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:20251110T145627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T170000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Judo Training DESCRIPTION:Judo Team Training at the Michigan League\nKoessler Room\, 3rd Floor. Before showing up\, please email hazoum@umich.edu. We want to be prepared for new members. UID:138019-21881188@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Athletics - Wrestling,Fitness,In Person,Leadership,Rec Sports LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260110T152051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T170000 SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:MCSP Winter Day of Service and Justice 2026 DESCRIPTION:Start your winter semester with a day devoted to service\, justice and community. Choose to participate in service\, community conversations\, social justice education\, and advocacy opportunities that will address inequity in our community. We will conclude the day with dinner and reflection. Please see the schedule of the day:10:00 am-10:15 am Welcome 10:15 am-10:45 am Motivational Keynote Speaker11:00 am-3:30 pm Social Justice Education\, Advocacy Opportunities\, Service and Community Conversations4:00 pm-5:00 pm Food and ReflectionAll parts of the day (The motivational keynote speaker\, service or community conversations\, and dinner/reflection) are essential and required to fulfill a PACS and IRC event.  Make sure you register for the motivational keynote speaker\, the post-service dinner and reflection\, and your choice of a service opportunity or community conversation to receive credit for a PACS and IRC event this semester. UID:142285-21890369@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142285 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:MPR CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260110T120004 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T190000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey @ Indiana Tech DESCRIPTION:1 Game vs. Indiana Tech UID:136282-21878390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136282 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:PSM Icehouse CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260110T181536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251102T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame DESCRIPTION:Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame UID:141379-21888717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141379 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Ice Hockey LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T061532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251102T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Wisconsin DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Wisconsin UID:141378-21888716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141378 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Track & Field vs Wolverine Invitational DESCRIPTION:Men's Track & Field vs Wolverine Invitational UID:141628-21889111@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141628 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T181535 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251107T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Track & Field vs Wolverine Invitational DESCRIPTION:Women's Track & Field vs Wolverine Invitational UID:141629-21889112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141629 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250806T105742 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dimanche DESCRIPTION:Two award-winning Belgian mime and puppetry companies come together for this stunning visual performance combining puppetry\, video\, mime\, and clowning.\n\nSometime in the near future\, it is the end of the world as we know it. In their small city home\, a family is about to spend their Sunday together\, but the walls are shaking\, strong winds and torrential rain rage outside\, and the storm has only just begun. Amidst this climatic chaos\, the protagonists absurdly attempt to maintain a normal family life.\n\nMeanwhile\, somewhere else on the planet\, three traveling wildlife reporters are doing their best to document the apocalypse. With what little equipment they have\, they film three wild animals on the brink of extinction.\n\nBetween dreamlike fiction and stark reality\, Dimanche paints a witty and tender portrait of humanity surprised by the uncontrollable forces of nature\, observing the absurdity of keeping up appearances amidst an ecological collapse. “Meticulous scenes and beautiful theatrical effects create a surreal\, dreamlike world with an eye for detail. Dimanche is a dystopian parable about the climate\, yet a joy to behold.” (De Standaard\, Belgium) UID:137155-21879822@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Comedy,Interdisciplinary,performance,theater,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T181619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ethan D'Amura\, French horn DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate student Ethan D'Amura performs a recital. UID:143533-21893360@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143533 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - McIntosh Theatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250820T122451 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Jill Jack's Annual Birthday Bash DESCRIPTION:“Her voice can soar like opera and smoke like the blues” –Detroit Free Press\n\nJill Jack’s decades-long career has taken her across the globe\, performing solo and with her band\, opening for acts like Bob Seger and Loretta Lynn. Her Americana music blends folk\, rock\, country\, and blues\, and she’s known for storytelling\, humor\, and heartfelt performances. With 12 CDs and 51 Detroit Music Awards\, she’s also composed for documentaries and ad campaigns. Jack gives back through missionary work\, nonprofits\, and mentoring artists of all ages.\n\nFor over a decade\, Jill Jack has celebrated her birthday the best way she knows how — through music\, with her beloved fans and incredible band!\nJoin the party as The Jill Jack Band electrifies the stage and fills the room with love\, laughter\, and unforgettable melodies. Happiness is guaranteed — all you need to do is buy a ticket! UID:137784-21880769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137784 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121630 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T213000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tesserae Trio DESCRIPTION:The Tesserae Trio presents an evening of chamber music featuring works by Shostakovich\, Sheng\, and Mendelssohn. Violinist Fabiola Kim\, cellist Leo Singer\, and pianist Alan Woo come together to explore a wide emotional and stylistic range\, from searing intensity to lyrical brilliance. This program highlights the trio’s dynamic ensemble playing and thoughtful musical dialogue across centuries and cultures.\n\nFACULTY BIOS\n\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/fabiola-kim/\n\nhttps://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/leo-singer/ UID:141724-21889229@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141724 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge Application Window DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nLCC is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nThis year's LCC will be held on January 29-30 and is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21. UID:137307-21880106@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T134709 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Apply Today | Silicon Valley Experience DESCRIPTION:Applications are now being accepted for the Zell Lurie Institute's Silicon Valley Experience\, an immersive trek that connects current students with leading founders\, CEOs\, executives\, and investors\, all of whom hail from the University of Michigan. See what it's like behind the scenes at some of the most innovative companies and venture capital firms on the West Coast. All travel expenses are covered.\n\nCurrent sophomores\, juniors\, and returning graduate students are eligible to apply. Applications remain open through January 11\, 2026. UID:141812-21889448@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141812 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneur,Entrepreneur Services,Entrepreneurship,Graduate,Graduate Students,In-person,Innovation,Networking,Professional Development,Silicon Valley,Startup,Startups,Travel,Trek,Undergraduate,Venture,Venture Capital,Zell Lurie Institute,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Off Campus Location - This is an application form. CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890589@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Goosechase! DESCRIPTION:This semester long Scavenger Hunt will help you navigate campus\, find fun experiences\, and allow you to compete for fabulous prizes! Join today and start earning points!\n\nJoin Link: https://join.goosechase.com/1a55ceb3-9b27-4cfc-a514-7425415457b8 UID:143089-21892050@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:prizes,welcome to michigan,WelcometoMichigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T094536 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Creating the Future of Medicine for 175 Years DESCRIPTION:As the Medical School celebrates the anniversary of its opening in the fall of 1850\, and Michigan Medicine marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the \"Old Main\" University Hospital that served as its flagship from 1925 to 1986\, a free museum exhibit explores 175 years of medical education\, research and clinical care. \n\nOpen to the public at the Museum on Main Street operated by the Washtenaw County Historical Society\, the exhibit includes artifacts\, photos and facts about how U-M's medical community grew from humble beginnings on the Diag to become one of the nation's largest and most respected academic medical centers. It also asks visitors to ponder their own attitudes and experiences\, and to submit memories and photos of their time working\, studying\, volunteering or receiving care at U-M's medical campus and beyond. There are also activities for young visitors.\n\nThe museum is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.\n\nFull details about the exhibit\, including parking instructions and how to book a free private group tour on a weekday\, are available at http://michmed.org/museum\n\nThe museum has an accessible entrance at the rear of the building. UID:139428-21885523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139428 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Life Science,Medicine,Museum,Nursing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260210T142109 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:Expedition Reef DESCRIPTION:Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems. Expedition Reef immerses you in an undersea adventure. Along the way\, discover how corals grow\, feed\, reproduce\, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth.\n\nThe state-of-the-art Planetarium & Dome Theater at the U-M Museum of Natural History transports visitors beyond distant stars and back in time from the comfort of reclining seats. Tickets $8. Tickets are available on the day of the show at the Museum Store. UID:95986-21892267@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/95986 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Natural Sciences LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250828T001527 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T160000 SUMMARY:Other:National Portfolio Day - Online DESCRIPTION:Explore 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.\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:138319-21882768@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138319 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260518T092015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T133000 SUMMARY:Exhibition: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:141325-21892231@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:20250806T105742 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T160000 SUMMARY:Performance:Dimanche DESCRIPTION:Two award-winning Belgian mime and puppetry companies come together for this stunning visual performance combining puppetry\, video\, mime\, and clowning.\n\nSometime in the near future\, it is the end of the world as we know it. In their small city home\, a family is about to spend their Sunday together\, but the walls are shaking\, strong winds and torrential rain rage outside\, and the storm has only just begun. Amidst this climatic chaos\, the protagonists absurdly attempt to maintain a normal family life.\n\nMeanwhile\, somewhere else on the planet\, three traveling wildlife reporters are doing their best to document the apocalypse. With what little equipment they have\, they film three wild animals on the brink of extinction.\n\nBetween dreamlike fiction and stark reality\, Dimanche paints a witty and tender portrait of humanity surprised by the uncontrollable forces of nature\, observing the absurdity of keeping up appearances amidst an ecological collapse. “Meticulous scenes and beautiful theatrical effects create a surreal\, dreamlike world with an eye for detail. Dimanche is a dystopian parable about the climate\, yet a joy to behold.” (De Standaard\, Belgium) UID:137155-21879824@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137155 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Advocacy,Comedy,Interdisciplinary,performance,theater,UMS,university musical society LOCATION:Power Center for the Performing Arts CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T171336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T150000 SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Dangers Lurking Around Every Corner DESCRIPTION:The ancient world was filled with hazards\, from illnesses to animal attacks to natural disasters. In this tour\, we will look at some of the objects that people in ancient Egypt\, Mesopotamia\, and Rome believed could help protect them from various diseases and dangers.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142566-21891160@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142566 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ancient Egypt,Ancient Greece,Ancient Middle East,Ancient Rome,Archaeology,Free,History,Museum,Tour LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260518T095230 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T144500 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:136347-21892294@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:20260111T120146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T160000 SUMMARY:Other:VIPs Club: Crafts for Conservation Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Do you love to craft (crochet\, knitting\, sewing\, etc) and do you care about the environment?! Then come learn about VIPs Club: Crafts for Conservation at one of our two mass meetings! We are a club affliated with the VIPs Fund nonprofit with 2 weekly crafting meetings where you can relax and craft to help protect the environment!! If you have any questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nMass Meeting 1: January 11th\, 2:00-4:00 pm\nLocation: Michigan League\, Room 4\n \nMass Meeting 2: January 15th\, 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\n \nClub Instagram: @vipsclubumich\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nNonprofit Instagram: @vipsfund\n  UID:143051-21891984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143051 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Room 4 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T181531 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251103T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Women's Basketball vs Wisconsin DESCRIPTION:Women's Basketball vs Wisconsin UID:141392-21888751@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141392 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Women's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260518T092015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T154500 SUMMARY:Exhibition: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:141325-21892240@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:20260111T120015 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T183000 SUMMARY:Other:University of Michigan Women's Ice Hockey vs. Indiana Tech DESCRIPTION:Home game UID:137372-21880181@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137372 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T120048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T180000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Club Meeting - Wolverines on Wheels (WoW) DESCRIPTION:Join us for our weekly club meeting to discuss campus bike infrastructure and education initiatives! Here\, we plan our group rides\, pop-ups\, grant applications\, and open the floor to ANY ideas related to improving the safety and accessibility of biking on the A2 campus. \nAll campus members are welcome to join our meetings which are led by our programming chairs. \nAll Winter 2026 Semester meetings are to take place in the Sophia B Jones 1st Floor Union room with the exception of academic calendar breaks. UID:142599-21891207@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142599 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Sophia B Jones Room - 1st Floor Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251120T135122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260111T193000 SUMMARY:Performance:Ember & Ash DESCRIPTION:Fiddle * Guitar * Fire\n\nEmber & Ash\, the duo forged by Erin Zindle and Alex Holycross\, is as captivating and dangerous as a spark on the wind in the dry season. Armed with fiddle and guitar\, these two Michigan songwriters have had long careers\, both defying genre boundaries in their own respective bands (The Native Howl’s “Thrash Grass” and The Ragbirds’ edgy global folk-rock)\n\nAlex & Erin’s voices curl together like smoky ribbons floating above a wild\, elemental energy. In their live performances the duo seem to come more alive with each note\, stoking a heat that threatens to burn the whole place down. UID:141981-21889726@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141981 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge Application Window DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nLCC is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nThis year's LCC will be held on January 29-30 and is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21. UID:137307-21880107@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892487@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21892572@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889763@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T082052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MSI Connect: January Write-In DESCRIPTION:Spend time co-working in a quiet\, focused space while enjoying complimentary breakfast and lunch. You’re welcome to stay for as long as you'd like—stop by briefly to grab some food or settle in and write. UID:143223-21892511@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Rackham-4th floor Assembly Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890590@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21895054@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890688@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Goosechase! DESCRIPTION:This semester long Scavenger Hunt will help you navigate campus\, find fun experiences\, and allow you to compete for fabulous prizes! Join today and start earning points!\n\nJoin Link: https://join.goosechase.com/1a55ceb3-9b27-4cfc-a514-7425415457b8 UID:143089-21892051@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:prizes,welcome to michigan,WelcometoMichigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T132905 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T110000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Nicole Rivera Fuentes - Dissertation Defense DESCRIPTION:Please join Nicole Rivera Fuentes for their dissertation defense titled \"Development of Native Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Methods to Probe the Impact of Chemical Modifications on the Structure and Stability of Antibody-based Therapeutics\".\n\n*Date:* Monday\, January 12th\n*Time:* 10:00 AM EST\n*Where:* Rackham East Conference Room\, 4th Floor\n\nZoom Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93072492674 UID:143301-21892670@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143301 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T063150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878437Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab.We will discuss and educate you on…- Design andformat- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resumefor specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Studentor Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note:This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:142995-21891928@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142995 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T135314 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T123000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:How to Succeed at the Career Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Lunch-n-Learn event of the semester and prepare for the career fair! Whether you are looking for an internship or a FT role. join us to gain confidence in achieving your goals. UID:143059-21891992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143059 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G610/G618 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251125T074811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Non-Apparent Conditions and Self Advocacy for Employees with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Requesting workplace accommodations can seem daunting\, especially for non-apparent disabilities\, given societal stigmas\, personal concerns/preferences\, and alternative perspectives. Please join this webinar to learn more about a number of non-apparent conditions\, different ways in which they can manifest and impact an employee's ability to interact with their physical and social environments\, strategies for self-advocacy\, as well as potential accommodations\, and the nexus between the individual's disability-related limitations.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) captioning services will be provided. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this webinar\, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. UID:142151-21890074@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142151 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Inclusion,Neurodiversity,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mOTmsOD3Qf2A9BcVPXbeiA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121631 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143601-21893454@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143601 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T123151 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878470Are you ready to start searching for a great internship? Do you have a few ideas\, but you’re not sure where to get started? Let's talk about search strategy!! Get real-time\, personalized support by checking out the in person Internship Lab. You’ll be guided by one of our Career Coaches who hasdesigned this experience to provide you strategies\, tools\, and motivation to get on the right track with searching for internships. Chat with folks from the University Career Center to explore Handshake\,the University Career Alumni Network (UCAN) and to learn about other tools you can use to build a great job/internship search strategy. **If you're not sure what you're interested in\, consider making an \"Exploring Major/Career Option\" appointment to get started clarifying your interests with a career coach in a 1-on-1 setting. Recent Grads: If you are an alumni\, you will not be able to access the link due the University’s policy of discontinuing alumni Zoom accounts 30 days after graduation. Please contact careercenter@umich.edu with the subject line“Recent Grad Help” to receive either a recording of the session or tobe set up with a 1:1. Include the name of the workshop/event in your email.#UCC UID:143006-21891939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143006 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:University Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building, Program Room (3003), 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T122046 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Preliminary Exam Preparation Session DESCRIPTION:Please join NCF in discussing the nineteenth century with third year Maria Rossini as she prepares for her preliminary exam. We will precirculate Maria’s exam opening statement so that members may come prepared with thoughts/questions. This will be a casual\, low-stakes conversation\, so in-depth preparation is not necessary. We will circulate Maria’s writing to those who have RSVP’ed by Friday at 5 pm. If you RSVP later than that\, please reach out to Alexa or Asa to receive the document. \n UID:143430-21893159@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Angell Hall 3184 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121632 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng\, carillon DESCRIPTION:University Carillonist Tiffany Ng performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143602-21893455@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143602 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T123159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T143000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Students Career Series: How to Navigate Small Talk DESCRIPTION:In the United States\, many people participate in what is called small talk\, where they make conversation with strangers or acquaintances about non-controversial topics\, such as the weather\, sports\, or popular television shows. Small talk is one of the ways in American cultureto chat about harmless topics to establish a connection and start to build a friendship.For example\, while waiting for an interview\, in line at a M-Den\, or an elevator on campus\, don’t be startled if a stranger says something to you like\, “Did you watch the Football Game last night? What a game!” They might also make a joke about the long line you’re both in\, or comment on the current situation.This workshop is open to all students\, so if you are interested in learning more about small talk\, now it’s your chance to sign up. In this workshop\, we will educate you on what small talk is\, and you will also have the chance to practice small talk with peers! This event's information isshown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students. You can only register to attend this event within Handshake. If you'd like to indicate that you'll be attending this event and see more details\, please go to this link: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/events/1881807/share_preview  We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote yourfull participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have any questions regarding access to our programs\, please don't hesitate to reach out to Cierra Sutherland at cierrasu@umich.edu. To ensure sufficient time for arranging your requested accommodation(s) or exploring suitable alternatives\, we kindly request that you inform us as soon as possible. #UCC UID:143289-21892645@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143289 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892517@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Creative Writing,Dearborn,English Language And Literature,fiction,Flint,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T001516 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Virtual Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual\, hour-long info session on undergraduate programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art &\; Design\, including a presentation and Q&\;A with current students and the admissions team.Info session times are Eastern US.\nVisit our Admissions Events page to learn more about additional upcoming events. UID:143353-21892941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143353 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T154059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T163000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Old English Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Old English Reading Group UID:143330-21892917@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143330 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English Language And Literature LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3184 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T085914 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series: The Ties that Bond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Connection DESCRIPTION:Robin Edelstein\nUniversity of Michigan\, RCGD\nIntroduction to the Series\nJan. 12\, 2026\n\nRobin Edelstein introduces the Winter 2026 RCGD Seminar Series: The Ties that Bond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Connection.\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\nThis seminar series brings together senior and early-career scholars to explore fundamental questions about how we connect\, protect\, and care. Talks will highlight lifespan and comparative approaches to understanding social connection\, physiological implications of social and race-related stressors\, and diverse conceptualizations of what it means to belong—from romantic and parent–child relationships to group and societal dynamics to technology-mediated interactions.\n\nRobin Edelstein\, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and an affiliate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics\, has organized this series. She will introduce the series at this kick-off event.\n\nThe first seminar in the series will be Jan. 26. Join us on Mondays to learn about the biological\, social\, and developmental pathways that shape human connection.\n\nThese events are held Mondays from 3:30 to 5.\nIn person: The kickoff will be held in ISR Thompson 6050\; all seminars in the series are located in ISR Thompson 1430\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Robin Edelstein\nAs permissions allow\, seminars are later posted to our YouTube playlist. UID:142305-21890443@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142305 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Cognitive Neuroscience,Cognitive Science,Emotions,Life Science,Psychology,Social Sciences LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T212336 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Combinatorics: Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Student combinatorics seminar will continue to run Mondays from 4-5pm in EH 3866 this semester. We'll set the calendar for the upcoming semester at this meeting. If you are interested in giving a talk but unable to attend\, please email us and let us know! (And include a few preferred dates.) UID:143675-21893631@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143675 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T155845 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T190000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Winterfest Central DESCRIPTION:Kick off the winter term by finding your people\, your passions\, and your next big campus adventure at Winterfest Central! Meet student organizations\, explore new interests\, and get involved in campus life all in one place. Whether you’re looking to join a club\, try something new\, or reconnect with your community\, Winterfest has something for everyone. We will have performances from student organizations in the Courtyard of the Michigan Union\, don’t miss your chance to connect\, discover\, and make winter semester unforgettable!\n\nSee the following link for participating organizations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cg-LR_Nu4eh17l-pry-EH2NCkwA9kGjwwNy497n4928/edit?gid=1061294629#gid=1061294629 UID:141972-21889704@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Recruiting,student organizations,things to do,union,university unions,welcome to michigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T180000 SUMMARY:Meeting:LSA Virtual Q&A for Prospective High School Students DESCRIPTION:LSA Recruitment is hosting an hour-long virtual LSA Q&A session where prospective high school students can ask LSA and Michigan Learning Community (MLC) student ambassadors common questions about being an LSA student at Michigan. Common questions include but are not limited to majors/minors\, LSA programs\, MLCs\, campus resources\, living in Ann Arbor\, studying abroad\, etc. The session is intended for first-year student applicants and their guests. If you are interested\, sign up for a session below. Note that sessions are scheduled for the Eastern Time Zone.\n\nRegister Here: https://myumi.ch/rAMgG UID:117080-21891196@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/117080 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:free,Prospective Student,Prospective Undergraduate Students,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T172045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 In-Person OS Application Workshop DESCRIPTION:Come join us for our in-person OS Application Workshop! OS faculty and current students will offer guidance\, tips\, and resources on best tying yourself\, your interests\, and OS together in your application materials. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet with current students to get individualized feedback on your resume and essay. Space is limited\, so sign up asap to guarantee your spot!\nImportant note: attendance at this event will NOT guarantee admission into the OS program. This is a casual event designed to offer you helpful guidance and feedback on your application materials and answer any questions you might have.\n UID:142477-21890998@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142477 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:110 Weiser CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T130431 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:aMplify: New Year\, New Connections! DESCRIPTION:Hey Transfer community!\n\nWe hope the break gave you some well needed rest\, and if you’re new to the university\, welcome to umich!!\n\nYour aMplify community is here to kick-off the new year with you! For those of you who are not familiar with aMplify\, we’re a student-led cohort that creates bi-weekly events specifically for transfer students. We’re here to make your transition easier by providing you all with resources\, support\, connections\, and community. Join us for fun\, food\, and community. \n\nTo kick off the new year\, we’re inviting all of you to aMplify: New Year\, New Connections! Begin your year with a spark of new ideas at this aMplify! Join us for vision board making to dream up your goals\, get creative with creating bingo cards\, and snag a wellness goodie bag as a warm welcome back to campus. UID:143212-21892432@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143212 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Dinner,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,first-generation,Food,Free,In Person,Inclusion,Meal,Social,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,transfer,Transfer Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 LSA Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T181626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T210000 SUMMARY:Performance:Cello + Piano. Classical + Jazz. DESCRIPTION:SMTD alumni Jeremy Crosmer (MM '09\, cello\; MM '11\, composition\; DMA '12\, cello\; member\, Detroit Symphony Orchestra) joins Joel Ayau (DMA '10\, collaborative piano\; Senior Vocal Coach\, New England Conservatory) for an evening of chamber works that explore the intersection between classical and popular music. \n\nEach composer featured has some connection with contemporary idioms\, whether Francis Poulenc's jazz-influenced harmonies\, an arrangement of Gershwin's *Three Preludes* for cello and piano by Nicholas Canellakis\, or the virtuosic and jazz-infused works of Nikolai Kapustin. The program begins with the world premiere of *Flaschblume*\, an irreverent mash-up of Beethoven's third cello sonata Flor de Lino by Teagan Faran (BM '18\, violin). UID:142283-21890362@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142283 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Free,Interdisciplinary,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T130728 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Caribbean Culture & Cuisine Night at Bursley DESCRIPTION:Join the Bursley and Baits II Diversity Peer Educators for a taste of Caribbean culture! Enjoy a variety of Caribbean food and music while learning about their cultural origins. UID:142910-21891800@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142910 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Culture,Free Food LOCATION:Bursley Hall - Blue Apple Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T180225 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260112T221000 SUMMARY:Other:10 at 10 DESCRIPTION:Every Mon-Fri\, starting Jan. 12 with Matthew 1. Look out for prizes throughout the semester! Details here:\nhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/IV5vuoQcyTI5BX6ey9QcLt UID:143436-21893169@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Online CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge Application Window DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nLCC is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nThis year's LCC will be held on January 29-30 and is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21. UID:137307-21880108@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892488@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21892573@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889764@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890826@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T112652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Dissecting the synaptic basis of learning in vivo DESCRIPTION:Faculty Candidate Seminar UID:142968-21891860@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142968 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Faculty Candidate,Neuroscience LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Goosechase! DESCRIPTION:This semester long Scavenger Hunt will help you navigate campus\, find fun experiences\, and allow you to compete for fabulous prizes! Join today and start earning points!\n\nJoin Link: https://join.goosechase.com/1a55ceb3-9b27-4cfc-a514-7425415457b8 UID:143089-21892052@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:prizes,welcome to michigan,WelcometoMichigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Schokoladenstunde DESCRIPTION:German Lecturer\, Mary Gell (magell@umich.edu)\, brings German chocolate to snack on and games to play (e.g. Tabu)\, all while chatting in German. UID:143465-21893216@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:European,Games,German,German Studies,Germanic Languages And Literatures,Germany,Humanities,Language LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 3110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250922T113641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Study Abroad Info Sessions: CGIS Advanced Spanish Program Offerings DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor Juliana Mesa to learn more about the Spanish-language programs in Spring/Summer 2026. \n\nThese 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. Please visit the program brochure 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 - 300/300\n\nDATES:\nFriday\, October 24\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session) \nFriday\, November 7\, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Info Session)\nThursday\, December 4\, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (Info Session)\nThursday\, January 8\,  10:00 am - 11:00 pm (Drop-in Group Advising)\nTuesday\, January 13\, 10:00 - 11:00 am  (Drop-in Group Advising) UID:139473-21885593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139473 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,International Education,Language,Latin America,Pre-Health,Public Health,Romance Languages And Literatures,Sessions,Spain,Spanish,Undergraduate Students LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T120843 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States” DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host John Voorheis\, principal economist in the Center for Economic Studies\, U.S. Census Bureau as he presents\, “Housing Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States\,” jointly with Ariel Binder (Census) and Max Risch (Carnegie Mellon).\n\nRSVP to save your seat at: https://inequality.umich.edu/john-voorheis/.\n\nAbstract: “Housing represents the most important capital asset for most U.S. families. Despite substantial analysis of the intergenerational mobility of income\, large gaps in our knowledge of the distribution of housing assets and their transmission over time remain\, as housing is generally not reflected by income flows. Using novel linked data that combines survey responses with administrative tax data and information on ownership and valuation from property tax records for over 3.4 million families\, we provide new evidence on the intergenerational transmission of housing capital. We find that housing capital is more persistent across generations than labor income. We document important disparities between average housing outcomes for White and Black children. These differences persist even conditional on parent rank in the distribution of housing assets\, with the gap growing throughout the parental housing capital distribution. A decomposition shows that average differences in children’s labor market outcomes associated with parental assets explain about half of the observed intergenerational persistence (a “labor income channel”)\, and that there is also a substantial “direct channel” — conditional on children having the same earnings\, children of parents with more housing assets have more assets themselves on average. The direct channel is also important for explaining the intergenerational gap in outcomes of Black and White children. Finally\, we present quasi-experimental evidence that local housing supply constraints help explain spatial differences in intergenerational persistence across US counties. Our results establish the importance of housing markets\, both independently from and jointly with labor markets\, in shaping the intergenerational persistence of economic resources.” UID:143180-21892408@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143180 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Inequality,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T102047 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE January Study Abroad Fair DESCRIPTION: UID:142889-21891769@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142889 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Pierpont Commons CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T112135 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Warm Mugs\, Winter Hugs: Mug Painting & Hot Cocoa Social DESCRIPTION:The Planet Blue Ambassador Program is welcoming incoming students for a day of relaxation. Take a break from the start-of-semester rush\, and join us for an afternoon of hot cocoa and snacks\, and mug painting. Whether you’re looking to unwind\, get creative\, or meet other students\, this is the perfect place to slow down and recharge for the upcoming term. \n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is strongly encouraged. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering. UID:142097-21890004@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142097 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,community gathering,Craft,Environment,environmental,Free,In Person,planet blue,Sustainability,Well-being,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:LSA Building - Room 2001 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T112547 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T124500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Unraveling how oligodendrocytes generate and pattern myelin DESCRIPTION:Faculty Candidate Seminar UID:142972-21891866@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Faculty Candidate,Neuroscience LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Engineer Your Resume: Resume Writing That Works! DESCRIPTION:Join the ECRC to unlock your resume writing potential and learn how to create a document that will stand out to recruiters\, hiring managers AND be compatible with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). We will discuss resume formatting and specific content appropriate for student resumes. Your resume is what will lead to a job interview so make sure you are getting it right! Don’t miss out on this important session!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge. UID:142799-21891649@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142799 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251208T102703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:eIF4E Links Translation and Transcription- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a seminar presented by Dr. Hani Zaher\, Washington University in St. Louis UID:142442-21890961@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142442 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:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21890315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T164104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T124500 SUMMARY:Presentation:South Africa Summer Master's Internship Program Information Session DESCRIPTION:This information session will cover details on the South Africa summer internship program being organized by UMSI professors David Wallace and Anthea Josias. Program information\, project opportunities\, and more will be discussed. UID:143631-21893538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143631 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa LOCATION:Leinweber LCSIB - Room LCSIB 3520 (Collab Space) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T081526 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:This New Year\, Let's Talk About Mental Health DESCRIPTION:The Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office team invites you to join the conversation. Hear FASCCO counselors share information and insights about:\n\n- Common mental health questions\n- Myths and misunderstandings\n- Daily actions you can take to lessen stress and anxiety\n- Support available for you from FASCCO and U-M\n\nThe webinar also features a live Q & A session.\n\nRegister now for this no-charge webinar and let's talk about mental health. UID:142740-21891319@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Faculty And Staff,Mental Health,Staff,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121633 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng & Sarah Penrose\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Tiffany Ng & Sarah Penrose perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143603-21893456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143603 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T133000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Pause Café: French Conversation Hour DESCRIPTION:-Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and snacks while improving your French skills!\n\n-Chat for 10 minutes or the entire hour. All language levels are welcome.\n\nThe RLL Commons is located in the center hallway of the 4th floor of the Modern Languages Building.\n\nFor more information contact Alan Ames at (alanames@umich.edu). UID:143171-21892372@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143171 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Coffee,Community,Culture,Discussion,Food,Free,French,Games,Global,Humanities,In Person,Interactive,Intercultural,Language,Multicultural,Networking,Romance Languages And Literatures,Social,Talk,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - RLL Commons, 4314 MLB CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T123203 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Building and Leveraging Your Network (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network (including tips on using LinkedIN and the University Career Alumni Network)and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions! This event is intended to be interactive and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School.Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103748 #UCC UID:143551-21893378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143551 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251222T141355 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building and Leveraging Your Network for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:Building a network and connecting with others is critical to your professional development in graduate school and job/internship searches. Join this discussion to learn strategies for building your network\, including tips on using LinkedIn and the University Career Alumni Network\, and how to leverage this network for career exploration and job/internship searching. There will be plenty of time for your questions! This event is intended to be interactive\, and therefore a recording will not be available. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142937-21891829@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142937 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121634 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate student Adam Lenhart performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143604-21893457@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143604 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T150000 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:138848-21884066@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/91565104584 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892518@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Creative Writing,Dearborn,English Language And Literature,fiction,Flint,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T193149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Commutative Algebra: Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:We'll select speakers and talks for this semester's seminar. Please attend or reach out if you want to sign up to talk or request a topic! UID:143674-21893630@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143674 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T082021 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CANCELLED - CM-AMO | Engineering topological bands in materials with chiral cavities DESCRIPTION:Strongly coupling materials to cavity fields can affect the material’s electronic properties altering the phases of matter. In this talk\, I will first discuss the hybrid light-matter band topology of the monolayer graphene whose electrons can be coupled to both left and right circularly polarized vacuum fluctuations\, and time-reversal symmetry is broken due to an asymmetry between the two polarizations. This discussion will show how the quantum nature of photons affects the topology of the correlated light-matter hybrid wave function. A central finding of Ref. [1] is a relation between the Berry phase and the properties of exchanged photons with matter at light-matter hybridization points in the Brillouin zone. This physics turns out to be generic\, as it also emerges in stacked graphene layers [2]. I will then introduce a quantum optics model to capture the properties of the topological light-matter hybridization gaps and show the presence of chiral edge modes in these gaps [3]. For the rest of the talk\, I will describe a newly proposed photonic crystal chiral cavity [4]\, and its recent realization [5]. \n\n[1] Physical Review B 110 (12)\, L121101 (2024)\n[2] arXiv: 2504.03842\n[3] arXiv: 2510.13373\n[4] Nature Communications 16 (1)\, 5270 (2025)\n[5] arXiv: 2509.14366 UID:143295-21892653@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143295 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251128T121323 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: What Kinds of Functions Do Neural Networks Learn? Low-Norm vs. Flat Solutions DESCRIPTION:This talk investigates the fundamental differences between low-norm and flat solutions of shallow ReLU networks training problems\, particularly in high-dimensional settings. We sharply characterize the regularity of the functions learned by neural networks in these two regimes. This enables us to show that global minima with small weight norms exhibit strong generalization guarantees that are dimension-independent. In contrast\, local minima that are “flat” can generalize poorly as the input dimension increases. We attribute this gap to a phenomenon we call neural shattering\, where neurons specialize to extremely sparse input regions\, resulting in activations that are nearly disjoint across data points. This forces the network to rely on large weight magnitudes\, leading to poor generalization. Our analysis establishes an exponential separation between flat and low-norm minima. In particular\, while flatness does imply some degree of generalization\, we show that the corresponding convergence rates necessarily deteriorate exponentially with input dimension. These findings suggest that flatness alone does not fully explain the generalization performance of neural networks. UID:142085-21889991@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142085 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T080145 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter 2026 Seminar Series: \"Uncovering defect mechanisms and apical polarity cues in neural tube organoids\" DESCRIPTION:Andrew Tidball\, Ph.D.\nResearch Assistant Professor\nNeurology\nUniversity of Michigan UID:141937-21889654@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141937 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:AEM Featured,Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Biosciences,Ecology,Education,Engineering,Free,Graduate School,Graduate Students,human genetics,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Life Science,Medicine,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Public Health,Rackham,Research,Science,seminar,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building - ABC Seminar Rooms CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T102025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T171500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Exploring the structural biology of enteroviral genome replication DESCRIPTION:The Enterovirus genus comprises RNA viruses associated with various illnesses\, including the common cold\, poliomyelitis\, acute flaccid paralysis\, and myocarditis. These viruses have conserved cloverleaf-shaped RNA secondary structures at the extreme 5′ end of their genomes\, which are crucial for assembling viral and host proteins\, such as 3CD and PCBP2\, into functional ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes required for genome replication. However\, the high-resolution structures and mechanisms of these cloverleaf RNAs have largely remained unknown. Recently\, we determined the crystal structures of five cloverleaf RNAs from different enteroviral species\, revealing a highly conserved H-type four-way junction fold that positions the 3CD and PCBP2 binding sites far apart. The conserved features observed in these structures\, including a long-range A•C•U base triple\, enabled us to predict structural models for other enteroviruses via homology modeling\, yielding models similar to the experimental structures. Our structure-guided binding analyses\, using recombinantly purified full-length human PCBP2 and viral 3C proteins\, along with the crystal structures of the cloverleaf-3C complexes\, offered further insights into how these viruses assemble RNP complexes for their genome replication within host cells. Moreover\, we demonstrated that antisense oligonucleotides could block high-affinity PCBP2-binding sites\, highlighting the potential to develop therapeutics targeting this replication platform for enteroviral infections. The notable structural conservation among enteroviral cloverleafs observed in our studies underscores opportunities to develop universal therapeutics that target this viral RNP platform across multiple enterovirus infections. UID:138424-21882929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138424 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemical Biology,Chemistry,Science LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T120133 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:KOA Pre-Law and Public Policy Fraternity - Winterfest! DESCRIPTION:Come meet brothers at the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom to learn more about our premier pre-law and public policy professional fraternity on Tuesday\, January 13th\, from 4-7pm at Table 4! We will be in the Wl section with all the other professional fraternities. \nCheck out our Instagram @koaumich for updates! \nQuestions? Email our recruitment chairs! Fin (fnicol@umich.edu) & Grace (ggkim@umich.edu)\nInterest form: Click here UID:142866-21891746@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142866 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Table 4 - Rogel Ballroom (Michigan Union) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T162951 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Launch & Learn: Rock Your LinkedIn Profile! DESCRIPTION:Is your LinkedIn profile “up to code”?\nWhen you’re job hunting\, you might assume your resume is what’s holding you back\, but the real issue could be much simpler: your LinkedIn profile just needs a tune-up.\n\n​Join Ezra Zimbler\, founder of Ezra Zimbler Consulting and former LinkedIn expert with over a decade of experience in hiring\, sales\, marketing\, and branding. In this workshop\, you will learn how to present yourself with confidence and go beyond the basics to land your next role. UID:143026-21891959@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143026 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Career Development,Career Navigation,Linkedin,Networking,Workshop,Zell Lurie Institute,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R2420 | Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T152049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Summer International Internships with IES Abroad Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join CGIS Advisor Will Clancy and IES Abroad as we talk about Summer International Internship Opportunities with IES Abroad. This information will go over basic information about the IES Abroad Summer Internship offerings and outline the application and placement process. Students are encouraged to attend and ask questions! UID:141952-21889675@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141952 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T104533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Tacos & Triva Night DESCRIPTION:Put your knowledge to the test and your taco-building skills to work! Tacos & Trivia Night brings together tasty tacos and fun\, fast-paced trivia for a night of friendly competition and big laughs. Grab your crew\, fuel up with your favorite fillings\, and see who takes the trivia crown. 🌮🧠🎉\n\nThis event is included with your residential meal plan. Those with block plans can use a meal swipe to enter. All other guests will pay the door rate to dine in the dining halls. UID:143168-21892349@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143168 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,North Campus LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260102T134450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:WINTERFEST 2026 DESCRIPTION:Come check out the YAF table at winterfest to learn more about the club and chat with the members. UID:143138-21892307@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143138 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Free,Politics,Student Org LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T155845 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Winterfest Central DESCRIPTION:Kick off the winter term by finding your people\, your passions\, and your next big campus adventure at Winterfest Central! Meet student organizations\, explore new interests\, and get involved in campus life all in one place. Whether you’re looking to join a club\, try something new\, or reconnect with your community\, Winterfest has something for everyone. We will have performances from student organizations in the Courtyard of the Michigan Union\, don’t miss your chance to connect\, discover\, and make winter semester unforgettable!\n\nSee the following link for participating organizations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cg-LR_Nu4eh17l-pry-EH2NCkwA9kGjwwNy497n4928/edit?gid=1061294629#gid=1061294629 UID:141972-21889705@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141972 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Recruiting,student organizations,things to do,union,university unions,welcome to michigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T162049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Art at Home - Matching Day DESCRIPTION: UID:143552-21893379@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143552 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:UMMA CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260110T100333 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Analysis Seminar: Planning Meeting + Snack Time! DESCRIPTION:In this planning meeting\, we'll discuss logistics\, possible talk ideas\, and set up a schedule for speakers this semester. Graduate students in any area of study are welcome to join\, and first-year graduate students are especially encouraged to join!\n\nAfter we finish\, we'll have Snack Time! Stop by to chat and eat some food. You are encouraged to bring some snacks to share! UID:143658-21893588@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143658 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T183000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Virtual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group for Adults DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to gain better control of your thoughts and emotions? Our Psychological Clinic invites adults 18 and older to participate in our weekly Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group sessions\, held virtually for your convenience. Learn practical skills for managing anxiety\, depression\, and challenging situations with the support of experienced clinicians and peers.\n\nWhy Choose DBT Group Therapy?\nGroup sessions offer unique benefits\, including opportunities to learn new techniques\, share experiences\, and build supportive connections. You’ll develop practical skills in mindfulness\, emotion regulation\, interpersonal effectiveness\, and distress tolerance—essential tools for managing strong emotions and handling stress. Research shows that connecting with peers in a supportive group environment encourages real-world growth\, accountability\, and lasting change.\n\nProgram Details:\n- Who: Adults 18+ interested in building coping skills\, managing emotions\, and improving relationships.\n- When: Tuesdays from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. (via Zoom).\n- Structure: The program runs in ongoing 4-month cycles\, each focusing on a different theme.\n- Flexible Start: New participants can join at the first Tuesday session of any month.\n- Cost: $45 per session (insurance may help cover costs). UID:139870-21886237@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139870 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:anxiety,Depression,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,mental health,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T093639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:January BIndx Meeting DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our first BIndx Meeting of 2026! There will be food\, games\, and conversation. All majors are welcome. \n\nThe Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx\, pronounced BIND-ex) group is composed of IOE students and faculty who come together informally for meaningful conversations and fellowship to promote learning\, mentoring\, and networking. The BIndx program was initiated to promote a learning space where students feel comfortable engaging with faculty. BIndx meetings occur as informal monthly discussions to help form relationships between faculty and minoritized students. BIndx hosts a diverse group of guest speakers throughout the semester with a specific focus to facilitate conversations\, build connections\, and empower self-reflection. \n\nDate and Time: \nTuesday\, January 13\, 2026 (5:30pm - 7:00pm) \nIOE Building\, Conference Room 2717 (on the second floor) \nDinner will be served to those who RSVP \n\nPlease RSVP by Friday\, January 9th\, at 3 pm if you plan to attend. UID:142657-21891268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142657 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - 2717 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T172052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T191500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:LSA Transfer Center DESCRIPTION: UID:143553-21893380@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143553 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T120313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 SUMMARY:Other:General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Hi all! At this meeting we'll be welcoming new members and discussing upcoming opportunities/events for this semester\, including our new 65-gallon club tank!!  UID:143782-21894007@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143782 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad Basement CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T134955 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Victors on Ice DESCRIPTION:Kick off the winter semester with fellow Wolverines at our Ice Skating Night! Whether you’re a pro or a first-time skater\, come enjoy music\, laughter\, and great company on the ice. Each skater will receive one free concession stand voucher\, so grab a snack\, lace up your skates\, and glide into the new semester with Michigan spirit. UID:142542-21891136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142542 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T195000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Food Literacy for All DESCRIPTION:Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative\, Program in the Environment\, School for Environment & Sustainability\, and our Michigan-based community partners. \n\nFrom January to April 2026\, Food Literacy for All features dynamic guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-7:50 PM) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. This year\, we will hear talks on changemaker chefs\, seed rematriation\, student food movements\, soil science and politics\, city urban agriculture directors\, labor practices in the meatpacking industry\, and much more. The course is primarily virtual and livestreamed as Zoom Webinars. \n\nRegister for free as a community member on our website. As a registrant\, you can attend the sessions that interest you/fit your schedule.\n\nRather participate for course credit in the Winter 2026 semester? Enroll in the 2-credit\, primarily virtual class as an undergraduate (ENVIRON 444) or receive graduate-level credit (EAS 444). UID:142266-21890285@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,agriculture,Climate Change,Environment,environmental justice,food,Interdisciplinary,social justice,sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T180307 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T210000 SUMMARY:Other:Open House 1 DESCRIPTION:Come join us this week at our optional Open Rush events to learn more about KTP\, hear what we do\, and connect with our members! UID:143778-21894003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143778 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:CCCB 3460 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251006T111302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T200000 SUMMARY:Performance:Amythyst Kiah DESCRIPTION:A blend of folk\, blues\, Americana and rock with wistful\, cutting lyrics\n\nProduced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift\, Green Day\, Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio\, Amythyst Kiah’s new album Still + Bright explores the vast expanse of her inner world: her deep-rooted affinity for Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions\, a near-mystical connection with the natural world\, the life lessons learned in her formative years as a self-described “anime-nerd mall goth.” In dreaming up the backdrop to her revelatory storytelling\, Kiah and Walker arrived at a darkly cinematic and exhilarating twist on the rootsy alt-rock of her 2021 breakthrough album Wary + Strange—an LP that landed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021 and drew acclaim from major outlets like Pitchfork. With its sonic palette encompassing everything from fuzzed-out guitars and industrial-leaning beats to gilded pedal steel and Kiah’s exquisitely graceful banjo work\, Still + Bright fully affirms her as an artist of both daring originality and uncompromising depth.\n\nOn Wary + Strange\, Kiah offered up a collection of spellbinding songs detailing her experience with grief and trauma and alienation\, each illuminating the extraordinary impact of her songwriting. An electrifying showcase for her singular musicality and soul-stirring voice\, Kiah’s Rounder Records debut soon found many leading critics hailing her as a formidable new talent\, adding to a list of accolades that includes earning a Grammy nomination for her powerhouse anthem “Black Myself.”\n\nWhile Still + Bright undoubtedly finds Kiah pushing into new emotional and musical terrain\, the album also makes for a vital new addition to a body of work largely dedicated to exploring the struggle and joy of true self-discovery. “With all of my music\, I’d love to leave people with the feeling that it’s okay to go off the beaten path and to structure your life in a way that feels right to you\,” says Kiah. “And just like with the last record\, I hope that these songs can help people out if they’re going through a difficult time. That’s what I always hope for more than anything: for my music to continue to be a part of the healing process for anyone who might need it.” UID:140293-21886887@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ark,Mutotix LOCATION:ARK Reserved CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T142304 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vision and Vibes at Stockwell DESCRIPTION:Join the Stockwell Diversity Peer Educator in starting the year with intentionality and creativity by making your own 2026 vision board! UID:143014-21891953@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143014 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community Engagement,Crafts LOCATION:Stockwell Hall - Rosa Parks Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T162752 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260113T213000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Trivia and Game Night at Newberry DESCRIPTION:Join the Newberry Diversity Peer Educator for a round of pop culture trivia\, board games\, and online games! Have fun\, connect with others\, and enjoy free snacks. UID:142594-21891202@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142594 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Games,Trivia LOCATION:Newberry Residence - Audre Lorde Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge Application Window DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nLCC is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nThis year's LCC will be held on January 29-30 and is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21. UID:137307-21880109@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892489@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21892574@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889765@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890827@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894895@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890592@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891538@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 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:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890690@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Goosechase! DESCRIPTION:This semester long Scavenger Hunt will help you navigate campus\, find fun experiences\, and allow you to compete for fabulous prizes! Join today and start earning points!\n\nJoin Link: https://join.goosechase.com/1a55ceb3-9b27-4cfc-a514-7425415457b8 UID:143089-21892053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:prizes,welcome to michigan,WelcometoMichigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T120755 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Drop By Resume Critique Event DESCRIPTION:Are you ready for internship and full-time recruiting? Start with Your Resume! The Engineering Career Fair is coming up – make sure your resume is ready to impress. Meet with Engineering Career Resource Career Advisor who can help you make your resume both ATS-friendly and recruiter-ready.\n\nDrop by the Duderstadt Connector for a quick\, focused resume review. No registration needed – Resume critiques are first come\, first served.\n\nThis is a CoE event and only CoE majors and LSA declared CS/DS students are elligible. UID:142806-21891659@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142806 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894977@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260511T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through November 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 12 - November 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weekly coffee chat hosted by INFORMS & HFES DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Commons for some coffee and networking! UID:138834-21890136@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Hfes,Human Factors And Ergonomics Society,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite Room 1700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T141720 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSB Planet Blue Ambassador Training DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Planet Blue Ambassador training during the BSB Sustainable Lab and Safety Day. Please note that this training will be geared more towards individuals who work in laboratory settings. \n\nPizza available for those who RSVP. UID:143845-21894118@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143845 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:planet blue,Sustainability LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T150249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:“The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality” DESCRIPTION:Join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as we host our own faculty member Joe LaBriola as he presents\, “The Tax Treatment of Housing as a Source of Racial Inequality.”\n\nAbstract: “In this talk\, I argue that the state contributes to cumulative advantage processes in United States housing markets through the tax treatment of homeownership\, which fuels house price growth and provides greater economic benefits to groups with high homeownership rates. I focus in particular on the effect of the mortgage interest deduction\, a federal tax expenditure that transfers tens of billions of dollars to homeowners each year\, on economic inequality between White and Black households. I document wide White-Black inequality in mortgage interest deduction benefits\, caused in large part by White-Black gaps in homeownership\, and demonstrate how the mortgage interest deduction has contributed to growth of the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. However\, I also show that White-Black gaps in mortgage interest deduction benefits have narrowed over time\, due to falling mortgage interest rates and increases in the size of the standard deduction. These findings highlight how the effects of racialized tax policies depend on how institutional and macroeconomic conditions interact with racial gaps in factors that affect tax liabilities.”\n\nJoe LaBriola is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center\, where he is Faculty at the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. His research examines the roots of social stratification in the contemporary United States\, with his current research focusing on the role of housing and housing policy in exacerbating racial and socioeconomic inequalities. Methodologically\, he uses econometric methods and microsimulation modeling to analyze survey and administrative data. His work has been published in leading sociology journals including the American Sociological Review\, Social Forces\, and Social Problems.\n\nLunch will be provided to all in-person attendees. Please RSVP to save your seat. UID:143220-21892508@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Economics,Social Sciences,Sociology,Survey Research LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Graduate students Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143605-21893458@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143605 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T112104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Faculty Allies Learning Community Workshop: Grant Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Those Faculty Allies interested in applying for the Faculty Allies Grant are welcome to attend this grant writing workshop for the 2026–27 cycle. This session provides an opportunity to vet ideas for grant activities or to get ideas from the group. UID:142495-21891026@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142495 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251119T115241 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T133000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Freedom From Smoking Program DESCRIPTION:Quitting isn’t easy—but it’s easier with the right help. MHealthy’s Tobacco Consultation Service (TCS) has partnered with the American Lung Association to offer the Freedom From Smoking® program.\n\nThis is a free\, seven-week virtual group program that gives you options\, resources and support to quit for good! With Freedom From Smoking\, you'll develop a plan of action that leads to your quit day. You’ll also get the support you need to remain tobacco-free for life! \n\nThe next seven-week Freedom From Smoking® virtual (Zoom) group starts Wednesday\, January 14\, 2026\, from 12 – 1:30 p.m. Meets weekly on Wednesdays through February 25.\n\nWhat you’ll learn:\nHow to know if you’re really ready to quit\nFDA-approved cessation medications that can increase your success\nLifestyle changes to make quitting easier\nHow to prepare for your quit day\nCoping strategies for managing stress and avoiding weight gain\nDeveloping a new self-image\nHow to stay tobacco-free for good UID:142019-21889830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142019 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:employees,Faculty,faculty and staff,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,Health & Wellness,health and wellness,mhealthy,smoke-free,Staff,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being,Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T112104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:IPE Winter Abroad 101 DESCRIPTION: UID:142953-21891847@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142953 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21890316@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T063147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878439Just getting started building a resume? Have a draft but not sure how to make it better? Want to learn about resources available to revise your resume? Wherever you’re at Resume Lab is a great next step for you. Get real-time\, personalized support in a small group setting by checking out the Resume Lab.We will discuss and educate you on…- Design andformat- Writing a great bullet point- Targeting your resumefor specific internships/jobs If you're a Graduate Studentor Recent Grad\, please make a 1:1 appointment instead of attending the Lab because this event is designed for undergraduates. Note:This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen by a larger number of U-M Students.#UCC UID:142996-21891929@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142996 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T100405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ClariTEA: Informal Undergraduate Advising Event DESCRIPTION:ClariTEA is a weekly informal\, drop-in advising event where Robotics and Interested Undergraduate students meet with Robotics Undergraduate Academic Advisors. Refreshments and TEA are offered at each meeting.\n\nJoin us in having a conversation with the Robotics Undergraduate community. UID:142310-21890452@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142310 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T150236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Bachelor in General Studies (BGS) Meet-Up DESCRIPTION:Calling all current and prospective BGS students! Please join us and start the new term right. What can you do this term in and out of the classroom that builds towards your BGS degree themes? Let's figure it out together and set some intentions for a meaningful Winter term. We'll see you on Wednesday\, January 14\, from 1-2pm in the Newnan Academic Advising Center (1255 Angell Hall). UID:143020-21891954@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143020 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Bachelor In General Studies,In Person,Majors,Newnan,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - LSA Newnan Academic Advising Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260102T133642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T143000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Digital Accessibility Train-the-Trainer DESCRIPTION:Registration is open for the Digital Accessibility Train-the-Trainer course. This is an instructor-led workshop that will be held via Zoom. This workshop is intended for those interested in conducting digital accessibility training in their own unit or department. It focuses on how to present digital accessibility concepts and best practices\, and will provide you with guidance and resources to do so. You will get access to a pre-training Canvas course that covers accessibility basics and U-M resources\, as well as slide decks and materials you can customize and use when conducting your own trainings.\nIf you have any questions\, please contact DAL-Training@umich.edu.\n\nPlease register on Sessions @ U-M for our session on Wednesday\, January 14: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/20622 UID:143137-21892302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143137 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:accessibility,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Digital Accessibility LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251124T101915 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Disability Navigator Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Stop by and chat with the Disability Equity Office's Disability Navigators. Whether you have questions about supportive resources\, workplace accommodations\, event accessibility\, or general accessibility at the University of Michigan\, we're here to help! You're welcome to pop in for just a few minutes or stay for the whole hour. If you’d like some privacy\, breakout rooms are available for one-on-one conversations.\n\nJoin whenever you're free—no registration required. If you need any accommodations to participate\, please contact the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu. We look forward to connecting with you!\n\nZoom Meeting Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98239842235?jst=2 UID:141988-21890075@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141988 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Disability,Office Hours LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T095626 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Pre-Health 101: Getting Started On Your Pre-Health Journey! DESCRIPTION:Join us for \"Pre-Health 101: Getting Started On Your Pre-Health Journey!\" This informative presentation delves into the process of being a pre-health student and developing the core competencies essential for success in the healthcare field. Explore the abundance of departmental resources available to support your academic and professional growth. Learn how to leverage the Career Center for personalized career development\, gaining insights into internships\, networking opportunities\, and the path to your dream healthcare profession. Whether you're just starting on your pre-health journey or looking to enhance your skills\, this event offers invaluable guidance and connections to propel you forward in your healthcare career aspirations. UID:142836-21891728@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142836 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Pre-med,Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T133016 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Transfer Transitions Resource Fair DESCRIPTION:Welcome\, winter 2026 transfer students!\n\nThe Transfer Transitions series is aimed at supporting your transition to U-M by hosting events with different offices and organizations on campus\; we hope these events will help you to connect with resources\, opportunities\, peers\, and staff and contribute to a positive first-semester experience on campus. We are glad you are here!\n\nOur Transfer Transitions kickoff event is the Transfer Transitions Resource Fair\, where a number of campus partners will be ready to greet you and chat with you about resources they offer to transfer students. Come to connect with Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS)\, English Language Institute\, LSA Honors\, LSA Opportunity Hub\, Language Resource Center\, LSA Scholarships\, Math Learning Center\, Newnan Academic Advising\, Non- and Post-Traditional Student Community Group (NPTCG)\, Science Learning Center\, Services for Students with Disabilities\, Sweetland Center for Writing\, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)\, University Career Center\, and more. \n\nWhile this event is geared toward new LSA transfer students\, all U-M transfer students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please register through the Sessions link and come anytime between 1-4 PM. We look forward to seeing you at the Transfer Transitions Resource Fair! UID:142911-21891801@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142911 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T135000 SUMMARY:Performance:Eva Albalghiti\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Eva Albalghiti performs on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon\, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals\, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells\, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells. UID:143606-21893459@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143606 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T141348 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Peptide Encoded Chiral Inorganic Nanomaterials Talk DESCRIPTION:From small molecules to entire organisms\, evolution has refined biological structures at the nanoscale\, microscale and macroscale to be chiral—that is\, mirror dissymmetric. Chiral nanoscale materials can be designed that mimic\, refine and advance biological chiral geometries\, to engineer optical\, physical and chemical properties for applications in photonics\, sensing\, catalysis and biomedicine. The idea that inorganic materials can be chiral seems to be counterintuitive. In this talk\, I will discuss about a new mechanism that can generate chiral nanomaterials based on the interaction between chiral peptides and high index plane of metal surface. The enantioselective interaction of chiral molecules and high-Miller-index facets can break the mirror symmetry of the metal nanocrystals. I will also discuss about interesting optical properties of these chiral gold plasmonic nanoparticles that was synthesized by the peptides and amino acid. The resulting 432 symmetric chiral morphology result in the highest dissymmetry factor (g) and the efficient coupling with other materials. I believe that this synthetic approach for the chirality control of inorganic nanomaterials can have a lot of potential to maximize the light-matter interaction\, resulting in many optical\, electronic and biological applications. \nReference)\n“Enantioselective Sensing by Collective Circular Dichroism\,” Nature. 2022\, 612\, 470. \n“Amino-Acid- and Peptide-Directed Synthesis of Chiral Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles\,” Nature. 2018\, 556\, 360. \n\nProfessor Ki Tae Nam received his B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University\, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. He got the “outstanding PhD thesis award” from MIT. His PhD thesis was about the “virus-based battery” that has been highlighted as the first demonstration of virus based electrochemical devices. During his postdoc (2007-2010) at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab\, he studied peptide mimetic polymer to assemble two dimensional structures. Since 2010\, His group at SNU continue to pioneer the research area of bioinspired material science to make new functional materials for energy and optical applications. Recent innovations include the development of CO2 utilization chemistry (Nature Energy. 2021\, 6\, 733 and Nature synthesis. 2024\, 3 etc) and the peptide based synthesis of chiral nanomaterials (Nature 2018\, Nature 2022 and Nature Materials 2024). In 2022\, He received the POSCO Chung-am Award that is one of the most prestigious award in Korea. He is an associate editor for Nano Letters and will serve as one of the chair in MRS Fall 2027 Meeting. UID:143419-21893112@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143419 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - G063/064 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T132102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Vision Board Making DESCRIPTION:Take time to reflect\, dream\, and set intentions for the year ahead. Join us for a relaxed vision board–making session where you can explore your goals\, hopes\, and priorities for 2026 in a creative\, low-pressure way.\nAll supplies provided — come follow prompts or create freely at your own pace. Snacks and good vibes included. UID:143113-21892161@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143113 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:OGPS Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T135500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CGIS: Summer International Internships (Overview) DESCRIPTION:CGIS has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world\, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality international internships in the summer. This info session will provide a general overview of each program and provide additional details regarding financing your experience abroad and getting started on an application. UID:141546-21888992@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141546 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162506 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Hopwood Program Manager Virtual Office Hours DESCRIPTION:Bring your questions about the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests and get instant answers. Contest deadline is January 15th. UID:143226-21892519@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143226 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Creative Writing,Dearborn,English Language And Literature,fiction,Flint,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Poetry,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T151537 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Summer International Internships w/ CIEE Info Session DESCRIPTION:The Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS) has partnered with four internship provider organizations that maintain portfolios of placements around the world\, offering the chance for undergraduate students to participate in quality International Internships over the summer. This info session will go into detail about the program for one of these providers\, CIEE. \n\nCIEE Summer Global Internship programs combine a full-time internship with an integrated academic seminar (earning 6 total credits) to provide professional exploration and specific skills development over the course of 8+ weeks during the summer. You’ll learn to contextualize real-world experience while learning about local business culture\, intercultural communication\, professional development\, and linkages between local and global industry trends. With 18 approved locations in 17 different countries across the globe and placements in a wide variety of career fields--Arts\, Business\, Communication\, STEM\, Health Sciences\, Policy/Law\, and many more--you're sure to find a fantastic option that's the right fit for you! \n\nSound interesting? Come join us either in-person or virtually to learn more! Register now via Sessions: myumi.ch/R32QX UID:141346-21888664@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141346 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Asia,Asia-pacific,Australia,Career,Central America,China,Culture,Diversity,Europe,European,global,global engagement,global opportunities,Information Session,intercultural,International,Internship,internships,Korea,Latin America,Networking,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Sessions,study abroad,Summer,Travel,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260104T173308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Come plan this semester's seminar with us! Whether you're open to giving a talk or not\, we'd love for you to join us. Feel free to bring ideas for topics you'd like to hear about in the seminar. UID:143157-21892336@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143157 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T082650 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Nanoscale Soft Matter Under Electron Microscopy DESCRIPTION:We are fascinated with nanoscale soft matter\, which crosses the boundaries of synthetic and living systems and defies simple mean-field theories or coarse-grained models. In this talk\, I will show a few of our recent case studies\, with new understandings provided by our multimodal “electron videography.” The first is the measurement and significance of interactions beyond nearest neighbors in colloidal nanoparticles in and out of equilibrium. These interactions not only determine the phase behaviors of nucleation and crystal growth\, but the phonon mode structures if we treat nanoparticle self-assemblies as a new type of mechanical metamaterials. We establish accordingly the rules of nanoscale phonon manipulation in complex and new assembly structures such as Maxwell lattice with floppy modes and moiré lattices with angle-dependent band structures. The second is the measurement and design of structural heterogeneity of nanoparticles\, polymers\, and biological systems. We show that scaling theory needs to be coupled with atomic functional density theory to predict\, for example\, nanopatterning of polymers on surfaces. We also show the spatiotemporal fluctuations of proteins and cells during interactions\, which can impact greatly the function and efficacy of interactions. The third is the existence and generation of defects and strain in crystalline nanomaterials\, let them be catalysts or electrodes. Atomic lattices are “softened” in these systems\, leading to extended strain patterns in three dimensions that we visualize at the nanoscale. All these new observations are aligned with our push of electron videography and automation to make the invisible visible\, and we see this as the beginning of a more comprehensive understanding and utilization of nanoscale soft matter.\n\nBiography: \nProf. Qian Chen is currently a professor and Racheff Scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She got her BS degree in chemistry from Peking University and her PhD degree from the same department with Prof. Steve Granick. She completed her postdoctoral research with Prof. Paul Alivisatos at the University of California\, Berkeley\, under a Miller Fellowship. She became a faculty in 2015 and since then has received awards for the research in her group\, such as the Forbes 30 under 30 Science List (2016)\, the AFOSR YIP (2017)\, the NSF CAREER award (2018)\, the Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry (2018)\, the ACS Unilever Award (2018)\, the Hanwha-TotalEnergies IUPAC Young Scientist Award (2022)\, the Soft Matter Lectureship (2023)\, the Provost's Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring (2024)\, the MRS Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award (2024)\, the ACS Langmuir lectureship (2025) and ACS Nano lectureship (2025). Her group’s research focuses on imaging\, understanding\, and engineering soft\, biological\, and energy materials at the nanoscale. UID:143251-21892553@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143251 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 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:138848-21885038@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138848 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T183122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student DGT Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Student DGT will be happening on Wednesdays from 3-4 PM in EH 3866 this semester. We’ll be holding our planning meeting Wednesday\, January 14th (3-4 PM\, EH 3866) and talks will hopefully begin the week after.\n\nPlease come sign up to give a talk! You can email gshemy@umich.edu or mohithna@umich.edu if you’re unable to make the planning meeting but are interested in giving a talk. UID:143707-21893697@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143707 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T175749 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student DGT Seminar: Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Let us plan the schedule for this semester. We welcome new ideas for reading groups\, discussions\, and related activities. We especially encourage first-year PhD students to attend. UID:143880-21894200@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143880 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - EH3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T193113 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Webinar: Habitat Heartbeats: Listening to What Oysters and Mussels Can Tell Us about Southern California Estuaries DESCRIPTION:Southern California’s estuaries can experience large swings in water quality due to events like freshwater inflow\, sewage spills\, and estuary mouth closures. The Tijuana River NERR (TRNERR) monitors several estuaries in San Diego County to better understand how biological communities respond to changes in water quality. Through an iterative process with TRNERR and other users\, this project team co-developed a biosensor monitoring system that uses shellfish (oysters and mussels) as biosentinels. Alongside state and local land managers and other wetland and aquaculture professionals\, the team designed an open-source electronic sensor that attaches to shellfish and monitors gaping behavior and heart rate. These metrics that can be used as indicators of physiological stress in response to environmental changes.\n\nIn this webinar\, the project team will describe their collaborative process within the team and with additional potential end users. Potential users included resource managers\, aquaculture practitioners\, and research biologists working with these bivalves in other settings. The team will describe the basic components of the biosensor equipment and approaches used in the field and lab for gathering and analyzing data. Data from the focal estuaries will be used to illustrate individual and group responses of the biosentinel bivalves to rapidly-shifting water quality conditions. UID:142624-21891232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142624 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,Sustainability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T111208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Stability and Moduli on Kuznetsov Components of Cubic 5-Folds DESCRIPTION:Bridgeland stability is notoriously hard to construct on varieties of dimension > 2. One promising workaround is to focus on the Kuznetsov component of Fano varieties — a residual piece of the derived category that often captures the essential geometric information. In this talk\, I will explain the construction of stability conditions on Kuznetsov components using the machinery of quadric fibrations introduced by Bayer–Lahoz–Macrì–Stellari. I will illustrate how this technique applies to cubic 5-folds as a new higher-dimensional example. In the second part\, I will then describe properties of the associated moduli spaces. In particular\, they admit immersions into hyper-Kähler varieties with Lagrangian image\, generalizing a geometric construction of Illiev–Manivel. UID:141525-21888971@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141525 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T203801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Macroscopic market making DESCRIPTION:Trade execution and market making are two central problems in algorithmic trading that have largely been studied in separate literatures. In this talk\, I present a unified approach that addresses both problems simultaneously in three steps.\n\nWe introduce a macroscopic market making model à la Avellaneda-Stoikov\, using continuous processes for orders instead of discrete point processes. Since the impact of a single market maker on price is typically negligible\, we then develop the corresponding game formulation. Finally\, we can connect traders with market makers.\n \nSubsequently\, we present our mathematical contributions. The goal is to derive the global well‑posedness of the optimal control/Nash equilibrium. The discussion addresses topics in game theory\, non‑smooth analysis\, FBSDEs\, and Riccati equations.\n\nReferences:\nIvan Guo\, Shijia Jin\, and Kihun Nam\, Macroscopic Market Making. Forthcoming in Finance & Stochastics. Preprint: arXiv:2307.14129.\nIvan Guo and Shijia Jin\, Macroscopic Market Making Games. Forthcoming in Mathematical Finance. DOI: 10.1111/mafi.70010.\nIvan Guo and Shijia Jin\, Optimal Execution and Macroscopic Market Making. Working paper. Preprint: arXiv:2504.06717. UID:143554-21893382@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143554 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T173738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probability/Analysis Circle: Harmonic Functions and Random Walks DESCRIPTION:Harmonic functions are classical objects in analysis\, the same is true for random walks in probability. We plan to discuss basics links between the two notions. UID:143665-21893622@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143665 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T144005 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student AIM Seminar: Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the new semester! The Student AIM Seminar will be holding a planning meeting on Wednesday\, January 14 from 4-5 pm in EH3088. We'd love to hear about your ideas about any social/professional event ideas\, research topics\, or speakers that you'd like us to facilitate for this semester. We especially encourage first-year PhD students to attend. As always\, there will be cookies! UID:143312-21892893@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143312 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Applied Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Unpacking the News with U-M Faculty Experts DESCRIPTION:Each session offers a space to pause\, sort out what’s happening\, and engage in thoughtful\, civil discussion with peers. Bring your questions\, your curiosity\, and your perspective—no preparation required.\n\nJosh Pasek is Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science\, Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies\, Institute for Social Research\, and Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Michigan. UID:143802-21894053@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Culture,Education,Free,In Person,Media,Politics,Social Impact,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pond Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T171532 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BLI Community Meeting: Dream It. Do It. DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first event of the new year!\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore the BLI and our habits\, discuss how habits guide effective goal-setting\, and apply them through a vision-boarding activity.\n\nDinner for participants: Cottage Inn Pizza UID:143773-21893994@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143773 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Contemplative Practices,Dinner,Food,Free,Leadership,Undergraduate,Well-being LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T101121 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T180000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Info Session: Summer Internship Funding DESCRIPTION:Are you one of the following?\n​>Student looking for funding to work at a startup or VC firm\n\n​>Student founder looking for funding and work on their venture full-time over the summer\n\n​If this is you\, come learn about the Summer Internship Funding program through the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship. Learn about the application process\, timeline\, and hear from other students who successfully recruited internships last year! UID:143362-21892952@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143362 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Career Development,Career Navigation,Entrepreneurship,Funding,Impact,Innovation,Internship,Startup,Vc,Venture,Venture Capital,Zell Lurie Institute,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurial Studies,Zell Lurie Institute For Entrepreneurship,Zli LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T001517 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Stamps Pre-College Info Session DESCRIPTION:Join us for an hour long virtual info session for students interested in spring\, summer\, and fall Pre-College programs at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art &\; Design. Our virtual and in-person pre-college programs are offered to current high school students (grades 9-12) interested in building new skills for their creative pursuits. The info session will include a presentation and Q&\;A. All times are Eastern US.\nVisit our Pre-College Programs section to learn more. UID:143354-21892942@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143354 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T133124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Kaloki Nyamai DESCRIPTION:Special Event: 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday\, January 14\, 2026 at UMMA's Helmut Stern Auditorium\n\nKaloki Nyamai\, born in Kitui\, Kenya\, is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture living and working in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an interest in art. He studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. Among Nyamai’s inspirations are his mother and grandmother\, Kenyan history\, and the current experience of being Kenyan and African.\nNyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at venues such as the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York\; and Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\; The Völklinger Hütte\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\; the Dakar Biennale\; the Stellenbosch Triennale\; the Ostrale Biennale\, Dresden\; and the Kampala Biennale. His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, the Arthur Primas Museum\, and Buxton Contemporary. He is a member of the artist council of MOWAA\, Nigeria.\n\nPresented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Kaloki Nyamai’s exhibition\, Tukilile Vaa\, will be on display from January 14 through February 27\, 2026 at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery on 202 S. Thayer. Additional work will be on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. \n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public. UID:142692-21891303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T053438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T193000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:1st Gen Engin Winter Welcome & Game Night DESCRIPTION:New Semester. New Opportunities. Free Food.\n\nKick off your Winter semester with a community that actually gets the first-gen experience! Whether you’re a returning member or curious about joining the 1st Gen Engin (FGE) family\, come recharge with us before the semester picks up speed on January 14th from 6pm-7:30pm in 265 Chrysler. Engineering is a marathon\, not a sprint—start your semester in a low-stress environment where you can build the connections you need to succeed.\n\nWhy Join Us?\nFuel Up: We’re providing dinner\, the perfect way to skip the busy dining hall\, buying dinner\, or cooking during your first full week of the semester.\nConnect: Meet fellow first-gen engineers who share your background and drive.\nGet the Inside Scoop: Be the first to learn more about our plans for the Winter semester. \nUnwind: Enjoy games and great conversation in a relaxed space.\n\nClick on the link on the side to RSVP by January 12th so we can ensure we have enough food for everyone! Any questions\, please reach out to us at 1stGenEngin@umich.edu. \n\nDon't tackle the College of Engineering alone. We look forward to seeing you there!\n\nNOTE: This event is open to all members of the University of Michigan community. UID:143351-21892939@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:First Generation,First-gen-week,First-generation,Graduate,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Social,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Deutschtisch im Max Kade Haus DESCRIPTION:Deutschtisch is a weekly event in the North Quad dining hall for Max Kade residents and visitors from outside of Max Kade Haus to speak German during a meal. UID:138182-21882540@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Germanic Languages And Literatures,Max Kade LOCATION:North Quad - Dining Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T210000 SUMMARY:Other:QMSS Community Hours: Winter 2026 DESCRIPTION:QMSS Community Hours are open to all students as a place to build community\, work\, study\, and get help & support from QMSS Peer Mentors and GSIs.\n\nQMSS Community Hours are designed to be a casual\, supportive\, weekly community-building and open study hours event for students in the QMSS Community (i.e.\, students previously or currently enrolled in any QMSS courses\, declared QMSS minors\, and student friends of the QMSS program). QMSS Community Hours are a supplement to traditional office hours during which students can come to chat with QMSS Peer Mentors\, make friends in the QMSS program\, and work independently or in groups on problem sets\, projects\, and/or exam studying.\n\nDuring Community Hours\, 1-2 GSIs from each QMSS 201 and QMSS 301 course will be present for at least 1 hour for potential student questions\, and there will be plenty of open space to work on your own or with friends without a GSI if that's what you prefer. QMSS Peer Mentors will always be present for the entire event to chat about navigating the QMSS minor\, finding\, applying for\, and getting offers for summer internships that utilize QMSS skills\, life as a student at the University of Michigan\, or anything else they've been thinking about lately and seeking additional support or resources for!\n\nOpen to all students! Light snacks will be provided & soft coffee house-style background music will be played during the events.\n\nThe image alt-text of the Winter 2026 QMSS Community Hours schedule is as follows:\n- Wednesday\, January 14 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, January 20 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, January 28 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 3 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 11 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, February 17 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, February 25 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 10 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, March 18 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, March 24 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 1 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 7 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Wednesday\, April 15 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm\n- Tuesday\, April 21 | QMSS 201 GSIs: 6-8pm | QMSS 301 GSIs: 6-8pm UID:144192-21894850@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144192 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Minors,Networking,Office Hours,Quantitative Methods,Social,Social Sciences,Transfer Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T180105 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T213000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Beginner Lesson and Social Dance DESCRIPTION:Swing Ann Arbor hosts a beginner drop-in lesson and social dance every Wednesday! No partner or experience needed. You do not need to be a student of the University of Michigan to attend. Just bring yourself and some comfy shoes!\n \n WHEN:Join us Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm for a free beginner drop-in lesson\, followed by a social dance from 7:30-9:30pm!\n \n WHERE:Michigan League\, Vandenberg Room throughout Fall 2025911 N University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, MI\n \n COST:Admission to beginner drop-in lesson: FREE!\nAdmission to social dance: $5 or FREE if you take the beginner drop-in lesson\n \n LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAYS:Each last week of the month we are hosting live music during our social dances! Check out our separate event listing for full details.\n \n VOLUNTEER:Help us run the front desk! You get free admission and $5 in Swing Ann Arbor credit! Email swingannarbor@gmail.com to help out.\n \n Photo Credit: Samantha Kunz Photography UID:142676-21891287@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142676 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T180302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T200000 SUMMARY:Other:DEI Panel DESCRIPTION:Come join us this week at our optional Open Rush events to learn more about KTP\, hear what we do\, DEI insights and efforts\, and connect with our members! UID:143780-21894005@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143780 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:League - Michigan Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T102856 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T200000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Opening Reception for *Tukilile Vaa* DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening reception of Kaloki Nyamai’s debut Michigan exhibition *Tukilile Vaa* immediately following his Penny Stamps Lecture at the U-M Museum of Art. See the exhibition\, meet the artist\, and enjoy some light refreshments. All are welcome!\n\nAbout the exhibition:\nKaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142794-21891585@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142794 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:20251215T155325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T210000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Karaoke Night at Mosher Jordan DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a fun night of karaoke! Show off your singing skills and sing along to your favorite songs! UID:142634-21891242@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142634 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:Mosher-Jordan Hall - Nikki Giovanni Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T180246 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T210000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:Star Wars Mandalorian Season 1 Watch Party DESCRIPTION:Come join some fellow Star Wars fans as we rewatch The Mandalorian season 1 in preparation for the new movie coming out in May!\nSnacks provided: rebellions are built on food. UID:143590-21893444@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143590 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T180306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T200000 SUMMARY:Community Service:Student Giving Council Meetings DESCRIPTION:Join the Student Giving Council for weekly meetings every Wednesday from 7-8pm in Mason Hall\, Room G437. Everyone is welcome\, no application needed. \nCheck out @umich_sgc on Instagram and visit us on Maize Pages!\nThe Student Giving Council (SGC) empowers students to be more actively engaged in philanthropy at the University of Michigan by giving them a seat at the table within the annual giving department. By creating a culture of giving on campus\, the SGC hopes to foster a lifelong engagement with the university and to provide its members with the opportunity to grow as professionals in the development sphere. Everyone is welcome to join\, no application needed!\n\nIf you are interested in joining the SGC\, please fill out this short interest form\, or come to one of our meetings! UID:143881-21894201@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143881 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T180243 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260114T210000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Women's Michigan Hockey League: In-person Info Meeting!! DESCRIPTION:Come see what WMHL is all about! \n \nWe are a brand new program focused on offering women the chance to play ice hockey in a safe and fun environment! UID:143530-21893358@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143530 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084404 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T235900 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge Application Window DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nLCC is a premier action-based learning experience that immerses participants in a simulated business and media crisis\, powered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross. Students play the part of executives responding to the issues as they unfold\, while leveraging the expertise of communication coaches\, faculty\, and a board of directors made up of esteemed U-M alumni\, to prepare for a press conference attended by real members of the media.\n\nThis year's LCC will be held on January 29-30 and is open to ALL U-M students. There are two levels of competition—graduate and undergraduate. Two undergraduate teams and two graduate teams will receive a scholarship\, split among participants. In addition to the competition\, there will be educational workshops\, a networking session\, and access to the Big House field.\n\nDon't miss out on this amazing\, one-of-a-kind opportunity! Apply by January 21. UID:137307-21880110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137307 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:II Photo Contest Exhibit DESCRIPTION:The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all students affiliated with the II and/or its centers and programs\, either through funding or study.\n\nSubmission categories include:\nGo Blue! - Showing U-M pride abroad\nThe World Is Your Classroom - Showing a facet of the student’s research\, work\, or study abroad\nEncounters & Vistas - Discovering cultural differences\, encountering the unfamiliar\, and finding unexpected moments abroad\n\nOn display through January 30\, 2026.\nLocation: Room 547 Weiser Hall\, 5th Floor Gallery Space UID:143218-21892490@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143218 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,International Education,international institute,Photo Exhibit,photography,visual arts LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 547 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T100000 SUMMARY:Exercise / Fitness:Chair Aerobics/Stretch\, Strength & Balance/Zumba DESCRIPTION:Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing every Monday-Friday from 9-10am. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults\, however\, everyone is welcome. LTF classes are free\, but please consider making a $2/person per class donation as our classes are supported strictly through donations. No registration is necessary\, simply attend when it fits your schedule. UID:134855-21892575@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134855 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:fitness,Health & Wellness LOCATION:Off Campus Location - JCPenney Wing CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T170859 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T235900 SUMMARY:Other:Hopwood Awards Contest Deadline DESCRIPTION:The deadline for submitting work to the 2026 Hopwood Awards writing contests is 11:59 p.m. (one minute before midnight) Eastern time on January 15th. No late submissions will be accepted. Contests are open to enrolled University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students at all three campuses. The contests are free to enter. For contest descriptions and guidelines\, see lsa.umich.edu/hopwood. UID:143228-21892526@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143228 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Contest Deadline,Creative Writing,Dearborn,Department Of English Language And Literature,Digital,fiction,Flint,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Journalism,Literary Arts,Poetry,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:ICE in the Heartland: Community Impacts of Worksite Immigration Raids DESCRIPTION:ICE in the Heartland showcases a multifaceted project that gathers and disseminates the stories of communities impacted by immigration worksite raids with the aim of bringing underrepresented narratives to news media\, classroom\, and public discourse. This project comprises qualitative public health research conducted in impacted communities and visual arts generated from the research outcomes. Research teams of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Michigan\, led by Professor William Lopez\, and the University of Iowa\, led by Professor Nicole Novak\, collaborated with a range of community members and organizers at sites of six large-scale immigration worksite raids that occurred in 2018 in Iowa\, Nebraska\, Ohio\, Tennessee\, and Texas. The researchers visited these sites\, spoke to advocates\, detainees\, their families\, and other community members. In conversation with the seventy-seven interviews\, artists Dalia Harris and Carolina Jones Ortiz generated ten images that comprise ICE in the Heartland. On display with the artworks are community member testimonies\, analysis on the public health detriments to immigration worksite raids and deportation\, insights to the artists’ methods\, and the curricular materials used in public outreach programs. \n\nHosted and sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies\, U-M. UID:139065-21889766@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139065 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,Art,Education,Exhibition,free,Human Rights,immigration,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,irwg,public health,research,social inequality,social justice,Storytelling,Visual Arts LOCATION:Lane Hall - Lane Hall Exhibit Space--First Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T105136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T200000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World DESCRIPTION:View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as \"magical\" in traditional Western scholarship.\n\nHowever\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \n\nThis exhibit was a collaboration\, and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. It was curated by Abigail Staub\, PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology.\n\nAnna Bonnell Freidin\, U-M associate professor of history\, will talk about \"Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World\" (https://events.umich.edu/event/142418) on January 16. UID:142417-21890828@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142417 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Archaeology,Free,Library LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251007T105039 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:National Bagel Day at The Connector DESCRIPTION:Stop by The Connector to celebrate National Bagel Day! Hosted by the Connector Community Assistants--- start your morning off right with a free bagel! UID:140277-21886865@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140277 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,free,Free Food,Grab N Go LOCATION:The Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T163000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Currently based in Ann Arbor\, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro is a Mexican printmaker born in Lima\, Peru. Paloma attended art college in Mexico\, where she came face to face with printmaking during her first year at the Facultad de Artes Plásticas (College of Arts) in Xalapa\, Veracruz. She became fascinated with the possibilities that printmaking offers\, as well as its importance in popular resistance throughout history. In 1997\, she transferred to the Rochester Institute of Technology with an International Student Scholarship.\n-- \n\nAmongst the subjects that interest her are human migration\, social in-visibility\, and the intrinsic relation of humans to the universe as well as our dislocated relationship to it. She currently explores the vicissitudes of minorities and their stories in order to create a better understanding of their issues. By offering portraits of minorities and their stories\, Nunez-Regueiro’s goal is to create supportive communities for those who need to feel rooted in their geographical space and their present time. \n\nNúñez-Regueiro work is closely related to her experiences of living abroad — the impermanence\, the precarious construction of one's present and even less of one’s future. It is about the rootlessness of those of us who move from place to place. She is an incessantly positive artist and she profoundly believes in art as a tool to create the social change that can lead us to thoughtful actions\, and the bettering of ourselves and our communities. UID:144223-21894896@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144223 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,artists,arts,Arts Ambassadors,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative,Culture,Free,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,multicultural,Social Impact,social justice,visual arts LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T085640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T210000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:The Evolution of Campus\, 1838-1963: A Cartographic Celebration of U-M's History DESCRIPTION:Learn about the campus’ history and architecture and explore the campus that might have been. This exhibit highlights the U-M Ann Arbor campus\, both before its creation and throughout its continuous evolution. Featuring the work of famous architects such as Alexander Jackson Davis\, Albert Kahn and Eero Saarinen\, the exhibit presents maps\, plans\, architectural drawings\, proposals\, and photographs of the campus throughout its evolution. \n\nThis exhibit was originally part of a larger exhibit displayed from July 2017 to January 2018 to commemorate U-M's bicentennial. UID:138431-21890593@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library,Maps LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library (2nd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T100358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Tukilile Vaa DESCRIPTION:Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory\, blending Kamba traditions with contemporary narratives. Using acrylic paint\, rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, his free-hanging immersive works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation. For his U-M project\, Nyamai will present one large unstretched piece and two framed paintings at the Institute for the Humanities\, as well as a second free-hanging work at the U-M Museum of Art.\n\nThe physicality of his complex constructions inspire wonder in the viewer. The works are vast in scale\, embedded with stories\, where past and future merge both poetically and conceptually. In each composition\, the artist proposes a powerful alternative to the flatness of singular narratives of Kenyan history and identity presented as the definitive postcolonial account. He likens the formal act of stitching to symbolically unifying a wounded or fractured community.\n\nNyamai founded the Kamene Cultural & Research Center in Nairobi\, a creative and collaborative hub dedicated to the preservation\, promotion\, and innovation of African cultural practices.\n\nAbout the artist:\nKaloki Nyamai (*1985 in Kitui\, Kenya) is a multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, painting\, and sculpture based in Nairobi. From an early age\, his mother introduced him to painting and taught him to draw\, fostering an ever-lasting interest in art throughout his life. He often finds inspiration in his grandmother’s stories of the Kamba people\, a Bantu ethnic group of eastern Kenya. Using materials like acrylic paint\, sisal rope\, photo transfers\, and stitched yarn\, Nyamai’s free-hanging pieces evoke the healing of historical wounds and a collective yearning for renewal. His works blur the boundaries between painting\, sculpture\, and installation\, creating cohesive\, immersive experiences where past\, present\, and future converge poetically.\n\nNyamai studied Interior Design at the Buruburu Institute Of Fine Arts (BIFA) and then pursued painting after working in other creative fields. His large-scale paintings and mixed-media installations intricately explore historical narratives\, examining their resonance in the present. Nyamai has shown his work across the globe in solo exhibitions at the Norval Foundation\, Cape Town (2024)\; James Cohan Gallery\, New York (2024)\; Galerie Barbara Thumm\, Berlin (2023 and 2022)\; SEPTIEME Gallery\, Paris (2019)\, and other venues. In 2023\, he featured part of his series Dining in Chaos in the “Unlimited” section at Art Basel in Basel. He has participated in group exhibitions and biennials\, most recently at the Sharjah Biennial 16\, Sharjah (2025)\; The Völklinger Hütte\, Völklingen (2024)\; the Kenyan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale\, Venice (2022)\; and the Dakar Biennale (2022). His works are part of numerous private and institutional collections around the world\, such as the Dallas Art Museum\, the Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art\, and the Arthur Primas Museum. UID:142791-21891539@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142791 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:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:GalleryDAAS Presents: Archives of Resistance: Visuals and Voices from Carceral State Project Research DESCRIPTION:Opening December 8\, 2025 and running through January 2026\nGalleryDAAS| Haven Hall| G648| Monday - Friday 10-4pm\n\nThis exhibit showcases stories of resistance\, resilience\, and hope\, in the face of mass incarceration\, police violence\, immigrant detention\, and systematic racial criminalization. Archives of Resistance presents art\, prisoner correspondence\, research publications\, and archival documentation produced by the component projects of the Carceral State Project. These include: The Reckoning Project\, Immigrant Justice Lab\, Black & Pink at SPH\, ICE in the Heartland\, Critical Carceral Visualities\, Policing & Social Justice HistoryLab\, and Confronting Conditions of Confinement and Resistance. Artwork made by people in prison through Prison Creative Arts Project workshops is also on display. \n\nThe U-M Carceral State Project\, housed within the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, brings impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the University of Michigan. The CSP was first organized in 2018 and has since grown to involve over a dozen community and campus partners\, many graduate students\, and more than 400 undergraduate researchers. \n\nThrough public scholarship\, creative expression\, multimedia storytelling\, and archival documentation\, we highlight the lived experiences and persistent resistance of those impacted by criminalization\, policing\, incarceration\, immigrant detention\, and other forms of carceral control in the state of Michigan and beyond. The work presented in this exhibit represents only a sliver of the extensive research\, art\, advocacy\, public engagement\, and other products generated by the Carceral State Project over the years. UID:142351-21890691@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142351 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,african and afroamerican studies,Art,Exhibition,History,Law,Local Issues,Political Science,Race,Racism LOCATION:Haven Hall - GalleryDAAS, G648 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T092627 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 SUMMARY:Recreational / Games:Goosechase! DESCRIPTION:This semester long Scavenger Hunt will help you navigate campus\, find fun experiences\, and allow you to compete for fabulous prizes! Join today and start earning points!\n\nJoin Link: https://join.goosechase.com/1a55ceb3-9b27-4cfc-a514-7425415457b8 UID:143089-21892054@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143089 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:prizes,welcome to michigan,WelcometoMichigan,Winterwelcome2026 LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T112508 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Unsaturated Fat Alters Clock Phosphorylation to Align Rhythms to the Season in Mice DESCRIPTION:Faculty Candidate Seminar UID:142973-21891867@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142973 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Faculty Candidate,Neuroscience LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Engage Detroit Grant Live ($15\,000) DESCRIPTION:Interested parties should apply through the website: https://engaged.umich.edu/engagement-detroit/detroit-workshops/\n\nOur Engaged Learning team is seeking proposals for the 2026 Engage Detroit Workshop grant program\, which supports small groups of U-M faculty and staff members organizing a workshop or a speaker series in Detroit. Please consider sharing this information with your faculty and staff who are interested in pursuing projects in Detroit. \n\nContinuing our commitment to partnerships with Detroit\, this grant provides up to $15\,000 in funding for workshops or speaker series that foster meaningful relationships and connections on a topic connecting faculty and staff at the University of Michigan with Detroit communities. The program has awarded 27 projects since its inception in 2022.\n\nIn collaboration with the Dearborn and Flint Provosts\, for 2026\, we are planning to support up to six proposals aimed at organizing a workshop or speaker series on a topic that is both relevant to Detroit communities and brings together multiple initiatives/projects led by UM faculty/staff. \n \nSubmissions are due by March 1\, 2026\; an overview of the program is available here. You can read more about the program in Monday’s Record article\, or at the Engaged Michigan website. You can also review active work by U-M faculty and staff in Detroit\, as reported in our 2025 census map.\n\nPlease direct any questions you may have about the program or application process to engagedmichigan@umich.edu. UID:144249-21894978@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144249 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Engagement,Detroit,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Professions,History,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Lifelong Learning,Literature,Medicine,Networking,Nursing,Personal Development,pharmacy,Pre Med,Pre-Health,Pre-Law,Professional Development,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Sociology,Staff,Storytelling,Sustainability,Teaching,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260511T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through November 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - August 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (September 12 - November 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138032 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T142811 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T123000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:LSA@Play: Makers Series - Mug Painting & Hot Cocoa Bombs DESCRIPTION:Stop by this Makers Series event to paint your own ceramic mug\, perfect for sipping and showing off your creativity! Then\, build your very own hot cocoa bomb. Bring your friends and your best mug design ideas!\n\nThe LSA@Play Makers Series offers regular crafting events for students to practice mindfulness\, relax\, and unleash their creativity!\n__________\nFor LSA undergrads only. Join us for LSA@Play\, a vibrant series of events designed to welcome and support LSA students! Gatherings and activities offer an opportunity for students to prioritize well-being\, inclusivity\, and community. Plus\, get free food and LSA swag! Visit the LSA@Play webpage: lsa.umich.edu/play for more details\, subscribe to receive text/email updates\, and check for additional events being added soon! Events are first-come\, first-served\, and while supplies last. One swag item per student\, and you must be present with an MCard to receive it.\n\nThe University of Michigan College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts (LSA) greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please email lsaatplay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations. UID:143663-21893620@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143663 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students,Well-being LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T103931 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Modeling Biology on a Quantum Computer: Deciphering the Mechanism of ATP Hydrolysis Using Quantum Hardware DESCRIPTION:In-person: West Hall 411\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91050980639?jst=2\n\nAbstract:\nThe ability to model biochemical reaction dynamics on quantum hardware would open the door\nto the virtually exact description of enzymatic catalysis\, accelerating the discovery of novel\ntherapeutics. However\, noisy hardware\, the costs of computing gradients\, and the number of\nqubits and gates required to simulate large systems present major challenges to realizing the\npotential of dynamical simulations using quantum hardware. In this talk\, I will discuss our recent\nefforts to model ATP hydrolysis\, a paradigmatic and clinically-important biochemical reaction\,\nusing quantum hardware. Key to our modeling is employing transfer learning to learn\napproximate force fields based on abundant data and then correcting those force fields using\ndata from quantum hardware. Using this technique and new embedding and downfolding\nmethods\, I will show how we can gain novel mechanistic insights into a variety of hydrolysis-\nrelated reactions and how these techniques can be adapted to other problems in biochemistry.\nThroughout this talk\, I will underscore the opportunities and challenges associated with using\nquantum hardware and how these can be addressed via the fruitful marriage of quantum\ncomputation and machine learning.\n\nBio:\nDr. Brenda Rubenstein is currently the Krieble Professor of Chemistry at Brown University. She\nwas named to Popular Science magazine’s 2021 Brilliant 10 list of the top early career scientists\nand C&\;EN’s 2019 Talented 12 list of early career chemists\, and has received a number of\nresearch and teaching honors including the Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award\, a Cottrell\nTeacher Scholar Award\, and a Sloan Research Fellowship. While the focus of her work is on\ndeveloping new electronic structure methods\, she is also deeply engaged in rethinking\ncomputing architectures and computational biophysics. Prior to arriving at Brown\, she was a\nLawrence Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She\nreceived her Sc.B.s in Chemical Physics and Applied Mathematics at Brown University\, her\nM.Phil. in Computational Chemistry while a Churchill Scholar at the University of Cambridge\,\nand her Ph.D. in Chemical Physics at Columbia University. UID:142254-21890275@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142254 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Materials Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T115149 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T123000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ChE SEMINAR: Scott Banta\, Columbia University DESCRIPTION:B10 Auditorium \n\nBiotechnology for Critical Materials Production\n\nScott Banta\nProfessor and Chair of Chemical Engineering\nColumbia University\, New York\, NY\n\nScott Banta Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. He received his B.S.E. degree from the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County\, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rutgers University. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Shriners and Massachusetts General Hospitals and Harvard Medical School. He began his faculty career in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University in 2004 and his research has focused on the engineering of proteins and peptides for various applications in areas including biocatalysis\, bioelectrocatalysis\, biomaterials\, gene and drug delivery\, biosensing\, and bioenergy. His group is also developing new biotechnology platforms for energy harvesting and conversion as well as metal and mineral processing.\n\n\nThe global transition towards electrification will require tremendous growth in the production of critical materials\, and biotechnology is providing new solutions to this grand challenge. Metal oxidizing bacteria are critically important for the hydrometallurgical processing of copper\, gold\, and other sulfidic ores. Approximately 20% of the world’s copper production involves microbial oxidation of minerals in the world’s largest bioreactors. We have pioneered the development of genetic tools for the engineering and application of the iron and sulfur oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic acidophile\, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. We gained new insights into their unique physiology and engineered them for new traits including accelerated growth\, enhanced bioleaching\, salt tolerance\, and critical material reclamation. In addition to cells\, we are also invested in using biomolecular engineering to improve critical metal binding and separation. We have recently developed new proteins for rare earth element and other critical material bioseparations under acidic conditions. Throughout the talk I will highlight the substantial challenges and opportunities that come with the development of biotechnology solutions in this space. UID:143373-21892962@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143373 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry LOCATION:North Campus Research Complex Building 10 - B10 Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T112423 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T124500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Lung-Brain Crosstalk and Beyond: Neural Circuits of Interoception in Physiology and Disease DESCRIPTION:Faculty Candidate Seminar UID:142974-21891868@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142974 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Bsbsigns,Faculty Candidate,Neuroscience LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T162550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T123000 SUMMARY:Presentation:CGIS: Summer 2026 International Internships with Omprakash Info Sessions (December 2025 & January 2026) DESCRIPTION:The U-M Global Social Impact Internships Program with Omprakash helps students earn academic credit while pursuing independent social impact internships in Asia\, Africa\, and Latin America.\n\nInternship fields include health\, engineering\, education\, human rights\, sustainability\, and gender-based advocacy.\n\nAlongside your 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\nInfo Session Dates and Times:\n\nWednesday\, December 3\, 2025 from 10:00-10:30 AM ET\nThursday\, January 15\, 2026 from 12:00-12:30 PM ET\nWednesday\, January 28\, 2026 from 11:00-11:30 AM ET\n\nPlease register via Calendly: https://calendly.com/omprakash-org/u-m-global-social-impact-internships-info-session\n\nInfo session Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82074105905\n\nFor more information and questions about Omprakash internships\, please see: https://www.omprakash.org/joinedge/michigan-social-impact-internships\n\nYou can also contact the Omprakash staff 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:141957-21889681@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141957 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Abroad,Africa,All Majors Welcome,Asia,Career,Central America,Free,global engagement,global opportunities,India,Information Session,international,International Education,Internship,internships,Latin America,Social Impact,South America,Southeast Asia,Travel LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T124744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Yang Li DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nGene expression evolution relies on regulatory mutations. Past studies suggested that optimizing gene expression by positive selection on cis-regulatory mutations is relatively easy because the corresponding adaptive landscapes are quite smooth. To what extent gene expression can be optimized via trans-regulatory mutations is\, however\, unknown. Analyzing the transcriptomes and proteomes of 16 yeast strains carrying all combinations of four auxotrophic mutations\, we respectively construct 5\,923 and 446 adaptive landscapes of mRNA and protein expressions where neighboring genotypes differ by a trans-regulatory mutation. We find that mRNA expression is less optimizable by trans-regulatory mutations than by cis-regulatory mutations due to a lower fraction of open adaptive paths via trans- than cis-changes\, which may partially explain why trans-regulatory changes are rarer than cis-regulatory changes in gene expression evolution. Interestingly\, the adaptive landscapes of protein expressions are substantially less rugged and thereby more navigable than those of mRNA expressions due to post-transcriptional buffering effects\, suggesting that\, for protein-coding genes\, the evolvability of gene expression is even higher than the current estimate from adaptive landscapes of mRNA expressions. This high evolvability may have contributed to the prominence of gene expression changes as a mechanism of evolutionary adaptation.\n\n\nAbout the DCMB Tools & Technology Seminar Series\n\nThe DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar Series is held in Medical Science Building 1 (MS1)\, Room 4B700\, each Thursday at 12pm EST. Each seminar highlights a computational tool\, technology\, or methodology that is under development or in current use and is of special interest to DCMB and University researchers. Presenters are U-M researchers and students.\n\nThese seminars are live-streamed and recorded and made available for future viewing via the DCMB YouTube Channel UID:143179-21892395@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143179 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Career Fair Preparation: Stand Out in the Crowd DESCRIPTION:Attending the Winter Engineering Career Fair? Be prepared and feel confident! Make the most of every recruiter interaction by approaching the career fair with confidence and a plan. Learn how to navigate the career fair strategically\, research companies attending in advance and pitch yourself effectively to stand out from your peers. Pro Tip! Share with the recruiter what excites you about the company or role—employers appreciate candidates who’ve done their research!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge. UID:142802-21891651@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142802 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114956 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gender and Sexuality Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Gracia Dodds and Mack Brumbaugh\n- February 12: Tey Meadow\n- February 26: Bailey Otter\n- March 12: Abby Smith\; Xavier Fields\n- March 24: Elizabeth Armstrong and Hannah Tessler\; lightning talks\n- April 9: Johanna Oh\n- April 16: Maya Glenn UID:143662-21893613@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143662 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250723T150744 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.\n\nRegister at: https://myumi.ch/4m66E\n\nStudents considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The International Studies program coordinator will discuss:\n\n• Prerequisites\n• Major and minor requirements\n• Sub-plans\n• How to declare\n• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute\n• Study abroad\, grants\, and internships\n• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor\n\nUndeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. For dates of all upcoming sessions\, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu.\n\nParents and prospective students are welcome. For more information\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations\, events\, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:136614-21878922@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136614 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:international,Undergraduate Students LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T103514 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Learn to Meditate in 3 days DESCRIPTION:Make meditation part of your goal to strengthen your mental well-being. Discover three core practices—meditation\, rejuvenation\, and inner connect in just three session.\n\nMeditation is a mindful journey for regulating your mind. It’s like a mental workout\, training the mind to focus on a single thought amid the 60\,000 that pass through daily. With 3 core practices it cultivates effortless concentration\, heightened awareness\, and presence in the moment\, allowing a shift from thinking to feeling. Meditation also leads to a deeper state of relaxation\, regulating the stress response and promoting numerous health benefits.\n\nThe session will be guided by a trainer via Zoom meeting for all 3 days from noon to 1 p.m. All U-M students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to join at no cost. No prior experience with meditation is required.\n\nEvent Details\n*When: Every month for 3 days (attending all 3 sessions is recommended)*\n\nThe session is Remote over Zoom and upon registration you will have the Zoom MeetingId and Passcode\nSee Related Links for registration\n\nThis wellness program is coordinated by Information Technology and Services (ITS) Teaching & Learning\, and is provided at no cost by heartfulness.org.\n\nJoin the MCommunity group for email updates – Meditation for wellness UID:128708-21890317@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/128708 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T121637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Tiffany Ng & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Tiffany Ng & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143607-21893460@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260427T090939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T170000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays 12-5 pm\nFridays 12-11 pm\nSelected Saturdays 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university history,university of michigan history LOCATION:Detroit Observatory CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121628 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital performed by doctoral student David Stultz.\n\nDivision Street Pipes concerts features talented students and faculty of the U-M Organ Department on Thursdays at 12:15pm on the Richards-Fowkes organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. These 30-minute performances are free and open to the public\, and audience members are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening. \n\nThe series is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Organ Department and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in an effort to bring organ music to local audiences while connecting U-M organ students with the wider community. Concerts offer attendees the opportunity to hear the versatility of the pipe organ beyond a worship setting. The Winter 2026 concert series begins on January 15 and it will continue weekly through April 16 (with the exception of April 2). UID:143710-21893700@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143710 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T120107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260115T150000 SUMMARY:Other:FREE BIKE LIGHTS - Wolverines On Wheels Recruitment Tabling DESCRIPTION:Join us for our recruitment day to learn more about our social riding & bike advocacy club! All that stop by can get free bike lights & other reflective gear after filling out our campus survey ( UID:142611-21891219@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142611 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR