Every Tuesday\, the Connector Community Assistants are hosting a game night where we eat delicious popcorn and have a chill (or competitive\, if that’s your energy!) night of joy and connection with one another! Bring your friends and hang! \n\nThe Connector is located in West Quad. UID:150142-21908204@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150142 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Building,Community Engagement,Community Gathering,Free,Housing,Welcome Week,Welcome Week Event,Welcome26 LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261208T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FYRST Workshops 2026 - 2027 DESCRIPTION:If you are only seeing one workshop\, please SIGN-IN and refresh the Sessions page! If still having issues\, click this link. \nFirst-Year Relationship and Sexuality Talk (FYRST) is a required\, in-person\, and peer-facilitated workshop that came directly from feedback and listening sessions with current University of Michigan students. Our goal is to create an accessible\, supportive space for student-driven conversations where all identities and experiences are welcomed and in which students can build skills and tools around identifying goals and values and then communicate effectively about those. Workshops will be offered at multiple locations and times throughout the fall semester\, so please sign up for the workshop that works for you!! First-Year Relationship Sexuality Talk (FYRST) FAQ:\n“How many workshops do I have to sign up for?”\nYou only need to sign up for 1 workshop. Attending 1 workshop will fulfill the requirement for the training. \n“I see that there is more than one session\, does it matter which one I sign up for?”\nIt generally does not matter which workshop you sign up for. There will be a few that are designated for specific groups such as transfer students or for students looking for accommodations. If you do not fit these groups please try to save these workshops for those that do and you are free to choose among any of the other workshops. \n“Is this workshop required?”\nThis workshop is required for all transfer and first-year students at the University of Michigan.\n“I’ve experienced harm around relationships or sexual experiences in the past and I am worried that attending this workshop may be harmful for me.” \nOur team is aware that students who are coming into the university that have experienced harm in the past. Our workshop is specifically designed to respect and validate the experiences of survivors and has been carefully constructed to avoid any specific descriptions of violence and focus instead on themes of empowerment\, communication\, and boundary setting. However\, if you still have concerns about programming and would like to request alternative programming\, please feel free to reach out at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“What if I struggle to learn in a presentation setting? I’m an active learner.”\nOur workshop is built to meet a variety of learning styles\, including time for self-reflection\, small group sharing\, and resources to take with you to work through on your own time! This workshop is meant to be interactive and inclusive. \n“Can I request accommodations?”\nWe considered accessibility in creating this workshop and selecting the locations in which the workshops are help. However\, we recognize many places at the University are inaccessible and we've set an * next to workshops that are on the first floor and lack stairs. These workshops also will have a presentation (other workshops we do not) and are a good fit for those who might need a large font. Please sign up for those if you feel that accommodations would assist you and reach out to SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu if you are concerned or have questions. \n“I missed my workshop\, what should I do ?”\nOur team tracks attendance at each workshop by having participants swipe in with their MCard. If you are not able to attend the workshop you signed up for\, our team will continue to send reminder emails until you have completed a workshop. In this case\, please sign up for another workshop as soon as you can as the workshop is required and may fill up especially near the end of the semester. No need to contact SAPAC unless you are not able to reschedule. \n“I have had gender-based violence training before\, can I get this requirement waived?”\nAs this workshop was designed with University of Michigan student feedback in mind\, our workshop is unique to the UM community. Our curriculum focuses on individualized reflection and because of its interactive nature\, each workshop will be unique to the people attending. Although we are excited you already have familiarity with the subject\, this workshop is required for every first year and transfer student. \n“I’m a commuter/non-traditional student\, do I still have to attend?\"\nYes\, this workshop is required for every first-year and transfer student - not only do we want every student to benefit from having this time to connect with peers\, but we also want to make sure your peers benefit from what you bring to our community. If you have any concerns or questions about being able to participate\, please contact SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu.\n“I still have questions! Who should I contact?\"\nPlease contact us at SAPAC-FYRST@umich.edu. UID:149176-21907040@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149176 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:2210ABC (Union, 2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR