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:20260119T085916 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T140000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FORMS Professionalization Event: How to Publish Your First Paper DESCRIPTION:Please join FORMS to discuss strategies for early-career medievalists in a variety of fields. The event will be moderated by Wanhan Xing (History) and will feature three panelists: Amada Kubic\, (arecent UM PhD in Comp Lit)\, Zach Berge-Becker (a recent PhD from Columbia in Asian studies) and Brendan McMahon (UM Assistant Professor in Art History).\n\nLunch will be provided so please register via the link if you plan to attend in order to ensure an accurate head count for catering.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/20360 UID:144024-21894546@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144024 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Medieval,Medieval Studies LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121639 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T135000 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:143720-21893710@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143720 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251211T091436 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T153000 SUMMARY:Other:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education DESCRIPTION:Critical Conversations on Generative AI and Higher Education is a monthly\, cross-campus Community of Practice (CoP) for instructors and instructional staff who are navigating the evolving role of AI in their teaching. This community offers space to explore\, question\, and learn alongside colleagues across U-M—helping educators stay grounded in their pedagogical values while adapting to new technological realities.\n\nThe phrase “critical conversations” reflects our balanced approach—rooted in critical pedagogy and intergroup dialogue—that encourages open\, evidence-based exploration of AI’s implications for higher education.\n\nThrough engagement and reflection\, participants share diverse perspectives\, embrace productive tension\, and connect questions of technology to the core values of teaching and learning. Each conversation invites inquiry and shared meaning-making to support reflective innovation. UID:142494-21891024@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142494 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Center For Research On Learning And Teaching,Community Of Practice,Faculty,Flint,Genai,Information and Technology,Staff LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T142054 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ACUM Presents: Advising Staff Contextualizing the 40th MLK Keynote Lecture DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a 1 hour debrief specifically for advising staff members following the MLK 40th Annual Keynote Memorial Lecture. The open discussion will support advising staff in processing the major themes presented in this year’s MLK Keynote lecture and uncover how those themes relate to our practice as student advisors.\nThe MLK 40th Annual Keynote Memorial Lecture Unbowed and Unbroken – The Enduring Struggle for Justice\, featuring Donzaleigh Abernathy and Derrick Johnson can be live-streamed from 10:00-11:30 on Monday\, January 19th. Please find more information on the MLK Keynote Lecture here: https://oami.umich.edu/mlk-symposium/\nAdvising staff who were unable to attend the Keynote Lecture are still welcome to participate in this event.\nNote: Event is held virtually via zoom. UID:144041-21894571@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144041 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T211602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Commutative Algebra Seminar: Subadditivity of Shifts for Monomial Ideals and Shuffle products in Lattices DESCRIPTION:We prove that the maximal shifts in the minimal free resolution of a monomial ideal form a subadditive sequence\, settling a conjecture of Avramov\, Conca and Iyengar. To do so\, we develop explicit chain-level models for the homology of posets and lattices\, introduce an Eilenberg–Zilber–type shuffle product in the lattice setting\, and use it to derive nonvanishing criteria for lattice homology classes that yield the desired subadditivity of maximal shifts. The talk is based on joint work with K. Adiprasito\, A. Björner\, M. Margaritis\, and V. Welker (arXiv:2404.16643).\n\nThis is a hybrid talk. Join on zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92232890782 with password commalg. UID:144429-21895345@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144429 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T083220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Seminar Series on Social Connection: Anastaskia Makhanova DESCRIPTION:Anastasia Makhanova\nUniversity of Arkansas\nJan. 26\, 2026\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\nThe Winter 2026 RCGD Seminar Series: The Ties that Bond: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social Connection\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 that doubles as a faculty meeting.\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: ISR Thompson 1430\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Robin Edelstein\nAs permissions allow\, seminars are later posted to our YouTube playlist. UID:142304-21890442@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142304 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,Biopsychology\, Cognition\, And Neuroscience,Biosciences,Cognitive Neuroscience,Psychology,Social Science,Social Sciences,Sociology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T121312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GLNT: Ring of Modular forms on certain unitary Shimura Varieties DESCRIPTION:The modular forms on the quotient $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash \mathcal{H}$ can be viewed as $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$-invariant holomorphic differentials on $\mathcal{H}$. Interpreting $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\backslash \mathcal{H}$ as the moduli space of elliptic curves\, these forms can equivalently be described as global sections of the Hodge line bundle. A natural question is whether this perspective extends beyond $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$.\n\nIn this talk\, I will introduce modular forms on certain Shimura varieties and illustrate the definitions through a sequence of examples: Hilbert modular surfaces\, unitary Shimura curves\, and finally a unitary Shimura surface arising from a special family of cyclic covers of $\mathbb{P}^1$. I will explain how the geometry of this family makes the Hodge line bundle computable\, and how level structure on the Shimura variety can be interpreted concretely in this setting. UID:143314-21892894@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143314 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T231803 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Painlevé Universality class for the maximal amplitude solution of the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with randomness DESCRIPTION:In this work\, we establish universality results for the $N$-soliton solution of the focusing NLS equation at maximal amplitude. Specifically\, we choose the associated normalization constants so that the solution achieves its maximal peak\, which\, in the large-$N$ limit\, satisfies a Painlevé-type equation independently of the distribution of the (random) discrete eigenvalues. We identify two distinct universality classes\, determined by the structure of the discrete eigenvalues: the \textit{Painlevé--III} and \textit{Painlevé--V} rogue-wave solutions. In the Painlevé--III case\, the eigenvalues take the form $\lambda_j = v_j + i \mu_j$\, while for Painlevé--V they satisfy $\lambda_j = -\zeta \\, j + v_j + i \mu_j$\, with $0 < \zeta < 1$. In both cases\, $v_j$ and $\mu_j$ are sub-exponential random variables. Universality can then be summarized as follows: regardless of the specific realizations of the amplitudes and velocities\, provided they are sub-exponential random variables and the normalization constants are chosen to maximize the \(N\)-soliton solution\, the resulting maximal peak always corresponds to either a Painlevé--III or Painlevé--V rogue-wave profile in the large-$N$ limit. UID:142833-21891725@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142833 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Seminar,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T101229 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T173000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Stamping and Stomping: community inspired relief prints DESCRIPTION:Artist's Reception and Talk \n-- \n\nCurrently 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:144224-21894926@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144224 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Ann Arbor,Art,art and design,artists,artists and curators,arts,Arts And Ideas In The Humanities,arts at michigan,Arts Initiative LOCATION:East Quadrangle - RC Art Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T122447 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Student Combinatorics: Braid Varieties\, Weaves\, and Splicings: Part II DESCRIPTION:We continue the talk from last semester\, explaining how (Demazure) weaves can be used to provide a cluster structure on braid varieties and how a special method for constructing such weaves may provide a way of understanding the behavior of the cluster variables under the splicing map. UID:142434-21890950@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142434 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Students,Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T111129 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:WCEE Lecture. AI for National and International Security: Opportunities Without Losing Control DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how we understand and address conflict. This talk introduces emerging tools at the intersection of AI and Digital Twin technologies that enhance early-warning systems\, support mediation\, and strengthen peacebuilding efforts. By combining computational modeling with human-centered conflict transformation\, these approaches offer new ways to anticipate risks and design more responsive interventions.\n Drawing on global developments and an example scenario from the Western Balkans\, the lecture underscores both the opportunities and the risks associated with introducing AI into fragile political contexts. It stresses that although AI can strengthen dialogue\, enhance foresight\, and support institutional coordination\, its true value relies on robust human oversight and strong ethical governance.\n \n Driart Elshani is professor of information and communication technologies at the American University in Kosovo. He has contributed to multiple projects focused on leveraging information technology for development across both government and industry sectors. Professor Elshani's areas of expertise include artificial intelligence (AI)\, e-governance\, and cybersecurity. He was educated at the University of Brussels\, where he earned his Bachelor’s\, Master’s\, and PhD in information sciences and technologies. Professor Elshani is visiting U-M in September 2025 to complete research on a project entitled “Impact of AI on conflict transformation and peacebuilding” in collaboration with Thomas Finholt\, professor of information.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at gosiak@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142814-21891694@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142814 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,computing LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T155132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS MLK Day Lecture DESCRIPTION:Huwaida Arraf is a Palestinian American civil and human rights attorney\, activist\, and organizer whose work for more than two decades has focused on legal advocacy\, political education\, and grassroots mobilization for Palestinian freedom. In 2001\, she co-founded the International Solidarity Movement (ISM)\, a Palestinian-led movement for nonviolent resistance that has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She later helped establish one of the first accredited clinical legal education programs in the Arab world at Al-Quds University.\n \n Huwaida has long been a central figure in direct-action efforts to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza. As former chair of the Free Gaza Movement\, she led multiple sea missions to Gaza and helped organize the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla\, surviving Israel’s lethal attack on the flotilla in international waters. She currently serves as an organizer with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition\, coordinating ongoing civilian missions challenging the siege.\n \n Based in Detroit\, Huwaida practices civil rights law\, representing communities targeted by state violence and systemic discrimination. She sits on several organizational boards and continues to educate\, advocate\, and organize for Palestinian liberation and for greater Arab\, Muslim\, and youth engagement in U.S. political life.\n\n RSVP: https://myumi.ch/A1ENe\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu UID:142560-21891155@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142560 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:arab american studies,Arab And Muslim American Studies,center for middle eastern and north african studies,Discussion,Human Rights,international,International Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T154358 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 1: Data Cleaning with R DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143329-21892916@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143329 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T141138 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Magnet Making at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants to make fun magnets for your fridge! UID:142643-21891250@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142643 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Crafts,housing,Social LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115735 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 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:142802-21891652@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:20260126T120137 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T210000 SUMMARY:Other:January Brazilian Zouk Dance Lessons DESCRIPTION:Hi zoukinis! Join us for Brazilian Zouk Dance Lessons!\nNot sure what Zouk is? Zouk is a Brazilian social partner dance known for its fun-loving and playful style\, often involving close embrace\, body rolls\, and hair whips. Check out our page for example videos! \n6 pm-Beginner Lesson\n7 pm-Practica\n8 pm-Improver Lesson\nAll of our lessons are open level and require no experience\, feel free to drop in and meet our fun-loving and welcoming community. See you soon! UID:143146-21892312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143146 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan Union CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T145738 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:aMplify: (Indoor) Field Day! DESCRIPTION:Hey Transfer community! We hope the start of the semester has been smooth sailing for you. We’re so excited to invite you to our upcoming aMplify: (Indoor) Field Day!\n\nWhether you’re looking to get active or just relax\, there’s something for everyone! Enjoy indoor favorites like corn hole\, jumbo Jenga\, bowling\, and yard pong. If you’d like something more relaxing\, we’ll also have plenty of board and card games. Perfect for sparking conversation and meeting new friends! Sounds like something you'd be interested in? \n\nAnd don’t worry about running out of energy\, we’ve got you covered with complimentary energy drinks to keep you going and push you through the semester! Be sure to RSVP and save your spot! UID:144140-21894718@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144140 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Majors Welcome,Dinner,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,first-generation,Food,Free,Games,In Person,Inclusion,Meal,Night Game,Social,The College Of Literature\, Science\, And The Arts,transfer,Transfer Students,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 LSA Multipurpose Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121654 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Urban Ag Internship: Meet the Farms Meet the Farmers DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about the UM Urban Agriculture Internship Program.\nMeet the Host Farms and Farmers!\nApply for the Internship!\n\nFood Provided! UID:144182-21894808@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144182 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Environment,food and the environment,Food Justice,food sustainability,Internship LOCATION:Dana Natural Resources Building - 1046 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T171652 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T203000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Using AI to Enhance Your Writing DESCRIPTION:Everyone is using Generative AI tools like ChatGPT in classwork and in their personal lives. But how do you know if you are using AI tools efficiently\, effectively\, and ethically in your writing? In this workshop\, we will discuss ways to use AI tools that support your learning\, save time on tedious tasks\, but that also adhere to best practices and avoid getting into trouble with issues of intellectual property and plagiarism. You will leave this workshop with tools and strategies to feel more comfortable and confident with your use of AI tools. UID:143774-21893995@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143774 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:English,Graduate And Professional Students,International,International Center,Language,Undergraduate Students,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - WEIS 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T162420 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260126T200000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Mattering at Work in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:Mattering at Work in the Age of AI\nMonday\, January 26\, 2026\nOnline\, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET\nFree and open to all\nRegistration is required to obtain login information\n\nEvent link: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/mattering-at-work-in-the-age-of-ai/\n\nJoin New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Breheny Wallace and Ethan Kross for a timely conversation on mattering at work in the age of AI. As artificial intelligence reshapes our workplaces\, Jennifer explores a vital question: how do we ensure people still feel valued\, needed\, and significant when machines can outperform us? Drawing on years of research and reporting for her forthcoming book \"Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose\,\" Jennifer shows why mattering—feeling valued and having the opportunity to add value—is not a “soft” concept\, but a fundamental human need and a strategic imperative for organizations navigating technological change. This session offers practical insights for building workplaces where technology amplifies—not replaces—human contribution\, and where every employee feels empowered to create cultures of mattering for one another.\n\nHost:\nEthan Kross\, Professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations\, University of Michigan\; Faculty Associate\, Center for Positive Organizations\n\nPartner: \nInstitute for Mental Fitness UID:143227-21892520@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143227 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Center For Positive Organizations,Free LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 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:143218-21892502@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:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 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:134855-21892587@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894165@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 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:139065-21889778@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:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 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:142417-21890840@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:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T163000 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:144223-21894908@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:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T210000 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:138431-21890605@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:20260127T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 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:142791-21891551@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:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 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:142351-21890703@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:20260114T144012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 SUMMARY:Other:Okta Swag Giveaway & Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the Wolverine Identity Program team to learn more about the transition to Okta for sign-in and multi-factor authentication\, get help with enrollment in Okta\, and get some swag! UID:143920-21894268@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,information and technology,information technology,Its LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Connector CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T095119 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T110000 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:143465-21893218@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:20251215T091102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Empowering Blue: How to Make Room for What Matters DESCRIPTION:Trying to make meaningful progress\, but it always feels like there’s too much on your plate? This session introduces a practical framework to reflect\, reset\, and move forward with purpose. We’ll show you how the Start–Stop–Continue framework can help you and your team clarify what to prioritize\, what to leave behind\, and what’s already working. It’s a small shift that can lead to big clarity\, freeing up time to focus on the things that will help you meet your goals. If your team could use a fresh way to check in and refocus\, this is a great place to start. UID:142504-21891049@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Continuous Improvement,Discussion,Faculty,Free,Innovation,Lifelong Learning,Professional Development,Staff,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181635 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144058-21894597@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144058 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T113413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - Speciation\, extinction\, and the ecology of macroevolution DESCRIPTION:Description: The causes of biodiversity patterns at the largest scales of time and space remain poorly understood. In this talk\, I examine the relationship between these dynamic patterns of biological diversity and rates of evolutionary diversification\, and I evaluate progress in linking microevolutionary processes to speciation and extinction at macroevolutionary scales. I argue that biodiversity dynamics across space\, time\, and clades reflect an underlying causal unity shaped by ecological modulation of diversification. However\, further progress will require much deeper integration of traditional microevolutionary biology with population ecology and paleobiology. UID:144247-21894973@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144247 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:biodiversity,biological science,Biology,Bsbsigns,ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Museum - Zoology,zoology LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1010 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250820T132640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Influencing Change at Any Level DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:137827-21880825@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137827 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Culture,Professional Development,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T121807 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Rapping Minority-ness: Rap as Vernacular Theory in China DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to recognize ethnic minority rappers as cultural theorists in China? This talk approaches minority rap\, with a particular focus on Tibetan rap\, not merely as music but as a vernacular theory of life emerging from the margins. Caught in a paradox\, ethnic minorities are hyper-visible as objects of state governance\, yet rarely heard in shaping the terms through which they are understood and represented. Drawing on lyrics\, artist interviews\, documentaries\, and audience commentary\, Dr. Tso will show how rappers reconfigure marginality into epistemic advantage\, producing alternative vocabularies and frameworks for understanding minority experiences\, aspirations\, and social relations. In this reconfiguration\, minority-ness is reimagined as immediate\, relational\, and generative. By foregrounding the analytical insights of these vernacular thinkers\, this talk illuminates new ways of thinking about power\, voice\, and belonging in China.\n \n Bendi Tso is a sociocultural anthropologist whose work focuses on borderlands\, nationalism\, ethnicity\, and oral traditions in China. Her research draws on ethnographic methods to examine China’s ethnic minorities beyond the dominant analytical lens of ethnicity. She is currently developing a book project that explores how disparate Tibetan subgroups on the Sino-Tibetan borderland negotiate essentialized notions of Tibetanness in a landscape marked by ambiguity and transition. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan.\n \n In-person talk only. UID:142931-21891821@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142931 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,Chinese Studies,Music,Tibet LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T105703 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T124500 SUMMARY:Well-being:Lunchtime Yoga DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime yoga is an opportunity to provide your body with some gentle movement\, strengthening\, stretching and balancing. We will use the poses to reconnect with your senses\, to breathe some life back into ourselves\, find internal balance and to recover from the efforts of the work week. The focus is on calm reconnection with ourselves rather than working out. Please bring a mat and a water bottle. UID:138074-21891587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138074 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,yoga LOCATION:School of Kinesiology Building - 2080 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121640 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim\, carillon DESCRIPTION:Meghan Wysocki & Joe Antrim perform on the Charles Baird Carillon\, an instrument of 53 bronze bells located inside the Burton Memorial Tower. The largest bell\, which strikes the hour\, weighs 12 tons\, while the smallest bell\, 4½ octaves above\, weighs just 15 pounds.\n\nThirty-minute recitals are performed on the Charles Baird Carillon at noon every weekday that classes are in session\, followed by visitor Q&A with the carillonist. The bell chamber may be accessed via a combination of elevator and stairs. Take the elevator to the highest floor possible (floor 8)\, and then climb two flights of stairs (39 steps) to the bell chamber (floor 10). Hearing protection earmuffs are provided for visitors. Be prepared to walk on ice and snow in the bell chamber during winter. Built in 1936\, the Charles Baird Carillon is not ADA accessible. Visitors with mobility concerns are invited to visit the Lurie Carillon. UID:143721-21893711@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143721 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894403@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T144943 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Break it Down Now: Project Management 101 DESCRIPTION:How do you keep your research projects moving forward without missing important details? Do you wish you had an easier way to tackle large projects step by step? This Rackham Graduate School workshop gives you clear strategies and practical skills for organizing and managing your academic projects. Learn tools for tracking progress\, identifying risks\, and setting clear goals. Try out technology that helps you deliver results on time and within budget. Build a project charter to guide your work and map out your team\, timelines\, and challenges.\n\nThis workshop is open to all master’s students\, doctoral students\, and postdocs at the University of Michigan.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please reach out to rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu. UID:143015-21891947@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143015 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T094142 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 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:143171-21892374@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:20251028T131413 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Translating the Frontier: Just War and Free Circulation on the Roads of Colonial Mexico DESCRIPTION:With the “Hear\, Here” series\, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.\n\nAbout this talk:\n\nIn 1618\, colonial Mexican officials established a city called Córdoba along the highway between Mexico City and Veracruz to secure silver shipments from attacks by African maroons. Strikingly\, they described the city as both a “frontier” and a “frontier fort.” This talk reads the new city as a translation of the technologies of war from the frontier to the center and traces a discursive shift from just war to economic circulation that accompanied it.\n\nDaniel Nemser is a 2025-26 John Rich Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures. UID:141240-21888440@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141240 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Humanities,Latin America LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, #1022 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T090430 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 SUMMARY:Other:Memorial in Honor of Professor Yili Liu DESCRIPTION:The gathering will take place on Tuesday\, January 27\, from 1:00–3:00 pm in the Johnson Rooms and will be held as a hybrid event\, with the option to join via Zoom. This time together is intended to offer our community an opportunity to reflect on Yili’s life\, work\, and lasting impact as a scholar\, colleague\, and mentor.\n\nThose who wish to attend are asked to please register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/memorial-for-professor-yili-liu-hybrid-event-tickets-1980185125014\n\nWe know that the loss of one member of our community affects us all. A loss like this may evoke difficult emotions and also surface memories of other challenging experiences. We encourage you to reach out to friends and colleagues\, listen to one another\, and support each other as we grieve this loss together. For those who may need additional support now or at any point in the future\, the following resources are available:\n\nSTUDENTS\nThe University’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is available to help you. There is no charge for their services. They are aware of this terrible loss and are available to support students more urgently through the CAPS Counselor on Duty\, available during business hours. To speak with a Counselor on Duty or to schedule an appointment\, call 734-764-8312. There are also embedded CAPS College of Engineering counselors on North Campus. They may be reached at caps-engin@umich.edu.\n\nYou may also contact the Dean of Students office at 734-764-7420 or the Michigan Engineering CARE Center (734-615-1405\; engin-support@umich.edu) if you’d like to speak with someone directly about any concerns you have.\n\nFACULTY/STAFF\nEmployee resources are available through the Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO). To schedule an appointment or inquire about FASCCO services\, call 936-8660 or email fascco@umich.edu.\n\nFOR EVERYONE\nU-M campus faculty\, staff\, and students have access to a crisis text line by texting '4UMICH' to 741741 UID:144042-21894577@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144042 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - Johnson Rooms (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260109T094127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T142000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Political Economy Workshop DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays\, 1-2:20pm\, Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (unless a different time and location have been specified)\n\nFaculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley\, Edgar Franco-Vivanco\, Mark Dincecco\, Iain Osgood\n\nGraduate Student Coordinators: Jun Fang and Pedro Luz de Castro UID:112502-21893397@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Department Of Political Science,Political Science LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld, Room 5670 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T092610 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:SRC Seminar Series Presents: Parents\, Neighborhoods\, and the Developing Brain DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThis talk will describe research examining how parents and neighborhood disadvantage are related to brain function. The talk will focus on a population ecological neuroscience approach to understanding how poverty “gets under the skin” to impact brain development. Specifically\, the talk will describe research linking parenting and neighborhood risk to neural function in emotion and regulatory regions of the brain using representative samples with enrichment for exposure to disadvantage. Additionally\, the talk will cover current and future directions using novel designs (experimental\, twin) to get closer to causal models.\n\nBio:\nLuke Williamson Hyde is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He received his PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hyde’s research focuses on how adversity and inequality impact the developing child from the preschool years through early adulthood\, as well as how these experiences shape brain and behavioral development. This work has been funded by multiple awards from the National Institutes of Health and has been recognized by a variety of early career awards from multiple scientific organizations including the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science.\n\nMeeting ID: 993 5134 5515\nPasscode: 265270 UID:143363-21892956@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143363 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Neighborhoods,Neuroscience,Poverty,Psychology LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T135000 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:143722-21893712@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143722 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T132058 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T134500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T144500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ES Faculty Candidate: Tiffany Wu DESCRIPTION: UID:143385-21893552@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143385 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 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:138848-21890484@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:20260114T144012 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Other:Okta Swag Giveaway & Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join the Wolverine Identity Program team to learn more about the transition to Okta for sign-in and multi-factor authentication\, get help with enrollment in Okta\, and get some swag! UID:143920-21895150@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143920 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,In Person,information and technology,information technology,Its LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T142100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Consulting Career Seminar for Psychology PhD Students DESCRIPTION:Learn about an exciting career option outside academia from Michigan Psychology Department alum\, David Krauss\, Ph.D.\, who is a principal scientist at Exponent. All levels of Psychology PhD students are welcome and food will be provided! Exponent investigates human factors to make products safer\, improve work environments\, investigate accidents\, and inform product design\, by examining what drives human decisions\, behaviors\, and actions. David has spent the last 22+ years applying his expertise in cognitive psychology to solving real-world problems by answering challenging questions about the capabilities and limitations of human perception and performance. We hope to see you there!  UID:143700-21893673@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143700 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T172305 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Derived Fun: Towards Homotopical Algebra DESCRIPTION:Derived functors play a central role in commutative algebra\, organizing algebraic computations through exact sequences and homological methods. This talk begins with a brief conceptual revisit of derived functors in homological algebra\, and then examines Kähler differentials of commutative rings as a motivating example for why we want derived functors beyond abelian categories. \n\nTo address this problem\, we trace Dan Quillen’s insight that homotopical methods provide an ideal framework for defining derived functors in nonabelian settings. Along the way\, we encounter his definition of model categories\, which have since become central tools in modern homotopy theory. From this perspective\, the cotangent complex arises as a derived replacement for Kähler differentials. We will outline the construction of the cotangent complex and discuss some of its powerful applications to deformation theory. Time permitting\, I will say something about how the homotopical viewpoint reconciles with homological algebra. UID:144446-21895363@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144446 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251226T220321 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Colloquium: Topology\, graphs\, and data DESCRIPTION:This talk will be an introduction to the emerging area of discrete\nhomotopy theory\, which applies intuitions and techniques from the\ncontinuous setting to discrete objects such as graphs. It has found a\nbroad range of applications\, both within and outside mathematics\,\nincluding to matroid theory\, hyperplane arrangements\, and data analysis.\n\nI will discuss two of my own contributions to discrete homotopy theory\,\none more theoretical and one more applied. The first is a proof\, joint\nwith D. Carranza (Compos. Math.\, 2024)\, of the conjecture by E. Babson\,\nH. Barcelo\, M. de Longueville\, and R. Laubenbacher that discrete\nhomotopy groups can be topologically realized. The second\, joint with N.\nKershaw (arXiv:2506.15020)\, builds on this result and introduces a new\nmethod of data analysis\, which we call persistent discrete homology. We\nshow that in addition to its utility for clustering\, it can detect other\ngeometric features of a data set. It is furthermore highly noise\nresistant\, and as such provides a powerful alternative to the usual\nmethods of (unsupervised) machine learning\, especially in areas subject\nto high uncertainty\, such as seismology or crime linkage. UID:143123-21892177@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143123 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 1360 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T133619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CPOD Winter 2026 Seminar Series: “Visualizing gene regulation post traumatic brain injury with spatial epigenetics” DESCRIPTION:Yang Xiao\, Ph.D.\nAssistant Professor\nPathology\nUniversity of Michigan UID:141985-21889737@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141985 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:20260114T135406 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:How to Move from October 7 and the War in Gaza to Peacemaking? DESCRIPTION:Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute Director Jeffrey Veidlinger will moderate an exchange between Shai Feldman (Chair on Israeli Politics and Society at Brandeis University) and Khalil Shikaki (director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah\, Palestine) as they explore the feasibility and potential outcomes of moving from October 7 to peacemaking. UID:137003-21879402@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137003 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Discussion,Education,Faculty,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,International,Jewish Studies,Middle East Studies,Open Inquiry,Philosophy,Social,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Sciences,Staff,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Amphitheatre CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T093412 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Nam Center Colloquium Series | Private Violence and the Law in Late Chosŏn Korea DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/QwX2k\n\nThis lecture examines how the Chosŏn State addressed the problem of private violence\, focusing on adultery-related homicides. While the State criminalized adultery under legal codes\, the law allowed a notable exception that justified private violence: if a husband killed his wife and her lover when caught in the act\, he could be exempt from punishment. By the late eighteenth century\, the exception was more broadly interpreted\, extending leniency to other kin\, such as sons and brothers-in-law\, and loosening the requirement that the killing occur immediately at the scene. Did these developments reflect a weakening of state authority\, or a different logic of governance? The lecture argues that they embodied the state’s effort to reconcile centralized legal authority with Confucian ideals of familial honor\, thereby illuminating how Chosŏn Korea negotiated the boundary between public governance and private moral obligation.\n \nHa-kyoung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Korean Studies. Her research investigates the intersections of law\, authority\, and governance in premodern Asia\, with a particular emphasis on the legislative processes and legal practices of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910). She is currently working on two projects: Confucian Moral Ethics\, Moral Crimes\, and the State in Chosŏn Korea (funded by the National Research Foundation\, 2025-2027) and Koreans’ Legal Literacy: Its Historical Formation and Development (supported by the Institute for Legal Studies at Yonsei University\, 2025-2031). Her recent publications include “Roles and Challenges of Legal Officials During King Chŏngjo’s Reign\,” The Journal of Korean Studies (forthcoming in Vol. 31\, no. 2\, 2026). This lecture draws from her ongoing research as a Visiting Scholar at the Nam Center for Korean Studies\, University of Michigan.\n \n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at ncks.info@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:143253-21892555@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143253 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,History,Korea,Korean Studies,Law LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T152108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T174500 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Queer Straight Alliance for Robotics DESCRIPTION: UID:144109-21894676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144109 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Robotics Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251215T165909 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop for students that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\nhttps://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/19663 UID:142752-21891337@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142752 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Activism,Community Organzing,Community-based Learning,Free,Social Impact,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T154325 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 2: Python and AI DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143332-21892919@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143332 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260119T181505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Museums in Time of Polycrisis DESCRIPTION:As a global polycrisis continues to impact modern day life\, perhaps no other institution is experiencing the impact of rapid change more than the American museum. In this talk\, Dr. Moore will identify and name the challenges to museums and the impact on visitors\, communities\, and museum professionals. What is the value of the museum in the 21st century? How can those who love museums fight back to preserve the positive benefits of museums as these institutions work hard to preserve memory\, archive human activity\, and work to tell inclusive\, truthful\, and powerful stories? Dr. Moore will outline the promise of cultural institutions and discuss how we need museums now more than ever to help us make meaning of our lives\, create places of respite and refuge\, and foster welcoming for all communities\; especially those with histories of oppression and marginalization.\n\nDr. Porchia Moore is the Associate Director of the Center for Arts\, Migration\, and Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor and Director of Museum Studies at the University of Florida. She is the Co-Director of the international collaboratory\, The Incluseum\, and the co-founder of the Visitors of Color Project. Her scholarship examines the relationship between digital technologies\, race\, identity\, and communities. UID:144153-21894745@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144153 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Exhibition,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Museum,Storytelling LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250925T095602 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 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:139870-21886239@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:20260105T172853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Christian Historian Asks: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? DESCRIPTION:As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding\, the religious dimensions of America's origins are being widely discussed and debated. In the Center's kickoff event for 2026\, historian John Fea will examine the idea of America as a Christian nation\, the role the Bible played in the American Revolution\, the religious beliefs of the Founders\, and how those beliefs may or may not have influenced their work as statesmen. Join us for this critical conversation.\n\nJohn Fea is Distinguished Professor of American History at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg\, Pennsylvania. He is the author of six books\, including Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction\, one of three finalists for the George Washington Book Prize. UID:143230-21892531@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143230 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:History,Politics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T172059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Winter 2026 CSP Academic Programming DESCRIPTION: UID:142896-21891774@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142896 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1144 Angell Hall (CSP Suite) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251216T115726 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 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:142799-21891650@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:20260119T135226 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:QMSS Resume-Building Workshop Featuring Data Skills DESCRIPTION:Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Science (QMSS) Program for a resume-building workshop with a special focus on highlighting & marketing your data-related skills from QMSS (and other!) courses. \n\nIn the first half of the workshop\, students will receive general advice on how to structure a data-centric resume and some dos and dont's/tips and tricks for creating stronger application materials. In addition\, students will get specific advice for how to market data and analytical skills taught in QMSS courses including QMSS 201\, 301\, and 451 that goes beyond a basic \"skills\" section. In the second half of the workshop\, students will work in real-time on their own resumes to edit their skills and experience sections based on the previous content and ask questions one-on-one with the presenter about their specific resume\, experiences\, and/or goals.\n\nFollowing the workshop\, participants will have an opportunity to send their resume in and receive written feedback from the presenter and/or senior QMSS Peer Mentors as well as make one-on-one appointments with the presenter or QMSS Peer Mentors to discuss further.\n\nStudents are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet to take notes\, work on (or create!) your current resume\, and/or ask specific questions during the workshop. You may also bring a printed version of your current resume to take notes and ask questions if you prefer.\n\nOpen to all students! UID:144135-21894708@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144135 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Data Science,Free,Minors,Networking,Professional Development,Quantitative Methods,Recruiting,Social Sciences,Undergraduate,Workshop LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 110 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T114259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quilting Connections DESCRIPTION:Join the Sustainable Cultural Organizers to learn about mending and quilting techniques from around the world and understand the textile lifecycle. Using repurposed materials\, you can make embellished fabric patches to up cycle clothing or tote bags. You'll also work on a collaborative embroidery piece for a community quilt!\n\nDinner will be served. Please RSVP to let us know about access or dietary needs. UID:142903-21891794@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142903 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Sustainability LOCATION:North Quad - Space 2435 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T110339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Stuttering Support Group DESCRIPTION:This Stuttering Support Group is open to any teens and adults who stutter. It provides a safe space to connect\, share experiences\, and navigate challenges with one another.\n\nDate: Fourth Wednesday of every month\nTime: 6:00p.m.–7:30p.m.\nLocation: 3rd Floor Freespace\, Ann Arbor District Library - Downtown\n\nAttendees can also join virtually if they prefer. Please email cwsbrains@umich.edu to request the link to join.\n\n*This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the same time and place.*\n\nHosted by the Ann Arbor Stuttering Awareness and Research Club (A2STAR) in collaboration with the U-M Speech Neurophysiology Lab. The group is facilitated by students from the University of Michigan who stutter. UID:121370-21891820@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/121370 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Disability,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,In Person,Inclusion,Social,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Virtual,Well-being LOCATION:Off Campus Location - 3rd Floor Freespace CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T001518 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Subject Matters: Is It Clay? DESCRIPTION:Is it clay? Is it wood? Is it… cake? Ceramics in Asian art can be experimental\, ingenious\, and sometimes just downright surprising. From vessels that mimic fabric to sculptures that defy what clay should be able to do\, artists across Asia have spent centuries pushing this humble material into extraordinary forms. \n \nJoin UMMA Curator Dave Choberka and UMMA Curator of Asian Art Natsu Oyobe for a discussion about the history of UMMA’s Asian Art collection through the lens of clay: how it was shaped\, traded\, transformed\, and elevated into one of the most influential artistic traditions in the world. This 90-minute Subject Matters event uncovers a dazzling history of UMMA’s Asian Art collection.  ​ Featuring special guest Kara Ma\, Chinese art research specialist\, and UMMA’s program manager for the Chinese Object Study Workshops. \n UID:142987-21891915@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142987 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Museum,UMMA LOCATION:Museum of Art - Museum of Art CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T093312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Film Screening:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:The wry\, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl\, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman\, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship.\n\nThe film screening will be followed by a community conversation with professors SaraEllen Strongman (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, Lydia Kelow-Bennett (Afroamerican and African Studies)\, and graduate student Sydney Tunstall (English and Women's and Gender Studies). Moderated by Symone Campbell.\n\nFree and open to the public. No ticket necessary. *First 20 attendees receive a free popcorn!* UID:142748-21891333@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142748 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,Film,History,Humanities,Lgbt Issues,Undergraduate,Women's Studies,Writing LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Theater 1 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T135900 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:UUWeekly Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy a trivia night with exciting prizes including: gift cards\, bluetooth speakers\, karaoke mics\, and much more! UID:143918-21894257@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143918 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:CCI,Free,Free Food,Prizes,Trivia LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T172059 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T192000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:UMSI Open Skate 2026 - Yost Ice Arena DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join your fellow UMSI students\, staff\, and faculty for a night of ice skating at Yost Ice Arena. This will be a FREE event - including free ice skate rentals. Come join us for a night of fun on the ice! Families welcome!\nWaiverPlease print\, sign\, and bring the participation waiver. One waiver must be signed per person. We will have some extra copies at the event for those who need it.Parking and TransportationPersonal vehicles can be parked anywhere near the arena in the parking lot. Parking is free during the event. Please see the parking and entrance map for details.For those looking to use the University's free busing\, we recommend taking either the Commuter North or Commuter South routes and getting off at the Intramural Sports Building on Hoover Ave. It is a short walk southeast from there.Skates and On-Ice PolicySkates are free and available for use during the event. The skates run true to regular shoe size and should only be worn on either the rubberized areas or the ice (especially not the metal stands). No food or beverage is allowed on the ice. UID:143266-21892603@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143266 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Yost Ice Arena - 1116 S State St, Ann Arbor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T182308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T195000 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:142266-21890287@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:20260122T155258 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LACS Virtual Teach-In: Venezuela and US Imperialism DESCRIPTION:For this virtual teach-in\, experts on Venezuela will convene to discuss some basic yet urgent questions: What should everyone know to understand recent developments in Venezuela? What has mainstream media gotten right\, what has it gotten wrong\, and what has it left out in its coverage? How should we situate current events historically\, within Venezuela but also within the context of US imperialism in Latin America and beyond? What are some possible futures for Venezuela and who stands to benefit or lose if one future wins out over the rest?\n\n\n- - -\nNext Teach-In Event:\nU.S. Foreign Policy Through a Global Lens (in person) - February 25\, 2026\, 12-1:30 PM\, 1010 Weiser Hall UID:144321-21895162@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144321 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Caribbean,Center For Latin American And Caribbean Studies,Discussion,Latin America,Latina/o Studies,Public Policy,Social Sciences,Teach-in,Virtual LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T181530 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T010000 SUMMARY:Sporting Event:Men's Basketball vs Nebraska DESCRIPTION:Men's Basketball vs Nebraska UID:142096-21890003@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142096 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Athletics,Athletics - Men's Basketball LOCATION:Crisler Arena CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251126T113450 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T210000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:University of Michigan Reception - AMS26 DESCRIPTION:A University of Michigan Reception with CLaSP will be held on Tuesday\, January 27\, 2026\, at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Houston\, Texas. We are excited to partner with the Hilton Americas hotel for this event.\n\nUniversity of Michigan Reception\nAmerican Meteorological Society Meeting 2026\n7:00-9:00pm\, January 27\, 2026\nHilton Americas-Houston\, Lanier Grand Ballroom E\n1600 Lamar Street\, Houston\, TX\n855.768.0932 UID:142236-21890254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142236 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260127T180236 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T200000 SUMMARY:Other:Winter Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Hey guys! If you identify as a women or non-binary and are interested in coding\, we would love to have you in Girls Who Code @ UM. We accept all experience levels! Please attend our mass meeting if you want more information! RSVP at this form here\, so we know how much pizza to order!  UID:144002-21894510@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144002 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:EQ 1506 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T201040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T213000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:English Plus DESCRIPTION:👉 Special Topic: Job Search English Practice! 👈\nJoin Senior Certified HR Manager & Business Owner\, Amy Kinder\, as she shares practical job-search tips and guides interactive conversations to help you practice professional English in a supportive environment.\n\nSpots are limited to the first 10 people who sign up per session. All Michigan international students are welcome—no matter your English level. \n\n📅 Upcoming Sessions\nTue 1/20 8:30 PM: Job Search English Practice – Part 1\nTue 1/27 8:30 PM: Job Search English Practice – Part 2\n\n👉 Sign up to receive the Zoom link!\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP2F_WmEuC8k91lIAjBEtnRk28VrqhsNZlnfmpgTfuxspqwg/viewform UID:143987-21894375@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143987 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Free,Graduate Students,International,International Students,Talk,Training LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:143218-21892503@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:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 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:134855-21892589@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894166@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:139065-21889779@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:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 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:142417-21890841@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:20260108T145128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Pre-Law Drop In Advising DESCRIPTION:Pre-law advisors are available during drop-in hours to answer quick questions from all U-M Ann Arbor students and alumni.\n\nJoin the Queue: https://officehours.it.umich.edu/queue/1145 UID:143506-21893304@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law,Pre-Law LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251222T160636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Pronouns 101 DESCRIPTION:Spectrum Center's Pronouns 101 workshop is for U-M faculty\, staff\, and students. In this 2-hour workshop on the basics of pronouns and their usage\, participants will have the chance to practice using different sets of pronouns and work on bystander intervention skills.\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n1. Learn what pronouns are and be able to share why they are important in your own words\n2. Identify the correct pronouns in various sentence structures\n3. Practice different methods of addressing harm using a tool called scripting (coined by author Ritu Bhasin)\n4. Use an action planning resource to develop one tangible\, actionable goal related to your increased inclusivity around pronouns\n\nHOW TO ATTEND\nRegistration is required. A Zoom link will be shared with registrants prior to the workshop.\n\nMORE WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION\nFor more information about Spectrum Center’s educational workshops and/or to request an in-person/virtual workshop for your department or organization\, visit https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/workshops UID:142597-21891205@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142597 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBT,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T132939 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T163000 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:144223-21894909@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:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 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:138431-21890606@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:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:142791-21891552@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:20251118T163345 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Welcome Wednesday DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday mornings throughout the fall and winter semesters\, the Alumni Association hosts Welcome Wednesdays for U-M students\, providing free coffee\, tea\, hot chocolate\, and a breakfast snack.\n\nLocated at the Alumni Center\, students can stop by from 9 a.m. to noon during the dates listed. Just make sure you bring your MCard!\n\n*Free refreshments are made possible by Alumni Association members and their membership dues. UID:136300-21889791@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136300 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Alumni,Breakfast,Food,Free,free food,In Person,Networking,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Alumni Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250910T144920 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Courageous Conversations DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139191-21885027@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139191 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Professional Development,Self Development LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T090011 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 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:142351-21890704@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:20260128T092051 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Getting started with ACCESS HPC Computing DESCRIPTION:This workshop will give a brief rundown on how to apply for FREE HPC compute courtesy of the NSF's ACCESS program.  We'll run through how and when to apply and be available for any questions you might have. UID:143219-21892507@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143219 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T102050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Application Workshop: New transfer students (for Fall 2026) DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to invite you to an application workshop designed to help you strengthen your BSI application and stand out during the admissions process! This event will provide valuable insights and hands-on support to differentiate your application.\nThe workshop will begin with an application workshop packet provided by our team\, including a resume\, essay\, and supplemental materials guide to support you during the application process. We will share a brief presentation with BSI program details and essential application information\, followed by an open Q&A to address any general questions that remain. The majority of the event will be designated for direct application support\, where you will be able to sign up for a 5-minute 1:1 session with a member of our admissions team to ask your individual application questions.  UID:144441-21895357@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144441 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Virtual CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251117T162550 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T113000 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:141957-21889682@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:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 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:144249-21894991@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:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881283@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:20260212T063150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878475Are 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:143008-21891941@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143008 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:20250904T153242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 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:138834-21892672@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:20260114T093903 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2025-2026 MICDE Ph.D. in Scientific Computing Student Seminars DESCRIPTION:The MICDE PhD Student Seminar Series showcases the research of students in the Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. Lunch will be served. These events are open to the public\, but we request that all who plan to attend register in advance via Sessions (see link). \n\nPresenter details will be available on the registration form and on the MICDE events calendar. Planned sessions will be canceled if no one signs up to present\, and registrants will be notified.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email micde-phd@umich.edu. UID:139740-21894083@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Chemical Engineering,Chemistry,Civil and Environmental Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computation,Computational Medicine,Computational Modeling,Computational Science,Computational Social Science,Data Science,Engineering,Free,Graduate,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Health Behavior & Health Equity,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Machine Learning,Materials Science,Micde,Phd Seminar,Political Science,Prospective Graduate Students,Public Health,Research,Science,Scientific Computing,Sessions LOCATION:Room 3127, Green Court Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T181649 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 SUMMARY:Performance:Austin Zhu & Adam Lenhart\, carillon DESCRIPTION: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:143723-21893713@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143723 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144059-21894598@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144059 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T112050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CMW: Transitioning Back after Break DESCRIPTION:Does coming back from break feel tough and stressful? Join our Transitioning Back after Break wellness group to learn some strategies to cope\, hear from other students and get some free lunch!\nThis FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. UID:143184-21892399@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143184 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T063202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Cover Letters and Resumes for Jobs and Internships (for Graduate Students) DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance on cover letters and resumes for positions beyond tenure track roles.It also meets the needs of those applying for internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The processof synthesizing your academic experiences into strong application materials for jobs and internships beyond academia can be challenging but rewarding. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learnhow to effectively develop a resume using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CVs. Additionally\, this session will include tips for writing compelling\, tailored cover letters and thinking strategically about how these two documents complement each other. This workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhamdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you bythe University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. Register in Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/103750  #UCC UID:143617-21893523@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143617 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T133848 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cover Letters and Resumes for Jobs and Internships for Graduate Students DESCRIPTION:This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance on cover letters and resumes for positions beyond tenure track roles. It also meets the needs of those applying for internships\, including those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The process of synthesizing your academic experiences into strong application materials for jobs and internships beyond academia can be challenging but rewarding. This workshop is a hands-on opportunity for graduate students to learn how to effectively develop a resume using the foundation that they have laid with information from their CVs. Additionally\, this session will include tips for writing compelling\, tailored cover letters and thinking strategically about how these two documents complement each other.\n\nThis workshop is designed for master's students\, doctoral students\, and postdoctoral fellows. For faculty and staff\, please contact rackhampdeworkshops@umich.edu to see if we can accommodate your attendance. Brought to you by the University Career Center\, in partnership with Rackham Graduate School. UID:142939-21891831@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142939 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Rgs Events,Rgs-events,Sessions LOCATION:Virtual via Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T131217 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T132000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Poetic Voice from a Russian Prison: Zhenya Berkovich and her Striking Protest DESCRIPTION:On April 10\, 2023\, experimental director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrichuk were arrested in Russia on charges of “justifying terrorism.” Russian authorities accused them of spreading terrorist propaganda through their play \"Finist\, the Bright Falcon\,\" which through a documentary-style performance attempts to understand what motivated the choices of Russian women\, who met ISIS militants online and traveled to Syria to marry them.\n \n Despite the play’s success and numerous awards\, Berkovich and Petrichuk were sentenced to six years in a penal colony. While still in pretrial detention\, Berkovich wrote a cheerful children's book called “Pets\,” in which the characters are animals that inhabit the prison: crows\, rats\, and even cockroaches. From the penal colony\, she continues to send poems and texts filled with observations and hope to the outside world.\n \n In this lecture\, journalist and playwright Anna Narinskaya will talk about what Zhenya Berkovich's voice means in today's Russia and beyond.\n \n Anna Narinskaya is a Russian journalist\, playwright\, art curator\, and activist. In Russia\, she worked for newspapers Kommersant and Novaya Gazeta\, curated exhibitions at the Pushkin Museum\, the Museum of Modern Art\, and the Jewish Museum\, and collaborated with the Gogol Center. In 2018\, she was one of the organizers of the “March of Mothers” protesting against the persecution of teenagers in Putin's Russia. In 2022\, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine\, she emigrated to Germany\, where she writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and collaborates with the Gorki Theater.\n \n Her latest projects include the play \"My Beloved Country\,\" based on the bestselling book by Elena Kostyuchenko\, and the exhibition \"No Such People Here\,\" which tells the story of the oppression of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya.\n \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. UID:142741-21891320@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142741 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:europe,russia LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T110533 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang UID:143660-21893591@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251218T135742 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Presentation:Material Conversations: A Focus on Glass DESCRIPTION:Catie Newell\, professor of architecture at Taubman College and founding principal of Alibi Studio\, will speak about her work exploring the illuminative qualities of glass through form\, color\, and transparency demonstrated through site-specific works and material research.\n\nNewell's most recent work explores glass as a building unit that both transforms and modulates light. Light Forms are \"cast glass modules that work architecturally\, allowing light to transfer through them\, aggregating together several different tessellations to make spaces with different textures and optical qualities.\"\n\nYou will soon see Light Forms in action\, in \"Inhabiting Light\" at Magnolia Glade in Nichols Arboretum. UID:142914-21891803@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142914 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Free,Library LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Material Collection, 2nd floor - Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T121242 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Mathematical Biology Seminar: How much data is needed to validate multiscale models of viral infections? DESCRIPTION:Uncertainty in parameter estimates from fitting mathematical models to empirical data limits the model’s ability to uncover mechanisms of interaction. Understanding the effect of model structure and data availability on model predictions is important for informing model development and experimental design. To address sources of uncertainty in parameter estimation\, I will present methodologies that can help determine when a model can reveal its parameters. I will apply them in the context of virus infections in animals and humans at within-host\, population\, and multiscale levels. Using these approaches\, I will provide insight into the sources of uncertainty and provide guidelines for the types of model assumptions\, optimal experimental design\, and biological information needed for improved predictions.\n\nThis seminar is hybrid: meeting in Weiser 296 and via Zoom:\nhttps://umich.zoom.us/j/97725897086\nMeeting ID: 977 2589 7086\nPasscode: mathbio UID:143969-21895434@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143969 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biology,data,Life Science,Mathematical Biology,Mathematical Modeling,Mathematics LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 296 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T161642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series: Sensitivity Analyses for Nonignorable Selection Bias When Estimating Subgroup Parameters in Nonprobability Samples: A Weighting Approach DESCRIPTION:MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series: Mastery\, Methodology\, Meetups\n\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom. \nThe Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.\n\nSensitivity Analyses for Nonignorable Selection Bias When Estimating Subgroup Parameters in Nonprobability Samples: A Weighting Approach\n\nSelection bias in survey estimates is a major concern\, affecting both nonprobability samples and probability samples with low response rates. The proxy-pattern mixture model (PPMM) offers a method for conducting a sensitivity that assumes a nonignorable selection mechanism\, where selection depends on survey outcomes of interest. This approach requires summary-level auxiliary information for the target population of interest from a reference data source. While PPMM methods have been successfully applied to derive overall population-level estimates\, extension to domain-level estimates is challenging when population-level summaries for the specific subgroup are unavailable. This occurs when the domain indicator is observed only in the survey\, or for complex intersectional subgroups where stable/reliable population-level auxiliary variable estimates are unavailable. To combat this issue\, we propose a novel approach: creating nonignorable selection weights based on the PPMM based on a re-expression of the PPMM as a selection model. These weights can be directly applied to calculate domain-level estimates\, circumventing the need for domain-specific population-level summaries of auxiliary variables. They rely on a single sensitivity parameter (ranging from 0 to 1) that captures a spectrum of nonresponse assumptions\, ranging from an ignorable mechanism to an extreme nonignorable mechanism. We discuss differences in weight construction for continuous versus binary outcomes\, describe the necessary assumptions for these weights to produce informative domain-level estimates\, and illustrate properties through simulation. We then apply the approach to the Census Household Pulse Survey to estimate various subgroup quantities under a range of assumptions on the selection mechanism.\n\nRebecca R. Andridge\, PhD\nThe Ohio State University\nCollege of Public Health\, Division of Biostatistics\nAssociate Dean for Undergraduate Studies\nProfessor of Biostatistics\n\nDr. Andridge's research is focused on imputation methods for missing data\, primarily when missingness is driven by the missing values themselves (missing not at random)\, and on measures of selection bias for nonprobability samples. She also works on statistical challenges that arise in analysis of data from group-randomized trials. She collaborates with researchers across campus\, including the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research\, the Nisonger Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities\, and The OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center\, and serves as Lead Methodologist for several state-sponsored population-based surveys. She is an Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2020). UID:143425-21893147@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143425 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Data Science,Discussion,Free,Health Data,In Person,Lecture,Public Health,seminar,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research,symposium,Virtual,Anthropology,Biomedical,Biosciences,brown bag,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 1070, Institute for Social Research CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T151127 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Power and Partnerships in Community Engagement DESCRIPTION:Developing equitable and mutually beneficial partnerships with community members and organizations requires taking a critical look at how power operates in university-community partnerships. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to key principles of equity-focused community engagement and discuss how relationships of power shape university-community partnerships for research and student learning. We’ll consider how power operates in such areas as: the structure and terms of partnership agreements\, participation dynamics in university-community projects\, and funding/compensation. Participants will generate strategies for re-shaping inequitable power dynamics\, share insights with colleagues\, and identify ways to apply key principles to their own community-engaged work. \n\nThis session is designed especially for participants who are involved in (or interested in) community-engaged research\, teaching & learning\, project/program administration\, and/or campus initiatives at Michigan. \n\nOpen to faculty\, staff\, admin\, and post-docs. Graduate students who are interested in attending can email ginsberginfo@umich.edu for more information.\n\nThis session is not open to undergraduate students.\n\nRegister: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/104215 UID:143221-21892509@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143221 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Community Engagement,Community Organzing,Faculty,Free,Staff,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T063150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Resume Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here: https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878444Just 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:142999-21891932@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894404@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T112050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SPH Leadership Development Series 2025-26 DESCRIPTION:A series of workshops\, panels\, and presentations to help the Michigan Public Health community grow in their leadership skills and abilities. UID:138382-21891185@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138382 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Online in Zoom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260202T101212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Take a Survey\, Take a Slice DESCRIPTION:Join us on the 8th floor of Weiser Hall from 12–2 PM on Wednesday\, February 4th\, and Friday\, February 6th for FREE PIZZA in exchange for completing a leadership survey.\n\nYour input helps the Barger Leadership Institute and other campus organizations better understand how to offer meaningful leadership opportunities. The survey is run by CELO (Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunities)\, one of the world’s largest and longest-running youth leadership research programs\, and your data is fully anonymous and securely stored.\n\nCheck your email from MSL (Jan 12) for the survey link\nNo email? We will share a link with you to use at the event!\n\nWhat you’ll be asked about:\n-> Leadership experiences in and out of the classroom\n-> Campus involvement & sense of belonging\n-> Skills\, values\, and perspectives you’ve developed at U-M\n\nThe details:\n-> An online survey that takes about 20 minutes\n-> Participation is completely voluntary\n-> Must be a current U-M undergraduate and 18+ to participate UID:143504-21893315@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143504 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Barger Leadership Institute,Bli,Food,Free,Leadership,Undergraduate LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 8th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T083310 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 SUMMARY:Well-being:Transitioning Back after Break DESCRIPTION:Does coming back from break feel tough and stressful? Join our Transitioning Back after Break wellness group to learn some strategies to cope\, hear from other students and get some free lunch! This FREE in-person educational wellness group is for students only and will include an interactive presentation facilitated by staff from the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and is a collaborative service with U-M Engineering's C.A.R.E. Center and the Newnan Academic Advising Center.\n\nRegistration is not required for in-person wellness groups\, but is recommended so there is enough lunch for all attendees. You can register using the link. Learn more at campusmindworks.org. UID:143460-21893210@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143460 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Campus Mind Works,Food,Free,Free Food,Health & Wellness,In Person,mental health,north campus,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Wellness,Workshop LOCATION:Chrysler Center - 265 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260323T100405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 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:142310-21890454@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:20260128T122048 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T133000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Staff Craft: Darning DESCRIPTION:Have some socks or gloves that are wearing out? Attend this workshop and learn to darn them! Bring your clean knit item with a thin spot or small hole\, all other materials provided. No experience necessary. Open to all U-M faculty and staff. UID:143431-21893160@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143431 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Ruthven Building (1109 Geddes Ave) Room 2180 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T183710 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:HET Brown Bag Seminar | Cardy limit of the 3d superconformal index DESCRIPTION:Cardy limit of SUSY indices in diverse dimensions are of interest for studying black hole microstates and supersymmetric gauge dynamics\, among other things. This talk will review recent results on the Cardy limit of the superconformal index of rank-one 3d N=2 gauge theories. We shall encounter mathematical structures reminiscent of those in Seiberg-Witten theory. This motivates future attempts at applying some of the new 3d N=2 techniques to 4d N=2 theories. UID:143767-21893988@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143767 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Brown Bag,Brown Bag Seminar,Lecture,Physics,Science,Talk LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3481 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250815T105053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Positive Links Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Positive Links Speaker Series: Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives\nKatina Sawyer\nWednesday\, January 28\, 2026\n1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET\nFree and open to all\, registration required to obtain login information\nOnline\n\nEvent link: https://myumi.ch/2rQpD\n\nPositive Links:\nThe Positive Links Speaker Series\, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations\, offers inspiring and practical science-based strategies to build and bolster thriving organizations. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics\, students\, staff\, and leaders.\n\nAbout the talk:\nA troubling trend is emerging in today’s workplace: employee morale and overall satisfaction are in sharp decline\, despite companies investing more in wellness initiatives than ever before. What’s missing? Contrary to popular beliefs and large investments from companies\, “add-on” offerings like wellness classes\, mindfulness training\, and healthy lifestyle initiatives are not perceived as helpful for improving employee wellness. Many organizations misunderstand wellness―it’s not a program or a box to check. Instead\, employees’ actual day-to-day experiences at work and interactions with their leaders are far more important than wellness programs or initiatives. \n\nLearn about a science-backed blueprint for fostering healthier\, more productive work environments rooted in actionable steps for leaders to become “Generators”―the leaders organizations and employees value most who cultivate genuine connections\, create a positive team culture\, and help employees achieve their work and life goals. Gain a clear\, data-driven path forward and a concrete plan to turn the session’s insights into action―to become the Generators you and others have the potential to be. \n\nAbout Sawyer:\nDr. Katina Sawyer is an internationally recognized expert on the science of workplace wellness. She is the co-author of \"Leading for Wellness: How to Create a Team Culture Where Everyone Thrives\" and co-host of the Leading for Wellness podcast\, which brings research-backed insights to people passionate about building thriving workplaces. As co-founder of Workr Beeing\, Dr. Sawyer is on a mission to make evidence-based wellness strategies accessible to employees everywhere. \n\nA TEDx speaker and a thought leader featured in Harvard Business Review\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, and other major outlets\, Dr. Sawyer has delivered hundreds of presentations to audiences around the world. Her expertise has also been showcased on both local and national news\, where she brings clarity and inspiration to conversations about what it takes to foster wellbeing at work. \n\nDr. Sawyer is also an award-winning researcher and an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters — which focus on leadership\, employee flourishing\, and organizational culture — many of which have been published in top journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Administrative Science Quarterly. Katina has received over 15 national research and teaching awards\, including the SIOP Early Career Award for Humanistic I-O Psychology\, the University of Michigan’s Positive Organizational Scholarship Publication of the Year\, and Philadelphia’s 40 Under 40 distinction. \n\nHost:\nMonica Worline\, Faculty Director\, Center for Positive Organizations\n\nSeries Sponsors:\nThe Center for Positive Organizations thanks the Sanger Leadership Center\, Tauber Institute for Global Operations\, and the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship for their support of the 2025-26 Positive Links Speaker Series. \n\nSeries Promotional Partners:\nAdditionally\, we thank Ann Arbor SPARK\, the Managerial and Organizational Cognition (MOC) Division of the Academy of Management\, and the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division of the Academy of Management for their Positive Links Speaker Series promotional partnerships. UID:137603-21880456@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137603 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Center For Positive Organizations,Free,Graduate,Positive Links,Staff,Talk,Undergraduate LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251121T101424 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Practicing Equity: Inclusive Curation\, Imaginative Methods\, and Community Impact -- An Interactive Seminar DESCRIPTION:Developed for the Black Curatorial Institute (BCI)\nFacilitator: Dr. Kelli Morgan\n\nPracticing Equity is an interactive seminar designed for educators\, artists\, and cultural workers committed to building inclusive\, community-centered teaching and research practices. The session integrates foundational texts from Black Feminist scholars and curators\, alongside various community-centered exhibitions\, to connect critical theory with actionable professional practice. Additionally\, it outlines a methodology and approach to scholarship that reimagines possibilities for spaces of learning. Rooted in the Black Curatorial Institute’s Community Impact and Connection to Practice core pillars\, this curriculum encourages participants to see teaching\, research\, and curatorial work as both an ethical responsibility and a transformative form of care.\n\nThis event is presented by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Light snacks will be provided.\n\nRegister to secure your spot. UID:141959-21889689@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141959 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Tribute Room, 1322 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T145128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Pre-Law Drop In Advising DESCRIPTION:Pre-law advisors are available during drop-in hours to answer quick questions from all U-M Ann Arbor students and alumni.\n\nJoin the Queue: https://officehours.it.umich.edu/queue/1145 UID:143506-21893305@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143506 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advising,Law,Newnan,Newnan Academic Advising,Newnan Lsa Academic Advising Center,Newnan Lsa Pre-law,Pre Law,Pre-Law LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T122049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Business Objects 4.3 Zoom Training - January 2026 DESCRIPTION:This is a zoom training that covers the fundamentals of Business Objects and the steps to navigate in Business Objects to perform basic\, intermediate and advanced tasks in BO. Please bring your own laptop and power adapter to in-person training.Please Note: There is a minimum of 10 registrations for each class (you can find the number of seats available out of 40). If the minimum number of seats is not reached we will email you in advance. UID:142793-21891584@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142793 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T121642 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T135000 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:143724-21893714@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143724 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260104T213636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Canvas Accessibility for Panorama DESCRIPTION:Join ITS-Accessibility for an engaging\, in-depth training session on using Panorama to enhance the accessibility of your Canvas course site. Panorama is a powerful accessibility tool integrated into Canvas that enables instructors and instructional support staff to create\, scan\, and fix digital content for accessibility directly within Canvas. In addition\, Panorama allows students to automatically generate alternative formats of Canvas content and attached files\, ensuring materials are accessible in the formats that work best for them. This training will provide practical guidance and step-by-step demonstrations to help you identify and resolve potential accessibility barriers\, making your Canvas course more inclusive and user-friendly for everyone.\n\nClick the links below to register to receive the link \nThursday\, January 15th @2:00 (https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/5CRARUILQ6-FeCDysxzFKQ)\nWednesday\, January 28th @ 2:00 (https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/6ru7-91WROSg6dvtu2Gwdw) UID:140552-21892308@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140552 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:access,accessibility,Artificial Intelligence,assistive technology,Canvas,Digital Accessibility,digital technology,Disability LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T123147 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:International Students Career Series: Career Resilience: Tools to help you Thrive DESCRIPTION:Want to learn how to manage stress during your job search? Join Wolverine Wellness and the University Career Center for an interactive conversation about healthy ways to navigate stress and uncertainty in anever-changing job market.  Come with questions\, leave with practical strategies and resources you can use to prioritize your well-being while searching for internships and jobs.This event was previously held in person\, but has been moved to a virtual format for accessibility. This event's information is shown in Handshake as well as on the Happening @ Michigan calendar so that it will be seen bya 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/1886517/share_preview  We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accessibility accommodation would promote your full participation in this event\, please indicate your accommodation requirements in this form\, preferably at least 14 days prior to the program. If you have anyquestions 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:143740-21893729@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143740 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T234904 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Howe Duality for Real Groups DESCRIPTION:We will give a brief overview of the Weil representation and the theta correspondence for real reductive groups\, and sketch Howe's proof of Howe duality. UID:144464-21895390@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144464 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Number Theory LOCATION:East Hall - 3088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T095622 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: quiver representations DESCRIPTION:This talk will cover 1.1-1.4 of Kirillov's book on quiver representations. UID:144465-21895422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144465 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260122T101228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium | Programmable Topology in Hybrid Light-Matter Systems DESCRIPTION:Quantum geometry has emerged as a new framework that unites different disciplines and underpins novel transport and nonlinear phenomena in topological states of matter. In this colloquium\, I will discuss an emerging system for topological studies: designable hybrid light-matter fluids. By integration of 2D material excitations — such as moiré excitons and Fermi polarons — with engineered photonic crystals\, we create a platform where topology can be designed and dynamically controlled. UID:144293-21895126@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144293 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Physics,Science LOCATION:West Hall - 340 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251202T115505 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 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:138848-21890497@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:20260116T163249 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Privacy for Populations at Risk: Supporting Journalists Facing Attacks in the Digital Age DESCRIPTION:Celebrating International Data Privacy Day!\n\nElodie Vialle\, an international journalist and human rights activist\, will discuss how journalists—particularly women journalists and journalists from marginalized communities—are increasingly targeted in online spaces\, from coordinated harassment to surveillance and AI-amplified attacks. Drawing on real-world cases\, the session will explore practical responses to mitigate harm while safeguarding journalistic work and freedom of expression.\n\nLynette Clemetson\, Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House\, will facilitate Q&A time after the keynote presentation.\n\nJoin us on Zoom on the day of the event: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97875254127\n\nAdd this event to your Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/MmtxZHR1aW5raGw4bGZkOWg0N3E5NGNoamYgdW1pY2guZWR1X2ZkczI0Z2V2cGE0MnY5NTc2bG5wZTJjbWxrQGc UID:143915-21894254@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143915 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Data Science,digital,Digital Culture,Digital Cultures,Digital Studies,digital technology,Discussion,Ethics,Free,Human Rights\, Sustainability\, Social Impact,Humanities,Information and Technology,information policy,information technology,Interdisciplinary,internet security,it,Journalism,Law,michigan it,privacy,Public Policy,Social Impact,Social Justice,Social Media,Social Sciences,Sociology,Talk,technology,Webinar LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T112641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Trees and SL2 DESCRIPTION:A common theme in mathematics is to understand algebraic objects using their actions on geometric spaces. Bass—Serre theory is one instance of this approach where one studies groups via their actions on trees. I will give an introduction to the simplest case of Bass—Serre theory and build a dictionary between gluing of spaces\, amalgamation of groups\, and actions on trees. This dictionary gives us a surprising amount of information about the structure of groups\, especially about their torsion subgroups. I will demonstrate this by applying the theory to SL2(Z)\, SL2(Q_p)\, and SL2(F_p((t))). UID:144436-21895352@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144436 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - EH3866 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260114T220853 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Seminar: On the P=C conjecture DESCRIPTION:I will introduce the P=C conjecture which is an analogue of the P=W conjecture in the setting of a del Pezzo surface S. The main character of the conjecture is the moduli space M of one-dimensional sheaves on S. The perverse filtration records the topology of the Hitchin-type fibration\, while the Chern filtration records the shape of tautological relations. The perverse filtration is of particular interest because it conjecturally categorifies the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants of a local Calabi-Yau 3-fold. This is a joint work with Y. Kononov\, M. Moreira\, W. Pi. UID:141272-21888524@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141272 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T153641 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Convergence Analysis of Discrete Sampling in Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning and High-Dimensional Numerical Integration DESCRIPTION:Stochastic policies (also known as relaxed controls) are widely used in continuous-time Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms. However\, a critical disconnect remains between theory and practice. The theoretical aggregated dynamics\, driven by averaged coefficients\, provide a convenient basis for deriving RL algorithms but cannot be directly implemented. Physical execution requires the agent to sample concrete actions from the policy. Since continuously sampling independent actions poses significant mathematical and computational challenges\, practical implementation must rely on discrete sampling. Yet\, for general diffusion processes\, the accuracy of such discretely sampled dynamics has lacked rigorous theoretical justification.\n\nIn this talk\, I will bridge this gap by introducing and rigorously analyzing a policy execution framework that samples actions from a stochastic policy at discrete time points and implements them as piecewise constant controls. We prove that as the sampling mesh size tends to zero\, the controlled state process converges weakly to the dynamics with coefficients aggregated according to the stochastic policy. We explicitly quantify the convergence rate based on the regularity of the coefficients and establish an optimal first-order convergence rate for sufficiently regular coefficients. Additionally\, we prove a 1/2-order weak convergence rate that holds uniformly over the sampling noise with high probability\, and establish a 1/2-order pathwise convergence for each realization of the system noise in the absence of volatility control. Building on these results\, we analyze the bias and variance of various policy evaluation and policy gradient estimators based on discrete-time observations. Our results provide theoretical justification for the exploratory stochastic control framework in [H. Wang\, T. Zariphopoulou\, and X.Y. Zhou\, J. Mach. Learn. Res.\, 21 (2020)\, pp. 1-34].\n\nFinally\, I will also briefly discuss my research on Quasi-Monte Carlo sampling methods for efficient computation in high-dimensional numerical integration. UID:143763-21893983@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143763 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260115T181513 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Make Your Own Flyer Workshops DESCRIPTION:*No prior experience required\, all supplies will be provided\"\n\nAre you curious about DIY art and culture? These art-making drop in workshops offer a hands-on way to engage with the ephemera of underground and independent music scenes featured in the Flyover Country exhibition. You will have the opportunity to make the poster for a dream show with a lineup of your favorite bands\, draw a protest flyer\, put together a collage art piece\, or even design a flyer for a real upcoming event you're planning.\nA button maker will be available for anyone who wants to turn a design into a punk-inspired button pin\, all participants will receive a free handout to take home with them.\n\nJanuary 28th workshop participants are also welcome to tape their finished flyers to a shared display wall in the gallery if they choose\, becoming part of the exhibit while it’s on view. \n\nFree coffee\, tea\, and treats will be provided at both workshops on a first-come\, first-served basis. UID:143980-21894368@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143980 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Arts For All,Culture,In Person,Workshop LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Shapiro Gallery, Third Floor, Room 3160 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T210402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Probability/Analysis Circle: Change of Variables - From Symmetric Matrices to Eigenvalues DESCRIPTION:This is the second meeting of the Probability/Analysis Circle\, a new event for juniors\, seniors\, and master’s students interested in probability and analysis. Eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix are complicated functions of the matrix’s entries. If we view the mapping from the entries of a symmetric matrix to its eigenvalues and eigenvectors as a change of variables\, what is the Jacobian? We will compute it for the 2x2 case and discuss the general nxn case. Then\, we’ll use this formula to explore the distribution of random eigenvalues for certain random symmetric matrices. Students are expected to know multivariable calculus. UID:144430-21895346@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144430 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4088 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260324T085405 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 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:143802-21894055@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:20251114T154427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 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:117080-21891197@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:20260116T084714 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Transfer Transitions: Community Connections DESCRIPTION:Welcome\, Winter 2026 transfer students! Join us for Transfer Transitions: Community Connections\, an event for you to connect with several identity-based programs and offices around campus. Come to chat with Blavin Scholars\, CEW+\, LSA First-Generation Commitment\, International Center\, the Non- and Post-Traditional Student Community Group (NPTCG)\, Trotter Multicultural Center\, and the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI). \n\nWhile this event is geared toward new transfer students\, all U-M transfer students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please register through the Sessions link to get free food\, and come anytime between 5-6 PM. UID:142967-21891863@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142967 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:transfer,Transfer Student Center,Transfer Students LOCATION:LSA Building - 1040 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T120259 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 SUMMARY:Other:Wolverine Support Network Mass Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join us January 28th from 5–6 PM in East Quad\, Room B830 for our upcoming mass meeting! Come learn what WSN has planned\, get involved\, and connect with an amazing community on campus! 🧠✨\nAll are welcome...we can't wait to see you there! UID:144607-21895562@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144607 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:East Quad B830 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T135040 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:2026 First-Gen Winter Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join the First-Gen Gateway\, Barger Leadership Institute\, and MLEAD for the First-Gen Winter Community Dinner! At this event\, you will have the opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a leader and leadership opportunities on campus! UID:143216-21892445@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143216 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:First Gen,First Generation,Leadership LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260126T163100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:BLI Community Meetings - Community Connections DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in conflict resolution and bridging communities?\nJoin us at the community meeting to learn more about the power of community connections and enjoy some Detroit-inspired bites.\n\nD-team will also be in attendance to share information about the Detroit Retreat (March 27th-29th) with applications opening at the meeting! UID:144407-21895312@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144407 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Barger Leadership Institute,Bli LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T172050 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:First-Gen Winter Community Dinner 2026 DESCRIPTION:The First-Gen Community Dinner is an opportunity for first-generation college students to connect with each other and learn more about the First-Gen Gateway. There will be a featured resource at this event that is dedicated to supporting first-generation students and staff will be available to answer any questions you might have. UID:142291-21890406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142291 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251224T134757 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Texas Instruments Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:1/28/2026 | 5:30 pm | DOW 2150 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: Biomedical Engineering\, Chemical Engineering\, Computer Engineering\, Computer Science\, Data Science\, Electrical Engineering\, Industrial and Operations Engineering\, Materials Science and Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\, PhD\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship Required\n\nTexas Instruments designs\, manufactures\, tests\, and sells analog and embedded semiconductors in markets that include industrial\, automotive\, personal electronics\, communications equipment\, and enterprise systems. UID:143110-21892158@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143110 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Career,Career Fair,Chemical Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Herbert H. Dow Building - 2150 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T120212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 SUMMARY:Meeting:Cookies and Coloring DESCRIPTION:Come eat some cookies and color with CWSA. This can be both an opportunity to meet other CWSA members while aso learning about CWSA! UID:144290-21895125@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144290 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:School of Social Work CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250827T123154 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 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:138182-21882542@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:20260120T141528 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:January WISE Night In DESCRIPTION:Join WISE for a dinner party with a side of professional development. Our undergraduate WISE Mentors will lead a short\, fun\, and productive activity designed to jump start your career/internship search\, followed by a delicious catered dinner to chill\, eat\, and make some new friends. January will feature Qdoba and guided intention-setting for the year. UID:143477-21893244@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143477 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260402T102044 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 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:144192-21894864@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:20260122T150928 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Rooting for Change Cafe DESCRIPTION:Rooting for Change Cafe is a pop-up cafe and community space for students by students that uses radical hospitality and skillsharing to engage students in creative practices for adapting to a changing climate. Once a month\, the cafe hosts a hands-on arts workshop and serves a menu inspired by the workshop theme.\n\nWednesday\, Jan 28\, 6-8pm: Playing with Your Food\nLearn how to turn your food into musical instruments using conductive circuits. A limited number of participants will leave the workshop with the supplies they need to play with their food at home as instruments\, code\, and more. The three-course dinner menu will snap\, crackle\, pop\, slurp\, and crunch\, exploring how sound can change the flavors of food. \n\nWednesday\, Feb 25\, 6-8pm: Seed Fabrication Extravaganza\nGet creative with the UM Seed Library and eat a seed-forward menu.\n\nPlease indicate your interest in these events by filling out this form. Keep in mind that these events are first come first serve\, so try to arrive on time! Check out our instagram (@umsustainablefood) for more information leading up to the workshops and feel free to reach out with any questions to umsfp.core@umich.edu\n\n**Registration encouraged** See linked form UID:139242-21893123@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139242 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Architecture,Food,Free,Michigan Arts Festival,Sustainability LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Windows Lounge (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T180045 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T213000 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:142678-21891289@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142678 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Michigan League, Vandenberg Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T155319 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Data Download Session 3: PowerExcel DESCRIPTION:The Data Download consists of three workshops designed to strengthen your data analytics skills through a Business+Tech lens. Participants will build the technical foundation needed to succeed in the Datathon Competition and compete for the $3\,000 grand prize. Topics include Data Cleaning with R\, Python & AI\, and PowerExcel.\n\nRegistration for the Data Download closes January 24th at midnight.\n\nPlease note you DO NOT have to participate in the Datathon Competition in order to attend these sessions. They’re open to anyone who would like to learn more about these programs. UID:143334-21892921@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143334 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Welcome to Michigan LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260124T110847 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T193000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Gulfstream Aerospace Corporate Information Session DESCRIPTION:1/28/2026 | 6:30 pm | DOW 1014 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors: Aerospace Engineering\, Electrical Engineering\, Mechanical Engineering\nPositions: Intern\, Co-op\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\, PhD\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nInspired by the belief that aviation could fuel business growth\, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. invented the first purpose-built business aircraft\, the Gulfstream I\, which first flew in 1958. Today\, more than 3\,400 aircraft are in service around the world. Together with parent company General Dynamics\, Gulfstream consistently invests in the future\, dedicating resources to researching and developing innovative new aircraft\, technologies and services.\n\nGulfstream’s next-generation family of aircraft\, including the super-midsize Gulfstream G300\, the category-leading Gulfstream G400\, the award-winning Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600\, the ultralarge-cabin Gulfstream G700 and the ultralong-range Gulfstream G800\, offers an aircraft for every mission. All are backed by the worldwide Gulfstream Customer Support network.\n\nLeading the way to better\, faster and safer flight is all in a day's work at Gulfstream. Our employees design\, manufacture and support the world's most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Explore our opportunities\, and chart your course with us. UID:144427-21895343@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144427 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Career,College Of Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Internship,Masters Students,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Networking,north campus,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251212T141619 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Cozy Cocoa Night at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants for a study break and warm up with treats and community! UID:142641-21891249@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142641 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:housing,Social,Study Night LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T180159 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T210000 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:143592-21893446@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143592 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Mason Hall CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T121611 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T191500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T194500 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Pre-Concert Lecture: University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:This lecture begins at 7:15 pm before the 8:00 pm UPO performance. UID:142540-21891133@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142540 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music,Talk LOCATION:Hill Auditorium - Lower Level Lobby CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260121T114150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T220000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Game Night at East Quad DESCRIPTION:Join the East Quad Diversity Peer Educators for a night of friendly-competition and connection! Enjoy fun games and free snacks. UID:144248-21894974@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144248 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Food,Free,Game Day,Games,In Person,Social LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Abeng Mulitcultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260123T181636 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260128T220000 SUMMARY:Performance:University Philharmonia Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Jayce Ogren\, conductor\n\nPROGRAM\n*Marmoris*\, Sarah Kirkland Snider\n*The Fountains of Rome*\, Respighi \n*The Moldau*\, Smetana\n*Liquid Interface*\, Mason Bates UID:135438-21876830@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135438 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Concert,Free,Music LOCATION:Hill Auditorium CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T060027 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T235959 SUMMARY:Other:Florida Warmup DESCRIPTION:Michigan Men's Ultimate will be competing in the Florida Warmup in Apopka\, Fl on Jan 29 through Feb 1. UID:142269-21890303@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142269 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Northwest Recreation Complex in Apopka, FL CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T142534 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:143218-21892504@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:20250926T163836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Leadership and Culture: Strategies to Prevent Workplace Issues DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website. UID:139960-21886422@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139960 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Communication,Culture,Intergroup Dialogue,Leadership LOCATION:Off Campus Location - West Ballroom CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T154836 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Understanding Income Taxes: A Practical Overview for Postdocs DESCRIPTION:Financial Literacy Workshop\n\nAre you a postdoctoral scholar wondering how U.S. income taxes work? Join us for an informal and friendly session where we'll break down the basics: what income taxes are\, why your pay is withheld\, common tax forms\, and how deductions and credits may affect your take-home pay.\n\nLearn the essentials of filing taxes\, tips for planning your net income\, and strategies to avoid surprises at tax time. This session is educational and designed to give you the tools you need to discuss your individual circumstances with a tax professional.\n\nBring your questions: Heather will provide answers and share resources. \nNo prior knowledge required\, and all questions are welcome!\n\nThis series is organized by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and presented by Dr. Heather Moore\, Assistant Director of Financial Education and Engagement. Heather holds a master’s degree in sociology and a doctoral degree in education\, and she has worked and taught coursework in both academic and student affairs. Throughout her career\, she has developed coursework\, including financial education courses\, to fill gaps in practical knowledge\, complementing students' degree plans and providing a well-rounded educational experience that equips them to be informed and competitive in their post-graduation careers and society. UID:143762-21893984@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143762 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:In Person,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Workshop LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - East Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T144435 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T100000 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:134855-21892590@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:20260114T193510 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Flyover Country: DIY Music Flyer Art Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Flyover Country brings together physical reproductions of ephemera and other media from the underground and independent music scenes of the lower Great Lakes region\, spanning from the early 1980s to today. \n\nIn an era when both paper ephemera and digital creations are increasingly fragile and often fleeting\, this exhibit invites viewers to encounter materials not only as sources of information\, but as rare\, expressive artwork shaped by the people\, places\, and moments that produced them.\n\nThe exhibit documents how youth in rural and suburban Midwestern communities have used the tools available to them to build connection\, resilience\, and creative identity\, particularly among artists and musicians from marginalized or underrepresented groups.\n\nYou're invited to take part in drop-in art events to create your own collage-based artwork. Art supplies\, as well as some light refreshments\, will be provided during the drop-in events. All take place in the Shapiro Gallery:\n\nJan 26: Exhibit Open House\, 4-6 pm\nJan 28: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\nFeb 4: Make Your Own Flyer Art Drop-in Event\, 4-6 pm\n\nThe exhibit and events are sponsored by U-M Library and the U-M Arts Initiative. UID:143875-21894167@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143875 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Library LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Gallery (3rd floor) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251118T140117 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:139065-21889780@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:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T200000 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:142417-21890842@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:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000 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:144223-21894910@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:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T210000 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:138431-21890607@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:20260129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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:142791-21891553@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:20260129T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 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:142351-21890705@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:20251212T152529 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:IOE Community Event DESCRIPTION:Join fellow members of the IOE community for some delicious treats in the Community Suite! UID:142655-21891266@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142655 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite (IOE 1700) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260211T102201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 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:144249-21894992@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:20260115T181512 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom September 2025 through August 2026\, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based\, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios\, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator\, MFA ’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20)\; and Sometimes Space\, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I\, MFA ’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions\, performances\, and events\, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project\, Byrne\, Clegg\, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response\, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:\n\nPhase 1 (September 12 - December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ’20)\nPhase 2 (January 12 - April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ’20)\nPhase 3 (May 12 - August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21)\nPhase 2 Curatorial Statement\n\nCurated by Sometimes Space: Sally Clegg (entry pillar)\nCurated by CYNK Studios: Kim Karlsrud (courtyard pillar)\n\nArtists Sally Clegg and Kim Karlsrud wrap the Division Street pillars in highly site-specific ornament unearthed from the overlooked margins of Ann Arbor. On the Courtyard pillar\, Karlsrud scales up photographs of objects found in liminal spaces surrounding campus buildings on Green Road\, which the artist has encrusted in road salt. On the entryway pillar\, Clegg zooms in on tiny fragments of found material from UMich’s famous “rock” to celebrate nearly seven decades of student art and activism. Both artists uplift aggregate of local human activity to reveal tiny worlds of found form. \n\nSally Clegg: Sentimentary Rock\nSentimentary Rock is a composition of paint slag collected from the UMich rock monument at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street. This colorful composite material has been accumulating at the base of the iconic limestone boulder since the mid 1950’s\, when students began a tradition of painting it in acts of protest\, creativity\, and ritual\, sometimes multiple times per week. Akin to byproducts of industry such as “Fordite” (collectable chunks of automotive overspray sometimes called ‘Detroit agate’)\, Sentimentary Rock includes thousands of layers\, each dripped from a palimpsestic public proclamation. When processed\, sculpted\, sealed\, assembled\, and macro-photographed\, the result is this enlarged array of tiny gems\, intended to celebrate the indissoluble student voice. \n\nKim Karlsrud: What Amasses\nWhat Amasses is an assemblage of everyday found objects collected within the Miller Creek watershed\, an urbanized drainage system that encompasses much of the city of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan campus. Selected objects were immersed in a road salt solution\, allowing delicate crystalline formations to emerge. Road salt is a common material input into these hydrological networks during the winter months and exists in multiple states of refinement\, expression\, coherence\, and fragmentation. Each object was then arranged\, photographed\, and enlarged to recontextualize these materials in ways that invite deeper reflections on how infrastructure and human agency blur notions of the natural and the artificial. \nArtist Statements/Bios\n\nSally Clegg \nSally Clegg is an artist and educator from Pelham\, Massachusetts. Her studio practice is rooted in sculpture and expanded printmaking\, stemming from a fascination with human efforts to make meaning from our relationships to objects. Clegg integrates history\, popular culture\, literature and philosophy as material for artmaking\, leveraging personal anecdote and humor to reveal the complexity\, absurdity\, and theoretical richness at play in our connections to things and to ourselves. \n\nClegg holds an MFA in Art from The University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design\, and a BA in Art & English from Goucher College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, and her work can be found in permanent collections at Yale University\, The New York Public Library\, and elsewhere. Her artwork and writing has appeared in ASAP/Journal\, BOMB Magazine\, Sculpture Magazine\, and Hyperallergic. She is a lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Website / Instagram\n\n\nKim Karlsrud \nKim Karlsrud is the co-founder of Commonstudio\, a collaborative creative practice that develops socio-ecological and spatial interventions\, installations\, and initiatives working with and within urban landscapes. Her work explores the space between art and design\, and is grounded in the concept of the “commons\,” that which is shared\, as well as that which is ordinary\, banal\, and commonplace.\n\nKarlsrud completed her undergraduate degree in Product Design from Otis College of Art and Design and an MFA in Art from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Assistant Visiting Professor in the College of Design at the University of Oregon\, teaching across Art and Landscape Architecture departments. She jointly received the 2014-15 Prince Charitable Trust Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture\, was a 2017 resident at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, and is the 2025-26 Fuller Fieldscape Fellow. Website / Instagram UID:138032-21881284@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:20260213T063125 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Internship Lab DESCRIPTION:*RSVP required to attend. Click \"Join Event\" here:https://umich.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1878485Are 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:143012-21891945@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143012 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251219T104150 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Quantum Research Institute | Quantum computers and their potential to enable scientific discovery DESCRIPTION:In-person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project\, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109\, USA\, PML2000\nZoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98530700330?jst=2\n\nAbstract:\nQuantum technologies are advancing rapidly with a pathway to scientific discovery and quantum utility by 2030 for the Department of Energy community. Harnessing quantum technologies as they scale up will require next-generation software and integration with HPC and AI. Software frameworks to couple HPC and AI to quantum computers\, as well as connecting end users to such a hybrid computing environment will be essential to ensure the technology can be harnessed optimally to deliver on industry and scientific discovery needs. I will show research progress and discuss the opportunities for scientific advantage for quantum technologies and potential pathways to integrate HPC\, AI and networking.\n\nShort bio:\nBert de Jong is the Director of the Quantum Systems Accelerator\, which is part of the National Quantum Initiative. Additionally\, de Jong is the Team Director of the Accelerated Research for Quantum Computing (ARQC) Team MACH-Q\, funded by DOE ASCR\, which focuses on developing software stacks for near-term quantum computing devices. Additionally\, de Jong has a program in AI and machine learning to understand biomolecular processes\, and discover new materials and molecular crystals for gas adsorption. de Jong serves as the Department Head for Computational Sciences and leads the Applied Computing for Scientific Discovery Group. This group advances scientific computing by developing and enhancing applications in key disciplines\, as well as developing HPC\, quantum and AI tools and libraries for addressing general problems in computational science. UID:142256-21890276@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142256 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Computer Science And Engineering,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering And Computer Science,Physics,Quantum,Quantum Computing,Quantum Science LOCATION:Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project - PML2000 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T113303 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T153000 SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Winter Engineering Career Fair DESCRIPTION:The Winter Engineering Career Fair will be held on Thursday\, January 29 from 11:30 AM-3:30 PM. This event is intended to help employers connect with students studying programs offered through the College of Engineering\, as well as LSA Computer Science and Data Science\, for full-time\, internship and co-op employment opportunities. \n\nInteractions with employers will be on a first come first served basis on the day of the event.\n\nAdditional event details are available in Career Forge or Career Fair Plus. You can access Career Fair Plus via a web browser or the app (Google Play or Apple App Store). Be sure to search for “University of Michigan Engineering”.\n\nInteractive booth maps will be available through the CF+ app. UID:143183-21892398@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Duderstadt Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T121651 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T123000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:[Cancelled] Carillon Lesson\, open to public observation DESCRIPTION:*This event has been cancelled due to weather. We apologize for any inconvenience.*\n\nThe Charles Baird Carillon is 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:143725-21893715@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143725 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Free,Music LOCATION:Burton Memorial Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260116T181637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T180000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:BFA Theatre & Drama Design & Production Portfolio Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Take a peek behind the scenes of the plays\, musicals\, dance concerts\, and operas at the University of Michigan. Explore the work of the Theatre & Drama department’s undergraduate stage managers\, designers\, and technicians.\n\nOpening Reception: January 23\, 2026\, 4:30 to 5:30 pm\n\nOpen January 27 – February 6\, 2026\nGallery Hours:\nTues – Fri\, Noon to 6:00 pm\nSunday\, Noon to 6:00 pm\n(Closed Saturday & Monday) UID:144060-21894599@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144060 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Free,North Campus,Research,Theater LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - Duderstadt Center Gallery CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251210T144655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T133000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | Three Questions for Japan in Michigan: Where\, Who\, and What? An Analysis of Japan’s Presence and Contributions to Michigan by the New Consul General of Japan in Detroit DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/D8Ay1\n \n The Consul General of Japan in Detroit\, Hajime “Jimmy” Kishimori\, will share insights into Japan’s presence and contributions in Michigan. From business and industry to cultural exchange and community connections\, Consul General Kishimori will explore how Japan and Michigan continue to shape one another through shared partnerships and people-to-people ties.\n \n Hajime “Jimmy” Kishimori assumed his role as Consul General of Japan in Detroit in December 2024. Since joining Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1987\, Consul General Kishimori has held key positions in Japan and abroad. His extensive experience includes roles in Thailand\, Egypt\, and the United Nations\, where he contributed significantly to Japan’s global engagements. From 2019 to 2022\, he worked as senior advisor and director for the Japan Unit at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York. Most recently\, he served as deputy consul-general at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco.\n\n*Accomodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.* UID:142523-21891072@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142523 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Business,International Affairs,japan,Japanese Studies LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260113T132429 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Conversations with an Elected Official - Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for another iteration of Conversations with an Elected Official - Water Resources Commissioner where we will be talking about what this elected office does\, how the official got into local politics\, and answer questions direct from constituents like you! \n\nHosted in the Ginsberg Center Commons on January 29th from 12pm-1pm. We will be talking with Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner Gretchen Driskell. \n\nBe on the lookout for additional events throughout the year featuring other local elected officials! UID:143834-21894110@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143834 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Civic Learning,Free,Washtenaw County LOCATION:Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260105T124948 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DCMB Tools and Technology Seminar by Haoran Li DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nRNA sequencing has been widely applied for gene isoform quantification\, but limitations exist in quantifying isoforms of complex genes accurately\, especially for short reads. Here we identify genes that are difficult to quantify accurately with short reads and illustrate the information benefit of using long reads to quantify these regions. We present miniQuant\, which ranks genes with quantification errors caused by the ambiguity of read alignments and integrates the complementary strengths of long reads and short reads with optimal combination in a gene- and data-specific manner to achieve more accurate quantification. These results are supported by rigorous mathematical proofs\, validated with a wide range of simulation data\, experimental validations and more than 17\,000 public datasets from GTEx\, TCGA and ENCODE consortia. We demonstrate miniQuant can uncover isoform switches during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to pharyngeal endoderm and primordial germ cell-like cells.\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:143191-21892406@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143191 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Bioinformatics,Biology,Biosciences,Life Science,Research LOCATION:Medical Science Unit I - Room 4B700 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260224T101438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Exhibition:Revolutionary Paine: Andy Murphy Student-Curated Class Exhibit Common Sense DESCRIPTION:Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. The first edition was published on January 10\, 1776\, with an initial print run of just 1\,000 copies\; but within weeks demand soared. The students of Andy Murphy’s POLISCI 495 course co-curated the exhibition “Revolutionary Paine” to document the whirlwind caused by its publication. On view at the Clements January 16-May 8\, weekdays from 12-4 pm. UID:143999-21894405@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143999 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Americana,Exhibit,Exhibition,history LOCATION:William Clements Library - Avenir Foundation Reading Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T112055 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SMTD Accessibility Initiative DESCRIPTION:The SMTD Accessibility Initiative\, through the Office for Faculty Development\, is pleased to partner with the Disability Equity Office to present the Accessbility in Action workshop for SMTD faculty and staff.  UID:142268-21890302@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142268 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION: CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260401T160240 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 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\, 12-5 pm UID:138950-21884300@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:20260112T181655 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T124500 SUMMARY:Performance:Division Street Pipes DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 30-minute organ recital by Takeshi Nagayasu and Alex Sheng\, secondary students of Caroline Robinson.\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:143726-21893716@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143726 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T104411 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to the Linux Command Line DESCRIPTION:This remote course will familiarize students with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell\, also generically referred to as “the command line”.\n\nTopics include:\n- a brief overview of Linux\n- the Bash shell\n- navigating the file system\n- basic commands\n- shell redirection\n- permissions\n- processes\n- the command environment.\n\nThe workshop will also provide a quick introduction to nano a simple text editor that will be used in subsequent workshops to edit files.\n\nPrerequisites: none.\n\nFor more information about the instructors and course preparation materials\, please visit: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/introduction-to-the-linux-command-line-60-2/ UID:126737-21867350@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126737 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Academic Technology At Michigan,Applications,Arc,Arc-ts,Computational Science,computer science,computing,Data Science,engineering,Faculty,Free,Generative Ai,Great Lakes Cluster,High Performance Computing,Hpc,Information and Technology,interdisciplinary,Research,Virtual,Workshop LOCATION:Off Campus Location CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260120T121438 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:The Foundations of Modern Physics (FOMP) | Can a scientific field survive on pursuit-worthiness alone? DESCRIPTION:Most recent theories in fundamental physics have remained without empirical confirmation of their core characteristic predictions for very long periods of time. Examples range from theories of quantum gravity such as string theory\, over cosmological theories such as inflation\, to BSM theories such as low energy supersymmetry. In some cases\, high hopes of discovery were not fulfilled or announcements of discovery turned out ill-founded. One response to this series of disappointments\, both in physics and the philosophy of physics\, has been an endorsement of scientific agnosticism. In experimental physics\, this position amounts to emphasizing experimental strategies that are as little theory driven as possible. In theoretical physics\, it amounts to avoiding any open declaration of trust in their theory by those working on theories that have not found conclusive empirical testing. In the philosophy of science\, it amounts to focusing on reasons for a theory’s pursuit-worthiness rather than arguments for its viability.\n\nIn this talk\, I aim to show that the described tendency is based on a misreading of the recent history of physics\, is conceptually unsatisfactory\, and may\, in the long run\, carry serious risks for fundamental physics. Based on the presented reasoning\, I propose an alternative perspective on the current situation in fundamental physics.\n\nContact: Francisco Calderón\, fcalder@umich.edu UID:144183-21894807@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144183 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Faculty,Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Angell Hall - 2271 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260128T181644 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T132000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T135000 SUMMARY:Class / Instruction:Carillon Lesson\, open to public observation DESCRIPTION:In place of a regular recital\, the public is welcome to visit and observe as students take a lesson on the carillon led by Prof. Tiffany Ng.\n\nThe Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon is 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:143727-21893717@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143727 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North Campus LOCATION:Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251201T162504 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:MICDE - Mechanical Engineering Seminar - Elif Ertekin\, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Predictive materials simulation has long been rooted in first-principles descriptions of physical mechanisms\, grounded in quantum mechanics but limited by tractable length scales\, sampling challenges\, and the accuracy-cost tradeoff. Today\, machine-learning methods seek to transform materials science by revealing patterns in data extending beyond conventional modeling. My talk will explore how these two paradigms\, mechanistic simulation and data-driven learning\, can act synergistically to accelerate materials discovery and understanding. I will begin by outlining what first-principles simulations can currently achieve and where their limitations arise\, using examples from our work in thermoelectrics\, wide-band-gap semiconductors\, ion-transport materials\, and structural alloys. Building on this foundation\, I will show how machine-learning approaches\, when designed with materials-specific considerations such as symmetries and invariances\, can enhance traditional methods. Examples include symmetry-aware generative models for inorganic crystalline solids and machine-learning solutions to the many-body electronic-structure problem that rival high-accuracy quantum methods. Together\, these examples highlight how integrating mechanisms and patterns can help advance predictive materials simulations.\n\n\nBio: Elif Ertekin is an Andersen Faculty Scholar\, Associate Professor\, and Associate Head for Graduate Programs in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a faculty affiliate of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL). Her research interests center on the theory and modeling of materials\, with an emphasis on probabilistic and stochastic methods. She focuses on developing a microscopic understanding of atomic and electronic-scale processes in materials\, with applications in thermal transport\, energy conversion\, and defect chemistry. She received BS degrees in Mathematics and in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Penn State\, a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley\, and she carried out post-doctoral work at the Berkeley Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Physics and a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters. UID:142220-21890232@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142220 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Engineering,Graduate Students,Mechanical Engineering,Micde Seminar,Michigan Engineering,Research,Science,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - 3213ABC CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T141237 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Vision Board Night at West Quad DESCRIPTION:Prepare for the year ahead with the South and West Quad Diversity Peer Educators by designing your own vision boards! Get creative\, enjoy free snacks\, and chat with others. UID:142929-21891818@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142929 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Art,Community,Community Engagement,Crafts,Social LOCATION:West Quadrangle - Asubuhi Multicultural Lounge CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T142409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Climate Change Advocacy and Engagement DESCRIPTION:In response to environmental challenges\, advocacy organizations are seeking optimal ways to increase public engagement. In this talk\, Prof. Hart will discuss how different message strategies may amplify or attenuate public engagement. Prof. Hart will first present findings from recent studies investigating how positive and negative sentiments in advocacy messages\, delivered via email and Facebook\, relate to public engagement. The studies reveal that for low-effort engagement\, positive sentiment is associated with more engagement. However\, for high-effort engagement\, negative sentiment is associated with more engagement\, whereas positive sentiment is associated with less. Prof. Hart will also share results from an experiment examining how news articles discussing climate change's unequal impacts\, based on race versus class\, affect beliefs and support for action. Overall\, White participants and those with high levels of symbolic racism had lower levels of belief and support when exposed to the race-focused condition. The results suggest that highlighting class-based climate disparities may be less prone to causing backfire effects. UID:143503-21893298@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143503 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Climate,Climate Change LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - West Conference Room CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260111T114049 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Culture\, History and Politics (CHiP) DESCRIPTION:- January 15: Cho Han\n- January 22: Marni Morse\n- January 29: Jiyeon Lee\n- February 5: Tess Hamilton\n- February 12: Álvaro Cabrera\n- February 19: Jarron Long\n- February 26: Xianni Zhang\n- March 12: Sarah Farr and Christian Castro-Martinez\n- March 19: Danyelle Reynolds\n- March 26: Vanessa Jiménez-Read\n- April 2: Abigail Skalka and Julieta Goldenberg\n- April 9: Eric Freeburg\n- April 16: TBD UID:143661-21893601@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143661 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Graduate Student LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260112T103427 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T163000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Real Analysis Reading Group DESCRIPTION:The Student Real Analysis Reading Group facilitated by Siwei Wang will meet every Thursday from 2:30–4:30 PM in East Hall 5822 from Thursday\, January 15 - April 16\, 2026. UID:143702-21893676@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143702 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:East Hall - 5822 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T152104 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Learning What Matters: Neural Mechanisms of Flexible Navigation\nAbstract:\nGoal-directed navigation in a dynamic world requires quickly identifying important locations and adapting behavioral plans to new information. In this talk I will describe neural circuit mechanisms of rapid spatial learning and of adapting to new information to guide navigation. Identifying crucial locations in a new environment depends on neural computations that rapidly represent locations and connect location information to key outcomes like food\, however the mechanisms to trigger these computations at behaviorally relevant locations is not well understood. We find that inhibitory interneurons in hippocampal CA3 play a causal role in identifying and exploiting new food locations. Inhibitory interneurons in CA3 drastically reduce firing on approach to and in goal locations. Sparse optogenetic stimulation to prevent goal-related decreases in interneuron firing impaired learning of goal locations and disrupted neural representations of goal locations. These results reveal that goal-selective decreases in inhibitory activity enable learning important locations. Navigation also requires rapidly updating choices in the face of new information. In hippocampus and prefrontal cortex\, neural activity representing future goals is theorized to support navigation planning. Yet how prospective goal representations incorporate new\, pivotal information is unknown. Using virtual reality\, we precisely introduced new crucial information during navigation and recorded neural activity as mice flexibly adapted their planned destinations. We found that new information triggered increased prospective representations and reorganization to rapidly shift to the new choice. This prospective code updating depended on the degree of behavioral adaptation needed. These studies reveal new mechanisms by which animals rapidly learn crucial new locations and adapt to new information that requires updating navigation plans.\n\nBio:\nDr. Annabelle Singer is the McCamish Foundation Early Career Professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Her research seeks to understand how neural activity produces memories and regulates brain immune function\, with the goal of developing new therapies for brain disease. Dr. Singer’s work has shown that coordinated electrical activity across hippocampal neurons encodes memories and fails in models of Alzheimer’s disease. She discovered that driving specific patterns of neural activity\, such as gamma oscillations\, reduces Alzheimer’s pathology and alters brain immune function. Using non-invasive sensory stimulation\, she is translating these discoveries from rodents to humans to pioneer radically new treatments for disease.\n\nDr. Singer is a Packard Fellow\, Kavli Fellow\, and recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Gilbreth Lectureship\, the Society for Neuroscience’s Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award\, and the American Neurological Association’s Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award. Her discoveries have inspired more than 20 clinical trials of brain stimulation across multiple diseases and have been featured on PBS\, Nature News\, Quanta Magazine\, The New York Times\, Radiolab\, and multiple documentaries. Dr. Singer trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Ed Boyden’s Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT and earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UCSF. UID:143328-21892907@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143328 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,seminar LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250805T113918 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Hopwood Tea DESCRIPTION:Enjoy coffee\, tea\, and refreshments in a beautiful\, book-filled space. Check out a book from the Hopwood library or engage with other readers and writers. All are welcome. UID:136054-21877786@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136054 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ann Arbor,Books,Creative Writing,English Language And Literature,Food,Free,Graduate Students,Hopwood Program,Literary Arts,Literature,The Helen Zell Writers' Program,Undergraduate Students,Well-being,Writing LOCATION:Angell Hall - 1176 (Hopwood Room) CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260106T181631 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Participatory Storytelling & Theater Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Center for World Performance Studies welcomes guest artists Ova Saopeng and Stephanie “Soultree” Camba from TeAda Productions\, the Los Angeles-based nomadic theater rooted in the stories of immigrants\, refugees and indigenous peoples for a week-long residency.\n\nAt this workshop\, come play in a safe and fun environment and discover the untapped capability of your voice\, body and imagination. Through theater and storytelling techniques the TeAda Methodology instills mindfulness\, builds teamwork\, and explores cultural connections. TeAda approaches this process by honoring each person individually as a community collectively. This workshop will fine tune your listening\, observational and performance skills. Participants will be encouraged to engage\, move and share. No experience necessary!\n\nWorkshop Location: Walgreen Drama Center\, Studio 2 (1435-WDC)\n\nWorkshop participants are invited to join TeAda Co-Artistic Director\, Ova Saopeng\, and Stephanie “Soultree” Camba\, Diaspora Programs and Operations Director\, for conversation and pizza following the open workshop. \n\nPizza & Dialogue with TeAda Artists at 5:30 pm / Location: Dance Building\, Conference Room\n\n*If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event\, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at cwps.information@umich.edu at least one week in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.* UID:143341-21892930@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143341 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Discussion,Diversity,Free,Interdisciplinary,North Campus,Social Impact,Storytelling,Theater,Workshop LOCATION:Walgreen Drama Center CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T083417 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T162000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents: DESCRIPTION:Erik’s Title: Addressing Type Ia Supernova Systematics in the Era of Precision Cosmology\n\nAbstract: Various cosmological parameters such as H0 and S8 measured using Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) have been shown to be in tension with measurements from the early universe. I look to improve cosmological parameter measurements and test the limits of SNe Ia by focusing on some of the top systematics for SN Ia cosmology: (i) intrinsic scatter\, by leveraging the near-infrared (NIR) and (ii) peculiar velocities\, by leveraging galaxy groups. With the DEHVILS sample\, one of the largest uniform NIR samples of SN Ia light curves\, I take advantage of the fact that NIR light is less affected by dust to better characterize intrinsic scatter. Using the low-redshift sample from Pantheon+ combined with a pilot program using the AAT spectrograph\, I demonstrate the benefits for averaging the redshifts of galaxy groups to correct for peculiar velocities and motivate a future full scale analysis using redshifts from DESI as well as 4MOST. With the impending arrival of both the Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time\, which we show will greatly benefit from accounting for peculiar velocities\, and the Roman Space Telescope\, which will observe in the NIR and need a well understood low-redshift anchor SN sample\, we encourage an increased effort to define more galaxy groups and further analysis on SNe Ia in the NIR.\n\nNicholas’s Title: Mapping the high redshift universe with HI: towards a more complete picture of Cosmic Dawn\n\nAbstract: Next-generation radio telescopes promise to revolutionize our understanding of early structure formation by using the 21cm line from neutral hydrogen as a tomographic tracer. In particular\, they have the potential to probe deep into the Epoch of Reionization and Cosmic Dawn\, constraining the radiative processes of the first stars and galaxies. In this talk\, I'll present an overview of 21cm cosmology and discuss recent results from 21cm radio telescopes in constraining the astrophysics of Cosmic Dawn\, and will discuss near-term opportunities ahead of us as next-gen\, multi-wavelength telescopes aim to paint a more complete picture of Cosmic Dawn. UID:144747-21895804@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144747 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:astronomy,astrophysics LOCATION:West Hall - 411 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260125T200801 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar: Matroids I DESCRIPTION:Introduce the theory of matroids\, covering in particular the following: basic definitions\; duality\; representable\, (co)graphic\, and regular matroids\; examples. UID:144452-21895378@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144452 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Mathematics LOCATION:East Hall - 4096 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250812T084637 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T220000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge DESCRIPTION:The application window for the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge opens on Wednesday\, January 7!\n\nABOUT\nLeadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) 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\nLCC 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.\n\nAGENDA\nThursday\, January 29\, approx. 4–10 PM\nMichigan Ross\n\nFriday\, January 30\, approx. 9 AM–5 PM\nJack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium\n• Boardroom Presentation: Teams will be assigned a 55-minute window to present to\, and receive feedback from\, a board of directors in the morning or early afternoon\n• Press Conference: The final round of competition begins at 3 PM and ends by 5 PM\nSee the full agenda on our website.\n\nTIME COMMITMENT\nApproximately 10 hours over 2 days\n\nQuestions? Email Sanger at rossleaders@umich.edu. UID:137308-21880117@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137308 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Food,Free,Graduate,Graduate Students,Interdisciplinary,Leadership,Networking,Personal Development,Professional Development,Scholarship,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students LOCATION:Ross School of Business CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251203T153448 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DISCO Network Presents: Black Boys and the Future of Technology DESCRIPTION:Can technology improve the lives of Black boys? Recently\, new reports\, with familiar conclusions\, discuss the way Black boys continue to fall behind\, which is partially responsible for shrinking enrollments of Black men in college. Particularly striking are the declining numbers at HBCUs. In turning this conversation away from negative reporting toward positive action\, we will explore the ways technology can intervene and provide new opportunities\, pathways\, and platforms for Black boys to thrive.\n\nThis event is open to the public\, and we encourage all interested faculty\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students to attend. Refreshments will be provided to the first 100 attendees. \n\nA corresponding opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy coffee and conversation with the panelists will be available. Interested students may register for this session using the same form as the main event.\n\nAdvance registration is recommended: \n\nRegister to attend in person: https://myumi.ch/rAPWj\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/bVq6V\n\nMeet the Panelists \n\nJonathan Cropper is a respected brand strategist\, global creative director\, educator\, and futurist. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Lewis Latimer Fellowship Program\, supported by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures\, and founder of Futurlogic Advanced Concepts\, a highly confidential business development\, design\, and branding studio. Jon has designed and implemented innovation strategies for many global brands\, and sits on multiple startup boards as an angel investor and advisor. Most recently\, he was the Head of Global Real Estate\, Aviation & Marine Partnerships for Aston Martin Lagonda.\n\nKareem Edouard is an Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies at the School of Education at Drexel University and co-Director of The Informal Learning Linking Engineering Science & Technology (ILLEST) Lab. His research interests lie in understanding the intersectionality of race and culture and STEAM engagement for students of color. His goal is to motivate Black students to pursue STEAM learning through culturally relevant informal STEM programs. His current research focuses on equity and access in the maker movement for Black student participants. In addition to his scholarly work\, Kareem is also a media consultant for The Ole Greens Group. Dr. Edouard consults with various entities like: PBS KIDS\, YouTube/Google\, GBH KIDS\, etc.\, with a focus on creative and content development emphasizing culture and inclusion and learning strategies.\n\nJohn Pasmore is the founder and CEO or Latimer.AI\, an Artificial Intelligence company built to be the premier Large Language Model focused on accurate historical information and bias-free interaction for Black and Brown audiences and anyone who values precision in their data. He recently served as a partner at the Family Office\, TRS Capital and at Movita Organics\, an organic supplement company led by filmmaker and social activist\, Tonya Lewis Lee. John sits on the Board of Directors of Outward Bound USA. \n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nRayvon Fouché holds a joint appointment as Professor of Communication Studies and Professor in the Medill School of Journalism\, Media\, and Integrative Marketing Communications. He authored or edited Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2003)\, Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power (University of Minnesota Press\, 2004)\, Technology Studies (Sage Publications\, 2008)\, the 4th Edition of the Handbook of Science & Technology Studies (MIT Press\, 2016)\, and Game Changer: The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2017).\n\nWe want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART services will be provided. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:136365-21878586@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136365 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:African American,african and african american studies,Digital Culture,digital humanities,Digital Studies,Digital Studies Institute,Education LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T152052 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:DISCO Network Presents: Black Boys and the Future of Technology DESCRIPTION:We want to make our events accessible to all participants. CART captioning services will be provided for the panel conversation. If you anticipate needing additional accommodations to participate or would like help filling out the RSVP form\, please email Cherice Chan at chericec@umich.edu. UID:136366-21878587@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136366 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260108T112441 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:EEB Thursday Seminar Series - The evolutionary implications of ecological interactions: lessons from agent-based models DESCRIPTION:Seminar Summary - Eco-evolutionary feedbacks play a powerful role in shaping the trajectory of change in ecological communities. Developing general theory to predict these trajectories would enable a wide variety of innovations in fields ranging from evolutionary medicine to agriculture. I will discuss two vignettes from my lab's work towards developing this theory. First\, a critical step is identifying the ecological interactions that are currently occurring. To this end\, we are exploring the possibility of identifying game theoretic interactions among cancer cells via spatial pattern analysis. A necessary second component is predicting how co-evolution will shape ecological interactions over time. We are studying this problem in the context of host-endosymbiont co-evolution\, using an agent-based computational model. Specifically\, I will present our results on the impact of partner choice on the de novo evolution and stability of mutualism\, and how this impact is affected by the mutational landscape of the trait governing partner choice. UID:143476-21893252@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143476 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Ecology,Ecology & Biology,Ecology And Evolutionary Biology,eeb,Environment,evolutionary biology,seminar LOCATION:Biological Sciences Building - 1060 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260107T144422 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:EIHS Lecture: Fathers and Sons: An Antigenealogy of Loyalism and Empire DESCRIPTION:Born to an Anglicized Dutch family in Albany\, NY\, Jacob Glen Cuyler (1773-1854) became a child of revolutionary exile. This colonial North American has long frequented histories of the early British Cape Colony in southern Africa. In South Africa\, Cuyler would for a time become a symbol\, for British humanitarians\, of settler oppressions\, and a symbol\, for Afrikaner nationalists\, of British oppressions. This paper closely examines two of his unpublished writings to extract a transoceanic story of colonialism\, loyalism and the effects of the American Revolution. In keeping with this year’s Eisenberg Institute theme\, this paper places one man and his shattered family at the center of struggles for order in the disorderly world of revolution\, imperial expansion\, and global war.\n\nGreg Dowd (History and American Culture [AC]) is past Associate Dean for the Humanities\, past chair of AC\, and past Director of Native American Studies. His several published books and many articles explore the history of the Native North American East before 1850\, but he has also touched on the history of South Africa\, where he was a Fulbright fellow (1994) and a research fellow (2015-2016) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has had several fellowships and his current work is supported in part by the Michigan Humanities Award. He has won two teaching awards. He has worked for tribes in a treaty rights case. He received his Ph.D. in History at Princeton University (1986) and his BA in History from the University of Connecticut (1978).\n\nThis event presented by the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. UID:141692-21889189@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141692 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Africa,History,Humanities,International LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 1014 CONTACT: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260129T152053 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260129T173000 SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:InSPIRE DESCRIPTION:The Interdisciplinary Science and Policy Initiative for Research Engagement (InSPIRE) is a student-run workshop for graduate students interested in engaging with science and technology policy issues.  UID:138943-21885373@events.umich.edu URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138943 CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Sessions LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 10th Floor CONTACT: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR